22 Sawula wase ubita tinceku takhe, watsi: “Nibohlebela Davide nitsi: ‘Buka la, inkhosi iyajabula ngawe, netinceku tayo tonkhe tiyakutsandza, sale uba ngumkhwenyane wayo.’ ”
Inkhulumo yakhe ishelelisa kwelibhotela, noko inhlitiyo yakhe ifukamele imphi, emavi akhe atsambe kwengca emafutsa, noko atinkemba letilindzele kugwaza.
Nangabe umbusi anaka labakhuluma emanga, tonkhe tindvuna takhe tiba nemanga.
Wacabanga watsi: “Ngitamendzisela yena, kuze abe lugibe lwami kuye Davide, kuze sandla semaFilisti simelane naye.” Ngako Sawula waphindza watsi kuDavide: “Manje sengikunika litfuba lesibili kutsi ube ngumkhwenyane wami.”
Tinceku tase tiluma Davide indlebe ngalendzaba, kodvwa Davide watsi: “Nicabanga kutsi yintfo lelula yini kuba ngumkhwenyane wenkhosi? Mine ngiludlwaphu nje, angikadvumi nakudvuma eveni.”