Igitabo cya mbere cy’Abami
21 Dore ibyabaye nyuma yaho: Hariho umugabo witwaga Naboti w’i Yezereli, wari ufite umurima w’imizabibu i Yezereli+ hafi y’inzu* ya Ahabu, umwami w’i Samariya. 2 Ahabu abwira Naboti ati: “Mpa uwo murima wawe w’imizabibu nywugire umurima w’imboga, kuko wegereye inzu yanjye. Ndakuguranira nguhe umurima mwiza uwuruta, cyangwa niba ubishaka ndaguha amafaranga awuguze.” 3 Ariko Naboti abwira Ahabu ati: “Nkurikije uko Yehova abona ibintu, sinshobora kuguha umurage nahawe na ba sogokuruza.”+ 4 Ahabu agaruka iwe ababaye cyane kandi yacitse intege, kubera amagambo Naboti w’i Yezereli yari yamubwiye ati: “Sinaguha umurage wa ba sogokuruza.” Nuko ajya ku buriri bwe, aryama areba ku rukuta, yanga no kurya.
5 Yezebeli+ umugore we arinjira aramubaza ati: “Wababajwe n’iki cyatumye wanga kurya?” 6 Aramusubiza ati: “Byatewe n’uko nabwiye Naboti w’i Yezereli nti: ‘mpa umurima wawe w’imizabibu nywugure, cyangwa niba ubishaka nguhe undi murima w’imizabibu,’ akambwira ati: ‘sinaguha umurima wanjye w’imizabibu.’” 7 Maze umugore we Yezebeli aramubwira ati: “Nturi umwami wa Isirayeli? Byuka urye kandi umutima wawe wishime. Nzaguha umurima w’imizabibu wa Naboti w’i Yezereli.”+ 8 Yezebeli yandika amabaruwa mu izina rya Ahabu ayateraho kashe y’umwami,+ ayoherereza abayobozi+ n’abanyacyubahiro bo mu mujyi Naboti yari atuyemo. 9 Muri ayo mabaruwa yandikamo ati: “Mutegeke abantu bigomwe kurya no kunywa kandi mwicaze Naboti imbere y’abandi. 10 Nuko mushake abagabo babiri batagira icyo bamaze mubicaze imbere ye, bamushinje+ bati: ‘watutse Imana n’umwami!’+ Hanyuma mumusohore mumutere amabuye apfe.”+
11 Nuko abagabo bo muri uwo mujyi, abayobozi n’abanyacyubahiro baho, bakora ibyo Yezebeli yababwiye nk’uko byari byanditswe muri ya mabaruwa yaboherereje. 12 Bategeka abantu bose kutagira icyo barya cyangwa banywa kandi bicaza Naboti imbere y’abandi. 13 Nuko abagabo babiri badafite icyo bamaze baraza bicara imbere ya Naboti, batangira kumushinja imbere y’abantu bose bati: “Naboti yatutse Imana n’Umwami!”+ Hanyuma baramufata bamujyana inyuma y’umujyi bamutera amabuye arapfa.+ 14 Batuma abantu ngo babwire Yezebeli bati: “Naboti bamuteye amabuye arapfa.”+
15 Yezebeli akimara kumenya ko Naboti bamuteye amabuye agapfa, abwira Ahabu ati: “Genda ufate wa murima w’imizabibu Naboti w’i Yezereli+ yari yaranze kuguha ngo uwugure. Ntakiriho yapfuye.” 16 Ahabu akimenya ko Naboti w’i Yezereli yapfuye, aramanuka afata umurima we w’imizabibu.
17 Ariko Yehova abwira Eliya+ w’i Tishubi ati: 18 “Manuka ujye kureba Ahabu umwami wa Isirayeli utegekera i Samariya.+ Ari mu murima w’imizabibu wa Naboti, yagiye kuwufata. 19 Umubwire uti: ‘Yehova aravuze ati: “umaze kwica umuntu+ none ufashe n’umurima we?”’+ Kandi umubwire uti: ‘Yehova aravuze ati: “aho imbwa zarigatiye amaraso ya Naboti ni ho zizarigatira amaraso yawe.”’”+
20 Ahabu abwira Eliya ati: “Noneho urambonye wa mwanzi wanjye we?”+ Aramusubiza ati: “Ndakubonye! Imana iravuze iti: ‘kubera ko wiyemeje* gukora ibyo Yehova yanga,+ 21 ngiye kuguteza ibyago. Nzagukuraho, nice ab’igitsina gabo*+ bose bo mu muryango wa Ahabu, ndetse n’udafite kirengera n’ufite intege nke kurusha abandi muri Isirayeli.+ 22 Umuryango wawe nzawugira nk’uwa Yerobowamu+ umuhungu wa Nebati n’uwa Basha+ umuhungu wa Ahiya, kuko wandakaje kandi ugatuma Abisirayeli bakora icyaha.’ 23 Naho ku kibazo cya Yezebeli, Yehova aravuze ati: ‘imbwa zizarira Yezebeli mu murima w’i Yezereli.+ 24 Uwo mu muryango wa Ahabu wese uzapfira mu mujyi azaribwa n’imbwa, naho uzapfira inyuma y’umujyi aribwe n’ibisiga.+ 25 Nta muntu wigeze amera nka Ahabu,+ kuko yiyemeje* gukora ibyo Yehova yanga, ashutswe n’umugore we Yezebeli.+ 26 Ahabu yakoze ibintu bibi cyane akorera ibigirwamana biteye iseseme,* akora nk’ibyo Abamori bakoze bigatuma Yehova abirukana mu gihugu, maze akagiha Abisirayeli.’”+
27 Ahabu yumvise ayo magambo aca imyenda yari yambaye, yambara imyenda y’akababaro,* yigomwa kurya no kunywa kandi akagenda ubona yacitse intege. 28 Nuko Yehova abwira Eliya w’i Tishubi ati: 29 “Ese wabonye ukuntu Ahabu yicishije bugufi bitewe n’urubanza namuciriye?+ Kubera ko yicishije bugufi imbere yanjye, sinzateza ibyago umuryango we akiri ku butegetsi, ahubwo nzabiteza mu gihe cy’umuhungu we.”+