Intambara Itangirana n'Abafilisiti
Yonatani atsinda ibirindiro, Abafilisiti bateranya amagare atabarika, maze Isiraheli yihisha mu buvumo nta mucuzi wo gucura inkota. Sawuli, areba ingabo ze zishira, atamba igitambo ubwe aho gutegereza. Ntiyitondeye itegeko rya Data we; ubwami bwe ntibuzahoraho.
13 1Sawuli yari afite imyaka mirongo itatu ubwo yabaye umwami, maze ategeka Isiraheli imyaka mirongo ine n'ibiri. a a v1 Imibare iri muri uyu murongo yavuye mu nyandiko y'igiheburayi, aho handitse ngo “Sawuli yari afite umwaka umwe… ategeka imyaka ibiri.” Imibare iri hano ikurikiza ibisomwa muri Bibiliya nyinshi za none. 2Sawuli atoranya mu Bisiraheli abagabo ibihumbi bitatu: ibihumbi bibiri bari kumwe na we i Mikimasi no mu misozi ya Beteli, igihumbi kiri kumwe na Yonatani i Gibeya mu ntara y'Ababenyamini. Abasigaye abohereza mu rugo, buri wese ajya mu ihema rye. 3Yonatani atsinda ingabo z'Abafilisiti zari zikambitse i Geba, maze Abafilisiti barabyumva. Nuko Sawuli avuza ihembe mu gihugu cyose ati: “Abaheburayi nibumve!” 4Abisiraheli bose bumva ko Sawuli yatsinze ingabo z'Abafilisiti, kandi ko Abisiraheli babaye abazinukwa ku Bafilisiti. Nuko abantu bakoranira kuri Sawuli i Gilugali. 5Abafilisiti bakoranira hamwe kugira ngo barwanye Isiraheli: amagare y'intambara ibihumbi bitatu, abagendera ku mafarasi ibihumbi bitandatu, n'ingabo nyinshi zitabarika nk'umusenyi wo ku nkombe z'inyanja. Baraza bakambika i Mikimasi, mu burasirazuba bwa Betaveni. 6Abagabo b'Abisiraheli bamenye ko ingorane zabageze, kuko abantu barushijwe gukandamizwa; nuko bihishira mu buvumo, mu mahuru, mu bitare, mu binombe no mu mariba. b b v6 Amariba yari ibidendezi byacukuwe mu rutare munsi y'ubutaka, byubatswe kugira ngo bakusanyemo kandi babikemo amazi y'imvura. 7Bamwe mu Baheburayi bambuka Yorodani bagana i Gadi n'i Gileyadi. Ariko Sawuli agumya i Gilugali, kandi abantu bose baramukurikira bahinda umushyitsi.
Sawuli Akora Atategereje Ijambo rya Data
8Ategereza iminsi irindwi, igihe Samweli yari yashyizeho; ariko Samweli ntiyaza i Gilugali, maze abantu baratatana bamuvaho. 9Sawuli aravuga ati: “Nimunzanire igitambo gikongorwa n'ibitambo by'amahoro.” Nuko atamba igitambo gikongorwa.
10Akimara gutamba igitambo gikongorwa, Samweli araza, maze Sawuli asohoka asanganira Samweli ngo amuramutse. 11“Ni iki ukoze?” ni ko Samweli amubaza. Sawuli arasubiza ati: “Nabonye abantu baratatana bava kuri njye, nawe ntiwaje ku gihe cyagenwe, kandi Abafilisiti bari bateraniye i Mikimasi,
12niyibwiye nti: ‘Abafilisiti bazansatira i Gilugali, kandi sinari narasabye ubuntu bwa Data wa twese.’ Nuko ndihatira, ndatamba igitambo gikongorwa.”
13“Wakoze iby'ubupfu,” ni ko Samweli abwira Sawuli. “Ntiwubahirije itegeko So yaguhaye. Iyo uza kwubahiriza iryo tegeko, Data wa twese yari kuba yashinze ubwami bwawe kuri Isiraheli iteka ryose. 14Ariko none ubwami bwawe ntibuzaramba. Data wa twese yishakiye umuntu uhuje n'umutima we, amugira umutware w'abantu be, kuko utubahirije ibyo yagutegetse.”
15Samweli ava i Gilugali, azamukira i Gibeya mu gihugu cy'Ababenyamini. Sawuli yabaruye abantu bari kumwe na we, baba abagabo bagera kuri magana atandatu.
Isiraheli Isigara Nta Ntwaro
16Sawuli n'umuhungu we Yonatani n'abantu bari kumwe na bo bagumya i Geba mu ntara y'Ababenyamini; Abafilisiti bakambika i Mikimasi. 17Abambuzi bava mu nkambi y'Abafilisiti bigabanyijemo amatsinda atatu. Itsinda rimwe ryerekeza i Ofura, mu gihugu cya Shuwali; 18irindi ryerekeza i Betihoroni; irya gatatu ryerekeza ku mupaka uteganye n'ikibaya cya Seboyimu, ryerekeza mu butayu. 19Nta mucuzi w'ibyuma wabonekaga mu Bisiraheli bose, kuko Abafilisiti bari baravuze bati: “Naho ubundi Abaheburayi bashobora gucura inkota cyangwa amacumu.” 20Nuko Abisiraheli bose bamanukira ku Bafilisiti kugira ngo batyaze amasuka yabo n'amapiki n'amashoka n'imihoro. 21Igiciro cyo gutyaza amasuka n'amapiki n'amakanya cyari nka kimwe cya kane cy'onsi y'ifeza, naho gutyaza amashoka no kongera gutyaza inkoni zo gutwarisha amatungo cyari nka kimwe cya munani cy'onsi. c c v21 Inkoni yo gutwarisha amatungo yari igiti kirekire gifite impera y'icyuma gityaye, bakoreshaga mu gutuma inka zigenda. 22Ku munsi w'intambara nta nkota cyangwa icumu byabonetse mu bantu bose bari kumwe na Sawuli na Yonatani; uretse Sawuli n'umuhungu we Yonatani bonyine, ni bo bari bafite izo ntwaro.
23Itsinda ry'ingabo z'Abafilisiti risohoka rijya ku nzira inyura i Mikimasi.