Ukufa kukaSawule noonyana bakhe
1Aqubisana amaFilistiya namaSirayeli, aswantsuliswa amaSirayeli, kwawa inkitha yawo kuloo ntaba iGilibhowa. 2AmaFilistiya awasukela, athana mbende noSawule kunye noonyana bakhe, aza ababulala bobathathu oonyana bakaSawule, uJonatan, noAbhinadabhi, kunye noMalkishuwa. 3Laba shushu idabi kufuphi noSawule, abatoli bamngxwelerha.
4Kweso sithuba uSawule ubhekise kumfana owayephatha izikhali zakhe, wathi: “Rhola ikrele, undigwaze. Andifuni kuvuyelelwa zeziya ntlanga zingalukanga, xa ziza kundibulala.”
Loo mfana kambe akazange avume kuyenza loo nto, kuba wayesoyika. USawule ke urhole ikrele lakhe, waza waziphosa kulo. 5Wathi akubona uSawule efile, naye loo mfana waziphosa kwelakhe ikrele, wafa kunye noSawule. 6Kwaba njalo ke ukufa kukaSawule, noonyana bakhe bobathathu, kunye naloo mfana owayemphathela izikhali. Kwawa onke amadoda omkhosi kaSawule ngaloo mhla.
7AmaSirayeli angaphesheya kwentili nangaphesheya kweJordan athi akubona ukuba umkhosi wakwaSirayeli uswantsulisiwe, nokuba uSawule kunye noonyana bakhe bawile, ashiya iidolophu zawo, abhaca. Afika amaFilistiya, ahlala kwezo dolophu zawo.
8Ngengomso xa amaFilistiya aya kuphanga impahla yâbo babewe edabini, afika izidumbu zooSawule noonyana bakhe bobathathu ziqungquluze apho kuloo ntaba iGilibhowa. 9Amnqumla intloko uSawule, amkhulula izixhobo zakhe zemfazwe, athumela izigidimi kulo lonke elamaFilistiya, ukuba ziye kuvakalisa iindaba zoloyiso ezindlwini *zoothixo bawo nakuwo onke amawabo. 10Izikrweqe zikaSawule azibeka endlwini yothixo wawo uAshtaroti, isidumbu sakhe asibethelela kudonga lwedolophu iBhete-shan.
11Zathi zakuvakala kubantu baseJabheshe eGiliyadi iindaba zento eyenziwe kuSawule ngamaFilistiya, 12kwanduluka onke amagorha alapho, ahamba ubusuku bonke esinga eBhete-shan. Afika azithula izidumbu zooSawule noonyana bakhe kolo donga lwaseBhete-shan, agoduka nazo, aya kuzitshisa eJabheshe. 13Emva koko bawathatha amathambo abo, baya kuwangcwaba ngaphantsi komthi womtamariske eJabheshe, baza bazila iintsuku ezisixhenxe.
