1. Zvino vaFiristia vakakoka varwi vavo kuti vazorwa hondo ndokubva vaungana paSoko muJudha. Vakadzika musasa paEfesi Dhamimi, pakati peSoko neAzeka.
2. Sauro navaIsraeri vakaungana uye vakadzika musasa mumupata weEra vakatara mutaro wokurwa pavaizosangana navaFiristia.
3. VaFiristia vakatora chimwe chikomo uye vaIsraeri vakatora chimwe, pakati pavo paine mupata.
4. Shasha yainzi Goriati yaibva kuGati, yakabuda pakati pomusasa wavaFiristia. Akanga akareba makubhiti matanhatua.
5. Akanga ane nguwani yendarira pamusoro wake uye akanga akafuka nguo dzokurwa dzamakwati endarira dzairema mashekeri zviuru zvishanub;
6. pamakumbo ake akanga akapfeka zvidzitiro zvendarira, uye pfumo rendarira rakanga rakarembedzwa kumusana kwake.
7. Rwiriko rwepfumo rake rwakanga rwakaita setsvimbo yomuruki, uye muromo waro wesimbi wakanga uchirema mashekeri mazana matanhatuc. Mutakuri wenhoo yake aifamba ari mberi kwake.
8. Goriati akamira uye akadanidzira kuhondo dzavaIsraeri achiti, “Seiko mabuda kuti muzogadzirira kurwa? Ko, ini handizi muFiristia, uye imi hamuzi varanda vaSauro here? Sarudzai murume mugoita kuti aburuke kuno kwandiri.
9. Kana achigona kurwa uye akandiuraya, isu tichava varanda venyu; asi kana ndikamukunda ndikamuuraya, imi muchava varanda vedu uye muchatishandira.”
10. Ipapo muFiristia akati, “Nhasi ndiri kudenha hondo dzavaIsraeri! Ndipei murume kuti tirwe.”