Eyesi-2 kaSamuweli
17:1 Wathi uAhitofele kuAbhisalom, Makhe ndinyule ishumi elinababini
ndisuke ndisuke, ndimsukele uDavide ngobu busuku;
17:2 Ndiya kumfikela ke ediniwe, etyhafile, etyhafile;
nimoyikise, basabe bonke abantu anabo; kwaye nam
liya kubulala ukumkani yedwa.
17:3 ndibabuyisele kuwe bonke abantu;
Ukufuna kwakho ngathi babuyile bonke; ke bonke abantu baya kuba seluxolweni.
17:4 Lalunga elo lizwi emehlweni ka-Abhisalom nasemehlweni amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli.
17:5 Wathi uAbhisalom, Khawubize noHushayi umArki, sive
kwangokunjalo ayithethayo.
17:6 Weza uHushayi kuAbhisalom, wathetha uAbhisalom kuye, wathi,
UAhitofele uthethe wenjenje, Senze ngokwelizwi lakhe na?
ukuba akukho njalo; thetha wena.
17:7 Wathi uHushayi kuAbhisalom, Icebo uAhitofele acebisa lona lilo.
ayilunganga ngeli xesha.
17:8 Wathi uHushayi, Uyamazi uyihlo namadoda akhe, ukuba bangoobani na
amadoda anobukroti, ezintliziyweni zawo, zijabhile, njengebhere ehluthiweyo
uyihlo yindoda elwayo, akasayi kulala
nabantu.
17:9 Yabona, kungokunje uzimele emgongxweni, nokuba kukwenye indawo;
kwathi, xa inxenye yabo yabhukuqwayo ekuqaleni, oko
wothi ovayo, Kuxakwe ebantwini
balandela uAbhisalom.
17:10 kwanalowo uligorha, ontliziyo injengentliziyo yengonyama;
Ziya kunyibilika zinyibilike, ngokuba onke amaSirayeli ayazi ukuba uyihlo ligorha
umntu, yaye abo banaye ngamakroti.
17:11 Ngoko ke ndicebisa ukuba ahlanganiselwe kuwe onke amaSirayeli;
ethabathela kwaDan esa eBher-shebha, njengentlabathi eselwandle
inkitha; uze wena ngokwakho, uye emfazweni.
17:12 ngoko ke siya kumfikela ndaweni ithile apho aya kufunyanwa khona
iya kuba phezu kwakhe njengombethe emhlabeni, njengoko kusihla umbethe emhlabeni;
onke amadoda anabo akayi kusala nokuba abe nye.
17:13 Ke ukuba uthe wangena emzini, onke amaSirayeli ozisa izintya
siye kuloo mzi, siwurholele emlanjeni, ude ungabikho
ilitye elincinci elifunyenwe apho.
17:14 Wathi uAbhisalom namadoda onke akwaSirayeli, Icebo likaHushayi
UArki ulungile ngaphezu kwecebo lika-Ahitofele. ngokuba uYehova wayenako
umiselwe ukuba alitshitshise icebo elilungileyo lika-Ahitofele, ukuze alenze
uYehova wamenza ububi uAbhisalom.
17:15 Wathi uHushayi kuTsadoki nakuAbhiyatare ababingeleli, wathi, nokuthi
UAhitofele wamcebisa uAbhisalom namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli; kwaye njalo kwaye
ndenjenje ukucebisa.
17:16 Thumela ngoku kamsinya, uye kuxela kuDavide, uthi, Musa ukulala ngobu busuku
emathafeni entlango, kodwa khawulezani niwele; hleze ukumkani
aginywe, kwanabantu bonke anabo.
17:17 Ke uYonatan noAhimahatse babemi e-Enrogele; kuba zingabonwa
beza kungena kuwo umzi. bahamba ke
waxelela ukumkani uDavide.
17:18 Wababona umfana, waxelela uAbhisalom; bahamba bobabini ke.
bahamba ngokukhawuleza, bafika endlwini yendoda eBhahurim, ebinomzi
kakuhle entendelezweni yakhe; apho behla khona.
17:19 Yathabatha inkazana isigqubuthelo, yasitwabulula emlonyeni wequla elo
nenze ingqolowa engqushiweyo phezu kwayo; ayaziwa ke loo nto.
17:20 Beza abakhonzi baka-Abhisalom kuloo ntokazi endlwini, bathi,
Baphi ooAhimahatse noYonatan? Yathi inkazana kubo, Banjalo
bawela umlanjana wamanzi. Bakufuna, ababa nako
babafumana, babuyela eYerusalem.
17:21 Kwathi, emva kokuba emkile, banyuka bephuma
waya waxelela ukumkani uDavide, wathi kuDavide, Suk’ ume, uthethe
Welani ngokukhawuleza emanzini; ngokuba wenjenje uAhitofele icebo
wena.
17:22 Wesuka ke uDavide nabantu bonke anabo, badlula
phesheya kweYordan; kwathi kusasa kwabe kungasekho namnye ukhoyo
angayiweli iYordan.
17:23 Wabona uAhitofele ukuba icebo lakhe alilandelwa, wabopha isali
yesuka, yemka, yaya endlwini yayo emzini wayo, yayibeka
ngokulungelelana kwendlu yakhe, wazixhoma, wafa, wangcwatywa
ingcwaba likayise.
17:24 UDavide wafika eMahanayim. UAbhisalom wayiwela iYordan, yena nabo bonke
namadoda akwaSirayeli kunye naye.
17:25 UAbhisalom wammisa uAmasa ukuba abe yingqwayi-ngqwayi yomkhosi esikhundleni sikaYowabhi;
ngunyana wendoda egama belinguItra, umSirayeli, obengenayo
uAbhigali, intombi kaNahashe, udade boTseruya unina kaYowabhi.
17:26 AmaSirayeli noAbhisalom bamisa ezweni laseGiliyadi.
17:27 Kwathi, ekufikeni kukaDavide eMahanayim, uShobhi unyana wakhe
kaNahashe waseRabha koonyana baka-Amon, noMakire unyana ka-Amon
noAmiyeli waseLodebhare, noBharzilayi waseGiliyadi waseRogelim;
17:28 bezisa izingqengqelo, nezitya zokutshiza, nezitya zomdongwe, nengqolowa, nerhasi;
nomgubo, nengqolowa egcadiweyo, neembotyi, neentlumayo, nentlaka egcadiweyo;
17:29 nobusi, nebhotolo, nempahla emfutshane, namasi emazi yenkomo, kuDavide, nangenxa
abantu ababenaye, ukuba badle; ngokuba babesithi, Bakho abantu
elambile, ediniwe, enxaniwe entlango.