Intwari Zikomeye Ziteranira Dawidi i Sikulagi

Abagabo bakomeza kugana Dawidi akiri mu buhungiro: Ababenyamini bakoresha amaboko yombi bo mu muryango wa Sawuli ubwe, Abagadi b'amaso nk'intare bambutse Yorodani wuzuye, n'abagabo ba Isakari basobanukiwe ibihe. I Heburoni imiryango iza ari myinshi, ivuga ko Data wabo amufasha, maze Isiraheli iranezerwa.

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Aba ni bo bagabo baje kuri Dawidi i Sikulagi, akiri mu buhungiro, adashobora kugera imbere ya Sawuli mwene Kishi—intwari zamufashaga ku rugamba. Bitwaje imiheto, bashobora gutera amabuye n'umuhumetso cyangwa kurasa imyambi bakoresheje ukuboko kw'iburyo cyangwa kw'ibumoso—Ababenyamini, bene wabo na Sawuli. Ahiyezeri umukuru, hanyuma Yowashi, bene Shemaya w'i Gibeya; Yeziyeli na Peleti, bene Azimaveti; Beraka; Yehu w'i Anatoti; Ishimaya w'i Gibeyoni, intwari mu bantu mirongo itatu, umutware wa bariya mirongo itatu; Yeremiya, Yahaziyeli, Yohanani, Yozabadi w'i Gedera; Eluzayi, Yerimoti, Beyaliya, Shemariya, na Shefatiya Umuharufu; Elikana, Ishiya, Azareli, Yowezeri, na Yashobeyamu, Abakora; na Yowela na Zebadiya, bene Yerohamu w'i Gedori.

Bamwe mu Bagadi bahungira kuri Dawidi mu buhungiro bwo mu butayu—intwari zari zimenyereye intambara, zazobereye kurwanisha ingabo n'icumu, mu maso hameze nk'intare, zihuta nk'ingunzu ku misozi. Eseri yari umukuru, Obadiya uwa kabiri, Eliyabu uwa gatatu, Mishumana uwa kane, Yeremiya uwa gatanu, Atayi uwa gatandatu, Eliyeli uwa karindwi, Yohanani uwa munani, Elizabadi uwa cyenda, Yeremiya uwa cumi, Makebanayi uwa cumi n'umwe. Abo Bagadi bari abatware b'ingabo; umutoya muri bo yanganaga n'abantu ijana, naho umukuru akangana n'igihumbi. Aba ni bo bagabo bambutse Yorodani mu kwezi kwa mbere, ubwo yari yuzuye ikarenga inkombe zayo zose, batatanya abantu bose bo mu bibaya, mu burasirazuba no mu burengerazuba.

Bamwe mu bagabo b'Ababenyamini n'Abayuda na bo baje kuri Dawidi mu buhungiro. Dawidi arasohoka ajya kubasanganira, arababwira ati: “Niba muje kuri njye mu mahoro kunfasha, umutima wanjye uzifatanya namwe; ariko niba muje kungambanira ku banzi banjye, kandi nta rugomo mfite mu maboko yanjye, Imana ya ba sogokuruza ibibone ibacire urubanza.” Nuko Mwuka wa Data wa twese aza kuri Amasayi, umukuru wa bariya mirongo itatu, aravuga ati: “Turi abawe, Dawidi! Turi kumwe nawe, mwene Yese! Amahoro, amahoro abe kuri wowe, amahoro abe ku bagufasha, kuko So agufasha.” Dawidi arabakira, abagira abatware b'ingabo ze.

Bamwe mu ba Manase bahungira kuri Dawidi ubwo yagendaga n'Abafilisiti kurwanya Sawuli. Ariko Dawidi n'ingabo ze ntibafashije Abafilisiti—bamaze kugisha inama, abatware b'Abafilisiti bohereza Dawidi, bati: “Azahungira databuja we Sawuli, bidutwaze imitwe yacu.” Agiye i Sikulagi, aba bo muri Manase baramuhungira: Adina, Yozabadi, Yediyayeli, Mikayeli, Yozabadi, Elihu, Ziletayi—abatware b'ibihumbi bya Manase. Bafashije Dawidi kurwanya abambuzi, kuko bose bari intwari, baba abatware mu ngabo ze. Uko bukeye abagabo bakajya baza gufasha Dawidi, kugeza ubwo yagize ingabo nyinshi nk'ingabo za Data wa twese.

Dore umubare w'abagabo bitwaje intwaro z'urugamba, baje kuri Dawidi i Heburoni kumuhindurira ubwami bwa Sawuli, nk'uko Data wa twese yari yavuze, mu Bayuda, bitwaje ingabo n'icumu—ibihumbi bitandatu na magana umunani bitwaje intwaro z'urugamba; mu ba Simeyoni, intwari ziteguye urugamba—ibihumbi birindwi na ijana; mu ba Levi—ibihumbi bine na magana atandatu, hamwe na Yehoyada, umuyobozi w'umuryango wa Aroni, na bagera ku bihumbi bitatu na magana arindwi bari kumwe na we, na Sadoki, umusore w'intwari, hamwe n'abatware makumyabiri na babiri bo mu muryango we. Mu ba Benyamini, bene wabo na Sawuli—ibihumbi bitatu; abenshi muri bo bari baracyarinze urugo rwa Sawuli. mu ba Efurayimu—ibihumbi makumyabiri na magana umunani, intwari, abagabo b'ibirangirire mu miryango yabo; mu gice cy'umuryango wa Manase—ibihumbi cumi na umunani, batoranyijwe ku mazina ngo baze bimike Dawidi; mu ba Isakari: abatware magana abiri basobanukiwe ibihe, bazi ibyo Isiraheli yagombaga gukora, hamwe na bene wabo bose bari mu buyobozi bwabo. Mu ba Zabuloni: ingabo ibihumbi mirongo itanu zimenyereye intambara, zitwaje intwaro z'urugamba za buri bwoko, ziteguye gufasha Dawidi n'umutima wabo wose, mu ba Nefutali—abatware igihumbi, bari kumwe n'abagabo ibihumbi mirongo itatu na birindwi bitwaje ingabo n'icumu; mu ba Dani—abagabo ibihumbi makumyabiri na umunani na magana atandatu biteguye urugamba; mu ba Ashēri—ingabo ibihumbi mirongo ine zimenyereye intambara ziteguye urugamba; mu burasirazuba bwa Yorodani—Rubeni, Gadi, igice cy'umuryango wa Manase—ibihumbi ijana na makumyabiri, bitwaje intwaro z'intambara za buri bwoko.

Abo bose bari intwari zihagaze mu mirongo y'urugamba, baje i Heburoni n'umutima wabo wose kwimika Dawidi ngo abe umwami wa Isiraheli yose; n'abandi Bisiraheli bose bari bafite umutima umwe wo kwimika Dawidi. Bamara iminsi itatu bari kumwe na Dawidi, barya kandi banywa; bene wabo bari barabateguriye ibyokurya. Abaturanyi babo kugeza no muri Isakari na Zabuloni na Nefutali bazanye ibyokurya ku ndogobe na ku ngamiya na ku nyumbu na ku bimasa—ifu, utubumbe tw'imbuto z'umutini, imibumbe y'imizabibu yumye, divayi, amavuta, inka, n'intama byinshi, kuko mu Isiraheli hari ibyishimo.