15 Era yaazingiramu ebibuga bino: Kattathi, Nahalali, Shimuroni, Idala, ni Bethelehemu byonabyona byaghera ebibuga ikumi na bibiri n'ebyalo byaku.
Omwoyo gwadhuuba Daudi oyo, yaakoba ati: “Kale nguli ghaligho omuntu andeeteraku amaadhi ag'okunhwa agava mu nsulo eri ku mulyango ogw'ekibuga e Bethelehemu!”
Bethelehemu, ni Etamu, ni Tekoa,
Kyabazinga Yabini ow'e Hazori bwe yawulira ku bughanguzi obw'Abaisiraeli, yaagheereza obukwenda eri bakyabazinga abaali bamuliiraine. Bano baali: Yobabu kyabazinga ow'e Madoni, ni kyabazinga ow'e Shimuroni, ni kyabazinga ow'e Akishafu.
Shimuroni, Akishafu,
Ku luuyi olw'omukono omugooda olw'e buvandhuba, ensalosalo ekyuka yaayolekera Hannathoni, yaakoma e Ifutaheli mu kiiko.
Ebibuga ebyo byonabyona n'ebyalo byaku, n'ebyali omugabo ogw'ekika eky'Abazebuluni ng'enda dhaibwe bwe dhaali.
Ab'ekika kya Zebuluni tibaabinga batyamye ba mu bibuga, Kituroni ni Nahaloli. Kale Abakanaani baasigala nga bakaali ghalala nabo: aye bale baabakakanga okubakolera emirimo.
Yefutha bwe yavaagho, Ibuzani ow'e Bethelehemu yaakulembera Isiraeli.
Ghaaligho omwisuka Omulevi, eyali nga yasenga e Bethelehemu mu Buyudaaya.
Baaja batyo bombi okutuusa bwe baatuuka e Bethelehemu. Bwe baatuuka ekibuga kyonakyona kyasuuyirira, ng'abakazi beewuunhia bati: “Ono ni Naomi?”