Chifundo cha Davide cha Pangano kwa Mefibosheti
Davide anafunsa ngati alipo wotsala wa nyumba ya Sauli, kuti amuonetse kukoma mtima kwa Atate wathu. Ziba anatchula Mefiboseti, wolumala mapazi onse awiri, wokhala ku Lo-debara. Davide anamubwezera dziko la Sauli namukhazika pa gome la mfumu — ndipo iye anadzitcha galu wakufa.
9 1Davide anafunsa, “Kodi alipo wina watsala wa banja la Sauli amene ndingamuchitire chifundo chifukwa cha Yonatani?” 2Banja la Sauli linali ndi wantchito dzina lake Ziba, ndipo anamuitana kwa Davide. Mfumu anafunsa, “Kodi ndiwe Ziba?” Iye anayankha, “Inde, ndine mtumiki wanu.”
3Mfumu anafunsa, “Kodi palibe wotsala wa nyumba ya Sauli amene ndingamuchitire chifundo cha Atate wathu?” Ziba anayankha mfumu nati, “Alipobe mwana wa Yonatani; iye ndi wolumala mapazi onse awiri.” a a v3 Davide akulakalaka kumuchitira Mefibosheti chifundo cha pangano chomwecho chimene Atate wathu amachita — chikondi chosayenerera chotsanulidwa pa anthu opanda thandizo ndi otayidwa.
4Mfumu anafunsa, “Kodi ali kuti?” Ziba anayankha, “Ali m'nyumba ya Makiri mwana wa Amieli, ku Lo-debari.”
5Choncho mfumu Davide anatumiza anthu, nakamutenga kuchoka m'nyumba ya Makiri mwana wa Amieli, ku Lo-debari. 6Pamene Mefibosheti mwana wa Yonatani, mwana wa Sauli, anafika kwa Davide, anagwa chafufumimba nawerama pansi. Davide anati, “Mefibosheti!” Iye anayankha, “Mtumiki wanu.”
7Davide anati kwa iye, “Usaope, pakuti ndithudi ndidzakuchitira chifundo chifukwa cha Yonatani atate wako. Ndidzakubwezera dziko lonse la Sauli agogo ako, ndipo udzadya pa tebulo langa nthawi zonse.”
8Mefibosheti anawerama nati, “Kodi mtumiki wanu ndine chiyani, kuti muyang'ane galu wakufa ngati ine?”
9Ndipo mfumu anaitana Ziba, wantchito wa Sauli, nati, “Ndapereka kwa mdzukulu wa mbuye wako zonse zimene zinali za Sauli ndi za banja lake lonse. 10Iwe, ana ako, ndi antchito ako mudzamulimire dziko, ndi kukolola zokolola, kuti mdzukulu wa mbuye wako akhale ndi chakudya chodya. Koma Mefibosheti, mdzukulu wa mbuye wako, adzadya pa tebulo langa nthawi zonse.” Ziba anali ndi ana aamuna khumi ndi asanu ndi antchito makumi awiri.
11Ziba anawuza mfumu kuti, “Ndidzachita zonse zimene mbuye wanga mfumu walamula.” Choncho Mefibosheti anadya pa tebulo la Davide ngati mmodzi wa ana a mfumu. 12Mefibosheti anali ndi mwana wamwamuna wamng'ono dzina lake Mika, ndipo onse amene anakhala m'banja la Ziba anali atumiki a Mefibosheti. 13Mefibosheti anakhala mu Yerusalemu, chifukwa anadya pa tebulo la mfumu nthawi zonse; ndipo anali wolumala mapazi onse awiri.
