Eyesi-2 kaSamuweli
23:1 Ngoku ke la ngamazwi okugqibela kaDavide. Wathi uDavide unyana kaYese, wathi
umfo owanyuselwa phezulu, umthanjiswa woThixo kaYakobi;
Wathi umdumisi wakwaSirayeli,
23:2 UMoya kaYehova uthetha ngam, ilizwi lakhe laselulwimini lwam.
23:3 Wathi uThixo kaSirayeli, ULiwa lakwaSirayeli lithethile kum, umlawuli
phezu kwabantu umele abe lilungisa, elawula ngokoyika uThixo.
23:4 Ube njengokukhanya kokusa, ekuphumeni kwelanga, kube njengemini
kusasa ngaphandle kwamafu; njengengca ephuma emhlabeni
ngokukhanya okucacileyo emva kwemvula.
23:5 Noko ke indlu yam ayinjalo kuThixo; ukanti wenze kunye nam
Umnqophiso ongunaphakade, ucwangciswe ngeento zonke, uqiniseke;
usindiso lwam, nako konke umnqweno wam, nokuba akayi kuhlumisa.
23:6 Ke bona abangamatshijolo, bephela baya kuba yimithi enameva;
ngokuba azinakubanjwa ngesandla.
23:7 Umntu ozichukumisayo wonqatyelwa ngentsimbi nangomsimelelo
ngomkhonto; ziya kutshiswa kwalapho ngomlilo
indawo.
23:8 Ngawo la amagama amagorha kaDavide: nguTakemoni lowo
wahlala esihlalweni, oyintloko kubathetheli; kwanguye uAdino lo
UmEznite wathi rhuthu intshuntshe yakhe kumakhulu asibhozo, awaxabela ngamnye
ixesha.
23:9 Emva kwakhe nguElazare unyana kaDodo umAhowa, engomnye wabathathu.
amagorha abenoDavide ekungcikiveni kwabo amaFilisti abekhona
ahlanganisana ukuba alwe, ahamba amadoda akwaSirayeli.
23:10 yena wesuka wawaxabela amaFilisti, sada sadinwa isandla sakhe, sada sadinwa isandla sakhe.
sibambelele ekreleni isandla; wenza ke uYehova usindiso olukhulu
usuku; babuya abantu bamlandela, ukuba baphange kuphela.
23:11 Emva kwakhe nguShama unyana ka-Age umHarari. Kwaye i
AmaFilistiya ahlanganisana ndawonye ukuba ngumkhosi, apho kukho iceba
umhlaba uzele zientlumayo; abantu bawasaba amaFilisti.
23:12 Wema esazulwini somhlaba lowo, wawuhlangula, wayibulala loo mhlaba.
UYehova wenza ke usindiso olukhulu.
23:13 Kwehla isithathu sabaziintloko emashumini amathathu, beza kuDavide phakathi
ixesha lokuvuna liye emqolombeni waseAdulam;
imise entilini yamaRafa.
23:14 Ngelo xesha uDavide wayesemboniselweni, kukho ikampu yamaFilisti
emva koko eBhetelehem.
23:15 Walangazelela uDavide, wathi, Akwaba bendingasezwa la manzi!
equleni laseBhetelehem, elisecaleni kwesango;
23:16 Atyhoboza amagorha lawo mathathu emkhosini wamaFilisti
wakha amanzi equleni laseBhetelehem, elisesangweni, wathabatha;
wawazisa kuDavide; akavuma ukuwasela;
wawathululela kuYehova.
23:17 Wathi, Makube lee kum, Yehova, ukwenza oko;
Ligazi lamadoda abé esichengeni ubomi bawo?
akavuma ke ukuwasela. Enza ezi zinto la magorha mathathu
amadoda.
23:18 Ke uAbhishayi, umninawa kaYowabhi, unyana kaTseruya, ube eyintloko phakathi.
Ntathu. Yena wayiphakamisela intshuntshe yakhe kumakhulu amathathu, wababulala.
waba negama phakathi kwabathathu.
23:19 Wayengabekekanga yena kwabathathu na? ngoko ke waba ngumthetheli wawo.
noko akafikelelanga kwabathathu bokuqala.
23:20 noBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, unyana wendoda enobukroti, waseKabhetseli;
owenza izenzo ezininzi, wabulala iingonyama ezimbini zakwaMowabhi; wehla ke
kananjalo wabulala ingonyama emhadini, ngexesha lekhephu;
23:21 Yena wabulala indoda engumYiputa, indoda elinge.
isandla sakhe; Wehla ke waya kuye ephethe intonga, wayihlutha intshuntshe
esandleni somYiputa lowo, wambulala kwangentshuntshe yakhe.
23:22 Wenza ezo zinto uBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, waba negama kubo
amadoda amathathu anamandla.
23:23 Ubebekekile yena kunabamashumi mathathu, akafikelelanga kowokuqala
Ntathu. UDavide wammisa phezu kwabalindi bakhe.
23:24 uAsaheli, umninawa kaYowabhi, ebengomnye wamashumi omathathu lawo; uElihanan unyana ka
uDodo waseBhetelehem,
23:25 nguShama waseHarodi, noElika waseHarodi;
23:26 noHeletse wasePaliti, noIra unyana kaIkeshe waseTekowa;
23:27 noAbhiyezere waseAnatoti, noMebhunayi waseHusha;
23:28 uTsalimon waseAhowa, uMaharayi waseNetofa;
23:29 uHelebhi unyana kaBhahana, waseNetofa, noItayi, unyana kaRibhayi, wasemNetofa.
iGibheha yoonyana bakaBhenjamin;
23:30 noBhenaya wasePiratoni, noHidayi waseMilanjeni yaseGahashe;
23:31 nguAbhihalibhon waseArbhati, uAzemavete waseBharhum;
23:32 noEliyabha waseShahalebhon, koonyana bakaYashen, noYonatan;
23:33 nguShama umHarari, uAhiyam unyana kaSharare umHarari;
23:34 uElifeleti unyana ka-Ahashebhayi, unyana womMahaka, uEliyam unyana.
ka-Ahitofele waseGiloni;
23:35 noHetserayi waseKarmele, noParayi waseArbhi;
23:36 noIgali unyana kaNatan waseTsobha, noBhani wakwaGadi;
23:37 noTseleki umAmon, noNahari waseBheroti, umphathi weentonga zikaYowabhi unyana.
kaTseruya,
23:38 noIra waseItri, noGarebhe umItri;
23:39 ngu-Uriya umHeti, bengamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe bebonke.