27 Uthe gwiqi uSamweli, eza kumshiya apho. USawule yena wamthi hlasi ngesondo lengubo, yakrazuka.
28 Uthe ke uSamweli: “Namhlanje uNdikhoyo ulukrazule kuwe ulawulo lwamaSirayeli, walunika ummelwane wakho olungileyo kunawe.
29 USimakade uThixo kaSirayeli akaxoki yena, yaye akaguquguquki. Kaloku akangomntu ulala neli avuke neli.”
30 Waphendula uSawule wathi: “Ewe kambe, ndonile. Kodwa ke wena bonakalisa imbeko kum phambi kwezithwala-ndwe zamajoni am nangaphambi kwamaSirayeli. Ndikhaphe ndiye kuqubuda kuNdikhoyo uThixo wakho.”
31 Wamkhapha ke uSamweli, waza uSawule waqubuda kuNdikhoyo.
32 USamweli wathi: “Zisani uAgagi ukumkani wama-Amaleki apha kum.”Wasiwa uAgagi kuSamweli, ehamba eziva ekhululekile emoyeni, esithi: “Hayi noko, ixhala elikrakra lokufa ligqithile.”
33 Suka uSamweli wavakala esithi: “Ikrele lakho lishiye abazalikazi abaninzi bengenabantwana, nowakho ke ngoku unyoko uza kungabi namntwana.” Watsho emhlahla loo Agagi apho ngaphambi kukaNdikhoyo eGiligali.