USawule noonyana bakhe bawa emfazweni
Idabi laseGilibhowa linzima. UYonatan nabazalwana bakhe bayabulawa, uSawule ungxwelerhwa ngabatoli, umphathi weentonga zakhe akavumi ukumgqibezela, ngoko uwa phezu kwekrele lakhe. AmaFilisti awubethelela ngezikhonkwane umzimba wakhe eludongeni; amadoda aseYabheshe-giliyadi ayawuthula.
31 1AmaFilisti alwa namaSirayeli; amadoda akwaSirayeli asaba phambi kwawo, awa efile entabeni yaseGilibhowa. 2AmaFilisti awafumana uSawule noonyana bakhe, aza amaFilisti awabulala ooYonatan, noAbhinadabhi, noMalekishuwa, oonyana bakaSawule. 3Idabi lamxinezela ngamandla uSawule. Abatoli bamfumana, waza wangxwelerhwa kakhulu ngabo. 4USawule wathi kumphathi weentonga zakhe: “Rhola ikrele lakho, undihlabe, hleze aba bangalukileyo bafike, bandihlabe, bandithuthumbise.” Kodwa umphathi weentonga zakhe akavuma, kuba woyika kunene. Ngoko uSawule walithabatha ikrele lakhe, wawa phezu kwalo. 5Wathi umphathi weentonga zakhe akubona ukuba uSawule ufile, naye wawa phezu kwekrele lakhe, wafa naye. 6USawule wafa ngaloo mini, kunye noonyana bakhe abathathu, nomphathi weentonga zakhe, namadoda akhe onke.
7Xa amadoda akwaSirayeli ayephesheya kwentili naphesheya kweYordan abona ukuba umkhosi wamaSirayeli ubalekile, nokuba uSawule noonyana bakhe bafile, ayishiya imizi yawo, abaleka. Afika amaFilisti, ahlala kuyo. 8Ngengomso, afika amaFilisti eza kubahluba abafileyo, afumana uSawule noonyana bakhe abathathu bewile entabeni yaseGilibhowa. 9Amnqumla intloko yakhe, azihluba iingubo zakhe zokulwa, athumela abathunywa kulo lonke elamaFilisti ukuba baluhambise olu daba ezitempileni zezithixo zawo nasebantwini. 10Azibeka iingubo zakhe zokulwa etempileni ka-Ashtaroti, awubophelela umzimba wakhe eludongeni lwaseBhete-shan. a a v10 UAshtaroti wayenguthixokazi wamaKanan; ukubeka iingubo zokulwa zikaSawule etempileni yakhe yayiyindlela yamaFilisti yokubalela oloyiso koothixo bawo.
11Abemi baseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi bakuva oko amaFilisti abekwenzile kuSawule, 12amadoda awo onke okulwa anduluka ngobo busuku, esuka eludongeni lwaseBhete-shan awususa umzimba kaSawule nemizimba yoonyana bakhe, awazisa eYabheshe, awatshisa khona. 13Awathabatha amathambo awo, awangcwabela phantsi komtamariske waseYabheshe, azila ukudla iintsuku ezisixhenxe.
