¹ Nomba aba Filishiti balwile na Isreali. Abaume ba Isreali ba butukile ukufuma ku ba Filishiti elo ba wile panshi abafwa pa lupili Gilboa. ² Aba Filishiti bakonkele Saulo na bana bakwe abaume. Aba Filishiti baipeye Yanatani, Abinadab, elo Malki-Shua, wamana mwaume. ³ Inkondo ya kosele sana pali Saulo, elo aba mata ba mucimfishe, wali mukukalipwa ukukulu pa mulandu wabo. ⁴ Elo Saulo walanda kuwalemuendela ifyanso , ''Bula ulupanga lobe noku nkomaula. Limbi kuti aba abasha sembululwa bakese no kunseka.'' Nomba uwale musendele ifyanso tacitile. Ico ali no mwenso sana. Eco Saulo wabulile ulupanga lwakwe nokuwilapo. ⁵ Ulo kasenda wafyanso wa mwene ukuti Saulo wafwa, wa wilile palupanga lwakwe mumusango umo wine no kufwila pamo. ⁶ Saulo alifwile , abana baume batatu kabili nasasenda wa fyanso-aba abaume bonse bafwilile pa bulya bwine bushiku. ⁷ Ulo abaume bambi abali ku lubali lumbi ulwa mukonko,kabili nabalya bali bushilya bwa Yodani, bamwene ukuti abaume ba Isereali babutuka, no kuti Saulo na bana bakwe abaume nabafwa, bashile imisumba yabo no kubutuka, kabili aba FGilishiti no kwikalamo. ⁸ Caishile ba pa bushiku bwakonkapo, elo aba Filishiti baishile kukutula ifitumbi, elo ba sangile Saulo na bana baume bakwe batatu ba bawa pa lupili lwa giboa. ⁹ Baputwileko umutwe wakwe no ku mufula ifyanso no kutuma intumi mu mpanga yaba Filishiti mose ukupita ilyashi ku matempele yamilungu yabo na kubantu. ¹⁰ Bakiba ifyanso fyakwe mwitempele lya kwa Ashtoreti, kabili ba popele umubili wakwe ku cibumba ca musumba ica Beth shan. ¹¹ Ulo abekashi bamu Yobeshi Giledi baumfwile ifyo aba Filishiti ba citile kuli Saulo, ¹² bonse abaume ba nkondo baimine ukuya ubushiku bonse no kupita umubili wakwa Saulo ne mibili ya bana bakwe abaume ukufumya pa cibumba ca Beth Shani. Baile ku Yebeshi no kubashika kulya. ¹³ Nomba basendele amafupa yabo no kuyashika mwisamba lya cimuti ca Tamarisk mu Yebeshi, no kufunga ukulya inshiku cine lubali.