Kutibulala kwaSawula
1EmaFilisti alwa nema-Israyeli; ema-Israyeli abaleka, labanyenti basala bafile eNtsabeni iGilbowa. 2EmaFilisti abahlala emsileni boSawula nemadvodzana akhe. EmaFilisti abulala emadvodzana aSawula: boJonathani, na-Abinadabi, naMalkhi Shuwa. 3Imphi yashuba ngakuSawula, lababenemba ngebutjoki bamkhandza, bamhlaba ngemicibisholo.
4Sawula wakhuluma neludzibi lwakhe, watsi: “Khipha inkemba yakho ungicedzele, kungaze kufike labantfu labangasoki bangicedzele, ngihlazeke.”
Kodvwa loludzibi lwakhe lwalwesaba, lungeke lukwente loko; ngako Sawula watsatsa yakhe inkemba watiwisela kuyo, atibulala. 5Loludzibi lwatsi kube lubone kutsi Sawula sewufile, nalo lwawela enkembeni yalo, lwafa naye. 6Sawula nemadvodzana akhe omatsatfu, ngisho nayo yonkhe indlu yakhe, bafela ndzawonye.
7Onkhe ema-Israyeli labengasesigodzini atsi kube abone kutsi imphi seyibalekile nekutsi Sawula nemadvodzana akhe sebafile, esuka abaleka, ashiya emadolobha awo. EmaFilisti efika ahlala kuwo lawo madolobha.
8Kwatsi ngakusasa emaFilisti nasatewuhlubula letidvumbu talabafile, akhandza Sawula nemadvodzana akhe, bafele eNtsabeni iGilbowa. 9Amhlubula ajuba inhloko yakhe ayitsatsa kanye netikhali takhe, atfumela tigijimi kulo lonkhe lemaFilisti kumemetela lendzaba endlini yabonkulunkulu bawo nakubantfu bakubo. 10Afaka tikhali takhe ethempelini labonkulunkulu bawo, aphanyeka inhloko yakhe ethempelini laDagoni.
11Batsi kube bonkhe bantfu baseJabeshi Gileyadi beve ngako konkhe lokwase kwentiwe ngemaFilisti kuSawula, 12tonkhe tihlabani takhona tashuca tayakutsatsa letidvumbu taboSawula kanye nemadvodzana akhe batimikisa eJabeshi. Tase tingcwaba ematsambo abo ngaphansi kwesihlahla lesikhulu saseJabeshi, tazila emalanga lasikhombisa.
13Sawula wafa, ngobe abengaketsembeki kuSimakadze; akazange aligcine livi laSimakadze, wadzimate wayawufuna indlela nasesangomeni imbala, 14wangete wayibuta indlela kuSimakadze. Ngaleso sizatfu Simakadze wamnikela ekufeni, bukhosi wabunika Davide, umsa waJese.
