1 Tsono Afilisti anasonkhanitsa makamu ao onse ku Afeki; ndipo Aisrayeli anamanga ku citsime ca m'Jezreeli.
2 Ndipo akalonga a Afilisti ananyamuka ndi mazana ao ndi zikwi zao; ndipo Davide ndi anthu ace ananyamuka ndi a pambuyo pamodzi ndi Akisi.
3 Ndipo akalonga a Afilisti anati, Ahebri awa acitanji pano? Ndipo Akisi ananena kwa akalonga a Afilisti, Uyu si Davide uja mnyamata wa Sauli, mfumu ya Israyeli, amene wakhala nane masiku awa kapena zaka izi, ndipo sindinapeza kulakwa mwa iye, kuyambira tsiku lija anaphatikana nane kufikira lero.
4 Koma akalonga a Afilisti anapsa naye mtima; nanena naye akalonga a Afilisti, Bwezani munthuyu, abwerere kumalo kwace kumene munamuikako, asatsikire nafe kunkhondo, kuti kunkhondoko angasanduke mdani wathu; pakuti uyu adzadziyanjanitsa ninji ndi mfumu yace? Si ndi mitu ya anthu awa?