2 Samweli
20: 1 Habaho umugabo wa Beliali, witwaga Sheba,
mwene Bichri, Umunyabenyamini: avuza impanda, ati: "Dufite."
nta ruhare muri Dawidi, nta n'umurage dufite mwene Yese: buri wese
Umuntu ku mahema ye, Isiraheli.
2 Abayisraheli bose barazamuka bakurikira Dawidi, bakurikira Sheba
mwene Bichri: ariko abantu bo mu Buyuda bifatira umwami wabo kuva i Yorodani
ndetse i Yeruzalemu.
3 Dawidi agera iwe i Yeruzalemu; Umwami afata icumi
abagore inshoreke ziwe, uwo yari yarasize kugira ngo arinde inzu, arazishira
mu cyumba, akabagaburira, ariko ntiyinjira muri bo. Barafunzwe
kugeza ku munsi w'urupfu rwabo, babaho mu bapfakazi.
4 Umwami abwira Amasa ati: “Nundekanya abagabo bo mu Buyuda muri batatu
iminsi, kandi ube hano.
5 Amasa ajya gukoranya abantu bo mu Buyuda, ariko amara igihe kirekire
igihe cyagenwe yari yaramushizeho.
Dawidi abwira Abishayi ati: “Noneho Sheba mwene Bikiri azadukorera byinshi
kugirira nabi Abusalomu: fata abagaragu ba shobuja, ukurikire
we, kugira ngo atazabona imigi ikikijwe, akaduhunga.
7 Abagabo ba Yowabu, n'Abakereti, n'Uwiteka barasohoka
Pelethi, n'abantu bakomeye bose: barasohoka bava i Yeruzalemu, bajya
ukurikire Sheba mwene Bichri.
20: 8 Igihe bari ku ibuye rinini riri i Gibeyoni, Amasa yagiye imbere
bo. Umwenda wa Yowabu yari yambariye, kandi
kuri yo umukandara ufite inkota yiziritse ku rukenyerero
yacyo; asohoka, iragwa.
20 Yowabu abwira Amasa ati: "Mugenzi wanjye, ufite ubuzima bwiza?" Yowabu arafata
Amasa n'ubwanwa n'ukuboko kw'iburyo kumusoma.
20 Amasa ntiyitondera inkota yari mu kuboko kwa Yowabu, nuko arakubita
amujyana mu rubavu rwa gatanu, asuka amara hasi,
ntiyongera kumukubita; arapfa. Yowabu na Abishayi murumuna we
akurikira Sheba mwene Bichri.
20:11 Umwe mu bantu ba Yowabu amuhagarara iruhande, avuga ati: “Ukunda Yowabu,
n'uwa Dawidi, amukurikire Yowabu.
20:12 Amasa amena amaraso hagati yumuhanda. Kandi igihe
umuntu abonye ko abantu bose bahagaze, akuramo Amasa muri
umuhanda munini mu murima, amuterera umwenda, abibonye
umuntu wese waje iruhande rwe yarahagaze.
20:13 Amaze gukurwa mu muhanda, abantu bose baragenda
Yowabu, akurikira Sheba mwene Bichri.
Yanyuze mu miryango yose ya Isiraheli agera kuri Abeli, no kuri
Bethmaacha, n'aba Berite bose: bateranira hamwe, kandi
na we amukurikira.
15:15 Baraza bamugota i Abeli w'i Betemaaka, baraterura
banki irwanya umujyi, ihagarara mu mwobo: n'abantu bose
Abari kumwe na Yowabu bakubise urukuta, kugira ngo bajugunye hasi.
20:16 Umugore w'umunyabwenge asakuza mu mujyi ati: Umva, umva; vuga, ndagusabye,
kwa Yowabu, ngwino hano, kugira ngo mvugane nawe.
20:17 Amwegera, wa mugore aramubaza ati “uri Yowabu? Kandi
aramusubiza ati: Ndi we. Aramubwira ati: “Umva amagambo yawe
umuja. Na we aramusubiza ati: Ndumva.
20:18 Aca avuga, ati: "Ntibari bahoze bavuga, ati:
Nta gushidikanya ko bazasaba Abeli inama, nuko barangiza ikibazo.
20:19 Ndi umwe muri bo bafite amahoro n'abizerwa muri Isiraheli: urashaka
gusenya umujyi na nyina muri Isiraheli: kuki uzamira bunguri Uwiteka?
umurage w'Uwiteka?
20 Yowabu aramusubiza ati: "Ntibikabe kure yanjye
kumira cyangwa kurimbura.
20 Ntabwo ari ko bimeze, ahubwo ni umuntu wo ku musozi wa Efurayimu, Sheba mwene
Bichri mu izina, yarambuye ukuboko ku mwami, ndetse arwanya
Dawidi: mumutabare gusa, nanjye nzava mu mujyi. Umugore
Abwira Yowabu ati: “Dore umutwe we uzaguterera hejuru y'urukuta.
20:22 Umugore asanga abantu bose mubwenge bwe. Baraca
Umutwe wa Sheba mwene Bichri, awujugunya i Yowabu. Na we
bavuza impanda, basezera mu mujyi, abantu bose bajya mu ihema rye.
Yowabu asubira i Yeruzalemu ku mwami.
20 Yowabu ategeka ingabo zose za Isiraheli, na Benaya mwene
Yehoyada yari hejuru y'Abakereti n'Abapelite:
24 Adoramu yari hejuru y'amakori, Yehoshafati mwene Ahiludi yari
icyuma gifata amajwi:
Sheva aba umwanditsi, Zadoki na Abiatari bari abatambyi:
20 Ira na Yayire yari umutware mukuru kuri Dawidi.