2 Samweli
10: 1 Nyuma y'ibyo, umwami w'abana ba Amoni
yarapfuye, umuhungu we Hanun aganza mu cyimbo cye.
10: 2 Dawidi ati: "Nzagaragariza Hanun mwene Nahash, nk'uko
Se yangiriye neza. Dawidi yohereza kumuhumuriza
ukuboko kw'abagaragu be kuri se. Abagaragu ba Dawidi baza muri Uhoraho
igihugu cy'Abamoni.
3 Abatware b'Abamoni babwira Hanuni umutware wabo,
Tekereza ko Dawidi yubaha so, we yohereje
abahumuriza? Ntabwo Dawidi ahubwo yohereje abagaragu be,
gushakisha umujyi, no kuwutata, no kuwuhirika?
10 Ni cyo cyatumye Hanun afata abagaragu ba Dawidi, yogosha kimwe cya kabiri
ubwanwa bwabo, bakata imyenda hagati, ndetse no ku yabo
ikibuno, akabohereza.
5: 5 Babibwiye Dawidi, yohereza kubasanganira, kuko abo bantu bari
Isoni zirakomera cyane, nuko umwami ati: Guma i Yeriko kugeza ubwanwa bwawe
gukura, hanyuma ugaruke.
6 Abamoni babonye ko banuka imbere ya Dawidi, Uhoraho
abana ba Amoni bohereza kandi baha akazi Abanyasiriya b'i Beterehobu, na
Abasiriya ba Zoba, abanyamaguru ibihumbi makumyabiri, n'umwami Maaka igihumbi
abagabo, na Ishtob abantu ibihumbi cumi na bibiri.
7 Dawidi abyumvise, yohereza Yowabu n'ingabo zose z'abanyambaraga
abagabo.
8 Abamoni barasohoka, bashyira urugamba kuri Uwiteka
kwinjira mu irembo: n'Abasiriya ba Zoba, na Rehob, na
Ishtob, na Maaka, bari bonyine mu murima.
10: 9 Yowabu abonye ko urugamba rwamurwanyaga mbere na
inyuma, yahisemo abagabo bose batoranijwe bo muri Isiraheli, abashyira muburyo bwiza
kurwanya Abanyasiriya:
10:10 Abandi bantu bose abashyikiriza Abishayi ibye
muvandimwe, kugira ngo abashyire mu bikorwa barwanya abana ba Amoni.
10:11 Ati: "Niba Abanyasiriya bakomeye kundusha, uzamfasha."
njye: ariko niba abana ba Amoni bakomeye kuri wewe, nzabikora
ngwino ugufashe.
10:12 Gira ubutwari, kandi dukine abagabo kubwoko bwacu, no kuri Uwiteka
imigi y'Imana yacu: Uwiteka akore ibisa neza.
10:13 Yowabu aregera n'abantu bari kumwe na we ku rugamba
barwanya Abanyasiriya: bahunga imbere ye.
10:14 Abamoni babonye Abanyasiriya bahunze, barahunga
na bo imbere ya Abishayi, binjira mu mujyi. Yowabu aragaruka
Abana ba Amoni, baza i Yeruzalemu.
10:15 Abanyasiriya babonye ko bakubiswe imbere ya Isiraheli, ni bo
bateranira hamwe.
10:16 Hadarezer yohereza, asohora Abanyasiriya bari hakurya y'Uwiteka
uruzi: bagera i Helamu; na Shobach umutware w'ingabo za
Hadarezer yagiye imbere yabo.
10:17 Bibwiwe Dawidi, akoranya Abisirayeli bose, ararengana
hakurya ya Yorodani, agera i Helamu. Abanyasiriya na bo biteguye
kurwanya Dawidi, arwana na we.
10:18 Abanyasiriya bahungira imbere ya Isiraheli; Dawidi yica abo bantu barindwi
amagare ijana y'Abanyasiriya, n'abagendera ku mafarasi ibihumbi mirongo ine, barakubita
Shobach umutware w'ingabo zabo, apfirayo.
Abami bose bari abagaragu ba Hadarezer babibonye
bakubiswe imbere ya Isiraheli, bagirana amahoro na Isiraheli, kandi barakora
bo. Abanyasiriya rero batinyaga gufasha abana ba Amoni ukundi.