1 SAMUELE 5
Mbulungelo ya mulanga i sa ḓiseli Vhafilista mashudu
1Musi Vhafilista vho no thuba mbulungelo ya Mudzimu Ebenezere, vha i hwala vha i isa Ashidodo, 2vha i dzhenisa thembeleni ya mudzimu wavho Dagoni vha i vhea tsini ha Dagoni. 3Musi vhathu vha Ashidodo vha tshi fhinduwa nga matshelo, vha vhona Dagoni wo wela fhasi nga tshifhaṱuwo phanḓa ha mbulungelo ya Muṋe washu! Vha dzhia Dagoni vha u vhuedzedza vhudzuloni hawo. 4Hone nga matshelo vha tshi vuwa vha vhona Dagoni wo wela fhasi nga tshifhaṱuwo phanḓa ha mbulungelo ya Muṋe washu! Wo vha wo vunḓea ṱhoho na zwanḓa zwa wela tshiukhuvhani, ha sala mutumbu wawo fhedzi. 5Ndi zwine na ṋamusi vhotshifhe vha Dagoni na vhaṅwe-vho vhane vha dzhena thembeleni ya Dagoni vha sa kande tshiukhuvha.
6Tshanḓa tsha Muṋe washu tsha ziamedza vhathu vha Ashidodo na vha shango ḽeneḽo, a vha ofhisa, a ita uri vha vhe na zwitshimbili marahoni. 7Musi vhanna vha Ashidodo vha tshi vhona zwine zwa khou itea, vha ri, “Mbulungelo ya Mudzimu wa Vhaisraele i songo tsha dzula fhano na riṋe ngauri tshanḓa tshawe tsho tsikeledza riṋe na mudzimu washu Dagoni.” 8Ndi hone vha tshi vhidza vhavhusi vhoṱhe vha Vhafilista vha vha vhudzisa vha ri, “Ri iteni nga mbulungelo ya Mudzimu wa Israele?”
Vhavhusi vha fhindula vha ri, “Ṱuwisani mbulungelo ya Mudzimu wa Israele ni i ise Gathi.” Ndi hone vha tshi hwala mbulungelo ya Mudzimu wa Israele vha i isa Gathi.
9Huno musi vho no i sudzulusa, tshanḓa tsha Muṋe washu tsha rwa vhathu vha muḓi uyo vha hanganea. Muṋe washu a ḓisela vhathu vha Gathi khombo, vhoṱhe vhahulwane na vhaṱuku, vha vha na zwitshimbili marahoni.
10Ndi hone vha tshi hwala mbulungelo ya Mudzimu vha i isa muḓini wa Ekroni. Mbulungelo ya Mudzimu ya ri u dzhena Ekroni, vhathu vha Ekroni vha mbo ṱavha mukosi vha ri, “Vho ḓisa mbulungelo ya Mudzimu wa Israele kha riṋe uri vha ri vhulahe na vhathu vha hashu.”
11Ndi hone vha tshi kuvhanganya vhavhusi vhoṱhe vha Vhafilista vha ri, “Ṱuwisani mbulungelo ya Mudzimu wa Israele, nga i humele fhethu hayo, i sa ḓo vhulaha riṋe na vha hashu.”
Lufu lwo vha lwo ṱanganya muḓi uyo vhathu vha tou hanganea, tshanḓa tsha Mudzimu tsho vha tsho u tsikeledza. 12Vhe vha sala u fa vha vha na zwitshimbili marahoni, vhathu vha muḓi vha ṱavhela midzimu yavho mukosi uri i vha farise.
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