Buku Mutanshi wa Samwela
29 Bena Filishitiya+ bakonkenye mazhita abo onse ku Afeki, ne bena Isalela saka batebelela ku nsulo ya mema iji ku Yezelela.+ 2 Kabiji bamfumu ba bena Filishitiya bayilenga na bitota ne biumbi bya bashilikale babo, bino Davida ne bantu banji balondejilenga munyuma pamo ne Akishi.+ 3 Bino babinemanga ba bena Filishitiya baipwizhe’mba: “Nga bano Bahebelu bananga ka kuno?” Akishi wakumbwile babinemanga ba bena Filishitiya amba: “Uno ye Davida, kalume wa kwa Saulo Mfumu wa bena Isalela, yenka ye naikala nanji mwaka umo ne kukilapo.+ Kechi namonamo kyatama mwi aye ne, kufumatu juba jo anyemejile kwi amiwa kufika ne lelo.” 4 Bino babinemanga ba bena Filishitiya bamuzhingijile, kabiji bamwambijile’mba: “Mwambilai abwelemo.+ Abwele ku mpunzha ko mwamupele. Kange mumuleke aye ne atweba ku nkondo ne, kuchina’mba waketwalukilamo pa kulwa nkondo.+ Mambo ñanyi kintu kyo akonsha kuba pa kuba’mba bamutemwe kwi nkambo yanji, kyakila pa kwipaya bantu betu? 5 Nanchi uno kechi ye Davida ye baimbilengapo kimye kyo bazhilenga’mba:
‘Saulo waipaya biumbi bya balwanyi banji,
Ne Davida waipaya balwanyi banji makumi a biumbi’ nenyi?”+
6 Onkao mambo, Akishi+ waichile Davida ne kumwambila’mba: “Byonkatu Yehoba byo aji na bumi, obewa waoloka, kabiji natemwa bingi byo waiya kuba’mba uye ku nkondo na nzhita yami,+ mambo kechi namonamo kyatama mwi obewa ne, kufumatu juba jo waishile kwi amiwa kufika ne lelo.+ Bino bamfumu kechi bakuketekela ne.+ 7 Pano bwela mu mutende, kabiji kange ube kintu nangwa kimo kisakuzhingijisha bamfumu ba bena Filishitiya ne.” 8 Nangwa byonkabyo, Davida waipwizhe Akishi amba: “Ñanyi kintu kyo nauba? Ñanyi bubi bo mwataana mwi amiwa kalume wenu kufumatu juba jo naishile kwi anweba kufika ne lelo jino? Mambo ka o nsakubujila kuya nenu ne kulwa na balwanyi ba nkambo yami mfumu?” 9 Akishi wamukumbwile Davida amba: “Kwesakana na byo nayuka, obewa wawamatu nobe malaika wa Lesa.+ Bino babinemanga ba bena Filishitiya baamba’mba, ‘Kange mumuleke aye ne atweba ku nkondo ne.’ 10 Onkao mambo, ukabuuke ku makya ne bakalume ba nkambo yobe bo waishile nabo; mukemane lukelokelo ne kuya byo pakatokatu.”
11 Byonkabyo, Davida ne bantu banji baimene lukelokelo ne kubwela ku kyalo kya bena Filishitiya, kabiji bena Filishitiya bayile ku Yezelela.+