17. Samuele a re: “Ha ke re o hlooho ya merabe ya Iseraele, le hoja wena o itadima o le e monyenyane? Morena o o tlotsitse hore o be kgosi ya Iseraele.
18. Morena o ile a o roma, a re: <Tsamaya, o yo timetsa baetsadibe bao ho hang, e leng Baamaleke; o ba lwantshe ho fihlela ba fela tu!>
19. Jwale ke hobaneng o sa kang wa mamela lentswe la Morena, yaba o se o wela kgapo ka mahlo a matsho, mme wa etsa ho hobe mahlong a Morena?”
20. Saule a re ho Samuele: “Ke mametse taelo ya Morena. Ke tsamaile ka tsela eo Morena a ntaetseng hore ke, tsamaye ka yona. Ke thopile Akake, kgosi ya Baamaleke. Setjhaba sa Baamaleke sona ke se timeditse ho hang.
21. Empa ho tse hapilweng, tse neng di tshwanetse ho timetswa, banna ba ile ba inkela dinku le dikgomo tse ntlentle, ho tla etsetsa Morena Modimo wa hao, sehlabelo mona Gilegale.”
22. Samuele a re:“Na Morena o kgahlwake nyehelo tsa setjheso,na o kgahlwale ke wona mahlabelo,jwalokaha a kgahlwake ho mamela taelo ya hae?ho ikokobetsa ho molemoho feta sehlabelo,ho mamela ho molemoho feta mafura a dipheleu.
23. Ho fetohela Morena ke sebese kang boloi,manganga ke sebese kang ho rapela medimo esele.Kahobane o furaletsetaelo ya Morena,le yena o o furaletsehore o se be kgosi!”