1 Jwale banna ba Kiriate-Jearime ba ya, ba nyolla areka ya Morena, ba e isa tlung ya Abinadabe e hodima leralla; ba halaletsa Eleasare, mora wa hae, hore a boloke areka eo ya Morena.
2 Ho tloha mohla areka e kgutlelang Kiriate-Jearime ya dula teng nako e telele, ka dilemo tse mashome a mabedi. Bohle ba ntlo ya Iseraele ba labalabela ho sebeletsa Morena.
3 Samuele a re ho bohle ba ntlo ya Iseraele: “Haeba le kgutlela ho Morena ka dipelo tsa lona tsohle, lahlang medimo ya baditjhaba e hara lona, le Asetarote. Le lebise dipelo tsa lona ho Morena, le sebeletse yena feela, mme o tla le namolela matsohong a Bafilesita.”
4 Jwale bana ba Iseraele ba lahla bo-Baale le Asetarote, ba sebeletsa Morena feela.
5 Samuele a re: “Baiseraele bohle ba bokane Misepa, mme ke tla ba rapella ho Morena.”
6 Ba kopanela Misepa, ba kga metsi, ba a qhalla kapele ho Morena, ba itima dijo ka letsatsi leo, ba re: “Re sitetswe Morena!” Samuele a qala ho ba moahlodi wa bana ba Iseraele ha ba le Misepa.
7 Ha Bafilesita ba utlwa hore bana ba Iseraele ba bokane Misepa, dikgosi tsa Bafilesita tsa nyoloha, tsa futuhela Baiseraele. Bana ba Iseraele ba utlwa hona, mme ba tshoha Bafilesita.
8 Bana ba Iseraele ba re ho Samuele: “O se ke wa kgaotsa ho re rapella ho Morena, Modimo wa rona, hore a re namolele matsohong a Bafilesita.”
9 Samuele a nka konyana e nyanyang, mme ka yona a etsetsa Morena nyehelo ya setjheso. Yaba Samuele o rapella Baiseraele ho Morena, mme Morena a utlwa thapelo ya hae.
10 Yare ha Samuele a ntse a etsa nyehelo ya setjheso, Bafilesita ba atamela ho tla lwantsha Baiseraele. Empa ka lona letsatsi leo, Morena a otla Bafilesita ka letolo le leholo, a ba ferekanya, mme ba bolawa ke Baiseraele.
11 Banna ba Baiseraele ba tswa Misepa, ba phaladisa Bafilesita, ba ba bolaya, ba ba ba ya fihla tlasa Bete-Kare.
12 Yaba Samuele o nka lejwe le le leng, o le hloma pakeng tsa Misepa le Shene, o le rea lebitso la Ebenesere, o re: “Morena o re thusitse ho fihlela mona.”
13 Bafilesita ba hlolwa, mme ba se ke ba hlola ba kena naheng ya Baiseraele. Morena a lwantsha Bafilesita ka matsatsi wohle a ho phela ha Samuele.
14 Metse yohle eo Bafilesita ba neng ba e hapile ho Baiseraele ya boela ho Baiseraele hape, ho tloha Ekerone ho ya fihla Gate, mme Baiseraele ba lopolla naha ya bona matsohong a Bafilesita. Jwale kgotso ya eba teng pakeng tsa Baiseraele le Baamore.
15 Samuele ya eba moahlodi wa Baiseraele ka matsatsi wohle a ho phela ha hae.
16 Ka selemo le selemo o ne a ye a tsamaye a potoloha ho ya Bethele, le Gilegale, le Misepa, mme a ahlolela Baiseraele dibakeng tseo tsohle.
17 O ne a ye a kgutlele Rama, hobane ke moo a neng a ahile teng, mme a ahlolele Baiseraele hona teng. Hona moo a hahela Morena aletare.