1 Jwale Bafilesta ba kgobokanyetsa makgotla wohle a bona Afeke; Baiseraele bona ba emisa sedibeng se Jisreele.
2 Marena a Bafilesta a ya teng ka makgolo le ka dikete tsa wona; yena Davida le banna ba hae ba leba teng, ba ba setse morao le Akishe.
3 Marena a Bafilesta a mpa a re: Baheberu bao ba etsang moo? Akishe a re ho marena a Bafilesta: Na eo hase Davida, mohlanka wa Saule, morena wa Iseraele, ya nnileng a dula le nna, e se e le ditshiu tse itseng le lemo tse itseng, eo ke esong ho fihlele molato ho yena, haesale a kwenehela ho nna, ho fihlela la kajeno?
4 Marena a Bafilesta a mpa a mo halefela, mme marena a Bafilesta a re ho yena: Kgutlisa monna eo, a kgutlele moo o mmeileng teng, a se ke a ya ntweng le rona, esebe mohlomong a ka tshoha a iphetola lehlabaphio ho rona hara ntwa. Ana e ka ba ka mokgwa ofe a ka iketsang ya kgahlisang monga hae, haese ka dihlooho tsa banna bana na?