¹ Baishile kweba Davidi ati, ''Bona, aba Pelishiti bali kulwa na Keilak elo bakoiba ne filyo.'' ² Eico Davidi aishile kupepa kuli Yahweh ukumwafwako elo aishile ku mwipusha ati, ''Bushe kuti naya ku basansa aba Pelishiti?'' Yahweh aishile kulanda kuli Davidi ati, ''Kabuye elo kabasanse aba Pelishiti elo uka pusushe Keilah.'' ³ Abaume bakwa Davidi baishile kulanda kuli ye ati, ''Bona, tula tina muno mu Yuda. Pali bufi fye nga twaya kuli Keilah ukuya kulwa na bashilik baku Pelishiti?'' ⁴ Eluntu Davidi apepele na kabili kuli Yahweh ukumwafwako. Yahweh alimwasukile ati, ''Ima, kbuye ku Keilah pantu nko kupela ukucimfya pa ba Pelishiti.'' ⁵ Davidi elo na baume bwakwe balile ku Keilah elo no kulwa na ba Pelishiti. Ali pokolwele ing'ombe shabo elo ali be payawile nganshi. Eico Davidi ali puswishe abalikwikala mu Keilah. ⁶ Uluntu Abiata umwana meaume wakwa Ahimeleki afulumukile kuli Davidi pa Keilah, aishile ninshi alisendele na efodi mu minwe yakwe. ⁷ Shauli baishile ku mweba ati Davidi alile ku Keilah. Shauli aishile kulanda ati, ''Lesa alimupele mu minwe yandi. Pantu alisalilwe mukati alingile mu musumba uwakwata impongolo ne fipindamo.'' ⁸ Shauli aishile kwita amabumba ya fita fyakwe yonse ku kulwa, ukuya ku Keilah, mu kusoka Davidi elo na bantu bakwe. ⁹ Davidi alishibile ukwebati Shauli alikufwaya ukonaula umweo wakwe. Aishile kulanda kuli Abiata shimapepo ati, ''Leta efodi kuno.'' ¹⁰ Eluntu Davidi aishile kulanda ati, ''Yahweh, Lesa wakwa Israeli, umubomfi wenu ne cabushe alyumfwile ati Shauli alikufwaya umweo wandi pakwisa ku Keilah, ukonaula umusumba pamulandu wandi. ¹¹ Bushe abantu baku Keilah, balempela mu minwe yakwe? Yahweh, Lesa wakwa Israeli, Nakupapata, eba umubomfi obe.'' Yahweh aishile kulanda ati, ''Aletentemukila panshi.'' ¹² Eluntu Davidi aishile kulanda ati, ''Bushe abaume ba ku Keilah bakompela nebo elo na baume bandi mu minwe yakwa Shaule?'' Yahweh aishile kulanda ati, ''Bakokupela.'' ¹³ Eluntu Davidi elo na baume bakwe, abali nakalimo imyanda mutanda, balimine elo balifumineko ku Keilah, elo balye ndaukile incende uku noku. Baishile ku mweba Shauli ati Davidi ali fyukileko ku kueila, elo alilekele ukumupepeka. ¹⁴ Davidi alikele mu matololo umwakufita, mu calo ca mpili mu matololo aya ku Zipi. Shauli ali kumufwailikisha cila bushiku, lelo Lesa tamupele ena mu maboko yakwe. ¹⁵ Davidi allibwene ukweba ati Shauli alikufwaya umweo wakwe; nomba Davidi ali mu matololo yaku Zipi pa Horeshi. ¹⁶ Eluntu Yonatani, umwana mwaume wakwa Shauli, alimine elo aishile kuya kuli Davidi pa Horesh, elo alokoseeshe ukuboko kwakwe muli Lesa. ¹⁷ Aishile kulanda kuli ye ati, ''Wilekutina. Pantu ukuboko kwa kwa tata takwakusange. Ukuba imfumu pali Israeli, elo nkaba uwa bubili kuli webo. Na Shauli tata alishibile ici.'' ¹⁸ Balipangile icipangano pali Yahweh, Davidi aishile kwisa pa Horeshi, elo Yonatani aishile kuya ku mwakwe. ¹⁹ Eluntu Zifite aishile kwisa kuli Shauli pa Gibeah elo aishile kulanda ati, ''Bushe Davidi uyu afiseme pamo na fwebo umwakufita pa Horeshi, palupili lwa Hakilah, ulwaba ku masamba ya Yeshimoni? ²⁰ Nomba iciluka, we mfumu! Ukulingana no kufwaya kobe, iciluka, ulubali lwesu kumupela mu minwe ya mfumu. ²¹ Shauli aishule kulanda ati, ''Palweni mwe Yahweh. Pakuti mwali nkwatile inkumbu nebo. ²² Kabuyeni, mushininkishe no ku cilapo. Musambilile elo mu fwaye uko afiseme elo no umubwene kulya. Balingebele nebo ati wa kukengela. ²³ Eico bona, elo wi shibe ne ncende shonse fye umo afiseme. Mu bwelele kuli nebo ne lyash lya cishinka, elo eluntu nkabwelela kuli mwebo. Nga cakwebati ali mu calo, nkale kumufwailisha mukato ka bakamana ya muli Yuda.'' ²⁴ Eluntu baishile kwima elo baishile kuya ku Zipi pantanshi yakwa Shauli. Nomba Davidi elo na baume bakwe bali mu matololo ya Maoni, mu Araba ku kapinda ka kukuso ka ku Yeshimoni. ²⁵ Shauli elo na baume bakwe balilemu kufwaya. Nomba Davidi bali mwebeleko, eco alitentemukile mu cilupili ce libwe, mu matololo ya Moani. Uluntu Shauli aumfwile, alipepekele Davidi mu matololo ya Moani. ²⁶ Shauli aishile kuya ku lubali lumbi ulwa lupili, elo Davidi na baume bakwe bali kuya lubali lumbi ulwa lupili. Davidi aishile kwangufyanya ukutaluka kuli Shauli. Ulo Shauli na baume bakwe bali kushinguluka Davidi elo na baume bakwe ukuti babekate, ²⁷ intugulushi yaishile kwisa kuli Shauli elo ya landile ati, ''Angufyanya elo isa, pantu aba Pelishiti balishile mukwingilila icalo. ²⁸ Eico Shauli alekel ukulekupepeka Davidi elo akonkele aba Pelishiti. Eico ilya incende yainikilwe ati Icilibwe cakubutukilako. ²⁹ Davidi alifumineko kulya elo aishile kwikala umwakufita mu Engedi.