Samuel wotete
11 Nahas, Omuammoni, okwa ya, ndele ta ongo onhanda a lwife Jabes shomuGilead. Opo nee ovalumenhu aveshe vomuJabes ova lombwela Nahas va ti: “Ninga ehangano* nafye, opo nee ohatu ke ku longela.” 2 Nahas, Omuammoni, okwa tya kuvo: “Ohandi ningi ehangano nanye ngaha: omesho eni aeshe okolulyo otaa ka kololwa mo. Osho ohandi shi ningi, opo ndi fife ohoni Israel ashishe.” 3 Ovakulunhu vomuJabes ove mu nyamukula va ti: “Tu pa omafiku aheyali, opo tu tume ovatumwa muIsrael ashishe, opo nee ngeenge inatu mona oo te tu amene, ohatu ke liyandja kwoove.” 4 Mokweendela ko kwefimbo, ovatumwa ova ya kuGibea shaSaul, nova lombwela ovanhu eendjovo odo, novanhu aveshe ova lila pombada.
5 Saul okwa li ta di mofuka, ta shingi eengobe, nokwa pula a ti: “Oshike sha ningilwa ovanhu ava? Omolwashike tava lili?” Opo nee ove mu lombwela osho sha popiwa kovalumenhu vokuJabes. 6 Eshi Saul a uda eendjovo odo, Kalunga okwe mu pa eenghono nomhepo yaye, na Saul okwa li a handuka unene. 7 Onghee okwa kufa eengobe mbali deemhedi, ndele te di tetaula moinhimbu, nokwe i yandja kovatumwa ve i twale muIsrael ashishe, tava ti: “Keshe ou ita shikula Saul naSamuel, eengobe daye osho tadi ka ningilwa ngaha.” Opo nee ovanhu ova hovela okukala hava tila Jehova, nova dja mo nelalakano limwe.* 8 Okwe va valulila muBesek, nopa li Ovaisrael 300 000 novalumenhu Ovajuda 30 000. 9 Ova lombwela ovatumwa ovo ve uya va ti: “Omu na okulombwela ovalumenhu vomuJabes shomuGilead tamu ti: ‘Otamu xupifwa mongula, moshanga shomutenya.’” Opo nee ovatumwa ova ya, ndele tava lombwele ovalumenhu vomuJabes, novalumenhu ova li va hafa unene. 10 Ovalumenhu vomuJabes ova ti: “Ohatu liyandje kunye mongula, ndele tamu tu ningile keshe osho she mu wapalela.”
11 Mefiku la shikula ko, Saul okwa tukula ovanhu meengudu nhatu, ndele tava i mokati konhanda ongula inene,* nova dipaa Ovaammoni fiyo omoshanga shomutenya. Ovo va xupa po ova li ve lihanifwa, noinapa fyaala nande oovavali ve li pamwe. 12 Opo nee ovanhu ova tya kuSamuel: “Oolyelye va li tava ti, ‘Mbela Saul okwa wana ngoo okuninga ohamba yetu?’ Eta ovalumenhu ovo tu va dipae.” 13 Ndele Saul okwa ti: “Kape na omunhu ta dipawa nena, molwaashi Jehova okwa xupifa Ovaisrael nena.”
14 Lwanima, Samuel okwa lombwela ovanhu a ti: “Ileni tu yeni kuGilgal, tu ka koleke kutya Saul oye ohamba.” 15 Onghee ovanhu aveshe ova ya kuGilgal, nomuGilgal omo va ningila Saul ohamba koshipala shaJehova. Opo nee ova yambela ko omayambo oukumwe koshipala shaJehova, na Saul nosho yo ovalumenhu aveshe Ovaisrael ova li va hafa unene.