Wamkuti, ‘Avwani mazu gha Ambuya, mwa ŵakaronga ŵaku Yuda ndi mwa ŵakuja mu Yerusalemu. Viyo atiti Ambuya ŵa maŵanja, Chiuta waku Yisraele, Ehe, ine ndikatolenga uheni pa malo yagha weniwo po ŵanthu ŵakauvwanga, ŵakazizwanga nawo.
Lereskani mukati mu mitundu, ndi wonani; muzizwenge ndi kutondwa. Chifukwa ndichita mlimu mu mazuŵa ghinu weniwo kuti muvwanenge nawo cha chingana ungakonkhomeka kwinu.
‘Onani, mwaŵakuphara, ndi tondwani, ndi muzirimitiye; pakuti nditata ine nchitu mu mazuŵa ghinu, nchitu mwaku yo kuti muvwaniyenge cha, chingana yumoza wangamkonkhoskiyani.’ ”
Viyo ŵaFilisti ŵangurwa, ndipo ŵaYisraele ŵanguthera, ndi ŵanguthaŵa, munthu yose ku nyumba yake; ndipo kwenga kubayika kukuru, pakuti ŵakubayika mu Yisraele, ŵankhondo ŵake ŵakwenda pasi ŵenga vikwi machumi ghatatu (30,000).