Hobane a role thapo, Davida a romela ho mo nkela ha hae, ya eba mosadi wa hae, a ba a mo tswalla moshemane. Empa taba ena, e entsweng ke Davida, ya eba mpe mahlong a Jehova.
Mehleng ya Davida, tlala ya eba teng ka dilemo tse tharo tse hlahlamanang. Davida a botsa Jehova; mme Jehova a re: Ke ka baka la Saule le la ntlo ya hae e madi, kamoo a kileng a bolaya ba Gibeone kateng.
Masapo a Saule le a Jonathane mora hae, a epelwa fatsheng la Benjamine, Tsela, lebitleng la Kishe ntatae. Ha etswa kahohle kamoo ho laetsweng kateng, ke morena. Kamora tseo Modimo wa hauhela lefatshe.
Eitse hobane Davida a bale setjhaba, letswalo la hae la mo loma, mme Davida a re ho Jehova: Ke sitilwe haholo ka seo ke se entseng. Oho Jehova, tlosa bokgopo ba mohlanka wa hao jwale; efela ke entse ka bothoto bo boholo.
Ha eba jwalo, kahobane Davida a ne a entse tse lokileng mahlong a Jehova, a sa ka a kgeloha taba le e nngwe ya tsohle tseo a mo laetseng tsona, tshiung tsohle tsa ho phela ha hae, haese tabeng ya Uria Mohethe feela.
Davida a re ho Modimo: Ke sitilwe haholo ka seo ke se entseng. Empa jwale, oho, tlosa bokgopo ba mohlanka wa hao, hobane ke entse ka bothoto bo boholo.
Bana ba Iseraele ba tlola molao wa ntho tse entsweng anathema. Akane, mora Karmi, mora Sabdi, mora Sera, wa leloko la Juda, a nka tsa tse entsweng anathema; mme Jehova a halefela bana ba Iseraele ke hona.
Ema, o hlwekise setjhaba, o re: Le itlhwekisetse hosasane, hobane ho itswe ke Jehova, Modimo wa Iseraele: Anathema e teng ho wena, Iseraele; o ke ke wa ema pela dira tsa hao, anathema e eso ho tloswe hara lona.
Banna ba Ai ba bolaya banna ba mashome a mararo a metso e tsheletseng ho bona, mme ba ba phallela ho tloha kgorong ya motse ho isa Shebarime, ba ba bolaela le motheong; ebile setjhaba se nyahama dipelo, tsa eba jwaloka metsi.