45 Ɛnna Dawid nso ka kyerɛɛ Filistini no sɛ: “Wode nkrantɛ ne pea ne pɛmɛ+ na ɛreba me soɔ, na me deɛ, mede asafo Yehowa,+ Israel mpasua no Nyankopɔn a woasopa+ no no din na ɛreba wo soɔ.

17 Na Saul ka kyerɛɛ Dawid sɛ: “Hwɛ, me babaa panin Merab+ nie. Ɔno na mede no bɛma wo awareɛ.+ Ɔkokoɔdurofoɔ ara na yɛ ma me, na ko ma Yehowa.”+ Saul deɛ, ɔkaa no ne tirim sɛ: “Meremfa me nsa nka no, Filistifoɔ na wɔn nsa bɛka no.”+

2 Ɛfiri tete,+ berɛ a Saul di yɛn so hene no, wo na wodii Israel anim de wɔn kɔeɛ na wode wɔn baeɛ,+ na Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ wo sɛ, ‘Wo na wobɛyɛn+ me man Israel, na wo na wobɛdi Israel anim.’”+