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,