Njani yo mungutenthema ndi kopa, po mwakambanga utesi, ndipo mwengavi kundikumbuka, mwengavi kundighanaghana? Kumbi po ndaja ŵaka cheti ine, kwa nyengo yitali, chifukwa cho kuti mutindopa cha?
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.
Mwakuti wangusintha nkharu yake pa maso pawo wanguŵa nge ngwakufuntha mukati mwawo, wangukwaruwa-kwaruwa pa visasa vya pa vipata, ndipo lorozo lasoromokiyanga ku mwembe wake.
Sono ŵaFilisti ŵanguti ŵavwa kuti ŵaYisraele ŵawungana pa Mizpa, mafumu gha ŵaFilisti ghangukwera kumikana ndi Yisraele. ŴaYisraele ŵanguti ŵavwa ichi ŵenga ndi mantha pa ŵaFilisti.