Samweli w’Akabiri 20:1-26
20 Habya omulume mughuma oyo wanzire eridunga abandu oyukahulawa mo Sheba. Sheba abya mughala wa Bikri Omubenyamini. Mwabuha omo rihembe, neryo amabugha ati: “Situli b’oko kihanda kya Daudi, kandi sihali ekyo angatukolera. Mughala wa Yese syendisyatuha omwandu wosi-wosi. Neryo ngababwira, inywe Baisraeli, obuli mundu ayakolere emiungu yiwe.”*
2 Neryo abalume bosi be Israeli mubaleka erikwama Daudi, bamakwama Sheba mughala wa Bikri. Aliwe abalume be Yuda mubasighala n’omwami wabo, bamamukwamanisya erilua e Yordani erihika e Yerusalema.
3 Daudi abere abihika omo nyumba yiwe* e Yerusalema, abandi bakali biwe 10 abasighala bakatsunga enyumba, mwatwalabo omo nyumba eyikatsungawa. Mubatalua omo nyumba eyo erihika omughulu bahola. Abya iniakabaha akalyo, aliwe isyangaghotsera nabo. Babya ng’abakwirwa nomo omulume wabo abya iniakineho.
4 Omwami mwabwira Amasa ati: “Uhindanaye abalume be Yuda, bahike hano omo biro bisatu, naghu isiwabulaho.”
5 Neryo Amasa mwayahindania abalume be Yuda, aliwe mwatasubula omo biro ebyo bamubwira ambu abye iniabirisubula.
6 Neryo Daudi mwabwira Abishai ati: “Sheba mughala wa Bikri anganatukolera ekikalire kulenga ekyo Absalomu alyakola. Wimaye abasuda baghe, neryo umukwamirire akasyayabisama omo miyi eyiteyangahikwamo bweghu-bweghu, neryo iniabala.”
7 Neryo Abasuda ba Yoabu, Abakereti, Abapeleti, n’abasuda bosi b’amaka mubalua e Yerusalema, bamakwamirira Sheba mughala wa Bikri.
8 Babere babihika hakuhi n’eribwe rinene eriri e Gibeoni, Amasa mwasyahindana nabo. Yoabu abya iniabiryambala olukimba lwiwe olo akaghenda nalo oko malwa, kandi abya iniabirihira omuyali wiwe oko mukaba iniane omo lubo* lwagho. Abere abiseghera hakuhi na Amasa, omuyali wiwe amatogha.
9 Yoabu mwabwira Amasa ati: “Mughala wetu unuwene?” Neryo Yoabu mwahamba esyonderu sya Amasa omo byala biwe by’amali, amabya ng’akamuha ebizu.
10 Amasa abya isyasi ngoko Yoabu abya iniane n’omuyali omo byala biwe. Neryo Yoabu mwakunda omuyali omo nda ya Amasa, n’ebila bya Amasa mubyayitsatsanga ahisi. Yoabu mwamukunda m’omuyali kaghuma kasa, neryo amahola. Mwatamukunda w’omo ery’akabiri. Neryo Yoabu na mughala wabo Abishai mubakwamirira Sheba mughala wa Bikri.
11 Neryo omulwana mughuma w’abasuda ba Yoabu mwasighala hakuhi na Amasa. Abya akabugha ati: “Oyuli oko luhande lwa Yoabu n’oyuli oko luhande lwa Daudi bakwame Yoabu!”
12 Oko mughulu oyo, Amasa abya iniabiriyilambika omo musasi wiwe omo kati-kati k’endaki. Omughulu omulwana oyo alangira ngoko abandi basuda babiribya bakimana babihika hakuhi n’ekinda kya Amasa, mwalusyakyo omo ndaki, amakihira omo kisuki. Enyuma sy’aho, mwaghusa kukyo kw’olukimba.
13 Abere abilusya ekinda kya Amasa ky’omo ndaki, abasuda bosi mubakwama Yoabu batoke erikwamirira Sheba mughala wa Bikri.
14 Sheba mwalaba omo bihanda byosi bye Israeli, amayahika e Abeli ye Bete-maaka. Ababikri mubahindana haghuma nabo, bamamukwama.
15 Yoabu n’abasuda biwe mubabya babihika, mubatimba oko muyi we Abeli ye Bete-maaka ogho Sheba abyamo. Kandi mubatimbya kugho k’oluhimbo batoke erihambagho. Neryo kundi omuyi oyo abya atimbireko olulinga luhimbo, mubatsuka erihimbula oluhimbo olo lutoke eritera.
16 Omukali w’amenge mwabugha omo mulenge muli, iniane omo muyi, ati: “Balume, munihulikirire, munihulikirire! Kisi mubwire Yoabu muti, ‘Ase, ninawite eky’erimubwira.’”
17 Neryo mwaya hakuhi n’omukali oyo. Omukali oyo mwamubulya ati: “N’iwe Yoabu?” Yoabu mwamusubirya ati: “Inga n’ingye!” Neryo omukali oyo mwamubwira ati: “Hulikirira ebyo ingye omughombe waghu ngakubwira.” Yoabu mwamubwira ati: “Bugha!”
18 Omukali w’amenge oyo mwatasyabugha ati: “Kera ibabeghere eribugha bati, ‘Abandu bamabibya n’olubanza lw’erisoha, bayasondaye erihano omo muyi we Abeli.’ Neryo olubanza ilukabya ilwamabisohwa.
19 Ngabughira abandu b’obuholo n’abataleghula be Israeli. Ukasonda eritsandya omuyi owali nga mama omo Israeli. Busanaki ukasonda eribughaho* omwandu ogho Yehova atuha?”
20 Yoabu mwamusubirya ati: “Sinanzire n’ahake eritsandya n’eribughaho omwandu oyo.
21 Sinangakola ekyo n’ahake. Aliwe omo muyi wenyu mune omulume mughuma w’omo kiharo ky’ebitwa kye Efraimu, erina riwe yo Sheba, ni mughala wa Bikri. Abirighana erikwama obusondoli bw’omwami Daudi.* Mwamabileta oyo musa, itukalua omo muyi ono.” Neryo omukali oyo mwamubwira ati: “Hulikirira, tukendikughusira omutwe wiwe itune endata oko luhimbo.”
22 Aho n’aho omukali w’amenge oyo mwayakania n’abandu bosi b’omo muyi, neryo mubatwa omutwe wa Sheba mughala wa Bikri, bamaghusiragho Yoabu. Yoabu mwabuha omo rihembe, neryo abandu biwe mubalua omo muyi oyo, obuli mundu amasuba ewiwe; Yoabu naye mwasuba e Yerusalema eyiri omwami.
23 Oko mughulu oyo, Yoabu yo wabya akasondola abasuda bosi be Israeli; Benaya mughala wa Yehoyada yo wabya mukulu w’Abakereti n’Abapereti.
24 Adoramu yo wabya akimanira ababya bakakola emibiiri y’erikaswa; Yehoshafati mughala wa Ahiludi yo wabya akahandika emyatsi eyabya ikalaba.*
25 Sheva yo wabya musekretere; Zadoki na Abiatari bo babya bahereri.
26 Na Ira Omuyairi abya mukulu oyo wabya akakolera Daudi.
Amaelezo awehikwa
^ Kutse alinga, “asube omo mahema wiwe.”
^ Kutse “nyumba y’obwami.”
^ Ni kindu ky’erihiramo omuyali.
^ Kinywa kwa kinywa, “eritomera.”
^ Kinywa kwa kinywa, “Mwasumbira omwami Daudi y’ebyala biwe.”
^ Kutse “yo wabya muntombe.”
