Kepha leyo nto yaba mbi emehlweni kaSamuweli , lapho bethi: Siphe inkosi ukuba isahlulele. USamuweli wayesekhuleka kuJehova.

ngenxa yokuba inhliziyo yakho yayithambile , wazithoba phambi kukaNkulunkulu ekuzweni kwakho amazwi akhe ngale ndawo nangabakhileyo kuyo , yebo, wazithoba pha mbi kwami , waziklebhula izingubo zakho, wakhala phambi kwami, mina ngikuzwile, usho uJehova.

UDavide wayesethi kuso isithunywa : Uyakusho kanje kuJowabe , uthi: Le nto mayingabi mbi emehlweni akho , ngokuba inkemba idla omunye njengomunye; qinisa impi yakho ngasemzini, uwuchithe; bese wumqunga isibindi.

Ngakho yala ukuba iliba ligcinwe kuze kube lusuku lwesithathu ukuba abafundi bakhe bangaze bafike bamebe, bathi kubantu: Uvukile kwabafileyo; kuthi inkohliso yokugcina ibe mbi kuneyokuqala.

Ngalolo suku imizi yabo enamandla iyakuba njengezindawo ezishiyiweyo zasehlathini nezaseziqongweni zezintaba abazishiya pha mbi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli zibe yincithakalo.

Niyakukhuluma nithi : Futhi bheka , inceku yakho uJakobe iyeza , isemva kwethu. Ngokuba wathi : Ngizakumthoba ngalesi sipho esihamba pha mbi kwami, andukuba ngibone ubuso bakhe; mhlawumbe angangamukela.

Zwanini izwi likaJehova nina zizwe, nilimemeze eziqhingini ezikude, nithi: Owamhlakaza u-Israyeli uyakumbutha amlondoloze njengomalusi umhla mbi wakhe.