¹ Apo Nahashi Amonitianayenda naku chingiliza mwankhondo ku Jabeshi Gilead Amuna wonse waku Jabeshi anati kwa Nahashi , ''Pangani chipangano na ise , ndipo tizakutumikila.'' ² Nahashi mu Amoriti anayankha , ''Pali lamulo ya uyu munthu ndiye pamene nizapangila chipangano naimwe , kuti nikukolowoleni monse menso yamu yaku nayiti , pakuti mwanjira iyi nibwelese nsoni kuli ma Israeli wonse.'' ³ Akulu akulu aku Jabeshi anamuyankha kuti , '' Utisiye seka kwo masiku yali seveni poyamba ,pakuti titumize anthenga kuli aya malo yonse ya malile ya Israeli. Apo , ngati kulibe aliyense wamene angati pulumusa ise tiza salenda kuli iwe.'' ⁴ Anthenga waja wanabwela ku Gibeya , kwamene kunali kunkhala Sauli , nakuwuza wanthu zamene zenze zinachitika . Wathu wonse wanalila mokuwa kwenikweni . ⁵ Iyi nthawi Sauli analikukonkha nkhavi kuchoka kunja munda . Sauli anati,''Nichani kulo banthu pakuti walile monga malilo ? '' Banamuwuza Sauli chamene wanthu waku Jabeshi wananena. ⁶ Pamene Sauli anamwela chamene wanakamba , muzimu wa Mulungu unamukuntha namphamvu , ndipo anakwiya maningi. ⁷ Anatenga nkhawi ziwili , nakujuwajuwa mutudunswa , nakutu tumiza ponse ponse mudela yonse ya Israeli kupitila muli aja authenga . Anati , ''Aliyense wamene sazachoka panja kukonkha Sauli na Samweli, ichi ndiye chamene chizachitika kuli nkhawi zake .'' Apo mantha yoyopa Yehova yanagwera pa wanthu wonse . Ndipo wana chokela panja pamozi monga nimuthu umozi. ⁸ Pamene anawa onkhesa pa Bezeki , wanthu waku Israeli anali atatu aku yuda anli sate sauzande. ⁹ Anati kuli athenga wamene wanabwela , '' Muzauza amuna waku Jabeshi Gileadi , kuti mayilo panthawi yamene zuwa izakankhala yokaba maningi , muzaleselelewa .'' Apo athenga banayenga nakuwuza banthu waku Jabeshi , ndipo wanakondwela . ¹⁰ Apo banthu waku Jabeshi wanauza Nahashi kuti , mayilo tizasalenda kuli iwe , ndipo ndipo ungatichite ise chilichonse chamene chizakakuonekela bwino kwa iwe. ¹¹ Siku yokonkhapo Sauli anayika banthu muwagulu atatu . Anabwela pakati pa musasa panthawi ya ulondawa m'mawa nakuyamba kumenya ma Amoniti nakuwachilmfya mpaka mpaka pamene kunapya muzuwa. Waja wamene wanapulumuka wanawazikana , kwakuti kunalibe wanthu kupezeka wasalapo wabili pamozi. ¹² Ndipo banthu banati kuli Samweli , ''Enze nindani wamene anakamba , ' Kodi Sauli azitilamulila ise? ' Waleteni banthu , pakuti tiwapaye.'' ¹³ Koma Sauli anati , ''Osapaya munthu aliyense iyi siku , chifukwa lelo Yehova aleselela a Israeli.'' ¹⁴ Apa Samweli anati kuli Banthu , ''Bwelani, tiyeni tiyende ku Giligali tikabwezepo kupanga ziko yolamuliwa na mfumu zobadu kuchokela mubanja yimozi .'' ¹⁵ Apo banthu bonse wanayenda ku Giligali naku panga Sauli mfumu pa menso pa Yehova mu Giligali kwamene kuja bana peleka nsembe za mutendele m'menso mwa Yehova , ndipo Sauli na banthu bonse wamuna wa mu Israeli wana sangalala maningi.