1 Samwele
13 Shauli ali ne myaka . . .* ilyo atendeke ukuteka,+ kabili atekele Israele pa myaka ibili. 2 Kabili Shauli asalile abaume amakana yatatu (3,000) muli Israele; na makana yabili (2,000) bali na Shauli ku Mikmashi+ na mu calo ca mpili ica Betele, ne kana limo (1,000) bali na Yonatani+ ku Gibea+ wa kwa Benjamini, na bashala abebele cila muntu ukuya kwi tenti lyakwe. 3 Kabili Yonatani acimfishe abashilika mu nkambi+ ya baPelishiti+ iyali mu Geba;+ na baPelishiti balyumfwile. Na o Shauli aebele aba kulisha intandala+ mu calo conse no kutila: “AbaHebere bomfwe!” 4 Na Israele onse alyumfwile casoswa ati: “Shauli nacimfya abashilika pa nkambi ya baPelishiti, kabili nomba Israele nabamupata+ ku baPelishiti.” E ico balonganike abantu ukuti bakonke Shauli ku Gilgali.+
5 AbaPelishiti na bo balilongene ukuti balwe na Israele, kabili bakwete amaceleta ya nkondo amakana amakumi yatatu (30,000)+ na ba pali bakabalwe amakana mutanda (6,000) kabili bali na bantu abengi abali ngo mucanga wa ku lulamba lwa bemba;+ kabili balininine no kupanga inkambi mu Mikmashi ku kabanga ka Bete-abene.+ 6 Ilyo abena Israele bamwene ukuti baba mu bwafya ubukalamba,+ pantu abantu balibatitikisha; e lyo abantu bafiseme mu ncengo+ na mu filindi na mu fimabwe na mu mimba na mu fishima. 7 AbaHebere ba-abwike na Yordani+ ukuya ku calo ca kwa Gadi+ na Gileadi. Lelo Shauli ali mu Gilgali, na bantu bonse baletutuma ilyo balemukonka.+ 8 E lyo akonkenyepo ukupembela pa nshiku cinelubali (7) ukufika ku nshita iyo Samwele amwebele ukuti eyo ali no kwisamo;+ na Samwele tafikile ku Gilgali, na bantu batampile ukusalangana. 9 E ico Shauli atile: “Leteni ilambo lya koca na malambo ya mutende.” Awe atuulile ilambo lya koca.+
10 Nomba ilyo line fye apwile ukutuula ilambo lya koca, moneni, Samwele aliishile. E ico Shauli alifumine ku kumukumanya no kumupaala.+ 11 E lyo Samwele atile: “Cinshi ico ucitile?”+ Na o Shauli atile: “Nacimona ukuti abantu basalangana,+ e lyo na imwe tamwishile pa nshiku mwali no kwishilapo,+ na baPelishiti na bo balebungana ku Mikmashi,+ 12 e ico ntile,+ ‘Nomba abaPelishiti balansansa ku Gilgali, kabili nshinashishe umutima wa kwa Yehova.’ E ico naci-ipatikisha+ no kutuula ilambo lya koca.”
13 E lyo Samwele aebele Shauli ati: “Ico wacita ca buwelewele.+ Taukonkele ifunde+ lya kwa Yehova Lesa obe ilyo akwebele,+ pantu aukonka, Yehova nga apampamika ubufumu bobe pali Israele umuyayaya. 14 Nomba ubufumu bobe tabwakabelelele.+ Yehova akaifwaila umuntu uo umutima wakwe ukatemwa;+ kabili Yehova akamulenga ukuba intungulushi+ ya bantu bakwe, pantu iwe taukonkele ifyo Yehova akwebele.”+
15 E lyo Samwele aimine no kufuma ku Gilgali ukuya ku Gibea wa kwa Benjamini, na Shauli apendele abantu abo ali na bo, bali abaume napamo imyanda mutanda (600).+ 16 Kabili Shauli na Yonatani umwana wakwe na bantu abo bashele na bo baikele mu Geba+ wa kwa Benjamini. AbaPelishiti bena bapangile inkambi mu Mikmashi.+ 17 Ne bumba lya ba kupokolola ifipe lyalefuma mu nkambi ya baPelishiti mu mabumba yatatu.+ Ibumba limo lyayalukile ku musebo wa ku Ofra,+ ku calo ca Shuali, 18 ne bumba limbi lyayalukile ku musebo wa ku Bete-horone,+ ne bumba lya butatu lyayalukile ku musebo wa ku mupaka uwalungatana no mupokapoka wa Bacimbwi, ukulola ku matololo.
19 Kabili takwali kafula nangu umo mu calo ca Israele conse, pantu abaPelishiti batile: “Pa kuti abaHebere bepanga ulupanga nelyo ifumo.”+ 20 E ico abena Israele bonse baleya ku baPelishiti ku kuyanoona cila muntu plao yakwe nelyo ica kuliminako umushili nelyo isembe lyakwe atemwa icikwakwa.+ 21 No mutengo pa kunoona wali amagramu cinekonsekonse (8) aya silfere pa kunoona plao ne fya kuliminako umushili ne mitunkulo ya meno yatatu na masembe no koolola ifya kusonkwelako ing’ombe.+ 22 E ico mu bushiku bwa bulwi takwali mu bantu abali na Shauli na Yonatani uwakwete ulupanga+ nangu lifumo; lelo Shauli+ na Yonatani umwana wakwe bena balikwete.
23 Nomba ibumba+ lya baPelishiti lyaleisa no kupita pa mupata wa pa Mikmashi.+