13. Ndipo mfumuvo inanena naye, Usaope, kodi ulikuona ciani? Mkaziyo nanena ndi Sauli, Ndirikuona milungu irikukwera kuturuka m'kati mwa dziko.
14. Ndipo ananena naye, Makhalidwe ace ndi otani? nati iye, Nkhalamba irikukwera yobvala mwinjiro. Pamenepo Sauli anazindikira kuti ndi Samueli, naweramitsa nkhope yace pansi, namgwadira.
15. Ndipo Samueli ananena ndi Sauli, Wandibvutiranji kundikweretsa kuno? Sauli nayankha, Ndirikusautsika kwambiri, pakuti Afilisti aponyana nkhondo ndi ine, ndipo Mulungu anandicokera, osandiyankhanso, kapena ndi aneneri, kapena ndi maloto; cifukwa cace ndakuitanani, kuti mundidziwitse cimene ndiyenera kucita.
16. Ndip'o Samueli ananena naye, Ndipo undifunsiranji ine, popeza Yehova anakucokera, nasandulika mdani wako?
17. Ndipo Yehova yekha wacita monga ananena pakamwa panga; ndipo Yehova wang'amba ufumuwo, kuucotsa m'dzanja lako, ndi kuupatsa mnansi wako, ndiye Davide.
18. Cifukwa sunamvera mau a Yehova, ndi kukwaniritsa mkwiyo wace woopsa pa Ameleki, cifukwa cace Yehova wakucitira cinthu ici lero.
19. Ndiponso Yehova adzapereka Israyeli pamodzi ndi iwe m'dzanja la Afilisti; ndipo mawa iwe ndi ana ako mudzakhala kuli ine; Yehova adzaperekanso khamu la Aisrayeli m'dzanja la Afilisti.
20. Pomwepo Sauli anagwa pansi tantha, naopa kwakukuru, cifukwa ca mau a Samueli; ndipo analibe mphamvu; pakuti tsiku lonse ndi usiku wace wonse anakhala osadya kanthu.
21. Ndipo mkaziyo anafika kwa Sauli, naona kuti ali wobvutika kwambiri, nanena naye, Onani, mdzakazi wanu anamvera mau anu, ndipo ndinataya moyo wanga, ndi kumvera mau anu munalankhula ndi ine.
22. Cifukwa cace tsono, mumverenso mau a mdzakazi wanu, nimundilole kuika kakudya pamaso panu; ndipo mudye, kuti mukhale ndi mphamvu pakumuka.
23. Koma iye anakana, nati, Sindifuna kudya. Koma anyamata ace, pamodzi ndi mkaziyo anamkangamiza; iyenamvera mau ao. Comweco anauka pansi, nakhala pakama.
24. Ndipo mkaziyo anali ndi mwana wa ng'ombe wonenepa m'nyumbamo; ndipo anafulumira, namupha, natenga ufa naukanyanga mkate wopanda cotupitsa;
25. nabwera nazo kwa Sauli ndi kwa anyamata ace; nadya iwowa. Atatero ananyamuka, nacoka usiku womwewo.