1. Saule o ne a le dilemo tse mashome a mararo mohla a qalang ho busa. Eitse hobane a buse Iseraele ka lemo tse pedi,
2. Saule a ikgethela kete tse tharo tsa Baiseraele; kete tse pedi tsa dula ho Saule, Mikmashe, le thabeng ya Bethele, se seng sa dula ho Jonathane, Gibea wa Benjamine; haele ba setseng ba setjhaba, a ba kgutlisetsa e mong le e mong tenteng ya hae.
3. Jonathane a qhala ba qhobosheaneng ya Bafilesta, e leng Gibea, mme Bafilesta ba utlwa. Ebile Saule o letsa terompeta naheng yohle, a re: Baheberu ba utlwe!
4. Baiseraele bohle, ha ba utlwa hobane Saule o qhadile ba qhobosheaneng ya Bafilesta, le hobane Baiseraele kaofela ba fetohile ntho e nkgang hampe ho Bafilesta, setjhaba sa memelwa ho Saule, Gilgale.
5. Haele Bafilesta, ba phutheha ho futuhela Iseraele ka dikete tse mashome a mararo tsa makoloi, le kete tse tsheletseng tsa bapalami, le ka setjhaba se ka ka lehlabathe le lebopong la lewatle. Ba tla, ba emisa Mikmashe, ka botjhabatsatsi ho Bethe-Avene.
6. Eitse Baiseraele ha ba bona tsietsi eo ba leng ho yona, kahobane setjhaba se tsietswe, ba ipata mahaheng, le merung, le mafikeng, le diqhobong, le mangopeng.