1 Sono Davidi ndi ŵanthu ŵake ŵanguti ŵafika ku Ziklaga pa zuŵa la chitatu, Amaleke wanguwiya nkhondo pa ŵaNegebe ndi pa Ziklaga. Ŵanguthereska Ziklaga ndipo ŵanguwocha ndi moto,
ndipo pa zuŵa la chitatu, wonani, munthu wanguza kutuliya ku ugoŵi waku Sauli, ndi vyakuvwara vyakuparuka ndi fuvu ku mutu wake. Wanguti wafika kwaku Davidi, wanguwa pasi wangumulambiya.
Ŵateŵeti ŵake wose ŵangumujumpha; wose ŵaKareti ndi ŵaPeleti, ndi ŵaGiti wose machumi pe chumi nkhonde ndi limoza (600) wo ŵangumurondo kutuwa ku Gata, ŵangwenda paurongo pa karonga.
Ambuya angunena ndi Yoswa, “Ungaŵawopanga wo cha, chifukwa la mawa pa nyengo nge ndi iyi ndikaŵaperekanga wose, ŵakubayika, kwaku Yisraele; mukadengenduwanga ŵakavalo ŵawo, mukawochanga magareta ghawo ndi moto.”
Kweni nduna za nkhondo za ŵaFilisti zingukwiya nayo; zinguti, “Muwezgiyeni kuvuli waweriyenge ku malo gho mukumpaska; kuti wakasikiyanga nafwe ku nkhondo cha, vinu kokuli ku nkhondo wangachiŵa murwani widu. Pakuti iyo uyu wangaziŵa uli kujiphemaniska ku mbuyake?