Mukanda wa kumpala wa Samuele
24 Diakamue pavua Shaula mupingane ufuma ku dilondakaja bena Peleshete, bakamuambila ne: “Tangila! Davidi udi mu tshipela tshia Ene-gedi.”+
2 Ke Shaula kuangata bantu balume 3 000 basungula mu Isalele mujima, kuyaye bua kukeba Davidi ne bantu bende pa mbuebue itu mbuji ya ku mikuna isombela. 3 Shaula wakafika ku bikumbi bia mikoko bia mabue bivua kumpenga kua njila, ne muaba au uvua nyongolo; wakabuelamu bua kusesuka* pavua eku Davidi ne bantu bende basombe mu nyongolo amu lua mu ndekelu muvua mufiikuluke.+ 4 Bantu ba Davidi bakamuambila ne: “Edi ke dituku didi Yehowa ukuambila ne: ‘Mona! Ndi mfila muena lukuna webe mu tshianza tshiebe+ ne udi mua kumuenzela tshionso tshidi tshimueneka tshimpe ku mêsu kuebe.’” Nunku Davidi wakajuka, kukosaye luzembe lua muzabi wa kawuyi maboko wa Shaula mu musokoko. 5 Kadi pashishe muoyo wa* Davidi wakatuadija kumututa+ bualu uvua mukose luzembe lua muzabi wa kawuyi maboko wa Shaula. 6 Wakambila bantu bende ne: “Ku mêsu kua Yehowa tshiena mua kuenzela mukalenge wanyi, muela manyi wa Yehowa, bualu bua mushindu eu pa kujula tshianza tshianyi bua kumuenzela bibi to, bualu yeye mmuela manyi wa Yehowa.”+ 7 Nunku Davidi wakakanda* bantu bende ne mêyi aa, ne kakabanyishila bua bobu kubunda Shaula to. Kadi Shaula wakajuka, kupatukaye mu nyongolo ne kutungunukaye ne njila wende.
8 Pashishe Davidi wakajuka, kupatukaye mu nyongolo, kuelaye Shaula dîyi ne: “Mfumu mukalenge wanyi!”+ Pavua Shaula mukudimuke mutangile panyima pende, Davidi wakinama mutangije mpala panshi, pashishe kutuaye mpala panshi. 9 Davidi wakambila Shaula ne: “Bua tshinyi udi uteleja mêyi a bantu badi bamba ne: ‘Mona! Davidi udi ukeba kukuenzela bibi’?+ 10 Dituku dia lelu edi mêsu ebe mmadimuene muvua Yehowa mukufile mu tshianza tshianyi mu nyongolo. Kadi pavua muntu mukuabu mungambile bua kukushipa,+ mvua mukumvuile luse, meme kuamba ne: ‘Tshiakujula tshianza tshianyi bua kuenzela mukalenge wanyi bibi to, bualu mmuela manyi wa Yehowa.’+ 11 Tangila, tatu wanyi, bushuwa, mona luzembe lua muzabi webe wa kawuyi maboko mu tshianza tshianyi; bualu pamvua mukose luzembe lua muzabi webe wa kawuyi maboko, mvua mua kuikala kabidi mukushipe, kadi tshiena mukushipe to. Mpindieu udi mua kumona ne kumvua ne: tshiena musue kukuenzela bibi anyi kukutombokela to, ne tshiena mukuenzele bibi+ nansha muudi wewe wenda undondakaja bua kuangata muoyo* wanyi.+ 12 Yehowa akose tshilumbu tshietu nebe,+ ne Yehowa adisombuele kuudi bua bualu buanyi,+ kadi tshianza tshianyi tshiotshi katshiakukuenzela bibi to.+ 13 Anu bu mudi lusumuinu lua kale luamba ne: ‘Bubi budi bufumina kudi bantu babi,’ nunku tshianza tshianyi katshiakukuenzela bibi to. 14 Mukalenge mmupatuke bua kulonda nganyi? Udi wenda wipata nganyi? Mmbua mufue anyi? Mmutole wa tshianana anyi?+ 15 Yehowa ikale mulumbuluishi, akose tshilumbu tshietu nebe, neakonkonone tshilumbu etshi ne neangakuile,+ neandumbuluishe ne neansungile mu tshianza tshiebe.”
16 Dîba divua Davidi mujikije kuambila Shaula mêyi aa, Shaula wakebeja ne: “Muananyi Davidi, adi dîyi ndiebe anyi?”+ Ke Shaula kutuadija kudila ne dîyi dikole. 17 Wakambila Davidi ne: “Udi muakane kumpita meme bualu udi mungenzele malu mimpe, kadi meme ndi mukufute malu mabi.+ 18 Bushuwa, lelu udi mungambile bualu buimpe buuvua muenze pa kubenga kunshipa pavua Yehowa mumfile mu tshianza tshiebe.+ 19 Bualu mmuntu kayi udi mua kupeta muena lukuna wende ne kumulekela uya kayi umuenzela bibi? Yehowa neakufute malu mimpe+ bua bualu buudi mungenzele lelu. 20 Mpindieu tangila! Ndi mumanye ne: bushuwa neukokeshe bu mukalenge,+ ne bukalenge bua Isalele nebunenge mu tshianza tshiebe. 21 Mpindieu ditshipa kundi mu dîna dia Yehowa+ ne: kuakujimija ndelanganyi* yanyi yalonda panyima panyi ne kuakujimija dîna dianyi mu nzubu wa tatuanyi to.”+ 22 Ke Davidi kuditshipa kudi Shaula, pashishe Shaula kupinganaye kuende.+ Kadi Davidi ne bantu bende bakabanda bobu muaba wa kusokomena+.