Eyesi-2 kaSamuweli
15:1 Kwathi emveni koko, uAbhisalom wazilungisela iinqwelo zokulwa
amahashe, namadoda angamashumi amahlanu ukuba abe zizigidimi phambi kwakhe.
15:2 UAbhisalom wavuka kusasa, wema ngasendleleni yesango;
Ubesakuthi, bonke abantu abanembambano yokuba beze kukumkani
uAbhisalom wambiza, wathi, Ungowawuphi na umzi?
Wathi, Umkhonzi wakho lo ungowezizwe zakwaSirayeli.
15:3 Wathi uAbhisalom kuye, Yabona, iindawo zakho ezi zilungile, zithe tse; kodwa
akukho bani kukumkani ukuba akuve.
15:4 Wathi uAbhisalom, Akwaba bendimisiwe ndaba ngumgwebi ezweni lonke!
indoda esukuba inesimangalo, nokuba yeyiphi na, ize kum, ndiyenze yona
ubulungisa!
15:5 Ubesithi, akusondela kuye nabani na, eze kuqubuda kuye;
wasolula isandla sakhe, wambamba, wamanga.
15:6 Wenjenjalo ke uAbhisalom kumaSirayeli onke, abesiza kukumkani
Waziba uAbhisalom iintliziyo zamadoda akwaSirayeli.
15:7 Kwathi, ekupheleni kweminyaka emashumi mane, wathi uAbhisalom kukumkani,
Makhe ndiye ndisifezekise isibhambathiso sam, endabhambathisa ngaso kuYehova;
eHebron.
15:8 Kuba umkhonzi wakho wabhambathisa ngesibhambathiso ekuhlaleni kwakhe eGeshuri kwa-Aram, esithi, Ukuba
uYehova uya kundibuyisela okunene eYerusalem, ndikhonze uYehova
NKOSI.
15:9 Wathi ukumkani kuye, Hamba unoxolo. Wavuka ke, waya
eHebron.
15:10 UAbhisalom wathumela iintlola ezizweni zonke zakwaSirayeli, esithi, Njengoko kunjalo
kwakuthi nakuva isandi sesigodlo, nithi, Abhisalom!
ngukumkani eHebron.
15:11 Kwahamba noAbhisalom, amakhulu amabini amadoda aphuma eYerusalem
ebizwa; bahamba beyekeyeke, bengazi nto.
15:12 UAbhisalom wathumela, wabiza uAhitofele waseGiloni, umphakathi kaDavide.
Umzi wakhe eGilo, xa wayebingelela imibingelelo. Kwaye i
iyelenqe lalinamandla; ngokuba abantu baqhubeka besanda
uAbhisalom.
15:13 Ke kaloku kwafika umthunywa kuDavide, esithi, Iintliziyo zamadoda ase
AmaSirayeli alandela uAbhisalom.
15:14 Wathi uDavide kubakhonzi bakhe bonke abenaye eYerusalem,
Vukani, sibaleke; ngokuba asiyi kuba sisiba phambi koAbhisalom;
khawulezani ukumka, hleze asifumane ngesiquphe, asizisele ububi;
awuxabele umzi ngohlangothi lwekrele.
15:15 Bathi abakhonzi bokumkani kukumkani, Yabona, bakho abakhonzi bakho
ewe, yonke into eya kuyinyula inkosi yam ukumkani.
15:16 Waphuma ukumkani, nendlu yakhe yonke imlandela. Kwaye ukumkani
kwashiya abafazi abalishumi, kumashweshwe, ukuba bayigcine indlu.
15:17 Waphuma ke ukumkani, nabantu bonke bemlandela;
indawo eyayikude.
15:18 Bonke abakhonzi bakhe bawela ecaleni kwakhe; namaKreti onke, kunye
zonke iiPeleti, namaGati onke, amakhulu amathandathu amadoda abezayo
emva kwakhe eGati wagqithela phambi kokumkani.
15:19 Wathi ukumkani kuItayi waseGati, Yini na ukuba nawe uhambe?
thina? buyela endaweni yakho, uhlale nokumkani;
owasemzini, kananjalo umgxothwa.
15:20 ungathi, ufike izolo eli, ndikunyuse namhla, ndikunyuse, undikhulule;
phantsi nathi? Uyabona, ndisiya apho ndiya khona, buya uthabathe eyakho
Inceba nenyaniso mayibe nani.
15:21 UItayi wamphendula ukumkani, wathi, Ehleli nje uYehova, ehleli nje umphefumlo wam
Ihleli nje inkosi yam ukumkani, inene, kuloo ndawo iya kuba kuyo inkosi yam ukumkani;
nokuba kusekufeni, nokuba kusebomini, uya kuba lapho nomkhonzi wakho.
15:22 Wathi uDavide kuItayi, Hamba ugqithe ke. Wagqitha uItayi waseGati
yena namadoda akhe onke, nabantwana bonke abenaye.
15:23 Lonke ilizwe laye lilila ngezwi elikhulu, bedlula bonke abantu
wawela: ewela nokumkani emlanjaneni oyiKidron, nayo yonke loo nto
abantu bewela bekhangelene nendlela yentlango.
15:24 Nanko, uTsadoki nabaLevi bonke benaye, bethwele ityeya yomnqophiso.
bayibeka phantsi ityeya kaThixo; wahamba uAbhiyatare
bada bagqiba bonke abantu ukuwela, bephuma kuwo umzi.
15:25 Wathi ukumkani kuTsadoki, Yibuyisele kuwo umzi ityeya kaThixo;
ukuba ndithe ndababalwa emehlweni kaYehova, wondibuyisa;
ndibonise yona, kwanekhaya layo.
15:26 Ukuba uthe, Andikunanzile; nanku ndikho;
makenze kum ngoko kulungileyo emehlweni akhe.
15:27 Wathi ukumkani kuTsadoki umbingeleli, Wena uyimboni na? ukubuya
ungene kuwo umzi unoxolo, noAhimahatse unyana wakho, oonyana benu bobabini kunye nawe
nguYonatan unyana ka-Abhiyatare.
15:28 Yabona, ndozilazila emazibukweni entlango, kude kufike ilizwi;
kuwe ukuze undiqinisekise.
15:29 UTsadoki noAbhiyatare bayibuyisela ityeya kaThixo eYerusalem.
bahlala khona.
15:30 UDavide wenyuka eqhineni leMinquma, enyuka elila.
egqubuthele intloko, wahamba engenazimbadada ezinyaweni zakhe, nabantu bonke
yayinaye, elowo egqubuthele intloko, benyuka, belila njengawe
benyuka.
15:31 Kwaxelwa kuDavide, kwathiwa, UAhitofele ukubacebisi
uAbhisalom. Wathi uDavide, Yehova, khawuliguqule icebo lakho
uAhitofele ekunyanyeni kwakhe.
15:32 Kwathi, akufika uDavide encotsheni yentaba.
apho wayemnqula khona uThixo, nanko uHushayi umArki emkhawulela
ikrazukile ingubo yakhe, enomhlaba entloko.
15:33 awathi kuye uDavide, Ukuba uthe wagqithela nam, woba yingxonde
ngumthwalo kum.
15:34 ke ukuba uthe wabuyela kuwo umzi, wathi kuAbhisalom, Ndoba ngowakho
mkhonzi, kumkani; njengoko bendifudula ndingumkhonzi kayihlo, ndiya kwenjenjalo
kaloku nawe yiba ngumkhonzi wakho: wonditshitshisela ke icebo lakho
nguAhitofele.
15:35 Abanawe na apho uTsadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli?
kothi ke ngoko, into othe wayiva kuwe, iphume kuwe
kwindlu yokumkani uze ubaxelele uTsadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli.
15:36 Yabona, bakho khona nabo oonyana babo bobabini, uAhimahatse, unyana kaTsadoki;
noYonatan unyana ka-Abhiyatare; nobathumela ngazo zonke ezo nto kum
into onokuyiva.
15:37 Waya ke uHushayi, umhlobo kaDavide, kuwo umzi, wangena uAbhisalom
iYerusalem.