Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
12:1 Ngabo aba, beza kuDavide eTsikelage, esalinda
wasondela kuye ngenxa kaSawule unyana kaKishe;
amagorha, abancedi emfazweni.
12:2 Bexhobe izaphetha, besebenzisa isandla sokunene nesasekunene
besaphosa amatye, betola ngeentolo, zezikaSawule
abazalwana bakaBhenjamin.
12:3 Inkulu ibinguAhiyezere, noYowashe, oonyana bakaShemaha waseGibheha;
noIziyeli noPelete oonyana baka-Azemavete; noBheraka, noYehu i
Antothite,
12:4 noIshmaya waseGibheyon, igorha kumashumi omathathu lawo, obephethe umkhosi.
Amashumi amathathu; noYeremiya, noYahaziyeli, noYohanan, noYobhadi unyana
iGederathite,
12:5 uEluzayi, noYerimoti, noBhehaliya, noShemariya, noShefatiya unyana.
IHarufite,
12:6 uElikana, noIsiya, noAzareli, noYozere, noYashobheham, umthetheli.
amaKora,
12:7 noYowela, noZebhadiya, oonyana bakaYeroham waseGedore.
12:8 NakumaGadi azahlula khona, aya kuDavide emboniselweni
entlango, amadoda anamandla, namadoda okulwa, alungele ukulwa
inokuphatha ingweletshetshe nengweletshetshe, ubuso bayo babunjengobuso babo
zibe ziingonyama ezinamendu njengamabhadi ezintabeni;
12:9 uEzere inkulu, noObhadiya owesibini, noEliyabhi owesithathu;
12:10 uMishmana owesine, uYeremiya owesihlanu;
12:11 nguAtayi owesithandathu, noEliyeli owesixhenxe;
12:12 uYohanan owesibhozo, uElizabhadi owesithoba;
12:13 uYeremiya oweshumi, uMakebhanayi oweshumi elinanye.
12:14 Abo, koonyana bakaGadi, ibiziintloko zomkhosi, emnye kubo, engomncinane
ubengaphezu kwekhulu; omkhulu kubo ubelilingene iwaka.
12:15 Ngabo abo bayiwelayo iYordan ngenyanga yokuqala, ekuweleni kwayo;
ukhukulise zonke iindonga zakhe; bazigxotha zonke izihlambo;
empumalanga nasentshonalanga.
12:16 Kwafika aboonyana bakaBhenjamin bakaYuda emboniselweni
UDavide.
12:17 Waphuma uDavide, waya kubakhawulela, waphendula wathi kubo, Ukuba nithe navuma
yiza kum ngoxolo, undincede, Intliziyo yam mayinamathele kuwe;
ke ukuba nize kundingcatsha ezintshabeni zam, kungekho bugqwetha
Wawubona ezandleni zam, uThixo woobawo bethu, awukhalimele.
12:18 Umoya wamfikela uAmasayi, intloko yabaphathi-mikhosi, naye
Sathi, Singabakho, Davide; singakuwe, nyana kaYese.
Uxolo malube kuwe, uxolo lube kubancedi bakho; ngokuba uThixo wakho uya kunceda
wena. Wabamkela ke uDavide, wabamisa aba ngabathetheli bamaqela.
12:19 Kwabakho abakwaManase abaphambela kuDavide, ekuyeni kwakhe nebandla
AmaFilistiya aza kulwa noSawule, kodwa awazange awancede
Zabhunga izikhulu zamaFilisti zamndulula, zisithi, Uya
siwele kuSawule inkosi yakhe, senzakale ke.
12:20 Ekuyeni kwakhe eTsikelage, wagaleleka kuye abakwaManase, uAdena, noYozabhadi,
noYedihayeli, noMikayeli, noYozabhadi, noElihu, noZiletayi, abathetheli
kumawaka akwaManase.
12:21 Bona bancedisana noDavide kuloo matutu;
amagorha anobukroti, babengabathetheli emkhosini.
12:22 Ngokuba ngelo xesha babesiya iimini ngeemini kuDavide ukumnceda, kwada kwaya
yaba ngumkhosi omkhulu, njengomkhosi kaThixo.
12:23 Ngawo la amanani omkhosi axhobele imfazwe;
weza kuDavide eHebron, ukuba abuguqulele kuye ubukumkani bukaSawule.
ngokwelizwi likaYehova.
12:24 Oonyana bakaYuda abaphethe ingweletshetshe neentshuntshe babengamawaka amathandathu ananye
amakhulu asibhozo, exhobele imfazwe.
12:25 Koonyana bakaSimon, amagorha anobukroti emfazweni asixhenxe
Iwaka elinekhulu.
12:26 Koonyana bakaLevi ngamawaka amane, anamakhulu mathandathu.
12:27 Ke uYehoyada waye eyinkulu yoonyana baka-Aron, bebathathu
amawaka anamakhulu asixhenxe;
12:28 noTsadoki, indodana eligorha elinobukroti, nendlu kayise.
abathetheli abamashumi mabini anababini.
12:29 Koonyana bakaBhenjamin, abazalwana bakaSawule, ngamawaka amathathu;
ngokuba kwada kwaba ngoku uninzi lwabo lugcina isigxina sendlu ka-Ashera
uSawule.
12:30 Koonyana bakaEfrayim, amashumi amabini amawaka, anamakhulu asibhozo, amagorha
amadoda anobukroti, amadoda anegama ezindlwini zooyise.
12:31 kwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase baba lishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka
echazwe ngegama, ukuba eze kumenza ukumkani uDavide.
12:32 Koonyana bakaIsakare, amadoda anengqondo
ukwazi oko amelwe kukwenza uSirayeli; ziintloko zawo
amawaka amabini; Bonke abazalwana babo benza ngokomlomo wabo.
12:33 KwaZebhulon, abaphuma umkhosi, abaxhobela imfazwe, kunye nabo bonke
izixhobo zemfazwe, amashumi amahlanu amawaka axhobe ahlohla uluhlu;
ngentliziyo embaxa.
12:34 KwaNafetali, yaba ngabathetheli abaliwaka, benabaphethe amakhaka neentshuntshe.
amashumi amathathu anesixhenxe amawaka.
12:35 KwaDan amashumi amabini anesibhozo amawaka, anesithandathu samawaka
ikhulu.
12:36 Kwa-Ashere, abaphuma umkhosi, abaxhobela imfazwe, bangamashumi amane
Iwaka.
12:37 phesheya kweYordan, koonyana bakaRubhen, nabakwaGadi, nabakwaGadi.
kwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase, beneempahla zonke zokulwa
idabi laba likhulu elinamanci mabini lamawaka.
12:38 Onke loo madoda okulwa, ahlohla uluhlu, eza enentliziyo ephelelisileyo
eHebron, ukuba amenze ukumkani uDavide kumaSirayeli onke, kwanabanye bonke abaseleyo
AmaSirayeli ayentliziyo-nye yokumenza ukumkani uDavide.
12:39 AyenoDavide apho iintsuku ezintathu, esidla esela;
abazalwana babo baye babalungiselela.
12:40 nabakufuphi kubo, kwesa kwaIsakare nakwaZebhulon, kunye
UNafetali wayethwele isonka emaesileni, nasezinkameleni, naphezu koimeyile, nangaphezulu
iinkomo, nenyama, nomgubo, nezicumba zamakhiwane, nezicumba zeerasintyisi, newayini;
neoli, neenkomo, nempahla emfutshane yaninzi, ngokuba bekuvuyo kwaSirayeli.