Buku Mutanshi wa Samwela
12 Kabiji Samwela waambijile bena Isalela bonse amba: “Nauba* byonse byo mwakebelenga, kabiji natongwele mfumu wa kwimulama.+ 2 Uno ye mfumu ubena kwimutangijila!*+ Pakuba amiwa, nakota ne mvwi too ku mutwe, ne baana bami muji nabo,+ kabiji nemutangijilenga kufuma ku bwanyike bwami kufika ne lelo jino.+ 3 Amiwa bano. Nshinawinai kwi Yehoba ne ku mushingwa wanji:+ Ñanyi ye naangachilepo ñombe nangwa mbongolo?+ Nangwa ñanyi ye naibijilepo kintu nangwa kumumanyika? Ñanyi ye natambwileko mazhikakanwa kuba’mba mbule kutako muchima ku byo aubile?+ Inge naubile bino, nsakwimubwezhezhabyo.”+ 4 Abo bamukumbwile’mba: “Kechi mwitwibijilepo nangwa kwitumanyika nangwa kutambula kintu nangwa kimo kwi atweba ne.” 5 Kepo ebambijile’mba: “Yehoba ye kamonyi wa kwimushinawina, ne mushingwa wanji ye kamonyi lelo jino kuba’mba kechi mwantaana na kintu kya kunshinawinapo* ne.” Ne abo baambile’mba: “Aye ye kamonyi.”
6 Byonkabyo, Samwela waambijile bantu amba: “Yehoba yenka waingijishe Mosesa ne Alona, yenka wafumishe bashakulu benu mu kyalo kya Ijipita,+ ye kamonyi. 7 Pano imanaitu, ne amiwa nsakwimuchibila mambo ku meso a Yehoba monka mwayila mingilo yonse yaoloka Yehoba yo emubila anweba ne bashakulu benu.
8 “Yakoba byo afikiletu mu Ijipita+ ne bashakulu benu byo batendekele kumujijila Yehoba amba ebakwashe,+ Yehoba watumine Mosesa+ ne Alona amba batangijile bashakulu benu kufuma mu Ijipita ne kwibaleta mu kino kyalo.+ 9 Nangwa byonkabyo, bamuvulamine Yehoba Lesa wabo, ne aye wibapoteshe+ kwi Sisela+ mukulumpe wa nzhita ya ku Hazola ne ku bena Filishitiya+ ne ku mfumu wa bena Moabu,+ ne abo balwile nabo. 10 Kabiji bamujijiile Yehoba amba ebakwashe+ ne kwamba’mba, ‘Twalenga mambo,+ mambo twamukana Yehoba ne kwingijila Babaela+ ne bipashañano bya Ashatoleta;+ pano tupokololai mu maboko a balwanyi betu kuba’mba twimwingijilenga.’ 11 Kepo Yehoba atumine Yelubaela+ ne Bedana ne Yefita+ ne Samwela+ ne kwimupokolola mu maboko a balwanyi bemuzhokolokele, kuba’mba mwikale ku matwi nzoo.+ 12 Byo mwamwene’mba Nahashi+ mfumu wa bena Amonyi waiya na kulwa ne anweba, mwañambijilenga’mba, ‘Ine, twakebesha bingi kwikala na mfumu wa kwitulama!’+ nangwa kya kuba Yehoba Lesa wenu ye Mfumu wenu.+ 13 Pano uno ye mfumu ye mwasala, yenka ye mwakebelenga. Talai! Yehoba watongola mfumu wa kwimulama.+ 14 Inge mukakamwenga Yehoba+ ne kumwingijila+ ne kumvwina jiwi janji,+ kabiji mukabule kulengulula mikambizho ya Yehoba, kabiji anweba ne mfumu ukemulamanga mukalondelenga Yehoba Lesa wenu, abya kyawama. 15 Bino inge mukabule kumvwina jiwi ja Yehoba kabiji mukalengulule mikambizho ya Yehoba, Yehoba ukemukambula anweba ne bashenu+ pamo. 16 Pano, imanaitu ne kumona kino kintu kyakukumya kibena kuba Yehoba ku meso enu. 17 Nanchi jino kechi jo juba ja kunowenamo wichi nenyi? Nsakumulomba Yehoba kuba’mba atume kilulumo ne kunokesha mvula; kepo musakuyuka kintu kyatama kyo mwauba kwi Yehoba byo mwikebela mfumu.”+
18 Ponkapo Samwela wamulombele Yehoba, ne Yehoba watumine kilulumo ne kunokesha mvula aja juba, kya kuba bantu bonse bamuchiine bingi Yehoba ne Samwela. 19 Kabiji bantu bonse baambijile Samwela amba: “Tulombelaiko atweba bakalume benu kwi Yehoba Lesa wenu,+ mambo kechi tubena kukeba kufwa ne, mambo pa bubi bwetu bonse twanungapo ne bubi bukwabo na mambo a kulomba mfumu.”
20 Kepo Samwela aambijile bantu amba: “Kuba moyo ne. Ee kine mwauba buno bubi bonse. Pano bino, kange muleke kumulondela Yehoba ne,+ saka mumwingijila Yehoba na muchima wenu yense.+ 21 Kange musenduke ne kulondela bintu byatutu,*+ bikabula kwimukwasha+ nangwa kwimupokolola ne, mambo byo byatutu.* 22 Na mambo a jizhina janji jikatampe,+ Yehoba kechi ukebasha bantu banji ne,+ mambo Yehoba wafuukulapo aye mwine kwimwalula ke bantu banji.+ 23 Pakuba amiwa, kechi nakonsha kumulenga mambo Yehoba ne kuleka kwimulombelako ne, nkatwajijila kwimufunjisha mu jishinda jawama kabiji jaoloka. 24 Akamwaingatu Yehoba+ ne kumwingijila mu bukishinka* na muchima wenu yense, vulukai bintu byakukumya byo emubila.+ 25 Bino inge mukoobengatu bintu byatama, bakemuvizha+ anweba ne mfumu wenu pamo.”+