Oshikethahangano tashi kuthwa muKiriat Jearim
(2 Sam. 6:1-11)1 Omukwaniilwa David okwa kundathana naawiliki ayehe, mboka yaalumentu eyuvi naamboka yaalumentu ethele. 2 Nena okwa lombwele Aaisraeli ayehe e ta ti: “Ngele otamu shi pitika nongele olyo ehalo lyOmuwa, Kalunga ketu, natu tumeni kaanashilongo shetu ayehe nokaayambi nokAalevi komikunda dhawo, ya gongale pamwe natse. 3 Nena otatu ka tala oshikethahangano, shoka sha li shaa niwe nasho muuyuni waSaul.” 4 Aantu oya li ya hokwa omadhiladhilo ngoka noye ga zimine.
5 David okwa gongele Aaisraeli ya zi oshilongo ashihe, okuza kongamba yaEgipiti muumbugantu sigo uupitilo waHamat muumbangalantu, opo ya kuthe oshikethahangano kuKiriat Jearim ye shi fale kuJerusalem. 6 David okwa yi nAaisraeli koshilando Baala, kokutya Kiriat-Jearim, moshikandjo shaJuda, ya ka tale ko oshikethahangano shaKalunga shi na edhina lyOmuwa a kuutumba kombanda yaakerubi. 7 Oya kutha oshikethahangano maandjaAbinadab e taye shi tula metemba epe. Ussa naAhio oya hingi etemba, 8 manga David naantu ayehe taa tanta ya mana mo okusimaneka Kalunga. Oyi imbi yo taa hiki iihikomwa — uuharpa, oontunda, oosimbaale nomankuma.
9 Sho ya thiki kolupale lwaKidon, oonani odha lyatakana, naUssa okwa ganeke oshikaha she, a shige oshikethahangano. 10 Ohaluka Omuwa okwa geele Ussa e te mu dhipaga, molwashoka okwa gumu oshikethahangano. Okwa sile montaneho yOmuwa, 11 onkee eha ndyoka lya lukwa Perez Ussa sigo onena ndji. David okwa geye, oshoka Omuwa a geele Ussa mondjahi.
12 Nena David okwa li a tila Kalunga e ta ti: “Otandi vulu ngiini okupitika, oshikethahangano shi ye kungame?” 13 David ine shi fala we kuJerusalem, ihe okwe shi thigi paandjaObed Edom, omvalele yomoshilando Gat. 14 Osha kalele nkoka oomwedhi ndatu, Omuwa nokwa yambeke egumbo lyaObed Edom naashihe e shi na.
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