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18 Mu aa mafuku takubaadi nfumu mu Isalele. Na mu aa mafuku kisamba kia bena Dane kibaadi akikimbi nsenga ya kushala,* muanda tababaadi babande kupeta bupianyi munkatshi mua bisamba bia Isalele.

2 Bena Dane abaadi batume bantu batano ba mu kifuko kiabo, bantu be na ngobesha ba mu Soreya na mu Eshetaole, bua kupuupa nsenga na kuiyitala. Abo nkuibalungula’shi: “Ndayi, nukatale nsenga.” Pabaabafikile ku nsenga ya ku miengie ya Efraime ku nshibo kua Mika, babaladile kuakua. 3 Pabaabadi pepi na nshibo ya Mika, babatunduile eyi* dia nsongualume muina Levi, biabia abo nkuenda kuadi na nkumuipusha’shi: “Nnanyi bafiki nobe pano? Okuete kukita kinyi mu ino mbalo? Kikulame pano kinyi?” 4 Aye nkuibalungula bibaadi Mika mumukitshine na akula’shi: “Mungate ku mufubo bua’shi nekale tshite muakuidi aaye.” 5 Akupu abo nkumulungula’shi: “Etuipuishe namu Efile Mukulu su luendo luetu alukidi kalolo.” 6 Tshite muakuidi nkuibalungula’shi: “Ndayi mu butaale. Yehowa e nenu mu luendo luenu.”

7 Biabia baba bantu batano nkuenda na nkufika ku Laishe. Abo nkumona bantu ba muanka bibaabadi bashale kushi kukulupila mui muntu nka bu bena Sidone. Babaadi mu butaale na tababaadi abatshinyi kintu su nkimune, na ta kubaadi muntu su ngumune akiengieshenaa baadi atuuku eumbo ngoshi bua kuibakiengiesha. Babaadi kula ngofu na bena Sidone na tababaadi mu kuipushena na muntu su ngumune.

8 Pabaabadi balukiile kui bakuabo ku Soreya na ku Eshetaole, bakuabo babebepuishe’shi: “Kuanuyile kui naminyi?” 9 Abo nkualula’shi: “Tuendeyi mu kuibaluisha, muanda tubamono’shi yaaya nsenga i buwa bukile. Buakinyi anuialashena? Tanuladikishanga bua kuenda mu kuata yaaya nsenga. 10 P’anufiki, anusangana bantu bash’abatshinyi kintu su nkimune, na nsenga ngikata. Efile Mukulu benupa yanka mu maasa eenu, mbalo ishi ikutshikue kintu su nkimune kia pa nsenga.”

11 Bantu 600 ba mu kifuko kia bena Dane bena bina ngoshi bua kulua ngoshi, nkukatuka ku Soreya na ku Eshetaole. 12 Abo nkuenda na nkutuula kishalelo ku Kiriate-yearime mu Yunda. Nyi buakinyi yaaya mbalo i kupona nguba kua Kiriate-yearime ayitaminyibua bu Mahane-dane* mpa na lelo uno. 13 Kukatukila kuakua babayile ku nsenga ya ku miengie ya Efraime na bafika ku nshibo ya Mika.

14 Akupu baba bantu batano babayile mu kupuupa nsenga ya Laishe babalunguile bakuabo’shi: “Anuuku’shi mu ano mashibo mui efode, nkishi ya b’efile ba kifuko,* nkishi abadi basee, na nkishi a kilonda?* Nangushenayi akitungu’shi nukite. 15 Biabia abo nkuimana kuakua na nkuenda ku nshibo ya nsongualume muina Levi, ku nshibo ya Mika na abo nkuipusha su e bibuwa. 16 Yaaya nsaa yoso baba bantu 600 ba Dane babaadi na bina ngoshi bua kulua ngoshi, babaadi bemane ku kituelelo kia kiibi. 17 Baba bantu batano babayile mu kupuupa nsenga babatuelele mu nshibo ya Mika bua kuata nkishi abadi basee, efode, nkishi ya b’efile ba kifuko,* na nkishi a kilonda.* (Tshite muakuidi baadi muimane ku kituelelo kia kiibi na baba bantu 600 be na bina ngoshi bua kulua ngoshi.) 18 Babatuelele mu nshibo ya Mika na baata nkishi abadi basee, efode, nkishi ya b’efile ba kifuko, na nkishi a kilonda. Tshite muakuidi nkuibepusha’shi: “Anukitshi kinyi?” 19 Anka abo nkumulungula’shi: “Umiina. Tuakulanga muanda su ngumune, fika tuende bua’shi w’ekale nshe-bana* na tshite muakuidi eetu. Kikile buwa nkinyi, nkuikala tshite muakuidi a nshibo ya muntu umune su nkuikala tshite muakuidi a kisamba na kifuko mu Isalele?” 20 Biabia tshite muakuidi nkusanka, na aye nkuata efode, nkishi ya b’efile ba kifuko, nkishi abadi basee na aye nkuenda na baba bantu.

21 Akupu babatungunukile na luendo luabo, batuula bana, bimunuanga, na bintu bia muulo kumpala kuabo. 22 Babaadi bapue kuenda kipindi kila ndambo na nshibo ya Mika, pabaadi bantu babaadi bashale mu mashibo e pepi na nshibo ya Mika bebungie pamune, na bebalonda. Nfudiilo a bioso abo nkubanga bena Dane. 23 Pabaabadi beele bena Dane musaase, babalulukile bua kuibatala na b’epusha Mika’shi: “A muanda kinyi? Buakinyi nubebungu pamune?” 24 Nyi aye nkuakula’shi: “Nubaata b’efile bande banekeele mukite, na nubende’nyi na tshite muakuidi. Nashala na kinyi? Biabia, mbikunyi bianudi balombene kungipusha’shi, ‘We na muanda kinyi?’” 25 Bena Dane nkumualula’shi: “Tuetusashilanga; bisumanga bantu be na nsungu* bekukukitshina bi bubi na we bia kushimisha muwa* oobe na miuwa* ya bantu ba mu nshibo yobe.” 26 Biabia bena Dane babatungunukile na luendo luabo; anka Mika bu bibamuene’shi babaadi bukome kumukila, balulukile na alukiila ku nshibo kuaye.

27 Kunyima kuabo kuata bintu bibaadi Mika mukite, mpa na tshite muakuidi aaye, babayile ku Laishe, kui bantu be mu butaale na bash’abatshinyi kintu. Abo nkuibayipaa ku lupete lua ngoshi na nkushiika kibundi kaalo. 28 Ta kubaadi muntu su ngumune a kuikipaasha, muanda kibaadi kula ngofu na Sidone na tababaadi mu kuipushena na muntu su ngumune na kibaadi muibanda dibaadi dia Bete-rehobe. Akupu abo nkuibakuula kibundi na nkushala muanka. 29 Na dingi babaadi baudikie kibundi bu Dane muyile eshina dia nshabo Dane, abaabadi batandile Isalele. Anka kumpala eshina dia kibundi dibaadi Laishe. 30 Kunyima kua biabia bena Dane nkushimika nkishi abadi basee kuakua, na Yonatane muana a Gershome, muana a Moyise, na bana baye balume nkuikala ba tshite muakuidi ba kisamba kia bena Dane mpa n’efuku dibaabadi bakuate bantu ba mu yaaya nsenga benda nabo. 31 Na abo nkushimika nkishi abadi basee baadi Mika mukite, na aye nkushala kuakua mafuku oso abaadi nshibo y’Efile Mukulu a binyibinyi mu Shilo.