1 Samuweli 31:1 Manje amaFilisti alwa no-Israyeli, futhi amadoda akwa-Israyeli abaleka phambi kwamaFilisti, wawa ebulewe entabeni yaseGilibowa. 31:2 AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe; kanye ne AmaFilisti abulala uJonathani, no-Abinadaba, noMelkishuwa, amadodana kaSawule. 3 Ukulwa kwaba nzima kuSawule, abacibishelayo bamshaya; futhi yena walimala kabi kubacibisheli. 31:4 USawule wayesethi odibini lwezikhali zakhe: Hosha inkemba yakho, ungigwaze. ngakho; hlezi laba abangasokile beze bangigwaze; futhi ungihlukumeza. Udibi lwezikhali zalo aluvumanga; ngoba wesaba kakhulu. Ngakho uSawule wathatha inkemba, wawela phezu kwayo. 31:5 Futhi lapho udibi lwezikhali zakhe ebona ukuthi uSawule ufile, wawela phezu kwalo inkemba yakhe, wafa kanye naye. 31:6 Wafa ke uSawule, namadodana akhe amathathu, nodibi lwezikhali zakhe, futhi bonke abantu bakhe. ngalolo suku sindawonye. 31:7 Futhi lapho amadoda akwa-Israyeli ayengaphesheya kwesigodi. nababengaphesheya kweJordani babona ukuthi amadoda akwa-Israyeli babaleka, nokuthi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile, bayishiya imizi, futhi wabaleka; afika amaFilisti, ahlala kuyo. 31:8 Kwathi ngangomuso, lapho amaFilisti eza ukuphanga ababuleweyo bathola uSawule namadodana akhe amathathu bewile entabeni I-Gilboa. 31:9 Futhi amnquma ikhanda, futhi amhlubula izikhali zakhe, futhi wathumela phakathi izwe lamaFilisti nxazonke, ukuba kushunyayelwe ngalo endlini ka izithixo zabo, naphakathi kwabantu. 31:10 Futhi babeka izikhali zakhe endlini ka-Ashitaroti, futhi abophela eyakhe isidumbu odongeni lwaseBeti Shani. 31:11 Futhi lapho abakhileyo eJabeshi Gileyadi bezwa lokho uJehova AmaFilisti ayekwenzile kuSawule; 31:12 Wonke amadoda angamaqhawe asukuma, futhi bahamba ubusuku bonke, futhi bathatha isidumbu sikaSawule izidumbu zamadodana akhe zisuka odongeni lwaseBeti Shani, zafika iJabeshi, wazishisa khona. 31:13 Futhi bathatha amathambo abo, futhi bawangcwaba ngaphansi kwesihlahla eJabeshi, futhi wazila ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.