1 Samuel 13
1 Saul was a child of one year when he began to reign, and he reigned two years over Israel.
Sawulo yalina emyaka amakumi asatu we yaliira obwakabaka, n’afuga Isirayiri okumala emyaka amakumi ana.
2 And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel: and two thousand were with Saul in Machmas, and in mount Bethel: and a thousand with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin, and the rest of the people he sent back every man to their dwellings.
Sawulo yalonda abasajja enkumi ssatu okuva mu Isirayiri, enkumi ebbiri ku bo ne babeera naye e Mikumasi ku lusozi olw’e Beseri, n’abalala lukumi ne babeera ne Yonasaani e Gibea ekya Benyamini. Abasajja abalala bonna n’abasindika baddeyo ewaabwe.
3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines which was in Gabaa. And when the Philistines had heard of it, Saul sounded the trumpet over all the land, saying: Let the Hebrews hear.
Yonasaani n’alumba olusiisira lw’Abafirisuuti eyali e Geba, Abafirisuuti ne bakiwulira. Awo Sawulo n’alagira, bafuuwe ekkondeere mu nsi yonna, ng’agamba nti, “Abaebbulaniya bawulire!”
4 And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel took courage against the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Galgal.
Awo Isirayiri yenna bwe baawulira nga Sawulo awambye olusiisira lw’Abafirisuuti, ate nga Isirayiri yali efuuse ekyenyinyalwa eri Abafirisuuti, abantu ne balagirwa okwegatta ku Sawulo e Girugaali.
5 The Philistines also were assembled to fight against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and a multitude of people besides, like the sand on the sea shore for number. And going up they camped in Machmas at the east of Bethaven.
Abafirisuuti ne beekuŋŋaanya okulwana n’Abayisirayiri. Abafirisuuti baalina amagaali emitwalo esatu, n’abeebagala embalaasi kakaaga, n’abaserikale abeebigere ng’omuwendo gwabwe gwenkana ng’omusenyu ogw’oku nnyanja obungi. Ne bayambuka ne basiisira e Mikumasi, ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba olw’e Besaveni.
6 And when the men of Israel saw that they were straitened, (for the people were distressed, ) they hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in dens, and in pits.
Abasajja Abayisirayiri bwe baalaba ng’embeera yaabwe mbi nnyo, n’eggye lyabwe nga linnyigirizibwa omulabe, ne beekweka mu mpuku, ne mu bisaka ne mu njazi, ne mu binnya.
7 And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Galaad. And when Saul was yet in Galgal, all the people that followed him were greatly afraid.
Ne wabaawo n’abamu ku Baebbulaniya abaasomoka Yoludaani ne bagenda mu nsi ya Gaadi ne Gireyaadi. Sawulo ye n’asigala e Girugaali, n’abaserikale bonna be yali nabo, naye nga bajjudde okutya.
8 And he waited seven days according to the appointment of Samuel, I and Samuel came not to Galgal, and the people slipt away from him.
N’alinda okumala ennaku musanvu, ebbanga Samwiri lye yali amulaze, naye Samwiri n’atajjirawo e Girugaali, n’abasajja ba Sawulo ne batandika okumuvaako.
9 Then Saul said: Bring me the holocaust, and the peace offerings. And he offered the holocaust.
Sawulo kyeyava ayogera nti, “Mundeetere wano ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa n’ekiweebwayo olw’emirembe.” N’awaayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa.
10 And when he had made an end of offering the holocaust, behold Samuel came: and Saul went forth to meet him and salute him.
Naye bwe yali yakamala okuwaayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa, Samwiri n’atuuka. Sawulo n’agenda okumwaniriza.
11 And Samuel said to him: What hast thou done? Saul answered: Because I saw that the people slipt from me, and thou wast not come according to the days appointed, and the Philistines were gathered together in Machmas,
Samwiri n’amubuuza nti, “Kiki kino ky’okoze?” Sawulo n’addamu nti, “Bwe nnalabye ng’abasajja batandise okusaasaana, ate nga tozze mu kiseera kye walaga, ate nga n’Abafirisuuti bakuŋŋaanira e Mikumasi,
12 I said: Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Galgal, and I have not appeased the face of the Lord. Forced by necessity, I offered the holocaust.
ne ndowooza nti, ‘Kaakano Abafirisuuti bagenda kukkirira okunnumba e Girugaali, nga sinnaba kwegayirira kufuna mukisa gwa Mukama, kyenvudde mpalirizibwa okuwaayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa.’”
13 And Samuel said to Saul: Thou hast done foolishly, and hast not kept the commandments of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee. And if thou hadst not done thus, the Lord would now have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever.
Samwiri n’agamba Sawulo nti, “Okoze kya busirusiru, obutakuuma kiragiro kya Mukama Katonda wo kye yakulagira. Singa wakikuumye, Mukama yandinywezezza obwakabaka bwo okufuga Isirayiri emirembe gyonna.
14 But thy kingdom shall not continue. The Lord hath sought him a man according to his own heart: and him hath the Lord commanded to be prince over his people, because thou hast not observed that which the Lord commanded.
Naye kaakano obwakabaka bwo tebuliba bwa lubeerera. Mukama anoonyezzaayo omusajja alina omutima ogumunoonya era amulonze okuba omukulembeze w’abantu be, kubanga tokuumye kiragiro kya Mukama.”
15 And Samuel arose and went up from Galgal to Gabaa of Benjamin. And the rest of the people went up after Saul, to meet the people who fought against them, going from Galgal to Gabaa in the hill of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people, that were found with him, about six hundred men.
Awo Samwiri n’ava e Girugaali n’ayambuka e Gibea mu Benyamini, Sawulo n’abala abasajja abaali naye, nga baawera nga lukaaga.
16 And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, were in Gabaa of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Machmas.
Sawulo ne mutabani we Yonasaani, n’abasajja abaali nabo baali basiisidde e Gebea ekya Benyamini, ate ng’Abafirisuuti bo basiisidde Mikumasi.
17 And there went out of the camp of the Philistines three companies to plunder. One company went towards the way of Ephra to the land of Sual;
Abalabe ne bava mu nkambi y’Abafirisuuti mu bibinja bisatu, ekimu ne kyolekera Yofula, mu nsi ya Suwaali,
18 And another went by the way of Beth-horon, and the third turned to the way of the border, above the valley of Seboim towards the desert.
n’ekibinja ekirala ne kyolekera Besukolooni, n’ekyokusatu ne kyolekera ensalo etunuulidde ekiwonvu Zeboyimu okwolekera eddungu.
19 Now there was no smith to be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had taken this precaution, lest the Hebrews should make them swords or spears.
Mu nsi yonna eya Isirayiri temwali muweesi n’omu, kubanga Abafirisuuti baali baasalawo nti, “Si kulwa ng’Abaebbulaniya beeweeseza ebitala oba amafumu!”
20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his ploughshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his rake.
Noolwekyo Abayisirayiri bonna baaserengetanga eri Abafirisuuti, okuwagala enkumbi zaabwe, n’ebiwabyo byabwe, n’embazzi zaabwe, ne najjolo zaabwe.
21 So that their shares, and their spades, and their forks, and their axes were blunt, even to the goad, which was to be mended.
Baalinanga omuwendo gwe baasasulanga olw’okuwagala enkumbi ey’amannyo abiri n’ebiwabyo, nga gwa njawulo ku ogwo gwe baawangayo olw’okuwagala embazzi n’emiwunda.
22 And when the day of battle was come, there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan, except Saul and Jonathan his son.
Era ku lunaku olw’olutalo tewaali muserikale n’omu ku baali ne Sawulo ne Yonasaani, eyalina ekitala wadde effumu, okuggyako Sawulo ne mutabani we Yonasaani.
23 And the army of the Philistines went out in order to advance further in Machmas.
Waaliwo ekibinja eky’Abafirisuuti ekyali kigenze mu kifo ekyayitibwanga Mikumasi.
