U-Adoniya wesaba ngenxa kaSolomoni ; wasuka wahamba , wabamba izimpondo ze-altare.

USawule wayesewela phan si ngekhanda, wesaba kakhulu ngenxa yamazwi kaSamuweli, akwabakho mandla kuye , ngokuba akadlanga lutho ngosuku lonke nobusuku bonke.

Owesifazane wafika kuSawule , wabona ukuthi wesaba kakhulu , wathi kuye: Bheka, incekukazi yakho ililalele izwi lakho, ngibekile ukuphila kwami esandleni sami; ngalalela amazwi akho owawakhuluma kimi.

Lapho uSawule ebona impi yamaFilisti , wesaba, inhliziyo yakhe yathuthumela kakhulu.

USamuweli walala kwaze kwasa , wavula iminyango yendlu kaJehova . USamuweli wesaba ukumtshela u-Eli umbono.

Kepha uma wesaba ukwehla, yehla noPhura udibi lwakho, niye ekamu;

Wayesethi kuJetheri izibulo lakhe: Suka ubabulale . Kepha umfana kahoshanga inkemba yakhe, ngokuba wesaba lokhu engumfana.

Wezwakalisa ukwahlulela kuvela ezulwini; umhlaba wesaba, wathula

Kepha ebona umoya wesaba ; eseqala ukushona wakhala wathi : Nkosi, ngisindise!

Kuthe efuna ukumbulala, wesaba abantu, ngokuba bathi ungumprofethi.

Kepha ezwa ukuthi sekubusa u -Arkelawu eJudiya esikhundleni sikaHerode uyise, wesaba ukuya khona; eseyaliwe nguNkulunkulu ngephupho wamuka waya kwelaseGalile;

Wathi: NginguNkulunkulu kayihlo , uNkulunkulu ka -Abrahama, noNkulunkulu ka -Isaka, noNkulunkulu kaJakobe ; uMose wasitha ubuso bakhe, ngokuba wesaba ukumbheka uNkulunkulu.

USara waphika wathi : Angihlekanga, ngokuba wesaba. Kepha wathi: Qha, uhlekile. Ukumenyezelwa kokuchithwa kweSodoma nokulikhulekela kuka-Abrahama

ULoti wakhuphuka eSowari , waya wahlala entabeni kanye namadodakazi akhe omabili , ngokuba wesaba ukuhlala eSowari ; wahlala emhumeni namadodakazi akhe amabili.

Amadoda aleyo ndawo ambuza ngomkakhe ; wathi: Ungudadewethu, ngokuba wesaba ukusho ukuthi : Ungumkami, ethi: Funa amadoda aleyo ndawo angibulale ngenxa kaRebeka, lokhu ebukeka kahle.

Inkosi uJehoyakimi, nawo onke amaqhawe ayo, nazo zonke izikhulu bezwa amazwi akhe ; inkosi ya funa ukumbulala; kepha u-Uriya wakuzwa, wesaba, wabaleka, waya eGibithe.