1 Pa nyengo yeniyiya kunguwoneka Yuda wangutuwa ku ŵana ŵanyake wangusikiya ku munthu waku Adulama yo zina lake lenga Hira.
Yinguti yakapo nyengo, muwoli waku Yuda, mwana munthukazi waku Shua wangufwa ndipo wanguti wasangaruskika, Yuda wanguruta ku Timina ku wakusenga mberere zake, iyo ndi bwezi lake Hira muAdulama.
Penipo Yuda wangutuma kambuzi ndi janja la bwezi lake yuwa mu Adulama, kwachilonda ndindira ku janja la munthukazi yo, kuti wangumusaniya cha.
Ndipo ŵatatu ŵa mafumu machumi ghatatu ŵangusika kuza kwaku Davidi pafupi pa nyengo yavuna ku mphanji yaku Adulama, po mpingu wa liŵanja la ŵaFilisti ŵangugugoŵa mu dambo la Refaimi.
Zuŵa limoza Elisha wanguruta ku Shunemu, kweniko munthukazi muromba wajanga, mweniyo wangumuchichizga kuti warghe kurgha. Viyo penipo pose wangwendiyako ku nthowa yiya wanguziŵa kupatukiyapo kwachirgha kurgha.
Mweniyo watenda pamoza ndi ŵanthu ŵazeru, wasanduka kuŵa wa zeru, kweni wakukwatikana ndi wakupusa wakapotekekanga.
Ureke uzereza, ndi uŵe wamoyo, ndipo wendenge mu nthowa ya vinjero.”
Nkhazanga so ndi mupundi paku imwe, ŵakuja mu Maresha; unkhankhu waku Yisraele ukazanga ku Adulama.
karonga waku Libina yumoza; karonga waku Adulama yumoza;
Yarmutu, Adulama, Soko, Azeka,
Jaelu wangutuwa kwachikumana ndi Sisera, ndipo wangunena nayo, “Patuka, mbuyangu, patukiya kuno, ungopanga cha.” Viyo wangupatukiya kwaku iyo wangusere mu hema, ndipo wangumuvwinkha chirundu.
Davidi wangutuwako kuwa; wangupozomoke ku mphanji yaku Adulama; kweni wanguti wachivwa ichi ŵabali ndi wose ŵanyumba ya awiske, ŵangusikiya kwaku iyo.