8 Neryo mwahamba Agagĩ omwami wʼAbamalekĩ inianeho, kandi mwĩta abandu bosĩ omo boya bʼomũyalĩ.
ebya Sũrĩa, nʼebya Moabũ, nʼebyʼabana ba Amonĩ, nʼebyʼAbafĩlĩstĩnĩ, ebya Amaleke, nʼoko minyego ya Hadadezerĩ, mugala wa Rehobũ, omwami wʼeZoba.
Nĩkwa abandi mobatibita erĩhĩka eAfekĩ, omo mũyĩ; nʼolũhĩmbo molwaterera oko bandu abasaka elfu makũmĩ abiri nʼirinda (27,000). Na Benĩ-Hadadĩ mwatibita mwingira omo mũyĩ, omo kyumba kyʼomwisi.
Mobĩta abasĩgalira bʼAbamalekĩ ababala, neryo babĩrĩkalaho erĩhĩka mũnabwĩre.
Enyũma wʼemyatsi eyĩ omwami mwatomekera obukulu bʼuku Hamanĩ, mugala wa Hamedata Omũagagĩ, mwamũhamya mo mukulu, kandi mwamuha ehamũlĩ oko banya-mwami bosĩ ababya haguma naye.
Sihali mundu omo bandu oyo wabirihigulwa eritswerwa lubi oyo wasyaswatongolĩbwa; kwenene asyĩtwa.
Amagetsi asyasenda akalũa omo bisya biwe, Nʼembuto yiwe yasyabya omo magetsi mangi, Nʼomwami wuwe asyabya mukulu kwilaba Agagĩ, Nʼobwami buwe bwasyahamĩbwa.
neryo mwĩmyago, nʼomwami wako, nʼemĩyĩ yosĩ yako; mobĩtago omo boya bwʼomũyalĩ, kandi mobaherya abandu bosĩ ababyamo bo kutsibu; mwatasĩga nʼomuguma; ngoko akola Hebũronĩ, mwayira atya oko Debĩrĩ, nʼoko mwami wako; ngoko akola nibya eLĩbũna, mwami wayo.
Kandi Yosũa mwĩmya emĩyĩ yosĩ yʼabami abo, nʼabami bayo bosĩ, kandi mwĩtabo omo boya bwʼomũyalĩ, mwaheryabo ndeke; ngoko Musa omugombe wʼOmwami Mukulu ahana.
Nʼomwami wʼeAĩ mobamuhamba inianeho, mobamuletera Yosũa.
Na Saũlo mwabwira Samwelĩ, ati, Ega, monowa omulenge wʼOmwami Mukulu, nabirikwama enzira eyo Mwami Mukulu anyitumamo, kandi nabirireta Agagĩ omwami wʼAbamalekĩ, kandi nabĩrĩherya kũndũ Abamalekĩ.
Lino ugende wĩte Abamalekĩ, kandi ũheraye ebyosĩ bawite, kandi sũbalayebo, nĩkwa mwĩte abalume nʼabakalĩ, omwana oyukonga, ende nʼembũlĩ, engamia nʼepunda.
Kandi mwĩta eNobĩ omũyĩ wʼabahererĩ omo boya bʼomũyalĩ, abalume nʼabakalĩ, abana, nʼesyomekeke, nʼesyonde nibya nʼesyopunda nʼesyombũlĩ, omo boya bʼomũyalĩ.
Neryo omugulu Dawĩdĩ nʼabalume buwe bahĩka eZĩklagĩ oko kiro kyʼebisatu, Abamalekĩ ĩbamabĩhũnga ebwanga bwʼeNegevĩ nʼeZĩklagĩ, ĩbamabĩherya eZĩklagĩ nʼerĩhĩsyako omo muliro,