Buka ea Pele ea Samuele

11 Nahashe morena oa Baamone+ a nyoloha ho ea loantša motse oa Jabeshe+ o Gileade. Banna bohle ba Jabeshe ba re ho Nahashe: “Etsa selekane* le rona ’me re tla u sebeletsa.” 2 Nahashe morena oa Baamone a re ho bona: “Ke tla etsa tumellano le lona haeba kaofela ha lona le ka lumela hore re le ntše mahlo a lona a matona. Ke tla etsa sena hore ke tlotlolle Baiseraele kaofela.” 3 Baholo ba Jabeshe ba re ho eena: “Re fe matsatsi a supileng hore re tle re romele baromuoa naheng eohle ea Iseraele. Haeba ho se na motho ea re pholosang, re tla inehela ho uena.” 4 Ka mor’a nako baromuoa ba fihla Gibea+ moo Saule a neng a lula teng* ’me ba bolella sechaba mantsoe ana eaba batho bohle ba lla ba hoelelitse.

5 Saule o ne a tsoa naheng a ntse a khanna mohlape eaba o re: “Molato ke’ng ka sechaba? Se llela’ng?” Ba mo bolella hore na banna ba Jabeshe ba itseng. 6 Moea oa Molimo oa fa Saule matla+ ha a utloa litaba tsena eaba o halefa haholo. 7 Kahoo, a nka lipoho tse peli eaba o li poma likoto ’me o roma baromuoa hore ba li ise naheng eohle ea Iseraele. Ba ne ba re: “Mang kapa mang ea sa lateleng Saule le Samuele, a lebelle hore ho tla etsoa tjena ka likhomo tsa hae.” Jehova a etsa hore batho ba tšohe hoo ba ileng ba lumellana ho ea ntoeng. 8 A ba bala ha ba le Bezeke ’me ho ne ho e-na le Baiseraele ba 300 000 le banna ba Juda ba 30 000. 9 Ba re ho baromuoa ba neng ba tlile: “Le tle le re ho banna ba Jabeshe e Gileade, ‘Hosane ha letsatsi le qala ho chesa, le tla pholosoa.’” Kahoo, baromuoa ba tla ’me ba bolella banna ba Jabeshe litaba tseo eaba ba thaba haholo. 10 Banna ba Jabeshe ba re ho Baamone: “Hosane re tla inehela ho lona ’me le ka etsa ntho e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe eo le e batlang ka rona.”+

11 Letsatsing le hlahlamang Saule a arola batho ka lihlopha tse tharo. Hoseng* ba kena har’a litente tsa Baamone+ ’me ba ba bolaea ho fihlela ha letsatsi le chesa. Ba ileng ba phonyoha ba hasana ’me e mong le e mong oa bona a sala a le mong moo a leng teng. 12 Eaba sechaba se re ho Samuele: “Ke bo-mang ba neng ba ntse ba re, ‘Na Saule e tl’o ba morena oa rona?’+ Tlisang banna bao mona re tl’o ba bolaea.” 13 Leha ho le joalo, Saule a re: “Ho se ke ha e-ba le motho ea bolaoang letsatsing lena+ hobane kajeno Jehova o pholositse Baiseraele.”

14 Hamorao Samuele a re ho sechaba: “A re eeng Gilgale+ re e’o phatlalatsa hape hore Saule ke morena.”+ 15 Eaba sechaba sohle se ea Gilgale, se etsa Saule morena ka pel’a Jehova moo. Sa etsa mahlabelo a kopanetsoeng moo ka pel’a Jehova+ ’me Saule le Baiseraele bohle ba keteka ba thabile haholo.+