Davidi wanguruta wangwachito viwanga vyaku Sauli ndi vya mwana wake Jonafani ku ŵanthu ŵaku Yabeshe-Gileada, wo ŵanguviba pa bwalo laku Beteshani, po ŵaFilisti ŵanguŵapayika, pa zuŵa lo ŵaFilisti ŵangubayiya Sauli pa Gilboa,
Munyamata yo wanguti, “Mwa mwaŵi ndenga pa phiri la Gilboa; ndinguwona Sauli wagona pa mkondo wake; ndipo ehe, magareta ndi ŵakukwera pa ŵakavalo ŵangufinyirizga.
Mu mazuŵa ghenigha ŵaFilisti ŵanguwunganiska maŵanja ghawo, ku nkhondo, kurwana ndi ŵaYisraele. Akishi wangunena ndi Davidi, “Uziŵe kuti iwe ndi ŵanthu ŵako mukarutanga nane ku nkhondo.”