1. Ngaba uThixo ubalahlile na abantu bakhe amaSirayeli? Nakanye! Nam ngokwam ndingumSirayeli, ndiyinzala ka-Abraham, ndingowendlu kaBhenjamin.
2. UThixo akabalahlanga abantu bakhe awabanyula mhlamnene. Kaloku niyayazi *eziBhalweni indawo apho uEliya awamangalela khona kuThixo amaSirayeli, esithi:
3. “Nkosi, amaSirayeli ababulele *abashumayeli bakho, namaqonga akho amadini awadilizile. Ndim ndodwa oseleyo, kwaye nam afuna ukundibulala.”