52. Banna ba Iseraele le ba Juda ba ema, ba hlaba ditlatse, ba phallela Bafilesta, ho isa sekgutlong le kgorong tsa Ekrone; Bafilesta ba nna ba wa ba hlabilwe, ho ya le tsela ya Shaaraime, ho ya fihla Gathe le Ekrone.
53. Bana ba Iseraele ba ntoo kgutlela Bafilesta, ba hapa le diahelo tsa bona.
54. Haele Davida, a nka hlooho ya Mofilesta a e isa Jerusalema; le dihlomo tsa hae a di bea tenteng ya hae.
55. Saule, mohla a bonang Davida a etswa ho kgahlanyetsa Mofilesta, a re ho Abnere, molaodi wa makgotla: Abnere, mohlankana eo ke mora mang na? Abnere a re: Ka moya wa hao o utlwang, morena, ha ke tsebe.
56. Morena a re: Ako botse hore na mohlankana eo ke mora mang na?
57. Eitse Davida ha a kgutla hobane a bolaye Mofilesta, Abnere a mo nka, a mo isa pela Saule, a sa tshwere hlooho ya Mofilesta.
58. Saule a re ho Yena: Mohlankana, o mora mang? Davida a re: Ke mora mohlanka wa hao Jese, wa Bethlehema.