2 Samuweli
10:1 Kwathi emva kwalokhu, inkosi yabantwana bakwa-Amoni
Wafa, uHanuni, unyana wakhe, waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.
10:2 Wayesethi uDavide, "Ngizokwenza umusa kuHanuni, indodana kaNahashi, njengoba nje."
uyise wangenzela umusa. UDavida wasethuma ukumduduza ngesandla sakhe
isandla sezinceku zakhe ngenxa kayise. zangena izinceku zikaDavide
izwe labantwana bakwa-Amoni.
10:3 Izikhulu zabantwana bakwa-Amoni zathi kuHanuni inkosi yazo.
Ucabanga ukuthi uDavide uyamhlonipha uyihlo amthumileyo
abaduduzi kuwe na? UDavide akazithumanga yini izinceku zakhe kuwe na?
ukuhlola umuzi, nokuwuhlola, nokuwuchitha, na?
10:4 Ngakho uHanuni wabamba izinceku zikaDavide, futhi waphuca ingxenye eyodwa
izindevu zabo, futhi wasika izingubo zabo phakathi, kuze kufike kubo
izinqe, wabamukisa.
10:5 Lapho sebekutshelile lokho kuDavide, wathumela ukubahlangabeza, ngoba amadoda ayekhona
Inkosi yasisithi: Hlalani eJeriko kuze kufike izilevu zenu
khula, bese uyabuya.
10:6 Futhi lapho abantwana bakwa-Amoni bebona ukuthi bathukuthela phambi kukaDavide
abantwana bakwa-Amoni bathumela, baqasha ama-Aramu aseBeti Rehobe, nama-Aramu
Ama-Aram aseTsobha, amashumi amabini amawaka angumqikela, nasenkosini yaseMahaka iwaka
ku-Ishitobi amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili.
10:7 UDavide esezwile ngakho, wamthuma uJowabe, futhi yonke impi yamaqhawe
amadoda.
10:8 Futhi abantwana bakwa-Amoni baphuma, futhi bahlela impi
engena ngesango, nama-Aramu aseSoba, naseRehobe, nase
U-Ishitobhi noMahaka babebodwa endle.
10:9 Lapho uJowabe ebona ukuthi impi ibhekene naye ngaphambili futhi
ngemuva wakhetha kubo bonke abakhethiweyo bakwa-Israyeli, futhi wabahlela
ngokumelene namaSiriya:
10:10 Futhi bonke abanye abantu wabanikela esandleni sika-Abishayi wakhe
umfowabo, ukuze abahlele ukuhlangabezana nabantwana bakwa-Amoni.
10:11 Wathi: "Uma ama-Aramu enginamandla, wena uzowasiza
kepha uma abantwana bakwa-Amoni benamandla kunawe, ngiyakukwenza
woza akusize.
10:12 Yiba nesibindi, futhi masidlale amadoda ngenxa yabantu bakithi, futhi for the
Imizi kaNkulunkulu wethu, uJehova enze okuhle emehlweni akhe.
10:13 UJowabe wasondela, futhi abantu ababenaye, ekulweni
ama-Aramu abaleka phambi kwakhe.
10:14 Futhi lapho abantwana bakwa-Amoni bebona ukuthi ama-Aramu abalekile, babaleka
nabo phambi kuka-Abishayi, bangena emzini. Wabuya uJowabe
wasuka kubantwana bakwa-Amoni, weza eJerusalema.
10:15 Futhi lapho ama-Aramu ebona ukuthi banqotshiwe phambi kuka-Israyeli, bathuthumela
babuthana ndawonye.
10:16 UHadadezeri wathumela, wakhipha ama-Aramu ayengaphesheya kwezwe
emfuleni: bafika eHelamu; noShobaki induna yempi
uHadadezeri wahamba phambi kwabo.
10:17 Futhi lapho watshelwa uDavide, wabutha wonke u-Israyeli ndawonye, futhi wadlula
bawela iJordani, bafika eHelamu. Ama-Aramu azihlela
kuDavide, walwa naye.
10:18 Ama-Aramu abaleka phambi kuka-Israyeli; uDavide wabulala amadoda ayisikhombisa
izinqola ezilikhulu zama-Aramu, nabamahhashi abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane, babulala
uShobaki, umthetheli womkhosi wabo, wafela khona.
10:19 Futhi lapho wonke amakhosi, izinceku zikaHadadezeri, wabona ukuthi
banqotshwa phambi kuka-Israyeli, benza ukuthula no-Israyeli, bakhonza
bona. Ngakho ama-Aramu esaba ukusiza abantwana bakwa-Amoni futhi.