16 Ekugqibeleni wathi uYehova kuSamuweli: “Kuya kude kube nini na uzilile ngenxa kaSawule,+ ngoxa mna, kwelinye icala, ndimgatyile ekulawuleni njengokumkani phezu koSirayeli?+ Zalisa uphondo lwakho ngeoli+ uze uhambe. Ndiya kukuthumela kuYese+ waseBhetelehem, ngenxa yokuba ndizilungiselele ukumkani phakathi koonyana bakhe.”+

7 Ebudeni balo lonke elo xesha ndihambahamba phakathi kwabo bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli,+ ngaba ndakha ndathetha ilizwi kwesinye sezizwe zakwaSirayeli+ endasiyalela ukuba saluse abantu bam amaSirayeli, ndisithi, ‘Kutheni ningandakhelanga nje indlu yemisedare?’”’