Anyankhondo Amphambvu Agumanyikana kuna Dhavidhi ku Zikilagi

Amuna asapitiriza kusiya mbali yawo mbaenda kwa Dhavidhi mu ndzidzi ukhali iye mbadzati kuthawa: Abendjamini akhakwanisa kuphatisira manja mawiri, a dzindza ya Sauli ekhene; Agadhi a nkhope ninga nkhalamu adawambuka Djordani yakudzala; amuna a Isakhari akhabvesesa midzidzi. Ku Hebroni madzindza asafika mwaunyinji, akulonga kuti Baba wawo asamphedza, pontho Izarayeli isakomerwa.

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Awa ndi amuna adabwera kuna Dhavidhi ku Zikilagi mu ndzidzi ukhali iye acimbodzi akhondeswa kuoneka pamaso pa Sauli mwana wa Kixi—anyankhondo amphambvu adamuphedza pa nkhondo. Akhali na mauta, akhakwanisa kuponya miyala peno kumenya miseu na djanja yamadyo peno yamabzere—Abenjamini, abale a Sauli. Ahiezeri ntsogoleri, buluka penepo Djoaxi, ana a Xemaa wa ku Gibeya; Djeziyeli na Peleti, ana a Azimaveti; Beraka; Djehu wa ku Anatoti; Ixumaya wa ku Gibeoni, nyankhondo wamphambvu pakati pa anamakumatatu, ntsogoleri wa anamakumatatu; Djeremiya, Djahazieli, Djohanani, Djozabadi wa ku Gedera; Eluzai, Djerimoti, Bealiya, Xemariya, na Xefatiya Mharufi; Elikana, Ixiya, Azareli, Djoezeri, na Djaxobeami, Akora; na Djoela na Zebadiya, ana a Djerohami wa ku Gedori.

Agadhi anango abuluka mbaenda kuna Dhavidhi ku linga ya n'thando—anyankhondo amphambvu apfundziswa nkhondo, adziwa kuphatisira cango na dipa, nkhope zawo ninga nkhalamu, akucimbiza ninga mbawala pa mapiri. Ezeri akhali ntsogoleri, Obadiya waciwiri, Eliyabi wacitatu, Mixumana wacinai, Djeremiya wacixanu, Atai wacitanthatu, Elieli wacinomwe, Djohanani wacisere, Elizabadi wacipfemba, Djeremiya wacikhumi, Makibanai wacikhumi na m'bodzi. Agadhi awa akhali atsogoleri a nkhondo; ule wakucepa akhalinganira anthu 100, mbwenye ule wankulu akhalinganira 1.000. Awa ndi amuna adawambuka nkulo wa Djordani mu mwezi wakutoma, pidadzala wonsene mbupfulika m'mphepete mwace monsene, mbathamangisa anthu onsene a m'migodi, kumabulukiro na kumadokero kwa dzuwa.

Amuna anango a Benjamini na Djuda abwerambo kuna Dhavidhi ku linga. Dhavidhi abuluka toera kuaonana nawo, mbaapanga tenepa: “Mungabwera kuna ine mu ntendere toera kundiphedza, ntima wanga unadzaphatana na imwe; mbwenye mungabwera toera kundisandukira kuna anyamalwa anga, maseze manja anga nkhabe cinyanyasa, Mulungu wa ambuya athu aone mbakutongani.” Penepo Nzimu wa Baba wathu ambvazika Amasai, ntsogoleri wa anamakumatatu, mbalonga tenepa: “Ife ndife anu, Dhavidhi! Ife tiri na imwe, mwana wa Djese! Ntendere, ntendere kuna imwe, ntendere kuna anyakukuphedzani, thangwi Baba wanu asakuphedzani.” Dhavidhi aatambira, mbaacita atsogoleri a anyakuthukula ace.

Anango a Manase abuluka mbaenda kuna Dhavidhi mu ndzidzi udaenda iye na Afilisti toera kumenyana na Sauli. Mbwenye Dhavidhi na amuna ace nkhabe kuphedza Afilisti—pakumala kucedza, atsogoleri a Afilisti abwezera Dhavidhi, mbalonga tenepa: “Iye anadzabuluka mbaenda kuna mbuyace Sauli, mbatikwatira misolo yathu.” Mu ndzidzi ukhaenda iye ku Zikilagi, awa a Manase abuluka mbaenda kuna iye: Adhina, Djozabadi, Djediyaeli, Mikaeli, Djozabadi, Elihu, Zileti—atsogoleri a vikwi vya Manase. Iwo aphedza Dhavidhi kumenyana na anyakuthukula, thangwi onsene akhali anyankhondo amphambvu, mbakhala atsogoleri mu nkhondo yace. Ntsiku na ntsiku amuna akhabwera toera kuphedza Dhavidhi, mpaka iye akhala na nkhondo ikulu ninga nkhondo ya Baba wathu.

Awa ndi miwerengo ya amuna akhonzeka toera ku nkhondo adabwera kuna Dhavidhi ku Heburoni toera kupereka umambo wa Sauli kuna iye, ninga mudalonga Baba wathu, a Djuda, akhaphata cango na dipa—6.800 akhonzeka toera ku nkhondo; a Simeoni, anyankhondo amphambvu akhonzeka toera ku nkhondo—7.100; a Levi—4.600, pabodzi na Djehoyadha, ntsogoleri wa banja ya Aroni, na 3.700 pabodzi na iye, na Zadhoki, m'phale wamphambvu wa nkhondo, pabodzi na akulu makumawiri na awiri a m'banja mwace. A Benjamini, abale a Sauli—3.000; azinji a iwo akhapitiriza kuonera nyumba ya Sauli, a Efraimi—20.800, anyankhondo amphambvu, amuna adadziwika mu mabanja mwawo; a hafu ya dzindza ya Manase—18.000, adasankhulwa na madzina awo toera kubwera mbacita Dhavidhi mambo; a Isakari: atsogoleri 200 akhabvesesa midzidzi, akhadziwa pinafunika kucitwa na Izarayeli, pabodzi na abale awo onsene pantsi pa utongi wawo. a Zebuloni: anyankhondo 50.000 adapfundza kale, akhonzeka toera ku nkhondo na pida pyonsene, akhonzeka toera kuphedza Dhavidhi na ntima onsene, a Nafitali—atsogoleri 1.000, na pabodzi na iwo amuna 37.000 akhaphata cango na dipa; a Dhani—amuna 28.600 akhonzeka toera ku nkhondo; a Axeri—anyankhondo 40.000 adapfundza kale akhonzeka toera ku nkhondo; a kumabulukiro kwa dzuwa kwa Djordani—Rubeni, Gadhi, hafu ya dzindza ya Manase—120.000, akhonzeka na pida pyonsene pya nkhondo.

Awa onsene akhali anyankhondo adakhonzeka toera ku nkhondo adabwera ku Heburoni na ntima onsene toera kucita Dhavidhi mambo wa Izarayeli onsene; anango onsene a Izarayeli akhalimbo na ntima ubodzi toera kucita Dhavidhi mambo. Iwo akhala penepo ntsiku zitatu pabodzi na Dhavidhi, mbadya mbamwa; abale awo akhadaakhonzera cakudya. Anyakuendekana nawo mpaka ku Isakari, Zebuloni, na Nafitali abweresa cakudya na maburu, ngamira, mula, na ng'ombe—ufa, makeke a makuyu, makeke a matphesa akuuma, vinyu, mafuta, ng'ombe, na mabira kazinji kene, thangwi mukhali na kutsandzaya mu Izarayeli.