Sauli n’abahungu biwe bagwa mu ntambara

Urugamba rwo kuri Gilibowa rurababa. Yonatani na bene se baricwa, Sauli akomeretswa n'abarashi, uwumutwaza ibirwanisho yanka kumuheza, maze yitikiza inkota yiwe. Abafilisitiya bamanika umubiri wiwe ku rukuta; abagabo b'i Yabeshi y'i Galeyadi barawururutsa.

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Abafilisitiya baragwanya Abisraheli; abagabo b’Abisraheli barabahunze, baguma bapfa ku musozi Gilubowa. Abafilisitiya barakurikiranye Sauli n’abahungu biwe, maze Abafilisitiya bica Yonatani, Abinadabu na Malikishuwa, abahungu ba Sauli. Intambara iramukomerera cane Sauli. Abarashi b’imyampi baramutora, maze arakomereka bikomeye kubera bo. Sauli abwira uwaheka ibirwanisho vyiwe ati: “Sokoza inkota yawe unyice, kugira ngo abo bantu batakebwe ntibaze, bace banyica, bankubagire.” Ariko uwaheka ibirwanisho vyiwe aranka, kuko yari atinye cane. Nuko Sauli afata inkota yiwe, ayitereza. Uwaheka ibirwanisho vyiwe abonye yuko Sauli yapfuye, na we nyene aritereza inkota yiwe, apfana na we. Nuko Sauli arapfa kuri uwo musi, hamwe n’abahungu biwe batatu, n’uwaheka ibirwanisho vyiwe, n’abagabo biwe bose.

Abagabo b’Abisraheli bo hakurya y’ikiyaya n’abo hakurya ya Yorodani babonye yuko ingabo z’Abisraheli zahunze, na Sauli n’abahungu biwe bapfuye, basiga ibisagara vyabo baratora. Maze Abafilisitiya baraza, baraba mwo. Bukeye, Abafilisitiya baza kwambura abapfuye, basanga Sauli n’abahungu biwe batatu bagwaye ku musozi Gilubowa. Baramuca umutwe, bamwambura ibirwanisho vyiwe, barungika intumwa mu gihugu c’Abafilisitiya cose kugira bimenyeshe mu nsengero z’ibigirwamana vyabo no mu bantu. Bashira ibirwanisho vyiwe mu nsengero ya Ashitoreti, bamanika umubiri wiwe ku ruhome rwa Beti-shani. ^a

Ababa i Yabeshi-gileyadi bumvise ivyo Abafilisitiya bagiriye Sauli, abarwanyi babo bose bagenda ijoro ryose, batora umubiri wa Sauli n’imibiri y’abahungu biwe ku ruhome rwa Beti-shani, bayizana i Yabeshi, bayiturira ng’aho. Batora amagufa yabo, bayahamba munsi y’igiti c’umutaratara i Yabeshi, baramara imisi indwi basiboje.