27 Muthenga wanguti waza kwaku Sauli kuti, “Tinthimikani muzi kuno, chifukwa ŵaFilisti ŵasere mu charu.”
Viyo Abrahamu wangudana zina la malo gha, “Ambuya akapaskanga,” uli ndimo kukambikiya mpaka zuŵa lino, “Pa phiri la Ambuya chikapaskikanga.”
Ndipo penipo karonga wanguvwa ndi zaku Tirhaka karonga waku Etiopa, kuti, “Ehe, waza kurwana nawe,” wangutuma mthenga kwaku Hezekiya, kuti,
Pa nyengo yinyake so ŵaFilisti ŵanguduma so mu dambo.
Yingudizinga mikoŵa ya nyifwa, maurwirwi gha muunda ghangundikwetere; ndinguzazika mantha ndi chitima.
Pakuti Ambuya akafiskiyangadi ŵanthu ŵawo ndi kuchitiya lisungu ŵateŵeti ŵawo, achiwona kuti nthazi yawo yamara, ndipo kuti wajapo cha wakumangika pamwenga mwanangwa.
Ndipo charu chingumovya munthukazi yo chingubanuwa mlomo wake ndi kumeza msinji wo nchalinda wangudira pa mlomo wake.
Sauli wangupitiya kurwande linyake la phiri, po Davidi nayo ndi wanthu ŵake ŵenga kurwande linyake la phiri; ndipo Davidi wendanga kwakuthaŵiriya kuthaŵa Sauli, pakuti Sauli ndi ŵanthu ŵake ŵazinganga Davidi ndi ŵanthu ŵake mwakuti ŵaŵako,
Sauli wanguwe kukurondo Davidi, ndipo wanguruta kwachirwana ndi ŵaFilisti; mu chifukwa ichi malo gha ghangudanika Jarawe lachipozomosko.
Wachimufumba Akishi, “Kumbi msana wale mungamukurwa paninkhondo?” Davidi wanguti, “Kumwera kwa Yuda, pamwenga kumwera kwa Yerahamele pamwenga kumwera kwa ŵaKeni.”