Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
14:1 Ke kaloku uHiram, ukumkani waseTire, wathumela abathunywa kuDavide, nemisedare.
ekunye neengcibi neengcibi zemithi, ukuba bamakhele indlu.
14:2 Wabona uDavide ukuba uYehova umqinisile waba ngukumkani kumaSirayeli.
baphakanyiselwa phezulu ubukumkani bakhe ngenxa yabantu bakhe amaSirayeli.
14:3 UDavide wabuya wazeka abanye abafazi eYerusalem; uDavide wazala oonyana abangakumbi
iintombi.
14:4 Ngawo la amagama oonyana bakhe, abenabo eYerusalem;
noShamuwa, noShobhabhi, noNatan, noSolomon;
14:5 noIbhare, noElishuwa, noElipaleti;
14:6 noNoga, noNefegi, noYafiya;
14:7 noElishama, noBheliyada, noElifeleti.
14:8 Ke amaFilisti eva ukuba uDavide uthanjiswe waba ngukumkani phezu kwabo bonke
Enyuka ke onke amaFilisti, esiya kufuna uDavide; Weva ke uDavide
wona, waphuma waya kubo.
14:9 Afika ke amaFilisti, athi saa entilini yamaRafa.
14:10 UDavide wabuza kuThixo, wathi, Ndinyuke na ndiye kulwa na?
AmaFilisti? Uya kuwanikela na esandleni sam? Kwaye uYehova
Yathi kuye, Nyuka; ngokuba ndiya kuwanikela esandleni sakho.
14:11 Benyuka ke baya eBhahali-peratsim; uDavide wawaxabela khona. Emva koko uDavide
Wathi, UThixo uzityhobozele iintshaba zam ngesandla sam
ekugqabhukeni kwamanzi; ngenxa yoko bathi igama laloo ndawo
eBhahali-perazim.
14:12 Azishiya apho izithixo zawo, wawisa umthetho uDavide
batshiswa ngomlilo.
14:13 Aphinda ke amaFilisti, athi saa entilini leyo.
14:14 UDavide wabuya wabuza kuThixo; Wathi uThixo kuye, Musa ukunyuka
emva kwabo; jika umke kuwo, ufike kuwo ukhangelene nolwandle
imithi yamaqunube.
14:15 Kothi, ekuveni kwakho isandi sokuhamba emantloko esixeko
wophuma uye ekulweni; ngokuba uThixo ukhona
iphuma phambi kwakho, isiya kuyixabela impi yamaFilisti.
14:16 Wenza uDavide njengoko uYehova wamwisela umthetho ngako, bawuxabela umkhosiumkhosi kaYehova
AmaFilistiya ukusuka eGibheyon ukuya kutsho eGezere.
14:17 Lwaphuma lwagqiba ilizwe udumo lukaDavide; wazisa uYehova
ukumoyika kwakhe kuzo zonke iintlanga.