1 Pavuli pa nyifwa yaku Sauli, Davidi wanguti wawe kukubaya Amaleke, wanguja mazuŵe ghaŵi mu Ziklaga;
Viyo pa zuŵa liya Akishi wangumpaska Ziklaga, rekani Ziklaga ngwa mafumu ghaku Yuda mpaka ku zuŵa linu.
Viyo ndimu wangufwiya Sauli, ndi ŵana ŵake ŵatatu, pamoza ndi wakupinga vidya vyake, ndi ŵanthu ŵake wose pamoza zuŵa leniliya.
ndipo wanguza ku Ene-mishi-pata (yo ndi Kadeshe) ndipo ŵanguthereska charu chose cha Amaleke, ndi so Amori, wo ŵanguja mu Hazazono-tamara.
Sono Davidi ndi ŵanthu ŵake ŵanguti ŵafika ku Ziklaga pa zuŵa la chitatu, Amaleke wanguwiya nkhondo pa ŵaNegebe ndi pa Ziklaga. Ŵanguthereska Ziklaga ndipo ŵanguwocha ndi moto,
Sono Sauli wangunena ndi wakupinga vidya vyake, “Wewepuwa lipanga lako, undigwaze nalo vinu ŵambura kuchinjika aŵa ŵangaza ŵangandigwaza ndikunditombozga.” Kweni wakupinga vidya vyake wangukana; chifukwa wangopa ukongwa, viyo Sauli wanguto lipanga lake ndi wangujiwiya paku lo.