39. UDavide waxwaya ikrele likaSawule, waza wanga angahamba, suka akaba nako, kuba wayengaziqhelanga ezi zixhobo. Ubhekise kuSawule wathi: “Andikwazi ukuhamba ndinxibe ezi zinto; kaloku andiziqhelanga.” Watsho wazikhulula zonke.
40. Wathatha intonga yakhe, wachola amatye ampuluswa amahlanu apho entlanjeni, wawafaka engxoweni yakhe yokwalusa. Warhola *inkwitshi yakhe, wahamba ukuya kugagana nomFilistiya lowo.
41. Yena umFilistiya wanyantsula esondela ngakuDavide, umphathi-khaka wakhe ehamba ngaphambi kwakhe.
42. UmFilistiya akumbona uDavide wamdela, kuba kaloku uDavide wayeselula, eyinzwana, ebusweni ekhangeleka esegazini.
43. Uvakele esithi kuDavide: “Uza kwenzani ngezo ntonga? Uba ndiyinja?” Watsho etyibela uDavide ngeziqalekiso *zoothixo bakhe.
44. “Sondela, loo mzinjana wakho ndiwuphose kumaxhalanga namarhamncwa,” waqokela watsho.
45. Uthe yena uDavide kumFilistiya lowo: “Uza kum uphethe ikrele, umkhonto, nentshuntshe, wena; kodwa mna ndiza kuwe egameni likaNdikhoyo onamandla onke, uThixo womkhosi wakwaSirayeli, lo wena uwudelileyo.
46. Namhla oku uNdikhoyo uza kukunikela kum. Ndiza kukuwisa, ndikunqumle intloko. Izidumbu zomkhosi wamaFilistiya zona ndoziphosa kumaxhalanga namarhamncwa, lonke elimiweyo likwazi ukuba uSirayeli unoThixo.
47. Sonke esi sihlwele esihlangene apha soqonda ukuba uNdikhoyo akadingi makrele namikhonto ukusindisa abantu bakhe. Nguye olilawulayo idabi, yaye nonke uza kuninikela ezandleni zethu.”
48. Waya esondela kuDavide umFilistiya lowo, ezimisele ukumhlasela, waza uDavide wasukela ukumhlangabeza ekulweni.
49. Wafaka isandla engxoweni yakhe, warhola ilitye lalinye, wajolisa ngenkwitshi kuGoliyati. Wamchana ebunzi, latsho latshona ilitye. Waya kuwa ngobuso emhlabeni uGoliyati.
50. Waba ke uDavide uyamongamela uGoliyati, wamoyisa engaphethe krele, wambulala ngenkwitshi nelitye!
51. Wasukela waya kutsho phezu kukaGoliyati. Wafika walithi rhutyu esingxotyeni salo ikrele likaGoliyati, wamnqumla intloko ngalo, emgqibezela.Acela kwabasicatyana amaFilistiya, akubona ukuwa kwegorha lawo.