20. Ngoko nangoko wawa bhaxa emhlabeni uSawule, egubha ngenxa yamazwi kaSamweli. Wayeselephelelwe nangamandla, kuba wayengazange wasa nto emlonyeni imini nobusuku.
21. Waya kuye loo mfazi, wafika uSawule efile kukoyika, waza wathi: “Mhlekazi, umkhonzazana wakho ukuthobele. Ubomi bam ndibubeke esichengeni ndenza ngokomyalelo wakho.
22. Ngoku ke siphulaphule isicakazana sakho; mandikwenzele into etyiwayo, utye, ahlaziyeke amandla akho, uhambe indlela yakho.”
23. Wala uSawule, esithi: “Andiyi kusa nto emlonyeni!”Kambe ke amcenga amaphakathi kunye naloo mfazi. Ngenene woyisakala, wavuka, wahlala ebhedini.
24. Loo mfazi wakhawuleza waxhela ithole elondlekileyo awayenalo emzini wakhe; wathatha umgubo, waxova, wenza isonka esinganyuswanga.
25. Oko kutya wakubeka ngaphambi kukaSawule kunye namaphakathi akhe, bakutya, baza banduluka kwangobo busuku.