11. Bathi bakumbona esenza loo nto abantu ababekade bemazi, babuzana besithi: “Yeha ke! Nithi ungenwe yini na unyana kaKishe? Nithi noSawule selewaba ngomnye *wabashumayeli na?”
12. “Bangoonyana bakabani bona aba?” wavakala esitsho omnye wabemi balapho.Savela loo mini ke isaci esithi: “NoSawule lo kanti selewaba ngomnye wabashumayeli na?”
13. Wathi akuyeka ukushumayela uSawule, wenyuka waya endulini.
14. Uyisekazi akumbona yena nesicaka sakhe, wathi: “Khawutsho; nivela phi?”“Besikhangela iidonki,” uphendule watsho uSawule. “Sithe ke sakungaziboni saya kuSamweli.”
15. “Waza wathini ke uSamweli kuni?” kubuza uyisekazi.
16. “Usixelele ukuba iidonki zifunyenwe.” NguSawule ke otshoyo; phofu akachaza nto kuyisekazi ngentetho kaSamweli ngombandela wokuba ngukumkani.
17. Ke kaloku uSamweli wabiza abantu bakwaSirayeli ukuya *kwaNdikhoyo eMizpa.
18. Wabhekisa kubo wathi: “Utsho uNdikhoyo, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: ‘Ndim owakhupha amaSirayeli eJiputa, ndawahlangula kwingcinezelo yamaJiputa nezinye iikumkani.’
19. Kodwa ngoku nimfulathele uThixo wenu onihlangulayo kuzo zonke iinkxwaleko neenzingo, naza nathi: ‘Simisele ikumkani isilawule.’ Ngoko ke, dwelani apha phambi koNdikhoyo ngokwezizwe zenu neziduko zenu.”
20. Akuba uSamweli ezisondezile zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli uNdikhoyo watyumba isizwe sakwaBhenjamin.
21. Waza uSamweli wasondeza isizwe sakwaBhenjamin ngokweziduko zaso, kwaza kwatyunjwa indlu kaMatri, kuyo kwatyunjwa uSawule unyana kaKishe. Bamkhangela kodwa ababi nakumfumana.