Umusa wesivumelwano kaDavide kuMefibosheti
UDavide ubuza ukuthi ukhona yini osaphila endlini kaSawule, ukuze amkhombise umusa kaBaba wethu. USiba usho uMefibosheti, okhubazekile ezinyaweni zombili, ohlala eLo-debari. UDavide umbuyisela izwe likaSawule futhi amhlalise etafuleni lenkosi — yena azibize ngenja efileyo.
9 1UDavide wabuza wathi: “Ukhona yini osasele emndenini kaSawuli engingamenzela umusa, ngenxa kaJonathani?” 2Indlu kaSawuli yayinenceku okuthiwa nguSiba, yabizelwa kuDavide. Inkosi yabuza yathi: “Nguwe uSiba na?” Yaphendula yathi: “Yimi, inceku yakho.”
3Inkosi yabuza yathi: “Akusekho yini noyedwa osele endlini kaSawuli engingambonisa umusa kaBaba wethu?” USiba waphendula inkosi wathi: “Isekhona indodana kaJonathani; uyisishosha ezinyaweni zombili.” a a v3 UDavide ulangazelela ukubonisa uMefibosheti umusa wesivumelwano ofanayo noboniswa nguBaba wethu — uthando olungasetshenzelwanga oluthululelwa phezu kwabangenamandla nabalahliweyo.
4Inkosi yabuza yathi: “Ukuphi na?” USiba waphendula wathi: “Usendlini kaMakiri indodana ka-Amiyeli, eLo-debari.”
5Ngakho inkosi uDavide yathumela yamlanda endlini kaMakiri indodana ka-Amiyeli eLo-debari. 6Kwathi uMefibosheti indodana kaJonathani, indodana kaSawuli, efika kuDavide, wawa ngobuso phansi wakhothama. UDavide wathi: “Mefibosheti!” Waphendula wathi: “Nansi inceku yakho.”
7UDavide wathi kuye: “Ungesabi, ngokuba ngempela ngizokwenzela umusa ngenxa kayihlo uJonathani. Ngizokubuyisela wonke umhlaba kamkhulu wakho uSawuli, futhi uzakudla etafuleni lami njalonjalo.”
8UMefibosheti wakhothama wathi: “Iyini inceku yakho, ukuba unake inja efile enjengami?”
9Inkosi yase ibiza uSiba, inceku kaSawuli, yathi: “Konke okwakungokukaSawuli nendlu yakhe yonke ngikunikile umzukulu wenkosi yakho. 10Wena, namadodana akho, nezinceku zakho nizomlimela umhlaba niwuvune, ukuze umzukulu wenkosi yakho abe nokudla. Kodwa uMefibosheti, umzukulu wenkosi yakho, uzakudla etafuleni lami njalonjalo.” USiba wayenamadodana ayishumi nanhlanu nezinceku ezingamashumi amabili.
11USiba wathi enkosini: “Konke inkosi yami ekuyalayo, inceku yakho izokwenza njengokusho kwayo.” Kanjalo uMefibosheti wadla etafuleni likaDavide njengomunye wamadodana enkosi. 12UMefibosheti wayenendodana encane okuthiwa nguMika, futhi bonke ababehlala endlini kaSiba babekhonza uMefibosheti. 13UMefibosheti wayehlala eJerusalema, ngokuba wayedla etafuleni lenkosi njalo; futhi wayeyisishosha ezinyaweni zombili.
