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| 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. |
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