1 Samweli Abafilisitiya barwanya Isiraheli, Abisirayeli barahunga Kuva imbere y'Abafilisitiya, yikubita hasi yiciwe ku musozi wa Gilboa. 2 Abafilisitiya bakurikira Sawuli n'abahungu be; na Abafilisitiya bishe Yonatani, Abinadabu na Melishishua, abahungu ba Sawuli. 3 Intambara irakomera kuri Sawuli, abarashi baramukubita; na we yakomeretse cyane abarashi. 4: 4 Sawuli abwira uwitwaje intwaro ati: 'Kura inkota yawe, unkubite binyuze muri yo; kugira ngo aba batakebwe baza bansunike, kandi umpoteza. Ariko uwitwaje ibirwanisho ntiyabishaka; kuko yari afite ubwoba bwinshi. Nuko Sawuli afata inkota, ayigwamo. 5 Intwaro ye abonye ko Sawuli yapfuye, na we aragwa inkota ye, apfa na we. 6: 6 Sawuli arapfa, n'abahungu be batatu, n'intwaro ze, n'abantu be bose, uwo munsi hamwe. 7 Abayisraheli bari hakurya y'ikibaya, Abari hakurya ya Yorodani, babona Abisiraheli bahunze, kandi ko Sawuli n'abahungu be bapfuye, baretse imigi, kandi yarahunze; Abafilisitiya baraza babaturamo. Bukeye bwaho, Abafilisitiya bambura abishwe, basanga Sawuli n'abahungu be batatu baguye kumusozi Gilboa. 9 Bamuca umutwe, bamwambura intwaro, barinjira igihugu cy'Abafilisitiya kizengurutse, kugira ngo gitangaze mu nzu ya ibigirwamana byabo, no mu bantu. Bashyira ibirwanisho bye mu nzu ya Ashitariyoti, bamwambika ibye umurambo kugeza ku rukuta rwa Betshan. 31:11 Abatuye Jabeshgilead bumvise ibyo Uwiteka Abafilisitiya bari bakoreye Sawuli; Abagabo b'intwari bose barahaguruka, bagenda ijoro ryose, bajyana umurambo wa Sawuli n'imirambo y'abahungu be kuva ku rukuta rwa Betshan, baraza Yabeshi, arabatwika aho. 31:13 Bafata amagufwa yabo, bayashyingura munsi y'igiti i Yabeshi, yisonzesha iminsi indwi.