Raba Agwa ndipo Davide Avala Chipewa cha Ufumu
Yowabu ndiye akumenya nkhondo ku Raba pamene Davide akukhala kunyumba, ngakhale pano mfumu ikufika kudzatenga korona. Kenako pali nkhondo zing'onozing'ono zitatu ndi zimphona za Afilisti, kuphatikizapo munthu wa zala zisanu ndi chimodzi amene ananyoza Israeli ndipo anaphedwa ndi mwana wa mchimwene wa Davide.
20 1Pakupita kwa chaka, pa nthawi imene mafumu amapita kunkhondo, Yowabu anatsogolera gulu lankhondo, nawononga dziko la Aamoni, nabwera naziunga Raba, pamene Davide anakhala ku Yerusalemu. Yowabu anakantha Raba naligwetsa. 2Davide anatenga chipewa cha ufumu pamutu pa mfumu yawo. Chinali cholemera pafupifupi mapaundi makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu a golide, ndipo chinali ndi mwala wamtengo wapatali, ndipo anachiveka pamutu pa Davide. Anatenganso zofunkha zambiri m'mudzimo. 3Anatulutsa anthu a m'mudziwo, nawayika kugwira ntchito ndi macheka, ndi zokumba zachitsulo, ndi nkhwangwa. Davide anachita chimodzimodzi ku mizinda yonse ya Aamoni. Ndipo Davide ndi gulu lake lonse lankhondo anabwerera ku Yerusalemu.
Zimphona Zagwa m'Dzanja la Israeli
4Zitatha izi, nkhondo inabuka ndi Afilisti ku Gezeri. Pa nthawi imeneyo Sibekai Mhusati anapha Sipai, mmodzi wa zidzukulu za Rafa, ndipo Afilisti anagonjetsedwa.
5Nkhondo inabukanso ndi Afilisti. Elihanani mwana wa Yairi anapha Lahimi, mbale wa Goliati Mgiti, amene chikhalo cha mkondo wake chinali chachikulu ngati mtanda wolemera wamatabwa. 6Nkhondonso inabuka ku Gati, kumene kunali munthu wamkulu kwambiri, wa zala zisanu ndi chimodzi pa dzanja lililonse ndi zala zisanu ndi chimodzi pa phazi lililonse, zonse pamodzi makumi awiri ndi zinayi—nayenso anabadwa kwa Rafa. 7Pamene ananyoza Israeli, Yonatani mwana wa Simea, mbale wa Davide, anamkantha. 8Awa anabadwa kwa Rafa ku Gati, ndipo anagwa ndi dzanja la Davide ndi la antchito ake.
