1 USAMYELA 31
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USawula uyazibulala
1AmaFilista gade alwa nama-Israyeli. Ama-Israyeli abaleka phambi kwamaFilista. Inengi lama-Israyeli lafa ngokurabhalaliswa entabeni iGilibowa. 2AmaFilista amlala nje uSawula, abe abulala amadodanakhe uJonathani, u-Abinadaba noMaliki-Tjhuwa. 3Ipi yarhagalela uSawula. Abadumuza ngemisubi abamfikelako bamkhubaza okwesabekako.
4USawula wathi kusonkhandakhe: “Rhwatjha isabulakho ungihlabe ngife, kungaze kufike abarhali ababarhedenaba bangitlhofoze bese bayangirhubutjha.”
Kodwana usonkhande loyo wesaba khulu ukwenza lokho. Yeke uSawula wathatha isabulakhe wazidlhunya phezu kwayo. 5Kuthe lokha usonkhande nabona bona uSawula ufile, naye wazidlhunya phezu kwesabulakhe, wafa noSawula. 6Nje-ke uSawula namadodanakhe amathathu, nosonkhandakhe, nabantu bakhe, bafa boke khona mhlokho.
7Kuthe lokha ama-Israyeli agade angemrhobeni weJizriyela nangaphetjheya kweJordani nabona bonyana ipi yama-Israyeli ibalekile, nokobana uSawula namadodanakhe bahlongakele, atjhiya imizawo abaleka nawo. Ngemva kwalokho amaFilista afika ahlala emizini leyo.
8Ilanga emva kwepi amaFilista ahlubulisa iindumbu. Afunyana uSawula namadodanakhe amathathu bahlongakalele phezu kwentaba iGilibowa. 9Baqunta ihlokwakhe bebathatha iinkhande zakhe. Bathumela umlayezo enarheni yoke yamaFilista babika iindabezi emathempelini wabosingazimu babo nebantwini babo. 10Bafaka iinkhande zakhe ngethempelini labo-Atjhitarothi bebabophelela isidumbu sakhe ebodeni leBhethe-Tjhana.
11Kuthe lokha abantu beJabetjhi-Giliyadi nabezwa lokho amaFilista akwenze ngoSawula, 12kwaphuma woke amadoda anesibindi akhamba ubusuku boke aya eBhethe-Tjhana. Afese ehlisa isidumbu sakaSawula neendumbu zamadodanakhe ebodeni leBhethe-Tjhana. Akhamba nazo eJabetjhi, lapha azitjhisa khona. 13Athatha amathambazo awangcwaba ngaphasi komuthi womtamariske eJabetjhi, azila amalanga alikhomba.
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