¹ Uluntu Samweli akotele ena alengele abana bakwe abaume ukuba bakapingula pa bena Israeli. ² Ishina lyebeli lyakwe ali ni Yoeli, elo neshina lya mwana mwaume wakwe uwakonkelepo ali ni Abijah. Bali ni bakapingula mu Beresheba. ³ Abana baume bakwe tabalikwenda munshila shakwe, lelo balikukonkelela ifintu ifishakwete ubukumu. Balikubula amafisakanwa elo nokupondamika ubupingushi. ⁴ Uluntu abakulu bonse abamu Issraeli baishilekukolongana pamo elo baishile kwisa kuli Samweli ku Roma. ⁵ Balandile kuli yee ati, ''Bona, webo ulikotele, nabana baume bobe tabendela munshila shobe. Tusontele imfumu yakutupingula nge fyalo fyonse.'' ⁶ Nomba Samweli tacamusekeshe uluntu baishile kulanda ati. ''Fwebo tupele imfumu yakutupingula.''Eico Samweli alipepele kuli Yahweh. ⁷ Yahweh walandile kuli Samwe ati, ''Bela ishiwi lya bantu mulifyonse ifyo balandile kuli webo; pantu bena tabakukene webo, nomba bakene nebo ukukanaba imfumu pali bo.'' ⁸ Nomba bena balecita fimofine ifyo bacitile ukufumafye ubushiku nebo nabafumushe mu Egypti, bangalukila, elo nokupepa tu lesa tumbi, elo eico bena balecita ifi kuli webo. ⁹ Nomba umfwa kuli bo; nomba ubasoke namaka elo ubaleke beshibe inshila imfumu balefwaya ikesa kubatekelamo.'' ¹⁰ Eico Samweli alilandile amashiwi yakwa Yahweh yonse ku bantu abo abalikumwipusha pa mfumu. ¹¹ Walandile ati, ''Ifi efikalacita imfumu iyo iikateka pali mwebo. Akalasenda abana baume benu elo nokubasonta ku maceleta yakwe elo nokuba abaume bapali bakabalwe, elo nokulabutuka pantanshi ya maceleta yaiko. ¹² Akesakuisontela umwine bakapitao bapamakana elo nabakapitao bapamakumi yasano. Ikesakupanga bamo abakulu mumishi waiko,bamo bakalekusombola ififsabo fyaiko, elo bamo bakalekupanga ifyanso fyankondo elo nefibombelo fyamaceleta yaiko. ¹³ Nakabili ikesakusenda abana benu abanakashi ukuba bakapanga wamafuta yakununkila, bakepika elo nabakapanga wamikate. ¹⁴ Ikesakubula amabala yenu ayabune, amabala yamyangashi, elo namabala yenu aya miolife, elo nukufipela kubabomfi bakwe. ¹⁵ Ikesakubula icakulenga ikumipafisabo fwenu elo napa myangashi shenuelo nukupela kuli bacilolo bakwe elo na kubabomfi bakwe. ¹⁶ Ikesasenda ababomfi benu abaume na babomf benu abanakashi elo ne n'gombe shenu ishabune elo nempunda shenu ikesakubabika bonse mukumubombela. ¹⁷ Ikesasenda icakulenga ikumi pa mikuni yeni, elo mwebo mukaba abasha baiko. ¹⁸ Eluntu pali bulya bushiku mwebo mukailishanya pamulandu ne mfumuyenu iyo mwebo mwasala mwebene mweka; nomba Yahweh takamyasuke pali bulya bushiku. ¹⁹ Nomba abantu balikene ukumfwa kuli Samweli; balandile ati, ''Awe! palingile ukuba imfumu pali fwebo ²⁰ pakwebati fwebo tube ngefyalo fyonse fimbi, nokwebati imfumu yesu ingalakutupingula fwebo elo nokututangilila elo nokutulwila ubulwi bwesu,'' ²¹ Uluntu Samweli aumfwile ifwebo fyonse ifyabantualifibwekeshepo mumatwi yakwa Yahweh. ²² Yahweh walandile kuli Samweli ati, ''Nakila kumashiwi yabo elo ulenge umo ukuba imfumu yabo.'' Eico Samwe alandile ku baume bamu Isreli ati, ''Umwaume onse afwile ukuya ku musumba wakwe.''