18 kwa miyaka malongo mane ako kuluwala kafunga umoyo mbuli ya sang'hano zao.
19 Kazibananga isi saba mwiisi ya Kanaani na kawatenda wanhu zake wawe wenekae.
20 Gano gose gatendeka kwa miyaka magana mane na malongo matano. “Abaho kawagwaa wasemi wawalangulize mbaka kipindi cha mtula ndagu wa Mulungu Samweli.
21 Baho wanhu walonda wawe na mndewa, Mulungu kawagwaa Sauli mwanage Kishi wa kabila da Benjamini, yawe mndewa wao kwa miyaka malongo mane.
22 Viyamsegeze Sauli, Mulungu kamtenda Daudi yawe mndewa wao. Vino vivo viyalongile Mulungu mbuli yake, ‘Nimona Daudi mwanage Yese ayo munhu younogeza moyo wangu, munhu yonda yatende gose gonilonda yatende.’
23 Mulukolo lwa Daudi mumo yalawile Yesu, Mulungu kamtenda yawe Mkombola wa wanhu wa Izilaeli kamba viyalongile.
24 Yesu yang'hali hana songa sang'hano yake, Yohana kawapetela wanhu wose wa Izilaeli waleke nzambi zao na wabatizigwe.
25 Yohana viyakalile behi na kuimambukiza sang'hano yake, kawauza wanhu, ‘Vino mweye mogesa niye iyo Mkombola? Niye sili ayo yumumbetela. Heyo kokwiza kukisogo changu, niye sifaya hata kudohola vilatu vake.’
