1 Ke kaloku amaFilisti alwa namaSirayeli; asaba amadoda akwaSirayeli phambi kwamaFilisti, awa engxwelerhiwe ezintabeni zaseGilibhowa.
2 AmaFilisti athana mbende noSawule noonyana bakhe. AmaFilisti ambulala uYonatan, noAbhinadabhi, noMalekishuwa, oonyana bakaSawule.
3 Yanzima imfazwe kuSawule. Bamfumana abatoli, wathuthumela ngenxa yabatoli.
4 Wathi uSawule kumphathi weentonga zakhe, Rhola ikrele lakho, undihlabe ngalo, hleze beze aba bangalukileyo, bafekethe ngam. Àkavuma umphathi weentonga zakhe, ngokuba ubesoyika kakhulu. Walithabatha uSawule ikrele, waziwisa phezu kwalo.
5 Uthe umphathi weentonga zakhe, akubona ukuba ufile uSawule, waziwisa naye phezu kwekrele lakhe, wafa.
6 Wafa ke uSawule, noonyana bakhe abathathu, nendlu yakhe yonke; bafa kunye.
7 Athi onke amadoda akwaSirayeli abesentilini leyo, akubona ukuba kusatyiwe, ukuba ufile uSawule noonyana bakhe, ayilahla imizi yawo, asaba; eza ke amaFilisti, ahlala kuyo.
8 Kwathi ngengomso, amaFilisti eza kubhunyula ababuleweyo, amfumana uSawule noonyana bakhe bewile ezintabeni zaseGilibhowa.
9 Ambhunyula, ayisusa intloko yakhe neentonga zakhe, athumela ezweni lamaFilisti ngeenxa zonke, ukuba aluxele olu daba lumnandi kwizithixo zabo nasebantwini.
10 Azibeka iintonga zakhe endlwini yezithixo zawo, ukakayi lwakhe alubethelela endlwini kaDagon.
11 Beva bonke abaseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi konke awakwenzayo amaFilisti kuSawule,
12 esuka onke amadoda anobukroti, asithwala isidumbu sikaSawule nezidumbu zoonyana bakhe, azizisa eYabheshe. Awangcwaba amathambo abo phantsi komterebhinti* eYabheshe, azila ukudla imihla yasixhenxe.
13 Wafa ke uSawule ngokumeneza kwakhe, awameneza ngako kuYehova, ezwini likaYehova angaligcinanga; kwanangokubuzisa kwakhe koneshologu, ngokuquqela kuye,
14 akaquqela kuYehova; wambulala ke, wabuguqulela ubukumkani kuDavide unyana kaYese.