16 “Ngomso malunga neli xesha ndiya kuthumela kuwe indoda esuka kwilizwe lakwaBhenjamin,+ uze ke uyithambise+ ibe yinkokeli yabantu bam uSirayeli; kwaye yona imele ibasindise abantu bam esandleni samaFilisti,+ ngenxa yokuba ndiyibonile inkxwaleko yabantu bam, kuba isikhalo sabo sifikile kum.+

10 Wandula ke uSamuweli wathabatha iselwa+ leoli wayigalela entlokweni yakhe, wamanga+ waza wathi: “UYehova akakuthambisanga na ukuba ube yinkokeli+ phezu kwelifa lakhe?+

9 Noko ke, uDavide wathi kuAbhishayi: “Musa ukumonakalisa, kuba ngubani na owolulele isandla sakhe kothanjisiweyo kaYehova+ waza wahlala emsulwa?”+