14. UDavide ubengomncinane; abakhulu bobathathu babelandele uSawule.
15. UDavide ubesiya abuye kuSawule, ukuba aluse impahla emfutshane kayise eBhetelehem.
16. UmFilisti lowo weza kusasa nangokuhlwa, wema imihla emashumi mané.
17. Wathi uYese kuDavide unyana wakhe, Khawuphathele abakhuluwa bakho iefa* yamakhweba la, nezonka ezi zilishumi, ugidime uye emkhosini kubakhuluwa bakho,
18. use nezonka zamasi ezi zilishumi kumthetheli-waka, ubavelele abakhuluwa bakho, ubuze ukuphila kwabo, uthabathe isibambiso kubo.
19. USawule ke, kwanabo, namadoda onke akwaSirayeli, ayesentilini kaEla, esilwa namaFilisti.
20. Wavuka kusasa uDavide ngengomso, wayishiya impahla emfutshane nomgcini, wathabatha, wahamba, njengoko wamwiselayo uYese umthetho, wafika eluthangweni lweenqwelo zokulwa, umkhosi uphuma usiya kuma eluhlwini, uhlaba umkhosi.
21. AmaSirayeli namaFilisti ákha izintlu, uluhlu lukhangelene noluhlu.
22. UDavide wayishiya impahla yakhe esandleni somgcini wempahla, wabaleka waya eluhlwini; wafika, wababuza abakhuluwa bakhe ukuphila kwabo.