9 INkosi yakhuluma kuGadi umboni kaDavida yathi:
9 UThixo wakhuluma loGadi, umboni kaDavida, wathi:
Kwathi uDavida esevukile ekuseni, kwafika ilizwi leNkosi kumprofethi uGadi, umboni kaDavida, lathi:
Hamba uyetshela uDavida ukuthi iNkosi ithi: Ngikubekela izinto ezintathu; khetha enye kuzo ukuba ngiyenze kuwe.
Bonke laba babengamadodana kaHemani umboni wenkosi njengokuthembisa kukaNkulunkulu ukumphakamisa; ngoba uNkulunkulu wayemnikile uHamani amadodana alitshumi lane lamadodakazi amathathu.
Izenzo zenkosi uDavida ezokuqala lezokucina zilotshiwe engwalweni zezindaba zikaSamuweli umboni lengwalweni zezindaba zikaNathani umprofethi lengwalweni zezindaba zikaGadi umboni,
Wasebeka amaLevi ethempelini leNkosi elezigubhu lamachacho lemihubhe, njengokulaywa kukaDavida lokukaGadi umboni weNkosi lokukaNathani umprofethi; ngoba lumlayo wavela eNkosini ngabaprofethi bayo.
Umprofethi uGadi wasesithi kuDavida: Musa ukuhlala obhalwini; suka uye elizweni lakoJuda. UDavida wasesuka esiya eguswini laseHerethi.
— Endulo koIsrayeli lapho umuntu esiyabuza kuNkulunkulu, wayesithi: Woza siye kumboni; ngoba lo osethiwa ngumprofethi lamuhla kuqala kwakuthiwa ngumboni. —