Ihanga rihakanye umwami waryo
Abahungu ba Samweli bakira impongano, nuko abakuru basaba umwami nk'ayandi mahanga. Data abwira Samweli ko ari we bagaye, atari Samweli. Samweli abasigurira ivyo umwami azobatwara: abahungu, abakobwa, imirima, n'ica cumi c'ivyo bafise vyose, maze abantu bagaheza bakemera.
8 1Nuko Samweli ashikanye mu zabukuru, agena abahungu biwe ngo babe abacamanza mu Bisirayeli. 2Umuhungu wiwe w’imfura yitwa Yoweli, uwa kabiri akitwa Abiya; babaye abacamanza i Beri-Sheba. 3Abahungu biwe ntibakurikiye ingeso ziwe, ahubwo bakurikira inyungu z’uburiganya, bakemera ruswa, bagagoreka ubutungane.
4Maze abashingantahe bose b’Abisirayeli barakoranye baza kwa Samweli i Rama. 5Baramubwira bati: “Washitse mu zabukuru, kandi abahungu bawe ntibakurikira ingeso zawe. Nuko rero tugenere umwami wo kutuyobora, nk’uko amahanga yose agira.” 6Samweli ntiyahimbawe igihe bavuga bati: “Duhe umwami wo kutuyobora,” nuko asenga Data wa twese.
7Maze Data wa twese abwira Samweli ati: “Umviriza abantu muri vyose bakubwira; si wewe banse, ahubwo banse jewe ngo sinze kuba umwami wabo. 8Nk’uko bagize kuva nababukura muri Egiputa gushika uno musi, bantereye akagere, bakorera izindi mana, ni ko bagukorera nawe. 9Nuko rero baryumvirize, ariko ubaburire ushikamye, ubereke ukuntu umwami wabo azobategeka.”
Samweli aburira ibijanye n’ingeso z’umwami
10Nuko Samweli abwira abantu bariko bamusaba umwami amajambo yose ya Data wa twese. 11Aravuga ati: “Umwami azobategeka azogira gutya: azotwara abahungu banyu, abashire ku mikogote yiwe no mu basare, bamwiruke imbere. 12Azokwigenera abakuru b’abantu igihumbi n’abakuru b’abantu mirongo itanu, bamwe bo guhinga umurima wiwe no kwimbura ivyimburano vyiwe, abandi bo kumucurira ibirwanisho vyiwe n’ibikoresho vy’imikogote yiwe. 13Azotwara abakobwa banyu babe abavanga imibavu, n’abatetsi, n’abacumba imikate. 14Azotwara imirima yanyu myiza n’imizabibu n’imirima y’imyelayo, abihe abasuku biwe. 15Azokwaka ic’icumi mu vy’intete zanyu no mu vy’imizabibu yanyu, abihe abategetsi biwe n’abasuku biwe. 16Azotwara abasuku banyu n’abasukukazi banyu, n’abasore banyu beza, n’indogobwe zanyu, abikoreshe imirimo yiwe. 17Azokwaka ic’icumi mu masho yanyu, namwe ubwanyu muzocika abaja biwe. 18Uwo musi nushika, muzotaka kubera umwami mwishorera, ariko Data wa twese ntazobishura uwo musi.”
19Ariko abantu banka kwumviriza Samweli. Baravuga bati: “Oya! Twebwe dushaka umwami wo kutuganza, 20kugira ngo tumere nk’amahanga yose, umwami wacu aduyobore, aduserukire mu rugamba, aturwanirire intambara zacu.”
21Samweli yumvise amajambo yose y’abantu, ayasubiramwo imbere ya Data wa twese.
22Data wa twese abwira Samweli ati: “Baryumvirize, ubahe umwami.” Nuko Samweli abwira abagabo b’Abisirayeli ati: “Nimugende, umwe wese aje mu gisagara ciwe.”