Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
13:1 USawule waba namnyaka mnye engukumkani; waba neminyaka emibini engukumkani kwaSirayeli.
13:2 USawule wazinyulela amawaka amathathu amadoda akwaSirayeli; ababengamawaka amabini kubo
kunye noSawule eMikmas nakwintaba yaseBheteli, iwaka laba kunye
noYonatan eGibheha yakwaBhenjamin; abanye abantu wabathuma bonke
umntu ententeni yakhe.
13:3 UYonatan wayixabela ikampu yamaFilisti ebiseGebha, wayibulala.
eva amaFilisti. USawule wavuthela isigodlo kuyo yonke into
ilizwe, esithi, Makeve amaHebhere.
13:4 Kwaye wonke uSirayeli weva kusithiwa uSawule uyoyisile ikampu yomkhosi
AmaFilistiya, yaye uSirayeli wayezizothe kuye
amaFilisti. Babizelwa ndawonye abantu ukuba bamlandele uSawule eGiligali.
13:5 Ahlanganisana ke amaFilisti, ukuba alwe namaSirayeli.
amashumi amathathu amawaka eenqwelo, namawaka amathandathu amahashe akhwelwayo, abantu bengabangakho
Intlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle ukuba yintabalala
Yamisa eMikmas, ngasempumalanga eBhetaven.
13:6 Abona amadoda akwaSirayeli ukuba abandezelekile, ngenxa yabantu
Babandezeleka,) abantu bazifihla emiqolombeni nangaphakathi
nasezintshinyeleni, nasezingxondorheni, nasezigangeni, nasemaquleni.
13:7 Kwawela amaHebhere eYordan, aya ezweni lakwaGadi nelaseGiliyadi.
Ke yena uSawule ebeseseGiligali, bamlandela bonke abantu
ukungcangcazela.
13:8 Walinda iintsuku zasixhenxe, ngokwexesha elimisiweyo abenalo uSamuweli
akafika uSamuweli eGiligali; bachithwachithwa abantu
evela kuye.
13:9 Wathi uSawule, Zisani kum idini elinyukayo nemibingelelo yoxolo.
Wasondeza idini elinyukayo.
13:10 Kwathi, akugqiba ukuyisonga;
nanko uSamuweli esiza; waphuma uSawule, waya kumkhawulela
usenokumbulisa.
13:11 Wathi uSamuweli, Yintoni na le uyenzileyo? Wathi uSawule, Kungokuba ndibonile
Bandiphangalalisa abantu, akwangena phakathi kwam
imihla emisiweyo, ahlanganisana ngayo amaFilisti
iMikmashe;
13:12 Ndathi ke, Kaloku amaFilisti aya kuda ehle eze kum eGiligali;
andimbongozanga uYehova, ndazinyanzela
ngoko ke, wenyusa idini elinyukayo.
13:13 Wathi uSamuweli kuSawule, Wenze ngobudenge;
nomthetho kaYehova uThixo wakho akuwisele umthetho ngawo nangoku
Akwaba uYehova ubuzinzisile ubukumkani bakho kwaSirayeli, kude kuse ephakadeni.
13:14 Ke ngoko abuyi kuma ubukumkani bakho; uYehova uzifunele indoda
ngokwentliziyo yakhe; uYehova wamwisa umthetho wokuba abe yinganga
abantu bakhe, ngokuba akukugcinanga oko uYehova akuwisele umthetho ngako
wena.
13:15 Wesuka uSamuweli, wenyuka esuka eGiligali, waya eGibheha yakwaBhenjamin.
USawule wababala abantu abafumaneka benaye, ngathi bathandathu
amadoda alikhulu.
13:16 noSawule, noYonatan unyana wakhe, nabantu abafumanekayo
Ahlala eGibheha yakwaBhenjamin, amaFilisti amisa iintente zawo
eMikmash.
13:17 Kwaphuma abaphangi emkhosini wamaFilisti ngamaqela amathathu
elinye iqela labheka endleleni eya eOfra, ukuya
ilizwe lakwaShuwali:
13:18 elinye iqela labheka endleleni yaseBhete-horon, nelinye iqela
wajika endleleni yasemdeni obheke entilini yeTsebhoyim
ngasentlango.
13:19 Ke bekungekho mkhandi ezweni lonke lakwaSirayeli;
Athi amaFilisti, AmaHebhere angaze azenzele amakrele nemikhonto.
13:20 Ehla ke onke amaSirayeli, aya kumaFilisti, ukuba alolele lonke elo
indoda isahlulo sakhe, nekhuko lakhe, nezembe lakhe, nefolokhwe yakhe.
13:21 babeneziphelo zamakhuba, nezezikhuni, nezeziqhumiso.
iifolokhwe, nezamazembe, nezokubaza iimviko.
13:22 Kwathi ke ngomhla wedabi, akwabakho krele
akwafunyanwa mkhonto esandleni sakhe nabani na ebantwini ababenoSawule
Ke uYonatan kuSawule, noYonatan unyana wakhe, kwafunyanwa.
13:23 Kwaphuma ikampu yamaFilisti, yaya kwingxingongo yaseMikmas.