3 Manje-ke, yini lonako? Ngiphe imikhama yetinkhwa letisihlanu, nome yini-ke longaba nayo.”
Lomunye uyawubamba umnakabo emtini weyise, atsi: “Wena unelijazi, bani ngumholi wetfu; busa etikwanansi imfuhlululu!”
Kube mane lesive besiphetfwe ngimi, ngabe ngiyamsusa Abimeleki. Ngabe ngitsi kuye: ‘Khipha imphi yakho yonkhe!’ ”
Davide waphendvula Ahimeleki, umphristi, watsi: “Inkhosi ingitfume indzaba letsite, yatsi: ‘Kufanele kubete lowatiko ngemsebenti wakho.’ Mine-ke lamadvodza akami ngiwatjele kutsi abongihlangabeta endzaweni letsite.
Kodvwa umphristi waphendvula Davide, watsi: “Ngite sinkhwa lesivamile lengingakunika sona; noko sikhona lapha sinkhwa lesingcwele. Ungasitsatsa, nangabe lamajaha lohamba nawo angakalali nalabasikati.”