Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
10:1 Ke kaloku amaFilisti ayesilwa namaSirayeli; asaba amadoda akwaSirayeli
phambi kwamaFilisti, bawa bebulewe entabeni yeGilibhowa.
10:2 AmaFilisti athana mbende noSawule noonyana bakhe; kwaye
amaFilisti ababulala uYonatan, noAbhinadabhi, noMalekishuwa, oonyana bakakumkani
uSawule.
10:3 Kwaba nzima ukulwa kuSawule; bambetha abatoli, wambetha, wafa
wangxwelerhwa ngabatoli.
10:4 Wathi uSawule kumphathi weentonga zakhe, Rhola ikrele lakho, undigwaze.
ngayo; hleze beze aba bangalukileyo, badlale ngam. Kodwa eyakhe
umphathi weentonga akavuma; ngokuba ebesoyika kunene. Ngoko uSawule walithabatha ikrele.
yawa phezu kwayo.
10:5 Wabona umphathi weentonga zakhe ukuba ufile uSawule, waziwisa naye
ikrele, wafa.
10:6 Wafa ke uSawule, noonyana bakhe abathathu, nendlu yakhe yonke kunye.
10:7 Abona onke amadoda akwaSirayeli abesentilini leyo
bafa uSawule noonyana bakhe, basuka babalahla
Afika ke amaFilisti, ahlala kuyo.
10:8 Kwathi ngengomso, xa amaFilisti eza kuphanga
ababuleweyo babafumana ooSawule noonyana bakhe bewile entabeni yaseGilibhowa.
10:9 Amhluba ke, ayithabatha intloko yakhe nezixhobo zakhe, neempahla zakhe
wathumela ezweni lamaFilisti ngeenxa zonke, ukuba kushunyayelwe iindaba ezilungileyo kuwo
izithixo zabo, nakubantu.
10:10 Azibeka iintonga zakhe endlwini yezithixo zawo, asinxiba ezakhe
intloko endlwini kaDagon.
10:11 Kwaye ke yonke iYabheshe yaseGiliyadi yakuva konke oko amaFilisti akwenzileyo
uSawule,
10:12 Asuka onke amadoda anobukroti, awuthabatha umzimba kaSawule, nomzimba wakhe
wawazisa eYabheshe, wawangcwaba amathambo abo
phantsi kom-oki oseYabheshe, wazila ukudla iintsuku zasixhenxe.
10:13 Wafa ke uSawule ngenxa yokreqo lwakhe awameneza ngalo kuYehova;
echasene nelizwi likaYehova, angaligcinanga;
ebuza koneshologu, ukuba abuzise kuye;
10:14 akabuzanga kuYehova; wambulala ke, wajika
ubukumkani kuDavide unyana kaYese.