1 Kamorao ho mona, Nahashe, kgosi ya Baamone, a shwa, mme mora wa hae a mo hlahlama.
2 Yaba Davida o re: “Hanune, mora wa Nahashe, ke tla mo etsetsa tse molemo, hobane ntatae le yena o ile a nketsetsa tse molemo.” Ka baka leo, Davida a roma maqosa a hae ho isetsa Hanune matshediso, ka baka la lefu la ntatae.Bahlanka ba Davida ba fihla naheng ya Baamone ho isetsa Hanune matshediso.
3 Empa mahosana a Baamone a re ho Hanune: “O bona eka Davida o tlotla ntatao, ha a rometse maqosa ho tla o tshedisa? Na bahlanka ba hae ha ba a tla ho wena moo ho tla hlahloba naha, le ho e hlwela, hore ba tle ba e hape?”
4 Yaba Hanune o tshwara bahlanka ba Davida, o ba beola ditedu, o hahola diaparo tsa bona ka lehare, ho ya fihla dibonong, a nto re ba tsamaye.