7Njalo abantu beKiriyathi-Jeyarimi bezaa, benyusa umtshokotsho weNkosi, bawungenisa endlini kaAbinadaba phezu kwaloloqaqa, bangcwelisa uEleyazare indodana yakhe ukuthi agcine umtshokotsho weNkosib.

USamuweli wahlulela uIsrayeli

2 Kwasekusithi kusukela ngosuku umtshokotsho uhlala eKiriyathi-Jeyarimi, insuku zanda; ngoba kwaba yiminyaka engamatshumi amabili; lendlu yonke yakoIsrayeli yakhala ilandela iNkosi.

3 USamuweli wasekhuluma endlini yonke kaIsrayeli esithi: Uba libuyela eNkosini ngenhliziyo yenu yonkec, susani onkulunkulu bezizweni phakathi kwenud laboAshitarothie, liqondise inhliziyo yenu eNkosinif, likhonze yona yodwa, ngakho izalophula esandleni samaFilistig. 4 Ngakho abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesusa oBhali laboAshitarothi, bakhonza iNkosi yodwah.

5 USamuweli wasesithi: Buthanisani uIsrayeli wonke eMizipai; njalo ngizalikhulekela eNkosinij. 6 Basebebuthana eMizipa, bakha amanzi, bawathela phambi kweNkosik, bazila ukudla mhlalokhol, bathi lapho: Sonile eNkosinim. USamuweli wasesahlulela abantwana bakoIsrayeli eMizipa.

7 Kwathi amaFilisti esezwile ukuthi abantwana bakoIsrayeli babuthene eMizipa, iziphathamandla zamaFilisti zenyuka zamelana loIsrayeli. Abantwana bakoIsrayeli sebekuzwile bawesaba amaFilisti. 8 Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesithi kuSamuweli: Ungathuli ukusikhalela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wethu ukuze asisindise esandleni samaFilistin. 9 USamuweli wasethatha iwundlu elimunyayo, walinikela lonke eNkosini laba ngumnikelo otshiswayo. USamuweli wakhalela uIsrayeli eNkosini, iNkosi yasimphendulao. 10 Kwathi uSamuweli esanikela umnikelo wokutshiswa, amaFilisti asondela empini loIsrayeli; kodwa iNkosi yaduma ngelizwi elikhulu phezu kwamaFilisti ngalolosukup, yawachithachitha, asetshaywa phambi kukaIsrayeliq. 11 Amadoda akoIsrayeli asephuma eMizipa axotshana lamaFilisti, awatshaya, kwaze kwaba ngaphansi kweBetikari. 12 USamuweli wasethatha ilitshe, walimisa phakathi kweMizipa leSheni, wabiza ibizo lalo iEbeni-Ezerir, wathi: Kuze kube khathesi iNkosi isisiziles.

13 Ngakho amaFilisti ehliselwa phansit, kawabe esaphinda ukungena emngceleni wakoIsrayeliu. Njalo isandla seNkosi samelana lamaFilisti zonke izinsuku zikaSamuweliv. 14 Imizi amaFilisti ayeyithethe-ke koIsrayeli yabuyiselwa kuIsrayeli kusukela eEkhironiw kuze kufike eGathix; lomngcele wayo uIsrayeli wawukhulula esandleni samaFilisti. Njalo kwaba lokuthula phakathi kukaIsrayeli lamaAmoriy.

15 USamuweli wasesahlulela uIsrayeli insuku zonke zempilo yakhez. 16 Wahamba iminyaka ngeminyaka wabhoda eBhethelia, leGiligalib, leMizipac; wahlulela uIsrayeli kuzo zonke lezozindawo. 17 Lokubuyela kwakhe kwakuyikuya eRamad, ngoba indlu yakhe yayilapho; wahlulela uIsrayeli khona, wayakhela lapho iNkosi ilathie.