2 Samweli
4: 1 Umuhungu wa Sawuli yumvise ko Abuneri yapfiriye i Heburoni, amaboko ye yari
abanyantege nke, Abisirayeli bose baragira ubwoba.
4: 2 Umuhungu wa Sawuli yari afite abagabo babiri bari abatware b'imigwi: izina ry'Uwiteka
umwe yari Baana, n'izina ry'undi Rechab, abahungu ba Rimoni a
Beeroti, mu bana ba Benyamini: (kuko Beeroti na we yabazwe
kuri Benyamini.
3 Beeroti bahungira i Gitayimu, babayo kugeza aho
uyu munsi.)
4 Yonatani, umuhungu wa Sawuli, yabyaye umuhungu wamugaye ibirenge. Yari
imyaka itanu igihe inkuru yaturutse kuri Sawuli na Yonatani
Yezireyeli, n'umuforomokazi we baramujyana, barahunga: bibaye,
yihutira guhunga, ko yaguye, acumbagira. Kandi izina rye ryari
Mefibosheti.
5 Abahungu ba Rimoni Beeroti, Rechab na Baana baragenda, baraza
ibijyanye n'ubushyuhe bw'umunsi ku nzu ya Ishbosheti, aryamye ku buriri
saa sita.
4: 6 Bagezeyo hagati mu nzu, nk'uko babishaka
bazanye ingano; bamukubita munsi y'urubavu rwa gatanu: na Rechab
Bana murumuna we aratoroka.
7 Bageze mu nzu, aryama ku buriri bwe mu cyumba cye,
baramukubita, baramwica, baraca umutwe, bafata umutwe,
ijoro ryose ubarekure mu kibaya.
4: 8 Bazana Dawidi umutwe wa Ishbosheti i Heburoni, baravuga
Umwami, Dore umutware wa Ishbosheti mwene Sawuli umwanzi wawe,
yashakaga ubuzima bwawe; Uhoraho yihoreye databuja umwami
umunsi wa Sawuli n'urubyaro rwe.
4 Dawidi asubiza Rechab na Baana murumuna we, bene Rimoni
Beeroti, arababwira ati: "Uwiteka abaho, wacunguye uwanjye."
roho mubibazo byose,
4:10 Igihe umuntu yambwiye ati: Dore Sawuli yarapfuye, atekereza kuzana
inkuru nziza, ndamufata, ndamwica muri Ziklag, uwatekereje
ko namuha igihembo kubutumwa bwe:
Birenzeho, iyo abantu babi bishe umukiranutsi wenyine
inzu ku buriri bwe? Sinkeneye rero amaraso ye
ukuboko, no kugukura ku isi?
4:12 Dawidi ategeka abasore be, barabica, barabica
amaboko n'ibirenge, abimanika hejuru ya pisine i Heburoni. Ariko
bafata umutwe wa Ishbosheti, barawushyingura mu mva ya
Abuneri i Heburoni.