Naye uSawule w aya ekhaya lakhe eGibeya ; kwahamba naye impi ezinhliziyo zayo uNkulunkulu azithintile.

Izithunywa zafika eGibeya likaSawule , zakhuluma lawo mazwi ezindlebe ni zabantu; bonke abantu badazuluka, bakhala.

USamuweli wayesesuka , wakhuphuka eGiligali , waya eGibeya lakwaBenjamini. USawule wabala abantu abafumaniseka bekuye , kungathi abantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha.

USawule wazikhethela abantu abayizinkulungwane ezintathu kwa -Israyeli; izinkulungwane ezimbili zazinoSawule eMikimashi nasentabeni yaseBetlehema, nenkulungwane yayinoJonathani eGibeya lakwaBenjamini ; abanye abantu wabamukisa, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe.

Abalindi bakaSawule eGibeya lakwaBenjamini babona , bheka, isixuku sahlakazeka, saya ngalapha nangalapha.

USamuweli waya eRama , kepha uSawule wakhuphukela ekhaya eGibeya likaSawule.

USawule wezwa ukuthi uDavide uyaziwa nabantu ababe naye ; uSawule wayehlezi eGibeya phansi komtamariske egqumeni ephethe umkhonto esandleni sakhe, zonke izinceku zimi ngakuye.

Kwase kwen yuka abaseZifi , baya kuSawule eGibeya , bathi: UDavide akacashi yini kithi ezinqabeni zaseHoreshi entabeni yaseHakhila elingaseningizimu kwasehlane na?

AbaseZifi beza kuSawule eGibeya , bathi: UDavide akacashi yini entabeni yaseHakhila engaphambi kwehlane na?

masinikwe abantu abayisikhombisa bamadodana akhe , sibaphanyeke kuJehova eGibeya likaSawule , okhethiweyo kaJehova . Inkosi yathi : Ngiyakuninika bona.

Inkosi yayo yathi kuyo : Asiyikuphambukela emzini wabafokazi ongesiwo owabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, kepha siyakudlulela eGibeya.

Yayisithi encekwini : Woza, sisondele kwenye yalezi zind awo; siyakulala eGibeya noma eRama.

Baphambukela lapho ukuba bangene , balale eGibeya ; wangena, wahlala phansi esigcawini somuzi ; ngokuba kwakungekho muntu owabamukela endlini yakhe ukuba balale khona.

Bheka, kwafika ixhegu livela emsebenzini walo ensimini kusihlwa ; lalingumuntu wasezintabeni zakwa -Efrayimi, lagogobala eGibeya ; kepha abantu baleyo ndawo babe ngabakwaBenjamini.

sithathe abantu abayishumi ekhulwini kuzo zonke izizwe zakwa -Israyeli, nabayikhulu enkulungwaneni , nabayinkulungwane ezinkulungwaneni eziyishumi, ukuba balande ukudla kwabantu , nalapho sebefike eGibeya lakwaBenjamini benze ngokobuwula ababenzile kwa-Israyeli.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini babuthana eGibeya , bevela emizini , ukuba baphume balwe nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini abavela emizini babalwa ngalolo suku baba ngamadoda ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili n esithupha ahlome inkemba ngaphandle kwabakhileyo eGibeya ababalwa baba ngamakhulu ayisikhombisa, amadoda akhethiweyo.

Abantu bakwa-Israyeli baphuma ukuba balwe noBenjamini ; abantu bakwa- Israyeli bazihlelela ukulwa nabo eGibeya.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini baphuma eGibeya , babulala kwabakwa - Israyeli ngalolo suku amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nambili.

UBenjamini waphuma eGibeya ukuhlangabezana nabo ngosuku lwesibili , wabuye wabulala kubantwana bakwa -Israyeli amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili; bonke labo babehlome inkemba.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini baphuma ukulwa nabantu , badonswa, baphuma emzini ; baqala ukubulala nokuceka abantu njengakwezinye izikhathi emendweni, omunye okhuphukela eBethele , omunye oya eGibeya ensimini, kungathi amadoda angamashumi amathathu kwa-Israyeli.

Abaqamekeli bashesha badumela eGibeya ; abaqamekeli basuka bachitha umuzi wonke ngosiko lwenkemba.

UmLevi, umyeni wowesifazane ow ayebulewe, waphendula wathi : Ngafika eGibeya lakwaBenjamini, mina nesancinza sami, ukulala khona.

Kepha nakhu esiyakukwenza eGibeya: Siyakulihlasela ngenkatho,

Kwasezinsukwini zaseGibeya wonile , Israyeli; bema khona ; impi nabo abobubi ayiyikubafica eGibeya na?

Bethani umtshingo eGibeya necilongo eRama; hlabani umkhosi eBeti Aveni: basemva kwakho, Benjamini!