Igitabo cya mbere cya Samweli

15 Nuko Samweli abwira Sawuli ati: “Ni njye Yehova yohereje kugira ngo ngusukeho amavuta ube umwami w’abantu be ari bo Bisirayeli,+ none umva ibyo Yehova yavuze.+ 2 Yehova nyiri ingabo yavuze ati: ‘Ngomba guhanira Abamaleki ibyo bakoreye Abisirayeli, igihe babarwanyaga bari mu nzira bavuye muri Egiputa.+ 3 None genda wice Abamaleki+ ubarimburane+ n’ibyabo byose, ntuzabarokore.* Uzice+ abagabo n’abagore, abana hamwe n’impinja, wice inka n’intama n’ingamiya n’indogobe.’”+ 4 Sawuli ahamagaza abasirikare bose, ababarira i Telayimu, asanga abasirikare bo mu muryango wa Yuda ari 10.000 naho abo mu yindi miryango ari 200.000.+

5 Sawuli yohereza ingabo ze zijya kwihisha mu kibaya, kugira ngo zitere Abamaleki. 6 Sawuli abwira Abakeni+ ati: “Nimugende, mwitandukanye n’Abamaleki ntazabicana na bo,+ kubera ko mwebwe mwagiriye neza Abisirayeli bose+ igihe bavaga muri Egiputa.” Nuko Abakeni bitandukanya n’Abamaleki. 7 Hanyuma Sawuli ahera i Havila+ yica Abamaleki+ agera i Shuri+ hegeranye no muri Egiputa. 8 Afata Agagi+ umwami w’Abamaleki ariko ntiyamwica, naho abandi baturage bose abicisha inkota.+ 9 Icyakora Sawuli n’ingabo ze barokora* Agagi n’intama nziza, n’inka nziza n’andi matungo yose abyibushye n’ibindi bintu byiza byose ntibabirimbura.+ Ariko ibintu byose byari bibi n’ibitari bifite akamaro barabirimbura.

10 Nuko Yehova abwira Samweli ati: 11 “Nicujije* kuba naragize Sawuli umwami, kuko yantaye akanga kumvira ibyo namutegetse.”+ Samweli arababara cyane kandi aririra Yehova ijoro ryose.+ 12 Igihe Samweli yazindukaga kare mu gitondo agiye guhura na Sawuli, baramubwiye bati: “Sawuli yagiye i Karumeli+ ahashinga inkingi yo kujya bamwibukiraho,+ hanyuma avayo, aramanuka ajya i Gilugali.” 13 Nyuma yaho Samweli agera aho Sawuli ari, maze Sawuli aramubwira ati: “Yehova aguhe umugisha. Nakoze ibyo Yehova yavuze.” 14 Ariko Samweli aramubaza ati: “None se urwo rusaku numva rw’intama n’urw’inka ruraturuka he?”+ 15 Sawuli aravuga ati: “Ingabo zakuye ayo matungo mu Bamaleki, kuko zarokoye* inka n’intama nziza kurusha izindi, kugira ngo zitambirwe Yehova Imana yawe. Ariko ibindi byose twabirimbuye.” 16 Samweli abwira Sawuli ati: “Rekera aho! Ngiye kukubwira icyo Yehova yambwiye iri joro.”+ Sawuli aramubwira ati: “Ngaho mbwira!”

17 Samweli aravuga ati: “Ese igihe wisuzuguraga,+ si bwo Yehova yakugize umuyobozi w’imiryango ya Isirayeli kandi akagusukaho amavuta ukaba umwami wa Isirayeli?+ 18 Nyuma yaho, Yehova yaragutumye ati: ‘genda urimbure Abamaleki b’abanyabyaha,+ uzabarwanye kugeza ubamaze bose.’+ 19 None kuki utumviye ibyo Yehova yakubwiye, ahubwo ugafata ibyo mwasahuye n’umururumba mwinshi,+ ugakora ibyo Yehova yanga?”

20 Sawuli asubiza Samweli ati: “Nyamara numviye ibyo Yehova yavuze. Nagiye aho Yehova yanyohereje, nzana Agagi umwami w’Abamaleki, ariko Abamaleki ndabica.+ 21 Icyakora mu bintu byagombaga kurimburwa, abasirikare bafashemo inka n’intama nziza kurusha izindi, kugira ngo zizatambirwe Yehova Imana yawe i Gilugali.”+

22 Samweli aramubwira ati: “Ese utekereza ko ari iki gishimisha Yehova? Ese ni ibitambo bitwikwa n’umuriro n’ibindi bitambo+ cyangwa ni ukumvira ibyo Yehova avuga? Umenye ko kumvira biruta ibitambo+ kandi ko gutega amatwi biruta kumutura ibinure+ by’amapfizi y’intama. 23 Kuko kwigomeka+ ari kimwe n’icyaha cyo kuraguza,+ kandi kugira ubwibone ni kimwe no gukoresha ubumaji no gusenga ibigirwamana.* Kubera ko wanze kumvira ibyo Yehova yagutegetse,+ na we ntashaka ko ukomeza kuba umwami.”+

24 Sawuli abwira Samweli ati: “Nakoze icyaha, kuko narenze ku itegeko rya Yehova no ku byo wambwiye. Natinye abantu bituma numvira ibyo bambwiye. 25 None ndakwinginze, umbabarire icyaha cyanjye, uze tujyane nunamire Yehova.”+ 26 Ariko Samweli abwira Sawuli ati: “Sinjyana nawe kubera ko wanze kumvira ibyo Yehova yagutegetse kandi Yehova akaba adashaka ko ukomeza kuba umwami wa Isirayeli.”+ 27 Samweli ashatse kugenda, Sawuli ahita afata ikanzu ye itagira amaboko, iracika. 28 Samweli aramubwira ati: “Uyu munsi Yehova agukuye ku bwami bwa Isirayeli kandi azabuha mugenzi wawe ubukwiriye kukurusha.+ 29 Nanone kandi, Imana nyiri icyubahiro ya Isirayeli+ ntizabeshya+ cyangwa ngo yisubireho* kuko atari umuntu usanzwe wakwisubiraho.”*+

30 Sawuli aravuga ati: “Nakoze icyaha. Ariko ndakwinginze, ntunkoze isoni imbere y’Abisirayeli n’abayobozi babo. Ngwino tujyane nunamire Yehova Imana yawe.”+ 31 Nuko Samweli ajyana na Sawuli maze Sawuli yunamira Yehova. 32 Hanyuma Samweli aravuga ati: “Nimunzanire Agagi umwami w’Abamaleki.” Agagi asanga Samweli agenda atabishaka,* atekereza ati: “Ni ukuri ubanza ntagipfuye.” 33 Ariko Samweli aravuga ati: “Nk’uko wateye abagore benshi agahinda ubicira abana, ni ko na nyoko azicwa n’agahinda kurusha abandi bagore bose.” Nuko Samweli atemagurira Agagi imbere ya Yehova i Gilugali.+

34 Samweli ajya i Rama, Sawuli na we arazamuka ajya iwe i Gibeya ya Sawuli. 35 Samweli aririra Sawuli, arinda apfa atongeye kubonana na Sawuli.+ Maze Yehova yicuza kuba yaragize Sawuli umwami wa Isirayeli.+