¹ Saulo a raya Jonathane morwawe le batlhanka botlhe ba gagwe a re ba bolae Tafita. Mme Jonathane, morwa Saulo, o ne a jesiwa monate ke Tafita. ² Jalo Jonathane a bolelela Tafita, ''Saulo, rre, o batla go go bolaya. Jalo he, itise mo mosong mme o iphitlhe mo lefelong le le sephiri. ³ Ke tla tswela kwa ntle ke ya go ema fa thoko ga ga rre mo tshimong e o leng mo go yone, mme ke tla bua le rre ka ga wena. Fa ke ka utlwa sengwe, ke tla go bolelela.'' ⁴ Jonathane a bua Tafita bontle mo go Saulo rraagwe mme a mo raya a re, ''O se ka wa itetlelela o le kgosi go leofela Tafita. Gonne ga a a go leofela, mme ditiro tsa gagwe di go tsiseditse molemo. ⁵ Gonne o tsentse botshelo jwa gagwe mo diphatseng mme a bolaya Mofilisitia. Modimo Yahweh a tsisetsa Iseraele phenyo e kgolo. O bone se wa bo wa itumela. Ke eng o batla go leofela madi a a senang molato ka go bolaya Tafita o sena mabaka ape?'' ⁶ Saulo a reetsa Jonathane. Saulo a ikana, ''Jaaka Modimo Yahweh a tshela, ga a na go bolawa.'' ⁷ Foo Jonathane a bitsa Tafita, mme Jonathane a mmolelela dilo tsotlhe tse. Jonathane a tsisa Tafita kwa go Saulo, mme a nna mo bolengteng jwa gagwe jaaka pele. ⁸ Mme ga nna le ntwa gape. Tafita a tswa a ya go lwa le Bafilisitia mme a ba fenya ka polao e kgolo. Ba tshaba fa pele ga gagwe. ⁹ Mowa o o bolayang o o tswang kwa go Modimo Yahweh wa tla mo go Saulo jaaka a ne a ntse mo ntlong ya gagwe a tshwere segai mo seatleng sa gagwe, jaaka Tafita a ne a letsa seletswa sa gagwe. ¹⁰ Saulo a leka go tlhabela Tafita mo leboteng ka segai, mme a relela a tswa mo bolengteng jwa ga Saulo, mo Saulo a neng a tlhabela segai mo leboteng. Tafita a tshaba a falola bosigo joo. ¹¹ Saulo a romela barongwa kwa ntlong ya ga Tafita go mo leba gore a tle a mmolae mo mosong. Mikale, mosadi wa ga Tafita, a mmolelela, ''Fa o sa boloke botshelo jwa gago bosigo jono, kamoso o tla bolawa.'' ¹² Jalo Mikale a folosetsa Tafita kwa tlase ka fensetere. A tsamaya, a tshaba, mme a falola. ¹³ Mikale a tsaya setshwantsho sa modingwana wa disetwa wa mo lwapeng mme a se baya mo bolaong. Foo a baya mosamo wa boboa jwa podi kwa tlhogong ya sone, mme a e khurumetsa ka diaparo. ¹⁴ Fa Saulo a roma batho go tsaya Tafita, a re, ''O a lwala.'' ¹⁵ Foo Saulo a roma barongwa go bona Tafita; a re, ''Mo tsiseng kwa go nna a le mo bolaong, gore ke tle ke mmolae.'' ¹⁶ Fa barongwa ba tsena mo teng, bonang, setshwantsho sa modingwana wa disetwa se ne se le mo bolaong mmogo le mosamo wa boboa jwa podi kwa tlhogong ya sone. ¹⁷ Saulo a raya Mikale a re, ''Ke eng o ntsieditse o lesitse mmaba wa me gore a tsamae, mo a bileng a falotse?'' Mikale a araba Saulo, ''O ntheile a re, 'Mma ke tsamae. Ke eng ke tshwanetse go go bolaya?''' ¹⁸ Jaanong Tafita a tshaba mme a falola, mme a ya kwa go Samuele kwa Rama, mme a mmolelela tsotlhe tse Saulo a di mo dirileng. Foo ene le Samuele ba tsamaya ba ya go nna kwa Naiothe. ¹⁹ Ga bolelelwa Saulo, gotwe, ''Bona, Tafita o kwa Naiothe kwa Rama.'' ²⁰ Foo Saulo a roma barongwa go tshwara Tafita. Fa ba bona setlhopha sa baporofiti se porofita, mme Samuele a se eteletse, Mowa wa Modimo wa tla mo barongweng ba ga Saulo, mme le bone ba porofita. ²¹ Fa Saulo a bolelelwa se, a roma barongwa ba bangwe, mme le bone ba porofita. Jalo Saulo a roma barongwa gape la boraro, mme le bone ba porofita. ²² Foo le ene a ya kwa Rama mme a tla kwa petseng e e boteng e e kwa Sekhu. A botsa, ''Samuele le Tafita ba kae?'' Mongwe a re, ''Bona, ba kwa Naiothe kwa Rama.'' ²³ Saulo a ya kwa Naiothe kwa Rama. Mme Mowa wa Modimo wa tla mo go ene, mme jaaka a tsamaya a porofita, go fitlhela a goroga kwa Naiothe kwa Rama. ²⁴ Mme le ene, a apola diaparo tsa gagwe, mme le ene a porofita fa pele ga ga Samuele mme a rapama a sa apara motshegare otlhe oo le bosigo jotlhe joo. Ka ntata ya se ba bua ba re, ''A Saulo le ene ke moporofiti?''