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Kyabazinga Daudi alagira okubala abantu
(1 Byom 21:1-27)
1Agho Musengwa Katonda kabiri yaasungughalira inho Abaisiraeli, yaaleetera Daudi okubatuusaaku akabi. Yaakoba Daudi ati: “Ja obale Abaisiraeli n’Abayudaaya.” 2Kale Kyabazinga Daudi yaalagira Yoabu n’abaduumizi abandi ab’eigye be yali nabo ati: “Muje mubitebite mu bika byonabyona ebya Isiraeli okuva e Dani okutuuka e Beerisheba, mubale abantu mmanhe omughendo gwaibwe.”
3Yoabu yaamukoba ati: “Musengwa Katonda wo agwananga yaayongera ku bungi obw’abantu ba Isiraeli emikuzi kikumi okusinga bwe bali, era n’iwe Isebantu kyabazinga ekyo waakyeboneraku n’amaiso go. Aye Isebantu kyabazinga, eky’okubala abantu kikusanhukiza ki?” 4Aye Yoabu n’abaduumizi abandi ab’eigye, baalwa eira baakakibwa okukola ekyo kyabazinga kye yalagira. Kale baava mu maiso ga kyabazinga, baaja okubala abantu abaali mu Isiraeli.
5Baasomoka omwiga Yorudani, baaja okubala abantu nga basookera mu Aroeri ekiri ghagati mu kiiko, beeyongerayo mu kiketezo ky’e Gadi baatuuka e Yazeri. 6Olwo baaja baatuuka e Gileadi n’e Kadeshi mu kiketezo eky’Abahitti. Beeyongerayo baatuuka e Dani, ate baava eyo beezungulula baaja e Sidoni. 7Agho baatuuka e Tiro mu kifo eky’okwewogomamu, baamala baaja mu bibuga byonabyona eby’Abahivi n’Abakanaani, era baaja baabita mu kiketezo kya Buyudaaya ekikalukalu ku luuyi olw’omukono omusaadha olw’e buvandhuba, baatuuka e Beerisheba. 8Kale olumaliira olw’emyezi omwenda n’enaku amakumi abiri, bairayo e Yerusalemu nga bamaze okubitabita mu biketezo by’ensi eyo byonabyona. 9Yoabu yaatwalira kyabazinga Daudi omughendo ogw’abantu be baabala: mu Isiraeli mwalimu abasaadha abalwani b’entalo abaziramu ntete emitwalo kinaana (800,000), ate mu Buyudaaya mwabaamu emitwalo ataanu (500,000).
10Aye Daudi bwe yamala okubala abantu yeeraliikirira mu omwoyo, yaakoba Musengwa Katonda ati: “Wo Musengwa Katonda nhonoine inho olw’ekyo kye nkoze. Era buti nkweghembye ntoolaaku ekibi ekyo nze omugheereza wo, kuba nkoze kya busiru inho.”
11Gadi omulanzi yali nga n’agha Daudi ku magezi. Kale Daudi oyo bwe yasitukagho ku nkyo, Musengwa Katonda yaakoba Gadi ati: 12“Ja okobe Daudi oti Musengwa Katonda akoba ati, ‘Ndi kukugha ebintu bisatu, olondeku kirala kye mbe nkukole.’ ” 13Kale Gadi yaaja ye Daudi yaamukobera nga Musengwa Katonda bwe yamukoba. Yaamukoba ati: “Ku bisatu bino olondaku kirigha? Endhala okugwa mu nsi yo okumala emyaka esatu? Oba iwe okumala emyezi esatu ng’oli kulumuka abazigu bo abakuyiigania? Oba ekibamba okwidha mu nsi yo ni kigigoya okumala enaku eisatu? Buti dhuubiriza osalegho kye mbe ndhiremu oyo antumye.”
14Agho Daudi yaakoba Gadi ati: “Enaku engemye inho naasoberwa. Aye ekisinga leka Katonda ali n’ekisa ekyodo atubonereze mwene, mu kifo eky’abantu obuntu okutubonereza.” 15Kale Musengwa Katonda yasindika ku Isiraeli ekibamba okuva ku nkyo eryo okutuusa ku kiseera ekyateebwagho. Abantu baafa okuva e Dani okutuuka e Beerisheba abaaghera emitwalo omusanvu (70,000). 16Malaika bwe yagolola omukono gwe okuzikiriza Yerusalemu, Musengwa Katonda yaakyusa ekirowoozo kye eky’okukola Abaisiraeli akabi. Kale Musengwa Katonda yaamukoba ati: “Ekyo kinaamala. Lekera agho!” Agho malaika yali atuuse mu kifo aghakubirwa engaano ekya Arauna Omuyebusi.
17Daudi bwe yabona malaika eyali ali kwita abantu, yaasaba Musengwa Katonda ati: “Linga, nze ninze eyayonoona, naakola ekibi einho, aye abantu bano bazira kye baakola kiri kubaitisa. Kyenva ni nsaba nti, omukono gwo gugwaine kukuba nze n’ab’endhu ya lata wange.”
18Ku lunaku lwene olwo Gadi yaidha yaakoba Daudi ati: “Ja mu kifo aghakubirwa engaano agha Arauna Omuyebusi ozimbire agho Musengwa Katonda alutaari.”
19Kale Daudi yaaja ng’ajiira ku kiragiro kya Musengwa Katonda Gadi kye yamukobera.
20Arauna bwe yalinga ati yaabona kyabazinga Daudi n’abakungu be nga bali kwidha y’ali, yeena yaaja ye bali. Era bwe yatuuka ye kyabazinga yaakuba amakiryaivu era yaakutama n’ekyeni kyatuuka ku itaka. 21Yaabuuza kyabazinga ati: “Kibaire ki iwe Isebantu kyabazinga okwidha ye nze omugheereza wo?”
Daudi yaamwiramu ati: “Ndidhie kukugulaku kifo kyo aghakubirwa engaano nzimbiregho Musengwa Katonda alutaari olwo atoole ku bantu ekibamba.” 22Arauna yaakoba kyabazinga ati: “Niiwe Isebantu kyabazinga, toola kyonakyona ky’obona nga kirungi, okigheeyo. Ente dhiidho edh’okughaayo ng’ekigheebwayo ekyokebwa, n’ekiti ekibairenga kikozesebwa okumulungula engaano kiikyo, era n’emiti egibaire egy’ebikoligo by’ente, gikozese ng’enku. 23Ebyo byonabyona, Isebantu kyabazinga, nze Arauna mbikughaire iwe kyabazinga, era nsaba Musengwa Katonda asiime ekigheebwayo kyo.” 24Aye kyabazinga yaakoba Arauna ati: “Busa toidha kubimpa bughe, aye ndidha kubigula omughendo ogubijaamu. Tiidha kughaayo kigheebwayo kyokebwa eri Musengwa Katonda wange kye ntaguze na mughendo kuva mu nsawo yange.” Kale Daudi yaagula ekifo aghakubirwa engaano n’ente dhaaku ebitundu amakumi ataanu ebya feeza. 25Era yaazimbira agho Musengwa Katonda alutaari yaagheerayo ebigheebwayo ebyokebwa n’ebigheebwayo olw’okutabagana.
Kale Musengwa Katonda yaabagha bye baasabira ensi era yaalekeza n’ekibamba ekyali kiri kwita abantu mu Isiraeli.