Dawuda Ya Yi Kafara saboda Alhakin Jinin Shawulu

Dawuda ya tambayi Ubanmu game da yunwar shekara uku, aka faɗa masa kisan da Saul ya yi wa Gibeyonawa; aka rataye bakwai daga cikin zuriyarsa. Rizfa ta tsare gawawwakinsu daga tsuntsaye da namomin jeji har ruwan sama ya zo; Dawuda ya binne su tare da ƙasusuwan Saul. Sa'an nan wani ƙaton Bafilistiye ya kusa kashe shi.

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A zamanin Dawuda, aka yi yunwa shekara uku a jere; sai Dawuda ya nemi nufin Ubanmu game da wannan. Ubanmu kuwa ya ce, “Akwai alhakin jini a kan Shawulu da gidansa, domin ya kashe mutanen Gibeyon.”

Sai sarki ya kirawo mutanen Gibeyon, ya yi musu magana. (Mutanen Gibeyon ba Isra'ilawa ba ne, sai dai raguwar Amoriyawa; Isra'ila kuwa sun rantse za su bar su da rai, amma Shawulu, saboda himmarsa saboda Isra'ila da Yahuda, ya nemi yă kashe su.) Dawuda ya tambayi mutanen Gibeyon, ya ce, “Me zan yi muku? Ta yaya zan yi kafara domin ku sa wa mutanen Ubanmu albarka?”

Mutanen Gibeyon suka ce, “Ba batun azurfa ko zinariya ba ne tsakaninmu da Shawulu ko gidansa, kuma ba mu da iko mu kashe kowa a cikin Isra'ila.” Dawuda ya ce, “Duk abin da kuka ce, zan yi muku.”

Suka ce wa sarki, “Mutumin da ya hallaka mu, ya kuma ƙulla makircin kawar da mu, don kada mu sami wuri a ko'ina a cikin iyakar Isra'ila, a ba da maza bakwai daga zuriyarsa a hannunmu, mu kuma rataye su a gaban Ubangiji a Gibeya ta Shawulu, zaɓaɓɓen Ubangiji.” Sarki ya ce, “Zan ba da su.”

Amma sarki ya bar Mefiboshet, ɗan Yonatan, ɗan Shawulu, da rai, saboda rantsuwar da aka yi a gaban Ubanmu tsakanin Dawuda da Yonatan, ɗan Shawulu. Amma sarki ya ɗauki Armoni da Mefiboshet, 'ya'ya biyu da Rizfa 'yar Aiya ta haifa wa Shawulu, tare da 'ya'ya biyar da Merab 'yar Shawulu ta haifa wa Adriyel ɗan Barzillai mutumin Mehola. Ya ba da su a hannun mutanen Gibeyon, suka kuwa rataye su a kan dutsen a gaban Ubanmu; bakwai ɗin suka mutu gaba ɗaya. An kashe su a kwanakin farko na girbi, sa'ad da girbin sha'ir ya fara.

Sai Rizfa 'yar Aiya ta ɗauki rigar makoki ta shimfiɗa a kan dutsen, tun daga farkon girbi har sai da ruwan sama ya sauko a kan gawawwakin; da rana takan kore tsuntsaye daga gare su, da dare kuwa namun jeji. ^a Da aka gaya wa Dawuda abin da Rizfa 'yar Aiya, ƙwarƙwarar Shawulu, ta yi, sai ya tafi wurin mutanen Yabesh-gileyad ya ɗauki ƙasusuwan Shawulu da na ɗansa Yonatan, waɗanda suka ɓoye suka kwaso daga dandalin Bet-shan, inda Filistiyawa suka rataye su a ranar da suka kashe Shawulu a Gilbowa. Ya kawo ƙasusuwan Shawulu da ƙasusuwan ɗansa Yonatan daga can, suka kuwa tara ƙasusuwan mutanen da aka rataye. Suka binne ƙasusuwan Shawulu da na ɗansa Yonatan a Zela a ƙasar Benyamin, a cikin kabarin mahaifinsa Kish, suka kuma yi duk abin da sarki ya umarta. Bayan haka, Ubanmu ya amsa addu'o'in da aka yi saboda ƙasar.

Jarumawan Dawuda Suka Ci Nasara a kan Kattan Filistiyawa

Aka sāke yin yaƙi tsakanin Filistiyawa da Isra'ila. Dawuda ya gangara tare da bayinsa domin su yaƙi Filistiyawa, sai ya gaji. Ishbi-benob, wani daga zuriyar Rafa, wanda nauyin kan māshinsa na tagulla ya kai wajen fam bakwai da rabi, ya kuma ɗamara sabon takobi, yana shirin kashe Dawuda. ^b Amma Abishai ɗan Zeruiya ya zo wa Dawuda taimako, ya kashe Bafilistin ɗin. Sai mutanen Dawuda suka rantse masa, suna cewa, “Kada ka ƙara fita yaƙi tare da mu, don kada ka kashe fitilar Isra'ila.”

Bayan haka, aka sāke yin wani yaƙi da Filistiyawa a Gob. Sibbekai mutumin Husha ya kashe Saf, ɗaya daga cikin zuriyar Rafa. Aka kuma sāke yin wani yaƙi da Filistiyawa a Gob, inda Elhanan ɗan Yare-oregim mutumin Baitalami ya kashe Goliyat mutumin Gat, wanda kōtar māshinsa ta yi kamar sandar masaƙi. Aka kuma sāke yin yaƙi a Gat, inda wani gagarumin mutum yake da yatsotsi shida a kowane hannu da yatsotsi shida a kowace ƙafa — ashirin da huɗu gaba ɗaya; shi ma haifaffe ne daga Rafa. Sa'ad da ya zagi Isra'ila, sai Yonatan ɗan Shimeyi, ɗan'uwan Dawuda, ya kashe shi. Waɗannan huɗu zuriyar Rafa ne a Gat, suka kuwa mutu ta hannun Dawuda da bayinsa.