2 Samuweli
4:1 Futhi lapho indodana kaSawule wezwa ukuthi u-Abineri ufile eHebroni, izandla zakhe
bebuthakathaka, futhi wonke u-Israyeli wakhathazeka.
2 Indodana kaSawule yayinamadoda amabili ayizinduna zamaviyo: igama likaJehova
omunye kwakunguBahana, lebizo lomunye kunguRekabi, amadodana kaRimoni a
iBeyeroti, yabantwana bakwaBenjamini, ngokuba iBeyeroti yabalwa
kuBhenjamini.
4:3 Futhi the Beerotites babalekela eGitayimi, futhi baba ngabafokazi khona kwaze kwaba
namuhla.)
4:4 UJonathani, indodana kaSawule, wayenendodana elunyonga ezinyaweni zakhe. Ube kade
iminyaka emihlanu lapho kufika umbiko kaSawule noJonathani
eJizreyeli, nomzanyana wakhe wamphakamisa, wabaleka;
washesha ukubaleka, wawa, waba lunyonga. Futhi igama lakhe kwakungu
uMefibhosheti.
4:5 Amadodana kaRimoni waseBeyeroti, uRekabi noBahana, ahamba, afika.
ngokushisa kosuku endlini ka-Ishi Bosheti elele embhedeni
emini.
4:6 Bangena khona phakathi kwendlu, sengathi bafuna
belande ukolweni; bamtshaya embanjeni wesihlanu, loRekabi
uBahana umfowabo wabaleka.
4:7 Ngokuba bengena endlini, walala embhedeni wakhe ekamelweni lakhe lokulala.
bamshaya, bambulala, bamnquma ikhanda, balithatha ikhanda lakhe.
wabamuka ethafeni ubusuku bonke.
4:8 Baletha ikhanda lika-Ishbosheti kuDavide eHebroni, futhi bathi
enkosini: Bheka, ikhanda lika-Ishi Bosheti indodana kaSawule, isitha sakho;
ebifuna ukuphila kwakho; uJehova uyiphindisele lokhu inkosi yami, inkosi
ngosuku lukaSawule, nenzalo yakhe.
4:9 UDavide waphendula uRekabi noBahana umfowabo, amadodana kaRimoni
waseBeyeroti, wathi kubo: Kuphila kukaJehova ohlengile okwami
umphefumulo kubo bonke ubunzima,
4:10 Lapho othile wangitshela, wathi: "Bheka, uSawule ufile, ecabanga ukuthi kulethwe
izindaba ezinhle, ngambamba, ngambulala eSikilagi, ecabanga
ukuthi bengizamnika umvuzo ngezindaba zakhe.
4:11 Kakhulu kangakanani lapho abantu ababi bebulele umuntu olungileyo endaweni yakhe
endlini phezu kombhede wakhe? ngakho-ke angiyikulibiza igazi lakhe kini
isandla, sikususe emhlabeni?
4:12 Futhi uDavide wayala izinsizwa zakhe, futhi bababulala, futhi wanquma zabo
izandla nezinyawo zabo, wakulengisa phezu kwechibi laseHebroni. Kodwa
balithatha ikhanda lika-Ishi Bosheti, balimbela ethuneni lika-Ishi Bosheti
u-Abineri eHebroni.