Sawuli n'abahungu be baguye ku rugamba
Inkuru ya mbere y'iki gitabo ni ukunesherezwa. Sawuli akomeretse, yishinga ku nkota ye bwite; abahungu be bapfana na we, maze Abafilisiti bamanika umutwe we mu ngoro y'imana zabo. Abo mu Yabeshi y'i Gileyadi bagarura imirambo. Icyemezo: ubuhemu — ntiyashatse Data wa twese — nuko ubwami buhindukirira Dawidi.
10 1Abafilisiti barwanye n'Abisiraheli; ingabo z'Abisiraheli zirahunga, benshi muri bo barapfa ku musozi wa Gilibowa. 2Abafilisiti bakurikirana Sawuli n'abahungu be, bica Yonatani na Abinadabu na Malikishuwa bene Sawuli. 3Urugamba rwibasira Sawuli; abarashi baramusatira baramukomeretsa cyane. 4Sawuli abwira uwamutwazaga intwaro ati: “Kuramo inkota yawe uncumite, kugira ngo aba batakebwe baraza kunshinyagurira.” Ariko aranga kuko yagize ubwoba. Nuko Sawuli afata inkota ye ubwe arayishita.
5Uwamutwazaga intwaro abonye Sawuli apfuye, na we yishita ku nkota ye arapfa. 6Nguko uko Sawuli yapfuye, n'abahungu be batatu, n'abo mu rugo rwe bose bapfiriye rimwe.
7Abisiraheli bari mu kibaya babonye ko ingabo zahunze, ko na Sawuli n'abahungu be bapfuye, bareka imijyi yabo barahunga. Nuko Abafilisiti baraza bayituramo.
8Bukeye Abafilisiti baza gucuza imirambo, basanga Sawuli n'abahungu be bapfiriye ku musozi wa Gilibowa. 9Bamucuza intwaro ze, basahura umutwe n'intwaro ze, babizengurukana mu gihugu cy'Abafilisiti hose kugira ngo bibimenyeshe ibigirwamana byabo n'abantu. 10Intwaro ze bazishyira mu ngoro y'imana zabo, naho umutwe we bawumanika mu ngoro ya Dagoni.
11Ariko abaturage bose bo mu Yabeshi y'i Gileyadi bamenye ibyo Abafilisiti bari bagize Sawuli byose, 12abagabo bose b'intwari barahaguruka, bakura umurambo wa Sawuli n'iy'abahungu be, bayigeza i Yabeshi, bayahamba amagufwa yabo munsi y'umunyinya w'i Yabeshi, bamara iminsi irindwi bigomwa kurya.
13Nguko uko Sawuli yapfuye azize ko yahemukiye Data wa twese, kuko atitondeye ijambo rya Data wa twese, ndetse akanagisha inama umushitsi. 14Ntiyashatse Data wa twese, ni cyo gituma Data wa twese yamwishe, agaha Dawidi mwene Yese ubwami.
