1 IziKronike
14:1 UHiramu, inkosi yaseTire, wathuma izithunywa kuDavide nezingodo zemisedari.
nabakhi nababazi, ukumakhela indlu.
14:2 UDavide waqonda ukuthi uJehova wayemqinisile inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli.
ngoba umbuso wakhe waphakanyiselwa phezulu ngenxa yabantu bakhe uIsrayeli.
14:3 UDavide wathatha abanye abafazi eJerusalema, futhi uDavide wazala amadodana engeziwe
amadodakazi.
14:4 Lawa angamagama abantwana bakhe ayenabo eJerusalema;
noShamuwa, noShobabi, noNathani, noSolomoni,
14:5 no-Ibhari, no-Elishuwa, no-Elpaleti,
14:6 noNoga, noNefegi, noJafiya,
14:7 Futhi Elishama, futhi Beeliyada, futhi Eliphalet.
14:8 Futhi lapho amaFilisti ezwa ukuthi uDavide ugcotshwe inkosi phezu kwakho konke
Israyeli, onke amaFilisti enyuka ukumfuna uDavide. UDavide wezwa
wona, waphuma ukulwa nabo.
14:9 AmaFilisti afika, ahlakazeka esigodini samaRefa.
14:10 UDavide wabuza kuNkulunkulu, wathi: "Ngenyukele ukulwa na?"
AmaFilisti? Uyakuwanikela esandleni sami na? Futhi uJehova
wathi kuye: Yenyuka; ngokuba ngiyakuwanikela esandleni sakho.
14:11 Base benyukela eBali-perazim; uDavide wawabulala khona. Khona-ke uDavide
wathi: “UNkulunkulu ufohle izitha zami ngesandla sami njengesandla sami
ukubhoboka kwamanzi: ngalokho baqamba igama laleyo ndawo
I-Baalperazim.
14:12 Futhi lapho bashiya onkulunkulu bawo lapho, uDavide wayala, futhi
bashiswa ngomlilo.
14:13 AmaFilisti aphinda futhi ahlakazeka esigodini.
14:14 Ngakho uDavide waphinda wabuza kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wathi kuye: "Ungenyuki."
emva kwabo; suka kuwo, ufike phezu kwawo malungana nentaba
izihlahla zikamalibhele.
14:15 Futhi kuyoba, lapho uzwa umsindo wokungena eziqongweni
izihlahla zamabhamuli, lapho-ke lizaphuma impi, ngoba uNkulunkulu ukhona
waphuma phambi kwakho ukuba abulale impi yamaFilisti.
14:16 UDavide wenza njengalokho uJehova emyalile, balichitha ibutho likaJehova
amaFilisti kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kube seGezeri.
14:17 Futhi udumo lukaDavide lwaphumela emazweni onke; uJehova wayiletha
ukumesaba kuzo zonke izizwe.