7 Ekugqibeleni uSawule wathi kwizicaka zakhe: “Ndikhangeleleni umfazi oligqirha,+ ndize ndiyokubuza kuye.” Zaphendula izicaka zakhe zathi: “Jonga! Ukhona umfazi oligqirha e-En-dore.”+

8 Ngoko uSawule wazenza omnye umntu, watshintsha izambatho zakhe waza wahamba ngobusuku namadoda akhe amabini baya kuloo mfazi. Wathi: “Ndicela uvumise,+ uze undinyusele umntu endimkhethileyo.” 9 Kodwa lo mfazi wathi kuye: “Ndiqinisekile ukuba uyazi kakuhle into eyenziwa nguSawule. Uyayazi ukuba wawasusa elizweni amagqirha nabantu abachaza izinto kwangaphambili.+ Kutheni ke ngoku uzama ukundibambisa* ukuze undibulalise?”+ 10 Ngoko uSawule wamfungela egameni likaYehova, esithi: “Ephila nje uYehova, awuzukubekwa tyala ngale nto!” 11 Wathi ke lo mfazi: “Ufuna ndikunyusele bani?” Yena wathi: “Ndinyusele uSamuweli.”

19 Ukuba kunokwenzeka bathi kuni: “Celani emagqirheni okanye kubavumisi abatswitswizayo nabahumzelayo,” abafanelanga abantu babuze kuThixo na? Ngaba kufanele kubuzelwe abaphilayo kwabafileyo?+

19 Izinto ezenziwa ngumzimba onesono zibonakala kakuhle. Kukuziphatha kakubi ngesondo,*+ ukungcola, ukuziphatha ngokungenazintloni,*+ 20 ukukhonza izithixo, ukusebenzelana nemimoya,+ ubutshaba, iingxabano, ikhwele, ukugqajukelwa ngumsindo, ukungavani, ukwahlukanisa abantu, ukulandela abantu,