2 Samuweli
9 UDavide wathi: “Ingabe usekhona osele endlini kaSawule, ukuze ngimbonise umusa wothando+ ngenxa kaJonathani?”+ 2 Manje indlu kaSawule yayinenceku egama layo linguZiba.+ Ngakho bayibizela kuDavide, inkosi yathi kuyo: “Ingabe unguZiba?” yena wathi: “Ngiyinceku yakho.” 3 Inkosi yaqhubeka yathi: “Ingabe usekhona omunye wendlu kaSawule, ukuze ngimbonise umusa wothando kaNkulunkulu?”+ UZiba wathi enkosini: “Kusekhona indodana kaJonathani, ekhubazekile ezinyaweni.”+ 4 Khona-ke inkosi yathi kuye: “Iphi?” Ngakho uZiba wathi enkosini: “Bheka! Isemzini kaMakiri+ indodana ka-Amiyeli eLo-debari.”+
5 Ngokushesha iNkosi uDavide yathumela yamlanda emzini kaMakiri indodana ka-Amiyeli eLo-debari. 6 Lapho uMefibhosheti indodana kaJonathani indodana kaSawule engena kuDavide, wawa ngobuso ngaso leso sikhathi wakhothama.+ Khona-ke uDavide wathi: “Mefibhosheti!” yena wathi: “Nansi inceku yakho.” 7 Waqhubeka uDavide wathi kuye: “Ungesabi, ngoba nakanjani ngizokubonisa umusa wothando+ ngenxa kaJonathani uyihlo,+ futhi ngizobuyisela kuwe wonke amasimu+ kaSawule umkhulu wakho, futhi wena ngokwakho uzodla isinkwa etafuleni lami njalo.”+
8 Lapho ezwa lokho wawa ngobuso wathi: “Iyini inceku yakho ukuba uphendulele ubuso bakho enjeni efile+ enjengami?” 9 Inkosi yabe isibiza uZiba, isikhonzi sikaSawule, yathi kuye: “Yonke into ebingekaSawule nayo yonke indlu yakhe ngiyinika+ umzukulu wenkosi yakho. 10 Kumelwe umlimele umhlabathi, wena namadodana akho nezinceku zakho, futhi kumelwe ubuthe isivuno, futhi kumelwe sibe ngukudla kwalabo abangabomzukulu wenkosi yakho, badle; kodwa uMefibhosheti yena, umzukulu wenkosi yakho, uzokudla isinkwa etafuleni lami njalo.”+
UZiba wayenamadodana ayishumi nanhlanu nezinceku ezingamashumi amabili.+ 11 Ngakho uZiba wathi enkosini: “Inceku yakho izokwenza ngokwakho konke inkosi yami inkosi ekuyala inceku yayo; kodwa uMefibhosheti+ udla etafuleni lami njengenye yamadodana enkosi.” 12 Manje uMefibhosheti wayenendodana esencane egama layo kunguMikha,+ futhi bonke ababehlala endlini kaZiba babeyizinceku zikaMefibhosheti. 13 UMefibhosheti yena wayehlala eJerusalema, ngoba wayedla njalo etafuleni lenkosi,+ futhi wayekhubazekile kuzo zombili izinyawo zakhe.+