2 Nali ilizwe elisaseleyo:+ yonke imimandla yamaFilisti+ neyamaGeshure onke+

3 Ke kaloku ezi ziintlanga+ uYehova awaziyeka zahlala ukuze avavanye+ uSirayeli ngazo, oko kukuthi, bonke abo bangazange babe namava eemfazwe zakwaKanan;+

3 Iinkosi ezintlanu ezimanyeneyo+ zamaFilisti,+ nawo onke amaKanan,+ kwanamaSidon+ namaHivi+ awayehlala kwiNtaba yeLebhanon+ ukusuka kwiNtaba yeBhahali-hermon+ ukuya kufikelela ekungeneni eHamati.+

16 “Ngomso malunga neli xesha ndiya kuthumela kuwe indoda esuka kwilizwe lakwaBhenjamin,+ uze ke uyithambise+ ibe yinkokeli yabantu bam uSirayeli; kwaye yona imele ibasindise abantu bam esandleni samaFilisti,+ ngenxa yokuba ndiyibonile inkxwaleko yabantu bam, kuba isikhalo sabo sifikile kum.+

52 Nemfazwe ke yaqhubeka inzima nxamnye namaFilisti yonke imihla kaSawule.+ Xa uSawule ebone nayiphi na indoda enamandla okanye nawuphi na umntu olikroti, ubeyihlanganisela kuye.+

7 “‘Aninjengoonyana bamaKushe na kum, nina nyana bakaSirayeli?’ utsho uYehova. ‘Andizange ndimnyuse na uSirayeli kwilizwe laseYiputa,+ namaFilisti+ eKrete, neSiriya eKire?’+