16 Mndu ulya kawia Eli, “Inyi ngawuka shidenyi wulalu kudi; ngadicha njiwuka shidenyi inu.” Eli kammbesa “Mbonyi tsiwei tsida ipfo shidenyi mana oko?”
Dawidi kammbesa, “Kenjiwia nkiki kiwutikie, mbonyi tsihendie kuda?” Manake ulya kamhaluo kambia, “Maaskari wadu wose wadicha. Wandu wadu wafoi handu hamu na Sauli na mana oke Yonathani walewaho.”
Nalyo Yoshua kawia Akani, “Mana oko ṟumisha Mndumii-Ruwa, Ruwa o Israeli, mṟumishe, numa unjiwie shilya uwutie manya kulanjiṟike.”
Mndumii-Ruwa kalahase, “Samweli.” Samweli kakure, kahendiase Eli kambia, “Ngamecha chandu onjilaha.” Kyaindi Eli kambia, “Ngamekulahapfo mana oko, henda laa.”
Mndu ulya aleende mbonyi kahamba, “Waisraeli wadicha Wafilisti. Kukaapfo wuwaahi wung'anyi ko Waisraeli. Ngoseṟa ya isho shose, wana wapfo wawawi Hofni na Finehasi wawoho, na isanduku lya mma lya Ruwa lyadao.”