1 IziKronike
10:1 AmaFilisti alwa no-Israyeli; amadoda akwa-Israyeli abaleka
phambi kwamaFilisti, wawa ebulewe entabeni yaseGilibowa.
10:2 AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe; futhi
amaFilisti abulala oJonathani, no-Abinadaba, noMalikishuwa, amadodana ka-Abinadaba
USawuli.
10:3 Futhi impi yaba nzima kuSawule, futhi abacibishelayo bamshaya, futhi yena
yalinyazwa abacibishelayo.
10:4 USawule wayesethi odibini lwezikhali zakhe: Hosha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze.
ngakho; hlezi laba abangasokile beze banginukubeze. Kodwa eyakhe
Udibi lwezikhali aluvumanga; ngoba wesaba kakhulu. Ngakho uSawule wathatha inkemba,
wawela phezu kwalo.
10:5 Futhi lapho udibi lwezikhali zakhe ebona ukuthi uSawule ufile, wawela phezu kwalo
inkemba, wafa.
10:6 Ngakho uSawule wafa, kanye namadodana akhe amathathu, futhi yonke indlu yakhe yafa kanyekanye.
10:7 Futhi lapho wonke amadoda akwa-Israyeli ayesesigodini ebona ukuthi
babaleka, kwathi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile, base bebashiya
amaFilisti afika, ahlala kuyo.
10:8 Kwathi ngangomuso, lapho amaFilisti eza ukuphanga
ababuleweyo bafumana uSawule namadodana akhe bewile entabeni yaseGilibowa.
10:9 Futhi lapho bamhlubula, bathatha ikhanda lakhe, nezikhali zakhe, futhi
wathumela ezweni lamaFilisti nxazonke, ukuba amemezele kulo
izithixo zabo, nakubantu.
10:10 Futhi abeka izikhali zakhe endlini yezithixo zabo, futhi abophe eyakhe
inhloko ethempelini likaDagoni.
10:11 Futhi lapho yonke iJabeshi Gileyadi wezwa konke amaFilisti ayekwenzile
USawuli,
10:12 Asukuma, onke amadoda anamandla, asithatha isidumbu sikaSawule, futhi
izidumbu zamadodana akhe, waziyisa eJabeshi, wembela amathambo awo
ngaphansi kwe-oki eJabeshi, wazila ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.
10:13 Ngakho uSawule wafa ngenxa yesiphambeko sakhe asenza phambi kukaJehova.
ngisho nezwi likaJehova angaligcinanga, kanjalo
ecela iseluleko konedlozi ukuba abuze kuye;
10:14 Futhi akabuzanga kuJehova, ngakho wambulala, futhi waphenduka
umbuso kuDavide indodana kaJese.