1. Jwale banna ba Kiriate-Jearime ba ya, ba nyolla areka ya Morena, ba e isa tlung ya Abinadabe e hodima leralla; ba halaletsa Eleasare, mora wa hae, hore a boloke areka eo ya Morena.
2. Ho tloha mohla areka e kgutlelang Kiriate-Jearime ya dula teng nako e telele, ka dilemo tse mashome a mabedi. Bohle ba ntlo ya Iseraele ba labalabela ho sebeletsa Morena.
3. Samuele a re ho bohle ba ntlo ya Iseraele: “Haeba le kgutlela ho Morena ka dipelo tsa lona tsohle, lahlang medimo ya baditjhaba e hara lona, le Asetarote. Le lebise dipelo tsa lona ho Morena, le sebeletse yena feela, mme o tla le namolela matsohong a Bafilesita.”
4. Jwale bana ba Iseraele ba lahla bo-Baale le Asetarote, ba sebeletsa Morena feela.
5. Samuele a re: “Baiseraele bohle ba bokane Misepa, mme ke tla ba rapella ho Morena.”
6. Ba kopanela Misepa, ba kga metsi, ba a qhalla kapele ho Morena, ba itima dijo ka letsatsi leo, ba re: “Re sitetswe Morena!” Samuele a qala ho ba moahlodi wa bana ba Iseraele ha ba le Misepa.
7. Ha Bafilesita ba utlwa hore bana ba Iseraele ba bokane Misepa, dikgosi tsa Bafilesita tsa nyoloha, tsa futuhela Baiseraele. Bana ba Iseraele ba utlwa hona, mme ba tshoha Bafilesita.