16 Morena a re: O tla shwa ruri, Akimeleke, wena le bohle ba ntlo ya ntatao!
17 Jwale, morena a re ho dititimi tse emeng pela hae: Emang, le bolaye baprista ba Jehova, hobane ba emetse Davida; hape ba tsebile ha a baleha, mme ha ba ka ba ntsebisa. Empa bahlanka ba morena ba hana ho isa matsoho ho bolaya baprista ba Jehova.
18 Ebile morena o re ho Doege: Ema wena, o bolaye baprista. Yaba Moedomo Doege o tsoha, a bolaya baprista, a timetsa ka lona tsatsi leo batho ba mashome a robileng meno e le mmedi a metso e mehlano, ba apereng efoda ya lene.
19 Le Nobe, motse wa baprista, Saule a bolaya ba teng ka bohale ba lerumo, banna le basadi, le ba batjha, le ba anyang, le dikgomo, le diesele, le dinku; a timetsa tsohle ka bohale ba lerumo.
20 E mong wa bara ba Akimeleke, mora Akitube, a phonyoha, lebitso la hae e le Abiathare; a balehela ho Davida.
21 Abiathare a tsebisa Davida kamoo Saule a timeditseng baprista ba Jehova kateng.
22 Davida a re ho Abiathare: Ke tsebile mohlang oo ha ke bona Moedomo Doege a le teng, hobane o tla bolella Saule; ke nna eo bohle ba ntlo ya ntatao ba timeditsweng ka baka la hae.