¹ Hakumanetha ebi chasholokele Ndabiti walukile ba Filisite nakubahyana. Cho Ndabiti watambwile Metengama kutunda mu maboko aba Filisite. ² Cho wahyanene Mowabu na kukothetha harhi banalume boshe mukubapethzeletha mu mundando. Wapethzeletheleko mindando ibali mangana abathsiye, na mundandoumo wakushula aunyunge na mwonyo. Cho ba Mowabu bethzile na kupwa bingamba aba baputukile kufweta lithimu kui Ndabiti. ³ Cho Ndabitiu wahyanene Handandezale muna Lekobe, mwene waku Zomba,hathimbu wakele nakuya Handandazale nakutambula kuyula chendi kuje ku ndonga wa Yafuluta. ⁴ Ndabiti wamutambwile makalu 1,700 na banu bahathi makulukathzi abali. Ndabiti wathsiyangele tubalu boshe ba kumakalu, oloni wa thethzeleko bamo bakweta matemba chita chimo. ⁵ Cho omu baka Alamu baku Ndamasiku bethzile nakukwata Handandezale mwene waku Zomba, Ndabiti wathsiyileko makulakathzi makumi na abali banalume baku Alamu. ⁶ Cho Ndabiti wakelemo mashwalale mu Alamu kuje ku Ndamasiku, cho baka Alamu wabapwithile bingamba ababaputukile kufweta lithimu kuli ikeye. Yehoba wanene kuhyana kuli Ndabiti oku kwoshe waile. ⁷ Ndabiti wambatele bije bintelo bya ndolinde byakele hali bangamba ba Handandezale na kubinena ku Yelusalema. ⁸ Mwene Ndabiti wambatele bunengu bwa bungi, kutunda ku binganda bya Handandezele, kuli Temba na Mbelotai, ⁹ Omu Tou, mwene waku Hamati, wathzibile ngwabo Ndabiti wahyanene nthzita na mashwalale ba Handandzale, ¹⁰ Tou watumine Handolamu munendi kuli mwene Ndabiti na kumumeneka cho na kumukithwila, mwafwa Ndabiti walwile na Handandezale na kumuhyana, mwafwa Handandezale wakele ntzita hali Tou. Cho Handolamu watwalele bibala bya siliva, ngolinde, na bunengu. ¹¹ Cho mwene Ndabiti wanene ebi bibala kukli Njambi, hamolika na siliva na ngolinde bije byatundile kumafuti oshe aje wahyanene - ¹² kutunda ku Alamu, Mowabu , ku banu ba Amoni, ba Filisite naba Amaleki, hamolika na byuma byoshe batambwile kuli Handandezele muna Lehobu, mwene waku Zomba ¹³ Lithzina lya Ndabiti balithibukile manene omu elukile kutunda na kuhyana ba Alamu mu mingulunga ya mungwa, hamo na banalume babo bakweta 18,000. ¹⁴ Cho wakele mashwalale mu Endemu, mwoshe, cho banu boshe bamu Endomu wabapwithile bingamba bendi. Njambi wanene kuhyana kuli Ndabiti oku kwoshe waile. ¹⁵ Ndabiti wayulile lifuti lyoshe lya Isalela, na kusholola chiyulo chachibwa na kuthungama kubanu bendi boshe. ¹⁶ Njowabu muna Zeluya wakele ntwama wa mwashwalale, na Njehoshafati muna Ahilundi wakele wakunyunga mikanda. ¹⁷ Zandoki muna Ahitube na Ahimeleki muna Amiyata bapwile tupilishitu, cho Selaiya wapwile mukakuthoneka. ¹⁸ Mbenaya muna Njekoyanda wapwile mukulunu waba Keletike naba Peletile, cho bana ba Ndabiti babanalume bapwile bakulunu babaka bipangi.