1 Samwele

4 Na Samwele alelanda ku bena Israele bonse amashiwi ya kwa Lesa.

E lyo Israele aile ku kuyalwa na baPelishiti; kabili apangile inkambi pa Eben-esere,+ na baPelishiti bapangile inkambi mu Afeke.+ 2 Kabili abaPelishiti balitanteme+ ku kukumana na bena Israele, kabili ubulwi bwalibipile, ica kuti abena Israele balibacimfishe ku baPelishiti,+ baipeyepo na bantu nalimo amakana yane (4,000) mu cibansa ca bulwi. 3 Ilyo abantu babwelele ku nkambi abakalamba ba mu bena Israele batile: “Cinshi ico Yehova atucimfisha lelo ku cinso ca baPelishiti?+ Natuyesenda icipao ca cipangano ica kwa Yehova+ ku Shilo, ukuti ciise pa kati kesu no kuleka citupusushe mu minwe ya balwani besu.” 4 E ico abantu batumine bamo ukuya ku Shilo no kuyasenda icipao ca cipangano ica kwa Yehova wa mabumba, uwaikala pali bakerubi.+ Na bana ba kwa Eli babili, e kutila Hofini na Finehasi,+ e ko bali pamo ne cipao ca cipangano ica kwa Lesa wa cine.

5 Nomba ilyo icipao ca cipangano ica kwa Yehova cafikile fye mu nkambi, abena Israele bonse bapundile ukupunda kukalamba,+ ica kuti pa calo pali icimfulumfulu. 6 Na baPelishiti balyumfwile uku kuwelesha kabili batile: “Nga ico icongo ca kupunda+ kukalamba mu nkambi ya baHebere canshi?” Basukile baishiba ukuti icipao ca kwa Yehova calishile mu nkambi. 7 Na baPelishiti balitiinine, batile: Pantu “Lesa naisa mu nkambi!”+ E ico batile: “We bulanda kuli ifwe, pantu ica musango yu tacatala acicitika! 8 We bulanda kuli ifwe! Nani aletupususha mu minwe ya kwa Lesa uyu umukatami? Uyu e Lesa uwaumine abena Egupti no kubepayaula mu matololo.+ 9 Koseni mwe baPelishiti no kuba abaume, ukuti mwikabombela abaHebere nga fintu bena bamubombela,+ kabili mube abaume no kulwa!” 10 Awe abaPelishiti balilwile na Israele alicimfiwe,+ kabili bafulumukile cila muntu kwi tenti lyakwe;+ na baipaiwe bali abengi icine cine,+ ica kuti mu bena Israele, aba pa makasa abaipaiwe bali amakana amakumi yatatu (30,000).+ 11 Ne cipao ca kwa Lesa calisendelwe,+ na bana ba kwa Eli babili, Hofini na Finehasi, balifwile.+

12 E lyo umwina Benjamini umo abutwike ukufuma ku bulwi no kufika ku Shilo bulya bwine bushiku ne fya kufwala fyakwe ifyalepulwa+ ne loba pa mutwe.+ 13 Ilyo afikile, Eli alikele pa cipuna ku mpongolo, alepembelela, pantu umutima wakwe waletutuma pa cipao ca kwa Lesa wa cine.+ No yo muntu aingile mu musumba ku kushimika ifyacitike, na ba mu musumba bonse batendeke ukuloosha. 14 Na o Eli aumfwile imisowa. E ico atile: “Ca nshi icimpungili ici?”+ No yo mwaume alyangufyenye pa kuti aye-eba Eli. 15 (Nomba Eli ali ne myaka amakumi pabula na cinekonsekonse (98), na menso yakwe yalipofwile ica kuti taalemona.)+ 16 No yo mwaume aebele Eli ati: “Nine nafuma ku bulwi, kabili ine ni ku bulwi nafulumuka lelo.” E lyo atile: “Cinshi cacitika, mwana wandi?” 17 No waletele imbila atile: “Israele nafulumuka ku cinso ca baPelishiti, kabili abantu nababacimfya icibi;+ na bana benu babili—Hofini na Finehasi+—nabafwa, ne cipao ca kwa Lesa wa cine nabacisenda.”+

18 Nomba ilyo uyo muntu alumbwile icipao ca kwa Lesa wa cine, e lyo Eli awile ubuseneme pa cipuna mu mbali ya mpongolo, no mukoshi walifunike no kufwa afwa, pantu ali mukote kabili uwafina; kabili apingwile Israele pa myaka amakumi yane (40). 19 Kabili nafyala, muka Finehasi, ali ne fumo ne nshita ya kupaapa yali mupepi, kabili aumfwile imbila ya kuti nabasenda icipao ca kwa Lesa wa cine no kuti shifyala no mulume wakwe nabafwa. E lyo akonteme no kutampa ukupaapa, pantu ukucululuka kwa pa kupaapa kwalimupumikishe.+ 20 Kabili pa nshita alefwa, abanakashi abalemwafwa bamwebele abati: “Witiina, pantu wafyala umwana umwaume.”+ Lelo ta-aswike kabili tabikileko amano. 21 Awe ainike umwana Ikabode,+ ati: “Ubukata nabufuma mu Israele ukuya muli bunkole,”+ pa mulandu wa kuti icipao ca kwa Lesa wa cine balicisendele na pa mulandu wa kwa shifyala no mulume wakwe.+ 22 E ico atile: “Ubukata nabufuma mu Israele ukuya muli bunkole,+ pantu icipao ca kwa Lesa wa cine nabacisenda.”+