Sauli na Ana Ace Agwa Nkhondo

Mbiri yakutoma ya bukhu ndi kukundwa. Sauli, akupwetekwa, asagwa pa supada yace ekhene; ana ace asafa pabodzi na iye, pontho Afilisti asakhomera nsolo wace n'nyumba ya milungu yawo. Yabexi-gileyadi asakwata manungo awo. Ciweruzo: kukhonda kukhulupirika — iye nee adasaka Baba wathu — pontho umambo usapita kwa Dhavidhi.

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Afilisti amenya nkhondo na Izarayeli; amuna a Izarayeli athawa patsogolo pawo, mbagwa mbaphiwa pa phiri ya Gilibhowa. Afilisti athamangisa Sauli na ana ace, mbapha Yonatani, Abhinadhabhi, na Malikixuwa, ana a Sauli. Nkhondo yakula kakamwe cifupi na Sauli; anyakuponya miseve amphata mbampweteka kakamwe. Sauli apanga nyakuthukula pida pyace pya nkhondo kuti: “Buluse supada yako, undibaye, toera amuna awa akukhonda kudulwa akhonde kubwera mbandizunza.” Mbwenye iye akhonda, thangwi akhagopa. Na tenepo Sauli atekha ekhene supada, mbagwa pa iyo.

Nyakuthukula pida pya nkhondo pidaona iye kuti Sauli afa, iyembo agwa pa supada yace, mbafa. Na tenepo Sauli afa, pabodzi na ana ace atatu, na anthu onsene a panyumba yace afa pabodzi.

Anthu a Izarayeli akhali m'cigwa pidaona iwo kuti anyankhondo athawa, na kuti Sauli na ana ace afa, asiya mizinda yawo mbathawa. Afilisti abwera mbakhala mwenemu.

Ntsiku yakutewera, Afilisti abwera toera kubvula adafa, mbagumana Sauli na ana ace agwa pa phiri ya Gilibhowa. Ambvula, mbakwata nsolo wace na pida pyace pya nkhondo, mbatuma amithenga n'dziko yonsene ya Afilisti toera kudziwisa pyenepi kuna mafano awo na kuna anthu. Aikha pida pyace pya nkhondo n'nyumba ya milungu yawo, mbakhomerera nsolo wace n'nyumba ya Dhagoni.

Mbwenye anthu onsene a ku Yabexi-gileyadi pidabva iwo pyonsene pidacita Afilisti kuna Sauli, amuna awo onsene a nkhondo abuluka, mbakwata manungo a Sauli na manungo a ana ace, mbaabweresa ku Yabexi, mbaikha magogodo awo pantsi pa muti wa ku Yabexi, mbatsonga ntsiku zinomwe.

Na tenepo Sauli afa thangwi ya kukhonda kukhulupirika kwace kuna Baba wathu—iye hadakoya fala ya Baba wathu tayu, pontho abvundzisa kuna nyakulumbwa mizimu toera kutsogolerwa. Iye hadasaka Baba wathu tayu, na tenepo Baba wathu ampha, mbapereka umambo kuna Dhavidhi mwana wa Yese.