Buku Yimmuadi yi Samueli
18 Bosi Davidi wutangisa masodi mandi ayi wubieka zimfumu zi 1.000 ayi zi 100 di masodi. 2 Davidi wukabula masodi mandi mu mangumba matatu. Wutula dingumba ditheti mu thuadusulu yi Joabe, dimmuadi mu thuadusulu yi Abizai muana wu Zeruia khomba Joabe ayi dingumba dintatu mu thuadusulu yi Itai musi Gati. Bosi ntinu wuba kamba: “Minu mvama yinkuenda yinu.” 3 Vayi bawu bankamba: “Ngie wulendi kuenda ko yitu, kibila befu kutina voti ba kuvonda nduka masodi mitu moso, bawu balasa ma kuazukila ko kibila ngiewu bawu bantomba kuvonda. Kuidi befu, ngie ntinu widi buka 10.000 di masodi mitu. Diawu, bika kukuenda yitu vayi siala ku divula muingi wu tufila lusalusu.” 4 Ntinu Davidi wuba kamba: “Yinkuiza vanga mambu luma tuba.” Mu phila ayoyo, Ntinu Davidi wuba va ndeku muelu wu divula bo masodi baba basika mu mangumba ma 100 ayi 1.000 di masodi. 5 Bosi ntinu wukamba mambu amama kuidi Joabe, Abizai ayi Itai: “Bikanu kuvonda muanꞌama Absaloni, kibila minu yikunzolanga.” Masodi moso bayuwa bo ntinu kavana zithuadusulu aziozio matedi Absaloni kuidi zimfumu zioso zi masodi.
6 Bosi masodi ma Davidi bayenda kue nuanisa masodi ma Isaeli, ayi banuanina mvita beni mu nsitu wu mvila wu Efraim. 7 Masodi ma Davidi banunga masodi ma Isaeli ayi bavonda 20.000 di masodi ma Isaeli. 8 Mvita wuyiza ba wungolo va kibuangu beni ayi mu kilumbu beni, nsitu wuluta vonda batu kena batu masodi bavonda.
9 Absaloni wuba va mbata phunda bo kayenda kue nuanisa masodi ma Davidi. Ayi bo kaba tina masodi beni, phunda* kaba yiviokila kutsi nti wunneni ayi ntu wu Absaloni wukandana mu matafi ma nti beni. Mu phila ayoyo, Absaloni wulelama mu nti, vayi kibulu kabe diatila kisa ḿbika vana. 10 Vaba mutu wumueka wumona mawu ayi nandi wuyenda kue kamba mawu kuidi Joabe: “Yibe mona Absaloni belelama mu nti wunneni.” 11 Joabe wukamba mutu beni: “Boti ngie bemmona kibila mbi be khambu kumvondila? Boti ngie bemvonda, khanu minu yinkuiza kuvana phonda* ayi kumi di zimbongo zi palata.” 12 Vayi dibakala beni wukamba Joabe: “Kheti ba kuphana 1.000 di zimbongo zi palata minu yilendi vonda ko muana wu ntinu, kibila befu boso tube kuwa mambu kabe kukamba, kabe kamba Abizai ayi Itai: ‘Bikanu kuvonda muanꞌama Absaloni kibila minu yikunzolanga.’ 13 Boti minu yibe mvonda mu khambu tumukina ntinu, khanu ntinu wunkuiza zaba mawu, ayi khanu ngie mfumuꞌama wisinkuiza khakidila ko mu mioko miandi.” 14 Joabe wutuba: “Yisi bue bungisa ko thanguꞌama mu kukoluka yaku.” Mu phila ayoyo, Joabe wubonga madionga matatu, ayi bo kayenda kue bata Absaloni wumonyo ayi wukandana mu nti, nandi wumbanda didionga mu ntima. 15 Bosi kumi di bisadi baba natanga mata ma Joabe bavitila, bamanisa kuvonda Absaloni. 16 Joabe wusika phungi ayi masodi ma Davidi babika kubue nuanisa masodi ma Isaeli. Mu phila ayoyo, mvita wumana. 17 Masodi ma Davidi baloza Absaloni mu dibulu dinneni diba mu nsitu beni, ayi batula mamanya mu dibulu beni. Vayi masodi moso ma Isaeli bavutuka mu zi nzo ziawu.
18 Bo Absaloni kaba wu monyo, nandi wutelimisa dikunzi va ḿbuinga wu ntinu kibila wutuba: “Dizina diama dilenda zimbala, kibila yisi ko ne muana dibakala.” Diawu kavanina dikunzi beni dizina diandi, ayi nate bubu bantedilanga dikunzi beni, dikunzi di Absaloni.
19 Aimaás muana wu Zadoki wutuba: “Lemvuka mbika yenda muingi yezabikisa zitsangu aziozio kuidi ntinu, kibila Yave bemvangila mambu masonga mu kumvukisa mu mioko mi zimbeni ziandi.” 20 Vayi Joabe wunkamba: “Bubu bakana ko ngie wunkuiza nata zitsangu, kibila muana wu ntinu befua.” 21 Joabe wukamba musi Kuchi:* “Yenda kuidi ntinu ayi nkamba mambu ngie bemona.” Bosi musi Kuchi beni wuyinika ntu vantuala Joabe ayi wuyenda. 22 Aimaás muana Zadoki wubue dinda kuidi Joabe: “Lemvuka boso kua bubela mambu yilenda monikina, bika yilandakana musi Kuchi.” Vayi Joabe wunkamba: “Muanꞌama kibila mbi ngie mvaku wuntombila kukuenda mu kuzaba ti vasiedi ko zitsangu zinkaka muingi wuzabikisa kuidi ntinu?” 23 Vayi Aimaás wutatamana kutuba: “Boso kua bubela mambu yilenda monikina phana nsua muingi yenda. Mu kibila akiokio, Joabe wunkamba: “Yenda” ayi Aimaás wuduma ayi wuviokila mu nzila yidi ku kizunga ki Yolidani ayi wuvioka musi Kuchi.
24 Davidi wuba wukala va ndeku mielu mi divula ayi bo nsungi kamaka kuyilu kibanga kiba va ndeku muelu wu divula, nandi wumona dibakala dimueka waba duma naveka. 25 Nsungi beni wutenduka muingi kuzabikisa mawu kuidi ntinu ayi ntinu wunkamba: “Boti nandi widi mu kukuiza naveka, buna zitsangu kadi mu kutuala.” Ayi bo dibakala beni kaba fikama, 26 nsungi wubue mona dibakala dinkaka waba duma. Diawu nsungi kakambila nkengididi wu mielu: “Yidi mu kubue mona dibakala dinkaka widi mu kuduma naveka.” Ntinu Davidi wutuba: “Dibakala adiodio mvandi zitsangu kadi mu kutuala.” 27 Nsungi wutuba: “Mu phila dibakala ditheti kadi mu kudumina ḿba nandi widi Aimaás muana wu Zadoki.” Ntinu Davidi wutuba: “Aimaás mavanga mamboti madi yandi diawu zitsangu zimboti kadi mu kutuala.” 28 Aimaás wukamba ntinu mu mbembu yinangama: “Mamoso madi mu kukuenda kuandi buboti.” Bosi Aimaás wufukama vantuala ntinu wuyinika kizizi kiandi va tsi ayi wutuba: “Bika Yave Nzambiꞌaku no mavonda batu boso babe kubalukila kazitusu.”
29 Ntinu Davidi wuyuvula Aimaás: “Muanꞌama Absaloni widi buboti?” Aimaás wumvutudila: “Bo Joabe kabe tuma kisadi kiaku ayi bo kabe kuthuma, yibe mona batu bawombo babedi bakutakana ayi vabe ba ntengu ntengu vayi yisazaba ko mambu mbi mabe monika.” 30 Ntinu Davidi wukamba Aimaás: “Ba va khonzu muingi tutemina dibakala dinkaka widi mu kukuiza.” Mu phila ayoyo, Aimaás wuvenguka ayi wuvingila.
31 Bosi musi Kuchi wuvitila ayi wutuba: “A ntinu azizi ziawu zitsangu yima kutuadila: Bubu Yave ma kuvangila mambu masonga mu kukuvukisa mu mioko mi batu boso ba kubalukila.” 32 Vayi ntinu Davidi wuyuvula musi Kuchi: “Khambabu muanꞌama Absaloni widi kuandi buboti?” Musi Kuchi beni wutambudila ntinu: “Bika zimbeni ziaku zioso, baboso ba kubalukila ayi bantomba kuku vanga bubi bamanina buka Absaloni.”
33 Ntinu Davidi wuyiza ba beni kiunda ayi wumaka kuyilu kibanga kiba va ndeku muelu wu divula. Nandi waba dila bo kaba kue diatanga ayi waba tuba: “Muanꞌama Absaloni, muanꞌama, muanꞌama Absaloni. Bulutidi boti minu yibe fuila va mvingiꞌaku Absaloni muanꞌama, muanꞌama.”