1 Ebyomubyanda 19 - Baibuli Ekibono kya Katonda 2014

Daudi aghangula Abammoni n'Abasiria

¹ Ebyo bwe byawa, kyabazinga Nahashi ow'Abammoni yaafa, mutabane we Hanuni yaamusikira ku bwakyabazinga.

² Daudi yaakoba mule ati: “Ndidha kulaga Hanuni mutabane wa Nahashi omukwano ogw'amazima nga ise gwe yandaganga.” Kale Daudi yaatuma ku bagheereza be baje ye Hanuni, bamumusaasirire olw'okufiirwa ise. Agho abagheereza ba Daudi abo baatuuka bukalamu mu nsi ey'Abammoni.

³ Aye abakulembeze ab'Abammoni baakoba musengwa waibwe Hanuni bati: “Odhuuba oti Daudi akutumiire abagheereza be okukusaasira, lwa kwenda kuta mu lata wo kinhagansi? Busa naire. Atumye abagheereza be kwagaaza kibuga bakikeete, era olumaliira bakigeme.”

⁴ Kale Hanuni yaagema abagheereza ba Daudi, buli muntu yaamusalaku oluuyi olw'ekirevu kye era yaamusalaku ebivaalo bye okutuusa mu nkende, memale yaabalekula baaja.

⁵ Daudi bwe baamukobera ebibairegho, yaatuma abakwenda y'abagheereza abo, kuba baali baswaziibwa inho. Yaabakoba basigale mu kibuga Yeriko okutuusa ng'ebirevu byaibwe bimaze okumera memale baireyo.

⁶ Kyabazinga Hanuni n'Abammoni bwe baabona nga baleeteire Daudi okubakyagha, baasasula kilo dha feeza emitwalo esatu n'enkumi ina (34,000), okupangisa ebigaali eby'omu lutalo n'abavuzi b'embalaasi okuva e Mesopotamia, n'e Aramu Maaka ekya Siria, n'e Zoba.

⁷ Era baapangisa ebigaali eby'omu lutalo emitwalo esatu n'enkumi ibiri (32,000), ni kyabazinga w'e Maaka n'eigye lye. Abo baidha baasimba weema dhaibwe okwolekera Medeba. Abammoni beesoloza okuva mu bibuga byaibwe, beetegeka okulwana olutalo.

⁸ Daudi bwe yakiwulira yaatuma Yoabu n'eigye lyonalyona ery'abalwani ab'amaani.

⁹ Abammoni beesowolayo baasimba enhiriri gha mulyango ogwingira mu kibuga kyaibwe, nga beetegeike okulwana olutalo. Ate bakyabazinga abaidha, baaba bonka mu irungu.

¹⁰ Yoabu bwe yabona ng'abazigu beetegeike okumulumba nga bamuva emberi n'emugongo, yaalonda mu balwani ba Isiraeli abasaadha abasinga kulwana, baasimba enhiriri nga boolekeire Abasiria.

¹¹ Abalwani abaasigalagho yaabagemya muganda we Abishai, yaabasimbya enhiriri okwolekera Abammoni.

¹² Yoabu oyo yaakoba Abishai ati: “Abasiria bwe banansinga amaani munaidha mwambeera, mwena Abammoni bwe banaabasinga amaani tunaidha twababeera.

¹³ Guma omwoyo, tulwane kisaadha ku lw'abantu baife n'ebibuga bya Katonda waife. Ka tusabe Musengwa Katonda akole ekyo ky'abona nga n'ekigwaine.”

¹⁴ Kale Yoabu ni be yali nabo baaja okulumba Abasiria, Abasiria baabalumuka.

¹⁵ Abammoni bwe baabona ng'Abasiria balumwike, boona baalumuka Abishai bangira mu kibuga. Agho Yoabu yaakyuka yaavaayo y'okulwana n'Abammoni, yaira e Yerusalemu.

¹⁶ Aye Abasiria bwe baabona ng'Abaisiraeli babaghangwire, baatuma abakwenda baatoolayo Abasiria abaali ere ng'osomoike omwiga Eufurate baidha ni Shofaki omuduumizi w'eigye lya Hadadezeri nga n'ali kubakulembera.

¹⁷ Ekyo bwe baakikobera Daudi, yeena yaasoloza eigye lya Isiraeli lyonalyona, baasomoka omwiga Yorudani yaatuuka ku Basiria abo, yeetegeka okubalwanisa. Abasiria abo baatoolera okumulwanisa.

¹⁸ Abasiria baalumuka Abaisiraeli. Daudi yaita abalwani Abasiria ab'oku bigaali eby'omu lutalo kasanvu (7,000), n'ab'oku bigere emitwalo ena (40,000). Era yaita ni Shofaki omuduumizi ow'eigye ly'Abasiria.

¹⁹ Bakyabazinga boonaboona abaali abagheereza ba Hadadezeri bwe baabona nga Abaisiraeli babaghangwire, baakola endagaano ey'emiraala ni Daudi, Daudi oyo yaabafuganga. Agho Abasiria baaloba kwirayo kabiri kubeera Bammoni.