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| 1. | USamuweli wasesithi kuSawuli: I Nkosi yangithuma ukuthi ngikugcobe ube yinkosi phezu kwabantu bayo, phezu kukaIsrayeli; ngakho-ke lalela ilizwi lamazwi e Nkosi. |
| 2. | Itsho njalo i Nkosi yamabandla ithi: Ngizaphindisela lokho uAmaleki akwenza kuIsrayeli, ukuthi wema njani emelene laye endleleni ekwenyukeni kwakhe eGibhithe. |
| 3. | Hamba-ke uyetshaya uAmaleki, utshabalalise konke alakho; ungamyekeli, kodwa ubulale kusukela kowesilisa kusiya kowesifazana, kusukela kusane kusiya komunyayo, kusukela enkabini kusiya emvini, kusukela ekameleni kusiya kubabhemi. |
| 4. | USawuli wasebiza abantu, wababala eTelayimi, izinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili abahamba ngenyawo, lamadoda azinkulungwane ezilitshumi akoJuda. |
| 5. | USawuli wasefika emzini kaAmaleki, wacathama esigodini. |
| 6. | USawuli wasesithi kumaKeni: Hambani, lisuke, lehle liphume phakathi kwamaAmaleki, hlezi ngilibhubhise kanye lawo; ngoba lina lenza umusa kubo bonke abantwana bakoIsrayeli ekwenyukeni kwabo bephuma eGibhithe. Ngakho amaKeni asuka aphuma phakathi kwamaAmaleki. |
| 7. | USawuli wasetshaya amaAmaleki, kusukela eHavila uze uyefika eShuri ephambi kweGibhithe. |
| 8. | Wambamba uAgagi inkosi yamaAmaleki ephila; labo bonke abantu wabatshabalalisa ngobukhali benkemba. |
| 9. | Kodwa uSawuli labantu bamyekela uAgagi, lokuhle kakhulu kwezimvu lokwenkomo, lokulandelayo, lamawundlu, lakho konke okuhle; kabathandanga ukukutshabalalisa, kodwa yonke into edelelekayo lecakileyo bayitshabalalisa. |
| 10. | Kwasekufika ilizwi le Nkosi kuSamuweli lisithi: |
| 11. | Sengizisola ngokuthi ngambeka uSawuli waba yinkosi; ngoba ubuyele emuva ekungilandeleni, kaqinisanga amazwi ami. USamuweli wasethukuthela, wakhala e Nkosi ni ubusuku bonke. |
| 12. | USamuweli wasevuka ekuseni kakhulu ukuhlangabeza uSawuli; kwasekutshelwa uSamuweli kuthiwa: USawuli usefikile eKharmeli; khangela-ke, uzimisele insika, wabhoda, wedlula, wehlela eGiligali. |
| 13. | USamuweli wasefika kuSawuli; uSawuli wathi kuye: Kawubusiswe yi Nkosi; ngiliqinisile ilizwi le Nkosi. |
| 14. | USamuweli wasesithi: Kuyini pho lokhukukhala kwezimvu endlebeni zami, lokubhonsa kwenkomo engikuzwayo? |
| 15. | USawuli wasesithi: Babuye lazo kumaAmaleki; ngoba abantu bayekele okuhle kakhulu kwezimvu lokwenkomo ukuze bahlabele i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho; kodwa okuseleyo sikutshabalalisile. |
| 16. | USamuweli wasesithi kuSawuli: Yekela, ngikutshele ukuthi i Nkosi itheni kimi kulobubusuku. Wasesithi kuye: Khuluma. |
| 17. | USamuweli wasesithi: Angithi, lapho usemncinyane emehlweni akho, waba yinhloko yezizwe zakoIsrayeli, le Nkosi yakugcoba waba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli? |
| 18. | I Nkosi ikuthumile-ke ngendlela yathi: Hamba uyetshabalalisa izoni, amaAmaleki, ulwe lawo aze aphele. |
| 19. | Pho, kungani ungalilalelanga ilizwi le Nkosi, kodwa waphaphela impango, wenza okubi emehlweni e Nkosi? |
| 20. | USawuli wasesithi kuSamuweli: Isibili ngililalele ilizwi le Nkosi, ngihambile ngendlela i Nkosi ebingithume ngayo, ngibuyile loAgagi inkosi yakoAmaleki, njalo ngitshabalalisile amaAmaleki. |
| 21. | Kodwa abantu bathethe okwempango, izimvu lenkomo, okuhle kwezinto ebezizatshabalaliswa, ukuze bahlabele i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eGiligali. |
| 22. | Kodwa uSamuweli wathi: Kambe i Nkosi iyathokoza ngeminikelo yokutshiswa lemihlatshelo, njengekulaleleni ilizwi le Nkosi? Khangela, ukulalela kungcono kulomhlatshelo, lokuqaphelisa kulamahwahwa ezinqama. |
| 23. | Ngoba umvukela uyisono sokuvumisa, lobuqholo buyisiphambeko lokukhonza izithombe. Ngoba ulalile ilizwi le Nkosi, layo ikwalile ukuthi ungabi yinkosi. |
| 24. | USawuli wasesithi kuSamuweli: Ngonile; ngoba ngeqile umlayo we Nkosi lamazwi akho; ngoba ngesaba abantu, ngakho ngalalela ilizwi labo. |
| 25. | Ngakho-ke ake uthethelele isono sami, ubuyele lami, ukuze ngikhonze i Nkosi. |
| 26. | Kodwa uSamuweli wathi kuSawuli: Kangiyikubuyela lawe ngoba ulalile ilizwi le Nkosi, layo i Nkosi ikwalile ukuthi ungabi yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli. |
| 27. | Kuthe uSamuweli etshibilika ukuthi ahambe, wabamba umphetho wesembatho sakhe, sasesidabuka. |
| 28. | USamuweli wasesithi kuye: I Nkosi iwudabule kuwe lamuhla umbuso wakoIsrayeli, yawunika umakhelwane wakho ongcono kulawe. |
| 29. | Futhi-ke uBukhosi bukaIsrayeli kabuqambi manga, kabuzisoli, ngoba kabusimuntu ukuthi buzisole. |
| 30. | Wasesithi: Ngonile, ake ungihloniphe khathesi phambi kwabadala babantu bakithi laphambi kukaIsrayeli, ubuyele lami, ukuthi ngikhonze i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho. |
| 31. | Ngakho uSamuweli wabuyela elandela uSawuli; uSawuli wayikhonza-ke i Nkosi. |
| 32. | USamuweli wasesithi: Msondezeni kimi uAgagi inkosi yakoAmaleki. UAgagi wasesiya kuye ethuthumela; uAgagi wathi: Isibili ukubaba kokufa sekudlulile. |
| 33. | USamuweli wasesithi: Njengoba inkemba yakho yemuke abesifazana abantwana, ngokunjalo unyoko uzakwemukwa abantwana phakathi kwabesifazana. USamuweli wasemhlahlela uAgagi phambi kwe Nkosi eGiligali. |
| 34. | USamuweli wasesiya eRama, loSawuli wenyukela endlini yakhe eGibeya kaSawuli. |
| 35. | USamuweli kaphindanga wambona uSawuli kwaze kwaba lusuku lokufa kwakhe, kodwa uSamuweli wamlilela uSawuli; le Nkosi yazisola ngokuthi yayimbekile uSawuli abe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli. |
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