1 Samuyele 21
Devedi mbwaakatija Saulu
1 Lino Devedi wakainka ku Nobu kuli Ahimeleki mupaizi. Ahimeleki wakaza kucingauzya Devedi kumwi kazyangama, wakati, “Ino nkaambo nzi ncoli olike, taakwe angoli aawe pe?”
2 Mpawo Devedi wakati kuli Ahimeleki mupaizi, Mwami wandilailila makani amwi, wakandaambila kuti, “Kutabi muntu naba omwe uuziba makani aaya ngindakwaambila. Kwaamba zyabantu bangu twapangana kuti tukaswaangane kubusena bumwi. 3 Mwati kuli kakulya? Ndipe zinkwa zyosanwe niciba cimwi ncojisi.”
4 Mpawo mupaizi wakaingula Devedi kuti, “Nsijisi zinkwa ziligwa bantu buyo, pele ndijisi cinkwa cisalala, kuti naa bantu bako tiibakali kuya kubakaintu.”
5 Eelyo Devedi wakaingula mupaizi kuti, “Masimpe ciindi coonse notuli alweendo tatubonani abakaintu, tulalyaanga. Mbotucita amunyendo buyo, ino ono alweendo luli boobu inga twaya buti kubakaintu?”
6 Mpoonya mupaizi wakamupa cinkwa cisalala, nkaambo ooko tiibakajisi cinkwa buyo ccita buyo cakatuulidwe, eeco cakagwisigwa kuzwa kumbele lya Mwami Leza, kuti kubikwe cinkwa cicikasaala mubuzuba oobo mbubonya mbocigwisigwa.
7 Lino kwakali mwaalumi umwi wababelesi ba Saulu mubuzuba oobo wakaliwo, wakalikuzuzikizya cikonke muŋanda ya Leza. Zina lyakwe wakali Dowegi Muedomu, wakali ngomupati wabeembezi ba Saulu.
8 Mpawo Devedi wakati kuli Ahimeleki, “Sena kuno tojisi sumo naa panga? Nkaambo nsiindaleta sumo neliba panga niziba zilwanyo zimwi, kayi makani aamwami akandigubizya.”
9 Mpawo mupaizi wakati, “Panga lya Goliyati mu Filisiti, ooyo ngookajaya mukkuti lya Ela mpolili. Lilizambaidwe acisani kusule lyakabaki kabupaizi. Kuti naa wayanda ulalibweza, nkaambo ndeliliko lilikke.”
Mpoonya Devedi wakati, “Taakwe limbi mbuli leelyo, kondipa.”
10 Buzuba oobo Devedi wakanyamuka akutija kuzwa kuli Saulu, wakainka kuli Akisyi mwami waku Gati. 11 Babelesi ba Akisyi bakati kulinguwe, “Sena ooyu tali ngo Devedi mwami wacisi?
Sena tali ngonguwe ngobaimba nobazyana kabati, ‘Saulu wakajaya bantu bali zyuulu,
Devedi wakajaya bantu bali zyuulu zili makumi?’”
12 Lino Devedi majwi aaya akamunjila, wakayoowa Akisyi mwami waku Gati. 13 Nkabela, wakalisondosya-sondosya, wakalikweengaula azitendele zyamilyango akulekela mate kaalolomoka kusikila kucilezu. 14 Mpoonya Akisyi wakati kubabelesi bakwe, “Mwabona, muntu ooyu wasondoka, ino mwamuletela nzi kulindime? 15 Sena ndabula bantu basondokede kuti mundiletele yooyu uucita zili boobu? Ani ooyu anjile buti muŋanda yangu?”