1 Ono bene Isilaeli bakalibambila kuya mukulwana abene Filisiti. Bakayaka misumba yabo kuEbenesa abalo bene Filisiti bakayaka yaabo kuAfeki.
Ciindi cakulwana ndicakashika, wakeeta bashilumamba bakwe akuyaabo kundabala ya Afeki mukulwana abene Isilaeli.
Bakapuluka bakacicila mundabala ya Afeki uko baanji baanji nkobakalimbwa alubumbu lwa mundabala. Bakalimbwa bakalinga 27,000. Benadadi lakwe wakacicila mundabala akuya mukuyuba mucipinda ca mukati ca ŋanda.
bene Gebali, bene Amoni, bene Amaleki, bene Filisiti abantu ba kuTaya.
“Pabushiku bwasunu noonse muliimfwi pameenso a Mwaami Lesa, Lesa wanu. Nkokwaamba ayi mwebo nobamatanjilili, abamaloba, bacinenenene, basankwa bamwi boonse,
Afeki, Lashaloni
kumalenge. Cishi coonse ca bene Kenani kuswa kucishi ca bene Sidoni ca Ala kuya mukushika akuAfeki, cishi ca bene Amoli,
Janimu, Beti Tapuwa, Afeka,
Uma, Afeki alimwi Lewobu. Nkokwaamba ayi mandabala anene pantu pomwi akalinga makumi obilo amandabala obilo, kubikaawo amishi yakalinga kushingulukite mandabala ayo.
Ndime Lesa wanu, uyo eenka umufuna kuswa kumapensho amakatasho anu. Ono sunu mwankaaka akusenga ayi mupe mwaami. Ncibotu, amubungane pameenso angu neMwaami Lesa mumukowa amukowa, cipani acipani.’ ”
Ono bene Filisiti bakabunganya bashilumamba babo kuAfeki, bene Isilaeli bakalinga kuyakite misumba yabo kufwaafwi akantupu muJesiliilu.
Mpeeke Mwaami Lesa wakaambila Samwelo ayi, “Kutika ndi pafwaafwi kucita cintu cimwi ciyoosha kubantu bene Isilaeli cakwaamba ayi uyo woonse weshi akacinyuumfwe akakankamane.
Bene Filisiti bakaya balwana bene Isilaeli. Lyalo kwakaba nkondo yabulowa iyo yakeela mukukomwa kwa bene Isilaeli akucaikwa kwa bashilumamba babo bali mpashi shuulu shili shone mumusena weenka wakulwaninaawo.
Mpeeke bene Filisiti ndibakamana kucata Libokoshi lya Cipangano, bakaliyumuna kuswa kuEbenesa kulitola kundabala inene ya Ashidodi.
Lyalo Samwelo wakabwesa libwe akulibika pakati ka ndabala ya Misipa aSheni. Libwe ilyo wakalitumba ayi Ebenesa akwaamba ayi, “Mwaami Lesa watucafwa mushinso woonse uyu.”