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.