a13:5,11,16,23, 14:31; Neh 11:31; Isa 10:28; Ezra 2:27
b10:26; Josh 18:28
c10:5
dHlu 3:27
e7:13; Hlu 7:23
fJosh 11:4
g14:23; Josh 7:2
h14:24
iHlu 6:2
jHlu 9:46,49
k10:8
lGen 45:1
m2 Sam 24:10; 1 Lan 21:8; 2 Lan 16:9
n15:11
o15:28
pSeb 13:22
qJosh 18:28
r14:2
s13:2
t14:15
uJosh 18:23
v9:4
wJosh 10:10
xNeh 11:34
y2 Kho 24:14; Jer 24:1, 29:2
zIsa 2:4; Jow 3:10; Mika 4:3
aaTshu 12:11
ab17:47,50; Hlu 3:31, 5:8, 14:6, 15:15
ac14:4; Isa 10:29; Jer 22:20

1 Samuel 13

UIsrayeli ulwa lamaFilisti

1USawuli wayelomnyaka embusweni wakhe. Esebuse uIsrayeli okweminyaka emibili, 2uSawuli wasezikhethela abayizinkulungwane ezintathu kwamaIsrayeli; njalo abayizinkulungwane ezimbili babeloSawuli eMikimashi lentabeni yeBhetheli a, lenkulungwane yaba loJonathani eGibeya yakoBhenjamini b; labaseleyo babantu wabayekela bahamba, ngulowo lalowo ethenteni lakhe. 3UJonathani wasetshaya ibutho lenqaba yamaFilisti eyayiseGeba c, lamaFilisti akuzwa. USawuli wasevuthela uphondo elizweni lonke esithi: AmaHebheru kawezwe d. 4UIsrayeli wonke wezwa kuthiwa uSawuli utshayile ibutho lenqaba yamaFilisti lokuthi uIsrayeli laye waba levumba kumaFilisti. Abantu basebebizelwa ndawonye ukulandela uSawuli baye eGiligali e.

5AmaFilisti asebuthana ukuthi alwe loIsrayeli, inqola eziyizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu, labagadi bamabhiza abayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha, labantu abalingana letshebetshebe elisekhunjini lolwandle ngobunengi; enyuka amisa inkamba eMikimashi f, empumalanga kweBeti-Aveni g. 6Kwathi amadoda akoIsrayeli ebona ukuthi asekuminyezelweni, ngoba abantu bacindezelwa h, abantu bacatsha embalwini lezixukwini zameva, lemadwaleni i, lezinqabeni, lemigodini j. 7LamaHebheru achapha iJordani, aya elizweni leGadi leGileyadi. Kodwa uSawuli wayelokhu eseGiligali, labantu bonke bathuthumela bemlandela.

8Waselinda insuku eziyisikhombisa, njengesikhathi esamiswa nguSamuweli; kodwa uSamuweli kafikanga eGiligali, labantu bahlakazeka besuka kuye k. 9USawuli wasesithi: Sondezani kimi umnikelo wokutshiswa leminikelo yokuthula. Wasenikela umnikelo wokutshiswa. 10Kwasekusithi eseqede ukunikela umnikelo wokutshiswa, khangela, uSamuweli wafika; uSawuli wasephuma ukumhlangabeza ukuze ambingelele. 11USamuweli wasesithi: Wenzeni? USawuli wasesithi: Ngoba ngibone ukuthi abantu babehlakazeka besuka kimi, lawe ungafikanga ngesikhathi esimisiweyo sezinsuku, lokuthi amaFilisti asebuthene eMikimashi. 12Ngakho ngathi: Khathesi amaFilisti azangehlela eGiligali, ngingancenganga ubuso beNkosi. Ngasengizibamba ngamandla, nganikela umnikelo wokutshiswa l. 13USamuweli wasesithi kuSawuli: Wenze ngobuwula m; kawuwugcinanga umlayo weNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyakulaya wona; ngoba khathesi iNkosi ibizawumisa umbuso wakho koIsrayeli kuze kube nininini n. 14Kodwa khathesi umbuso wakho kawuyikuma o. INkosi isizidingele umuntu ngokwenhliziyo yayo, njalo iNkosi isimlayile ukuthi abe ngumbusi phezu kwabantu bayo, ngoba kawugcinanga lokho iNkosi ekulaye khona p.

15USamuweli wasesukuma wenyuka esuka eGiligali waya eGibeya yakoBhenjamini q. USawuli wasebala abantu abaficwa belaye, phose abangamakhulu ayisithupha r. 16Njalo uSawuli loJonathani indodana yakhe labantu abaficwa belabo bahlala eGibeya yakoBhenjamini, kodwa amaFilisti amisa inkamba eMikimashi s.

17Abachithi basebephuma enkambeni yamaFilisti ngezigaba ezintathu t; esinye isigaba saphendukela endleleni yeOfira u, saya elizweni leShuwali v; 18lesinye isigaba saphendukela endleleni yeBhethi-Horoni w; lesinye isigaba saphendukela endleleni yomngcele okhangele esihotsheni seZeboyimi ngasenkangala x.

19Njalo kwakungatholakali mkhandi elizweni lonke lakoIsrayeli, ngoba amaFilisti athi: Hlezi amaHebheru enze izinkemba loba imikhonto y. 20UIsrayeli wonke-ke wehlela kumaFilisti ukulola, ngulowo lalowo isikali sakhe sekhuba, lemataka yakhe, lehloka lakhe, lesikela yakhe z. 21Imbadalo yezikali zekhuba lamamataka lamafologwe alencijo ezintathu lamahloka lokulungisa izincijo yayiyipimi* aa. 22Ngakho kwathi ngosuku lwempi kakutholakalanga inkemba loba umkhonto esandleni saloba ngubani wabantu ababeloSawuli lababeloJonathani; kodwa kwatholakala kuSawuli loJonathani indodana yakhe ab. 23Lebutho lenqaba yamaFilisti laphuma laya emkhandlweni weMikimashi ac.

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