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OLHUGHANO 61

Dawudi Akayirawa mw’Omwami

Dawudi Akayirawa mw’Omwami

SAULO kandi akalengesaya erihamba Dawudi. Akimaya abasirikali biwe 3,000 abuwene neryo akaya murondaya. Dawudi akabya aminya eki, akatsindika abalingi eriyaminya aho Saulo n’abalhume biwe balhalirire omwa kiro. Neryo Dawudi akabulhaya ababiri okwa balhume biwe athi: ‘Nindi okwinywe oyukendi ghenda naghe omwa kilhaliriro kya Saulo?’

Abisai akasubiraya athi: ‘Nigye.’ Abisai ni mughalha wa Seruya mwali wabu Dawudi. Saulo n’abalhume biwe bakabya bana ghotsere, Dawudi na Abisai bakasoba lhyolho-lhyolho n’eringira omwa kilhaliriro ibana hunire. Bakimaya erithumo lya Saulo n’olhuthehi lhwiwe olhw’amaghetse, ebyabya hakuhi n’omuthwe wiwe. Sihali na mughuma oyuwamabalhangira kutse oyuwamabowa kusangwa abosi babiri hwera omwa thulho.

Thalebya Dawudi na Abisai hathya. Bamabirighenda, kandi bamabirihika okwa kasweswe ak’ekithwa kwa buholho. Dawudi akabirikira okwa mukulhu w’abasirikali abe Israeli athi: ‘Iwe Abineri kikaleka iwuthatheya mukama wawu, omwami niki? Thalebya! Erithumo n’olhuthehi lhwiwe olhw’amaghetse birihi?’

Saulo akabuka. Akaminyerera omulenge wa Dawudi, n’eribulya athi: ‘Oyu niwe, Dawudi?’ Wunalhangire Saulo na Abineri eyikwa erya?

‘Inga, mukama waghe,’ Dawudi amasubirya Saulo. Na Dawudi akabulhaya athi: ‘Busana naki wukarondekanaya erimbamba? Ni kibi ki ekyanakolire? Erithumo lyawu lya lino, mukama. Leka omughuma w’okwinywe balhume ase alimaye.’

‘Nabiri kolha nabi,’ Saulo akaligha. ‘Nabiri kolha lhukiru-kiru.’ Neryo Dawudi amayighendera nzira siwe, na Saulo amasuba eka. Aliriryo Dawudi amayibwira athi: ‘Kiro kighuma omwa biro bino Saulo akendi nyitha. Nga thibithe omwa kihugho ky’Abafilisitini.’ N’ekyo kya Dawudi akakolha. Dawudi akathoka eritheba Abafilisitini erikirirya bathi lino ali okwa lhuhandi lhwabu.

Omughulhu akabya alhaba Abafilisitini bakayalhwa n’Abaisraeli. Saulo na Yonatana, abosi bakaholera omwa lhuhi. Kino kik’itha Dawudi ya bulighe, n’erisaka olhwimbo olhuwene, akimba athi: ‘Namakwa bulighe busana nawu, mughalha wethu Yonatana. Kawulhwe munywani waghe kutsibu!’

Enyuma w’eki Dawudi akasuba e Israeli omwa muyi owe Heburoni. N’amalhwa akabuthuka ahakathi-kathi k’abalhume abakasombolha mughalha wa Saulo ya Isiboseti eribya mwami n’abandi balhume abakanza Dawudi abye mwami. Aliriryo erighunzerera abalhume ba Dawudi bakakinda. Dawudi awithe birimo 30 eby’obukulhu akayirwa mwa mwami. Akathabalira e Heburoni ahabw’ebirimo irinda n’engegha. Abaghuma okw’abana b’obulhume ababuthirawa eyo mubalhukwa mwa Amnoni, Abusaloma, n’Adoniya.

Endambi yikahika omughulhu Dawudi n’abalhume biwe bakaghenda eriyahamba omuyi mubuya ow’akahulhawa mwa Yerusalemu. Yoabu, owundi mughalha wa Seruya mwali wabu Dawudi, akasondolha amalhwa. Neryo Dawudi akahemba Yoabu, akamukolha mwa mukulhu w’abasirikali biwe. Lithya Dawudi akatsuka erithabalira omwa muyi we Yerusalemu.

1 Samweli 26:1-25; 27:1-7; 31:1-6; 2 Samweli 1:26; 3:1-21; 5:1-10; 1 Emyatsi y’Emigulu 11:1-9.