Samweli Waciwiri
10 Mukupita kwa ndzidzi, mambo wa Aamoni+ afa, pontho mwanace wamamuna Anuni adzakhala mambo pa mbuto ya babace.+ 2 Natenepa Dhavidhi alonga: “Ine ndinapangiza ufuni wakukhonda mala kuna Anuni mwana wa Naasi thangwi babace apangiza ufuni ukulu kuna ine.” Penepo Dhavidhi atuma atumiki ace toera aende kabalangaza Anuni thangwi yakufa kwa babace. Mbwenye atumiki a Dhavidhi pidafika iwo mu dziko ya Aamoni, 3 atsogoleri a Aamoni abvundza mbuyawo Anuni: “Kodi imwe musanyerezera kuti Dhavidhi akulemedza babanu pidatuma iye anthu toera kudzakubalangazani? Kodi iye nee atuma atumiki ace toera adzaone kuti nzinda uli tani, mbaudziwa mwadidi toera angamala adzaufudze?” 4 Natenepa Anuni aphata atumiki a Dhavidhi, acinga ndebvu zawo khundu ibodzi,+ mbaapandulira nguwo zidabvala iwo mpaka m’matako, buluka penepo aasiya mbaenda. 5 Dhavidhi pidapangwa iye pyenepi, atuma anthu mwakucimbiza toera akaonane na atumiki ace, thangwi iwo acitirwa pinthu pyakupasa manyadzo kakamwe; pontho mambo aapanga: “Khalani ku Yeriko+ mpaka ndebvu zanu zikule, buluka penepo bwerani.”
6 Mukupita kwa ndzidzi, Aamoni adzindikira kuti akhadasosa Dhavidhi. Natenepa iwo atuma anthu toera akagule anyankhondo 20.000 a ku Sirya wa ku Bheti-Reobhi+ na a ku Sirya wa ku Zobha.+ Iwo agulambo mambo wa ku Maaka+ pabodzi na amuna 1.000, pontho ku Isitobhi* iwo agula amuna 12.000.+ 7 Dhavidhi pidabva iye pyenepi, atuma Yoabhe na nsoka onsene wa anyankhondo, kuphatanizambo anyankhondo ace amphambvu kakamwe.+ 8 Aamoni abuluka mbapakana pansuwo ukulu wa nzinda toera kumenya nkhondo, mu ndzidzi wakuti anyankhondo a ku Sirya wa ku Zobha na wa ku Reobhi pabodzi na anyankhondo a ku Isitobhi* na a ku Maaka apakana ntsanga.
9 Yoabhe pidaona iye kuti anyamalwa akubwera kutsogolo kwace na nduli mwace toera kumenyana na iye, iye asankhula anyankhondo angasi adidi kakamwe a Izraeli mbaapaka toera amenyane na anyankhondo a ku Sirya.+ 10 Anyankhondo anango onsene iye aapereka kuna* m’bale wace anacemerwa Abhisai+ toera aapake kuti amenyane na Aamoni.+ 11 Buluka penepo iye alonga: “Anyankhondo a ku Sirya angafuna kundikunda, bwera udzandiphedze; mbwenye Aamoni angafuna kukukunda, ine ndinabwera kudzakuphedza. 12 Ife tisafunika kukhala amphambvu na acipapo+ toera kutsidzikiza mbumba yathu na mizinda ya Mulungu wathu, pontho Yahova anadzacita pinaona iye kukhala pyadidi.”+
13 Natenepa Yoabhe na amuna akhali na iye aenda kamenyana na anyankhondo a ku Sirya, mbwenye iwo athawa pamaso pace.+ 14 Aamoni pidaona iwo kuti anyankhondo a ku Sirya athawa, iwo athawambo Abhisai mbapita mu nzinda. Yoabhe pidamala iye kumenyana na Aamoni abwerera ku Yerusalemu.
15 Anyankhondo a ku Sirya pidaona iwo kuti akundwa na Aizraeli, iwo agumanyikana pontho.+ 16 Natenepa Adhadhezeri+ acemeresa anyankhondo a ku Sirya wa cisa ca ku Nkulo wa Eufrate,+ iwo afika ku Elamu mbakatsogolerwa na Sobhaki nkulu wa anyankhondo a Adhadhezeri.
17 Dhavidhi pidapangwa iye mphangwa zenezi, mwakukhonda dembuka agumanya anyankhondo onsene a Aizraeli, awambuka nkulo wa Yordani mbafika ku Elamu. Natenepa anyankhondo a ku Sirya apakana toera kumenyana na Dhavidhi, mbamenyana naye.+ 18 Mbwenye anyankhondo a ku Sirya athawa Aizraeli; Dhavidhi apha anyakufambisa ngolo za nkhondo 700 na anyamakavalo 40.000 a ku Sirya, pontho iye aphekesa Sobhaki nkulu wa anyankhondo awo, mbafera penepo.+ 19 Amambo onsene na atumiki a Adhadhezeri pidaona iwo kuti akundwa na Aizraeli, mwakukhonda dembuka iwo akhazikisa ntendere na Aizraeli mbatongwa na iwo;+ buluka penepo anyankhondo a ku Sirya akhagopa kuphedza pontho Aamoni.