4 Ba Gibeone ba re ho yena: Hase taba ya silefera, kapa ya kgauta e mahareng a rona le Saule le ntlo ya hae; hape, hase rona re ka reng, ho bolaelwe motho Iseraeleng. Davida a re: Ke tla le etsetsa seo le tla se bolela.
5 Ba re ho morena: Monna ya neng a hopotse ho re timetsa, ya neng a re reretse bobe, hore re timelletswe ruri naheng yohle ya Iseraele,
6 a re ke re fuwe banna ba supileng bao e leng bara ba hae, re ba fanyehe pela Jehova, Gibea wa Saule motlotsuwa wa Jehova. Morena a re: Ke le file bona.
7 Morena a mpa a qenehela Mefiboshethe, mora Jonathane, mora Saule, ka baka la kano ya Jehova e neng e le mahareng a bona, mahareng a Davida le Jonathane, mora Saule.
8 Jwale, morena a nka bara ba babedi ba Ritspa, moradi wa Aja, bao a ba tswaletseng Saule, Armoni le Mefiboshethe, le bara ba bahlano ba Merabe, moradi wa Saule, bao a ba tswaletseng Adriele, mora Barsillai wa Mehola;
9 a ba neela matsohong a ba Gibeone, mme ba ba fanyeha thabeng pela Jehova. Bao ba supileng ba eshwa jwalo hammoho, ba bolawa nakong ya ho kotula, matsatsing a pele ha batho ba qala ho hela harese.
10 Yaba Ritspa, moradi wa Aja, o nka lesela le mahwashe, a ikalla lona hodima lefika, haesale ho qalwa ho kotulwa, ho isa ha metsi a lehodimo a nela ditopo tsa bona, a se ke a dumella dinonyana tsa lehodimo ho tla dula hodima tsona motshehare, leha e le dibatana tsa naha bosiu.