• 1 Samuweli 31:1-5
    IBhayibheli ImiBhalo Engcwele

    • 31 AmaFilisti ayelwa no-Israyeli. + Amadoda akwa-Israyeli awabalekela amaFilisti, amaningi abulawa eNtabeni iGilibowa. + 2 AmaFilisti amhlala ezithendeni uSawule namadodana akhe, abulala uJonathani, + u-Abhinadaba noMaliki-shuwa, amadodana kaSawule. + 3 Impi yaba nzima kuSawule, abacibisheli bamthola futhi bamlimaza kabi. + 4 Ngemva kwalokho uSawule wathi esikhonzini esiphatha izikhali zakhe: “Hosha inkemba yakho ungigwaze ngayo, ukuze laba bantu abangasokile + bangafiki bangigwaze bangiphathe ngesihluku.”* Kodwa isikhonzi esiphatha izikhali zakhe asivumanga, ngoba sasesaba kakhulu. Ngakho uSawule wathatha inkemba wawela phezu kwayo. + 5 Lapho isikhonzi esiphatha izikhali zakhe sibona ukuthi uSawule usefile, + naso sawela phezu kwenkemba yaso safa.