Inceba yomnqophiso kaDavide kuMefibhoshete
UDavide wabuza ukuba ukho na oseleyo endlwini kaSawule, ukuze amenzele inceba kaBawo wethu. UTsibha wakhankanya uMefibhoshete, ofe iinyawo zombini, ohleli eLo-debhare. UDavide wambuyisela umhlaba kaSawule, wamhlalisa etafileni yasebukhosini—waza wazibiza ngokuba yinja efileyo.
9 1Wathi uDavide: “Ukho na oseleyo endlwini kaSawule, endinokwenza kuye inceba ngenxa kaYonatan?” 2Ke indlu kaSawule yayinomkhonzi ogama linguTsibha, owabizelwa kuDavide. Wathi ukumkani kuye: “Nguwe na uTsibha?” Waphendula: “Ndim umkhonzi wakho.”
3Wathi ukumkani: “Akusekho mntu na oseleyo endlwini kaSawule, endinokumenzela inceba kaBawo wethu?” UTsibha waphendula ukumkani, wathi: “Kusekho unyana kaYonatan; ufe iinyawo zombini.” a a v3 UDavide ulangazelela ukwenza kuMefibhoshete inceba yomnqophiso efanayo naleyo ayibonakalisayo uBawo wethu — uthando olungaphiwanga ngenxa yesenzo, oluthululelwa phezu kwabangenamandla nabagxothiweyo.
4Wathi ukumkani: “Uphi na?” Waphendula uTsibha: “Usendlwini kaMakire, unyana ka-Amiyeli, eLo-debhare.”
5Waza ke ukumkani uDavide wathumela, wamzisa evela endlwini kaMakire, unyana ka-Amiyeli, eLo-debhare. 6Uthe ke uMefibhoshete, unyana kaYonatan, unyana kaSawule, akufika kuDavide, wawa ngobuso emhlabeni, waqubuda. Wathi kuye uDavide: “Mefibhoshete!” Waphendula: “Nanku umkhonzi wakho.”
7Wathi uDavide kuye: “Musa ukoyika, kuba ndiya kukwenzela inceba ngenene ngenxa kayihlo uYonatan. Ndiya kukubuyisela wonke umhlaba kayihlo-mkhulu uSawule, uhlale udla etafileni yam.”
8Waqubuda uMefibhoshete, wathi: “Uyintoni na umkhonzi wakho, le nto ude uyibone inja efileyo enjengam?”
9Wambiza ke ukumkani uTsibha, umkhonzi kaSawule, wathi kuye: “Konke obekukokukaSawule nendlu yakhe yonke ndikunikile unyana wonyana wenkosi yakho. 10Wena, noonyana bakho, nabakhonzi bakho, womlimela umhlaba, ungenise isivuno, ukuze unyana wonyana wenkosi yakho abe nokudla adle. Kodwa yena uMefibhoshete, unyana wonyana wenkosi yakho, wosoloko esidla etafileni yam yonke imihla.” Ke uTsibha wayenoonyana abalishumi elinabahlanu nabakhonzi abangamashumi amabini.
11Wathi uTsibha kukumkani: “Ndiya kwenza njengoko inkosi yam ukumkani iwisela umthetho umkhonzi wayo.” Ngoko ke uMefibhoshete wadla etafileni kaDavide njengomnye woonyana bokumkani. 12UMefibhoshete ubenonyana oselula, ogama linguMika; bonke ababehleli endlwini kaTsibha babekhonza uMefibhoshete. 13Wahlala uMefibhoshete eYerusalem, ngokuba wayedla imihla yonke etafileni yokumkani; waye efe iinyawo zombini.
