3 Davida a ya le banna ba hae, e mong le e mong a ena le ba ntlo ya hae, mme ba dula metseng ya Hebrone.
4 Ebile banna ba Juda ba tla teng, ba tlotsa Davida, ba mmea morena wa ntlo ya Juda.Ha tsebiswa Davida, ha thwe: Banna ba Jabeshe-Gileade ke bona ba epetseng Saule.
5 Yaba Davida o romela manqosa ho banna ba Jabeshe-Gileade, a re: Le ke le hlohonolofatswe ke Jehova, kahobane le etseditse Saule, morena wa lona, molemo, le bile le mo epetse.
6 Jehova a le etse jwalo ka mohau le ka nnete; le nna ke tla le etsetsa molemo, kahobane le entse hoo.
7 Jwale, tiisang matsoho a lona, le etse ka senna; hobane haele Saule, morena wa lona, o timetse, mme nna ba ntlo ya Juda ba ntlotsitse hore ke be morena wa bona.
8 Empa Abnere, mora Nere, molaodi wa makgotla a Saule, a nka Ishe-Boshethe, mora Saule, a mo tshedisetsa Mahanaime.
9 Teng, a mmea morena wa Gileade, le wa Bageshure le wa Jisreele, le wa Efraime, le wa Benjamine, le wa Baiseraele bohle.