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.