2 SAMUELE 9

₁Muṅwe musi Dafita a vhudzisa a ri, “Hu tshee na muṅwe o salaho wa nnḓu ya Saulo ane nda nga mu itela zwivhuya ndi tshi itela Jonathani?”

₂Zwino ho vha hu na mushumi wa nnḓu ya Saulo we a vha a tshi pfi Tsiba. Vha mu vhidza uri a ḓe phanḓa ha Dafita, khosi ya mu vhudzisa ya ri, “Ndi inwi Tsiba?”

Tsiba a fhindula a ri, “Ndi nṋe mulanda wavho muṋe wanga.”

₃Khosi ya mu vhudzisa ya ri, “Hu tshee na muṅwe o salaho wa nnḓu ya Saulo ane nda nga mu itela zwivhuya zwa Mudzimu?”

Tsiba a fhindula khosi a ri, “Hu kha ḓi vha na ṅwana wa Jonathani wa mutuka, ndi tshihole tsha milenzhe yoṱhe.”

₄Khosi ya vhudzisa ya ri, “Zwino u ngafhi?”

Tsiba a fhindula a ri, “U dzula Lodebara, muṱani wa Makhiri ṅwana wa Amiele.”

₅Khosi Dafita a ruma vhathu Lodebara uri vha mu dzhie muṱani wa Makhiri ṅwana wa Amiele.

₆Musi Miribaali, ṅwana wa Jonathani ṅwana wa Saulo a tshi swika ha Dafita, a gwadama phanḓa hawe a mu hulisa.

Dafita a ri, “Ndaa, Miribaali!”

Miribaali a fhindula a ri, “Ndaa! Ndi fhano muṋe wanga.”

₇Dafita a amba nae a ri, “Ni songo ofha tshithu, vhukumakuma ndi ḓo ni itela vhuthu ndi tshi itela khotsi aṋu Jonathani. Ndi ḓo dovha nda ni ṋea shango ḽoṱhe ḽe ḽa vha ḽi ḽa makhulu waṋu Saulo, nahone misi yoṱhe ni ḓo ḽa ḓafulani ḽanga.”

₈Miribaali a gwadama a ri, “Muṋe wanga, ndi tou vha mini, zwine vha vhuya vha tou sedza nṋe mmbwa?”

₉Ndi hone khosi i tshi vhidzisa Tsiba, mushumi wa Saulo, ya mu vhudza ya ri, “Miribaali muḓuhulu wa muṋe waṋu ndi mu ṋea zwoṱhe zwe zwa vha zwi zwa Saulo na muṱa wawe. ₁₀Inwi na vhana vhaṋu na vhashumi vhaṋu ni ḓo mu limela tsimu, na mu kaṋela zwiliṅwa, uri vha hawe vha wane zwiḽiwa. Ene Miribaali muḓuhulu wa muṋe waṋu misi yoṱhe u ḓo ḽa ḓafulani ḽanga.” Tsiba ene o vha e na vhana vha 15 vha vhatuka na vhashumi vha 20.

₁₁Ndi hone Tsiba a tshi amba na khosi a ri, “Ndi ḓo ita zwoṱhe zwine thovhele vha nndaya.” Miribaali a sala a tshi ḓi ḽa ḓafulani ḽa Dafita sa muṅwe wa vhana vha khosi.

₁₂Miribaali o vha e na kutukana ku no pfi Mika, huno muṱa woṱhe wa Tsiba vho vha vhe vhashumi vha Miribaali. ₁₃Miribaali a dzula Jerusalema, misi yoṱhe a vha a tshi ḽa ḓafulani ḽa khosi. O vha e tshihole tsha milenzhe yoṱhe.