Eyoku-1 kaSamuweli
31:1 Ke kaloku amaFilisti alwa namaSirayeli, yaye amadoda akwaSirayeli asaba
phambi kwamaFilisti, bawa bebulewe entabeni yeGilibhowa.
31:2 AmaFilisti athana mbende noSawule noonyana bakhe; kwaye i
AmaFilisti ababulala uYonatan, noAbhinadabhi, noMelkishuwa, oonyana bakaSawule.
31:3 Kwaba nzima ukulwa kuSawule; bambetha abatoli. kwaye yena
wangxwelerhwa kakhulu ngenxa yabatoli.
31:4 Wathi uSawule kumphathi weentonga zakhe, Rhola ikrele lakho, undigwaze.
ngayo; hleze beze aba bangalukileyo, bandihlabe amahlanza;
andixhaphaze. Akavuma umphathi weentonga zakhe; ngokuba ebesoyika kunene.
USawule wathabatha ikrele, waziwisa phezu kwalo.
31:5 Wabona umphathi weentonga zakhe ukuba ufile uSawule, waziwisa naye
ikrele lakhe, wafa kunye naye.
31:6 Wafa ke uSawule, noonyana bakhe bobathathu, nomphathi weentonga zakhe, namadoda akhe onke.
ngaloo mini kunye.
31:7 Kwathi, xa amadoda akwaSirayeli abengaphesheya komfula.
nabaphesheya kweYordan bawabona amadoda akwaSirayeli
efile uSawule noonyana bakhe, bayishiya imizi;
babalekile; afika amaFilisti, ahlala kuyo.
31:8 Kwathi ngengomso, xa amaFilisti eza kuphanga
ababuleweyo bafumana uSawule noonyana bakhe abathathu bewile entabeni
eGilbowa.
31:9 Amnqumla intloko, amhluba iintonga zakhe, athumela kuwo
ilizwe lamaFilisti ngeenxa zonke, ukuba kuvakaliswe endlwini ka
izithixo zabo, naphakathi kwabantu.
31:10 Azibeka iintonga zakhe ezindlwini zoAshtaroti;
waya eludongeni lwaseBhete-shan.
31:11 Beva abemi baseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi ukuba uYehova uthethile
AmaFilisti ayekwenzile uSawule;
31:12 Asuka onke amadoda anobukroti, ahamba ubusuku bonke, awuthabatha umzimba kaSawule
nezidumbu zoonyana bakhe bevela eludongeni lwaseBhete-shan, beza
eYabheshe, wazitshisela khona.
31:13 Awathabatha amathambo abo, awangcwabela phantsi komthi eYabheshe;
wazila ukudla iintsuku zasixhenxe.