USawule noonyana bakhe bawa emfazweni

Ibali lokuqala lale ncwadi kukoyiswa. USawule, engxwelerhiwe, uwa phezu kwekrele lakhe; oonyana bakhe bafa kunye naye, aze amaFilisti abethelele intloko yakhe etempileni yawo. Amadoda aseYabheshe-giliyadi afumana izidumbu. Isigwebo: ukunganyaniseki—akamfunanga uBawo wethu—buze ubukumkani bujikele kuDavide.

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AmaFilisti alwa namaSirayeli; asaba amadoda akwaSirayeli phambi kwawo, awa engxwelerhiwe ezintabeni zeGilibhowa. AmaFilisti amsukela uSawule noonyana bakhe, ambulala uYonatan, noAbhinadabhi, noMalekishuwa, oonyana bakaSawule. Kwaba nzima ukulwa kuSawule; abatoli bamfumana, bamngxwelerha kakhulu. USawule wathi kumphathi weentonga zakhe: “Khawurhole ikrele lakho undihlabe, kungenjalo bafike aba bangalukileyo bandenze amanyala.” Kodwa yena wala, kuba esoyika. Ngoko uSawule walithabatha ngokwakhe ikrele, wawa phezu kwalo.

Uthe umphathi weentonga zakhe akubona ukuba uSawule ufile, naye wawa ekreleni lakhe, wafa. Wafa ke uSawule, noonyana bakhe bobathathu, nendlu yakhe yonke yafa kunye.

Abona amaSirayeli abesesihlanjeni ukuba ubalekile umkhosi, nokuba ufile uSawule noonyana bakhe, ayishiya imizi yawo, asaba. Eza amaFilisti, ahlala kuyo.

Ngengomso, afika amaFilisti eze kubhunyula ababebulewe, aza amfumana uSawule noonyana bakhe bewile entabeni yeGilibhowa. Amhluba, athabatha intloko yakhe neentonga zakhe, athumela elizweni lamaFilisti ngeenxa zonke, ukuba kuvakaliswe oku kwizithixo zawo nasebantwini. Azibeka izikhali zakhe endlwini yoothixo bawo, ayibethelela intloko yakhe endlwini kaDagon.

Beva bonke abantu baseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi konke amaFilisti akwenzileyo kuSawule, esuka onke amadoda awo anobukroti, awuthabatha umzimba kaSawule nemizimba yoonyana bakhe, eza nayo eYabheshe, awangcwabela amathambo abo phantsi kom-oki waseYabheshe, azila ukudla iintsuku zasixhenxe.

Wafa ke uSawule ngenxa yokumeneza kwakhe kuBawo wethu—akaligcinanga ilizwi likaBawo wethu, kananjalo wabuza nakwinkazana eneshologu ukuba acetyiswe. Akamquqela uBawo wethu, ngoko uBawo wethu wambulala, wabunikela ubukumkani kuDavide unyana kaYese.