1 Ngoma
12: 1 Abo ni bo baza kwa Dawidi i Ziklag, mu gihe yari akibitse
ubwe yari hafi kubera Sawuli mwene Kishi, kandi bari muri Uhoraho
abagabo bakomeye, abafasha b'intambara.
12: 2 Bari bitwaje imiheto, kandi bashoboraga gukoresha ukuboko kw'iburyo n'Uwiteka
asigaye atera amabuye no kurasa imyambi mu muheto, ndetse na Sawuli
bavandimwe ba Benyamini.
3 Umutware yari Ahiezer, hanyuma Yowasi, abahungu ba Shema Gibeya;
na Yeziyeli na Peleti mwene Azmaveti; na Beracha, na Yehu Uwiteka
Antothite,
12: 4 Isimaya Gibeyoni, umuntu ukomeye muri mirongo itatu, no hejuru ya Uhoraho
mirongo itatu; na Yeremiya, na Jahaziyeli, na Yohanani, na Yosabadi
Gederathite,
Eluzayi, Yerimoti, Bealiya, Shemariya, na Shefatiya
Haruphite,
12 Elkana, na Yeseya, na Azariyeli, na Yozezer, na Yashobeamu,
Korhite,
7 Yoweli na Zebadiya, bene Yerowamu wa Gedori.
8 Muri Gadi hariya bitandukanije na Dawidi mu kigo
mu butayu abantu bakomeye, n'abagabo b'intambara bakwiriye kurugamba, ngo
yashoboraga gukoresha ingabo na buckler, mu maso habo hameze nk'isura ya
intare, kandi zarihuse nk'imigozi ku misozi;
Ezeri wa mbere, Obadiya wa kabiri, Eliyabu wa gatatu,
12:10 Mishmanna wa kane, Yeremiya uwa gatanu,
12:11 Atayo wa gatandatu, Eliyeli wa karindwi,
12:12 Johanan umunani, Elzabad icyenda,
12:13 Yeremiya cumi, Machbanai cumi na rimwe.
12:14 Abo ni abo mu bahungu ba Gadi, abatware b'ingabo: umwe mu bato
yari hejuru yijana, kandi mukuru arenga igihumbi.
Abo ni bo bambutse Yorodani mu kwezi kwa mbere, igihe yari ifite
yarenze banki zose; bahunga ibibaya byose,
haba mu burasirazuba, no mu burengerazuba.
16:16 Abana ba Benyamini na Yuda baza kubarindira
Dawidi.
12:17 Dawidi arasohoka abasanganira, arabasubiza ati: "Niba ari mwe."
ngwino amahoro kugira ngo umfashe, umutima wanjye uzakubohesha:
ariko niba mwaje kungambanira abanzi banjye, kuko nta kibi kiri
mu biganza byanjye, Imana ya ba sogokuruza ireba, kandi iragaya.
12:18 Umwuka uza kuri Amasai, wari umutware w'abatware, na we
ati: "Turi abawe, Dawidi, no ku ruhande rwawe, mwene Yese: amahoro,
amahoro kuri wewe, amahoro abe abafasha bawe; kuko Imana yawe igufasha
wowe. Dawidi arabakira, abagira abatware b'iryo tsinda.
12 Manase agwa kwa Dawidi, azanye na Uhoraho
Abafilisitiya barwanya Sawuli ku rugamba, ariko ntibabafasha: kuko ari Uhoraho
abatware b'Abafilisitiya bamugiriye inama baramuhereza, baravuga bati: 'Azabikora
kugwa kwa shebuja Sawuli mu kaga k'imitwe yacu.
Agiye i Ziklagi, haza i Manase, Adna na Jozabadi,
na Yediyael, Mikayeli, na Yosabadi, Elihu na Zilthai, abatware
mu bihumbi byari ibya Manase.
12:21 Bafasha Dawidi kurwanya itsinda rya ba roveri, kuko bose bari bose
abantu b'intwari b'intwari, kandi bari abatware b'ingabo.
12:22 Kuberako icyo gihe umunsi ku munsi haza Dawidi kumufasha, kugeza igihe bizabera
yari umushyitsi ukomeye, nkingabo zImana.
12:23 Kandi iyo ni yo mibare y'udutsiko twiteguye bitwaje intambara,
agera kwa Dawidi i Heburoni, kugira ngo amuhindure ubwami bwa Sawuli,
nk'uko ijambo ry'Uhoraho ribivuga.
24:24 Abana b'u Buyuda bitwaje ingabo n'amacumu bari ibihumbi bitandatu kandi
magana inani, biteguye bitwaje intambara.
12:25 Mu bana ba Simeyoni, abantu bakomeye b'intwari ku rugamba, barindwi
igihumbi n'ijana.
12:26 Mu bana ba Lewi ibihumbi bine na magana atandatu.
Yehoyada yari umutware w'Abaroni, kandi bari kumwe na batatu
igihumbi na magana arindwi;
28:28 Zadok, umusore w'intwari, n'inzu ya se
abatware makumyabiri na babiri.
12:29 Na bene Benyamini, umuryango wa Sawuli, ibihumbi bitatu:
kuko kugeza ubu igice kinini muri bo cyari cyarinze umurinzi w'inzu ya
Sawuli.
12:30 Mu bana ba Efurayimu ibihumbi makumyabiri na magana inani, bakomeye
abagabo b'intwari, bazwi mu nzu ya ba se.
12:31 Kandi mu gice cya kabiri cy'umuryango wa Manase ibihumbi cumi n'umunani, bari
bigaragazwa n'izina, kuza kugira umwami Dawidi.
12:32 N'abana ba Isakari, bari abagabo basobanukiwe
y'ibihe, kumenya icyo Isiraheli igomba gukora; imitwe yabo yari
maganabiri; kandi abavandimwe babo bose bari ku itegeko ryabo.
12:33 Kuri Zebuluni, nk'abagiye ku rugamba, abahanga mu ntambara, hamwe na bose
ibikoresho by'intambara, ibihumbi mirongo itanu, byashoboraga kugumana urwego: ntabwo
y'umutima wa kabiri.
34 Na Nafutali abatware igihumbi, hamwe na bo bakoresheje ingabo n'amacumu
ibihumbi mirongo itatu na birindwi.
12:35 Kandi muri Danite inzobere mu ntambara ibihumbi makumyabiri n'umunani na gatandatu
ijana.
12:36 Na Asheri, nk'abagiye ku rugamba, umuhanga mu ntambara, mirongo ine
igihumbi.
Ku rundi ruhande rwa Yorodani, i Rubeni, n'Abagadi, na
w'igice cy'umuryango wa Manase, hamwe n'ibikoresho byose by'intambara
ntambara, ibihumbi ijana na makumyabiri.
12:38 Aba bagabo bose b'intambara, bashoboraga gukomeza urwego, bazanye umutima wuzuye
Heburoni, kugira ngo Dawidi abe umwami wa Isiraheli yose: n'abandi bose
Isiraheli yari ifite umutima umwe wo guhindura Dawidi umwami.
Bamarana na Dawidi iminsi itatu, barya kandi banywa, kuko
abavandimwe babo bari barabateguriye.
12:40 Byongeye kandi abari hafi yabo, kugeza kuri Isakari na Zebuluni na
Nafutali, azana imigati ku ndogobe, no ku ngamiya, ku nyumbu, n'ibindi
ibimasa, n'inyama, ifunguro, udutsima tw'imitini, n'udutsima twinshi twumye, na vino,
n'amavuta, ibimasa n'intama byinshi, kuko muri Isiraheli hari umunezero.