Buku Mutanshi wa Samwela
23 Mu kuya kwa kimye Davida bamubuujile’mba: “Bena Filishitiya babena kulwa na bena Keila,+ kabiji balukuka bipujilo bya kajo.” 2 Onkao mambo, Davida wamwipwizhe Yehoba+ amba: “Nanchi ngye na kutapa bena Filishitiya nyi?” Yehoba wamukumbwile amba: “Yanga, ukebatape bena Filishitiya ne kupokolola bena Keila.” 3 Bino banabalume ba kwa Davida bamwambijile’mba: “Umvwai! Twauba moyo byo tuji muno mu Yuda;+ kabiji kikakilapo inge tukaye ku Keila na kulwa na bashilikale ba bena Filishitiya!”+ 4 Davida wamwipwizhe jibiji Yehoba.+ Kepo Yehoba amukumbwile’mba: “Imana; yanga ku Keila mambo nsakupana bena Filishitiya mu kuboko kobe.”+ 5 Onkao mambo, Davida ne bantu banji bayile ku Keila na kulwa na bena Filishitiya; wasendele bilelwa byabo kabiji waipayile bantu bavula bingi, Davida wapulwishe bangikazhi ba mu Keila.+
6 Abiata+ mwana wa kwa Ahimeleki byo anyemejile kwi Davida ku Keila, wasendele kajilaya kabula maboko. 7 Kabiji Saulo bamubuujile’mba: “Davida waiya ku Keila.” Kepo Saulo aambile’mba: “Lesa wampaye,*+ mambo wishinkila aye mwine byo atwela mu muzhi uji na binzhilo byo bashinkako na tupingilo.” 8 Onkao mambo, Saulo waichile bantu bonse kuya ku nkondo, kuba’mba baye ku Keila na kumushinkila Davida ne bantu banji. 9 Davida byo ayukile’mba Saulo ubena kukeba kwiya na kulwa ne aye, waambijile Abiata ñanga amba: “Leta kajilaya kabula maboko kuno.”+ 10 Kepo Davida aambile’mba: “Anweba Yehoba Lesa wa Isalela, amiwa kalume wenu naumvwa’mba Saulo ubena kwiya ku Keila na konauna muzhi na mambo a amiwa.+ 11 Nanchi bantangi* ba mu Keila basakumpana kwi aye nyi? Abya Saulo usakwiya kuno byonkatu byo naumvwa amiwa kalume wenu nyi? Anweba Yehoba Lesa wa Isalela, napopwela mbuulai amiwa kalume wenu.” Kepo Yehoba amukumbwile’mba: “Usakwiya.” 12 Davida waipwizhe’mba: “Nanchi bantangi ba mu Keila basakumpana amiwa ne bantu bami mu kuboko kwa kwa Saulo nyi?” Yehoba wamukumbwile’mba: “Basakukupana.”
13 Ponkapotu Davida ne bantu banji baimene, banabalume nobe 600,+ bafumineko ku Keila ne kuya konse ko bakonsheshe kuya. Saulo byo bamubuujile’mba Davida wanyemako ku Keila, aye kechi wamupupijile ne. 14 Davida waikele mu kiselebwa mu mapunzha mwakatazha kufika, mu kibunji kya mitumba kya kiselebwa kya Zifu.+ Saulo wamukebelenga kimye kyonse,+ bino Yehoba kechi wamupaine kwi aye ne. 15 Davida wayukile’mba* Saulo waimanatu pa kukeba bumi* bwanji, kimye Davida kyo ajinga mu kiselebwa kya Zifu ku Holesha.
16 Kepo Yonafwanyi mwana wa kwa Saulo ayile kwi Davida ku Holesha, kabiji wamukwashishe* kuketekela mwi Yehoba.+ 17 Wamwambijile’mba: “Kuchina ne, mambo batata ba Saulo kechi bakakutaana ne; kabiji obewa ukekala mfumu wa bena Isalela,+ ne amiwa nkekala wa kibiji kwi obewa; ne batata ba Saulo nabo bayuka kino.”+ 18 Kepo bonse babiji balayañene lulayañano+ ku meso a Yehoba, kabiji Davida waikele mu Holesha, kabiji Yonafwanyi wabwelele ku nzubo yanji.
19 Kepo banabalume bena Zifu bayile kwi Saulo ku Gibea+ ne kumubuula’mba: “Davida wafyama kwipi ne atweba+ mu mapunzha mwakatazha kufika, mu Holesha,+ ku katumbatumba ka Hakila+ kaji ku kabeta ka ku bulenge* bwa Yeshimonyi.*+ 20 Ponse po mukakebela kwiya, anweba mfumu, mukeye, kabiji ne atweba tukamupana kwi anweba mfumu.”+ 21 Ponkapo Saulo waambile’mba: “Yehoba emupeshe, mambo mwangubila lusa. 22 Nemusashijila namba, yainga mukakebe bulongo ko aji ne kuyuka muntu wamumwene, mambo bambuula’mba wajimuka bingi. 23 Muyuke bulongo mapunzha onse o afyamamo kabiji mukabwele kwi amiwa na kiyukilo. Ne amiwa popo nkaya ne anweba, kabiji inge uji monka mu kyalo, nkamukeba monka mukachi ka biumbi* bya mu Yuda.”
24 Kepo bafumineko ne kutangilako kuya ku Zifu+ Saulo saka ashala kunyuma, bino Davida ne bantu banji bajinga mu kiselebwa kya Maona,+ mu Alaba+ ku kabeta ka ku bulenge bwa Yeshimonyi. 25 Kepo Saulo aishile na bantu banji na kumukeba.+ Davida byo bamubuujile, ponkapo waimene ne kuya ku jibwe jikatampe+ ne kwikala mu kiselebwa kya Maona. Saulo byo aumvwine kino, wamupupijile Davida mu kiselebwa kya Maona. 26 Saulo byo afikile ku bushiya bumo bwa mutumba, Davida ne bantu banji bajinga ku bushiya bukwabo bwa mutumba. Davida wanyemenenga lubilo+ kuchina Saulo, bino Saulo ne bantu banji banangijilenga kwi Davida ne bantu banji amba bebakwate.+ 27 Bino kwaishile muluwe kwi Saulo ne kumubuula’mba: “Iyai bukiji, mambo bena Filishitiya balukuka kyalo!” 28 Ponkapo Saulo wikilekele kupangisha Davida+ kabiji wayile na kulwa na bena Filishitiya. O ene mambo aya mpunzha o beitumbijile’mba Jibwe ja Mabano.
29 Kepo Davida afumine kokwa ne kuya na kwikala mu mapunzha mwakatazha kufika, mu Enagedi.+