1 Samweli
Abafilisitiya barwanya Isiraheli, Abisirayeli barahunga
Kuva imbere y'Abafilisitiya, yikubita hasi yiciwe ku musozi wa Gilboa.
2 Abafilisitiya bakurikira Sawuli n'abahungu be; na
Abafilisitiya bishe Yonatani, Abinadabu na Melishishua, abahungu ba Sawuli.
3 Intambara irakomera kuri Sawuli, abarashi baramukubita; na we
yakomeretse cyane abarashi.
4: 4 Sawuli abwira uwitwaje intwaro ati: 'Kura inkota yawe, unkubite
binyuze muri yo; kugira ngo aba batakebwe baza bansunike,
kandi umpoteza. Ariko uwitwaje ibirwanisho ntiyabishaka; kuko yari afite ubwoba bwinshi.
Nuko Sawuli afata inkota, ayigwamo.
5 Intwaro ye abonye ko Sawuli yapfuye, na we aragwa
inkota ye, apfa na we.
6: 6 Sawuli arapfa, n'abahungu be batatu, n'intwaro ze, n'abantu be bose,
uwo munsi hamwe.
7 Abayisraheli bari hakurya y'ikibaya,
Abari hakurya ya Yorodani, babona Abisiraheli
bahunze, kandi ko Sawuli n'abahungu be bapfuye, baretse imigi, kandi
yarahunze; Abafilisitiya baraza babaturamo.
Bukeye bwaho, Abafilisitiya bambura
abishwe, basanga Sawuli n'abahungu be batatu baguye kumusozi
Gilboa.
9 Bamuca umutwe, bamwambura intwaro, barinjira
igihugu cy'Abafilisitiya kizengurutse, kugira ngo gitangaze mu nzu ya
ibigirwamana byabo, no mu bantu.
Bashyira ibirwanisho bye mu nzu ya Ashitariyoti, bamwambika ibye
umurambo kugeza ku rukuta rwa Betshan.
31:11 Abatuye Jabeshgilead bumvise ibyo Uwiteka
Abafilisitiya bari bakoreye Sawuli;
Abagabo b'intwari bose barahaguruka, bagenda ijoro ryose, bajyana umurambo wa Sawuli
n'imirambo y'abahungu be kuva ku rukuta rwa Betshan, baraza
Yabeshi, arabatwika aho.
31:13 Bafata amagufwa yabo, bayashyingura munsi y'igiti i Yabeshi,
yisonzesha iminsi indwi.