Munyamata yo wanguti, “Mwa mwaŵi ndenga pa phiri la Gilboa; ndinguwona Sauli wagona pa mkondo wake; ndipo ehe, magareta ndi ŵakukwera pa ŵakavalo ŵangufinyirizga.
kuti ukavilambiyanga chingana nkhuvitataliya cha; pakuti ine Ambuya Chiuta wako ndine Chiuta wa sanji, wakusiskiya pa ŵana uheni wa auskeu, mpaka ku mwandanu wa chitatu ndi wachinayi waku wo ŵatinditinkha;
Sauli wangusankha ŵaYisraele vikwi vitatu (3,000); vikwi viŵi (2,000) ŵenga ndi Sauli mu Mikimasi, ndi mucharu cha mapiri cha Betele, ndi chikwi chimoza (1,000) ŵanga ndi Jonafani mu Gibeya waku Benjamini; ndipo wangutuma ŵanthu ŵanyake ŵakujapo ku muzi, munthu we yose ku hema lake.
Kwakulingana nako, ŵanthu wose ŵaYisraele wo ŵangubisama mu charu cha mtunthu chaku Efraimu wanguti ŵavwa ŵaFilisti ŵathaŵa, nawo so ŵanguŵadikiska ndi ŵanguŵarondo kurwana nawo.
Wangunena nayo, “Ungopanga; chifukwa janja la ada a Sauli kuti likusaniyenge cha; ukaŵanga karonga pa ŵaYisraele; ndipo ndikaŵanga pafupi nawe; ada nawo a Sauli ŵaziŵa ichi.”
Ndipo so Ambuya aperekenge Yisraele pamoza nawe mu janja la ŵaFilisti mawa iwe ndi ŵana ŵako mukaŵanga pamoza nane; Ambuya akaperekanga nkhondo ya ŵaYisraele mu janja la ŵaFilisti.”