Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli 4:1 Lafika ilizwi likaSamuweli kumaSirayeli onke. Aphuma ke amaSirayeli, esiya kulwa AmaFilistiya amisa iintente ecaleni kwe-Ebhenezere amaFilisti amisa iintente eAfeki. 4:2 AmaFilisti akha uluhlu lokulwa namaSirayeli bahlangana edabini, oyiswa amaSirayeli phambi kwamaFilisti waxabela emkhosini endle malunga namawaka amane amadoda. 4:3 Beza ke abantu eminqubeni, athi amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli. Yini na ukuba uYehova asibulale namhla phambi kwamaFilisti? Masi sithabathele kuthi ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova eShilo, ukuze; xa ithe yasiza phakathi kwethu, yosihlangula esandleni seentshaba zethu. 4:4 Bathumela ke abantu eShilo, ukuba bayithabathe khona ityeya womnqophiso kaYehova wemikhosi, ohleli phakathi kweentlanga bekukho oonyana bakaEli bobabini, uHofeni noPinehasi ityeya yomnqophiso kaThixo. 4:5 Kwathi, yakufika ityeya yomnqophiso kaYehova eminqubeni, yonke into Aduma ngodumo olukhulu amaSirayeli, watsho wanyikima umhlaba. 4:6 Asiva amaFilisti isandi sokuduma, athi, Yintoni na? Sithetha isandi sokuduma okukhulu emkhosini wamaHebhere? Kwaye bazi ukuba ityeya kaYehova ifikile eminqubeni. 4:7 Oyika amaFilisti, kuba ebesithi, UThixo ungenile inkampu. Bathi ke bona, Yeha ke thina! ngokuba akuzanga kubekho nto injalo ngaphambili. 4:8 Yeha ke thina! Ngubani na oya kusihlangula esandleni saba thixo banamandla? ngabo oothixo ababetha amaYiputa ngezibetho zonke kulo entlango. 4:9 Yomelelani, nibe ngamadoda, nina maFilisti aningabakhonzi bamaHebhere, njengokuba ebekhonza kuni; yekani njengamadoda, kwaye silwe. 4:10 Kwaye alwa amaFilisti, yaye uSirayeli woyiswa, kwaye asaba onke Kwabakho uxhelo olukhulu kunene; ngokuba kuwa kwaSirayeli amashumi amathathu amawaka omqikela. 4:11 Kwathinjwa ke ityeya kaThixo; noonyana ababini bakaEli, uHofeni no uPinehasi, wabulawa. 4:12 Kwabaleka indoda yakwaBhenjamin, ivela emkhosini, yeza eShilo Kwangaloo mini zikrazulwa iingubo zakhe, enomhlaba entloko. 4:13 Wafika, nanko uEli ehleli esihlalweni ngasendleleni, ebonisele igubha intliziyo yakhe ngenxa yetyeya kaThixo. Yangena indoda leyo Wathetha umzi, wakhala umzi wonke. 4:14 Waliva uEli izwi lesililo, wathi, Liyintoni na ilizwi elo? ingxolo yesi siphithiphithi? Yangena indoda ngobungxamo, yaxelela uEli. 4:15 Ke uEli ubeminyaka imashumi asithoba anesibhozo ezelwe; amehlo akhe enorhatyazo kuye andiboni. 4:16 Yathi indoda leyo kuEli, Ndingulo uvela emkhosini mna, ndibalekile namhla emkhosini. Wathi, Kwenzeke ntoni na, nyana wam? 4:17 Waphendula umthunywa, wathi, Usabile amaSirayeli phambi koYehova kwabakho uxabelo olukhulu phakathi kwamaFilisti bafile abantu, noonyana bakho bobabini, uHofeni noPinehasi, bafile; ityeya kaThixo ithinjwa. 4:18 Kwathi, akuyikhankanya ityeya kaThixo, wenjenjalo wawa esihlalweni sakhe ngomva, ecaleni lesango, nentamo yakhe Waphuka ke, wafa, ngokuba ebeseleyindoda enkulu, enzima kunene. Kwaye wagweba USirayeli iminyaka engamashumi amane. 4:19 Ke kaloku, wayemithi, umolokazana wakhe, umkaPinehasi, sele eza kuzala wathi akuziva iindaba zokuthinjwa kwetyeya kaThixo. wathi uyisezala nomyeni wakhe bafile, waqubuda waza wazala; ngokuba yamfikela inimba. 4:20 Ke kaloku, ngexesha lokufa kwakhe, bathi abafazi ababemi ngakuye wathi kuye, Musa ukoyika; ngokuba uzele unyana. Akaphendula naye wayeyinakile. 4:21 Wathi umntwana nguIkabhodi, esithi, Uzuko lumkile amaSirayeli, ngokuba ithinjwa ityeya kaThixo, nangenxa kayise umthetho nomyeni wakhe. 4:22 Wathi, Uzuko lumkile kwaSirayeli; ngokuba ityeya kaThixo ithathiwe.