10 katiri wapa nthowa cha, chingana ndi minjirira yiŵi cha, chingana ndi viyatucha, chingana ndi ndodu cha: chifukwa wanchitu ngwakwenere mpaku wake.
mungargha ivi pa malo pose, iwe ndi mbumba yako yose; chifukwa ndi phande linu la uteŵete winu wamu hema lakuwunganamo.
Ndipo mu msumba we wose, chingana ndi muzi, mo mungasere, penjanimo yo ngwakwenere; ndipo tandarani ndi mweniyo, mpaka po mutuwamo.
Wanguŵalanguliya kuti ŵangapinganga kanthu kapa nthowa cha, kweni ndodu pe, chaukurgha cha, katiri cha, ndrama cha mu likwamba;
Ndipo wakwamuka waŵaneniyanga, “Yo we ndi minjirira yiŵi wapaskeko kwaku yo walivi; ndi yo we ndi vyaukurgha, wachite kwakulingana.”
Ndipo wanguŵanene, “Mungatole kanthu kapa nthowa cha, chingana ndi ndodo, chingana ndi katiri, chingana ndi chiŵande, chingana ndi ndrama, chingana nkhuŵa nayo minjirira yiŵi.
Chirundu cho, chenicho ndingusiya mu Troa kwaku Karpo, uchiza, pinga ndi mabuku gho, viŵiviŵi vikopa vyo.
Sono wanguto nthonga yake, ndipo wangusankha mya yinkhonde yankhurungu mu msinji, ndi kuyiŵika muthumba lake la uliska pamwenga mu chibeta; ndipo chakupong'e chenga mu janja lake, wanguza kufupi kwaku Goliati.
Sauli wangumwamuka, “Kweni asani tingaruta timupingiyengenji? Pakuti mu chiyaŵi chidu chiŵande chamara, ndipo palive chawanangwa cho tingapingiya munthu waku Chiuta. Na tendi kane?”