Aalanduli yaDavid Aabenjamin
1 David manga a li muZiklag, nkoka a ka holamene omukwaniilwa Saul, puye opwe ya aakwiita aapyokoki naainekelwa, 2 aakwanezimo lyaBenjamin, ndyoka wo ezimo lyaSaul. Oya li haa vulu okuumba iikuti nenge omamanya nomaako agehe gaali, omalulyo nomalumoho. 3-7 Oya li mewiliko lyondjayi Ahiezer naJoas, aana yaShemaa gwomuGibea.
Aakwiita oyo mbaka:
Jesiel naPelet, aana yaAsmavet
Beraka naJehu yomuAnatot
Ishmaia gwomuGibeon, omukwiita ofule nomuwiliki gumwe gwomilongo ndatu
Jeremia, Jahasiel, Johanan naJosabad muGedera
Elusai, Jerimot, Bealia, Shemaria naShefatia muHarif
Elkana, Isshia, Asarel, Joeser naJashobeam gwoludhi lwaKora
Joela naSebadia, aana yaJeroham gwomuGedor.
Aalanduli yaDavid mezimo lyaGad
8 Ngaka ogo omadhina gaakwiita aapyokoki noofule yomezimo lyaGad mboka yi itula momatanga gaDavid, sho a li mepopilongulu lyokondundu mombuga. Oya li aapyokoki mokulongitha iikandekitho nomagonga, ye na iipala yomagonya ga fa goonime noye na ondapo oto ti oompengu koondundu. 9-13 Oya li ya tulwa momusholondondo tagu landula: Ezer, Obadia, Eliab, Mishmanna, Jeremia, Attai, Eliel, Johanan, Elsabad, Jeremia naMakbannai.
14 Yamwe yomwaambaka yomezimo lyaGad oya li aawiliki yomatanga gaalumentu eyuvi nayamwe oya li aawiliki yomatanga gaalumentu ethele. 15 Momwedhi gwotango gwomumvo gumwe, pethimbo lyefundja lyomulonga Jordan gwa udha omeya sigo oontuni, oya tokola omulonga e taa tidha mo aantu mboka ya kala momalusilu gomulonga, handika nohaandiyaka yagwo.
Aalanduli yomomazimo lyaBenjamin nolyaJuda
16 Ongundu yimwe yaalumentu Aabenjamin nAajuda oya piti mo noya yi kuDavid kepopilongulu lye lyokondundu. 17 David okwa yi oku ya tsakaneka e ta ti: “Ngele omwe ya nombili okukwatha ndje, nena otamu taambwa nawa. Ileni kutse! Ihe ngele otamu dhiladhila okugwaaleka ndje, nando inaandi mu ningila nayi, nena Kalunga kootate ne shi tseye ye e mu geele.”
18 Ombepo yaKalunga oye ya muAmasai, ondjayi yaambeyaka omilongo ndatu e ta ti:
“David yaIsai, otse aantu yoye!
Kala wa nyanyukwa,
naakwatheli yoye naa kale aanelago!
Kalunga okwa gama kungoye.”
David okwe ya taamba nombili e te ya ningi aanashihako yetangakwiita lye.
Aalanduli yomezimo lyaManasse
19 Aakwiita yamwe yomezimo lyaManasse oyi igameke kuDavid, sho a li melondo pamwe nAafilisti, ya kondjithe Saul. Sho shene David ina kwatha Aafilisti, oshoka aakwaniilwa yawo oya li ye mu angala ya dhiladhila kutya ota vulu oku ya gwaaleka kumwene gwe gwonale Saul. Osho ye mu shunitha kuZiklag. 20 Aakwiita Aamanasse mbo ya gama kuDavid, sho a shuna, oyo mbaka: Adna, Josabad, Jediael, Mikael, Josabad, Elihu naZilletai. Mezimo lyaManasse kehe gumwe gwaambaka okwa li omuwiliki gwetanga lyaakwiita eyuvi. 21 Mokuyakula David oya li aanashihako yomatanga ge, oshoka oya li oofule muukwiita. Konima oya ka ninga aanashihako metangakwiita lyAaisraeli. 22 Konyala esiku kehe okwa kala taku ya aantu kuDavid, sigo etangakwiita lye lya ningi lya tilitha ngaashi etanga lyaKalunga.
Omatanga gaDavid
23-37 David sho a li muHebron, aakwiita oyendji ya dheuka oya gama komatanga ge noku mu kwathela, ye mu ninge omukwaniilwa peha lyaSaul, ngaashi Omuwa a li u uvaneka. Omiyalu dhawo otadhi landula mpaka:
Juda: aalumentu ya homata nawa ye na iikandekitho nomagonga 6 800;
Simeon: aalumentu ya dheuka nawa ye li 7 100;
Levi: aalumentu 4 600;
Aalanduli yaJehoiada moluvalo lwaAaron: aalumentu 3 700;
Aakwawo yaSadok, omukwiita omugundjuka gwoshitima: aawiliki 22;
Benjamin (ezimo lyaSaul ye mwene): aalumentu 3 000 (Aabenjamin oyendji pethimbo ndiyaka oya li natango ya gama kuSaul);
Efraim: aalumentu aanamadhina momaludhi gawo yene 20 800;
Manasse kuuninginino: aalumentu aahogololwa ya kwaniileke David ye li 18 000;
Issaskar: aawiliki ye li 200 pamwe naawilikwa yawo. (Aawiliki mbaka oya li ya tseya shoka Israel a li e na okuninga nesiku ewanawa lyoku shi gwanitha);
Sebulon: aalumentu aavuliki naainekelwa 50 000 yi ilongekidhila olugodhi, ya dheulwa okulongitha omatati niikondjitho yomaludhi agehe;
Naftali: aawiliki 1 000 naalumentu 37 000 ya homata iikandekitho nomagonga;
Dan: aalumentu ya dheuka ye li 28 600;
Aser: aalumentu ya pyokokela olugodhi ye li 40 000;
Omazimo gokuuzilo waJordan — Reuben, Gad naManasse kuuzilo: aalumentu 120 000 ye shi okulongitha omatati gomaludhi agehe.
38 Aakwiita mbaka ayehe yi ilongekidhila olugodhi, oya yi kuHebron ya tokola ya ninge David omukwaniilwa gwaIsrael alihe. Aaisraeli ayehe yalwe nayo wo oya li ya ya omuyogumwe. 39 Oya kala omasiku gatatu puDavid, ya dhana oshituthi shiikulya nokunwa shoka ya longekidhilwa kuyakwawo yomoshilongo. 40 Okuza kokule kuumbangalantu, komazimo gaIssaskar, Sebulon naNaftali, aantu oye ya nuusino, oongamelo, omamulutiya noonkutsa dha humbata iikulya — uusila womunziya, oonkwiyu, omandjembele, omaviinu nomagadhi. Oye eta wo oongombe noonzi dhokudhipagwa nokuliwa. Ndika olya li enyanyu moshilongo ashihe.
David's Men at Ziklag
1 Some time earlier, David had gone to live in the town of Ziklag to escape from King Saul. While David was there, several brave warriors joined him to help fight his battles.
Warriors from the Benjamin tribe
2 Several of these warriors were from King Saul's own tribe of Benjamin. They were experts at using a bow and arrows, and they could shoot an arrow or sling a stone with either hand. 3-7 Their leaders were Ahiezer and Joash, the sons of Shemaah from Gibeah. Here is a list of those men from Benjamin: Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah and Jehu from Anathoth; Ishmaiah from Gibeon, who was the leader of the Thirty Warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah; Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph; Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam from the Korah clan; Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
Warriors from the Gad tribe
8 Men from the tribe of Gad also joined David at his fortress in the desert and served as his warriors. They were also brave soldiers—fierce as lions and quick as gazelles. They were always prepared to fight with shields and spears. 9-13 There were eleven of them, ranked in the following order: Ezer the leader, then Obadiah, Eliab, Mishmannah, Jeremiah, Attai, Eliel, Johanan, Elzabad, Jeremiah, and Machbannai.
14 All these men were army officers; some were high-ranking officers over a thousand troops, and others were officers over a hundred troops. 15 Earlier, they had crossed the Jordan River when it flooded, and they chased out the people who lived in the valleys on each side of the river.
Warriors from the Benjamin and Judah tribes
16 One time a group of men from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah went to the fortress where David was staying. 17 David met them outside and said, “If you are coming as friends to fight on my side, then stay and join us. But if you try to turn me over to my enemies, the God our ancestors worshiped will punish you, because I have done nothing wrong.”
18 Amasai, who later became the leader of the Thirty Warriors, was one of these men who went to David. God's Spirit took control of him, and he said, “We will join you, David son of Jesse! You and your followers will always be successful, because God fights on your side.”
So David agreed to let them stay, and he even put them in charge of his soldiers who raided enemy villages.
Warriors from the Manasseh tribe
19 Some of the warriors who joined David were from the tribe of Manasseh. They had earlier gone with David when he agreed to fight on the side of the Philistines against King Saul. But as soon as the Philistine rulers realized that David might turn against them and rejoin Saul, they sent David away to the town of Ziklag. 20 That's when the following men from Manasseh joined him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. They had all been commanders in Saul's army 21 and brave soldiers, and so David made them officers in his army. They fought on his side when enemy troops attacked.
22 Day after day, new men came to join David, and soon he had a large, powerful army.
David's Men at Hebron
23-37 The kingdom of Israel had been taken away from Saul, and it now belonged to David. He was ruling from Hebron, and thousands of well-trained soldiers from each tribe went there to crown David king of all Israel, just as the Lord had promised. These soldiers, who were always prepared for battle, included: 6,800 from Judah, who were armed with shields and spears; 7,100 from Simeon; 4,600 from Levi, including Jehoiada, who was a leader from Aaron's descendants, and his 3,700 men, as well as Zadok, who was a brave soldier, and 22 of his relatives, who were also officers; 3,000 from Benjamin, because this was Saul's own tribe and most of the men had remained loyal to him; 20,800 from Ephraim, who were not only brave, but also famous in their clans; 18,000 from West Manasseh, who had been chosen to help make David king; 200 leaders from Issachar, along with troops under their command—these leaders knew the right time to do what needed to be done; 50,000 from Zebulun, who were not only loyal, but also trained to use any weapon; 1,000 officers from Naphtali and 37,000 soldiers armed with shields and spears; 28,600 from Dan; 40,000 from Asher; and 120,000 from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh, who were armed with all kinds of weapons.
38 All of these soldiers voluntarily came to Hebron because they wanted David to become king of Israel. In fact, everyone in Israel wanted the same thing. 39 The soldiers stayed in Hebron three days, eating and drinking what their relatives had prepared for them. 40 Other Israelites from as far away as the territories of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought cattle and sheep to slaughter for food. They also brought donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen that were loaded down with flour, dried figs and raisins, wine, and olive oil.
Everyone in Israel was very happy.
