Buku Mutanshi wa Samwela
13 Saulo wajinga na myaka ya kusemwa . . .* byo aikele mfumu,+ kabiji walamine bena Isalela myaka ibiji. 2 Saulo wasajile banabalume 3,000 mu bena Isalela; pa bano, banabalume 2,000 bajinga ne Saulo ku Mikimashi ne mu mpunzha ya mitumba ya Betele, kabiji banabalume 1,000 bajinga ne Yonafwanyi+ ku Gibea+ wa mu Benjamina. Bantu bonse bashala wibambijile kubwela ku matente abo. 3 Kabiji Yonafwanyi watapile bashilikale ba bena Filishitiya+ bajinga mu Geba,+ ne bena Filishitiya baumvwine kino. Saulo wavuminye lusengo+ mu kyalo kyonse ne kubijika’mba: “Bahebelu bomvwe!” 4 Bena Isalela bonse baumvwine uno sawakya wa kuba’mba: “Saulo watapa bashilikale ba bena Filishitiya, pano bena Isalela bebashikwa ku bena Filishitiya.” Onkao mambo, bantu bebakambizhe kulondela Saulo ku Giligala.+
5 Bena Filishitiya nabo bakonkene pamo amba balwe na bena Isalela, bajinga na makalaki a nkondo 30,000 ne benda pa bambili bajinga 6,000 ne bashilikale bavujile bingi nobe busenga bwa ku kitulu kya kalunga ka mema;+ kabiji bayile ne kukatebelela ku Mikimashi ku musela wa Bete-avena.+ 6 Kabiji bena Isalela bamwene’mba baji mu lukatazho, mambo bapelejilwe bingi; onkao mambo, bantu bakafyamine mu mayengo,+ mu mimbwa, mu mabwe akatampe, mu bibamba bya panshi* ne mu mishima* mwabula mema. 7 Bahebelu bamo baabukile Yodano ne kuya ku kyalo kya Gadi ne Gileada.+ Bino Saulo washajile mu Giligala, ne bantu bonse bamulondejilenga bazakaminenga. 8 Wapembelejilenga pa moba atanu na abiji poso kimye kyatongwele Samwela byo kyafikile, bino Samwela kechi waishile ku Giligala ne, kabiji bantu batendekele kumupalañana Saulo. 9 Kepo Saulo aambile’mba: “Ndetelai bitapisho bya kusoka ne bitapisho bya mutende.” Kabiji watapishishe kitapisho kya kusoka.+
10 Bino byo apwishishetu kutapisha kitapisho kya kusoka, Samwela wasolomokele. Kepo Saulo ayile na kumutundaila ne kumwimuna. 11 Ponkapo Samwela wamushikishe’mba: “Ñanyi kintu kyo wauba?” Saulo wamukumbwile’mba: “Naji kumona’mba bantu babena kumpalañana,+ ne anweba kechi mwaji kufika pa kimye kyo mwatongwele ne, kabiji bena Filishitiya bakonkenenga pamo ku Mikimashi.+ 12 Onkao mambo, naji kulanguluka namba, ‘Bena Filishitiya basakwiya na kulwa ne amiwa ku Giligala, kabiji kechi nalomba kala bibusa* kwi Yehoba ne.’ Onkao mambo, naji kumona’mba nafwainwa kutapisha kitapisho kya kusoka.”
13 Ponkapo Samwela waambijile Saulo amba: “Wauba kintu kya kubula maana. Kechi wakookela mukambizho Yehoba Lesa wobe ye akukambizhe ne.+ Inge waji kukookela, Yehoba inge waikajika bufumu bobe kikupu pa bena Isalela. 14 Pano bufumu bobe kechi bukekala myaka yavula ne.+ Yehoba ukamonapo muntu wamutokela ku muchima,+ kabiji Yehoba ukamutongola kwikala ntangi wa bantu banji,+ mambo obewa kechi wakookela byakukambizhe Yehoba ne.”+
15 Ponkapo Samwela wafumineko ku Giligala ne kuya ku Gibea wa mu Benjamina, kabiji Saulo wabajile bantu; bo ashajile nabo bajinga nobe banabalume 600.+ 16 Saulo, mwananji aye Yonafwanyi ne bantu bo bashajile nabo baikelenga mu Geba+ wa mu Benjamina, kabiji bena Filishitiya batebelejile ku Mikimashi.+ 17 Kabiji mazhita afumanga mu kampu wa bena Filishitiya mu bipanyi bisatu. Kipanyi kimo kyayanga mu jishinda jaya ku Ofula, ku kyalo kya Shuwala; 18 kipanyi kya bubiji kyayanga mu jishinda jaya ku Bete-holona;+ ne kipanyi kya busatu kyayanga mu jishinda jaya ku mupaka watalañana na kimpachiko kya Zeboimu, kiji kwipi na kiselebwa.
19 Mu bena Isalela kechi mwajingapo muntu nangwa umo wayukile kubunda ne, o ene mambo bena Filishitiya o baambilenga’mba: “Bahebelu bakeya kubunda mapoko nangwa mafumo.” 20 Onkao mambo, bena Isalela bonse bayangatu ku bena Filishitiya na kunonesha mapulao, mapiki, tupasa ne bikwakwa byabo. 21 Mutengo wa kunonesha mapulao, mapiki, mafoloko a meno asatu, tupasa ne mingele ya kusenda pa kufunga banyama wajinga pimu* umo. 22 Kabiji mu juba ja nkondo, kafwako muntu wajinga na mpoko nangwa jifumo pa bantu bajinga ne Saulo ne Yonafwanyi ne;+ kanatu Saulo ne mwananji aye Yonafwanyi bo bajinga na bilwilo.
23 Kabiji jibumba* ja bashilikale ba bena Filishitiya jayile ne kukapita ku kinkunenke kya ku Mikimashi.+