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13 ¹USawule wayeminyaka engamashumi mathathu ubudala xa waba ngukumkani, walawula amaSirayeli iminyaka engamashumi mane anamibini. ^a a v1 Amanani akule ndinyana aphulukene nesiHebhere, esifunda sithi: “USawule wayeneminyaka enye… walawula iminyaka emibini.” Amanani akhoyo apha alandela ukufundwa kweBhayibhile ezininzi zale mihla. ²USawule wanyula amawaka amathathu kwaSirayeli: amawaka amabini ayenaye eMikmas nakweleentaba laseBheteli, iwaka linoYonatan eGibheha yakwaBhenjamin. Abaseleyo wabathumela ekhaya, elowo waya ententeni yakhe. ³UYonatan wayixabela ikampu yamaFilisti eGebha, aza eva amaFilisti. Waza uSawule wavuthela isigodlo kulo lonke ilizwe, esithi: “Mabeve amaHebhere!” ⁴Onke amaSirayeli eva ukuba uSawule uyixabele ikampu yamaFilisti, nokuba amaSirayeli ezinukisile kumaFilisti. Baza abantu bahlanganisana noSawule eGiligali. ⁵AmaFilisti ahlanganisana ukuze alwe namaSirayeli—iinqwelo zokulwa ezingamawaka amathathu, abamahashe abangamawaka amathandathu, nabantu abaninzi abangenakubalwa njengentlabathi eselunxwemeni lolwandle. Enyuka amisa eMikmas, ngasempumalanga eBhetaven. ⁶Akubona amadoda akwaSirayeli ukuba asengxakini—abantu babecinezelekile—azimela emiqolombeni, nasematyholweni, nasemaweni, nasemihadini, nasemaquleni. ^b b v6 Amaqula yayiziindawo zokugcina amanzi ezingqunjwe ematyeni phantsi komhlaba, zisenzelwe ukuqokelela nokugcina amanzi emvula. ⁷Amanye amaHebhere ade awela iYordan aya kwaGadi nakwelaseGiliyadi. Kodwa uSawule wasala eGiligali, baza bonke abantu bamlandela begubha.

USawule Wenza Ngaphandle Kwelizwi likaBawo

⁸Walinda iintsuku ezisixhenxe, ixesha elalimiselwe nguSamuweli; kodwa uSamuweli akeza eGiligali, baza abantu baphalazeka bemka kuye. ⁹Wathi uSawule: “Ndiziseleni idini elinyukayo neminikelo yoxolo.” Waza wenyusa idini elinyukayo.

¹⁰Uthe akugqiba ukwenza idini elinyukayo, wafika uSamuweli, waza uSawule waphuma waya kumkhawulela nokumbulisa. ¹¹Wabuza uSamuweli: “Wenze ntoni na?” Waphendula uSawule: “Ndibone abantu bechithakala besuka kum, wena awezanga ngexesha elimisiweyo, namaFilisti ehlanganisana eMikmas,

¹²Ndithe: ‘AmaFilisti aya kundihlasela eGiligali, kanti andibufunanga ubabalo lukaBawo wethu.’ Ngako oko ndizinyanzele ndenyusa idini elinyukayo.”

¹³Wathi uSamuweli kuSawule: “Wenze ngobudenge. Awuwugcinanga umthetho owuwiselwe nguBawo wakho. Ukuba ubuwugcinile, ngewummisile uBawo wethu ubukumkani bakho phezu koSirayeli ngonaphakade. ¹⁴Kodwa ngoku ubukumkani bakho abuyi kuma. UBawo wethu uzifunele indoda engokwentliziyo yakhe, wayimisa ukuba ibe ngumlawuli wabantu bakhe, ngenxa yokuba ungakugcinanga oko akuyalela kona.”

¹⁵USamuweli wemka eGiligali wenyuka waya eGibheha kwaBhenjamin. USawule wababala abantu ababenaye—amadoda angamakhulu omathandathu.

USirayeli Ushiyeke Engenazikhali

¹⁶USawule noYonatan unyana wakhe, nabantu abenabo, bahlala eGebha kwaBhenjamin; amaFilisti amisa eMikmas. ¹⁷Kwaphuma amatutu eminqubeni yamaFilisti emaqela mathathu. Elinye lajika lasinga eOfra, kwelizwe laseShuwali; ¹⁸elinye lajika lasinga eBhetehoron; elesithathu lasinga emdeni okhangele eNtilini yaseTsebhoyim, lisinga entlango. ¹⁹Kwakungafumaneki namnye umkhandi wesinyithi kulo lonke elakwaSirayeli, ngokuba amaFilisti ayethe: “Hleze amaHebhere enze amakrele okanye imikhonto.” ²⁰Ngako oko onke amaSirayeli ehla kumaFilisti ukuze alole amakhuba awo, nezisizila zawo, namazembe awo, nezirhengqe zawo. ²¹Intlawulo yayimalunga nesahlulo sesine se-ounce yesilivere ngokulola amakhuba, nezisizila, neefolokhwe, kanti yayimalunga nesahlulo sesibhozo se-ounce ngokulola amazembe nangokuphinda kulolwe iintonga zokuqhuba. ^c c v21 Intonga yokuqhuba yayiluthi olude olunencam yentsimbi elolisiweyo, olwalusetyenziselwa ukuhlokohla iinkomo ukuze zihambe. ²²Ngomhla wemfazwe kwakungafumaneki krele namkhonto phakathi kwabo bonke abantu ababenoSawule noYonatan; nguSawule kuphela noYonatan unyana wakhe abenazo.

²³Iqela lamaFilisti laphuma laya eqhineni laseMikmas.