1Samuel (7/31)  

1. Njalo abantu beKiriyathi-Jeyarimi beza, benyusa umtshokotsho we Nkosi, bawungenisa endlini kaAbinadaba eqaqeni, bangcwelisa uEleyazare indodana yakhe ukuthi agcine umtshokotsho we Nkosi.
2. Kwasekusithi kusukela ngosuku umtshokotsho uhlala eKiriyathi-Jeyarimi, insuku zanda; ngoba kwaba yiminyaka engamatshumi amabili; lendlu yonke yakoIsrayeli yakhala ilandela i Nkosi.
3. USamuweli wasekhuluma endlini yonke kaIsrayeli esithi: Uba libuyela e Nkosi ni ngenhliziyo yenu yonke, susani onkulunkulu bezizweni phakathi kwenu laboAshitarothi, liqondise inhliziyo yenu e Nkosi ni, likhonze yona yodwa, ngakho izalophula esandleni samaFilisti.
4. Ngakho abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesusa oBhali laboAshitarothi, bakhonza i Nkosi yodwa.
5. USamuweli wasesithi: Buthanisani uIsrayeli wonke eMizipa; njalo ngizalikhulekela e Nkosi ni.
6. Basebebuthana eMizipa, bakha amanzi, bawathela phambi kwe Nkosi, bazila ukudla mhlalokho, bathi lapho: Sonile e Nkosi ni. USamuweli wasesahlulela abantwana bakoIsrayeli eMizipa.
7. Kwathi amaFilisti esezwile ukuthi abantwana bakoIsrayeli babuthene eMizipa, iziphathamandla zamaFilisti zenyuka zamelana loIsrayeli. Abantwana bakoIsrayeli sebekuzwile bawesaba amaFilisti.
8. Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesithi kuSamuweli: Ungathuli ukusikhalela e Nkosi ni uNkulunkulu wethu ukuze asisindise esandleni samaFilisti.
9. USamuweli wasethatha iwundlu elimunyayo, walinikela lonke e Nkosi ni laba ngumnikelo otshiswayo. USamuweli wakhalela uIsrayeli e Nkosi ni, i Nkosi yasimphendula.
10. Kwathi uSamuweli esanikela umnikelo wokutshiswa, amaFilisti asondela empini loIsrayeli; kodwa i Nkosi yaduma ngelizwi elikhulu phezu kwamaFilisti ngalolosuku, yawachithachitha, asetshaywa phambi kukaIsrayeli.
11. Amadoda akoIsrayeli asephuma eMizipa axotshana lamaFilisti, awatshaya, kwaze kwaba ngaphansi kweBetikari.
12. USamuweli wasethatha ilitshe, wa li misa phakathi kweMizipa leSheni, wabiza ibizo lalo iEbeni-Ezeri, wathi: Kuze kube khathesi i Nkosi isisizile.
13. Ngakho amaFilisti ehliselwa phansi, kawabe esaphinda ukungena emngceleni wakoIsrayeli. Njalo isandla se Nkosi samelana lamaFilisti zonke izinsuku zikaSamuweli.
14. Imizi amaFilisti ayeyithethe-ke koIsrayeli yabuyiselwa kuIsrayeli kusukela eEkhironi kuze kufike eGathi; lomngcele wayo uIsrayeli wawukhulula esandleni samaFilisti. Njalo kwaba lokuthula phakathi kukaIsrayeli lamaAmori.
15. USamuweli wasesahlulela uIsrayeli insuku zonke zempilo yakhe.
16. Wahamba iminyaka ngeminyaka wabhoda eBhetheli, leGiligali, leMizipa; wahlulela uIsrayeli kuzo zonke lezozindawo.
17. Lokubuyela kwakhe kwakuyikuya eRama, ngoba indlu yakhe yayilapho; wahlulela uIsrayeli khona, wayakhela lapho i Nkosi ilathi.

  1Samuel (7/31)