2 Yoswa wangutuma ŵanthu kutuliya ku Yeriko kuya ku Ai wo we pafupi ndi Betavene, kumwela kwa Betele, wangunena nawo, “Kwerani mukaskoli charu cho.” Ŵanthu ŵanguruta ŵangwachiskola Ai.
Kuchiri kunkhonde mphaka yawo yingwamba pa Yordane; kutuwa pa mphaka yikwere ku nkhondekwa Yeriko, yirutiliya kuporota mu charu cha mtunthu kuchiriku zambwe; yimaliya pa bozwa la Betavene.
ŴaFilisti ŵanguwungana kuti ŵarwi nkhondo ndi ŵaYisraele magareta, vikwi machumi ghatatu (30,000) ŵanthu vikwi vinkhonde ndi chimoza (6,000) ŵakukwera pa ŵakavalo, ndipo ŵanthu ŵanguŵa nge ndi mchenga wapa likumba la nyanja mu unandi; ŵangukwera ndi kugoŵa mu Mikimasa ku vuma Bete-avene.
Kutuwa pa wangundere ku phiri ku vuma kwa Betele, ndi wangujintha hema lake; Betele ku zambwe ndi Ai ku vuma ndipo pa wanguzenga jochero ku Ambuya ndipo wanguromba ku Ambuya.
“Tenje, Heshiboni, we, pakuti Ai wachitika mapopa! Liyani, mwa ŵana ŵanthukazi ŵaku Raba! Jivwarikeni vigudulu, tenjeni, ndi chimbiyani uku ndi uku vivwati vya mphaka! Pakuti Milkomo wakayanga mu umkoli ŵazukuru ŵake ndi mafumu ghake.