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.