40. a nka molamu wa hae, a ya molapong, a ithonakela majwe a mahlano a boreledi, a a kenya pataneng ya hae, eo a nang le yona, le mokotlaneng wa hae; a atamela Mofilesta, a tshwere letjeketjane la hae.
41. Mofilesta yena a tloha, a ikatametsa ho Davida, monna ya jereng thebe ya hae a mo eteletse pele.
42. Eitse Mofilesta, ha a tadima, a bona Davida, a mo nyedisa hobane e le mohlankana feela e mokhunwana, ya fahleho se setle.
43. Mofilesta a re ho Davida: A ke ntja, ha o tlile ho nna ka melamu? Yaba Mofilesta o rohaka Davida ka medimo ya hae.
44. Mofilesta a eketsa a re ho Davida: Tloo ho nna, ke nee dinonyana tsa lehodimo le dibatana tsa naha nama tsa hao.
45. Davida a re ho Mofilesta: O tlile ho nna ka sabole le ka lerumo le ka tsenene; nna, ke tla ho wena ka lebitso la Jehova wa makgotla, Modimo wa makgotla a Iseraele, eo o mo nyedisitseng.
46. Kajeno, Jehova o tla o neela matsohong a ka; ke tla o bolaya, ke o pome hlooho, ke nee kajeno lena dinonyana tsa lehodimo le dibatana tsa naha ditopo tsa makgotla a Bafilesta, mme lefatshe lohle le tla tseba hobane Modimo o teng Iseraeleng.
47. Le bongata bona bohle bo tla tseba hobane Jehova ha a namolele ka sabole leha e le ka lerumo, hobane tlholo ke ya Jehova, mme o tla le neela matsohong a rona.
48. Ebile ke moo Mofilesta a tlohang, a tla, a atamela ho kgahlanyetsa Davida; Davida yena a phakisa a titimela ntweng, ho ya kgahlanyetsa Mofilesta.