23 kalunu u nzisuhire ku Nyasaye u la vula kungada, kinga mwana wange, kinga mwisukulu wange: navutswa kuli ubulahi bwa nda ku kolera, na ive u la nkolera ndiyo, noku kivala kya u menyanga mu.
Navo va vola, Kwa lola bulahi Yahova a veye halala nive: na kwa vola, Lyesuha li ve hagati hetu kalunu, kali hagati hetu na ive, ku lombe lilagana halala nive;
Kunangwa kalunu, mwadza mmugoonya, mu nzisuhire hano imbiri wa Yahova, kigira inze mmali kukolera mwinye bulahi, na mwinve mu la kolera inyumba ya dada wange bulahi, nokumpa kimanyiru kyeligali;
Yahova a kole ndi ku inze Jonathan, nokumeda, dada wange na a va ni yenya kukukola ubudamano, inze ni mba ni mbula kukuvuulira, nokukutuma, u tsie nemirembe na Yahova a ve halala nive, kuli ya li halala na dada wange.
Na Jonathan ya volera Daudi, U tsie nemirembe, kigira kwinye kwombi kwisuhi ku lieta lya Yahova, ni ku vola, Yahova uyu a la va hagati hange nive, kandi hagati hekisukululwe kyange nekisukululwi kyikyo, mihiga nemihiga. Na ya twula na a tsia: na Jonathan yingira mu lidala.
Na Daudi ya mu teva, U la nsulungutidza kuduka ku lihe yilyo? Naye ya vola, Nzisuhire ku Nyasaye, u la vula kunziita, kandi u la vula kumbika mmukono gwomunene wange, na nda ku sulungutidza kuduka ku lihe yili.