7. Ndipo pamene Afilisti anamva kuti Aisrayeli anasonkhana pamodzi ku Mizipa, mafumu a Afilisti anakwera kukayambana ndi Aisrayeli. Ndipo Aisrayeli pakumva ici, anacita mantha ndi Afilistiwo.
8. Ndipo ana a Israyeli anati kwa Samueli, Musaleke kutipempherera kwa Yehova Mulungu wathu, kuti iye atipulumutse m'manja a Afilistiwo.
9. Ndipo Samueli anatenga mwana wa nkhosa woyamwa, nampereka wathunthu kwa Yehova, nsembe yopsereza; ndipo Samueli anapempherera Israyeli kwa Yehova; ndipo Yehova anambvomereza.
10. Ndipo pamene Samueli analikupereka nsembe yopserezayo, Afilisti anayandikira kuti aponyane ndi Aisrayeli; koma tsiku lomwe lija Yehova anagunda ndi kugunda kwakukuru pa Afilistiwo, nawapolonganitsa. Ndipo anakanthidwa pamaso pa Aisrayeli.