Buka ea Pele ea Likronike
14 Morena Hirame+ oa Tire a romela baromuoa ho Davida hammoho le lifate tsa kedare, batho ba betlang majoe* le ba sebetsang ka mapolanka hore ba mo hahele ntlo.*+ 2 Davida o ne a tseba hore Jehova o tiisitse borena ba hae Iseraele+ hobane o entse hore ’muso oa hae o be matla molemong oa sechaba sa hae sa Iseraele.+
3 Davida a ba le basali+ ba bangata Jerusalema ’me a ba le bara le barali ba bangata.+ 4 Ana ke mabitso a bana ba hae ba hlahetseng Jerusalema:+ Shamua, Shobabe, Nathane,+ Solomone,+ 5 Ibare, Elishua, Elpelete, 6 Noga, Nefege, Jafia, 7 Elishama, Beliada le Elifelete.
8 Ha Bafilista ba utloa hore Davida o tlotsitsoe hore e be morena oa Iseraele eohle,+ Bafilista bohle ba tla ho tla loantša Davida.+ Ha Davida a utloa taba ena, a tsoa a e’o ba hlasela. 9 Bafilista ba tla ’me ba hlasela batho ba lulang Khohlong* ea Refaime.+ 10 Davida a botsa Molimo a re: “Na nka ea ke e’o loantša Bafilista? Na u tla nthusa hore ke ba hlole?” Eaba Jehova o re ho eena: “Tsamaea ’me ke tla u thusa hore u ba hlole.”+ 11 Davida a ea Baale-perazime+ ’me a ba bolaela moo. Eaba o re: “Molimo oa ’nete o hlotse lira tsa ka joaloka lerako le lihiloeng ke metsi.” Ke ka lebaka leo ba ileng ba bitsa sebaka seo Baale-perazime.* 12 Bafilista ba siea melimo ea bona ea litšoantšo moo ’me e ile ea chesoa mollong+ ha Davida a fana ka taelo eo.
13 Hamorao Bafilista ba boela ba hlasela batho ba lulang khohlong.*+ 14 Davida a boela a botsa Molimo empa Molimo oa ’nete a re ho eena: “U se ke oa nyolohela ho bona ka ho toba. Empa u ba pote ka morao ’me u ba hlasele u hlaha ka pel’a lihlahla tsa bak’ha.+ 15 Ha u utloa lerata la masole a tsamaeang holim’a lihlahla tsa bak’ha, u a hlasele hang-hang hobane Molimo oa ’nete o tla be a u eteletse pele ho ea bolaea masole a Bafilista.”+ 16 Davida a etsa feela joalokaha Molimo oa ’nete a mo laetse+ eaba ba bolaea masole a Bafilista ho tloha Gibeone ho ea fihla Gezere.+ 17 Davida a tuma linaheng tsohle ’me Jehova a etsa hore lichaba tsohle li mo tšabe.+