Mukanda wa kumpala wa Samuele
19 Pashishe Shaula wakambila muanende Yonatana ne bena mudimu bende bonso bua kushipa Davidi.+ 2 Bu muvua Yonatana muana wa Shaula munange Davidi bikole,+ Yonatana wakambila Davidi ne: “Tatuanyi Shaula mmusue kukushipesha. Ndi nkulomba bua udimuke mu dinda, uye muaba musokome, ushale musokome. 3 Nempatuke ne nengimane ku luseke lua tatu mu mpata muwikala. Nengambile tatu bualu buebe, ne meme mumvue bualu, tshiakupanga kukuambilabu to.”+
4 Nunku Yonatana wakakuila Davidi+ kudi tatuende Shaula. Wakamuambila ne: “Mukalenge kena ne bua kuenzela muena mudimu wende Davidi bualu bubi to, bualu yeye ki mmukuenzele bualu bubi ne malu adiye mukuenzele mmakuambuluishe. 5 Uvua muteke muoyo wende mu njiwu* bua kushipa muena Peleshete,+ nunku Yehowa kupeshaye Isalele mujima ditshimuna dinene.* Wewe uvua mumone bualu abu ne uvua musanke bikole. Mpindieu bua tshinyi udi ne bua kuenzela mashi adi kaayi ne bualu bibi pa kushipa Davidi kakuyi bualu?”+ 6 Shaula wakateleja Yonatana, ne Shaula wakaditshipa ne: “Bushuwa anu bu mudi Yehowa ne muoyo, kakushipibua to.” 7 Pashishe Yonatana wakabikila Davidi ne wakamuambila malu aa onso. Nunku Yonatana wakaya ne Davidi kudi Shaula, yeye kutungunuka ne kumuenzela mudimu anu bu kumpala.+
8 Pakapita matuku mvita yakakutuka kabidi, ne Davidi wakapatuka, kuluanganaye ne bena Peleshete, kubashipaye dishipa dia dikema, bobu kunyema kumpala kuende.
9 Nyuma mubi wa kudi Yehowa wakakuata Shaula+ pavuaye musombe mu nzubu muende ne difuma mu tshianza, pavua eku Davidi wenda wimba lunzenze.+ 10 Shaula wakajinga kulamatshisha Davidi ku tshimanu ne difuma, kadi Davidi wakanyema Shaula, Shaula kubueja difuma mu tshimanu. Davidi wakanyema, yeye kudisungila butuku abu. 11 Pashishe Shaula wakatuma bantu ku nzubu kua Davidi bua kumutentekela ne kumushipa mu dinda,+ kadi Mikala mukaji wa Davidi wakamuambila ne: “Wewe kuyi munyeme* butuku ebu, badi bakushipa malaba.” 12 Diakamue Mikala wakapuekeshila Davidi ku dididishi, bua anyeme ne adisungile. 13 Mikala wakangata lupingu lua telafima,* kulutekaye pa bulalu, ne wakateka bukondo bua miosa ya mbuji muaba uvuaye utekela mutu, yeye kulubuikila tshilamba.
14 Mpindieu Shaula wakatuma bantu bua kukuata Davidi, kadi Mikala wakamba ne: “Udi usama.” 15 Nunku Shaula wakatuma bantu bua kutangila Davidi ne wakabambila ne: “Muntuadilayi pa bulalu bua bamushipe.”+ 16 Pakabuela bantu abu, bakamona lupingu lua telafima* pa bulalu ne bukondo bua miosa ya mbuji muaba uvua mutu wende ne bua kuikala. 17 Shaula wakambila Mikala ne: “Bua tshinyi udi munshime nunku ne mulekele muena lukuna wanyi+ uya bua adisungile?” Mikala wakandamuna Shaula ne: “Uvua mungambile ne: ‘Ndekela nye, tshianana ndi nkushipa!’”
18 Mpindieu Davidi uvua munyeme, yeye kudisungila, kuyaye kudi Samuele ku Lama.+ Wakamuambila malu onso avua Shaula mumuenzele. Pashishe yeye ne Samuele bakumbuka, kuyabu kusombela mu Nayota.+ 19 Pashishe bakalua kuambila Shaula ne: “Tangila! Davidi udi mu Nayota mu Lama.” 20 Diakamue Shaula wakatuma bantu bua bakuate Davidi. Pakamonabu baprofete ba bakulumpe bamba mêyi a buprofete ne Samuele muimane ubalombola, nyuma wa Nzambi wakatulukila bantu bavua Shaula mutume, ne bakatuadija pabu kuenza malu bu baprofete.
21 Pakambilabu Shaula bualu ebu, wakatuma diakamue bantu bakuabu, ne bobu pabu bakatuadija kuenza malu bu baprofete. Nunku Shaula wakatuma kabidi bantu bakuabu, tshisumbu tshisatu, bobu pabu bakatuadija kuenza malu bu baprofete. 22 Ndekelu wa bionso wakaya pende ku Lama. Pakafikaye ku tshina tshinene tshia kulamina mâyi tshidi mu Seku, wakebeja ne: “Samuele ne Davidi badi penyi?” Bakamuandamuna ne: “Badi mu Nayota+ mu Lama.” 23 Pavua Shaula umbuka kuntu aku mutangile ku Nayota mu Lama, nyuma wa Nzambi wakamutulukila pende, ne wakaya wenda wenza malu bu muprofete too ne pakafikaye mu Nayota mu Lama. 24 Yeye pende wakakopola bilamba ne wakatuadija pende kuenza malu bu muprofete kumpala kua Samuele, ne wakalala panshi butaka* dituku dionso adi ne butuku buonso abu. Ke bualu kayi badi bamba ne: “Shaula ukadi pende munkatshi mua baprofete anyi?”+