18 Watsi kube Davide abaleke, waya kuSamuweli eRama, wafike wamtjela konkhe loko Sawula labesakwente kuye. Yena naSamuweli bahamba baya eNayothi, bafike bahlala lapho.
Ngajabha, ngadzimate ngatsi: “Bonkhe bantfu banemanga!”
Ngako-ke vumani tono tenu lomunye kulomunye, nithandazelane, kuze nitewuphiliswa. Kuncusa kwemuntfu lolungile kunemandla kakhulu.
Ekuseni ngakusasa besuka bayawukhonta Simakadze, base bayancandzeka babuyela ekhaya labo eRama. Elkhana walala naHana, umkakhe, Simakadze wamkhumbula Hana.
Samuweli wesuka waya eRama, kodvwa Sawula wenyuka waya kakhe eGibeya yaSawula.
Livi lefika kuSawula litsi: “Davide sewuseNayothi, eRama.”
Ekugcineni, naye cobo lwakhe, Sawula wahamba waya eRama emtfonjeni lomkhulu waseSeku. Wafike wabuta watsi: “Baphi boSamuweli naDavide?” Lomunye umuntfu waphendvula watsi: “BaseNayothi, eRama.”
Ngako Sawula wahamba waya eNayothi, eRama. Moya waNkulunkulu wehlela etikwakhe, naye wahhunguleka, wahamba asaphrofetha, waze wefika eNayothi.
Davide wesuka wabaleka eNayothi, eRama, waya kuJonathani, wafike wabuta watsi: “Sengenteni? Yini licala lami? Siyini sono sami kuyihlo kutsi angaze afune kungibulala?”
Kodvwa tinceku ta-Akhishi takhuluma kuye tatsi: “Akusiye Davide yini lona, loyinkhosi yalelive? Akusiye yini lona labahlabela ngaye nabagidzako batsi: “ ‘Sawula ubulele tinkhulungwane takhe, kodvwa Davide ubulele emashumi etinkhulungwane takhe’?”
Ngaleso sikhatsi Samuweli abesafile. Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli sasimlilele, sase simngcwaba edolobheni lakubo eRama. Sawula bekasaticoshe tonkhe tinyanga netangoma eveni lakhe.
Kodvwa sonkhe sikhatsi abencandzeka abuyele eRama, lapho likhaya lakhe lalikhona khona, nakhona lapho abehlulela ema-Israyeli. Wakha lilati laSimakadze khona lapho eRama.