17 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, Sawula watsi kuDavide: “Nangu Merabi+ indvodzakati yami lendzala. Ngitakwendzisela yena.+ Kepha kufanele uchubeke uba nesibindzi futsi ulwe timphi taJehova.”+ Sawula abecabanga atsi: ‘Akangabulawa ngimi, kodvwa akabulawe ngemaFilisti.’+

21 Ngako Sawula watsi: “Ngitamniketa yona kute ngitfole indlela yekutsi emaFilisti ambulale.”+ Sawula waphindze wakhuluma naDavide kwesibili watsi: “Lamuhla utawuba ngumkhwenyane wami.”