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.