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.