8 Ngaso leso sikhatsi Abneri, umsa waNeri, labeyindvuna yemphi yaSawula abesatsetse Ishboshethi, umsa waSawula, wamletsa eMahanayimu.
Jakobe watsi kube atibone letingilosi watsi: “Lesi sikanekiso saNkulunkulu!” Wetsa leyo ndzawo libito watsi yiMahanayimu.
Jakobe watfumela tigijimi ku-Esawu umnakabo, eveni laseSeyiri, kulaka-Edomu.
Davide wahamba waze wefika edolobheni laseMahanayimu. Ngaleso sikhatsi Absalomu kanye nemphi yakhe bese bakhuphukele ngesheya kwemfula iJordane.
Kubo bonkhe lobo busuku Abneri nemadvodza akakhe bashuca badzabula sihosha saseJordane, i-Arabha. Bewela iJordane, badzabula iBhithroni ekhatsi, baye befika eMahanayimu.
Manje-ke, cinani nibe nesibindzi, ngobe Sawula, inkhosi yenu, sewufile, kodvwa indlu yakaJuda seyigcobe mine kutsi ngibe yinkhosi etikwayo.”
Inkhosi yakhuluma kulamadvodza ayo, yatsi: “Utsi niyabona nje kutsi lamuhla kufe umbusi longumuntfu lomkhulu ka-Israyeli?
Ngesikhatsi semphi leyayisemkhatsini wendlu yakaSawula nendlu yakaDavide, Abneri yena abechubeka nekucinisa sikhundla sakhe endlini yaSawula.
emadvodza akaBhenjamini, endlu yakaSawula, abeti-3 000, linyenti lawo lelake labambelela kuSawula kwate kwaba nguleso sikhatsi;
emadvodza aka-Efrayimu, tingwazi letatinesibindzi letatidvume kakhulu etinsendweni takubo, abeti-20 800;
Neri abenguyise waKhishi, Khishi abenguyise waSawula, Sawula abenguyise waboJonathani, naMalkhi Shuwa, na-Abinadabi kanye na-Eshbhali.
Neri abenguyise waKhishi, Khishi anguyise waSawula, Sawula anguyise waboJonathani, naMalkhi Shuwa, na-Abinadabi kanye na-Eshbhali.
Esiveni sakaGadi anikwa iRamothi leyayiseGileyadi, lidolobha lekukhosela kwalowo lonelicala lekubulala, neMahanayimu,
Libito lemkakhe bekungu-Ahinowami, indvodzakati ya-Ahimasi. Libito lendvuna yemphi yaSawula bekungu-Abneri, umsa waNeri, kantsi yena Neri bekungumalume waSawula.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi Sawula abuka Davide nakayawuhlangabetana nalomFilisti, wabuta ku-Abneri, indvuna yemphi yakhe, watsi: “Abneri, ngumsa wabani lomfana?” Abneri wamphendvula watsi: “Kuphila kwakho, nkhosi, angimati.”
Wamemeta lelibutfo kanye na-Abneri, umsa waNeri, watsi: “Uyangiva yini, ye Abneri?” Abneri waphendvula watsi: “Ungubani wena lomemeta inkhosi?”