Buka ea Bobeli ea Samuele

5 Ka mor’a nako, maloko ’ohle a Iseraele a tla ho Davida Hebrone+ a fihla a re: “Re bana beno.*+ 2 Nakong e fetileng ha Saule e ne e le morena oa rona, ke uena ea neng a etella Iseraele pele ha e il’o loana.*+ Jehova o itse ho uena: ‘U tla lisa sechaba sa ka sa Iseraele ’me u tla ba moeta-pele oa Iseraele.’”+ 3 Baholo bohle ba Iseraele ba tla Hebrone ho morena ’me Morena Davida a etsa selekane le bona+ Hebrone ka pel’a Jehova. Eaba ba tlotsa Davida hore e be morena oa Iseraele.+

4 Davida o ne a le lilemo li 30 ha e e-ba morena ’me o ile a busa ka lilemo tse 40.+ 5 Ha a le Hebrone o ile a busa Juda ka lilemo tse supileng le likhoeli tse tšeletseng ’me Jerusalema+ teng a busa Iseraele eohle le Juda ka lilemo tse 33. 6 Morena le banna ba hae ba ea Jerusalema ho ea loantša Bajebuse+ ba neng ba lula naheng eo. Ba ne ba nyefola Davida ba re: “U ke ke oa kena mona! Esita le lifofu le ba holofetseng ba tla u leleka.” Ba ne ba nahana hore Davida a ke ke a hapa motse oo.+ 7 Leha ho le joalo, Davida a hapa motse o sireletsehileng oa Sione, oo hona joale o bitsoang Motse oa Davida.+ 8 Letsatsing leo Davida a re: “Ba hlaselang Bajebuse ba sebelise kotopo ea metsi ho bolaea ba holofetseng le ba foufetseng, bao Davida a ba hloileng.” Ke kahoo ho thoeng: “Ba foufetseng le ba holofetseng ba ke ke ba kena ka tlung.” 9 Davida a lula motseng o sireletsehileng. O ne o bitsoa* Motse oa Davida. Davida a qala ho haha ho tloha Qubung*+ ho kenella ka hare.+ 10 Kahoo, Davida a ’na a ba matla le ho feta+ ’me Jehova Molimo oa mabotho o ne a e-na le eena.+

11 Morena Hirame+ oa Tire a romela baromuoa ho Davida, a romela le lifate tsa kedare,+ batho ba sebetsang ka mapolanka le ba betlang majoe bakeng sa ho haha marako. Eaba ba qala ho hahela Davida ntlo.*+ 12 Davida o ne a tseba hore Jehova o tiisitse borena ba hae Iseraele+ le hore o entse hore ’muso oa hae o be matla+ molemong oa sechaba sa hae sa Iseraele.+

13 Davida o ile a ba le lirethe+ le basali ba bangata Jerusalema ha a tsoa Hebrone, o ile a ba le bara le barali ba bangata.+ 14 Ana ke mabitso a bana ba hae ba hlahetseng Jerusalema: Shamua, Shobabe, Nathane,+ Solomone,+ 15 Ibare, Elishua, Nefege, Jafia, 16 Elishama, Eliada le Elifelete.

17 Ha Bafilista ba utloa hore Davida o tlotsitsoe hore e be morena oa Iseraele,+ Bafilista bohle ba tla ho tla loantša Davida.+ Ha Davida a utloa taba ena, a theohela sebakeng se sireletsehileng.+ 18 Joale Bafilista ba fihla ba hasana Khohlong* ea Refaime.+ 19 Davida a botsa Jehova+ a re: “Na nka ea ke e’o loantša Bafilista? Na u tla nthusa hore ke ba hlole?” Eaba Jehova o re ho Davida: “Tsamaea hobane ke tla u thusa hore u hlole Bafilista.”+ 20 Kahoo, Davida a ea Baale-perazime ’me a ba bolaela moo. Eaba o re: “Jehova o hlotse lira tsa ka+ joaloka lerako le lihiloeng ke metsi.” Ke ka lebaka leo a ileng a bitsa sebaka seo Baale-perazime.*+ 21 Bafilista ba siea melimo ea bona ea litšoantšo moo ’me Davida le banna ba hae ba e lahla.

22 Hamorao Bafilista ba boela ba tla ’me ba hasana Khohlong* ea Refaime.+ 23 Eaba Davida o botsa Jehova empa a mo araba a re: “U se ke oa nyolohela ho bona ka ho toba. Empa u ba pote ka morao ’me u ba hlasele u hlaha ka pel’a lihlahla tsa bak’ha. 24 Ha u utloa lerata la masole a tsamaeang holim’a lihlahla tsa bak’ha, u a hlasele hang-hang hobane Jehova o tla be a u eteletse pele ho ea bolaea masole a Bafilista.” 25 Davida a etsa feela joalokaha Jehova a mo laetse eaba o bolaea Bafilista+ ho tloha Geba+ ho ea fihla Gezere.+