Dafita o fenya Baamone le bathusi ba bone
1Morago ga moo Nahase a swa, kgosi ya Baamone, mme Hanune morwawe a nna kgosi mo boemong jwa gagwe. 2Ke fa Dafita a re: “Ke tla direla Hanune morwa Nahase ka bopelotlhomogi; gonne rraagwe o ne a ntirela ka bopelotlhomogi.” Ka moo Dafita a roma barongwi go mo tshedisa ka ntlha ya ga rraagwe. Mme ya re batlhanka ba ga Dafita ba fitlha kwa lefatsheng la Baamone kwa go Hanune go mo tshedisa, 3dikgosana tsa Baamone tsa raya Hanune tsa re: “A o a re Dafita o tlotla rraago ka a romile bagomotsi kwano go wena? A ga se go re, batlhanka ba gagwe ba tlile kwano go wena go sekaseka lefatshe le go le senya le go le tlhola?”
4Ke fa Hanune a tshwara batlhanka ba ga Dafita, a ba beola bontlhanngwe jwa ditedu, a kgaola bontlhanngwe jwa diaparo tsa bone ka bogare fa lethekeng, a ba a ba naya tsela. 5Ba tsamaya. Ya re Dafita a begelwa ka ga banna bao a roma go ba kgatlhantsha; gonne banna bao ba ne ba tlhabisitswe ditlhong thata. Kgosi ya re: “Nnang kwa Jerigo go ya ditedu tsa lona di be di gole; morago ga moo lo boe.”
6E rile Baamone ba bona gore ba itlhoisitse Dafita, Hanune le Baamone ba romela ditalente di le 1 000 tsa selefera kwa go Basiria ba Mesopotamia le go Basiria ba Maaga le kwa Soba go ithapela dikoloi tsa ntwa le bapalami. 7Ba ithapela dikoloi tsa ntwa di le 32 000 le kgosi ya Maaga le batlhabani ba yona; ba tla ba thibelela ntlheng ya botlhabatsatsi ya Meteba; le Baamone ba phuthega, ba tswa mo metseng ya bone, ba tla go tlhabana.
8Ya re Dafita a utlwa jalo, a roma Joabe le mephato yotlhe ya bagale. 9Jaanong Baamone ba bolola, ba ikemisa ka thulaganyo ya tlhabano ka fa ntle ga kgoro ya motse mme dikgosi tsele tse di tsileng di ne di le go sele kwa nageng.
10Jaanong ya re Joabe a lemoga gore ntwa e mo potile ka kwa pele le kwa morago, a tlhopha banna mo mephatong yotlhe ya Iseraele, a ba rulaganya go kgatlhantsha Basiria. 11Mme banna ba ba setseng a ba neela mo taolong ya ga Abisai monnawe gore ba ikemise go kgatlhantsha Baamone. 12A laela a re: “Fa Basiria ba mphekeetsa, o tle o nthuse; mme fa Baamone ba go fekeetsa, ke tla tla go go thusa. 13Nna pelokgale, a re itshupe re le bagale ka ntlha ya morafe wa rona le ka ntlha ya metse ya Modimo wa rona! A Morena a dire tse di siameng mo matlhong a gagwe.” 14Jaanong ya re Joabe le banna ba ba nang nae ba atamela Basiria go tlhabana nabo, ba tshaba fa pele ga gagwe. 15Mme ya re Baamone ba bona Basiria ba tshaba, le bone ba tshaba fa pele ga Abisai monnawe, ba tsena mo motseng. Ke fa Joabe a boela kwa Jerusalema.
16Ya re Basiria ba bona, fa ba fentswe ke Baiseraele, ba roma barongwi, ba bolotsa Basiria ba ba kwa moseja ga noka ya Ferathe, mme Sofage molaodi wa mephato ya ga Hatatesere a ba etelela pele. 17Ya re Dafita a bolelelwa jalo, a phutha Baiseraele botlhe, a tshela Joretane a fitlha fa go bone, a feta a ema teng; ya re Dafita a se na go emisa batlhabani ka thulaganyo go ya go kgatlhantsha Basiria, ba tlhabana nae. 18Mme Basiria ba tshaba fa pele ga Baiseraele, mme Dafita a bolaya banna ba dikoloi di le 7 000 tsa Basiria le banna ba le 40 000 ba dinao; a bolaya le Sofage molaodi wa mephato. 19Jaanong ya re batlhanka ba ga Hatatesere ba bona, fa ba fentswe ke Baiseraele ba dira kagiso le Dafita, ba mo direla. Mme Basiria ba se ka ba tlhola ba rata go thusa Baamone.
