Samweli w’Akabiri 2:1-32
2 Enyuma sy’aho, Daudi mwabulya Yehova ati: “Nanganayikala omo mughuma y’oko miyi ye Yuda?” Yehova mwamusubirya ati: “Uyayo.” Neryo Daudi mwamubulya ati: “Ngayikale omo wahi?” OMungu mwamusubirya ati: “Uye e Hebroni.”
2 Neryo Daudi mwaya e Hebroni n’abakali biwe babiri, ye Ahinoamu we Yezreeli na Abigaeli omukwa-kali, oyo wabya mukali na Nabali Omunya Karmeli.
3 Daudi mwaghenda n’abasuda ababya haghuma naye, obuli musuda abya n’ekihanda kiwe. Mubikala omo miyi eyitimbire oko Hebroni.
4 Neryo abalume be Yuda mubasa e Hebroni, bamahira oko Daudi kw’amaghuta atoke eribya mwami w’ekihanda kya Yuda.
Omundu mwabwira Daudi ati: “Abandu be Yabeshi-gileadi bo bata Sauli.”
5 Neryo Daudi mwatuma abandu ati bayabwire abandu be Yabeshi-gileadi bati: “Yehova abatsumule, kundi mumwakangania omukama wenyu Sauli y’olwanzo oluteleghula omw’imuta.
6 Yehova abakolere omo lwanzo* n’omo butaleghula, naghe ngendibakangania olukogho busana n’ekyo mulyakola.
7 Neryo musike, simusaghe. Omukama wenyu Sauli abirihola, aliwe ekihanda kya Yuda kyabirinihirako amaghuta nitoke eribya mwami wakyo.”
8 Abneri mughala wa Neri, kandi omukulu w’abasuda ba Sauli, abya iniabiritwala Ish-bosheti mughala wa Sauli e Mahanaimu, oko ghundi musirya w’olusi.
9 Kandi abya iniabirimuyira mo mwami we Gileadi, w’Abaashuri, we Yezreeli, we Efraimu, we Benyamini, n’owe Israeli yosi.
10 Ish-bosheti mughala wa Sauli abya n’emyaka 40 omughulu abya mwami we Israeli. Mwatabala oko myaka ibiri, aliwe ekihanda kya Yuda mukyabya oko luhande lwa Daudi.
11 Daudi mwatabala ekihanda kya Yuda iniane e Hebroni omo myaka 7 n’emisi 6.
12 Enyuma sy’aho, Abneri mughala wa Neri n’abasuda ba Ish-bosheti mughala wa Sauli mubalua e Mahanaimu, bamaya e Gibeoni.
13 Yoabu mughala wa Zeruya n’abasuda ba Daudi nabo mubaghenda, abosi mubayeghania hakuhi n’ekiriba* ky’amaghetse kye Gibeoni. Ekikuto kighuma mukimana oko luhande luno lw’ekiriba, n’ekindi kyamimana oko lundi luhande lw’ekiriba.
14 Oko nduli, Abneri mwabwira Yoabu ati: “Abalwana bahangane, balwire embere syetu.” Yoabu mwamusubirya ati: “Sawa, bayalwe.”
15 Neryo mubahangana. Mubaghanzabo, habya abasuda Babenyamini 12 ababya b’omo balume ba Ish-bosheti, mughala wa Sauli, n’ab’asuda b’omo balume ba Daudi babya 12.
16 Neryo obuli mundu mwahamba oko mutwe w’oghundi n’eritsimba omuhamba omo lukanga lw’enzighu yiwe, neryo abosi mubahola. Kyo kyaleka omwanya oyo owali e Gibeoni iniahulwa mo Helkati-Hazurimu.
17 Ekiro ekyo, amalwa ogho balwa enyuma sy’aho mwakala kutsibu. Oko mwiso, abasuda ba Daudi mubasinga Abneri n’abasuda be Israeli.
18 Aliwe abaghala basatu ba Zeruya, ye Yoabu, Abishai, na Asaheli babya ibaneho. Asaheli abya iniakatibita kutsibu ng’engabi eyiri emoli.
19 Mwatibita oko Abneri, amamukwamirira butsir’ikitira oko luhande lw’amali kutse olw’amalembe.
20 Oko mwiso, Abneri mwakebera enyuma, amamubulya ati: “Asaheli, nina we?” Asaheli mwamusubirya ati: “Inga n’ingye.”
21 Neryo Abneri mwamubwira ati: “Labira oko luhande lw’amali kutse olw’amalembe, uhambe omughuma w’oko balwana aba, upure ebyosi ebyo awiteko.” Aliwe Asaheli mwataleka erikwamirira Abneri.
22 Neryo Abneri mwatasyasubamo ati: “Leka erinikwamirira, ingakwita. Namabikwita, ininemwendisyatoka erihika ahali mughala wenyu Yoabu?”
23 Aliwe Asaheli mwataleka erimukwamirira, neryo Abneri mwamutsimita omo nda omo mutwe-mutwe w’omuti w’eritumo riwe, n’omuti w’eritumo riwe mwahulukira omo mughongo. Asaheli mwawa ahisi aho, amahola. Abosi ababya bakahika aho Asaheli alyaholera babya bakimana.
24 Neryo Yoabu na Abishai mubakwamirira Abneri. Omughulu eryuba ryabya rikasonda erilenga, mubahika oko katwa ke Ama, akahererenie ne Gia, omo nzira eyikalolera omo mbwarara ye Gibeoni.
25 Ababenyamini mubatimba oko Abneri batoke eribya kikuto kighuma, kandi mubimana oko singyi y’akatwa.
26 Neryo Abneri mwabirikira Yoabu n’erimubwira ati: “Simwendisyaleka erilwa n’abandi omo miyali? Siwasi ngoko ekyo sikyangaluamo kahabuko? Neryo ukinalindaki eribwira abasuda baghu uti baleke erikwamirira abaghala babo?”
27 Yoabu mwamusubirya ati: “Oko kwenene-kwenene ngoko oMungu w’ekwenene aliho, nga utalyabugha utya, abasuda sibalyendileka erikwamirira abaghala babo erihika omo tututu.”
28 Enyuma sy’aho, Yoabu mwabuha omo rihembe, neryo abasuda biwe mubaleka erikwamirira Abaisraeli, n’amalwa mwahweraho.
29 Abneri n’abasuda biwe mubalaba omo Araba omo kiro kyosi. Enyuma sy’aho, mubasoka e Yordani, bamalaba omo bwandaghala* bosi, n’oko mwiso bamayahika e Mahanaimu.
30 Yoabu mwabya abileka erikwamirira Abneri, mwahindania abasuda bosi ba Daudi. Muhabula abasuda 19 butsir’ihirako Asaheli.
31 Aliwe abasuda ba Daudi mubasinga Ababenyamini n’abasuda ba Abneri, mubitamo abasuda 360.
32 Mubaheka ekinda kya Asaheli, bamayatakyo omo yisinda ya baba wiwe eyiri e Betlehemu. Enyuma sy’aho, Yoabu n’abasuda biwe mubaghenda omo kiro kyosi, bamahika e Hebroni bukasonda erikya.
Amaelezo awehikwa
^ Kutse “olwanzo oluteleghula.”
^ Kutse “n’ekitsinga; n’episine.”
^ Kutse alinga, “omo Bitroni yosi.”
