Eyesi-2 kaSamuweli
20:1 Kwabakho ke khona indoda elitshijolo, egama linguShebha;
unyana kaBhikri, umBhenjamin; wavuthela isigodlo, wathi, Siyifumene.
Asinasabelo kuDavide, singenalifa kunyana kaYese;
umntu makaye ezintenteni zakhe, Sirayeli.
20:2 Enyuka ke onke amadoda akwaSirayeli emka ekulandeleni uDavide, alandela uShebha
unyana kaBhikri; ke amadoda akwaYuda anamathela kukumkani wawo eseYordan
kude kuse eYerusalem.
20:3 Weza uDavide endlwini yakhe eYerusalem; wabathabatha ukumkani abalishumi
abafazi abangamashweshwe akhe, abebashiyile ukuba bagcine indlu, wababeka
eluvalelweni, wawapha ukudla, akangena kuwo. Bavalwa ke
kwada kwayimini yokufa kwabo, bengabahlolokazi.
20:4 Wathi ukumkani kuAmasa, Ndihlanganisele kum amadoda akwaYuda phakathi kwamathathu
iintsuku, ubekho apha.
20:5 UAmasa waya kuwahlanganisela ndawonye amadoda akwaYuda, walibala
ixesha elimisiweyo abemmisele ngalo.
20:6 Wathi uDavide kuAbhishayi, Ngoku uShebha, unyana kaBhikri, uya kusenzela ngakumbi
Bathabathe abakhonzi benkosi yakho, ubasukele
hleze azifumanele imizi enqatyisiweyo, asibaleke.
20:7 Aphuma amlandela amadoda kaYowabhi, nabancinithi, nabancinithi
Baphuma eYerusalem, besiya kuPeleti, nawo onke amagorha
sukela uShebha unyana kaBhikri.
20:8 Bathi besetyeni elikhulu eliseGibheyon, uAmasa wabandulela
bona. Ke uYowabhi wayeyibhinqile ingubo yakhe, awayeyinxibile
kukho umbhinqo onekrele elinxitywe esinqeni sakhe lisesingxobeni
yayo; wathi ekuphumeni kwakhe, yawa.
20:9 Wathi uYowabhi kuAmasa, Usaphilile na, mzalwana wam? Wathabatha ke uYowabhi
uAmasa ngeendevu ngesandla sokunene ukuba amange.
20:10 UAmasa akaligcinanga ikrele elisesandleni sikaYowabhi;
ngayo ubambo lwesihlanu, waziphalaza izibilini zakhe emhlabeni;
akaphinda ambethe; wafa ke. Ngoko uYowabhi noAbhishayi umninawa wakhe
wasukela uShebha, unyana kaBhikri.
20:11 Kwema indoda yakuYowabhi ngakuye, yathi, Obabale uYowabhi,
ongakuDavide makalandele uYowabhi.
20:12 UAmasa watyikatyikeka egazini emendweni. Kwaye xa i
Yabona indoda leyo, ukuba bema bonke abantu, yamsusa uAmasa esandleni sakhe
Umendo wendlela eya entsimini, waphosa ingubo phezu kwakhe, akuyibona loo nto
bonke abafika kuye bema ngxi.
20:13 Ekukhutshwa emendweni, balandela bonke abantu
uYowabhi, ukuba asukele uShebha unyana kaBhikri.
20:14 Wacanda ezizweni zonke zakwaSirayeli, wada wesa eAbheli
neBhete-mahaka namaBhere onke;
naye wamlandela.
20:15 Bafika bamngqinga eAbhele-bhete-mahaka, bayingqinga.
udonga lokungqinga umzi, lwema phezu komsele wongqameko, nabantu bonke
ababenoYowabhi belulubhuqa udonga, ukuba aluwise.
20:16 Kwamemeza intokazi elumkileyo ikuloo mzi, yathi, Yivani, yivani; khawuthi,
kuYowabhi, Yiza apha, ndithethe nawe.
20:17 Wasondela ke kuyo; yathi loo ntokazi, UnguYowabhi na? Kwaye
Waphendula wathi, Ndinguye. Wathi kuye, Yiva amazwi akho
umkhonzazana. Wathi yena, Ndiyeva.
20:18 Yathetha yathi, Kwakufudula bethetha, besithi,
Bobuza icebo eAbheli, balifeza ke ilizwi.
20:19 Ndingowabaxolileyo, nabathembekileyo kwaSirayeli;
yini na ukuba uginye umzi ongunozala kwaSirayeli?
ilifa likaYehova?
20:20 Waphendula uYowabhi, wathi, Makube lee, makube lee kum, ukuba ndithethe
ginya okanye utshabalalise.
20:21 Hayi, akunjalo: yindoda yasezintabeni zakwaEfrayim, uShebha unyana ka-Efrayim
uBhikri, ngegama, umphakamisele isandla ukumkani;
UDavide: mhlangule yena yedwa, ndomka kuwo umzi. Kwaye umfazi
Wathi kuYowabhi, Yabona, intloko yayo iya kugityiselwa kuwe phezu kodonga.
20:22 Yaya loo ntokazi kubantu bonke ngobulumko bayo. Bamnqumla ke
intloko kaShebha, unyana kaBhikri, wayiphosa kuYowabhi. Kwaye yena
Bavuthela isigodlo, bemka kuwo umzi, elowo waya ententeni yakhe.
UYowabhi wabuyela eYerusalem kukumkani.
20:23 Ke uYowabhi wayephethe umkhosi wonke wakwaSirayeli, noBhenaya unyana ka
uYehoyada ubephethe abancinithi nezigidimi;
20:24 uAdoram ubephethe abafakwa uviko; nguYehoshafati, unyana ka-Ahiludi.
umshicileli:
20:25 USheva ubengumbhali; uTsadoki noAbhiyatare baye bengababingeleli.
20:26 Kananjalo uIra waseYahire ubengumbingeleli kuDavide.