13 Kyaleka Saũlo ĩnĩalũsya Dawĩdĩ hakũhĩ naye nʼerimuyira mo mũsondolĩ wʼabasĩrĩkanĩ elfu; kandi Dawĩdĩ iniakasa nʼerisyahulukira embere syʼabandu.
Oko migulu yalaba, omugulu Saũlo abya mwami akatutabalira, nina we wabya ukasondolera Ĩsraelĩ erihongoka nʼeriswasa; kandi Omwami Mukulu mwakubwira ati, wasyalĩsya abandu bage Ĩsraelĩ, kandi Wasyabya mũsondolĩ wʼAbaĩsraelĩ.
Omwami Mukulu asyakuhanganira omugulu ũkahĩka, nʼomugulu ukahuluka,
Na Saũlo mwabũga ati, Mubwire Dawĩdĩ muti, Omwami sĩanzĩre mũtahyo, nĩkwa ebĩtsũle ĩgana byʼAbafilĩstĩnĩ ayĩkĩsĩraye esyonzĩgũ syʼOmwami. Nĩkwa Saũlo aganĩraya erireka iniawa omo byala byʼAbafilĩstĩnĩ.
Neryo Saũlo mwabwira bagombe buwe ababya bamũtĩmbĩreko, ati, Mowe lino, ĩnywe Babenyamĩna; omugala wa Yese anasyaha obuli mundu kwĩnywe amalima nʼamalima wʼebĩnyũ, asyabayira mo basondolĩ bʼamaelfu nʼabasondolĩ bʼamagana kwehĩ?
Kandi asyayĩhĩrĩrabo mo basondolĩ bʼamaelfu nʼabasondolĩ bʼoko makũmĩ atanu; kandi eririma malima wuwe, nʼerigesa amagese wuwe, nʼerĩkokotya ebindu biwe byʼamalwa, nʼebindu byʼesyogalĩ siwe.