Imbabazi ku basigaye bo mu Benyamini

Bamaze kurahira ko nta mukobwa wabo azorongorwa n'Umubenyamini, Abisirayeli barira imbere ya Data wacu kubera umuryango umwe ugiye kuzimangana, maze barawusana bakoresheje urundi rugomo: Yabeshi y'i Gileyadi irasomborwa kugira ngo baronke abigeme bayo magana ane, hanyuma abasigaye babwirwa gucira igico abakobwa b'i Shilo bariko baratamba.

Igice 21.

Abagabo ba Isirayeli bari bararahiriye i Mizipa bati: “Nta n’umwe muri twebwe azoha umukobwa wiwe mu Benyamini ngo amube umugore.” Abantu baraza i Beteli, bicara ng’aho imbere ya Data wa twese gushika ku mugoroba, baraboroga kandi barira cane. Baravuga bati: “Kubera iki, Data wa twese, Mana ya Isirayeli, ivyo vyabaye muri Isirayeli—umuryango umwe ubuze muri Isirayeli uno musi?”

Ku musi ukurikira abantu barazinduka, bubaka ng’aho igicaniro, bashikana amashikanwa aturirwa n’amashikanwa y’ugusabikanya amahoro. Maze abantu ba Isirayeli babaza bati: “Ni uwuhe mu miryango yose ya Isirayeli utaje mw’ikoraniro, kuri Data wa twese?” Kuko bari bararahiye indahiro ikomeye yuko uwutazoza kuri Data wa twese i Mizipa ategerezwa kwicwa koko. Abisirayeli baragandara kubera mwene wabo Benyamini. Baravuga bati: “Uno musi umuryango umwe wakuwe muri Isirayeli. Twokwabira gute abagore abasigaye, ko twarahiye kuri Data wa twese kutazobaha abakobwa bacu?” Maze babaza bati: “Ni uwuhe mu miryango ya Isirayeli utaje kuri Data wa twese i Mizipa?” Nta n’umwe wo i Yabeshi-Gileyadi yari yaje mu nkambi, mw’ikoraniro. Kuko igihe abantu babaruwe, nta n’umwe mu bantu bo i Yabeshi-Gileyadi yari ng’aho. Ikoraniro rirungika ng’aho abarwanyi 12.000 bo mu banyarutamo cane, ribategeka riti: “Nimugende mwice abantu bo i Yabeshi-Gileyadi n’inkota, mwicemwo n’abagore n’abana. Ivyo ni vyo muzokora: muzotikize umugabo wese, n’umugore wese yarigeze kuryamana n’umugabo.” Mu bantu bo i Yabeshi-Gileyadi barasangamwo inkumi 400 zari zikiri isugi zitari zarigeze kuryamana n’umugabo, bazizana mu nkambi i Shilo, mu gihugu ca Kanani.

Maze ikoraniro ryose rirungika ijambo ku Babenyamini bari ku gitandara ca Rimoni, ribamenyesha amahoro. Benyamini aragaruka ico gihe; babaha abagore bari barakijijwe bo i Yabeshi-Gileyadi—nyamara ntibabahagera bose. Abantu baragandara kubera Benyamini, kuko Data wa twese yari yacanye icuho mu miryango ya Isirayeli. Abashingantahe b’ikoraniro baravuga bati: “Twokwabira gute abagore abasigaye, ko abagore bo mu Benyamini batikijwe?” Baravuga bati: “Abasigaye bo mu Benyamini bakeneye intoranwa, kugira ngo umuryango ntuzimanganywe muri Isirayeli. Ntitwoshobora kubaha abakobwa bacu ngo babe abagore babo, kuko Isirayeli yari yararahiye iti: ‘Havumwe uwuha umugore mu Benyamini.’” Baravuga bati: “Hariho umusi mukuru wa Data wa twese ugirwa buri mwaka i Shilo, mu buraruko bwa Beteli, mu buseruko bw’inzira iduga iva i Beteli ija i Shekemu, mu bumanuko bwa Lebona.” Nuko bategeka Ababenyamini bati: “Nimugende mwihishe mu mirima y’imizabibu. Nimurabe—igihe inkumi zo i Shilo zizosohoka kugira ngo zivyine, nimuhunguke muva mu mirima y’imizabibu, umwumwe wese anyage umugore mu nkumi zo i Shilo, maze mugende mu gihugu ca Benyamini. Niba ba se canke bene wabo baje kutwitwarira, tuzobabwira duti: Nimubagirire neza ku bwacu, kuko tutanyaze umugore umwumwe wese mu ntambara, namwe ntimwabahaye abagore—niba atari ukwo mwari gucumura ubu.”

Nuko abana ba Benyamini bagenza batyo: bacura abagore, umwumwe wese amwe, mu nkumi zivyina banyaze, basubira mu ntoranwa yabo, basubira kubaka ibisagara, bibamwo. Ico gihe Abisirayeli bava ng’aho, umwumwe wese aja mu muryango wiwe n’umuhana wiwe; umwumwe wese ava ng’aho aja mu ntoranwa yiwe. Muri iyo misi nta mwami yari muri Isirayeli; umuntu wese yakora ivyo abona ko bigororotse mu maso yiwe.