Dawidi yihishe mu buvumo

Abari mu kaga bose, n'abarimo imyenda, n'abari barushye mu mutima, bateranira kuri Dawidi mu buvumo, abagabo magana ane. Sawuli, afite inzika munsi y'umunyinya, ategeka Dowegi kwica abatambyi ba Data wa twese mirongo inani na batanu n'umujyi wose wa Nobu. Umuhungu umwe arokoka, maze Dawidi avuga ko ari we watumye bapfa.

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Dawidi avayo arahunga, acikira mu buvumo bwa Adulamu. Bene se n'inzu ya se bose babyumvise bamanukira aho ari. Abari mu kaga bose, n'abarimo imyenda, n'abari barushye mu mutima, bakoranira hamwe iwe; aba umuyobozi wabo, basaga abantu magana ane. Avayo Dawidi ajya i Misipa ya Mowabu, abaza umwami wayo ati: “Ndakwinginze, reka data na mama baze babe kumwe nawe, kugeza ubwo nzamenya icyo Data wa twese azankorera.” Abasiga kwa Mwami wa Mowabu, babana na we igihe cyose Dawidi yari mu buhungiro. Umuhanuzi Gadi abwira Dawidi ati: “Ntugume mu buhungiro; genda ujye mu gihugu cy'u Buyuda.” Nuko Dawidi aragenda ajya mu ishyamba rya Hereti.

Sawuli yica abatambyi ba Data wa twese

Sawuli yumva ko Dawidi n'abantu be bamenyekanye. Yari yicaye i Gibeya munsi y'umunyinya wari ku musozi, afite icumu mu kiganza, abagaragu be bose bamukikije bahagaze. Sawuli abwira abagaragu be bari bamukikije ati: “Nimwumva, bene Benyamini! Mbese mwene Yese azabaha mwese imirima n'imizabibu? Azabagira mwese abatware b'ibihumbi n'abatware b'amagana, ngo kugira ngo mungambanire mwese? Nta n'umwe umbwira ko umuhungu wanjye yagiranye isezerano na mwene Yese. Nta n'umwe muri mwe umbabaza cyangwa ngo ambwire ko umuhungu wanjye yateje umugaragu wanjye kunjomba, nk'uko abikora uyu munsi.”

Dowegi w'Umwedomu wari kumwe n'abagaragu ba Sawuli aravuga ati: “Nabonye mwene Yese aje i Nobu, kuri Ahimeleki mwene Ahitubu. Ahimeleki amugishiriza inama Uhoraho, amuha impamba n'inkota ya Goliyati wa Mufilisiti.”

Umwami ahamagaza umutambyi Ahimeleki mwene Ahitubu, n'umuryango wa se wose, abatambyi bo muri Nobu, maze bose baza kwa mwami. Sawuli aravuga ati: “Nyumva none, mwene Ahitubu.” Na we arasubiza ati: “Karame, databuja.”

Sawuli aramubaza ati: “Kuki wowe na mwene Yese mwangambaniye? Wamuhaye umugati n'inkota, umugishiriza inama Imana, kugira ngo anyitabe-ho andindire kunjomba, nk'uko abikora uyu munsi.”

Ahimeleki asubiza umwami ati: “Mbese ni nde mu bagaragu bawe bose ukwizerwa nka Dawidi, umukwe w'umwami, umutware w'abakurinda, kandi ukubahwa mu rugo rwawe? Mbese ni uyu munsi ntangiye kumugishiriza inama Data wa twese? Bibe kure yanjye! Umwami ntagire icyo ashinja umugaragu we, cyangwa umuryango wa data wose, kuko umugaragu wawe nta cyo yari azi muri ibi byose, cyaba gito cyangwa kinini.”

Ariko umwami aravuga ati: “Uzapfa rwose, Ahimeleki, wowe n'inzu ya so yose.” Umwami abwira abarinzi bari bahagarariye iruhande rwe ati: “Nimuhindukire mwice abatambyi ba Data wa twese, kuko n'ukuboko kwabo kuri kumwe na Dawidi; bari bazi ko ahunga ariko ntibambwira.” Ariko abagaragu b'umwami banga kurambura ukuboko ngo bice abatambyi ba Data wa twese.

Umwami abwira Dowegi ati: “Hindukira wice abatambyi.” Nuko Dowegi w'Umwedomu arahindukira abarimbura, yica abagabo mirongo inani na batanu bari bambaye ibishura by'ubutambyi by'ilino uwo munsi.

Yica Nobu umujyi w'abatambyi n'inkota, abagabo n'abagore n'abana n'impinja, n'inka n'indogobe n'intama, byose abica n'inkota. Ariko umwe mu bahungu ba Ahimeleki mwene Ahitubu, witwaga Abiyatari, aracika ahungira kuri Dawidi. Abiyatari abwira Dawidi ko Sawuli yishe abatambyi ba Data wa twese.

Dawidi abwira Abiyatari ati: “Nari mbizi ko uwo munsi Dowegi w'Umwedomu yari aho, ko yari kubibwira Sawuli. Ni jye wateye urupfu abari mu nzu ya so bose. Guma kumwe nanjye; ntutinye. Ushaka ubugingo bwanjye ni we ushaka ubwawe. Uri kumwe nanjye uzaba amahoro.”