Kwakukhona ukulwa okunzima namaFilisti zonke izinsuku zikaSawule ; lapho uSawule ebona iqhawe nendoda enamandla wazithathela bona.

Maye kinina babhali nabaFarisi , bazenzisi, ngokuba nithela okweshumi kwesinkuntshane, nokwentshungu, nokodonqa, niyeke okunzima komthetho: ukwahlulela nesihawu nokukholwa! Benimelwe ukwenza lokhu, ningakuyeki nalokho.

Baya, bafika eGoreni Hathadi elingaphesheya kweJordani ; lapho bakhala nokukhala impela , okunzima kakhulu ; wamenzela uyise isililo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

Kepha uyakusho leli zwi kubo lokuthi : Amehlo ami mahlengezele izinyembezi imini nobusuku , zinganqamuki, ngokuba i ntombi, indodakazi yabantu bami , ilimele ngokulimala okukhulu , ngokushaywa okunzima kakhulu.