8 Owe ifwe! Njani wangaziŵa kutitaska ku nthazi ya ŵaChiuta yaŵa? Yaŵa mba Chiuta wo ŵangubwanganduwa ŵaEgipiti ndi chideru ndi kuŵamara mu bozwa.
Makhamu gha ŵanthu ghavwa, ngakutenthema; urwirwi waŵako ŵakuja mu Filistia.
Ndipo ŵaEgipiti ŵakaziŵanga kuti ndine Ambuya, ndichirongo nthazi zangu pa Egipiti ndi kutuzga ŵanthu ŵangu ŵaYisraele mukati mwawo.”
Pakuti nyengo yino yasono ndikatumanga videru vyangu vyose pa mtima wako, ndi pa ŵateŵeti ŵako ndi ŵanthu ŵako, alinga kuti muziŵe kuti kulivi nanga njumoza wakulingana ndi ine mu charu chose chapasi.
Yaŵa ŵe ndi mtufu kwachijara kuchanya, kuti vuwa yireke kung'apo mu mazuŵa gha umchimi wawo: ndipo mtufu ŵe nawo pa maji kughasanduska ndopa, ndi kukoso charu ndi chideru chose, penipo pose ŵangakhumbiya.
ŵaFilisti ŵangopa, ndipo ŵanguliya, “Chiuta waza mu ugoŵi. Tasokwa! Mo tikujariya kale palivi kuchitika cha mtundu uwu.
Khwimani; ndipo mujikhozge nge mbanthurumi, mwa ŵaFilisti, vinu mungaŵa ŵaŵanda ku ŵaHebere nge ndimo iwo ŵanguŵiya kwaku imwe; jikhozgeni mwaŵeni nge mbanthurumi, ndipo rwani.”
Po ŵina Ashidodi ŵanguti ŵawona mo vinthu vinguŵiya, ŵanguti, “Bokosi laku Chiuta waku Yisraele kuti litenere kuja ndi ifwe cha; chifukwa janja lake laŵa lakumikana ndi ifwe ndi Dagoni chiuta widu.”