Samweli Wakutoma 7:1-17
7 Natenepa, amuna a ku Kiriyati-Jearimu abwera, akwata Bokosi ya Yahova mbapita nayo nʼnyumba mwa Abhinadhabhi+ yakuti ikhali paphiri. Iwo akhazikisa* mwanace anacemerwa Eleazare toera aonere Bokosi ya Yahova.
2 Bulukira pa ntsiku idafika Bokosi ku Kiriyati-Jearimu, papita pyaka 20. Buluka penepo, Aizraeli onsene atoma kusaka* Yahova.+
3 Natenepa, Samweli apanga Aizraeli onsene: “Khala mukubwerera kuna Yahova na ntima wanu onsene,+ bulusani pakati panu alungu apezi+ na madzimunthu a Astoreti.+ Bwererani kuna Yahova na ntima wanu onsene, mbamutumikira iye basi,+ natenepa iye anadzakupulumusani mʼmanja mwa Afilisti.”+
4 Na thangwi ineyi, Aizraeli abulusa Abhaale na madzimunthu a Astoreti pakati pawo, mbatumikira basi ene Yahova.+
5 Buluka penepo, Samweli alonga: “Cemeresani Aizraeli onsene ku Mispa,+ toera ine ndicite phembero kuna Yahova thangwi ya imwe.”+
6 Natenepa, iwo agumanyikana ku Mispa, atunga madzi mbaatsanula pamaso pa Yahova, pontho iwo acita jejuu pa ntsiku ineyi.+ Kweneko iwo alonga: “Ife tadawira Yahova.”+ Pontho Samweli atoma kutonga+ Aizraeli ku Mispa.
7 Afilisti pidabva iwo kuti Aizraeli agumanyikana ku Mispa, atsogoleri a Afilisti+ aenda toera kamenyana na Aizraeli. Aizraeli pidabva iwo pyenepi, agopa kakamwe.
8 Natenepa, Aizraeli apanga Samweli: “Pitirizani kuphemba Yahova Mulungu wathu toera atiphedze,+ pontho toera atipulumuse mʼmanja mwa Afilisti.”
9 Buluka penepo, Samweli akwata mwanabira wakuyamwa mbampereka ninga ntsembe yakupiswa+ kuna Yahova; pontho Samweli aphemba Yahova toera aphedze Aizraeli, natenepa Yahova antawira.+
10 Samweli pikhapereka iye ntsembe yakupiswa, Afilisti abwera toera kumenyana na Izraeli. Pa ntsiku ineyi, Yahova acitisa kudzulu kudhima mwamphambvu,+ pontho Iye acitisa Afilisti kudzudzumika,+ mbakundwa na Aizraeli.+
11 Natenepa, amuna a Izraeli abuluka ku Mispa mbatowerera Afilisti, iwo apitiriza kuapha mpaka kunterero kwa Bheti-Kare.
12 Buluka penepo, Samweli akwata mwala+ mbauikha pakati pa Mispa na Yesana mbauthula Ebhenezeri,* iye alonga: “Yahova asatiphedza mpaka cincino.”+
13 Natenepa, Afilisti akundwa, mbakhonda kubwera pontho mu dziko ya Izraeli;+ pontho Yahova atsidzikiza Aizraeli kuna Afilisti mu ntsiku zonsene za umaso wa Samweli.+
14 Aizraeli abwezerwa mizinda ikhadakwatirwa iwo na Afilisti, kutomera ku Ekroni mpaka ku Gati. Aizraeli akwata dziko yawo mʼmanja mwa Afilisti.
Pontho Aizraeli na Aamori+ akhala muntendere.
15 Samweli apitiriza kutonga Aizraeli mu umaso wace onsene.+
16 Pyaka pyonsene iye akhaenda ku Bheteli,+ ku Jiligale+ na ku Mispa,+ pontho iye akhatonga Aizraeli mʼmbuto zenezi.
17 Mbwenye iye akhabwerera ku Rama,+ thangwi nyumba yace ikhali kweneko, pontho akhatonga Aizraeli kweneko. Iye amangira guwa Yahova kweneko.+
Pidzindikiro Pyapantsi
^ Fala na Fala: “acenesa.”
^ Peno: “kudungunyira.”
^ Dzina ineyi isabveka “Mwala wa Ciphedzo.”
