1 Samuele 13 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

13 ¹Sauli anali wa zaka makumi atatu pamene anakhala mfumu, ndipo analamulira Israeli zaka makumi anayi ndi ziwiri. ^a a v1 Manambala a m'vesili atha m'Chihebri, chimene chimati “Sauli anali wa chaka chimodzi… nalamulira zaka ziwiri.” Manambala a pano akutsatira kuwerenga kwa mabaibulo ambiri amakono. ²Sauli anasankha anthu 3,000 a mu Israeli: 2,000 anali ndi iye ku Mikimasi ndi dziko la mapiri la Beteli, 1,000 anali ndi Yonatani ku Gibeya wa Benjamini. Enawo anawabwezera kwawo, aliyense ku tenti yake. ³Yonatani anakantha gulu lankhondo la Afilisti ku Geba, ndipo Afilisti anamva. Ndipo Sauli analiza lipenga m'dziko lonse, nati: “Ahebri amve!” ⁴Israeli yonse anamva kuti Sauli anakantha gulu lankhondo la Afilisti, ndi kuti Israeli anasanduka fungo loipa kwa Afilisti. Choncho anthu anasonkhana kwa Sauli ku Giligala. ⁵Afilisti anasonkhana kuti amenyane ndi Israeli—magaleta 3,000, okwera mahatchi 6,000, ndi asilikali ochuluka ngati mchenga wa m'mbali mwa nyanja. Anabwera namanga misasa ku Mikimasi, kum'mawa kwa Beti-aveni. ⁶Pamene anthu a Israeli anaona kuti ali pa mavuto—anthu anapanikizika kwambiri—anabisala m'mapanga, m'zitsamba, m'matanthwe, m'maenje, ndi m'zitsime. ^b b v6 Zitsime zinali zitsime zokumbidwa m'thanthwe pansi pa nthaka, zomangidwa kutola ndi kusunga madzi a mvula. ⁷Ahebri ena anawoloka Yorodani kupita ku Gadi ndi Giliyadi. Koma Sauli anakhalabe ku Giligala, ndipo anthu onse anamutsatira akunjenjemera.

Sauli Achita Popanda Mau a Atate

⁸Anadikira masiku asanu ndi awiri, nthawi imene Samueli anaika; koma Samueli sanadze ku Giligala, ndipo anthu anamwazikana kumuchoka. ⁹Sauli anati: “Bweretserani kwa ine nsembe yopsereza ndi nsembe zamtendere.” Ndipo anapereka nsembe yopsereza.

¹⁰Pamene anatsiriza kupereka nsembe yopsereza, Samueli anafika, ndipo Sauli anatuluka kukakumana naye ndi kumupatsa moni. ¹¹Samueli anafunsa, nati: “Wachita chiyani?” Sauli anayankha, nati: “Ndinaona anthu akumwazikana kundichoka, inu simunadze pa nthawi yoikika, ndipo Afilisti anali kusonkhana ku Mikimasi,

¹²ndinaganiza kuti, ‘Afilisti adzandithira nkhondo ku Giligala, ndipo sindinapemphe kuyanja kwa Atate wathu.’ Choncho ndinadzikakamiza ndekha, ndipo ndinapereka nsembe yopsereza.”

¹³Samueli anati kwa Sauli: “Wachita zopusa. Sunasunge lamulo limene Atate wako anakupatsa. Ukadalisunga, Atate wathu akadakhazikitsa ufumu wako pa Israeli kwamuyaya. ¹⁴Koma tsopano ufumu wako sudzakhalitsa. Atate wathu wadzifunira yekha munthu wa pa mtima pake, namuika kukhala wolamulira anthu ake, chifukwa sunasunge chimene anakulamula.”

¹⁵Samueli anachoka ku Giligala, napita ku Gibeya wa ku Benjamini. Sauli anawerenga anthu amene anali ndi iye—amuna pafupifupi 600.

Israeli Asiidwa Wopanda Zida

¹⁶Sauli, Yonatani mwana wake, ndi anthu amene anali nawo anakhala ku Geba wa ku Benjamini; Afilisti anamanga misasa ku Mikimasi. ¹⁷Olanda zinthu anatuluka ku msasa wa Afilisti m'magulu atatu. Gulu limodzi linapatukira ku Ofura, m'dziko la Suala; ¹⁸lina linapatukira ku Beti-horoni; lachitatu linapatukira ku malire oyang'anana ndi Chigwa cha Zeboimu, choloza ku chipululu. ¹⁹Panalibe mmisiri wa zitsulo amene akadapezeka mu Israeli yonse, chifukwa Afilisti anati: “Mwina Ahebri angadzipangire malupanga kapena mikondo.” ²⁰Choncho Israeli yonse anatsikira kwa Afilisti kukanola makasu awo, zokumbira, nkhwangwa, ndi zikwakwa. ²¹Mtengo unali pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a muyeso wa siliva pa kunola makasu, zokumbira, ndi mafoloko, ndi gawo limodzi mwa magawo asanu ndi atatu a muyeso pa kunola nkhwangwa ndi kunolanso nthonga zoyendetsera ng'ombe. ^c c v21 Nthonga yoyendetsera ng'ombe inali ndodo yaitali yokhala ndi nsonga yachitsulo yakuthwa, yogwiritsidwa ntchito kulimbikitsa ng'ombe kuti ziyende. ²²Pa tsiku la nkhondo panalibe lupanga kapena mkondo zomwe zinapezeka pakati pa anthu onse amene anali ndi Sauli ndi Yonatani; koma Sauli ndi Yonatani mwana wake okha ndiwo anali nazo.

²³Gulu la asilikali a Afilisti linatuluka kupita ku njira yopapatiza ya ku Mikimasi.