2 Samuweli
20:1 Kwaba khona lapho umuntu kaBheliyali, ogama lakhe linguSheba;
indodana kaBikri wakwaBenjamini; wabetha icilongo, wathi:
Asinasabelo kuDavide, futhi asinafa endodaneni kaJese;
umuntu makaye ematendeni akhe, Israyeli.
2 Base benyuka bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli ekumlandeleni uDavide, bamlandela uSheba
indodana kaBikri; kepha abantu bakwaJuda banamathela enkosini yabo kusukela eJordani
ngisho naseJerusalema.
20:3 UDavide wafika endlini yakhe eJerusalema; inkosi yawathatha ayishumi
abesifazane izancinza zakhe, ayebashiyile ukuba bagcine indlu, wababeka
wabapha ukudla, kepha akangenanga kubo. Bavalwa-ke
kwaze kwaba lusuku lokufa kwabo, behlezi bengabafelokazi.
20:4 Inkosi yathi ku-Amasa, "Ngibuthele amadoda akwaJuda phakathi kwamathathu
izinsuku, futhi ube khona lapha.
20:5 U-Amasa wayesehamba ukubutha amadoda akwaJuda, kepha walibala
isikhathi esimisiweyo ayemmisele sona.
20:6 UDavide wathi ku-Abishayi, "Manje uSheba, indodana kaBikri, uzosenzela okwengeziwe
okubi kuno-Abisalomu; wena thatha izinceku zenkosi yakho, uxoshe
funa azitholele imizi ebiyelweyo, asiphunyuke.
20:7 Aphuma amlandela amadoda kaJowabe, namaKhereti, namaKhereti
AmaPeleti nawo onke amadoda anamandla, baphuma eJerusalema, baya
zisukeleni uSheba indodana kaBikri.
20:8 Lapho sebesetsheni elikhulu eliseGibeyoni, u-Amasa wahamba phambi kwabo
bona. Futhi ingubo kaJowabe ayeyigqokile yayibhincile kuye, futhi
phezu kwalo ibhande elinenkemba eboshwe okhalweni lwakhe emgodleni
kwakho; kwathi ephuma, yawa.
" 20:9 UJowabe wathi ku-Amasa: "Uyaphila, mfowethu? UJowabe wathatha
u-Amasa ngentshebe ngesandla sokunene ukuze amange.
20:10 Kepha u-Amasa akayinakanga inkemba eyayisesandleni sikaJowabe;
ngalo ubambo lwesihlanu, wathululela izibilini zakhe emhlabathini;
futhi akaphindanga wamshaya; wafa. Ngakho uJowabe no-Abishayi umfowabo
waxosha uSheba indodana kaBikri.
20:11 Futhi omunye wamadoda kaJowabe wema eduze kwakhe, wathi: "Othanda uJowabe!
ongakuDavide makalandele uJowabe.
20:12 U-Amasa wagiqika egazini phakathi komgwaqo omkhulu. Futhi lapho i-
Lapho umuntu ebona ukuthi bonke abantu babemi, wamsusa u-Amasa phakathi
emgwaqeni omkhulu endle, waphonsa ingubo phezu kwakhe, ekubona lokho
bonke ababefika kuye bema.
20:13 Esesusiwe emgwaqeni, bonke abantu bamlandela
uJowabe ukuba axoshe uSheba indodana kaBikri.
20:14 Wadabula kuzo zonke izizwe zakwa-Israyeli, kuze Abela, futhi
eBeti-mahaka, nawo onke amaBheri;
naye wamlandela.
20:15 Bafika bamvimbezela e-Abela laseBethmahaka, bakha amatshe.
udonga olumelene nomuzi, lwema emseleni, nabo bonke abantu
ababenoJowabe babhidliza udonga ukuba baluwise.
20:16 Kwase kumemeza owesifazane ohlakaniphileyo esemzini, wathi: “Yizwani, yizwani; ngiyakuncenga,
kuJowabe: "Sondela lapha ukuba ngikhulume nawe."
" 20:17 Futhi lapho esondela kuye, owesifazane wathi: "UnguJowabe?" Futhi
waphendula wathi: Nginguye. Wayesethi kuye: “Yizwa amazwi akho
incekukazi. Wasesithi: Ngiyezwa.
20:18 Wayesekhuluma, wathi: Babejwayele ukukhuluma, ukuthi:
Bayakubuza nokubuza e-Abela, bayiqeda indaba.
20:19 Ngingomunye walabo abanokuthula futhi abathembekile kwa-Israyeli
ukubhubhisa umuzi nonina kwa-Israyeli;
ifa likaJehova na?
" 20:20 UJowabe waphendula, wathi, "Makube kude, makube kude nami, ukuthi mina
ukugwinya noma ukucekela phansi.
20:21 Akunjalo: kodwa umuntu wasezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi, uSheba indodana ka
uBikri ngebizo, uphakamisele isandla sakhe emelene lenkosi
UDavide: mnikeni yena yedwa, ngiyakumuka emzini. Nowesifazane
Wathi kuJowabe: "Bheka, ikhanda lakhe liyakuphonswa kuwe phezu kodonga."
20:22 Khona-ke owesifazane waya kubo bonke abantu ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe. Futhi banquma
ikhanda likaSheba indodana kaBikri, waliphonsa kuJowabe. Futhi yena
babetha icilongo, basuka emzini, kwaba yilowo nalowo waya etendeni lakhe.
UJowabe wabuyela eJerusalema enkosini.
20:23 Manje uJowabe phezu kwempi yonke yakwa-Israyeli, noBhenaya, indodana ka
uJehoyada wayephezu kwamaKhereti namaPheleti;
20:24 U-Adoramu wayephezu kwentela; uJehoshafati indodana ka-Ahiludi wayengumkhokheli.
ukurekhoda:
20:25 Futhi uSheva wayengumbhali, futhi uSadoki no-Abiyathara babengabapristi.
20:26 Futhi u-Ira, waseJayire, waba umbusi phezu kukaDavide.