7 Bafilesta ha ba utlwa hore bana ba Iseraele ba phuthehile Mitspe, marena a Bafilesta a tswa, a futuhela Iseraele. Bana ba Iseraele ha ba utlwa hoo, ba tshaba Bafilesta.
8 Ebile bana ba Iseraele ba re ho Samuele: O se ke wa lesela ho re hoelletsa ho Jehova, Modimo wa rona, a tle a re namolele matsohong a Bafilesta.
9 Yaba Samuele o nka konyana e anyang, a e hlabela Jehova ka mokgwa wa setjheso se tjheswang kaofela. Samuele a ntoo howeletsa ho Jehova bakeng sa Iseraele, mme Jehova a mo utlwa.
10 Eitse ha Samuele a ntse a etsa setjheso, Bafilesta ba atamela ho lohlanya ntwa le Baiseraele. Yaba Jehova o dumisetsa Bafilesta diaduma tse tshabehang tsatsing leo, a ba ferekanya, ba ba ba baleha pela Baiseraele.
11 Jwale, banna ba Iseraele ba tswa Mitspe, ba phallela Bafilesta, mme ba ba bolaya ho ya fihla tlasa Bethe-Kare.
12 Samuele a nka lejwe, a le emisa pakeng tsa Mitspe le Shene, a le rea lebitso la Eben-Esere (lejwe la thuso), a re: Jehova o re thusitse ho fihlela mona.
13 Kahoo, Bafilesta ba kokobetswa, ba se ke ba hlola ba etla naheng ya Iseraele, mme letsoho la Jehova la eba boima hodima Bafilesta ka ditshiu tsohle tsa Samuele.