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.
11 Davida a tsebiswa se entsweng ke Ritspa, moradi wa Aja, serethe sa Saule.
12 Ha ho le jwalo, Davida a lata masapo a Saule, le masapo a Jonathane mora hae, ho banna ba Jabeshe-Gileade, ba neng ba a tlositse lepatlelong la Bethe-Shane, moo Bafilesta ba neng ba a fanyehile, mohla Bafilesta ba bolayang Saule Gilboa.
13 A lata teng masapo a Saule le masapo a Jonathane mora hae; le masapo a ba tswa fanyehwa, le wona a bokellwa.
14 Masapo a Saule le a Jonathane mora hae, a epelwa fatsheng la Benjamine, Tsela, lebitleng la Kishe ntatae. Ha etswa kahohle kamoo ho laetsweng kateng, ke morena.Kamora tseo Modimo wa hauhela lefatshe.
15 Bafilesta ba boela ba lwana le Baiseraele; ka baka leo, Davida a futuhela Bafilesta a ena le bahlanka ba hae; ke ha Davida a se a fokotse.