Dawidi n'Imigati Yera
Dawidi ari ku ruhunge kandi atagira intwaro, abeshya umutambyi i Nobu, agenda afite inkota ya Goliyati n'imigati yakuwe imbere ya Data wa twese. Dowegi w'Umwedomu abibona byose. Hanyuma, bamumenyeye i Gati, Dawidi yikiza atemba amacandwe mu rwanwa rwe akanakora ibimenyetso ku irembo.
21 1Dawidi aza kwa Ahimeleki umutambyi i Nobu. Ahimeleki aza kumusanganira ahinda umushyitsi, aramubaza ati: “Kuki uri wenyine ntawe muri kumwe?” 2Dawidi abwira Ahimeleki umutambyi ati: “Umwami yarantumye arambwira ati: ‘Ntihakagire umenya ikintu na kimwe ku byerekeye uyu mushinga ngutumye n'ibyo nagutegetse.’ Nageneye abasore banjye ahantu runaka. 3None se ufite iki? Mpa imigati itanu cyangwa icyo ushobora kubona cyose.”
4Umutambyi abwira Dawidi ati: “Nta mugati usanzwe mfite, keretse imigati yera gusa, niba abasore baretse abagore.”
5Dawidi asubiza umutambyi ati: “Koko twaretse abagore, nk'uko bisanzwe iyo njya ku rugamba. Imibiri y'abasore iba yera na mu rugendo rusanzwe; none se uyu munsi imibiri yabo ntizarushaho kuba iyera?” 6Nuko umutambyi amuha imigati yera, kuko nta kindi cyari aho uretse imigati y'Imbere—yakuwe imbere ya Data wa twese kugira ngo isimbuzwe imigati ishyushye ku munsi yakuwe. a a v6 Imigati y'Imbere yari imigati cumi n'ibiri yabikwaga mu hantu hera imbere ya Data wa twese, igasimburwa buri cyumweru; mu buryo busanzwe abatambyi ni bo bonyine bemererwaga kuyirya.
7Uwo munsi hari umwe mu bagaragu ba Sawuli, wari wafatiwe imbere ya Data wa twese: ni Dowegi w'Umwedomu, umukuru w'abashumba ba Sawuli.
8Dawidi abaza Ahimeleki ati: “Mbese nta cumi cyangwa inkota ufite hano? Nta nkota yanjye cyangwa intwaro nari mfite, kuko itegeko ry'umwami ryari rifite ubwihutirwe.”
9Umutambyi aravuga ati: “Inkota ya Goliyati wa Mufilisiti—Goliyati wowe wishe mu kibaya cya Ela—iri hano, ipfunyitse mu mwenda inyuma y'igishura. Niba uyishaka uyifate; nta yindi iri hano.” Dawidi aravuga ati: “Nta yindi ingana na yo; mpa yo.”
Dawidi Ahungira i Gati
10Uwo munsi Dawidi arahaguruka ahunga Sawuli, aza kwa Akishi umwami w'i Gati. 11Ariko abagaragu ba Akishi baramubwira bati: “Mbese uyu si Dawidi, umwami w'igihugu? Ntabwo ari we babyinira bati: ‘Sawuli yishe ibihumbi, naho Dawidi we ibihumbagiza’?”
12Dawidi ashyira ayo magambo ku mutima, atinya cyane Akishi umwami w'i Gati. 13Nuko ahindura imyitwarire ye imbere yabo, yigira umusazi mu maso yabo; andika ku nzugi z'irembo areka n'amacandwe amanuka ku bwanwa bwe. 14Akishi abwira abagaragu be ati: “Dore, murabona ko uyu muntu ari umusazi. Kuki mumunzanire? 15Mbese mbuze abasazi, ngo munzanira uyu kugira ngo amfurukutire? Ese yakwinjira mu nzu yanjye?”