Buku Mutanshi wa Byambo bya Moba
19 Byo papichile moba, Nahashi mfumu wa bena Amonyi wafwile, kabiji mwananji waswaine pa bufumu.+ 2 Ponkapo Davida waambile’mba: “Hanuna mwana wa kwa Nahashi nsakumumwesha butemwe bubula kwaluka,+ mambo bashanji bammwesheshe butemwe bubula kwaluka.” Byonkabyo, Davida watumine baluwe kuya na kumutekenesha mambo wafwishishe bashanji. Bino bakalume ba kwa Davida byo bafikile mu kyalo kya bena Amonyi+ na kutekenesha Hanuna, 3 babinemanga ba bena Amonyi baambijile Hanuna amba: “Nanchi mwalanguluka’mba Davida ubena kunemeka bashenu byo atuma ba kwimutekenesha nyi? Nanchi kechi watuma bakalume banji kwi anweba kuba’mba bataletale bulongo kyalo ne kwikiyuka byo kiji ne kwimufumya pa bufumu nenyi?” 4 Onkao mambo, Hanuna wakwachile bakalume ba kwa Davida ne kwibatenda+ ne kuchibako bivwalo byabo pa matako kabiji wibalekele’mba bayenga. 5 Davida byo bamubuujile bano banabalume, ponkapotu watumine ba kwibatundaila, mambo bano banabalulme bebalengeshe bingi bumvu; kabiji mfumu wibambijile’mba: “Mwikale mu Yeliko+ kufikatu ne myevu yenu byo ikakoma jikwabo, apa bino mukeye.”
6 Bena Amonyi bayukile’mba Davida wibashikwa, onkao mambo, Hanuna ne bena Amonyi batumine matalenta* a siliva 1,000 kuya na kobola makalaki ne bantu benda pa bambili ba ku Mesopotamya,* ba ku Alamu-maaka ne ba ku Zoba.+ 7 Byonkabyo, baobwele makalaki 32,000, pamo na mfumu wa Maaka ne bantu banji. Kepo baishile na kutebelela kwipi na ku Medeba.+ Bena Amonyi bakonkene pamo kufuma mu mizhi yabo kabiji baishile na kulwa.
8 Davida byo aumvwine kino, watumine Yoaba+ ne nzhita yonse, kubikapotu ne babilobo banji.+ 9 Kabiji bena Amonyi balupukile ne kwitanchika na kulwa ku kibelo kya muzhi kabiji bamfumu baishile bajinga kwa bunke mungye.
10 Yoaba byo amwene’mba bashilikale babena kwiya ko aji kulutwe ne kunyuma, wasajile bashilikale ba bena Isalela bayuka kulwa ne kwibatanchika kuba’mba balwe na bena Silya.+ 11 Aba bashajilepo wibapaine* kwi Abishai mulongo wanji+ amba ebatangijile, ne kwibatanchika kuba’mba balwe na bena Amonyi. 12 Kepo aambile’mba: “Inge bena Silya+ bakose kunkila, wafwainwa kwiya na kunkwasha; bino inge bena Amonyi bakose kukukila, nsakwiya na kukukwasha. 13 Twafwainwa kukosa ne kuchinchika+ ne kulwilako bantu betu ne mizhi ya Lesa wetu, kabiji Yehoba usakuba kyo amona’mba kyawama.”
14 Kepo Yoaba ne bantu banji bayile ku bwipi na bena Silya amba balwe, ne abo bamunyemene.+ 15 Bena Amonyi byo bamwene’mba bena Silya banyema, ne abo bamunyemene mulongo wanji aye Abishai ne kukatwela mu muzhi. Kepo Yoaba ayile ku Yelusalema.
16 Bena Silya byo bamwene’mba bebashinda ku bena Isalela, batumine baluwe kuya na kwita bena Silya bajinga mu kibunji kya ku Mukola,*+ Shofwaka mukulumpe wa nzhita ya kwa Hadadeza saka ebatangijila.+
17 Davida byo bamubuujile, ponkapo wakonkenye bena Isalela bonse kabiji baabukile Yodano ne kuya na kwitanchika kuba’mba balwe nabo. Davida waimene kuba’mba alwe na bena Silya, ne abo balwile nanji.+ 18 Bino bena Silya banyemene bena Isalela; Davida waipayile benda pa makalaki 7,000 ne bashilikale ba bena Silya benda panshi 40,000, kabiji waipayile Shofwaka mukulumpe wa nzhita. 19 Ba mwingilo ba kwa Hadadeza byo bamwene’mba bebashinda ku bena Isalela,+ ponkapo balayañene lulayañano lwa mutende ne Davida ne kwikala ke ba mingilo banji;+ kabiji bena Silya kechi bakwashishepo jibiji bena Amonyi ne.