Ukwicwa kwa Ishi-Bosheti
Babiri mu bakuru b'imigwi y'abasahuzi ba Ishiboshete nyene bamutera icumu ari ku buriri bwiwe mu kiruhuko c'amazuba y'umutaga, bajana umutwe wiwe i Heburoni, bavuga ko ari uguhora kwa Data. Dawidi, uwigeze kwica umuntu yavuga ko yishe Sawuli, arabicisha. Umutwe uhambwa mu mva ya Abuneri.
4 1Igihe Ishi-Bosheti mwene Sauli yumva ko Abuneri yari yapfiriye i Heburoni, umutima wiwe waradohotse, kandi Abisirayeli bose barahagarara. 2Mwene Sauli yari afise abatware babiri b’imirwi y’abanyazi: Bayana na Rekabu, bene Rimoni w’Umubeyeroti, w’umuryango wa Benyamini, kuko na Beyeroti iharurwa mu Benyamini, 3kuko Abanyabeyeroti bari barahungiye i Gitayimu, bakaba baracabamwo ba kavamahanga gushika n’uyu musi.
4Yonatani mwene Sauli yari afise umuhungu yacumbagira amaguru yompi. Yari afise imyaka itanu igihe inkuru ya Sauli na Yonatani yavuga ivy’i Yezureyeli; umurezi wiwe aramusega ngo bahunge, mugabo mu kwihutira kwiwe uwo mwana aragwa, aca acumbagira. Izina ryiwe yari Mefibosheti.
5Rekabu na Bayana, bene Rimoni w’Umubeyeroti, baragenze baja mu nzu ya Ishi-Bosheti mu gicu c’umusi, igihe yariko aruhukira ku mutaga. 6Baca binjira hagati mu nzu nk’abaje gufata ingano, baramucumita mu nda, maze Rekabu na Bayana mwene wabo baca barahunga. 7Bari binjiye mu nzu igihe Ishi-Bosheti yari aryamye ku buriri bwiwe mu cumba ciwe co kuraramwo. Baramukubita, baramwica, baca bamuca umutwe, barawutora, bagenda ijoro ryose baciye mu nzira ya Araba. 8Bazanira Dawidi umutwe wa Ishi-Bosheti i Heburoni, babwira umwami bati: “Ng’uyu umutwe wa Ishi-Bosheti mwene Sauli, umwansi wawe yarondera kukwica. Uyu musi Data wa twese yaraguhoreye databuja mwami kuri Sauli no ku ruvyaro rwiwe.” a a v8 Abo baguma bashinga Data wa twese ikibi cabo, mugabo inyishu yiwe iza biciye kuri Dawidi, uwubagaya ko ari abicanyi b’umuntu atagira icaha.
9Mugabo Dawidi yishura Rekabu na Bayana mwene wabo, bene Rimoni w’Umubeyeroti, ati: “Nk’uko Data wa twese ariho, we yacunguye ubugingo bwanje mu makuba yose, 10igihe umuntu yambwira ati: ‘Raba, Sauli yapfuye,’ yiyumvira ko azanye inkuru nziza, naramufashe ndamwica i Zikilagi. Iyo ni yo mpembo namuhaye ku bw’inkuru yiwe! 11None si vyo n’ikiruta igihe abantu babi bicira umuntu agororotse mu nzu yiwe nyene, ku buriri bwiwe nyene—noheze ntabasabe amaraso yiwe nkabakura kw’isi?” 12Dawidi aca ategeka abasore biwe, baca barabica, bababagura amaboko n’amaguru, bamanika imibiri yabo hafi y’iriba i Heburoni. Mugabo umutwe wa Ishi-Bosheti bawuhambira mu mva ya Abuneri i Heburoni.