5 Sauli wanguti wawona nkhondo ya ŵaFilisti ŵangopa, ndipo mtima wake ungutenthema ukongwa.
Kayowozi kakofya kavwika mu makutu ghake, mu usakati wakuparghang'a kakamufikiyanga,
Chofyo chitumuwiya mu malo ghe ghose, ndi kumchimbizga muvuli mwa vikandilo vyake.
Ruŵi-ruŵi ŵabwanganduka; ŵasikiya ku umari wakofya!
Chenicho watopa wamphulupulu chikazanga paku iyo, kweni chenicho wanweka murunji chikapaskikanga.
Penipo ŵanguyinene nyumba yaku Davidi kuti, “Siriya wazomerezgana ndi Efraimu,” mtima wake ndi mtima wa ŵanthu ŵake ungusukunika uli ndimo miti yamu lisuwa yisukunikiya paurongo pa mphepo.
Viyo kawonekedu ka karonga kangusintha ndi maghanaghano ghake ghangundengulana.
ŴaFilisti ŵanguwunjikana, ŵanguza ndi kugoŵa pa Shunemu; Sauli wanguwunjika ŵaYisraele wose, ndipo ŵangugoŵa pa Gilboa.
Ndipo wanguti wafumba ku Ambuya kuti angumwamuka cha, chingana ndi mu maloto pamwenga mu Urimi, chingana ndi mu ŵamchimi;