1 Ngoma
20: 1 Umwaka urangiye, icyo gihe
abami bajya ku rugamba, Yowabu ayobora imbaraga z'ingabo, arasesagura
igihugu cy'abana ba Amoni, baraza bagota Raba. Ariko
Dawidi yagumye i Yeruzalemu. Yowabu akubita Raba, arawurimbura.
2 Dawidi akura ikamba ry'umwami wabo mu mutwe, arisanga
gupima impano ya zahabu, kandi harimo amabuye y'agaciro; na
Yashyizwe ku mutwe wa Dawidi, kandi azana iminyago myinshi cyane
y'umujyi.
3 Akuramo abantu bari bayirimo, abaca ibiti,
hamwe n'ibyuma, hamwe n'amashoka. Nubwo bimeze bityo, Dawidi yabigiriye bose
imigi y'abana ba Amoni. Dawidi n'abantu bose
asubira i Yeruzalemu.
4: 4 Nyuma y'ibyo, Gezeri atangira intambara
Abafilisitiya; icyo gihe Sibbechai Hushathite yica Sippai, ngo
yari iy'abana b'igihangange: baratsindwa.
5 Abafilisitiya bongera kurwana. na Elhanani mwene
Jayiri yishe Lahmi murumuna wa Goliyati Gite, inkoni ye y'icumu
yari nk'igiti cy'umuboshyi.
20: 6 Kandi nanone i Gati habaye intambara, aho hari umuntu ufite igihagararo kinini,
intoki n'amano byari bine na makumyabiri, bitandatu kuri buri kuboko, na bitandatu
kuri buri kirenge kandi yari n'umuhungu w'igihangange.
7 Ariko amaze gusuzugura Isiraheli, Yonatani mwene murumuna wa Shimeya Dawidi
aramwica.
20: 8 Aba bavukiye igihangange i Gati; bagwa mu kuboko kwa
Dawidi, n'ukuboko kw'abagaragu be.