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