Kuwa kwenga munthu mu Maono, yo nchitu yake yenga ku Karmele. Munthu uyu wenga musambasi; wenga ndi mberere vikwi vitatu (3,000) mbuzi chikwi chimoza (1,000) wasenganga mberere zake mu Karmele.
Wareke mbuyangu, kuphwere munthu wa umoyo uheni uyu Nabala; pakuti mo liliri zina lake, ndimu waliri ndi iyo mweneko; Nabala ndi zina lake, ndipo we nako kupusa kukuru; kweni ine ndamteŵeti munthukazi, winu kuti ndi nguŵawona ŵanyamata wo mungutuma cha.
Zina la munthu uyu lenga Nabala, muwoli wake wenga Abigaili. Wenga munthukazi wa zeru zamampha ndi wa chisku chakutowa; kweni munthurumi wenga munthu wankhaza ndi mu marusu ghake; wenga mwina Kalebe.
Ndipo wanguti waruta nayo, ehe, ŵangubalarikiya uku ndi uku pa charu chose, ŵakurgha, kumwa, ndi kuvina, chifukwa cha vinthu vinandi vyo ŵanguskoŵa ku charu cha ŵaFilisti ndi charu cha Yuda.