12 wesuka yena wema esazulwini sesiqwenga eso, wasihlutha, wawabulala amaFilisti. UYehova wenza ke usindiso olukhulu.
13 Kwehla isithathu sabaziintloko emashumini amathathu abaphathi-mikhosi, beza kuDavide, xa kuvunwayo, emqolombeni waseAdulam; saye isiqhu samaFilisti simise iintente entilini yamaRafa.
14 UDavide oko ubesemboniselweni; ikampu yamaFilisti oko ibiseBhetelehem.
15 Wanqwena uDavide, wathi, Akwaba, bethu, bendingàsezwa amanzi equla laseBhetelehem, elisesangweni!
16 Atyhudisa loo magorha mathathu empini yamaFilisti, ákha amanzi equleni laseBhetelehem elisesangweni, awathwala awazisa kuDavide. Akavuma ukuwasela, wawathululela phantsi phambi koYehova.
17 Wathi, Makube lee kum, Yehova, ukwenza oko. Asiligazi na eli lamadoda ahambé encamé imiphefumlo yawo? Akavuma ke ukuwasela. Enza ezo zinto amagorha lawo mathathu.
18 Ke uAbhishayi, umninawa kaYowabhi, unyana kaTseruya, yena ube eyintloko yabaphathi-mikhosi; wathi rhuthu intshuntshe yakhe phezu kwamakhulu amathathu abahlatywáyo. Wayenegama ke kwabo bathathu.