¹ Emadvodza ase Khiriyathi Jeyarimu ase ayeta ayalitsatsa lelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze, alimikisa ekhaya ka-Abinadabi, egcumeni, ase ehlukanisela Eliyazare, umsa wakhe, kutsi alicize lelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze. Kuholwa kwema-Israyeli nguSamuweli. ² Kwaba sikhatsi lesidze, lesa singiminyaka lengema-20, seloku libhokisi lesi vumelwane lise Khiriyathi Jeyarimu, sonkhe sive saka-Israyeli salila, sikhala kuSimakadze. ³ Samuweli wakhuluma esiveni sonkhe saka-Israyeli, “Naniphendvukela kuSimakadze ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yenu, kufanele nitisuse tonkhe letithico tebetive kanye nabo-Ashtarothe benu, bese nitinikela kuSimakadze nikhonte yena yedwa, yena-ke utawube sewuyanikhulula esandleni semaFilistiya.” ⁴ Ngako ema-Israyeli abalahla boBhali bawo kanye nabo-Ashtarothe bawo, ase akhonta Simakadze yena yedwa. ⁵ Samuweli wase ukhuluma utsi: “Hlanganisani onkhe ema-Israyeli eMispa, mine ngitawube sengiyanincusela kuSimakadze.”

⁶ Batsi kube bahlanganele eMizipa, bakhelela emanti, bawatsela embikwaSimakadze. Ngalona lelo langa bazila khona lapho, bavuma tono tabo, batsi: “Sonile kuSimakadze.” Samuweli wehlulela sive sema-Israyeli eMispa. ⁷ Kepha lapho amaFilisti eva kutsi bantfu bakwa Israyeli babutene eMizipa, tikhulu temaFilisti tahlasela i Israyeli. Lapho bantfu bakwa Israyeli beva, basaba amaFilisti. ⁸ Bantfu bakwa Israyeli batsi kuSamuweli, "Ungayeki ukusicengela kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wetu, uze asisindzise esandleni samaFilisti." ⁹ Samuweli watfola tumvalo lomnce lapho abetile, walidvumisa njengemhlatjelo lophekwe ngako konkhe kuSimakadze. Samuweli wadvuma kuSimakadze ngenca ye Israyeli, Simakadze wamphendvula. ¹⁰ Ngesikhatsi Samuweli advumisa lomhlatjelo, amaFilisti asondzela kuhlasela i Israyeli. Kepha Simakadze wakhokha ngesimanga ngelilanga lelo etilweni temaFilisti wawadida, acala kubalwa phambi kwe Israyeli. ¹¹ Emadoda e Israyeli aphuma eMizipa, alandzela amaFilisti lawa awabulala afike ngaphansi kweBheti Kara. ¹² Samuweli watfola litshe walibeka phakatsi kweMizipa neSheni. Walibita ngekutsi ngu Ebhenezeri, watsi, "Kuze kulanje Simakadze usisite." ¹³ Ngako amaFilisti ehlulwe futsi awangeni emngceleni we Israyeli. Isandla sikaSimakadze sasiphandle amaFilisti tonkhe tintfo emalanga onkhe kaSamuweli. ¹⁴ Ematfula lamaFilisti labewatfole ku Israyeli abuyiselwa e Israyeli, kusukela e Ekroni kuya eGati; i Israyeli yabuyisela emave ayo kumaFilisti. Kwaba nekuthula phakatsi kwe Israyeli nama Amore. ¹⁵ Samuweli wahlulela i Israyeli emalanga onkhe emphilo yakhe. ¹⁶ Unyaka nonyaka wayehamba ayohlulela eBethele, eGiligali, naseMizipa. Wayehlulela i Israyeli kuto tonkhe letindzawo. ¹⁷ Wayebuyela eRama, ngobe indlu yakhe yayilapho; nalapho wayehlulela i Israyeli. Walapha futhi wakha sibingelelo kuSimakadze.