1Awo Dawudi ne basajja be bwe baatuuka e Zikulagi, nga wayiseewo ennaku ssatu, baasanga Abamaleki baalumbye obukiikaddyo mu ddungu; ne Zikulagi, baali bakikumyeko omuliro.
2Baali batutte abakazi nga basibe, ne bonna abaalimu, abato era nʼabakulu. Tewaali nʼomu ku bo gwe batta, wabula okubawamba ne babatwala.
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5Abakyala ba Dawudi bombi, Akinoamu Omuyezuleeri ne Abbigayiri nnamwandu wa Nabali Omukalumeeri, nabo baali babatutte.
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7Dawudi nʼagamba Abiyasaali kabona, mutabani wa Akimereki nti, “Ndeetera ekkanzu eyʼobwakabona eyitibwa efodi.” Awo Abiyasaali nʼagimuleetera.
8Dawudi ne yeebuuza ku Mukama nti, “Ngoberere ekibinja ekyo, nnaabakwata?” Nʼamuddamu nti, “Bagoberere, kubanga ojja kusobola okununula abawambe bonna.”
9Awo Dawudi nʼabasajja lukaaga ne batuuka ku kagga Besoli, abamu ku bo ne basigala awo,
10kubanga ebikumi bibiri ku bo baali bakooye nnyo nʼokuyinza nga tebayinza kusomoka kagga. Naye Dawudi nʼabalala ebikumi bina ne banyiikira okugoberera omulabe, ebikumi ebibiri ne basigala ku kagga nga bakooye.
11Ne basanga Omumisiri mu nnimiro ne bamuleeta eri Dawudi. Ne bamuwa amazzi okunywa, nʼemmere nʼalya,
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17Dawudi nʼatandika okubatta okuva akawungeezi okutuusa enkeera, ne watawonawo nʼomu, okuggyako abavubuka ebikumi bina abeebagala eŋŋamira ne badduka.
18Dawudi nʼakomyawo byonna Abamaleki bye baali banyaze, ngʼomwo mwe muli ne bakyala be ababiri abaali bawambiddwa.
19Ne watabaawo na kimu ekyabula, oba kitono oba kinene, newaakubadde abaana aboobulenzi oba aboobuwala, nʼomunyago na buli kintu kyonna ku ebyo bye baatwala. Dawudi yakomyawo buli kimu.
20Nʼatwala ebisibo byonna nʼamagana gonna, abasajja be ne babikulembeza ebisolo ebirala byonna, nga bwe boogera nti, “Guno gwe munyago gwa Dawudi.”
21Awo Dawudi nʼaddayo eri bali ebikumi ebibiri abaali bakooye ennyo, nga tebayinza kumugoberera, abaasigala ku kagga Besoli. Ne bavaayo okusisinkana Dawudi nʼabantu abaali naye, nʼabalamusa.
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23Naye Dawudi nʼaddamu nti, “Nedda baganda bange, temusaana kukola bwe mutyo, Mukama byʼatuwadde. Atukuumye era nʼawaayo mu mukono gwaffe ekibinja ekyatulumbye.
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25Ekyo Dawudi nʼakifuula etteeka nʼempisa mu Isirayiri ne leero.
26Awo Dawudi bwe yatuuka mu Zikulagi, nʼaweereza abakadde ba Yuda ebimu ku bintu ebyʼomunyago, abaali mikwano gye, ngʼagamba nti, “Ekyo kirabo okuva ku munyago gwʼabalabe ba Mukama.”
27Yakiweereza abʼe Beseri, abaali mu bukiikaddyo mu Lamosi nʼabʼe Yattiri,
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