8 Davide wabuta kuSimakadze watsi: “Ngibacoshe yini labatfumbi? Ngitabakhandza yini?” Simakadze watsi: “Bacoshe, utabakhandza nome kanjani, futsi utawukhona kukubuyisa loku labakutfumbile.”
Watitsatsa tonkhe timphahla wabuya nato kanye naLoti netimphahla takhe nalabasikati kanye nalabanye labanyenti.
Ngako Davide wabuta kuSimakadze, watsi: “Kufanele yini ngihambe kuyawuhlasela lamaFilisti? Utawanikela yini esandleni sami?” Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Yebo, hamba, ngobe nakanjani emaFilisti ngitawanikela esandleni sakho.”
Ngako Davide wabuta kuSimakadze, lowaphendvula watsi: “Ungenyukeli lapho, kodvwa tungeleta ngemuva kwawo, bese uwahlasela ngembili kwetihlahla tebhalisamu.
Khala kimi ngetikhatsi tekuhlupheka, ngiyawukukhulula, bese uyangidvumisa.”
Uyawungibita ngiphendvule ngibe naye ekuhluphekeni, ngimuphe kuphepha nekuhlonipheka.
“Sitsa satsi: ‘Ngitawubacosha ngize ngibakhandze. Ngitawutehlukanisela ngaloko lengikudle kubo, ngititike ngako; ngitawukhipha inkemba yami ngibabhubhise.’
Utakuma embikwa-Eleyazare, umphristi, lotamtsatsela tincumo latitfole nge-Urimu kuSimakadze. Ngekukhuluma kwakhe yena nesive sonkhe sema-Israyeli bayawuphuma baphindze bangene njengekuyala kwakhe.”
Baka-Israyeli bakhuphukela eBetheli, bayawubuta kuNkulunkulu, batsi: “Ngubani kitsi lotawuphuma kucala kuyawulwa nebakaBhenjamini?” Simakadze wabaphendvula watsi: “BakaJuda labatawuphuma kucala.”
Baka-Israyeli bakhuphuka bayawukhala embikwaSimakadze laze layawushona, solomane babuta kuSimakadze, batsi: “Siphindze yini sikhuphuke siyekulwa nabomnaketfu bakaBhenjamini?” Simakadze wabaphendvula watsi: “Khuphukani niyekulwa nabo.”
likuFinehasi, umsa wa-Eleyazare, labetalwa ngu-Aroni. Nguye labekhonta embikwalo. Babuta kuSimakadze, batsi: “Sikhuphuke yini njalo kuyakulwa nebanaketfu bakaBhenjamini, nome cha?” Simakadze wabaphendvula watsi: “Hambani, ngobe kusasa ngitabanikela esandleni senu.”
Gideyoni nemadvodza akhe langema-300, nome abesadziniwe, kodvwa achubeka acosha emaMidiyani, aze ewelela ngesheya kwemfula iJordane.
Ngako baphindza babutisisa kuSimakadze, batsi: “Kungabe lomuntfu sewufikile yini lapha?” Simakadze wabaphendvula watsi: “Yebo, sewufikile, mane ubhace emkhatsini wemitfwalo.”
Sawula wase ubuta Nkulunkulu, watsi: “Ngingehla yini ngicoshe emaFilisti? Utawanikela yini esandleni sema-Israyeli?” Kodvwa Nkulunkulu akazange amphendvule ngalelo langa.
Davide wabuta kuSimakadze watsi: “Ngihambe yini ngiyewuhlasela lamaFilisti?” Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Hamba uyewuhlasela emaFilisti, usindzise iKheyila.”
Davide waphindza futsi wabutisisa kuSimakadze. Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Yehla uye eKheyila, ngobe emaFilisti ngiwanikela esandleni sakho.”
Sawula wase ubuta kuSimakadze, kodvwa Simakadze akazange amphendvule ngisho nangemaphupho, nome nge-Urimu, nome ngebaphrofethi.
Davide wabemuka konkhe loko lobekutfunjwe ngema-Amaleki, ngisho nebafati bakhe bobabili imbala.
Kute lokwase kulahlekile, labancane nalabadzala, bafana nemantfombatana, imphango, nako konkhe lokunye lababekutfumbile; Davide wabuya nako konkhe.