1 Samuweli 13:1-15

USawuli wasebusa phezu kukaIsrayeli umnyaka owodwa. USawule wazikhethela amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezintathu kwa-Israyeli; izinkulungwane ezimbili zazo zazinoSawule eMigimasi nasentabeni yaseBethele, nenkulungwane inoJonathani eGibeya lakwaBenjamini; abanye abantu wabamukisa, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe. UJonathani wachitha ikampu yamaFilisti eyayiseGeba; amaFilisti ezwa ngakho. USawule wabetha icilongo ezweni lonke, wathi: “Makezwe amaHeberu; Wonke u-Israyeli wezwa ukuthi uSawule uchithe ikampu yamaFilisti nokuthi u-Israyeli unengeka kumaFilisti. Abantu babizelwa ndawonye ukuba bamlandele uSawule eGiligali. AmaFilisti abuthana ukulwa no-Israyeli: izinqola eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nabamahhashi abayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha namadoda angangesihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle ngobuningi; benyuka bamisa inkamba eMigimasi ngasempumalanga kwaseBeti Aveni. Lapho abantu bakwa-Israyeli bebona ukuthi baswele (ngokuba abantu babecindezelekile), abantu bacasha emihumeni nasemahlozini nasemadwaleni naseziqongweni nasemigodini. Amanye amaHeberu awela iJordani, aya ezweni lakwaGadi nelakwaGileyadi. Kepha uSawule wayeseseGiligali, bonke abantu bamlandela bethuthumela. Wahlala izinsuku eziyisikhombisa njengesikhathi esinqunyiweyo uSamuweli; kepha uSamuweli akafikanga eGiligali; abantu basebehlakazeka besuka kuye. USawuli wasesithi: Ngilethele lapha umnikelo wokutshiswa leminikelo yokubonga. Wanikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa. Kwathi nje lapho eqeda ukunikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa, bheka, uSamuweli wafika; uSawule waphuma ukumhlangabeza ukumbingelela. USamuweli wasesithi: Wenzeni? USawule wayesethi: “Ngokuba ngibonile ukuthi abantu bahlakazekile kimi, nokuthi anifikanga ngezinsuku ezimisiweyo, nokuthi amaFilisti abuthana eMigimasi; Ngase ngithi: “AmaFilisti aseyakungifikela eGiligali, kepha angimncenganga uJehova; USamuweli wayesethi kuSawule: “Wenze ngobuwula; awuwugcinanga umyalo kaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho akuyala ngawo; ngoba manje uJehova ubezakuqinisa ubukhosi bakho phezu kukaIsrayeli kuze kube nininini. Kepha manje umbuso wakho awuyikuba khona; uJehova wazifunela indoda ethandwa yinhliziyo yakhe; uJehova wamyala ukuba abe ngumbusi phezu kwabantu bakhe, ngokuba awugcinanga lokho uJehova akuyala ngakho. USamuweli wasuka, wakhuphuka eGiligali, waya eGibeya lakwaBenjamini. USawule wabala amadoda ayenaye kungathi amadoda angamakhulu ayisithupha.