1 IziKronike
12:1 Manje laba yibo abeza kuDavide eSikilagi, ngesikhathi esagcina
wasondela ngenxa kaSawule indodana kaKishi;
amaqhawe, abasizi bempi.
12:2 Babehlome ngeminsalo, futhi babengasebenzisa kokubili isandla sokunene kanye
wasala ejikijela amatshe nemicibisholo ecibishelayo ngomnsalo okaSawule
abafowabo bakaBenjamini.
12:3 Inhloko kwakungu-Ahiyezeri, noJowashi, amadodana kaShemaha waseGibeya;
noJeziyeli, noPheleti, amadodana ka-Azimaveti; noBheraka, noJehu the
I-Antothite,
12:4 no-Ismaya waseGibeyoni, iqhawe phakathi kwabangamashumi amathathu, owayephethe izikhulu.
amashumi amathathu; noJeremiya, noJahaziyeli, noJohanani, noJosabadi indodana
I-Gederathite,
12:5 U-Eluzayi, noJerimoti, noBeliya, noShemariya, noShefathiya indodana.
I-Harufite,
12:6 u-Elkana, noJesiya, no-Azareli, noJozeri, noJashobeyamu,
AmaKhori,
12:7 NoJoela, noZebadiya, amadodana kaJerohamu waseGedori.
12:8 Futhi kwabakwaGadi, lapho bahlukanisela uDavide enqabeni
ehlane amadoda anamandla, namadoda empi alungele ukulwa, lokho
eyayiphatha isihlangu nehawu, ubuso bayo babunjengobuso
amabhubesi, ayenejubane njengezinsephe ezintabeni;
12:9 u-Ezeri inhloko, no-Obadiya owesibili, no-Eliyabe owesithathu,
12:10 uMishimana owesine, uJeremiya owesihlanu,
12:11 u-Athayi owesithupha, u-Eliyeli owesikhombisa,
12:12 uJohanani owesishiyagalombili, u-Elizabadi owesishiyagalolunye,
12:13 uJeremiya oweshumi, uMakibanayi oweshumi nanye.
12:14 Lawa kwakungamadodana kaGadi, izinduna zempi, omunye okungenani
yayingaphezu kwekhulu, nenkulu ingaphezu kwenkulungwane.
12:15 Laba yibo ababewela iJordani ngenyanga yokuqala, lapho liwela
ichichime lonke usebe lwakhe; baxosha bonke abasezigodini;
ngasempumalanga nasentshonalanga.
12:16 Futhi kwafika abantwana bakwaBenjamini noJuda enqabeni
UDavide.
12:17 UDavide waphuma ukubahlangabeza, waphendula, wathi kubo: "Uma nina
woza kimi ngokuthula ukuba ungisize, inhliziyo yami inamathele kuwe;
kepha uma nize ukungikhaphela ezitheni zami, kungekho bubi
esandleni sami, uNkulunkulu wawobaba akubheke, akusole.
12:18 Khona-ke umoya wehlela phezu kuka-Amasayi, owayeyinduna yezinduna, futhi yena
Wathi: “Singabakho, Davide, singakuwe, ndodana kaJese;
ukuthula makube kuwe, nokuthula kubasizi bakho; ngoba uNkulunkulu wakho uyasiza
wena. UDavide wabamukela, wabenza izinduna zeviyo.
12:19 Abanye bakwaManase bawela kuDavide, lapho efika nenkosi
AmaFilisti amelana noSawule empini, kepha awabasizanga, ngokuba uJehova
amakhosi amaFilisti acebisana ammukisa, esithi: Uyakwenza
siwele enkosini yakhe uSawule, sibe sengozini yamakhanda ethu.
12:20 Kwathi esangena eSikilagi, kwawela kuye abakwaManase, no-Adina, noJozabadi,
noJediyayeli, noMikayeli, noJozabadi, no-Elihu, noZiletayi, izinduna
ezinkulungwaneni zakwaManase.
12:21 Futhi basiza uDavide ngokumelene iviyo labaphangi, ngoba bonke babe
amaqhawe anamandla, nezinduna ekamu.
12:22 Ngoba ngaleso sikhathi kwafika usuku nosuku kuDavide ukumsiza, kwaze kwaba yilapho
yayiyibutho elikhulu njengebutho likaNkulunkulu.
12:23 Futhi lezi izinombolo zamaqembu ayeselungele impi,
weza kuDavide eHebroni ukuphendulela umbuso kaSawule kuye.
ngokwezwi likaJehova.
12:24 Abantwana bakwaJuda ababephethe isihlangu nomkhonto babeyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha
amakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, ehlomele impi.
12:25 Kubantwana bakwaSimeyoni, amaqhawe anamandla empini, eziyisikhombisa
inkulungwane nekhulu.
12:26 Kubantwana bakwaLevi izinkulungwane ezine namakhulu ayisithupha.
12:27 Futhi uJehoyada wayengumholi ka-Aroni, futhi wayenaye abathathu
inkulungwane namakhulu ayisikhombisa;
12:28 noSadoki, insizwa, iqhawe elinamandla nendlu kayise.
izinduna ezingamashumi amabili nambili.
12:29 Kubantwana bakwaBenjamini, abafowabo bakaSawule, izinkulungwane ezintathu.
ngoba kuze kube manje iningi labo laligcinile ibutho lendlu ka
USawuli.
12:30 Kubantwana bakwa-Efrayimi izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, enamandla
amadoda anamandla, anegama ezindlini zawoyise.
12:31 Futhi kwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili
eshiwo ngegama, ukuba eze abeke uDavide inkosi.
12:32 Futhi kubantwana bakwa-Isakare, amadoda ayenengqondo
lezikhathi, ukwazi lokho uIsrayeli afanele ukukwenza; amakhanda awo ayekhona
amakhulu amabili; bonke abafowabo balandela umyalo wabo.
12:33 KwaZebuloni, abaphuma impi, uchwepheshe impi, kanye nabo bonke
izikhali zempi, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu, abangahlela impi;
wenhliziyo embaxambili.
12:34 KwaNafetali, izinduna eziyinkulungwane, kanye nabo bephethe isihlangu nemikhonto.
izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa.
12:35 Futhi kwabakwaDani abaqeqeshelwe impi, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili nesithupha
ikhulu.
12:36 Futhi kwa-Asheri, abaphuma impi, abanolwazi impi, abangamashumi amane
inkulungwane.
12:37 Futhi ngaphesheya kweJordani, kwabakwaRubeni, nabakwaGadi, futhi.
enxenyeni yesizwe sakwaManase benezikhali zonke zempi
impi, izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili.
12:38 Wonke la madoda empi, ababekwazi ukugcina isikhundla, beza ngenhliziyo ephelele ukuze
eHebroni, ukuze abeke uDavide inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke, futhi bonke abanye
U-Israyeli wayenhliziyonye yokubeka uDavide inkosi.
12:39 Babe lapho noDavide izinsuku ezintathu, bedla, bephuza
abafowabo babebalungisele.
12:40 Futhi labo ababeseduze nabo, kuze kwa-Isakare, noZebuloni, futhi
UNafetali waletha isinkwa ngezimbongolo, namakamela, neminyuzi, njalonjalo
izinkabi, nenyama, nempuphu, namaqebelengwane amakhiwane, nezithungu zamagilebhisi omisiwe, newayini;
namafutha, nezinkabi, nezimvu eziningi, ngokuba kwakukhona ukuthokoza kwa-Israyeli.