Ngwa ne Bafilisitiya
1 Saulo wakabe ana makole ali makumi matatu ha etangisa kubusa, ngono kabusa Iziraela makole mabili. 2 Saulo wakashalula balume bali zwiwulu zwitatu (3 000) mu Iziraela, bali zwiwulu zwibili (2 000) bakabe banaye ku Mikimashi ne ku shango ye matuthu ye Bhetele, ngono bali tjiwulu (1 000) bakabe bana Jonatani ku Gibiya mu Bhenjamini. Balume bakasala kabashandusila ku mizi yabo.
3 Jonatani wakakunda kampa ye babhayani be Bafilisitiya bakabe bali ku Gebha, ngono Bafilisitiya bakahwa ngekwako. Ngono Saulo kalidza lunyanga shango yose eti, “Bahebheru ngabahwe!” 4 Ndizo Baiziraela bose bakahwa kuti Saulo wakunda mphatho we babhayani be Bafilisitiya, nenge kuti Iziraela yatjibengiwa nge Bafilisitiya. Ngono bathu bakadang'wa kunobhatshana na Saulo ku Giligala.
5 Bafilisitiya bakakubunganila kubhayana ne Iziraela, bakabe bana koloyi dze ngwa dzili zwiwulu zwili makumi matatu (30 000) ne batathi be mbizi bali zwiwulu zwili zwitathatu (6 000) ne babhayani banjinji se nsetje umu phili ye gungwa. Bakatathila bakakubungana ku Mikimashi ku bhezhuba kwe Bhetiaveni. 6 Kwakati balume be Iziraela bebona kuti babe mu tjimo tjakamanikana, ngobe bathu bamanikana kwazo, bakabgwata mu makuhwu ne mu mwina ne mu shongwe ne mu zwikumbu ne mu matshime akakopogwa mu shongwe. 7 Bamwe Bahebheru ibo bakatjuluka gwizi gwe Jorodani bakayenda ku shango ye Gadi ne Giliyadi.
Saulo wakabe atji ku Giligala, ngono bathu bose bakantobela betetema. 8 Wakalinda kwe mazhuba ali kutendeka, tjili tjibaka tjakabe tjabigwa ndi Samuele, koga Samuele aazozha ku Giligali, ngono bathu bakatangisa palala. 9 Ndizo Saulo kabe eti, “Zhisani tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa ne tjibhayilo tje mbakiso.” Ngono kapisa tjibhayilo tjinopisiwa. 10 Wakati koga epedza kupisa tjibhayilo, Samuele kabe eswika, ngono Saulo kabhuda kunonshanganidza endumilisa. 11 Samuele kambhuzwa kati, “Apa wathamani kene?”
Saulo kadabila eti, “Ndakati ndibona kuti bathu banopalala bendisiya, ne kuti imwi amuzozha nge zhuba lamakabiga, ngono Bafilisitiya bakubungana ku Mikimashi, 12 azwidwa ati, ‘Ngwenu Bafilisitiya bawodelukila kundili ku Giligala, ngono andizokumbila bhatsho ya Yahwe.’ Ndizo azwisunga, athama tjibhayilo.”
13 Samuele kadwa Saulo kati, “Wathama bulengwe, auzolondolodza nlayo wa Yahwe Ndzimu uwo, wabakakulaulila, ngobe Yahwe babe bowosimisa mbuso uwo mu Iziraela nge kusingapele. 14 Koga ngwenu mbuso uwo autjowodwilila, naiko Yahwe batjizwishakila nlume upa moyo wabo, Yahwe bambiga kube ntungamili we bathu babo, ngobe iwe auzolondolodza nlayo wabo.”
15 Ndizo Samuele kamilika kazwiyendilazwe kudwa mu Giligala. Bamwe bathu bakatobela Saulo kungina mu babhayani, bakayenda kudwa mu Giligala kunoti ku Gibeya mu ntuthu we Bhenjamini. Saulo wakabala bathu baakabe anabo, bakabe bali balume bali mazana ali kutathatu (600). 16 Saulo ne nkololo uwe Jonatani ne bathu bakabe banabo bakabe begala mu Gebha mu ntuthu we Bhenjamini, Bafilisitiya ibo bakakubunganila ku Mikimashi. 17 Mu mishasha ye Bafilisitiya kwakabhuda makoko e babhayani matatu, goko limwe lakalinga kuyendila ku Ofira, ku shango ye Shuali, 18 limwe goko likalinga kuyendila ku Bhetihoroni, ngono limwe likalinga kuyendila ku n'gathu kudelukila ku nkuku we Zeboyimi kuyendila ku tjilambanyika.
19 Ipapo kwakabe kusina nthuli mu shango ye Iziraela yose, ngobe Bafilisitiya bakabe bati, “Bahebheru bangadwa bezwithamila makanu kene mathumu.” 20 Ndizo Baiziraela bakabe bogala beyenda benokuswisa zwikara zwabo ne bhosipiki ne mashathu ne sikili ku Bafilisitiya. 21 Themba ye kuswiwa kwe ikara ne bhosipiki yakabe ili zwikwamu zwibili mu butatu zwe shekele ne ikwamu tje butatu tje shekele kukuswa mashathu ne kululwamisa lukombo gunobhaya ng'ombe dzitethegwa. 22 Ndizo kwakati nge zhuba le ngwa, kukabe kusina bukanu kene thumo lingawang'wa mu luboko gwe mmwe we babhayani bakabe bana Saulo na Jonatani. Koga Saulo ne nkololo uwe Jonatani bakabe banazo.
23 Ipapo mphatho we babhayani be Bafilisitiya wakabe wabhudila kuzhe ku nkoto we Mikimashi.
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