1 Jwale kgosi Hirame wa Tire a romela maqosa ho Davida; a ba a mo romella le mapolanka a kedare, le dibetli tsa majwe le tsa mapolanka, ho ya mo hahela ntlo.
2 Davida a elellwa hore Morena o mo tsitsisitse bokgosing ba Iseraele, hobane puso ya hae e ile ya atlehiswa haholo, ka baka la setjhaba sa hae sa Iseraele.
3 Davida a boela a nyala basadi ba bang hape ha a le Jerusalema, mme a tswala bara le baradi ba bang ba bangata.
4 Ana ke mabitso a bana ba Davida, bao a ileng a ba tswala ha a le Jerusalema: Shamua, le Shobabe, le Nathane, le Solomone,
5 le Jibehare, le Eleshua, le Elepalete,
6 le Noga, le Nefege, le Jafia,
7 le Eleshama, le Beleada, le Elefelede.
8 Ha Bafilesita ba utlwa hore Davida o tlotsitswe hore e be kgosi ya naha ya Iseraele, ba futuha ho ya mo tsoma. Davida a utlwela, mme a ya ba kgahlanyetsa.
9 Bafilesita ba tla, ba fihla ba shatamana ka kgohlong ya Refaime.
10 Yaba Davida o botsa Morena, o re: “Na nka futuhela Bafilesita? Na o tla neelana ka bona matsohong a ka?”Morena a re ho yena: “Futuha, hobane ke tla neelana ka bona matsohong a hao.”
11 Yaba Davida o ba futuhela ha ba le Baale-Perasime, mme a ba hlolela hona moo. Jwale Davida a re: “Modimo o phunyeleditse theko ya dira tsa ka ka letsoho la ka, jwaloka metsi ha a phatlola lerako.” Ka baka leo, ba rea sebaka seo lebitso la Baale-Perasime.
12 Bafilesita ba siya medimo ya bona hona moo, mme Davida a laela hore e tjheswe.
13 Bafilesita ba boela ba shatamana ka kgohlong.
14 Ka baka leo, Davida a boela a botsa Modimo, mme Modimo a re ho yena: “O se ke wa ba futuhela o ba setse morao; o ba pote ka nqane, o ba futuhele o hlaha ka difateng tsa monokotshwai.
15 E tle ere ha o utlwa mohlwathatsa hodima difate tsa monokotshwai, ebe o a futuha, hobane Modimo o tla be a o eteletse pele ho ya bolaya lebotho la Bafilesita.”
16 Ka baka leo, Davida a etsa kamoo Modimo a mo laetseng kateng, mme Baiseraele ba phaladisa lebotho la Bafilesita ho tloha Gibeone, ho ya fihla Gesere.
17 Botumo ba Davida ba phatlalla le dinaha tsohle, mme Morena a etsa hore ditjhaba tsohle di mo tshabe.