16 Neryo abakama batanu bʼAbafĩlĩstĩnĩ babere babilangira ekyo, mobasuba eEkronĩ ekiro ekyo.
erĩtsũka eSĩhorĩ, ekĩlolĩre endata eMĩsĩrĩ, erĩhĩka oko mutano wʼEkũronĩ erilola elutambi lwʼendata (ekikaganzawa mo kyʼAbakanana); abakama batanu bʼAbafĩlĩstĩnĩ: Abagazĩ, nʼAbaasdodĩ, Abaaskelonĩ, Abagĩtĩ, nʼAbaekronĩ; kandi nʼowʼeAvĩ,
Nʼabakama bʼAbafĩlĩstĩnĩ mobamũhĩkako, mobamubwira bati, Ũmũlembesanaye, Uminye ahakalũa amaka wuwe manene, nʼomuhanda twangatokamo erĩmũkĩnda, itwatoka erimuboha nʼerĩmwagalya; netu twasyakuha obuli muguma ũkwʼĩtwe ebĩtsĩpa elfu nguma nʼerĩgana.
Abakama batanu bʼAbafĩlĩstĩnĩ, nʼAbakanana bosĩ, nʼAbasĩdona, nʼAbahĩvĩ ababya bĩkere oko kitwa kyʼeLebanonĩ, erĩtsũka eBaal-hermonĩ erĩhĩka oko bwingiriro bwʼeHamatĩ.
Kyaleka ibatuma erĩsandũko lya Nyamuhanga eEkronĩ. Neryo omugulu erĩsandũko lya Nyamuhanga lyahĩka eEkronĩ, Abaekronĩ mobalaka, bati, Bamatuletera erĩsandũko lya Nyamuhanga wʼAbaĩsraelĩ, erĩtwĩta nʼabandu betu.
Nʼesyonde mosyĩmya enzira itunganene omo nzira yʼeriya eBetĩ-semesĩ; mosyakwama enzira nene, isinemwama sikagenda, mositakitira oko mali kutse oko malembe nʼabakama bʼAbafĩlĩstĩnĩ mobakwamasyo erĩhĩka oko mutano wʼeBetĩ-semesĩ.
Neryo mobabũga bati, Obuhere bwʼolubanza bwasyabyakĩ obo twasyamũsũbũlĩrya kwehĩ? Neryo mobabũga bati, Ebihute bitanu byʼesyamagetsi, nʼesyombũkũlĩ ĩtanu syʼesyamagetsi ngʼemiganzo yʼabakama bʼAbafĩlĩstĩnĩ; kusangwa ekĩhũnzo kiguma mokyabya ũkwʼĩnywe bosĩ, nʼoko bakama benyũ.