Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli 11:1 Wenyuka uNahashe, umAmon, wayingqinga iYabheshe yaseGiliyadi. Athi onke amadoda aseYabheshe kuNahashe, Simisele umnqophiso, nathi uya kukukhonza. 11:2 Wathi uNahashe umAmon kubo, Mandimenzele oku nqophisana nawe, ukuba ndikruqule onke amehlo akho asekunene, ndikubeke; ibe sisingcikivo kumaSirayeli onke. 11:3 Athi kuye amadoda amakhulu aseYabheshe, Siyeke iintsuku zibe sixhenxe; ukuba sithume abathunywa emideni yonke yakwaSirayeli; akukho bani usisindisayo, sophuma size kuwe. 11:4 Bafika abathunywa eGibheha yakwaSawule, bayixela loo nto eGibheha ezindlebeni zabantu; baliphakamisa bonke abantu izwi labo, balila. 11:5 Nanko uSawule, esiza emva kweenkomo, evela ezindle; Wathi uSawule, Bafeke ntoni abantu, balila nje? Bamxelela ke iindaba ezilungileyo amadoda aseYabheshe. 11:6 UMoya kaThixo wamfikela uSawule, akuweva loo mazwi; Wavutha umsindo wakhe kunene. 11:7 Wathabatha iinkabi zedyokhwe, wazityatya, wazithuma emideni yonke yakwaSirayeli ngesandla sabathunywa, besithi, Ongathanga aphume alandele uSawule, alandele uSamuweli, woba njalo uzenze iinkomo zakhe. Ukoyikwa kukaYehova kwaba phezu kwabantu; baphuma ngemvume enye. 11:8 Wababala eBhezeki, baba bathathu oonyana bakaSirayeli ikhulu lamawaka, namadoda akwaYuda angamashumi amathathu amawaka. 11:9 Bathi kubathunywa abafikileyo, Yitshoni ukuthi kuni Madoda aseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi, ngomso, xa lishushu ilanga uncedo. Beza abathunywa, bawaxelela amadoda aseYabheshe; bavuya ke. 11:10 Athi amadoda aseYabheshe, ngomso siya kuphuma size kuni. nenze kuthi konke okulungileyo emehlweni enu. 11:11 Kwathi ngengomso, uSawule wabahlula abantu abathathu iinkampani; bangena ke phakathi komkhosi kusasa khangela, wawaxabela oonyana baka-Amon, yada yafudumala imini kwadlula bachithachitheka abo baseleyo, ngokokude baphalazwe babini kubo engashiywanga kunye. 11:12 Bathi abantu kuSamuweli, Ngubani na lowo uthe, USawule uya kuba ngukumkani na? phezu kwethu? waziseni amadoda lawo, siwabulale. 11:13 Wathi uSawule, Makungabulawa mntu namhla; imini uYehova enze usindiso kwaSirayeli. 11:14 Wathi uSamuweli ebantwini, Hambani, siye eGiligali, siyihlaziye. ubukumkani apho. 11:15 Baya ke bonke abantu eGiligali; bamenza ukumkani uSawule ngaphambili uYehova eGiligali; babingelela khona imibingelelo yoxolo iminikelo phambi koYehova; nalapho uSawule namadoda onke akwaSirayeli bavuya kakhulu.