28. Wayekuva uEliyabhi, umkhuluwa wakhe, ukuthetha kwakhe namadoda. Wavutha umsindo kaEliyabhi kuDavide, wathi, Uhleleni na? Uyishiye nabani na laa mpahla imfutshane imbalwa entlango? Ndiyakwazi mna ukukhukhumala kwakho, nobubi bentliziyo yakho; ngokuba uhle uzé kubonela ukulwa.
29. Wathi uDavide, Ndenzéni ngoku? Bendibuza nje kodwa.
30. Wee guququ, wabheka komnye obemi ngakuye, wathetha kwaelaa lizwi. Abantu babuya bamphendula kwangelaa lizwi lokuqala.
31. Aviwa amazwi awawathethayo uDavide, axelwa phambi koSawule, wamthabatha.
32. Wathi uDavide kuSawule, Makungathambi ntliziyo yamntu ngenxa yakhe; umkhonzi wakho lo uya kuya alwe nalo mFilisti.
33. Wathi uSawule kuDavide, Akunakuya kulo mFilisti ulwe naye; ngokuba ùsemncinane, abe yena eyindoda eqhele ukulwa kwasebuncinaneni bakhe.
34. Wathi uDavide kuSawule, Umkhonzi wakho lo ebesalusa impahla emfutshane kayise, kwafika ingonyama nebhere,* yathabatha ixhwane emhlambini;
35. ndaphuma, ndayilandela, ndayibetha, ndalihlangula ixhwane emlonyeni wayo. Yesuka phezu kwam, ndayibamba ngodevu lwayo, ndayibetha, ndayibulala.
36. Umkhonzi wakho wayibetha ingonyama kwanebhere; lo mFilisti ungalukileyo uya kuba njengenye kuzo ke, ngokuba ungcikive izintlu zikaThixo ophilileyo.
37. Wathi uDavide, UYehova owandihlangulayo ethupheni lengonyama nasethupheni lebhere, nguye oya kundihlangula esandleni saló mFilisti. Wathi uSawule kuDavide, Hamba ke, abe nawe uYehova.
38. USawule wamambathisa uDavide ngezakhe iingubo, wambeka isigcinantloko sobhedu entloko, wamfaka ingubo yentsimbi.
39. UDavide walibhinqa ikrele ngaphezu kweengubo zakhe, wazama ukuhamba ngazo; ngokuba ebengekazilingi. Wathi uDavide kuSawule, Andinako ukuhamba nezi zinto, ngokuba andizilinganga. UDavide wazihluba.