1 IZikhronike 10

10 ¹AmaFilisti alwa no-Israyeli; amadoda ako-Israyeli abaleka phambi kwawo, afa ebulewe entabeni iGilibowa. ²AmaFilisti axosha uSawule namadodana akhe, abulala uJonathani, u-Abhinadaba, noMalikishuwa, amadodana kaSawule. ³Impi yaba nzima kakhulu kuSawule; abacibisheli ngemicibisholo bamfica, bamlimaza kabuhlungu. ⁴USawule wathi kumthwali wezikhali zakhe: “Hwaqula inkemba yakho ungigwaze ngayo, funa laba abangasokile bafike bangihlazise.” Kodwa wenqaba, esaba. Ngakho uSawule wathatha inkemba yena ngokwakhe, waziwisela phezu kwayo.

⁵Kwathi umthwali wezikhali zakhe ebona ukuthi uSawule usefile, naye waziwisela phezu kwenkemba yakhe, wafa. ⁶Kanjalo uSawule wafa, namadodana akhe amathathu, nabo bonke abendlu yakhe bafa kanyekanye.

⁷Kwathi abako-Israyeli ababesesigodini bebona ukuthi impi ibalekile nokuthi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile, bashiya imizi yabo babaleka. AmaFilisti afika ahlala kuyo.

⁸Ngosuku olulandelayo, amaFilisti afika ukuba ahlubule abafileyo, afica uSawule namadodana akhe bewile entabeni iGilibowa. ⁹Amhlubula, athatha ikhanda lakhe nezikhali zakhe, athumela izithunywa ezweni lonke lamaFilisti ukuba limemezele lezi zindaba ezithombeni zawo nasebantwini. ¹⁰Afaka izikhali zakhe ethempelini labonkulunkulu bawo, abethela ikhanda lakhe ethempelini likaDagoni.

¹¹Kodwa kwathi bonke abantu baseJabeshi-Gileyadi bezwa konke amaFilisti ayekwenze kuSawule, ¹²wonke amaqhawe abo asuka, athatha isidumbu sikaSawule nezidumbu zamadodana akhe, aziletha eJabeshi, angcwaba amathambo abo ngaphansi komʼoki waseJabeshi, azila ukudla izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

¹³Kanjalo uSawule wafela ukungathembeki kwakhe kuBaba wethu—akalilondolozanga izwi likaBaba wethu, waze wabuza nomuntu onomoya wokubhula ukuze athole isiqondiso. ¹⁴Akamfunanga uBaba wethu, ngakho uBaba wethu wambulala, wanikela umbuso kuDavide indodana kaJese.