Dintwa tsa Davida le Bafilesta.
1Hirame, morena wa Tire, a romela manqosa ho Davida, le difate tsa dikedare, le dibetli tsa majwe, le dibetli tsa difate, ho mo hahela ntlo; 2Davida a tseba kahoo hoba Jehova o mo tiisitse ho ba morena wa Iseraele, le hobane o phahamisitse mmuso wa hae ka baka la setjhaba sa hae sa Iseraele.
3Davida a boela a nyala basadi Jerusalema, mme Davida a tswala bara le baradi. 4Ke ana mabitso a bao a ba tswaletsweng a le Jerusalema: ke Shammua, le Shobabe, le Nathane, le Salomone; 5le Jibhare, le Elishua, le Elfelethe; 6le Noga, le Nefege, le Jafia; 7le Elishama, le Beeliada, le Elifelethe.
8Bafilesta eitse ha ba utlwa hore Davida o tlotsitswe ho ba morena wa Baiseraele bohle, Bafilesta bohle ba futuha ba batla Davida. Davida ha a utlwa, a tswa, a ya ba kgahlanyetsa. 9Bafilesta ba ne ba fihlile, mme ba ne ba rasa kgohlong ya Barefaime. 10Yaba Davida o botsa Jehova, a re: Na ke tla ya lwantsha Bafilesta? na o tla ba neela matsohong a ka na? Jehova a re ho yena: Eya, mme ke tla ba neela matsohong a hao. 11Ba futuhela Baale-Peratsime; mme Davida a ba qhala hona teng, a re: Jehova o entse sekgeo ka nna direng tsa ka, jwalokaha metsi a etsa sekgeo lerakong. Ka baka leo, lebitso la teng la bitswa Baale-Peratsime. 12Teng, Bafilesta ba lahla ditshwantsho tsa bona; Davida a laela, tsa ba tsa tjheswa mollong.
13Bafilesta ba boela ba rasa kgohlong. 14Davida a boela a botsa Modimo, mme Modimo wa re ho yena: O se ke wa ba latela; o mpe o ba kgelohe, mme o ba seeletse maloka le difate tsa monokotswai. 15Etlare ha o utlwa modumo wa diqi dintlheng tsa difate tsa monokotswai, o ke o ba lwantshe, hobane etlaba Modimo o se o o eteletse pele ho ya qhala makgotla a Bafilesta. 16Davida a etsa jwalokaha Jehova a mo laetse, mme ba qhala makgotla a Bafilesta ho tloha Gibea ho isa Gesere.
17Botumo ba Davida ba hasana naheng tsohle, mme Jehova a mo etsa ya tshajwang ke ditjhaba tsohle.
