Sono Davidi wangurongoro ndi ŵanthu wo ŵenga pafupi nayo, “Kukamuŵiyanganji munthu yo wangabaya muFilisti uyu, ndi kutuzgapo chitozeru pa Yisraele? Pakuti ndiyani nayo muFilisti wambura kuchinjika uyu, kuti wanyozenge maŵanja ghaku Chiuta wamoyo?”
Kweni Ambuya ndi Chiuta wauneneska; iyo ndi Chiuta wamoyo ndi Karonga wamuyaya. Pa ukari wake charu chiyaghayika, ndipo mitundu kuti yingakunthiyapo kukwiya kwake cha.
Finehasi mwana waku Eleazara mzukuru wangunena ndi ŵina Rubene, Gadi ndi ŵina Manase, “Zuŵa lino tiziŵa kuti Ambuya ŵemukati mwidu, chifukwa mulivi kuchita chigaruka ku Ambuya; sono mwataska ŵaYisraele ku janja la Ambuya.”
Ndiziŵa maurwirwi ghawo, ndipo ndasika kuŵapozomoska ku ŵaEgipiti. Ndikaŵatuzganga mu charu chiya kuya nawo ku charu chamampha ndi chisani, charu cha mukaka unandi ndi uchi unandi. Cho ndi charu cha ŵaKanani, ŵaHiti, ŵaAmori, ŵaPerizi, ŵaHivi, ndi ŵaYebusi.
Ndipo wangudana zina la malo gha Masa ndi Meriba, chifukwa cha kutundula kwa ŵana ŵaku Yisraele; ndi chifukwa ŵangwesa Ambuya pakukamba kuti, “Kumbi Ambuya ŵe mukati mwidu, pamwenga awa?”
Penipo ŵakaronga wose wo ŵenga kusirgha ku Yordane mu charu cha mapiri ndi cha chidika ndi mu likumba lose la Nyanja Yikuru kurazga ku Lebanoni, ŵaHiti, Amoni, ŵaKanani, ŵaPerse, ŵaHivi ndi ŵaYebusi, ŵanguti ŵavwa ichi,
Davidi wangunena ndi Ahimeleke mu Hiti, ndi mbali waku Yoabu Abishai, mwana waku Zeruya, “Ndiyani yo wangasikiya pamoza nane ku ugoŵi waku Sauli?” Abishai wanguti, “Ndirutenge namwe.”
mu charu cha mtunthu, mu charu cha chidika, mu Araba, mu masendemu, mu mabozwa, ndi mu Negebu, charu cha ŵaHiti, Amoni, ŵaKanani, ŵaPerese, ŵaHivi, ndi ŵaYebusi):