1 Samuweli 13:1 USawuli wabusa umnyaka owodwa; esebuse iminyaka emibili kwa-Israyeli; 13:2 USawuli wazikhethela amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu kwa-Israyeli; ababeyizinkulungwane ezimbili noSawule eMikimashi nasentabeni yaseBethele, inkulungwane bekanye naye uJonathani eGibheha yakwaBhenjamin; abanye abantu wabathuma bonke umuntu etendeni lakhe. 13:3 UJonathani watshaya ikampu yamaFilisti eyayiseGeba, wayitshaya. amaFilisti ezwa ngakho. USawule wabetha icilongo kuwo wonke izwe, ethi: AmaHeberu akezwe. 13:4 Futhi wonke u-Israyeli wezwa kuthiwa uSawule ushayé ibutho lenqaba amaFilisti, nokuthi u-Israyeli wayenengekile phambi kukaJehova AmaFilisti. Abantu babizelwa ndawonye ukuba bamlandele uSawule eGiligali. 13:5 AmaFilisti abuthana ukuba alwe no-Israyeli; izinqola eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu, nabamahhashi abayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha, nabantu abanjengawe isihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle ngobuningi; bakhuphuka, futhi wamisa eMikimashi ngasempumalanga kwaseBeti Aveni. 13:6 Lapho amadoda akwa-Israyeli ebona ukuthi ayesenkingeni, ngenxa yabantu bedabukile,) khona-ke abantu bacasha emihumeni nangaphakathi nasemadwaleni, nasezindaweni eziphakemeyo, nasemagodini. 13:7 Futhi amanye amaHebheru bawela iJordani, baya ezweni lakwaGadi nelaseGileyadi. Kepha uSawule wayeseseGiligali, bonke abantu bamlandela ukuthuthumela. 13:8 Walinda izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ngokuvumelana nesikhathi uSamuweli ayenaso kepha uSamuweli akafikanga eGiligali; bahlakazeka abantu evela kuye. 13:9 USawule wathi: "Lethani kimi umnikelo wokushiswa neminikelo yokuthula. Wanikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa. 13:10 Kwathi lapho nje eseqedile ukunikela umnikelo bheka, uSamuweli wafika; uSawule waphuma ukumhlangabeza, lokho angase amkhonzele. 13:11 Wathi uSamuweli: "Wenzeni? USawuli wasesithi: Ngoba ngibonile abantu bahlakazeka besuka kimi, nokuthi wena awungenanga phakathi kwakho izinsuku ezimisiweyo, amaFilisti abuthana kuzo iMikimashi; 13:12 Ngalokho ngathi: AmaFilisti ayakwehlela kimi eGiligali. angikhulekanga kuJehova; ngalokho, wanikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa. " 13:13 USamuweli wathi kuSawule: "Wenze ngobuwula umyalo kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akuyala ngawo manje ngabe uJehova ubengawumisa umbuso wakho kwa-Israyeli kuze kube phakade. 13:14 Kodwa manje umbuso wakho ngeke uqhubeke njengokwenhliziyo yakhe, uJehova wamyala ukuba abe yinduna abantu bakhe, ngokuba awugcinanga lokho uJehova ayala ngakho wena. 13:15 USamuweli wasukuma, futhi wakhuphuka naye esuka eGiligali, waya eGibeya lakwaBenjamini. USawule wabala abantu ababe naye, kungathi abayisithupha amadoda ayikhulu. 13:16 Futhi uSawule, noJonathani indodana yakhe, futhi abantu ababekhona bahlala eGibeya yakwaBenjamini, kepha amaFilisti amisa phakathi Mikhimash. 13:17 Futhi abaphangi baphuma ekamu lamaFilisti ngamathathu iqembu elilodwa laphambukela endleleni eya e-Ofira, ukuya izwe likaShuwali: 13:18 Futhi elinye iqembu waphendukela endleleni eya eBeti Horon, futhi elinye iqembu waphendukela endleleni yomkhawulo obheke esigodini saseSeboyimi ngasehlane. 13:19 Manje kwakungekho mkhandi ezweni lonke lakwa-Israyeli; AmaFilisti athi: “Funa amaHeberu azenzele izinkemba nemikhonto; 13:20 Kodwa wonke u-Israyeli wehlela kumaFilisti, ukuze alole zonke umuntu isabelo sakhe, nembazo yakhe, nembazo yakhe, nesikalo sakhe. 13:21 Nokho babenefayela lamageja, nelamahefa, nelamahewu. izimfoloko, nezimbazo, futhi ukulola izinkandi. 13:22 Ngakho kwathi ngosuku lwempi, kwakungekho inkemba akufunyanwanga umkhonto esandleni sanoma yimuphi wabantu ababenoSawule futhi uJonathani, kepha kukhona uSawule noJonathani indodana yakhe. 13:23 Futhi ibutho lamaFilisti waphuma waya entubeni yaseMikimashi.