11 Watsi kube Sawula nema-Israyeli onkhe eve lenkhulumo yalomFilisti, bajabha bonkhe batfutfumela.
Simakadze ungakimi angesabi lutfo. Umuntfu angangentani nje?
Simakadze usibane sami nensindziso yami. Ngiyakwesaba bani? Simakadze uyinqaba yami yekufihla kuphila kwami. Pho, ngubani lengingamesaba?
Bantfu lababi babaleka ngisho nome kute umuntfu lobacoshako; kodvwa lolungile unesibindzi lesinjengeselibhubesi.
“Ngubani lona lebewumvevela kangaka, umesaba, uze ungetsembeki kimi, ungasangikhumbuli, futsi ungasangicabangi ngisho nasenhlitiyweni yakho? Akwentiwa kutsi sengithule sikhatsi lesidze yini lokutsi ungasangesabi?
Simakadze, yena matfupha, uhamba embikwakho, futsi uyawuba nawe; angeke akushiye futsi angeke akuyekele. Ungesabi; ungalahlekelwa litsemba.”
Angikakuyali yini? Cina ube nesibindzi. Ungetfuki, futsi ungaphelelwa ngemandla, ngobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho uyakuba nawe nome ngukuphi lapho uya khona.”
Lamanye emaHebheru adzimate ewela nemfula iJordane aya eveni lakaGadi nelakaGileyadi. Sawula wahlala khona eGilgali kanye nemabutfo akhe onkhe labemlandzela, atfutfumela ngenca yekwesaba.
LomFilisti wachubeka watsi: “Ngitibita insayeya tonkhe ticheme tema-Israyeli lamuhla. Nginikeni indvodza ibe yinye, khona ngitekulwa nayo.”
Davide bekuyindvodzana yem-Efratha waseBhetlehema kaJuda lekwakutsiwa nguJese. Jese abanemadvodzana lasiphohlongo. Ngesikhatsi kubusa Sawula abesakhulile asaneminyaka leminyenti.
Ngako kwakutsi njalo nje nabalapho Davide atentise kube shangatsi uyahlanya. Abevame kudvweba tivalo tesigodlo, nematse awavutisele esilevini sakhe.
Atsi kube emaFilisti eve kutsi ema-Israyeli asahlangene eMispa, babusi bemaFilisti baviva beta kuwo batekuwahlasela. Atsi nema-Israyeli kube akuve loko, esaba ngenca yemaFilisti,