Buku Mutanshi wa Samwela

6 Jikwachi+ ja Yehoba jaikajile mu nyaunda ya bena Filishitiya bañondo batanu na babiji. 2 Bena Filishitiya baichile bañanga ba balesa ne bañanga ba lubuko+ ne kwibashikisha’mba: “Tusakuba byepi na Jikwachi ja Yehoba? Tubuulai byo tusakwijibwezha ku mpunzha yajo.” 3 Abo bakumbwile’mba: “Inge mubwezhe jikwachi ja lulayañano lwa Yehoba, Lesa wa Isalela, kange mwijibwezhe kwa kubula mulambo ne. Mwafwainwa kumupa mulambo wa mambo.+ Inge mube bino po po musakubukwa kabiji musakuyuka ene mambo o abujila kuleka kwimumanyika.” 4 Onkao mambo, bashikishe’mba: “Ñanyi mulambo wa mambo ye tusakumutumina?” Bakumbwile’mba: “Monka mwayila kuvula kwa bamfumu ba bena Filishitiya,+ mutume bipashañano bya ngolode bitanu byapasha bilonda* ne bipashañano bya bampuku bya ngolode bitanu, mambo mwalo muntutu umo wimumanyika anweba ne bamfumu benu. 5 Mwafwainwa kulenga bipashañano bya bilonda byenu+ ne bya bampuku babena konauna kyalo kyenu, kabiji mwafwainwa kunemeka Lesa wa Isalela. Kampe ukaleka kwimumanyika anweba ne balesa benu ne kyalo kyenu.+ 6 Mambo ka o mwafwainwa kukosesha michima yenu byonka byaubile bena Ijipita ne Felo?+ Byo ebakambwile,+ abo baswishishe bena Isalela kuya, ne abo bayile.+ 7 Pano nengezhai kikochikala kya katataka ne bañombe babiji baji na baana, bo bakyangye kukasapo kikonkoji. Bano bañombe mwibakashile ku kikochikala, bino baana babo mwibabwezhe ku muzhi, kwalepa na bainabo. 8 Mushikule Jikwachi ja Yehoba ne kwijibika pa kikochikala, kabiji bipashañano bya ngolode bya mulambo wa mambo byo mubena kumutumina mwibibike mu kakibokoshi kwipi na jikwachi.+ Kepo musakwijituma 9 kabiji mwijitalenga: Inge jiye mu jishinda jaya ku Bete-shemeshi+ ku nyaunda yajo, ko kuba’mba aye ye waleta kino kintu kyatama pe atweba. Pano inge ne, tusakuyuka’mba kechi ye witumanyika ne; ko kuba’mba kitumwekelatu.”

10 Bantu baubile byonka byo bebambijile. Baletele bañombe babiji bajinga na baana ne kwibakashila ku kikochikala, kabiji baana bebashinkijile mu kipaka ku muzhi. 11 Kepo babikile Jikwachi ja Yehoba pa kikochikala, pamo na kakibokoshi mwajinga bipashañano bya bampuku ne bya bilonda byabo. 12 Kabiji bañombe bashinkamenetu mu jishinda jaya ku Bete-shemeshi.+ Bayilengatu monka mu mukwakwa saka bapumbula; kechi basendukijile ku kilujo nangwa ku kipiko ne. Byo bayilenga, bamfumu ba bena Filishitiya balondejilenga panyuma kukafika ne ku mupaka wa Bete-shemeshi. 13 Bantu ba mu Bete-shemeshi banowenenga wichi mu musanza. Byo bainukile ne kumona Jikwachi, basangalele bingi pa kwijimona. 14 Kikochikala kyatwelele mu bujimi bwa kwa Yoshua mwina Bete-shemeshi ne kwimana monka kwipi na jibwe jikatampe. Kepo batetawile mapulanga a kikochikala, kabiji balambwile bañombe+ ke mulambo wa kusoka kwi Yehoba.

15 Kabiji bena Levi+ baikizhe Jikwachi ja Yehoba ne kakibokoshi kajinga kwipi najo mwajinga bipashañano bya ngolode, kabiji bebitujile pa jibwe jikatampe. Bantu ba mu Bete-shemeshi+ balambwile kwi Yehoba milambo ya kusoka ne bitapisho pa jonkaja juba.

16 Bamfumu batanu ba bena Filishitiya byo bamwene kino, babwelele ku Ekelona pa jonkaja juba. 17 Abino byo bipashañano bya ngolode byapasha bilonda bena Filishitiya byo batumine kwikala mulambo wa mambo kwi Yehoba:+ kimo kya ku Ashadoda,+ kimo kya ku Gaza, kimo kya ku Ashekelona, kimo kya ku Gata+ ne kimo kya ku Ekelona.+ 18 Nambala ya bipashañano bya bampuku bya ngolode yaesakene pamo na kuvula kwa mizhi ya bena Filishitiya yajinga ya bamfumu batanu—mizhi ya masakwa yonse ne mizhi yabula masakwa.

Ne jibwe jikatampe po batujile Jikwachi ja Yehoba jaikele ke kamonyi kufika ne lelo jino mu bujimi bwa kwa Yoshua mwina Bete-shemeshi. 19 Pano bino, Lesa waipayile bantu ba mu Bete-shemeshi, mambo bamwene Jikwachi ja Yehoba. Waipayile bantu 50,070,* kabiji bantu batendekele kujila mambo Yehoba waipayile bantu bavula bingi.+ 20 Onkao mambo, bantu ba mu Bete-shemeshi bashikishe’mba: “Ñanyi wakonsha kwimana kwipi ne Yehoba, uno Lesa wazhila,+ kabiji kwi bañanyi ko asakuya kuba’mba afume kwi atweba?”+ 21 Kepo batumine baluwe kuya ku bena Kiliata-yealimu+ ne kwibambila’mba: “Bena Filishitiya babwezha Jikwachi ja Yehoba. Iyai kuno mwijisende.”+