Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
18:1 Kwathi emveni koko, uDavide wawaxabela amaFilisti
wayithimba iGati namagxamesi ayo esandleni sikaYehova
amaFilisti.
18:2 Wawaxabela amaMowabhi; amaMowabhi aba ngabakhonzi bakaDavide, abazisa
izipho.
18:3 UDavide wamxabela uHadadezere ukumkani waseTsobha, wada wesa eHamati, ekuyeni kwakhe
lumise ulawulo lwakhe emlanjeni ongumEfrati.
18:4 UDavide wathimba iwaka leenqwelo zokulwa, namawaka asixhenxe
amahashe akhwelwayo, amashumi amabini amawaka angumqikela; uDavide naye wabanqumla imisipha bonke
washiya kuwo iinqwelo zokulwa ezilikhulu.
18:5 Kwathi, xa ama-Aram aseDamasko eza kumnceda uHadadezere ukumkani waseTsobha.
UDavide wabulala kuma-Aram amashumi amabini anesibini amawaka amadoda.
18:6 UDavide wamisa ikampu kwa-Aram eDamasko; aba ngama-Aram
Abakhonzi bakaDavide, bazisa iminikelo. UYehova wamgcina ke uDavide
naphi na apho ebesiya khona.
18:7 Wawathabatha uDavide amakhaka egolide, abekubakhonzi baka
uHadadezere, wabazisa eYerusalem.
18:8 Ngokufanayo ukusuka eTibhati, naseKun, imizi kaHadadezere, wazisa uDavide
Ubhedu oluninzi kunene, awalwenza uSolomon ulwandle lobhedu, neentsika;
neempahla zobhedu.
18:9 Weva uTohu, ukumkani waseHamati, ukuba uDavide uyixabele yonke impi yaseHamati
uHadadezere ukumkani waseTsobha;
18:10 Wathumela uHadoram, unyana wakhe, kukumkani uDavide, ukuba ambuze ukuphila kwakhe, nokuba ambuze ukuphila kwakhe.
vuyisana naye, ngokuba ebelwile noHadadezere, wamoyisa
yena; (kuba uTowu ubesilwa noHadadezere);
iimpahla zegolide, nezesilivere, nezobhedu.
18:11 Nazo ezo ukumkani uDavide wazingcwalisela kuYehova, kunye nesilivere negolide
igolide abeyithabathe kuzo zonke ezo ntlanga; kwaEdom, nakwaMowabhi,
nakoonyana baka-Amon, nakumaFilisti, nakuzo
Amaleki.
18:12 UAbhishayi unyana kaTseruya waxabela amaEdom entilini.
ishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka etyuwa.
18:13 Wamisa ikampu kwaEdom; aba ngabakaDavide onke amaEdom
abakhonzi. UYehova wamgcina uDavide konke apho ahamba khona.
18:14 Waye engukumkani ke uDavide kumaSirayeli onke, esenza ngokwesiko nangobulungisa
phakathi kwabantu bakhe bonke.
18:15 Ke uYowabhi, unyana kaTseruya, wayephethe umkhosi; noYehoshafati unyana
ka-Ahiludi umrekhodi.
18:16 uTsadoki, unyana ka-Ahitubhi, noAbhimeleki, unyana ka-Abhiyatare, babengabathetheli.
ababingeleli; uShavesha ubengumbhali;
18:17 nguBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, obephethe amaKereti nabalindi
iiPeletites; oonyana bakaDavide babengabathetheli kukumkani.