8. Ebile bana ba Iseraele ba re ho Samuele: O se ke wa lesela ho re hoelletsa ho Jehova, Modimo wa rona, a tle a re namolele matsohong a Bafilesta.
9. Yaba Samuele o nka konyana e anyang, a e hlabela Jehova ka mokgwa wa setjheso se tjheswang kaofela. Samuele a ntoo howeletsa ho Jehova bakeng sa Iseraele, mme Jehova a mo utlwa.
10. Eitse ha Samuele a ntse a etsa setjheso, Bafilesta ba atamela ho lohlanya ntwa le Baiseraele. Yaba Jehova o dumisetsa Bafilesta diaduma tse tshabehang tsatsing leo, a ba ferekanya, ba ba ba baleha pela Baiseraele.
11. Jwale, banna ba Iseraele ba tswa Mitspe, ba phallela Bafilesta, mme ba ba bolaya ho ya fihla tlasa Bethe-Kare.
12. Samuele a nka lejwe, a le emisa pakeng tsa Mitspe le Shene, a le rea lebitso la Eben-Esere (lejwe la thuso), a re: Jehova o re thusitse ho fihlela mona.