Buka ea Pele ea Samuele

15 Samuele a re ho Saule: “Jehova o ile a nthomela hore ke u tlotse hore u be morena oa sechaba sa hae sa Iseraele.+ Mamela hore na Jehova o re’ng.+ 2 Jehova oa mabotho o re: ‘Ke tla iphetetsa ho Baamaleke hobane ba ile ba hlasela Baiseraele ha ba tsoa Egepeta.+ 3 Joale tsamaea u e’o bolaea Baamaleke+ ’me u ba felise+ hammoho le lintho tsohle tsa bona. U se ke oa ba qenehela. U bolaee+ banna, basali, bana, masea, lipoho, linku, likamele le litonki.’”+ 4 Saule a bitsa batho ’me a ba bala a le Telaime. E ne e le masole a 200 000 a tsamaeang ka maoto le banna ba Juda ba 10 000.+

5 Saule le banna ba hae ba fihla motseng oa Baamaleke ’me ba ipata haufi le khohlo.* 6 Eaba Saule o re ho Bakene:+ “Tlohang har’a Baamaleke e le hore ke se ke ka le felisa hammoho le bona+ hobane le ile la ba mosa* ho sechaba sohle sa Iseraele+ ha se tsoa Egepeta.” Kahoo, Bakene ba tloha har’a Baamaleke. 7 Ka mor’a moo, Saule a bolaea Baamaleke+ ho tloha Havila+ ho ea fihla Shure,+ e pel’a Egepeta. 8 A tšoara Agage+ morena oa Amaleke a ntse a phela empa a bolaea batho ba bang bohle ka sabole.+ 9 Leha ho le joalo, Saule le batho ba hae ba qenehela Agage le liphoofolo tse ntlehali ho linku le lipoli, ho liphoofolo tse kholo, ho liphoofolo tse nonneng, ho liramo le lintho tsohle tse ntle.+ Ba ne ba sa batle ho li felisa. Empa ba felisa lintho tsohle tse neng li se na thuso le tseo ba neng ba sa li batle.

10 Eaba Jehova o re ho Samuele: 11 “Kea itšola* ka hore ebe ke entse Saule morena hobane o tlohetse ho ntatela ’me ha a etsa seo ke itseng a se etse.”+ Samuele a utloa bohloko haholo ’me a ’na a hoeletsa ho Jehova bosiu bohle.+ 12 Samuele a tsoha esale hoseng ho ea kopana le Saule eaba o bolelloa sena: “Saule o ile a ea Karmele+ eaba o iketsetsa seemahale* moo.+ Ka mor’a moo, a theohela Gilgale.” 13 Qetellong ha Samuele a kopana le eena, Saule a re: “E se eka Jehova a ka u hlohonolofatsa. Ke entse seo Jehova a itseng ke se etse.” 14 Empa Samuele a re: “Joale ke hobane’ng ha ke utloa linku le lipoli li lla ebile ke utloa le molumo oa likhomo?”+ 15 Eaba Saule o re: “Li nkuoe ho Baamaleke hobane batho ba ile ba qenehela* liphoofolo tse ntlehali ho linku, lipoli le liphoofolo tse kholo hore ba tl’o etsetsa Jehova Molimo oa hao sehlabelo ka tsona. Empa tse ileng tsa sala re ile ra li bolaea.” 16 Samuele a re ho Saule: “Butle pele, e-re ke u bolelle hore na Jehova o itse’ng ho ’na bosiung bo fetileng.”+ Saule a re ho eena: “Mpolelle.”

17 Samuele a tsoela pele a re: “Ha u ne u khethoa hore u be hlooho ea maloko a Iseraele leha Jehova a ne a u tlotsa hore u be morena oa Iseraele,+ u ne u ipona u se motho oa bohlokoa.+ 18 Hamorao Jehova a u roma a re, ‘Tsamaea u e’o felisa Baamaleke ba baetsalibe.+ U ba loantše ho fihlela u ba felisitse.’+ 19 Joale ke hobane’ng ha u sa mamela Jehova? Ho e-na le hoo, u ile oa ba meharo, oa potlakela linthong tse hapuoeng+ ’me oa etsa se sebe mahlong a Jehova.”

20 Saule a re ho Samuele: “Empa ke mametse Jehova. Ke ile moo Jehova a itseng ke ee teng ’me ka khutla le Agage morena oa Baamaleke eaba ke felisa Baamaleke.+ 21 Batho ba ile ba nka linku le likhomo ho lintho tse hapiloeng, ba nka tse ntlehali ho tse neng li lokela ho bolaoa e le hore ba etsetse Jehova Molimo oa hao sehlabelo Gilgale.”+

22 Eaba Samuele o re: “Na Jehova o thabisoa ke linyehelo tsa secheso le mahlabelo+ ho feta hore Jehova a mameloe? Ho mamela ho molemo ho feta sehlabelo+ ’me ho utloa ho molemo ho feta mafura+ a liramo.* 23 Borabele+ bo tšoana le sebe sa bonohe+ ’me boikhohomoso bo tšoana le boloi le ho rapela litšoantšo.* Kaha ha oa mamela Jehova,+ le eena oa u lahla hore u se ke oa ba morena.”+

24 Saule a re ho Samuele: “Ke entse sebe kaha ha kea mamela taelo ea Jehova le mantsoe a hao. Ke ile ka tšaba batho ’me ka mamela seo ba se buang. 25 Ke kopa u ntšoarele ka lebaka la sebe sa ka ’me u khutle le ’na e le hore nka khumamela Jehova.”+ 26 Empa Samuele a re ho Saule: “Nke ke ka khutla le uena hobane ha oa mamela Jehova. Jehova o u lahlile hore u se ke oa tsoela pele u le morena oa Iseraele.”+ 27 Ha Samuele a furalla a tsamaea, Saule a tšoara lemeno le tlase la seaparo se se nang matsoho sa Samuele empa sa taboha. 28 Eaba Samuele o re ho eena: “Kajeno Jehova o u amohile ’muso oa Iseraele ’me o tla u fa motho e mong ea molemo ho u feta.+ 29 Ho feta moo, Mohlomphehi ea Khabane oa Iseraele+ a ke ke a bua leshano+ kapa a fetola maikutlo a hae* hobane ha se motho hore a ka fetola maikutlo a hae.”+

30 Saule a re: “Ke entse sebe. Empa ke kopa hore u ntlhomphe ka pel’a baholo ba sechaba sa ka le ka pel’a Baiseraele. Khutla le ’na ’me ke tla khumamela Jehova Molimo oa hao.”+ 31 Kahoo, Samuele a khutla a setse Saule morao ’me Saule a khumamela Jehova. 32 Joale Samuele a re: “Tlisang Agage morena oa Amaleke ho ’na.” Agage a ea ho eena a tšohile* hobane Agage o ne a ntse a re ka pelong: ‘Ke phonyohile lefu.’* 33 Leha ho le joalo, Samuele a re: “Feela joalokaha u utloisitse basali bohloko ka ho bolaea bana ba bona ka sabole, ’mè oa hao le eena o tla utloa bohloko ho feta basali ba bang kaofela ba bolaetsoeng bana.” Eaba Samuele o poma Agage likoto ka pel’a Jehova Gilgale.+

34 Samuele a ea Rama ’me Saule a nyolohela ntlong ea hae e Gibea. 35 Samuele ha aa ka a hlola a bona Saule hape ho fihlela a shoa hobane Saule o ne a mo utloisitse bohloko haholo.+ Jehova a itšola hore ebe o entse Saule morena oa Iseraele.+