6 Sawula walalela Jonathani, waze watsatsa nasi sifungo: “Ngifunga kuphila kwaSimakadze, Davide angeke abulawe.”
Akamtsandzi losalahlwe nguNkulunkulu, kodvwa uyabatisa labesaba Simakadze. Wenta sifungo, asigcine, nome sekumatima.
“Khuluma ubemelele labo labehluleka kutikhulumela. Vikela emalungelo alabo labangenalusito.
Nome bakhuluma batsi: ‘Ngifunga kuphila kwaSimakadze,’ noko basafunga emanga.”
Ngetsembisa ngaNkulunkulu lophilako, Simakadze lonika ema-Israyeli kuncoba, kutsi nome ngabe kungumsa wami, Jonathani, lowonile, naye kufanele afe.” Kodvwa kute nome yinye indvodza leyase yatsi vu.
Watsatsa kuphila kwakhe wakuphatsa ngesandla sakhe, nakabulala lomFilisti. Simakadze waba nekuncoba lokukhulu ancobela sive sema-Israyeli, nawe futsi wakubona loko wajabula. Pho, ufunelani kubulala Davide ngaphandle kwesono?”
Jonathani wabita Davide wamtjela yonkhe ingcoco yakhe neyise. Jonathani wabe sewutsatsa Davide wamletsa kuyise Sawula; Davide waphindze waba naSawula njengakucala.
Sawula wafunga kuso ngaSimakadze, watsi: “Ngempela kuphila kwaSimakadze, ungeke ukufele loko.”