1 Samwele 31:1-13
31 Nomba abaPelishiti balelwa na bena Israele,+ na bena Israele bafulumwike abaPelishiti, kabili baile balebepaya+ mu Lupili lwa Gilboa.+
2 Kabili abaPelishiti bali mupepi nga nshi na Shauli na bana bakwe; awe abaPelishiti basukile baipaya Yonatani+ na Abinadabu+ na Malkishua,+ abana baume ba kwa Shauli.
3 Awe ubulwi bwakoseele Shauli, abalepoosa imifwi basukile bamusanga, kabili abalelasa imifwi balimucenene icibipisha.+
4 E lyo Shauli aebele uwalesenda ifyanso fyakwe ati: “Somona ulupanga+ lobe no kundasa, pa kuti aba bantu bashasembululwa+ beisandasamo ulupanga no kunsaalula.” Lelo uwalemusendela ifyanso alikene,+ pantu ali no mwenso nga nshi. E ico Shauli abuulile ulupanga no kuwilapo.+
5 Ilyo uwalesenda ifyanso fyakwe amwene ukuti Shauli afwa,+ e lyo na o awilile pa lupanga lwakwe no kufwila pamo nankwe.+
6 E fyo Shauli na bana bakwe abaume batatu, no walesenda ifyanso fyakwe, na bantu bakwe bonse, bafwile muli bulya bushiku.+
7 Ilyo abena Israele abali mu citungu ca mwi lungu na bali mu citungu ca Yordani bamwene ukuti abena Israele bafulumuka, no kuti Shauli na bana bakwe abaume nabafwa, e lyo batendeke ukufuma mu misumba no kufulumuka,+ na pa numa abaPelishiti balishile no kutendeka ukwikalamo.+
8 Nomba ubushiku bwakonkelepo, ilyo abaPelishiti baishile mu kusenda ifya bantu abo baipeye,+ basangile Shauli na bana bakwe abaume batatu nabafwa mu Lupili lwa Gilboa.+
9 E lyo bamuputwile umutwe+ no kumufuula ifya kufwala fyakwe ifya bulwi, batumine ne mbila mu calo conse ica baPelishiti pa kuti beshibishe+ amayanda ya tulubi+ twabo na bantu.
10 Awe basukile babika ifya kufwala fyakwe ifya bulwi+ mu ng’anda ya baAstarte,+ ne citumbi cakwe bapoopele pa cibumba ca Bete-shani.+
11 Na bena Yabeshe-gileadi+ balyumfwile ico abaPelishiti bacitile kuli Shauli.
12 Ilyo line abaume bonse aba maka baliimine kabili baendele ubushiku bonse, bafumishe ne citumbi ca kwa Shauli ne fitumbi fya bana bakwe abaume ku cibumba ca Bete-shani no kubwelelamo ku Yabeshe e ko bailefyocela.+
13 E lyo babuulile amafupa+ yabo no kuyashiika+ mwi samba lya muti wa mutamariski+ mu Yabeshe, e lyo balekele ukulya pa nshiku cinelubali (7).+
