1 Wafilisti walesanyiaichekeṟo hawo hose kulya Afeki, na Waisraeli walewikakiṟaṟo lyawo sokenyi ya mṟinga pichinyi lya Yezreeli.
Na alya Abneri kammbika nawe Mangi o Gileadi, Ashuru, Yezreeli, Efraimu na Benyamini na oruka lose lo Israeli.
Kyasia, Wafilisti wahendeiicho ke Dawidi naleshimbuyo nawe Mangi ya Israeli, wakahenda imbalia wambade. Dawidi ahende iicho ke wambalia, kahenda ikuṟika omombonyi koke.
Walya waletsuhaa wakadicha mṟasa mṟinyi; na omombo lukaolokia wandu weletsuhaa shiku makumi hawi na mfungade (27,000). Ben-Hadadi kadichia mṟinyi, kiṟihenyi kya mba.
Kikashika nduma ya isho, Nabothi Myezereeli nawewode Mdemi foke fo msabibu kiidi kya Yezreeli, kufui na mba ya wumangi ya Mangi Ahabu o Samaria.
Ngoseṟa Mndumii nalededa mbonyi tsa Yezebeli kehamba, “Shite shechimlya kiidi kya kiwanja kya Yezreeli.
Yehu kekishika Yezreeli, Yezebeli awemeshitsio mbonyi ko shilya shiwutikie. Kashia meso hake rangi na njui tsake naawo, kahenda itiṟishenyi kaambuya wandu.
Kyasia wakacha iwia wadi mangi Yehu mbonyi tsi, nao kahamba, “Nyi wudi Mndumii alededa kui dumbu lya mṟundi oke Elia, Mtishbi, kahamba, ‘Kiidi kya kiwanja kya Yezreeli shite shechilya nyama ya Yezebeli.’
Gebali, na Amonyi na Ameleki na Filisti, na iwo wekyekaa Tiro,
mangi o Afeka, mangi o Lashanoni,
Nawo wakawemhaluo, “Nyi kyalohi orukalu lo mafumvu lulushikiepfo; manya kudo Wakaanani wose wakeri ipfo mapichinyi nyi wawode makari ha menya, na walya wose wakeri Beth-shani na shihongo shake na walya wakekaa pichinyi lya Yezreeli.”
Oruka lowo nyi luwewode mṟi ya Yezreeli, Kesalothi, Shunemu,
Umu, Afeki na Rehobu. Mṟi yose waleinengo iweshikie makumi hawi na iwi (22) handu hamu na shihongo shayo shose.
Wamidiani, Waamaleki na wandu wose wawekekaa mbai ya meda fo Yordani wakahenda wakakaa kiidi kya pichi lya Yezreeli.
Yerubaali, ichu ekelaho nyi Gideoni hamu na wandu wose, wawei nao walekure kilawo, wakahenda ikaa pichinyi kufui na soka ya Harodi, na handu Wamidiani wawei nyi ora lo mtsudu kowo pichinyi kufui na fumvu lya More.
Kainenga Sauli, kaweinenga na waṟundi walya wake, nawo wakawelya. Kiidima wakakure wakakuhendia kio kilya kilya.
Wafilisti walekusanza wakawikakiṟaṟo lyawo ipfo Shunemu; na Sauli kalaha Waisraeli wose handu hamu wakawikakiṟaṟo lyawo fumvuhu lya Gilboa.
Kiherikyo, Wafilisti wakakusanza handu hamu kundu wakapane na Waisraeli. Waisraeli walewika kiṟaṟo kyawo ipfo Ebenezeri, na Wafilisti wakawika kiṟaṟo kyawo ipfo Afeki.