1. Bafilesita ba kgobokanya mabotho a bona hore a ye ntweng; ba a kgobokanya Soko e naheng ya Juda. Ba hloma pakeng tsa Soko le Aseka e naheng ya Efese-Damime.
2. Bo-Saule le banna ba Iseraele le bona ba kgobokana, ba hloma ka kgohlong ya Ela, mme ba thea theko ya ntwa ho lwantsha Bafilesita.
3. Bafilesita ba ne ba eme hodima thaba, ka lehlakoreng lane, Baiseraele le bona ba eme hodima thaba, ka lehlakoreng lena, kgohlo e le pakeng tsa bona.
4. Diahelong tsa Bafilesita ha tswa seqhobanehadi. Lebitso la sona e ne e le Goliate, a etswa Gate. Bolelele ba sona e ne e batla e le dimethara tse tharo.
5. Hloohong se ne se rwetse katiba ya lethose, se apere baki e entsweng ka dipapetlwa tsa lethose, tse rokahantsweng, mme boima ba baki eo ya sona e le dikilo tse ka bang mashome a mahlano a metso e supileng.
6. Ditlhafung se ne se rwetse dikgohlopo tsa lethose, lehetleng se jere mophekapheka wa lerumo la lethose.
7. Theko ya lerumo la sona e ne e le kalo ka mofeng wa motjhine o ohlang, hlooho ya lerumo leo e le boima ba dikilo tse supileng. Mojari wa thebe ya sona o ne a se eteletse pele.
8. Goliate a ema, a howeletsa mabotho a Baiseraele, a re: “Ke ka baka lang ha le futuha ka mabotho? Nna ke Mofilesita, lona le makgoba a Saule! Kgethang monna hara lona mono, a theohele ho nna mona!
9. Haeba monna eo a ka ntwantsha, a mpolaya, rona re tla ba makgoba a lona, empa haeba nka mo hlola, ka mmolaya, lona le tla ba makgoba a rona, le re sebeletse!”
10. Mofilesita eo a boela a re: “Kajeno ke phephetsa mabotho a Baiseraele. Mpheng monna, re tlo lwana!”
11. Ha Saule le Baiseraele bohle ba utlwa mantswe a Mofilesita eo, ba tshoha, ba tshaba haholo.