8 Maye kitsi! Ngubani lotasikhulula esandleni salabonkulunkulu labanemandla kangaka? Ngulabonkulunkulu labashaya emaGibhithe ehlane ngetishayo letimbi letehlukene.
Tive nativa loko, tiyawutfutfumela ngekwesaba, emaFilisti ayawufikelwa luvalo.
EmaGibhithe ngulapho ayawungati khona kutsi nginguSimakadze, nase ngelule sandla sami ngikhulula ema-Israyeli emkhatsini wawo.”
Ngobe manje letishayo ngitatitfumelela kuletiphatsimandla takho nakubantfu bakho ngicedze ngendlulele kuwe imbala, khona utekwati kutsi kute lofanana nami emhlabeni wonkhe jikelele.
Laba banemandla ekuvala litulu kutsi lingani ngesikhatsi sekuphrofetha kwabo. Banemandla etikwemanti kutsi bawagucule abe yingati. Banemandla futsi ekushaya umhlaba ngako konkhe kuhlupheka nome kukangaki, kuye njengekutsandza kwabo.
emaFilisti esaba kakhulu atsi: “Bonkulunkulu sebafikile enkambu; tsine sesisengotini! Kute intfo lenje leyake yenteka ngaphambili.
Cinani-ke, maFilisti! Banini ngemadvodza, ngaphandle kwaloko nitawuba tigcili temaHebheru, njengobe nawo abetigcili tenu. Banini ngemadvodza, nilwe!”
Atsi kube emadvodza ase-Ashdodi akubone loko lekwase kwenteka, atsi: “Lelibhokisi laloNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli akufanele lihlale emkhatsini wetfu, ngobe sandla sakhe simatima etikwetfu nasetikwaDagoni, nkulunkulu wetfu.”