1 Ndipo anthu a ku Kiriyati-Yearimu anabwera, natenga likasa la Yehova, nafika nalo m’nyumba ya Abinadabu paphiri; napatula mwana wake wamwamuna Eleazara kuti asunge likasa la Yehova.
Afilisti akanthidwa ku Mizipa
2 Ndipo kunali, kuti likasalo linakhala nthawi yaikulu mu Kiriyati-Yearimu; popeza linakhalako zaka makumi awiri; ndipo banja lonse la Israele linalirira Yehova.
3 Ndipo Samuele analankhula ndi banja lonse la Israele nati, Ngati mukuti mubwerere kunka kwa Yehova ndi mitima yanu yonse, chotsani pakati pa inu milungu yachilendo, ndiAsitaroti, nimukonzere Yehova mitima yanu, ndi kumtumikira Iye yekha; mukatero, Iye adzakupulumutsani m’manja a Afilisti.
4 Pomwepo ana a Israele anachotsa Abaalandi Asitaroti, natumikira Yehova yekha.
5 Ndipo Samuele anati, Musonkhanitse Aisraele onse ku Mizipa, ndipo ine ndidzakupemphererani kwa Yehova.
6 Ndipo anaunjikana ku Mizipa, natunga madzi, nawatsanula pamaso pa Yehova, nasala chakudya tsiku lija, nati, Tinachimwira Yehova. Ndipo Samuele anaweruza ana a Israele mu Mizipa.
7 Ndipo pamene Afilisti anamva kuti Aisraele anasonkhana pamodzi ku Mizipa, mafumu a Afilisti anakwera kukayambana ndi Aisraele. Ndipo Aisraele pakumva ichi, anachita mantha ndi Afilistiwo.
8 Ndipo ana a Israele anati kwa Samuele, Musaleke kutipempherera kwa Yehova Mulungu wathu, kuti Iye atipulumutse m’manja a Afilistiwo.
9 Ndipo Samuele anatengamwanawankhosawoyamwa, nampereka wathunthu kwa Yehova, nsembe yopsereza; ndipo Samuele anapempherera Israele kwa Yehova; ndipo Yehova anamvomereza.
10 Ndipo pamene Samuele analikupereka nsembe yopserezayo, Afilisti anayandikira kuti aponyane ndi Aisraele; koma tsiku lomwe lija Yehova anagunda ndi kugunda kwakukulu pa Afilistiwo, nawapolonganitsa. Ndipo anakanthidwa pamaso pa Aisraele.
11 Ndipo Aisraele anatuluka ku Mizipa, nathamangira Afilisti, nawakantha mpaka anafika pansi pa Betekara.
12 Pamenepo Samuele anatenga mwala nauimika pakati pa Mizipa ndi Sene, nautcha dzina lake Ebenezeri, nati, Kufikira pano Yehova anatithandiza.
13 Chomwecho anagonjetsa Afilisti, ndipo iwo sanatumphenso malire a Israele ndipo dzanja la Yehova linasautsa Afilisti masiku onse a Samuele.
14 Ndipo mizinda ya Israele imene Afilisti adailanda kale inabwezedwa kwa Aisraele, kuyambira ku Ekeroni kufikira ku Gati; ndi Aisraele analanditsa midzi yao m’manja a Afilisti. Ndipo pakati pa Aisraele ndi Aamori panali mtendere;
15 ndipo Samuele anaweruza Israele masiku onse a moyo wake.
16 Ndipo anayenda chozungulira chaka ndi chaka ku Betele, ndi ku Giligala, ndi ku Mizipa; naweruza Israele m’malo onse amenewa.
17 Ndipo anabwera ku Rama, pakuti nyumba yake inali kumeneko; ndipo pamenepo anaweruza Israele; namangapo guwa la nsembe la Yehova.
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