Igitabo cya mbere cya Samweli
16 Nyuma yaho Yehova abwira Samweli ati: “Uzakomeza kuririra Sawuli ugeze ryari,+ ko njyewe ntagishaka ko akomeza kuba umwami wa Isirayeli?+ Fata ihembe ushyiremo amavuta+ ugende. Ngiye kukohereza kwa Yesayi+ w’i Betelehemu, kuko mu bahungu be natoranyijemo uzaba umwami.”+ 2 Ariko Samweli aramusubiza ati: “Najyayo nte ko Sawuli abimenye yanyica?”+ Yehova aramubwira ati: “Jyana inyana, uvuge uti: ‘nje gutambira Yehova igitambo.’ 3 Utumire Yesayi kuri icyo gitambo, nanjye ndi bukumenyeshe icyo ugomba gukora. Uwo ndi bukwereke abe ari we usukaho amavuta.”+
4 Samweli akora ibyo Yehova yamubwiye. Ageze i Betelehemu+ abakuru b’uwo mujyi bamubonye bagira ubwoba bwinshi, baramubaza bati: “Ese uzanywe n’amahoro?” 5 Arabasubiza ati: “Ni amahoro. Nzanywe no gutambira Yehova igitambo. Nimwitegure muze tujyane gutamba igitambo.” Nuko ategura Yesayi n’abahungu be, hanyuma abatumira ku gitambo. 6 Bakihagera, Samweli abona Eliyabu,+ ahita yibwira ati: “Rwose, uyu ni we Yehova ari busukeho amavuta.” 7 Ariko Yehova abwira Samweli ati: “Nturebe uko asa n’uko areshya;+ si we nahisemo. Imana ntireba nk’uko abantu bareba, kuko abantu bareba ibigaragarira amaso, ariko Yehova we akareba mu mutima.”+ 8 Yesayi ahamagara Abinadabu+ amwereka Samweli, ariko Samweli aravuga ati: “Uyu na we si we Yehova yatoranyije.” 9 Yesayi akurikizaho Shama,+ ariko Samweli aravuga ati: “Uyu na we si we Yehova yatoranyije.” 10 Yesayi yereka Samweli abahungu be barindwi, ariko Samweli abwira Yesayi ati: “Muri aba nta n’umwe Yehova yatoranyije.”
11 Nuko Samweli abaza Yesayi ati: “Aba ni bo bahungu bawe bonyine?” Yesayi aramusubiza ati: “Bucura+ ni we wenyine udahari, yagiye kuragira intama.”+ Samweli abwira Yesayi ati: “Tuma umuntu amuzane, kuko tutari butangire kurya ataraza.” 12 Yesayi yohereza umuntu aramuzana. Yari umuhungu mwiza ufite amaso meza.+ Yehova aravuga ati: “Ni uyu, haguruka umusukeho amavuta!”+ 13 Samweli afata ihembe ryarimo amavuta+ ayamusukaho bakuru be babireba. Kuva uwo munsi umwuka wa Yehova utuma Dawidi agira imbaraga.+ Nyuma yaho Samweli asubira i Rama.+
14 Icyo gihe umwuka wa Yehova wari waravuye kuri Sawuli+ maze umwuka mubi uturutse kuri Yehova ukamutera ubwoba.+ 15 Abagaragu ba Sawuli baramubwira bati: “Urabona ko umwuka mubi uturutse ku Mana ugutera ubwoba. 16 None rero mwami turakwinginze, tegeka abagaragu bawe bashake umuntu w’umuhanga mu gucuranga inanga.+ Igihe cyose umwuka mubi uturutse ku Mana uzajya ugutera ubwoba, uwo muntu azajya agucurangira maze umererwe neza.” 17 Sawuli abwira abagaragu be ati: “Ngaho nimunshakire umucuranzi w’umuhanga mumunzanire.”
18 Umwe mu bagaragu be aramubwira ati: “Nabonye umuhungu wa Yesayi w’i Betelehemu ari umucuranzi w’umuhanga. Ni umusore w’intwari kandi ni umuhanga mu kurwana.+ Azi kuvuga neza, ni mwiza+ kandi Yehova ari kumwe na we.”+ 19 Sawuli yohereza intumwa kwa Yesayi ngo imubwire iti: “Nyoherereza umuhungu wawe Dawidi w’umushumba.”+ 20 Yesayi afata imigati, agafuka k’uruhu* karimo divayi, n’umwana w’ihene abishyira ku ndogobe maze abiha umuhungu we Dawidi ngo abishyire Sawuli. 21 Nuko Dawidi ajya kwa Sawuli atangira kumukorera.+ Sawuli aramukunda cyane amugira umugaragu we umutwaza intwaro. 22 Sawuli atuma kuri Yesayi aramubwira ati: “Ndakwinginze reka Dawidi akomeze kunkorera, kuko namukunze.” 23 Iyo umwuka mubi uturutse ku Mana wateraga ubwoba Sawuli, Dawidi yafataga inanga akamucurangira, Sawuli akoroherwa akumva ameze neza, uwo mwuka ukamuvaho.+