9 Ngako inkhosi yase ibita Siba, sisebenti sakaSawula, yatsi kuye: “Senginike umntfwanemntfwanenkhosi yakho konkhe loko bekukwaSawula kanye nekwendlu yakhe.
Inkhosi yabuta yatsi: “Uphi umntfwanemntfwanenkhosi yakho?” Siba watsi: “Uhleti lena eJerusalema, ngobe acabanga atsi: ‘Lamuhla indlu yaka-Israyeli itangibuyisela umbuso wamkhulu.’ ”
Inkhosi yakhuluma kuSiba, yatsi: “Konkhe loku lebekukwaMefiboshethi sekwakho nyalo.” Siba waphendvula watsi: “Ngikhotsama ngekutitfoba. Shangatsi ngingatfola umusa emehlweni akho, nkhosi yami, nkhosi.”
Inkhosi yaphendvula yatsi: “Akusadzingeki ukhulume lokunyenti kunaloku. Sengincumile kutsi nine naSiba nitawuhlephulelana emasimi.”
Mefiboshethi waphendvula watsi: “Siba akasale atsatsa konkhe, kimi sekwenele lokutsi inkhosi yami ibuye ekhaya iphephile.”
Kodvwa umuntfu locotfo wakha emasu lacotfo; imisebenti yakhe lehloniphekile imente eme.
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