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9 UDavida wathi: “Kulomuntu oseleyo yini kwabendlu kaSawuli engingamenzela umusa* ngenxa kaJonathani?”+ 2 Kwakulenceku yendlu kaSawuli okwakuthiwa nguZibha,+ bayibiza yaya enkosini uDavida. Inkosi yayibuza yathi: “Nguwe uZibha?” Yona yaphendula yathi: “Ye yimi inceku yakho.” 3 Inkosi yasisithi: “Kulomuntu oseleyo yini kwabendlu kaSawuli engingamenzela umusa kaNkulunkulu?”* UZibha waphendula wathi: “Kulendodana kaJonathani eyodwa egogeke inyawo zombili.”+ 4 Inkosi yambuza yathi: “Ingaphi?” UZibha wasephendula wathi: “Isendlini kaMakhiri+ indodana ka-Amiyeli eLo-debhari.”
5 INkosi uDavida yahle yathi uMefibhoshethi kayethathwa endlini kaMakhiri indodana ka-Amiyeli eLo-debhari. 6 UMefibhoshethi indodana kaJonathani, indodana kaSawuli, wathi efika kuDavida waguqa wasesithi mbo phansi ngobuso. UDavida wathi: “Mefibhoshethi!” Yena wathi: “Nkosi yami.” 7 UDavida wasesithi kuye: “Ungesabi ngoba ngizakwenzela umusa*+ ngenxa kayihlo uJonathani. Ngizabuyisela kuwe yonke indawo eyayingekayihlomkhulu uSawuli futhi wena uzakudla etafuleni+ yami zikhathi zonke.”
8 UMefibhoshethi wathi esizwa lokhu wathi mbo phansi ngobuso wasesithi: “Kambe inceku yakho iyini ukuthi usungaze uyicabange? Phela mina nginjengenja efileyo.”+ 9 Inkosi yathi akuyebizwa uZibha inceku kaSawuli, yasisithi kuye: “Konke okwakungokukaSawuli inkosi yakho labendlu yakhe ngikunika umzukulu wakhe.+ 10 Wena lamadodana akho lezisebenzi zakho lizamlimela amasimu akhe futhi livune amabele akhe ukuze abemuli yomzukulu wenkosi yakho bathole ukudla. Kodwa uMefibhoshethi umzukulu wenkosi yakho yena uzakudla etafuleni+ yami zikhathi zonke.”
UZibha wayelamadodana angu-15 lezisebenzi ezingu-20.+ 11 UZibha wathi enkosini: “Nkosi yami, inceku yakho izakwenza konke othi ikwenze.” Ngakho uMefibhoshethi wayesesidla etafuleni kaDavida njengamadodana enkosi. 12 UMefibhoshethi wayelendodana eyayisesencane okwakuthiwa nguMikha.+ Bonke ababehlala emzini kaZibha baba yizisebenzi zikaMefibhoshethi. 13 Kodwa uMefibhoshethi yena wayehlala eJerusalema ngenxa yokuthi kwakumele adle etafuleni yenkosi+ zikhathi zonke. UMefibhoshethi wayegogekile inyawo zombili.+