1 Filisitine yi Isirayila yɛngɛ. Isirayila kaane yi e gi, a gbegbe yi faxa Gilibowa geyaan fari. 2 Filisitine yi xaɲɛ ayi Sɔli nun a diine xili ma. E yi Sɔli a dii xɛmɛne faxa, Yonatan nun Abinadabo nun Maliki-Suwa. 3 Yɛngɛn yi wolon Sɔli rabilinni, xali wonle yi a li, a yi gaxu e yɛɛ ra han! 4 Sɔli yi a fala yɛngɛ so se maxanla xa, a naxa, “I ya silanfanna tongo i n faxa, bayo n mi waxi Ala kolontareni itoe xa n masɔxɔn, e yi n tɔrɔ.” Koni a yɛngɛ so se maxanla yi tondi, bayo a yi gaxuxi han! Nayi, Sɔli yi a silanfanna tongo a sɔnsɔn a dɛ. 5 Sɔli a yɛngɛ so se maxanla to a to faxaxi, a fan yi sɔnsɔn a silanfanna dɛ e birin yi faxa. 6 Sɔli nun a dii xɛmɛ saxanne nun a yɛngɛ so se maxanla nun a fɔxɔrabirane birin yi faxa e bode xɔn lɔxɔ kedenni na kii nin. 7 Isirayila kaan naxanye yi lanbanna fɔxɔ kedenni, e nun Yurudɛn baan fɔxɔ boden na, ne yi a to a Isirayila ganla yi a gima. E mɔn yi a to a Sɔli nun a diine bata yi faxa. E yi e taane rabeɲin, e e gi. Filisitine yi fa dɔxɔ na.

8 Na xɔtɔn bode, Filisitine yi fa binbine yii seene tongodeni, e yi Sɔli nun a diine binbine to biraxi Gilibowa geyaan fari. 9 E Sɔli xunna bolon a dɛ, e a yɛngɛ so seene tongo. E yi na fe xibarun nasiga Filisiti yamanan birin yi e nun e suxure banxine yi e nun e yamaan tagi. 10 E yi Sɔli a yɛngɛ so seene sa Asitarate suxure banxin kui, e a binbin singan Beti-San taan yinna xɔn.

11 Yabɛsi Galadi kaane to a mɛ Filisitine naxan ligaxi Sɔli ra, 12 e banxulan sɛnbɛmane yi keli, e sigan ti kɔɛɛn birin na siga han Beti-San. E Sɔli nun a diine binbine tongo Beti-San yinna kanke. E yi xɛtɛ Yabɛsi yi, e yi e gan mɛnni. 13 E yi e xɔnne tongo, e e maluxun tamaro wudi binla bun ma Yabɛsi yi. E yi sunna suxu xii solofere.