1. Emva koko uDavide wasaba eNayoti eRama, wabalekela kuJonatan. Ufike wabuza wathi: “Ngaba yintoni le ndenze yona kukumkani? Ndenze tyala lini? Ndimone ngani na uyihlo le nto afun' ukundibulala?”
2. UJonatan wenjenje ukuphendula uDavide: “Soze ubulawe! Uyazi ukuba akukho nto akhe ayenze ubawo, nokuba inkulu, nokuba incinane, engandityandelanga igila. Ubengathini ke ukungandixeleli into enjengale uyithethayo? Hayi, akukho nto injalo.”
3. Wafunga uDavide, wathi: “Kaloku uyihlo uyazi kakuhle ukuba undithanda kakhulu, waza ke wayifihla le nto kuwe yokuceba ukundibulala, esithi: ‘UJonatan makangakwazi oku, kuba woba buhlungu.’ Kodwa ndithi kuwe, ekho nje *uNdikhoyo, nawe ukho nje, lona ingcwaba sendilikrobile!”
4. Kwesi sithuba ke uJonatan uthe kuDavide: “Yitsho ndikwenzele nantoni na oyifunayo.”
5. Wenjenje ke ukuphendula uDavide: “Ngomso oku ngumsitho wokuthwasa kwenyanga, yaye ke kufuneka ndibekho esidlweni sikakumkani. Nceda undikhulule ndiye kuzimela endle kude kube ngokuhlwa kwangomsomnye.
6. Xa uyihlo ephawula ukuba andikho, uze uthi kuye: ‘UDavide undibongozile ukumvumela khe athi tsi kowabo eBhetelehem, abekho xa kusenziwa idini lonyaka elenzelwa onke amawabo.’
7. Ukuba uthe kulungile, úya kuba enoxolo ngakum. Kodwa ukuba uthe wacaphuka, uze wazi ukuba uzimisele ukundenzakalisa.
8. Uze uncede ke uwugcine umnqophiso owandenzela wona phambi koNdikhoyo, usenzele ububele isicaka sakho. Kodwa ukuba ngenene ndinetyala, ndibulale ngokwakho; akukho nto ithi mandisiwe kuyihlo.”
9. “Unotshe!” kutsho uJonatan. “Ucinga ukuba ngendingakuxelelanga na xa bendisazi ukuba ubawo uzimisele ukukwenzakalisa?”
10. “Ngubani kakade owondazisa xa uyihlo ekuphendule kalukhuni?” wabuza uDavide.
11. “Makhe siye ngasendle,” kutsho uJonatan. Bahamba ke kunye,