18 Kandi Dawĩdĩ mwabwira Saũlo ati, ko nage Ĩngyendi, nʼengebe yage nĩkĩ, kutse ekĩtũnga kyage omo Ĩsraelĩ, ekyangataleka inabya mukwe wʼOmwami kwehĩ?
Neryo omwami Dawĩdĩ mwingira omo Hema ĩbũyĩrĩre, mwĩkala embere syʼOmwami Mukulu mwabũga ati, Ĩngye ĩndĩkĩ, uwe Mukama, Omwami Mukulu, nʼekĩtũnga kyage ni kihi, uti nomo wanamangolya hano kwehĩ?
Ahĩmazĩ eNafũtalĩ, naye mwahĩkya Basematĩ mwali wa Solomono;
Neryo Musa mwabũga na Nyamuhanga ati, Ĩngyendi uti nangaya ewa Farao, uti nangalũsya abana ba Ĩsraelĩ bʼeMĩsĩrĩ kwehĩ?
Eriubaha lyʼOmwami Mukulu nĩ ʼkangĩrĩrya lyʼamenge; Erĩyĩkehya lĩkatsũka embere wʼerĩsĩkĩbwa.
Embere wʼerĩherĩbwa, omutima wʼomundu akayipipa; Erĩyĩkehya lĩkatsũka embere wʼerĩsĩkĩbwa.
Neryo monabũga nyiti, Ĩlolo Mukama Omwami Mukulu! Lebaya, Sĩnyasĩ erĩbũga, kusangwa indi mũlwana.
Neryo mwawa mwatũlamira oko bũsũ buwe, kandi mũnama erĩhĩka oko kitaka, kandi mwamubwira ati, Busana nakĩ namabana eriganyirwa embere syʼameso wawe, uti ukanyibuka, ĩngye wʼehandi kwehĩ?
Nʼabagombe ba Saũlo mobabũgĩra ebĩnywa ebyo omo matwĩ wa Dawĩdĩ. Neryo Dawĩdĩ mwabũga ati, Mũkaganĩraya muti ni mwatsi muke eribya mukwe wʼOmwami kwehĩ? Mũnasĩ ko ndi mundu nzama nʼoyũtasĩbwe.
Na Saũlo mwasũbĩrya mwabũga ati, Sindi Mũbenyamĩna, owʼekihanda kyike kwilaba ebyosĩ byʼAbaĩsraelĩ kwehĩ? Nʼekĩtũnga kyage si kyike kwilaba ebĩtũnga byosĩ bya Benyamĩna kwehĩ? Busana nakĩ ukambwira ebyʼomũsĩndo oyũ kwehĩ?