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.