Buku Yitheti yi Samueli
6 Kasu yi Luwawanu yi Yave yiviokisa sambuadi di zingonda ku kizunga ki basi Filistea. 2 Basi Filistea batumisa zinganga zi minkisi ayi baba yuvula: “Mambu mbi tufueti vangila Kasu yi Luwawanu yi Yave? Ayi buidi tulenda vutudila yawu ku kibuangu yiba? 3 Bawu baba vutudila: “Bo luala vutula Kasu yi Luwawanu yi Yave Nzambi yi Isaeli, mvandi lufueti vana nkhailu mu kibila ki fotu. Benu kuvanga mawu, lunkuiza beluka ayi lunkuiza zaba kibila mbi Nzambi kalutuadisidi ziphasi aziozio.” 4 Bosi basi Filistea baba yuvula: “Nkhailu mbi tufueti vana mu kibila ki fotu?” Zinganga zi minkisi baba vutudila: “Lufueti fikula ziphuta vumu zi tanu zi wola ayi ziphuku zi tanu zi wola mu kutadila thalu yi zimfumu zi basi Filistea, kibila kadika mutu mu benu ayi zimfumu zinu lube viokila mu zioziawu ziphasi. 5 Fikulanu ziphuta vumu ayi ziphuku zidi kulutuadisa ziphasi ayi vananu nzitusu kuidi Nzambi yi Isaeli. 6 Kibila mbi luidi mu kumonisina ntu ngolo buka Falawo ayi basi Ngipiti? Bawu babikila to basi Isaeli benda bo Nzambi kabuela kuba tuadisa ziphasi. 7 Buabu vanganu dikalu di mabaya ayi bonganu zingombi wadi zi mabuta vangi, zio kaba tudidiabu ko mu nkamba. Bosi kuikanu dikalu beni mu zingombi, vayi lufueti tula bana ba zingombi mu phaka. 8 Tulanu Kasu yi Luwawanu yi Yave mu dikalu beni, mvandi tulanu biuma lube vanga muingi kuvana nkhailu wu fotu mu mua kasu, bosi tulanu kasu beni mu dikalu ayi filanu biawu. 9 Bo zingombi beni zinkuenda, benu lufueti sikika thalu: Benu kumona ti ziawu zidi mu kutombuka ku Bete-Seme ku kizunga ki basi Isaeli, buna zabanu ti Nzambi yi basi Isaeli nandi belutuadisa ziphasi aziozio. Vayi zia kukuenda khonzu yinkaka, buna tunkuiza zaba ti mambu amomo mamonikini to mu kinzimbukulu.”
10 Basi Filistea babonga zingombi wadi zi mabuta vangi, bavuakika dikalu bavanga mu zingombi beni ayi batula mu phaka bana ba zingombi. 11 Bosi babonga Kasu yi Luwawanu yi Yave batula mu dikalu, ayi mvandi batula muna kasu yiba zifikula zi wola zi ziphuta vumu ayi zi ziphuku zi wola. 12 Ayi zingombi beni zitatamana kukuenda mu nzila yintombuka ku Bete-Seme ayi zisa vekuka ko mu nzila yinkaka. Ayi zimfumu zi basi Filistea baba kue landakananga zingombi beni va mbusa nate bavitila mu zindilu zi kizunga ki Bete-Seme. 13 Basi Bete-Seme baba kongula trigu ku Ḿbuinga, bo bavumuna thalu ayi bamona Kasu yi Luwawanu, bayangalala beni. 14 Dikalu beni divitila nate mu tsola yi Yosua musi Bete-Seme ayi diye sikama va ndeku dimanya dinneni. Bosi basi divula beni bavuakula dikalu beni mu zingombi ayi babonga zingombi beni muingi bavana nkhailu wuviku kuidi Yave.
15 Basi Levi babotula Kasu yi Luwawanu yi Yave mu dikalu beni, babotula mvandi kasu yiba biuma bi wola ayi bathetika zikasu beni vambata dimanya dinneni. Bosi basi Bete-Seme bavana minkhailu miviku ayi minkhailu minkaka kuidi Yave muna kilumbu beni.
16 Zimfumu zitanu zi basi Filistea bamona mawu, bosi bavutuka ku Ekrom mu kiokiawu kilumbu. 17 Basi Filistea bafila ziphuta vumu zitanu zi wola muingi kuvana nkhailu wu fotu kuidi Yave: yimueka yi basi Asdode, yimueka yi basi Gaza, yimueka yi basi Askalom, yimueka yi basi Gati ayi yimueka yi basi Ekrom. 18 Mvandi bafila ziphuku zitanu zi wola mu kutadila thalu yi mavula ma basi Filistea mo minyadi beni baba tuadisa—kuba kuandi mavula matungu buboti ayi mala mawu.
Ayi nate bubu, dimanya dinneni dio batetika Kasu yi Luwawanu yi Yave, didi mu tsola yi Yosua musi Bete-Seme muingi kuvana kimbangi. 19 Vayi Nzambi wuvonda basi Bete-Seme, kibila bawu bamona Kasu yi Luwawanu yi Yave. Nandi wuvonda 50.070 di batu ayi batu batona kudila beni, kibila Yave wuvonda bawombo mu bawu. 20 Bosi babakala ba Bete-Seme bayuvula: “Nani kalenda telama vantuala Yave, Nzambi yinlongo? Kuidi tuennata Kasu ayoyo muingi yibika ba ku kizunga kitu?” 21 Bosi bafila mimvuala kuidi basi Kiriati-jearim, muingi baba kamba: “Basi Filistea bavutudi Kasu yi Yave. Yiza landanu yawu.”