2 Samuweli
17:1 U-Ahithofeli wathi ku-Abisalomu: "Mangikhethe abayishumi nambili."
amadoda ayizinkulungwane, ngisuke ngixoshe uDavide ngalobu busuku;
17:2 Futhi ngizofika phezu kwakhe ngenkathi ekhathele futhi ebuthakathaka izandla, futhi ngeke
mesabise, bonke abantu abanaye babaleke; nami
iyakuyishaya inkosi kuphela;
17:3 Futhi ngiyobuyisela bonke abantu kuwe: umuntu oye
ukufuna kunjengokungathi bonke babuyile; ngakho bonke abantu bayakuba nokuthula.
17:4 Futhi leli zwi lamjabulisa u-Absalomu futhi wonke amadoda amadala akwa-Israyeli.
" 17:5 U-Abisalomu wayesethi, "Mawubize uHushayi, umArki, sizwe
ngokunjalo lalokho akutshoyo.
17:6 UHushayi esefikile ku-Abisalomu, u-Abisalomu wakhuluma kuye, wathi:
U-Ahithofeli ukhulume kanje: Senze njengokusho kwakhe na?
uma kungenjalo; khuluma wena.
17:7 UHushayi wathi ku-Abisalomu: "Iseluleko u-Ahithofeli asinikezile silungile.
akukuhle ngalesi sikhathi.
17:8 Ngoba, kusho uHushayi, wena uyamazi uyihlo namadoda akhe, ukuthi banjalo
amadoda anamandla, athukuthele ezingqondweni zawo njengebhere eliphucwe lona
amazinyane endle; uyihlo uyindoda yempi, kayikulala
nabantu.
17:9 Bheka, manje ucashile komunye umgodi, noma kwenye indawo, futhi kuyoba
kwenzeka, lapho abanye babo bechithwa ekuqaleni, lokho
yilowo nalowo ozwayo uyakuthi: 'Kukhona ukubulalana phakathi kwabantu.'
abalandela uAbisalomu.
17:10 Futhi naye oyiqhawe, onhliziyo yakhe injengenhliziyo yengonyama.
liyakuncibilika nokuncibilika, ngokuba wonke u-Israyeli uyazi ukuthi uyihlo unamandla
umuntu, nabakanye naye bangamaqhawe.
17:11 Ngakho-ke ngicebisa ukuthi wonke u-Israyeli abuthane kuwe.
kusukela kwaDani kuze kufike eBeri Sheba njengesihlabathi esingasolwandle
isixuku; nokuthi uye empini wena ngokwakho.
17:12 Ngakho-ke siyofika phezu kwakhe endaweni ethile lapho uyotholakala, futhi thina
kuyakuvela phezu kwakhe njengamazolo ewela emhlabathini, futhi ngaye futhi
wonke amadoda akanye naye akuyikusala ngisho noyedwa.
17:13 Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma engene emzini, khona-ke wonke u-Israyeli uyoletha izintambo
kulowo muzi, futhi sizowudonsela emfuleni, kuze kungabikho noyedwa
itshe elincane elitholakala lapho.
17:14 U-Abisalomu nabo bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli bathi: "Iseluleko sikaHushayi
U-Arki ungcono kuneseluleko sika-Ahithofeli. Ngoba uJehova wayenakho
umiselwe ukuchitha isiluleko esihle sika-Ahithofeli, ukuze
uJehova angamehlisela okubi u-Abisalomu.
17:15 Wayesethi uHushayi kuSadoki naku-Abiyathara abapristi: "Ngathi nakanje
u-Ahithofeli weluleka u-Abisalomu namalunga akwa-Israyeli; futhi kanjalo futhi
ngeluleke kanjalo.
17:16 Manje thumela ngokushesha, futhi nitshele uDavide, wathi: 'Ungalali ngalobu busuku
emathafeni asehlane, kodwa masinyane welani; hlezi inkosi
agwinywe kanye nabo bonke abantu abakanye naye.
17:17 Manje uJonathani no-Ahimahazi bahlala Enirogeli; ngoba zingabonwa
ukungena emzini; bahamba futhi
yatshela inkosi uDavida.
17:18 Nokho umfana wababona, watshela u-Abisalomu, kodwa bahamba bobabili.
bahamba masinyane, bafika endlini yomuntu othile eBahurimi, owayenomuzi
kahle egcekeni lakhe; lapho behlela khona.
17:19 Owesifazane wathatha isimbozo, wasendlala phezu komlomo womthombo, futhi
wendlala ummbila ogayiwe phezu kwawo; le nto yayingaziwa.
17:20 Izinceku zika-Abisalomu zafika kowesifazane endlini, zathi:
Baphi o-Ahimahazi noJonathani? Owesifazane wathi kubo: "Bakhona."
wawela umfudlana wamanzi. Kwathi sebefunile behluleka
babathola, babuyela eJerusalema.
17:21 Kwathi, ngemva kokuba sebehambile, ukuthi bakhuphuka
umthombo, waya wayibikela inkosi uDavide, wathi kuDavide: “Vuka, udle.”
sheshani niwele emanzini, ngokuba u-Ahithofeli weluleke kanje
wena.
17:22 Khona-ke uDavide wasukuma, futhi bonke abantu ababenaye, futhi badlula
phesheya kweJordani; kwaze kwasa kwantula noyedwa owayekhona
angaweli iJordani.
23 Lapho u-Ahithofeli ebona ukuthi iseluleko sakhe asilandelwanga, wabophela isihlalo
imbongolo yakhe, yasuka, yaya endlini yayo, emzini wayo, yabeka
ngendlu yakhe, wazikhunga, wafa, wembelwa
ithuna likayise.
17:24 UDavide wayesefika eMahanayimi. U-Abisalomu wawela iJordani, yena nabo bonke
amadoda akwa-Israyeli kanye naye.
17:25 U-Abisalomu wamisa u-Amasa induna yempi esikhundleni sikaJowabe
kwakukhona indodana yomuntu ogama layo lalingu-Itira umIsrayeli owangena kuyo
u-Abigayili indodakazi kaNahashi, udadewabo kaSeruya unina kaJowabe.
17:26 Ngakho u-Israyeli no-Absalomu bamisa ezweni lakwaGileyadi.
17:27 Kwathi, lapho uDavide efika eMahanayimi, uShobi indodana
kaNahashi waseRaba wabantwana bakwa-Amoni, noMakiri indodana ka
no-Amiyeli waseLodebari, noBharizilayi wakwaGileyadi waseRogelimi,
17:28 Baletha imibhede, nezitsha, nezitsha zobumba, nokolweni, nebhali,
nempuphu, namabele agayiwe, nobhontshisi, nodali, nokhwekhwe;
17:29 Futhi uju, nebhotela, nezimvu, noshizi wezinkomo, ngoba uDavide, futhi for
abantu ababenaye ukuba badle, ngokuba bathi: Abantu bakhona
elambile, ediniwe, futhi omile ehlane.