22. Mukanitu kuti mukadziwitse ndithu, ndi kudziwa ndi kuona mbuto m'mene akhalitsa, ndi amene adamuona m'menemo; cifukwa anandiuza kuti iye acita mocenjera ndithu.
23. Cifukwa cace yang'anirani, ndi kudziwa ngaka zonse alikubisalamo iye, nimubwere kwa ine ndi mau otsimikizika, pomwepo ndidzamuka nanu; ndipo akakhala m'dzikomo, ndidzampwaira pakati pa mabanja onse a Yuda.
24. Ndipo iwo ananyamuka, namuka ku Zifi asanapiteko Sauli; koma Davide ndi anthu ace anali ku cipululu ca Maoni, m'cigwa ca kumwera kwa cipululu.
25. Ndipo Sauli ndi anthu ace anamuka kukamfuna. Koma wina anauza Davide; cifukwa cace anatsikira kuthanthweko, nakhala m'cipululu ca Maoni. Ndipo pamene Sauli anamva ici, iye anamlondola Davide m'cipululu ca Maoni.
26. Ndipo Sauli anamuka mbali yina ya phiri, Davide ndi anthu ace kutseri kwace; ndipo Davide anafulumira kuthawa, cifukwa ca kuopa Sauli; popeza Sauli ndi anthu ace anazinga Davide ndi anthu ace kwete kuti awagwire.
27. Koma mthenga unafika kwa Sauli ndi kuti, Mufulumire kubwerera; popeza nkhondo yobvumbulukira ya Afilisti yalowa m'dziko.
28. Comweco Sauli anabwerera polondola Davide, nakakomana ndi Afilisti; cifukwa cace anachula dzina lace la malo aja, Thanthwe lolekanitsa.
29. Ndipo Davide anakwera kucokera kumeneko, nakhalam'ngaka za Engedi.