3 Awa ndi madzindza adatawiriswa na Yahova kupitiriza toera ayesere Aizraeli onsene akuti nee atamba nkhondo zidaoneka mu dziko ya Akanani.+

3 Madzindza anewa akhali amambo axanu a Afilisti,+ na Akanani onsene, Asidhoni+ na Aeveu+ akakhala Kuphiri ya Libhano,+ kutomera Kuphiri ya Bhaale-Ermoni mpaka ku Lebho-Amati.*+

16 “Mangwana ndzidzi ninga uno, ine ndinadzatuma kuna iwe munthu wa ku Bhenjamini.+ Usafunika kundzodza toera akhale ntsogoleri wa mbumba yanga ya Izraeli,+ pontho iye anadzapulumusa mbumba yanga mʼmanja mwa Afilisti. Thangwi ndaona kuthabuka kwa mbumba yanga, pontho ndabva kulira kwawo.”+

52 Sauli akhamenyana kakamwe na Afilisti mu ndzidzi ukhatonga iye.+ Pontho Sauli angagumana mamuna wamphambvu peno wacipapo, akhankwata mbakhala nyankhondo wace.+