2 Samuele 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Pambuyo pake, Davide anafunsa kwa Atate wathu, nati, “Kodi ndikwere kupita ku umodzi wa mizinda ya Yuda?” Atate wathu anati, “Pita.” Davide anati, “Kuti?” Atate anati, “Ku Hebroni.”

²Davide anakwera kupita kumeneko ndi akazi ake awiri, Ahinoamu wa ku Yezireeli ndi Abigayeli, mkazi wamasiye wa Nabala Mkarimeli. ³Davide anabweretsa anthu ake amene anali naye, aliyense ndi banja lake, nakhazikika m'midzi ya Hebroni. ⁴Ndipo anthu a Yuda anabwera, nadzoza Davide kumeneko kukhala mfumu ya nyumba ya Yuda. Anamuuza Davide kuti anthu a ku Yabesi-giliyadi ndiwo anaika Sauli m'manda. ⁵Anatuma amithenga kwa anthu a ku Yabesi-giliyadi, nati, “Atate wathu akudalitseni chifukwa cha kukoma mtima uku pa mbuye wanu Sauli, poti munamuika m'manda. ⁶Ndipo tsopano Atate wathu akuonetseni kukoma mtima ndi kukhulupirika; inenso ndidzakuchitirani zabwino chifukwa chochita ichi. ⁷Limbani mtima ndi kukhala wolimba, pakuti mbuye wanu Sauli wamwalira, ndipo nyumba ya Yuda yandidzozanso ine kukhala mfumu yawo.”

Abineri Aika Isiboseti Kukhala Mfumu ya Israeli

⁸Koma Abineri mwana wa Neri, mkulu wa ankhondo a Sauli, anatenga Isiboseti mwana wa Sauli, namuwolotsa kupita naye ku Mahanaimu. ⁹Anamuika kukhala mfumu ya Giliyadi, ya Aasuri, ya Yezireeli, ya Efuraimu, ya Benjamini—ya Israeli yense. ¹⁰Isiboseti mwana wa Sauli anali wa zaka makumi anayi pamene anakhala mfumu ya Israeli; analamulira zaka ziwiri. Koma nyumba ya Yuda inatsatira Davide. ¹¹Davide anali mfumu mu Hebroni ya nyumba ya Yuda zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri ndi miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.

M'bale Kulimbana ndi M'bale ku Gibeoni

¹²Abineri mwana wa Neri, pamodzi ndi antchito a Isiboseti mwana wa Sauli, anachoka ku Mahanaimu kupita ku Gibeoni. ¹³Yowabu mwana wa Zeruya ndi antchito a Davide anatulukanso, nakumana nawo pamodzi pa dziwe la Gibeoni—gulu limodzi linakhala tsidya lina, gulu linzake tsidya linzake. ¹⁴Abineri anati kwa Yowabu, “Anyamata anyamuke, nasewere pamaso pathu.” Yowabu anati, “Anyamuke.”

¹⁵Choncho ananyamuka, nawoloka mwa chiwerengero, khumi ndi awiri a Benjamini ndi Isiboseti mwana wa Sauli, khumi ndi awiri a antchito a Davide. ¹⁶Munthu aliyense anagwira mutu wa mnzake, nabaya lupanga lake mu nthiti za mnzake, nagwa onse pamodzi. Choncho malo amenewo mu Gibeoni anawatcha Helikati-hazurimu. ^a a v16 Helikati-hazurimu kutanthauza kuti “munda wa malupanga akuthwa”—malowo anawapatsa dzinali chifukwa cha nkhondo yakupha ya manja ndi manja imene inamenyedwa kumeneko. ¹⁷Nkhondo tsiku limenelo inali yoopsa kwambiri; Abineri ndi anthu a Israeli anagwa pamaso pa antchito a Davide. ¹⁸Ana atatu a Zeruya anali komweko: Yowabu, Abisai, ndi Asaheli—Asaheli wothamanga mapazi ngati mphoyo ya kuthengo. ¹⁹Anathamangitsa Abineri, osapatukira kudzanja lamanja kapena lamanzere pomuthamangitsa. ²⁰Abineri anayang'ana m'mbuyo, nati, “Kodi ndiwe Asaheli?” Iye anayankha nati, “Ndine.”

²¹Abineri anati kwa iye, “Patukira kudzanja lamanja kapena lamanzere, ugwire mmodzi wa anyamata, utenge zida zake.” Koma Asaheli anakana kuleka kumuthamangitsa. ²²Abineri anati kwa Asaheli kachiwiri, “Bwerera. Ukundikakamiziranji kuti ndikugwetse pansi? Kodi ndingayang'anenso bwanji nkhope ya m'bale wako Yowabu?” ²³Anakana kupatuka, choncho Abineri anamubaya m'mimba ndi msonga yakumbuyo ya mkondo wake; unatulukira kumsana kwake. Anagwa pomwepo, nafera pomwepo. Ndipo yense amene anafika pamalo pamene Asaheli anagwera nafera anaima chilili. ²⁴Yowabu ndi Abisai anathamangitsa Abineri; dzuwa litalowa anafika pa phiri la Ama, pafupi ndi Giya pa njira yopita ku chipululu cha Gibeoni. ²⁵Anthu a Benjamini anasonkhana kumbuyo kwa Abineri, napanga gulu limodzi, naima pamwamba pa phiri. ²⁶Abineri anaitana Yowabu, nati, “Kodi lupanga lidzadya kufikira muyaya? Kodi sudziwa kuti izi zidzatha movutika? Kodi kufikira liti pamene udzauza anthu kuti abwerere, naleke kuthamangitsa abale awo?”

²⁷Yowabu anati, “Pali Atate wathu wamoyo, ukanapanda kuyankhula, anthu akanapitiriza kuthamangitsa abale awo mpaka m'mawa.” ²⁸Yowabu anaimba lipenga; ankhondo onse anaima, osathamangitsanso Israeli kapena kumenyana. ²⁹Abineri ndi anthu ake anayenda modutsa Araba usiku wonse umenewo, nawoloka Yorodani, nadutsa Bitironi yonse, nafika ku Mahanaimu.

³⁰Yowabu anabwerera, naleka kuthamangitsa Abineri, nasonkhanitsa ankhondo onse, napeza kuti anthu khumi ndi asanu ndi anayi a Davide anasowa, kuwonjezera pa Asaheli. ³¹Koma antchito a Davide anakantha anthu mazana atatu ndi makumi asanu ndi limodzi a Benjamini amene anali ndi Abineri. ³²Ananyamula Asaheli, namuika m'manda a atate wake ku Betelehemu; Yowabu ndi anthu ake anayenda usiku wonse, nafika ku Hebroni kutacha.