8 Pakabalilo kalakala, u Abinala umwana uwa Neli, usongo uwa basilikali aba Sabuli akamusenda u Ishibosheti umwana uwa Sabuli nukubuka nawe ku Mahanayimu.
U Abinala na bantu bache bakenda busiku bosi nukudumusannya mwikombe ilya Alaba. Bakaloboka ulusoko ulwa Yolodani nukudumusannya mu Bitiloni, po bakafika mu Mahanayimu.
Polelo mujimbe umoyo, banga na maka, pakuti u mwene winyu u Sabuli afuye, sona abantu aba uluko ulwa Yuda bampakazya amafuta ukuti imbanje ne mwene wabo.”
Bo u Sabuli akumwennya u Devedi akubuka pakulwa nu mu Filisiti yula, akamulalusya u Abinala, usongo uwa basilikali bache akati, “Nkimba umulumendo uyu mwana wawenu?” U Abinala akamwamula akati, “Wee mwene, nkulapa mwitabwa lyako ukuti ntamumenye.”
U Devedi akabitizya abasilikali nu Abinala umwana uwa Neli akati, “Wee Abinala, nkimba utakunyamula?” U Abinala akamwamula akati, “Nkimba wewenu we ukumwitizya u mwene?”