UBawo wethu Uhlangula uSirayeli NgoSawule
UNahashe wanika iYabheshe yaseGiliyadi uxolo ngexabiso leliso lokunene lomntu ngamnye. USawule, elima xa kufika iindaba, wafikelwa nguMoya, wabulala iinkomo zakhe ukuze abize amaSirayeli, waza waweyisa ama-Amon kusasa. Wala ukubulala abo bamgxekayo: namhlanje uBawo wethu uzise usindiso.
11 1Wenyuka ke uNahashe umAmon, wayingqinga iYabheshe yaseGiliyadi. Onke amadoda aseYabheshe athi kuNahashe: “Yenza umnqophiso nathi, size sikukhonze.”
2Waphendula uNahashe umAmon wathi: “Ndiya kwenza lo mnqophiso nani: ndikrukre iliso lokunene lomntu wonke, ndize ndizise isingcikivo kuSirayeli wonke.”
3Amadoda amakhulu aseYabheshe athi kuye: “Siphe iintsuku ezisixhenxe, size sithume abathunywa kuwo onke umda wakwaSirayeli. Ukuba akukho bani usisindisayo, siya kuzinikela kuwe.” 4Bafika abathunywa eGibheha yakwaSawule, babaxelela abantu oko kwenzekileyo, baza bonke baliphakamisa izwi labo, balila.
5Kwangelo xesha uSawule wayefika evela entsimini, elandela iinkomo zakhe. Wabuza wathi: “Banandawoni na abantu? Kungani belila?” Baza bamxelela iindaba zamadoda aseYabheshe. 6Wathi uSawule akuweva la mazwi, wamfikela ngamandla uMoya kaBawo wethu; wavutha kakhulu umsindo wakhe. 7Wathabatha idyokhwe yeenkomo, wazityatya zangamaqhekeza, waza wazithumela kuwo onke umda wakwaSirayeli ngabathunywa, esithi: “Kuya kwenjiwa ngako nje ezinkomeni zalowo ungaphumiyo elandela uSawule noSamuweli.” Lwawela ke uloyiko lukaBawo wethu phezu kwabantu, baphuma njengandoda-nye. 8Wababala eBhezeki: amaSirayeli angamakhulu amathathu amawaka, namadoda akwaYuda angamashumi amathathu amawaka. 9Bathi kubathunywa abeza: “Yithini kumadoda aseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi: Ngomso, lakufudumala ilanga, niya kuhlangulwa.” Bahamba abathunywa, bawaxelela amadoda aseYabheshe, aza avuya. 10Athi amadoda aseYabheshe: “Ngomso siya kuzinikela kuwe; wenze kuthi konke okulungileyo emehlweni akho.” 11Kwathi ngengomso, uSawule wabahlula abantu ngamaqela amathathu. Ngomlindo wakusasa bangena eminqubeni, babaxabela ama-Amon kwada kwaba sekufudumaleni kwemini; basala besasazeka abaseleyo, kangangokuba kungasali nababini bendawonye.
Ubukumkani Buhlaziywa Phambi koBawo wethu
12Bathi abantu kuSamuweli: “Ngubani na obethe, ‘USawule uya kuba ngukumkani phezu kwethu?’ Sinike loo madoda, size siwabulale.”
13Kodwa uSawule wathi: “Akukho bani uya kubulawa namhlanje, kuba namhlanje uBawo wethu uzisile usindiso kwaSirayeli.”
14Wathi uSamuweli ebantwini: “Yizani, masiye eGiligali, siwuhlaziye ubukumkani khona.” 15Baya bonke abantu eGiligali, bamenza ukumkani uSawule khona phambi koBawo wethu. Babingelela khona imibingelelo yoxolo phambi koBawo wethu, baza uSawule namadoda onke akwaSirayeli bavuya kakhulu.
