1 Kiherikyo, Wafilisti wakakusanza handu hamu kundu wakapane na Waisraeli. Waisraeli walewika kiṟaṟo kyawo ipfo Ebenezeri, na Wafilisti wakawika kiṟaṟo kyawo ipfo Afeki.
Kyasia, maka fuleituma, Ben-Hadadi kaitala Washami, kado mṟasa Afeki kundu. Nakapane na Israeli.
Walya waletsuhaa wakadicha mṟasa mṟinyi; na omombo lukaolokia wandu weletsuhaa shiku makumi hawi na mfungade (27,000). Ben-Hadadi kadichia mṟinyi, kiṟihenyi kya mba.
Gebali, na Amonyi na Ameleki na Filisti, na iwo wekyekaa Tiro,
“Inu, muhoṟoki oshangunyi lo Mndumii-Ruwa, Ruwa onu, nyo mose wasongoru wa Shishari, wameku wanu, na wanene wa wandu,
mangi o Afeka, mangi o Lashanoni,
ora lo seri. Lya ngoseṟa njoruka tsa Wakaanani wokia Ara ya Wasidoni mṟasa Afeki mṟasenyi na Waamori.
Yanimu, Beth-tapua, Afeka.
Umu, Afeki na Rehobu. Mṟi yose waleinengo iweshikie makumi hawi na iwi (22) handu hamu na shihongo shayo shose.
Inu kudi monjileha inyi Ruwa onu msa njilemuashuo kuwuka ngapo na fowa tsanu; nanyo mohamba, ‘O manyale!’ Luinengenyi mangi moluchilia. Mui shisharinyi shanu na kui shiku shanu.”
Wafilisti walesanyiaichekeṟo hawo hose kulya Afeki, na Waisraeli walewikakiṟaṟo lyawo sokenyi ya mṟinga pichinyi lya Yezreeli.
Naho Mndumii-Ruwa kawia Samweli, “Ambuya, njikundi iwuta kindo kiidi kya Waisraeli kyechikangaṟitsa orio mndu oose echiicho.
Wafilisti walesaṟikia Waisraeli, na numa ya ngapano njiwawo Waisraeli wakawingo. Waisraeli shiku shiina wakawooho alya alya kiidi kya ngapano.
Wafilisti wamema iduo isanduku lya Ruwa, walelikudika kuwokia mṟinyi fo Ebenezeri tane mṟinyi fowo fo Ashdodi.
Numa Samweli kaira iho na ilihoṟotsa makidi hawi ha Mispa na Sheni, kadumbuya iholyo rina nyi Ebenezeri, kechihamba, “Mṟasa iya Mndumii-Ruwa amelutarama.”