Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
13:1 Wacebisana uDavide nabathetheli bamawaka nabamakhulu;
nayo yonke inkokeli.
13:2 Wathi uDavide kwibandla lonke lakwaSirayeli, Ukuba kuthe kwalunga emehlweni akhe
wena, ukuba ibe yekaYehova uThixo wethu, sikuthumele kuthi
abazalwana abaseleyo kulo lonke ilizwe lakwaSirayeli, kunye nabo
nazo kubabingeleli nabaLevi abasemizini yabo
namadlelo, ukuze bahlanganele kuthi;
13:3 siyibuyisele kuthi ityeya yoThixo wethu; ngokuba asibuzanga;
oko ngemihla kaSawule.
13:4 Lathi lonke ibandla, Makwenjiwe njalo; ngokuba ibinjalo loo nto
kanye emehlweni abantu bonke.
13:5 Wawahlanganisa ke uDavide onke amaSirayeli, kwathabathela eShihore yaseYiputa kwesa
ekungeneni eHamati, ukuba ayithabathe ityeya kaThixo eKiriyati-yeharim.
13:6 Wenyuka uDavide namaSirayeli onke, waya eBhahala, eyiKiriyati-yeharim ke leyo.
eyayiyekaYuda, ukuba inyuswe khona ityeya kaThixo uYehova;
uhleli phakathi kweekerubhi, ogama libizwayo kuyo.
13:7 Bayikhwelisa ityeya kaThixo enqwelweni entsha, ukuphuma endlwini
UAbhinadabhi: U-Uza noAhiyo bayiqhuba inqwelo.
13:8 UDavide namaSirayeli onke baqamba phambi koThixo ngamandla abo onke, benqula
Ngeengoma, nangeehadi, nangemirhubhe, nangeengqongqo;
nangamacangci, nangamaxilongo.
13:9 Bafika esandeni sikaKidon, wolula u-Uza esakhe
isandla sokubamba umkhombe; ngokuba iinkomo bezikhubeka.
13:10 Wavutha umsindo kaYehova ku-Uza, wambetha;
wasa isandla sakhe etyeyeni; wafela khona phambi koThixo.
13:11 UDavide wavutha ngumsindo ngenxa enokuba uYehova emtyhobozele ngotyhobozo u-Uza.
ngenxa yoko kwathiwa loo ndawo yiPeretse-uza unanamhla.
13:12 UDavide wamoyika uThixo ngaloo mini, wathi, Ndothini na ukuyizisa ityeya?
kaThixo ekhaya kum?
13:13 UDavide akayisa kuye ityeya emzini kaDavide;
wayiphambukisa endlwini kaObhedi-edom waseGati.
13:14 Yahlala ityeya kaThixo emzini kaObhedi-edom endlwini yakhe
iinyanga ezintathu. UYehova wayisikelela indlu kaObhedi-edom, nayo yonke loo nto
wabane.