Eyesi-2 kaSamuweli
4:1 Weva unyana kaSawule ukuba ufile uAbhinere eHebron, zathi cwaka izandla zakhe
etyhafile, onke amaSirayeli akhwankqiswa.
4:2 Unyana kaSawule ubenamadoda amabini angabathetheli bamatutu; igama likaYehova
igama lomnye lalinguBhahana, igama lomnye lalinguRekabhi, oonyana bakaRimon a
iBheroti, koonyana bakaBhenjamin, (ngokuba neBheroti kwabalelwa kuyo
kuBhenjamin.
4:3 Ke abaseBheroti basaba eGitayim, abaphambukela khona de
namhlanje.)
4:4 Ke uYonatan unyana kaSawule ubenonyana ofe iinyawo; Ebe
iminyaka emihlanu ezelwe, ukuphuma kwelizwi likaSawule noYonatan
UYizereli nomondli wakhe wamthabatha, wasaba
Wakhawuleza ukubaleka, wawa, waba sisiqhwala. Kwaye igama lakhe
uMefibhoshete.
4:5 Bahamba oonyana bakaRimon waseBheroti, uRekabhi noBhahana.
ekufudumaleni kwemini endlwini kaIshbhoshete, elele elukhukweni
ngokuhlwa.
4:6 Zangena ke phakathi endlwini, ngokungathi ziya kuthanda;
bathabathe ingqolowa; Bambetha ubambo lwesihlanu, noRekabhi
wasaba uBhahana umninawa wakhe.
4:7 Bangena ke endlwini, elele esingqengqelweni sakhe egumbini lakhe lokulala.
bamxabela, bambulala, bamnqumla intloko, bayithabatha intloko yakhe.
bahamba ethafeni ubusuku bonke.
4:8 Bayizisa intloko kaIshbhoshete kuDavide eHebron, bathi
kukumkani, Nantsi intloko kaIshbhoshete unyana kaSawule, utshaba lwakho;
ebifuna umphefumlo wakho; uYehova uyiphindezelele le nto inkosi yam ukumkani
ngomhla kaSawule, nembewu yakhe.
4:9 UDavide wabaphendula uRekabhi noBhahana umkhuluwa wakhe, oonyana bakaRimon
wathi kubo, Ehleli nje uYehova, owandikhululayo ngentlawulelo
umphefumlo kubo bonke ubunzima,
4:10 Kwathi, xa waxelelwayo, kwathiwa, Nanku uSawule efile, eba uzisile;
Ndambamba, ndambulala eTsikelage, ekucingeni kwakhe
ukuba bendiya kumnika umvuzo weendaba zakhe;
4:11 Kobeka phi na ke, xa abangendawo babulele ilungisa endaweni yalo?
indlu phezu kwebhedi yakhe? andilifuni ngoku igazi lakhe kuni
isandla, ndikususe ehlabathini?
4:12 UDavide wawawisela umthetho amadodana akhe, ababulala, babanqumla
izandla zabo neenyawo zabo, bazixhoma echibini eliseHebron. Kodwa
ayithabatha intloko kaIshbhoshete, ayingcwabela engcwabeni lika
uAbhinere eHebron.