Mukanda wa kumpala wa Samuele
4 Na mayi a Samuele abakafikile kui bena Isalele boso.
Kunyima bena Isalele babayile mu kulua na bena Filistine; babatuudile kishalelo kiabo pepi na Ebenezere, na kishalelo kia bena Filistine kibaadi ku Afeke. 2 Bena Filistine babelongiele mu milongo bua kulua na bena Isalele, anka ngoshi tayibaadi ikile kalolo ku lupese lua bena Isalele nya, bena Filistine babaadi bebatshokole. Bena Filistine nkuipaa balume bafikie ku 4 000 babaadi abalu ngoshi mu kipia. 3 Pabaabadi balukiile mu kishalelo, bakulu ba Isalele babambile’shi: “Buakinyi Yehowa batadiila lelo uno bua’shi bena Filistine betutshokole? Tuendeyi tukaate mushete wa kilombeno wa Yehowa wi ku Shilo, bua’shi wikale netu na witupashe ku maasa kua beshikuanyi betu.” 4 Biabia babatumine bantu ku Shilo, n’abo nkukafika na mushete wa kilombeno wa Yehowa a biluilo, aye mushale mu nkuasa a bufumu kunundu* kua bakeluba. Bana babidi ba Eli, Ofeni na Finease babaadi dingi paapa pa mbalo ibaadi mushete wa kilombeno w’Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi.
5 Biabia, anka mushete wa kilombeno wa Yehowa uki’aufiki mu kishalelo, bena Isalele boso bababangile kuela misaase i bukopo, mu mushindo ubaadi utshinkishe mpa na nsenga. 6 Pabapushishe bena Filistine tuleo tua yaaya misaase i bukopo, babambile’shi: “Buakinyi kui misaase i bukopo bino mu kishalelo kia bena Ebelu?” Akupu babaukile’shi mushete wa Yehowa ngufikie mu kishalelo. 7 Paapa moo nkukuata bena Filistine, muanda babambile’shi: “Efile Mukulu bafiki mu kishalelo!” Babambile’nyi’shi: “Tubamono malua baboo, muanda kasha kintu ki bino takiabandile kukitshika! 8 Tubamono malua baboo! A nnanyi etupaasha kuiyaasa dia uno Efile Mukulu mukata? Uno Efile Mukulu nyi baadi muipee bena Ejipitu na malua a mishindo yoso mu kabaaka. 9 Anue bena Filistine nyingayi mashimba na nukite mianda bu bana balume, bua’shi tanufubilanga bena Ebelu bu biabadi benufubile. Kitayi mianda bu bana balume na nulue ngoshi!” 10 Biabia bena Filistine babaluile ngoshi na abo nkutshokola bena Isalele, na muntu oso basuukile enda ku kashibo kaye k’epema. Babayipayile bantu bebungi; na munkatshi mua bena Isalele, kubafuile basalayi 30 000 babaadi lua ngua. 11 Dingi babanyengiele Mushete wa Kilombeno w’Efile Mukulu, na bana babidi ba Eli, Ofeni na Finease babafuile.
12 Muntu a mu kisamba kia Benyamine bakatukile lubilo kubabaadi abaluila ngoshi na aye nkukafika ku Shilo nka mu diadia efuku, bilamba biaye bibaadi bisanukie na baadi muipongie nsenga mu mutue. 13 Pabafikile, Eli baadi mushale mu nkuasa pepi n’eshinda kuete kutengiela, muanda baadi na moo bua Mushete w’Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi. Yawa muntu batuelele mu kibundi bua kuukisha mukandu, na kibundi kishima kibabangile kudila. 14 Pabapushishe Eli tuleo tua kuakua kudila, bayipuishe’shi: “A tuno tuleo ntua kinyi?” Yawa muntu umune bafikile bukidibukidi mu kulungula Eli mukandu. 15 (Eli baadi na bipua 98 na baadi mupue kufua meso, tabaadi mulombene dingi kumona nya.) 16 Paapa yawa muntu balunguile Eli’shi: “Ami nyi muntu bakatuka kuabaluila ngoshi! Nekusuuku nka lelo uno.” Eli bamuipuishe’shi: “A nkinyi kibakitshika muana ande?” 17 Yawa muntu bafikile na mukandu bambile’shi: “Isalele basuuku bena Filistine, na kubafu bantu be bungi bukile; mpa na bana bobe babidi, Ofeni na Finease babaafu, babanyengie na mushete w’Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi.”
18 Pabaadi nka yawa muntu ki’atemuna Mushete w’Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi, Eli baponene mualame mu nkuasa abaadi mushale pepi na kiibi, batshokokiele nshingo aye nkufua, muanda baadi mununu na baadi bushito. Baadi musambishe Isalele munda mua bipua 40. 19 Mukashi a muana aaye, mukashi a Finease baadi n’eyimi na baadi pepi na kutanda. Pabapushishe mukandu wa’shi mbanyengie mushete w’Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi, na’shi nshaye mueno na mulume aaye babaafu, baadi muiname muanda munda mubamukuatshile musango umune, na aye nkutanda. 20 Aye taadi afu, bakashi babaadi bemane pepi naye babamulunguile’shi: “Totshinanga, muanda botanda muana mulume.” Anka tabaadi muibaluule sunga kutuula binangu biaye kuakua. 21 Kadi baudikile yawa muana bu Ikabode,* muanda bambile’shi: “Ntumbo ibakatuka mu Isalele ibende mu bupika.” Bakuile bino muanda babaadi banyengie Mushete w’Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi na bua kibaadi kifikile nshaye mueno mpa na mulume aaye. 22 Bambile’shi: “Ntumbo ibakatuka mu Isalele ibende mu bupika, muanda babaadi banyengie Mushete w’Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi.”