Abacamanza
21: 1 Abayisraheli bararahira i Mizpeh, bavuga bati:
muri twe duha umukobwa we Benyamini.
Abantu bagera ku nzu y'Imana, barahatura kugeza nimugoroba
imbere y'Imana, barangurura amajwi yabo, bararira cyane;
21: 3 Ati: "Uhoraho, Mana ya Isiraheli, ni ukubera iki ibyo bibaye muri Isiraheli, ngo?
hakwiye kubaho umunsi umwe umuryango umwe wabuze muri Isiraheli?
Bukeye bwaho, abantu bahaguruka kare, barubaka
ngaho igicaniro, gitamba ibitambo byoswa n'amaturo y'amahoro.
5 Abayisraheli baravuga bati: “Ni nde uri mu miryango yose?
Isiraheli itazanye n'itorero kwa Nyagasani? Kuri bo
yari yararahiye cyane utaragera kuri Uhoraho
Mizpeh, avuga ati: Nta kabuza azicwa.
6 Abayisraheli bihana kuri murumuna wabo Benyamini, kandi
ati, Uyu munsi hari ubwoko bumwe bwaciwe muri Isiraheli.
Tuzakorera dute abagore kubasigaye, kuko twarahiye?
Uwiteka ko tutazabaha abakobwa bacu?
21: 8 Baramusubiza bati: "Ni iki kiri mu miryango y'Abisiraheli bataje?"
gushika i Mizpeh gushika ku Uhoraho? Kandi, nta n'umwe waje mu nkambi
Jabeshgilead mu iteraniro.
9 Kubanga abantu barabaze, erega nta n'umwe muri bo
abatuye Jabeshgilead hariya.
21:10 Itorero ryoherezayo abantu ibihumbi cumi na bibiri b'intwari,
arabategeka, ati: "Genda ukubite abatuye Jabeshgilead
n'inkota y'inkota, hamwe n'abagore n'abana.
Kandi iki nikintu uzakora, uzarimbura burundu
igitsina gabo, numugore wese uryamye kumugabo.
Basanga mu baturage ba Yabeshilead abasore magana ane
inkumi, zitari zizi umuntu mubeshya numugabo uwo ari we wese: barazana
bajya mu nkambi i Shilo, iri mu gihugu cya Kanani.
21:13 Itorero ryose ryohereza bamwe kuvugana nabana
Benyamini wari mu rutare Rimoni, no kubahamagarira amahoro.
Icyo gihe Benyamini aragaruka. babaha abagore
bari barokoye ari bazima mu bagore b'i Yabeshilead: nyamara na bo
ntibari bahagije.
15:15 Abantu bihana kuri Benyamini, kuko Uhoraho yari afite
yakoze icyuho mu miryango ya Isiraheli.
21:16 Abakuru b'iryo torero baravuga bati: "Tuzakorera dute abagore?"
abasigaye, kubona abagore barimbuwe muri Benyamini?
21:17 Baravuga bati: Hagomba kubaho umurage kubazarokoka
Benyamini, kugira ngo umuryango utarimburwa muri Isiraheli.
21:18 Ariko ntidushobora kubaha abagore b'abakobwa bacu: kubana ba
Isiraheli yararahiye, iti: 'Uravumwe uzatanga Benyamini.
21:19 Baravuga bati: "Dore umunsi mukuru wa Nyagasani i Shilo buri mwaka
Ikibanza kiri mu majyaruguru ya Beteli, mu burasirazuba bwa
Umuhanda uzamuka uva kuri Beteli ugana Shekemu, no mu majyepfo
Lebona.
21:20 Ni yo mpamvu bategeka abana ba Benyamini, baravuga bati: “Genda uryame
tegereza mu ruzabibu;
21:21 Reba, dore niba abakobwa ba Shilo basohotse kubyina
Mubyinire, hanyuma musohoke muruzabibu, mugufate umuntu wese ibye
muka abakobwa ba Shilo, ujye mu gihugu cya Benyamini.
21:22 Kandi bizaba, igihe ba se cyangwa abavandimwe babo bazadusanga
binubira, ko tuzababwira tuti 'Mubagirire neza kubwacu
sakes: kuberako tutageneye buri mugabo umugore we kurugamba: kubwanyu
muri iki gihe ntabwo yabahaye, kugira ngo mube abanyabyaha.
21:23 Bene Benyamini barabikora, babashyingira abagore nk'uko bivugwa
umubare wabo, muri bo babyinnye, uwo bafashe: baragenda kandi
basubira mu murage wabo, basana imigi, barahatura
bo.
24 Abayisraheli bahaguruka aho, abantu bose baragenda
umuryango we n'umuryango we, barasohoka bava aho abantu bose bajya
umurage we.
21:25 Muri iyo minsi, nta mwami wabaga muri Isiraheli: umuntu wese yakoraga ibyariho
mu maso ye.