8 Abnere, mwana waku Nere, nduna ya nkhondo yaku Sauli wanguto Ishiboshete mwana waku Sauli, wangwambukiya nayo ku Mahanaimi.
ndipo penipo Yakobe wanguŵawona wanguti, “Ili ndi liŵanja la nkhondo laku Chiuta!” Viyo wangudana zina la malo gha Mahanaimu.
Ndipo Yakobe wangutuma mathenga ku urongo kwake kuya kwaku Esau muku wake mu charu cha Seiri, charu cha Edimu,
Davidi wangufika ku Mahanaini; Absalomu wangwambuka Yordane ndikhamu lose la ŵaYisraele.
Ndipo Abnere ndi ŵanthu ŵake Wangwenda usiku wose uwa kuporota mu Araba; ŵangwambuka Yordane, ŵangwenda msana wose ŵangufika ku Mahanaimi.
Mu chifukwa ichi manja ghinu ghakhozgeke, muŵe vinkhara; pakuti mbuyamwe Sauli wakufwa, ndipo nyumba yaku Yuda yapakaine kuŵa karonga wawo.”
Karonga wangunena ndi ŵateŵeti ŵake, “Kumbi muziŵa cha kuti mwana wa karonga ndi chinkhara, wagona mu Yisraele zuŵa linu?
Ndipo po kwenga nkhondo pakati pa nyumba yaku Sauli ndi nyumba yaku Davidi, Abnere wangujikuzga mu nyumba yaku Sauli.
Ŵana ŵaku Benjamini ŵabali ŵaku Sauli vikwi vitatu (3,000) mwaku wo ŵanandi ukongwa ŵalondonga nyumba yaku Sauli kufikiya nyengo yiya.
ŴaEfraimu vikwi machumi ghaŵi pachanya machumi pe chumi ghankhonde ndi ghatatu (20,800) vikhara, ŵanthu ŵambiri mu nyumba za auskeu.
Neri wenga wiske waku Kishi, Kishi wenga wiske waku Sauli, Sauli wenga wiske waku Jonafani, Malkishua, Abinadabu, ndi Ashibala;
Neri wenga wiske waku Kishi, waku Sauli, Sauli waku Jonafani, Malkishua, Abnadabu, ndi Eshibala;
kutuwa ku fuku laku Gadi, Ramoti mu Gileada ndi mauliska ghake, msumba wakupozomokiyako mubaya-munthu, Mahanaimi ndi mauliska ghake,
muwoli waku Sauli wenga Ahinoamu mwana munthukazi waku Ahimaza. Ndipo zina la nduna yake ya nkhondo lenga Abnere mwana waku Nere, msibweni waku Sauli;
Po Sauli wanguwona Davidi waruta kwachimikana ndi muFilisti, wangufumba Abnere, nduna ya nkhondo, “Abnere, ndi mwana wakuyani mhurwa uyu?” Abnere wanguti, “Ndarapa umoyo winu, A! Karonga, nditumuziŵa cha.”
Davidi wangudanirizga ku nkhondo ndi kwaku Abnere mwana waku Nere wanguti, “Kumbi kuti ukamukanga cha Abnere?” Abnere wangwamuka, “Ndiwe yani iwe udanirizga ku karonga?”