Ouladi waJonatan Ovafilisti tava tewa
1 Ndele efiku limwe Jonatan yaSaul okwa lombwela omupiya waye, ou a humbata oiti yaye ndee ta ti: “Ila, tu ye ketanga lenangelo lOvafilisti li li kwinya.” Ndelenee ine shi shiivifila xe. 2 Ndele Saul a li omutumba momuti wagranati, ou u li muMigron pongaba yaGibea novakwaita ava va li puye, ova li ve fike ngeno pomafele ahamano. 3 Ndele Ahia yaAhitub, omumwaina waIkabod yaPinehas yaEli, omupristeli womuSilo, okwa li a djala oshikutu shokomapepe. Ndelenee ovakwaita inava shiiva nokutya, Jonatan okwa dja po. 4 Ndelenee kombinga nombinga yondjila, apa Jonatan okwa li a hala okuya popepi netanga lenangelo lOvafilisti, okwa li ku nomamanya avali manene, limwe kombinga inya, likwao kombinga ei. Nedina la limwe la li Boses nedina lalikwao oSene. 5 Ombudi imwe ya li ya fa ongudi kombinga yokoumbangalanhu ya shaamafana naMikmas, naikwao kombinga yokoumbuwanhu ya shaamafana naGeba. 6 Opo nee Jonatan a lombwela omupiya waye, ou a humbata oiti yaye ndee ta ti: “Ila, tu ye popepi netanga lenangelo laava inava pita etanda. Kashiimba Omwene te tu ningile sha, osheshi Omwene iha nyengwa okuxupifa neenghono daava vahapu ile daava vanini.” 7 Opo nee omuhumbati woiti yaye ta ti kuye: “Ninga aishe i li momutima woye. Ninga ngaashi wa hala. Ame ondi li pwoove pahalo lomutima woye.” 8 Opo nee Jonatan ta ti: “Tala ohatu ka ya kovalumenhu venya nokuliholola kuvo. 9 Vo ngeenge tave tu lombwele ngaha: ‘Kanghameni manga fiyo hatu uya kunye,’ opo nee fye tu nokukanghama ponhele yetu ndee itatu londo kuvo. 10 Ndelenee ngeenge tava ti: ‘Ileni oku kufye,’ opo nee hatu londo ko, osheshi Omwene e va yandja momake etu. Osho tashi ka ninga edidiliko letu.” 11 Vo aveshe vavali eshi ve lihololela etanga lovanangeli vOvafilisti, ndele Ovafilisti tava ti: “Taleni, Ovaheberi otave uya, tava di momakololo avo va li va hondama mo.” 12 Novalumenhu vometanga lenangelo va lombwela Jonatan nomuhumbati woiti yaye, tava ti: “Londeni, mu uye kufye, opo nee hatu mu ulikile sha!” Opo nee Jonatan ta ti komuhumbati woiti yaye: “Londa, shikule nge, shaashi Omwene e va yandja meke laIsrael.” 13 Ndele Jonatan ta ende te likoko omwoodimba nomuhumbati woiti yaye e mu shikula. Ndele venya va wila po komesho yaye, fimbo omuhumbati woiti yaye te va shemununa. 14 Molwoodi eli lotete Jonatan nomuhumbati woiti yaye va dipaa ovalumenhu omilongo mbali, monhele yepululo letata lefiku. 15 Opo nee ehaluko la kwata onhanda yovakwaita naava va li pondje yonhanda nomomatanga aeshe ovakwaita. Etanga lenangelo nongudu yovakwati voinima nayo yo ya haluka, heeno, edu la kakama, ehalukifo la dja muKalunga.
16 Ndele eendadi daSaul muGibea shomuBenjamin, eshi va mona ongudu oyo inene ye lihana ndele ya pilauka. 17 Saul okwa lombwela ovakwaita ava va li puye: “Talaataleni, mu shiive olyelye womufye a dja po.” Ndele metalatalo va yongola nokutya, Jonatan nomuhumbati woiti yaye kave po. 18 Opo nee Saul ta ti kuAhia: “Eta oku oshikefa shaKalunga, osheshi mefimbo linya oshikefa shaKalunga sha li povana vaIsrael.” 19 Ndele fimbo Saul ta popi natango nomupristeli nembuyaano lomonhanda yOvafilisti la ninga linene neenghono, Saul a lombwela omupristeli: “Nashi kale!” 20 Saul novakwaita aveshe ava va li puye va ifanwa, ndele ve uya molwoodi. Ndee tala, eongamukonda laumwe tali tu omukwao, edongakano ola lunda pombada. 21 NOvaheberi voovene yo va li shito mepangelo lOvafilisti, ndele ve uya pamwe nOvafilisti monhanda, vo ova ya kOvaisraeli ava va li pamwe naSaul naJonatan. 22 Ovalumenhu aveshe Ovaisraeli ovo va li va hondama meemhunda daEfraim eshi va uda nokutya, Ovafilisti va ya onhapo, navo yo va hovela oku va shikula molwoodi. 23 NOmwene okwa xupifa Ovaisraeli mefiku tuu olo olwoodi eshi la koya Bet-Aven.
24 Novanhu vaIsrael ova li va loloka unene mefiku olo, osheshi Saul a anifa ovakwaita ndee ta ti: “Omulumenhu ou ta makele sha fiyo onguloshi fimbo inandi polifa ehandu lange movatondadi vange, na tokolelwe efyo.” Onghee ovakwaita aveshe inava lya sha. 25 Novanhu aveshe ve uya momufitu ndele omo mwa li omaadi eenyiki poshi. 26 Ovakwaita eshi ve uya momufitu, omo mwa li omaadi mahapu mahapu eenyiki. Ndelenee nande umwe ina twala eke laye mokanya, osheshi va tila eano. 27 Ndelenee Jonatan ina uda xe eshi a anifa ovakwaita, ndele ye okwa ulika onhele yonhaili oyo ya li meke laye, ndele e i twa meshila lomaadi eenyiki, ndele a twala eke laye kokanya kaye, nomesho aye a yela. 28 Ndelenee umwe womovakwaita okwe mu lombwela ta ti: “Xo okwa anifa ovakwaita eano ta ti: Omulumenhu ou ta li sha nena eli, na tokolelwe efyo. Onghee hano ovanhu va loloka unene.” 29 Ndee Jonatan ta ti: “Tate ta twala oshilongo momupya. Tala, omesho ange nhumbi taa yela paife, eshi nda makela omaadi manini eenyiki. 30 Ovakwaita ngeno va itavelelwe okulya moixuulwa ve i kufa movatondadi. Ndelenee paife etewatewo lOvafilisti inali ninga mbela linene li dule eli.”
31 Ndelenee mefiku olo va taataa Ovafilisti okudja muMikmas fiyo okuAijalon novakwaita va li va loloka unene. 32 Novakwaita va totela koixuulwa, ndele va kufa eedi neengobe neenhana, ndele ve di tomena meuladu, novakwaita tave di li nohonde. 33 Eshi va shiivifila Saul tava ti: “Tala, ovakwaita tava nyono kOmwene, vo eshi tava li ombelela kumwe nohonde, ye ta ti: ‘Mwa nyona! Alangatifileni paife emanya lakula kwaame.’ ” 34 Saul ta ti vali: “Indeni mo mokati kovanhu mu va lombwele: Keshe umwe na ete kwaame ongobe yaye nodi yaye, e i tomene apa, ndele a lye. Ndelenee inamu nyona kOmwene moku i lya nohonde.” Oufiku tuu ou ovakwaita aveshe keshe umwe, a eta neke laye ongobe yaye te i tomene ko. 35 Ndele Saul okwa tungila Omwene oaltari. Oyo oaltari yotete ye a tungila Omwene.
36 Opo nee Saul ta ti: “Tu yeni, tu ka shikuleni Ovafilisti oufiku nokunyeka fiyo kwa sha. Ndele inatu efeni nande umwe a kale nomwenyo.” Ndele vo va nyamukula: “Ninga ashishe eshi tashi ku wapalele.” Ndelenee omupristeli ta ti: “Tu eheneni kuKalunga!” 37 Opo nee Saul a pula kuKalunga: “Ohandi ka shikula tuu Ovafilisti? Ove to va yandje tuu momake Ovaisraeli?” Ndelenee Ye ine mu nyamukula sha efiku olo. 38 Ndele Saul ta ti: “Ileni oku ovakulunhu nye amushe vovanhu, mu pulapule nokutala olyelye a nyona. 39 Osheshi oshili Omwene ngaashi e nomwenyo, ou a xupifa Ovaisraeli, nande omumwange Jonatan a nyona, ye e nokufya shili!” Ndelenee nande umwe womovakwaita e mu nyamukula. 40 Opo ta ti kOvaisraeli aveshe: “Nye kaleni ofika kombinga imwe, naame nomumwange Jonatan, hatu kala ofika kombinga ikwao.” Novakwaita va nyamukula Saul, tava ti: “Ninga eshi she ku wapalela.” Opo nee Saul ta ti: “Ninga eshi she ku wapalela.” 41 Opo nee Saul ta ti: “Omwene Kalunga kaIsrael, omolwashike ino nyamukula omupiya woye nena? Omwene, Kalunga kaIsrael, nyamukule nge momamanya mayapuki. Ngeenge oushima ou li mwaame ile omomumwange Jonatan, nyamukule nge muUrim; ndelenee ngeenge oushima ou li movanhu voye Ovaisraeli, nyamukula muTummim.” Jonatan naSaul va ulikwa ndele ovanhu ova ya. 42 Ndele Saul ta ti: “Umbileni oshihoololifo pokati ketu nomumwange Jonatan.” Ndele Jonatan a ulikwa. 43 Opo nee Saul ta pula Jonatan: “Shiivifile nge eshi wa ninga.” Ndele Jonatan okwe mu shiivifila ndee ta ti: “Ame onda makela omaadi manini eenyiki konhele yonhaili ei ya li meke lange. Aame, ou handi ka fya.” 44 Opo nee Saul ta ti: “Kalunga na handukile nge paife nokomesho; Jonatan; u nokufya shili!” 45 Ndelenee ovakwaita va pula Saul: “Jonatan ota ka fya mbela, ou a etela Israel exupifo linene li fike apa? Alala! Oshili, ngaashi Omwene e nomwenyo, nande oluxwiki limwe lokomutwe waye itali ka wila poshi! Osheshi ye e shi ninga nena pamwe naKalunga.” Osho ngaha hano ovanhu va mangulula Jonatan mokufya. 46 Opo nee Saul a shikula Ovafilisti, nOvafilisti va ya monhele yavo.
Oita yaSaul
47 Osho ngaha Saul a pewa ouhamba wOvaisraeli nokwa homona ovatondadi vaye aveshe keembinga adishe: A homona Moab novana vaAmmoni naEdom neehamba daSoba nokwa homona Ovafilisti, ndele keshe apa a ya okwe va handukila. 48 Ye okwa li ependa: okwa taataa Amalek ndele ta xupifa Israel momake omufininiki washo.
Ovaneumbo vaSaul
49 Novana ovamati vaSaul va li: Jonatan naJisvi naMalkisua, nomadina ovana vaye oukadona vavali: edina lomukulunhu la li Merab, nedina londenge la li Mikal. 50 Nedina lomwalikadi waSaul la li Ahinoam, omona okakadona kaAhimas. Nedina londjai yaye la li Abner yaNer, xekulu yaSaul. 51 Ndele xe yaSaul okwa li Kis; ndele Ner xe yaAbner okwa li omona waAbiel.
52 Omalwoodi okulwifa Ovafilisti okwa li a handuka fimbo Saul kwa li e nomwenyo. Ndele keshe apa Saul a hanga po ependa ile omulumenhu omuladi, ye e mu kufa a kale puye.
1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
4 ¶ And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. 7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. 14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow . 15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another . 17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there . 18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
19 ¶ And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
24 ¶ And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. 25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. 32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
33 ¶ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. 35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
36 ¶ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot . And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and , lo, I must die. 44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
47 ¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them . 48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: 50 And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. 51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
