Yeroboamu mwana waku Nebati, mu Efraimu waku Zereda, muŵanda waku Solomoni, yo zina la nyina lenga Zeruya, choko, nayo so wangusoske janja lake pa karonga.
Mu mazuŵa gha, penipo mwengavi karonga mu Yisraele, muLevi yumoza wayingayinganga mu malo gha kutali gha charu cha mitunthu chaku Efraimu, mweniyo wangujitole mbiligha ku Betelehemu waku Yuda.
Wanguziŵiriya kuja msina mwa mugwalangwa waku Debora pakati pa Rama ndi Betele mu charu cha mitunthu chaku Efraimu; ndipo ŵaYisraele ŵazanga kwaku iyo kuzacheruzgika.
Zina la munthu yo lenga Elimeleke, ndipo zina la muwoli wake lenga Naomi mazina gha ŵana ŵake wo ŵaŵi ghenga Maloni ndi Chilioni. Ŵenga ŵaEfrata ŵakutuliya mu Betelehemu waku Yuda, ŵanguruta mu charu cha Moabu ndi ŵanguja mwenimuwa.
Ndipo wangucherera ndi mlenji wangusopa paurongo pa Ambuya; ndi wanguwere ku nyumba yake ku Rama. Elkana wanguziŵa muwoli wake Hana, ndipo Ambuya angumukumbuka;
Davidi wenga mwana wamu Efrata waku Betelehemu mu Yuda, zina lake Jese, you wenga ndi ŵana ŵankhonde ndi ŵatatu. Mu mazuŵa ghaku Sauli ndipo Jese wakota kali wakuŵa ndi virimika vinandi.
Pavuli wanguwere ku Rama, pakuti nyumba yake yenga kweniko, ndipo ndikwenikuwa so ko waperekiyanga cheruzgu ku ŵaYisraele. Ndipo wanguzengako jochero la sembe la Ambuya.
Ŵangusoka ndipo ŵanguporota mu charu cha mitunthu yaku Efraimu ndi charu cha Salisha, kweni kuti ŵanguzisaniya cha. Ŵanguporota mu charu cha Salimu, ŵengavi kuzisaniya. Ŵangujumpha mu charu chaku Benjamini, muwa namo ŵengavi kuzisaniya.
Ŵanguti ŵafika ku charu cha Zufu, Sauli wangunena ndi ŵanchitu wake yo wenga nayo, “Tiye, tiwerenge kuvuli vinu ada ŵangareka kuphwere ndi mbunda, ŵambenge kufipa mtima ndi ifwe.”