1. Ke kaloku uthe uSamweli akwaluphala wamisela oonyana bakhe baba ziinkokheli zamaSirayeli.
2. Unyana omkhulu wayenguJoweli, omncinci inguAbhiya. Babeziinkokheli eBheshebha.
3. Kambe ke bona babengamfuzanga uyise; bona babesemva kwenzuzo ngobuqhetseba, bengamathanda-kunyotywa, belamla ngesheyi.
4. Amadoda amakhulu ke akwaSirayeli aqokelelana, aya kutsho eRama kuSamweli,
5. afika athi kuye: “Sewaluphele wena ngoku, yaye noonyana bakho abakufuzanga mpela. Ngoko ke sityumbele ukumkani, khon' ukuze nathi sifane nezinye izizwe, sibe nokumkani osilawulayo.”
6. Samngena kakubi uSamweli isicelo sabo sokufuna ukumkani. Wabhenela *kuNdikhoyo,