Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
20:1 Kwathi ke, wakuba uphelile unyaka, ngelo xesha
ookumkani baya kulwa; uYowabhi ephuma umkhosi, waphanza
Ilizwe loonyana baka-Amon, lafika layingqinga iRabha. Kodwa
UDavide wahlala eYerusalem. UYowabhi wayihlasela iRabha, wayitshabalalisa.
20:2 UDavide wasithabatha isithsaba sokumkani wabo entlokweni yakhe, wasifumana
ubunzima betalente yegolide, bunamatye anqabileyo; kwaye yona
zabekwa entlokweni kaDavide, kananjalo wazisa namaxhoba amaninzi kakhulu
yesixeko.
20:3 Wabakhupha abantu ababekuyo, wabasika ngeesarha.
nangeentsimbi zesinyithi, nangeempahla ezibukhali. Wenjenjalo ke uDavide kuzo zonke izinto
imizi yoonyana baka-Amon. NoDavide nabantu bonke
wabuyela eYerusalem.
20:4 Kwathi emveni koko, kwabakho imfazwe nokumkani eGezere
amaFilisti; ngelo xesha uSibhekayi umHusha wambulala uSipayi
yayingoonyana bakaRafa, boyiswa.
20:5 Kwabuya kwabakho imfazwe namaFilisti; noElihanan unyana ka
UYahire wambulala uLami, umzalwana kaGoliyati waseGati, obeluthi lwentshuntshe yakhe
yayinjengomqadi wabaluki.
20:6 Kwabuya kwabakho imfazwe eGati, apho kwakukho indoda enewonga.
iminwe neenzwane zazingamashumi amabini anesine, ezintandathu kwisandleni ngasinye, nezintandathu
kunyawo ngalunye, naye ebengunyana weRafa.
20:7 Wawangcikiva ke amaSirayeli, uYonatan unyana kaShimeha, umkhuluwa kaDavide
wambulala.
20:8 Aba bazalelwa Rafa eGati; bawa ngesandla sika
uDavide, nangesandla sabakhonzi bakhe.