Eyoku-1 yeziKronike
21:1 Wesuka ke uSathana kumaSirayeli, waxhokonxa uDavide ukuba awabale amaSirayeli.
21:2 Wathi uDavide kuYowabhi nakubathetheli babantu, Khaniye, nibale
kwaSirayeli, ethabathela eBher-shebha esa kwaDan; ulizise kum inani lawo.
ukuze ndiyazi.
21:3 Wathi uYowabhi, UYehova makabongeze kalikhulu abantu bakhe
kodwa, nkosi yam kumkani, asizizo zonke enkosini yam
abakhonzi? Yini na ke ukuba inkosi yam ifune le nto? kutheni eza kuba a
ngenxa yetyala kwaSirayeli?
21:4 Laqinisela ilizwi lokumkani kuYowabhi. Ngoko ke uYowabhi
wanduluka, wacanda kumaSirayeli onke, weza naseYerusalem.
21:5 UYowabhi wamnika uDavide inani lokubalwa kwabantu. Kwaye konke
Ke amaSirayeli aba liwaka elinamakhulu alikhulu lamawaka amadoda
arhola ikrele; amaYuda ibingamakhulu omane anamanci asixhenxe amawaka amadoda
abarhola ikrele.
21:6 Ke uLevi noBhenjamin akababalelanga kubo; ngokuba belinjalo ilizwi lokumkani
waba lisikizi kuYowabhi.
21:7 Kwaba kubi emehlweni kaThixo ngenxa yale nto; wawaxabela ke amaSirayeli.
21:8 Wathi uDavide kuThixo, Ndonile kunene ngale nto ndiyenzileyo
Kaloku ke khawubukhwelelise ubugwenxa bomkhonzi wakho; ngenxa
Ndenze ubudenge obukhulu.
21:9 Wathetha uYehova kuGadi, imboni kaDavide, esithi,
21:10 Yiya uthethe kuDavide, uthi, Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Ndikunika ezithathu
Zinyulele ibe nye kuzo, ndiyenze kuwe.
21:11 Waya ke uGadi kuDavide, wathi kuye, Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Zinyule
wena
21:12 nokuba yiminyaka emithathu yendlala; nokuba ziinyanga ezintathu utshatyalaliswe phambi kwakho
ngokuba ikrele leentshaba zakho likufikela; kwenye indawo
iintsuku ezintathu ikrele likaYehova, nendyikitya yokufa, ezweni elo
isithunywa sikaYehova sisonakalisa emideni yonke yakwaSirayeli.
Kaloku ke khawucinge into endiza kuyibuyisela kuye
undithumile.
21:13 Wathi uDavide kuGadi, Ndididekile kunene;
isandla sikaYehova; ngokuba zininzi kakhulu iimfesane zakhe;
siwele esandleni somntu.
21:14 UYehova wathoba ke indyikitya yokufa kwaSirayeli, kwawa ke kwaSirayeli
amashumi asixhenxe amawaka amadoda.
21:15 UThixo wathuma isithunywa eYerusalem, ukuba siyitshabalalise;
Wabona uYehova, wazohlwaya ngenxa yobubi obo, wathi
kwisithunywa eso sitshabalalisayo, Kwanele, sithobe kaloku isandla sakho. Kwaye i
Sema isithunywa sikaYehova esandeni sikaOrnan umYebhusi.
21:16 Wawaphakamisa amehlo akhe uDavide, wabona isithunywa sikaYehova simi
phakathi komhlaba nezulu, ephethe ikrele ngesandla sakhe
yanda phezu kweYerusalem. Waza uDavide namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, ngubani
bambethe ezirhwexayo, bawa ngobuso.
21:17 Wathi uDavide kuThixo, Asindim na othe abantu mabenziwe?
inombolo? Mna ndonile, ndenza ububi okunene; kodwa malunga
ezi zimvu zenze ntoni na? Nceda, Yehova wam, isandla sakho masincede
UThixo makabe nam, nendlu kabawo; kodwa kungekhona kubantu bakho, oko
mababethwe.
21:18 Ke isithunywa sikaYehova sathi uGadi kuDavide, ukuba uDavide
inyuke, immisele uYehova isibingelelo esandeni
uOrnan umYebhusi.
21:19 Wenyuka uDavide ngelizwi likaGadi, awalithethayo egameni lakhe
iNkosi.
21:20 Wajika uOrnan, wasibona isithunywa; oonyana bakhe abane ababenaye bazimela
ngokwabo. Ke kaloku uOrnan wayebhula ingqolowa.
21:21 Kwathi, ekufikeni kukaDavide kuOrnan, uOrnan wakhangela, wambona uDavide, waphuma
esandeni, waqubuda kuDavide, ebubhekise ubuso bakhe kuYehova
umhlaba.
21:22 Wathi uDavide kuOrnan, Ndinike le ndawo yesanda.
ndimakhele khona isibingelelo uYehova;
ngexabiso elizalisekileyo, ukuze sithintelwe isibetho ebantwini.
21:23 Wathi uOrnan kuDavide, Yithabathele kuwe, inkosi yam ukumkani yenze.
oko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe: yabona, ndiyakunika neenkomo ezi ukuba zitshiswe
nomnikelo wokudla, neempahla zokubhula zaba ziinkuni, nengqolowa yeyesibingelelo;
umnikelo wokudla; Ndinikela konke.
21:24 Wathi ukumkani uDavide kuOrnan, Hayi; kodwa okunene ndiya kusithenga sizaliseke
ngokuba andiyi kumthabathela nto iyeyakho uYehova;
amadini anyukayo ngaphandle kweendleko.
21:25 UDavide wamnika uOrnan ngaloo ndawo iishekele zegolide ezingamakhulu amathandathu
ubunzima.
21:26 Wakhela apho ke uDavide isibingelelo kuYehova, wanyusa amadini anyukayo
imibingelelo neyoxolo, wayinqula uYehova; waphendula yena
uvela ezulwini, ngomlilo phezu kwesibingelelo sedini elinyukayo.
21:27 Wathetha uYehova kwisithunywa; walibuyisela phakathi ikrele lakhe phakathi
isingxobo saso.
21:28 Ngelo xesha, akubona uDavide ukuba uYehova umphendule ngentetho
Wabingelela apho esandeni sikaOrnan umYebhusi.
21:29 Ke umnquba kaYehova, awawenzayo uMoses entlango
isibingelelo sedini elinyukayo besisesigangeni ngelo xesha
eGibheyon.
21:30 UDavide ubengenakuya phambi kwawo amquqele uThixo; kuba ubesoyika
ngenxa yekrele lesithunywa sikaYehova.