1. Nanku ke umyolelo kaDavide:Utsho uDavide unyana kaJese,itsho indoda eyaphakanyiselwa phezulu,umthanjiswa kaThixo kaYakobi,iciko leengoma kwaSirayeli.
2. UMoya *kaNdikhoyo uthetha ngomlomo wam;ilizwi lakhe lisencakameni yolwimi lwam.
3. Uthethile uThixo kaSirayeli;iliwa lokhuselo likaSirayeli libhekise kum lathi:“Lowo kumkani ulawula ngobulungisa,lowo ulawula esoyika uThixo,
4. uqaqamba ngokwelanga ngomsobomvu ngentsasa engenamafu,lona liqaqambis' umhlaba emva kwemvula,lintshulise ingca emhlabeni.”
5. UThixo ukuzinzisile ukulawula kwenzala yam,kub' undenzel' umnqophis' ongasoz' ujike,umnqophis' ongayi kwaphulwa,dinga elingagugiyo.Uya kuluphumelelisa usindiso lwam,awufezekise wonke umnqweno wam.
6. Kodwa amatshijolo ngamev' alahliweyo;ziinkuni ezingathezwayo ngokuhlaba.
7. Wona abanjwa ngesixhobo sentsimbi,okanye atyhalwe ngomphini womkhonto,atshiselwe kuloo ndawo akuyo.
8. Ngawo la amagama amagorha omkhosi kaDavide: nguYoshebhe-bhashebhete waseTakemon kuqala, owayeyinkokheli yamagorha amathathu. Walwa namakhulu asibhozo amadoda eyedwa, wawabulala onke ngomkhonto wakhe kwidabi elinye.
9. Olandelayo nguElazare unyana kaDodo umAhoyi. Engomnye wamagorha amathathu nje, yena wayekunye noDavide xa bacela umngeni kumaFilistiya awayeze edabini. Abuya umva amaSirayeli,
10. kodwa yena wangena kuwo amaFilistiya, wabetha sada isandla sakhe sagogeka yinkantsi, watsho akabi nako ukuliyeka ikrele lakhe. *UNdikhoyo watshatshela edabini loo mini. Igalelo labalandeli bakaElazare kwelo dabi yaba kukuthimba impahla yabawileyo.
11. Olandelayo nguShama unyana ka-Age waseHarari. Waqubisana namaFilistiya eLehi ngasentsimini yeentlumayo. Abaleka amaSirayeli,
12. wema yena uShama, walwa ekhusela loo ntsimi, afa amaFilistiya, watshatshela uNdikhoyo.
13. Kwakha kwathi kanye xa kusondela ixesha lokuvuna, kwasuka isithathu kuloo madoda angamashumi amathathu aziintloko zomkhosi kaDavide, saya kuye kumqolomba waseAdulam, lo gama wona umkhosi wamaFilistiya umise ngakwintili yamaRafa.
14. Ngelo xesha uDavide wayesezintabeni kwindawo enqabileyo, kukho ibutho lamaFilistiya eBhetelehem.
15. UDavide wanxanwa, waza wathi: “Akwaba bekungakho mntu undiphathela amanzi kwelaa qula lingasesangweni eBhetelehem.”