UGWA­LO LWE­SI­BI­LI

LU­KA­SA­MU­WE­LI

Umbi­ko wo­ku­fa ku­ka­Sa­wu­li

1Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­Sa­wu­li, uDa­vi­da ese­phe­ndu­ki­le eku­tsha­ye­ni amaA­ma­le­ki, uDa­vi­da wa­hla­la insu­ku ezi­mbi­li eZi­ki­la­gia.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu, kha­nge­la, kwa­fi­ka umu­ntu eve­la enka­mbe­ni eve­la ku­Sa­wu­lib, ozi­gqo­ko za­khe za­zi­da­tshu­li­wec, e­le­nhla­ba­thi ekha­nda la­khe. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi efi­ka ku­Da­vi­da wa­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­kho­nzad.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Uve­la nga­phi? Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­phe­phi­le enka­mbe­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­lie.

4 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Lu­nja­ni uda­ba? Aku­ngi­tshe­le. Wa­se­si­thi: Aba­ntu ba­ba­le­ki­le empi­ni, la­ba­ne­ngi ba­ba­ntu la­bo ba­wi­le nja­lo ba­fi­le, uSa­wu­li la­ye lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe la­bo ba­fi­le.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­le­lo­ja­ha ela­li­mbi­ke­la: Wa­zi nja­ni uku­thi uSa­wu­li lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe ba­fi­le?

6 Le­lo­ja­ha ela­li­mbi­ke­la la­se­li­si­thi: Ku­the ngi­si­thi thu­tshu enta­be­ni ye­Gi­li­bo­wa, kha­nge­la, uSa­wu­li eye­me emkho­ntwe­ni wa­khe, kha­nge­la-ke, inqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za kwa­ku­mna­ma­the­lef.

7 La­pho enye­mu­ku­la, wa­se­ngi­bo­na, wa­ngi­bi­za; nga­se­ngi­si­thi: Kha­nge­la ngila­pha.

8 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ungu­ba­ni? Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ngu­mA­ma­le­ki.

9 Wa­se­si­thi ki­mi: Ake ume phe­zu kwa­mi ungi­bu­la­le; ngo­ba ubu­hlu­ngu obu­khu­lu bu­nge­hle­le, ngo­ba impi­lo ya­mi isa­phe­le­le ki­mi.

10 Nga­kho nge­ma phe­zu kwa­khe nga­mbu­la­la, ngo­ba nga­zi uku­thi ange­ke aphi­le emva ko­ku­wa kwa­khe. Nga­se­ngi­tha­tha umqhe­le owa­wu­se­kha­nda la­kheg, le­so­ngo ela­li­se­nga­lwe­ni ya­khe, ngi­ku­le­thi­le la­pha enko­si­ni ya­mih.

11 UDa­vi­da wa­se­ba­mba izi­gqo­ko za­khe wa­zi­da­bu­la, nja­lo la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da aye­la­yei.

12 Ba­se­be­li­la, ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi, ba­zi­la uku­dla kwa­ze kwa­hlwa nge­nxa ka­Sa­wu­li, la­nge­nxa ka­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe, la­nge­nxa ya­ba­ntu be­Nko­si, la­nge­nxa ye­ndlu kaI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba ba­be­we nge­nke­mba.

13 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­le­lo­ja­ha ela­li­mbi­ke­le: Uve­la nga­phi? La­se­li­si­thi: Ngi­yi­ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu we­zi­zwe­ni, umA­ma­le­ki.

14 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­lo: Ka­we­sa­ba­nga nja­nij ukwe­lu­la isa­ndla sa­kho uku­bhu­bhi­sak ogco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­sil?

15 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bi­za eli­nye la­ma­ja­ha, wa­thi: So­nde­la uli­du­me­le. La­se­li­li­tsha­ya la­ze la­fam.

16 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­lo: Iga­zi la­kho ka­li­be phe­zu kwe­kha­nda la­khon; ngo­ba umlo­mo wa­kho ufa­ka­ze ume­le­ne la­weo, usi­thi: Mi­na ngi­mbu­le­le ogco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­sip.

Isi­li­lo si­ka­Da­vi­da ngo­Sa­wu­li lo­Jo­na­tha­ni

17 UDa­vi­da wa­se­li­la le­si­si­li­lo nge­nxa ka­Sa­wu­li lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­kheq

18 (la­pho wa­thi ku­fu­ndi­swe aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da "I­Da­ndi­li"; kha­nge­la, ku­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lu­ka­Ja­sha­ri)r:

19 Ubu­hle bu­kaI­sra­ye­li bu­bu­le­we ezi­nda­we­ni za­kho ezi­pha­ke­me­yo. Awe nja­ni ama­qha­wes!

20 Li­nga­ku­khu­lu­mi eGa­thit, li­nga­ku­me­me­ze­li ezi­ta­la­de­ni zeA­shi­ke­lo­niu, hle­zi atho­ko­ze ama­do­da­ka­zi ama­Fi­li­stiv, hle­zi aja­bu­le ama­do­da­ka­zi aba­nga­so­kwa­ngaw.

21 Zi­nta­ba ze­Gi­li­bo­wa, ka­ku­nga­bi kho­na ama­zo­lo ku­mbe izu­lu phe­zu kwe­nux, ku­mbe ama­si­mu emi­ni­ke­lo. Ngo­ba izi­hla­ngu za­ma­qha­we za­ngco­li­swa kho­na; isi­hla­ngu si­ka­Sa­wu­li si­nga­gco­tshwa­nga nga­ma­fu­thay

22 ega­zi­ni la­ba­bu­le­we­yo, ema­hwa­hwe­ni ama­qha­we ida­ndi­li li­ka­Jo­na­tha­ni ka­li­phe­ndu­ka­nga, le­nke­mba ka­Sa­wu­li ka­yi­bu­ye­la­nga izez.

23 USa­wu­li lo­Jo­na­tha­ni ba­be­tha­nde­ka be­ba­hle empi­lwe­ni za­bo, le­ku­fe­ni kwa­bo ka­be­hlu­ka­ni­swa­nga; ba­be­le­si­qu­bu ku­le­zi­nko­zia, be­la­ma­ndla ku­le­zi­lwa­neb.

24 Ma­do­da­ka­zi akoI­sra­ye­li, mkha­le­le­ni inye­mbe­zi uSa­wu­li, owa­li­gqo­ki­sa ngo­ku­bo­mvu le­nto­ko­zo, owa­fa­ka imi­ce­ci­so ye­go­li­de phe­zu kwe­zi­gqo­ko ze­nuc.

25 Awe nja­ni ama­qha­we pha­ka­thi kwe­mpi! Jo­na­tha­ni, u­bu­le­we enda­we­ni za­kho ezi­pha­ke­me­yo!

26 Ngi­da­bu­ki­le nga­we, mfo­we­thu Jo­na­tha­ni; ubu­mna­ndi ka­khu­lu ki­mi, utha­ndo lwa­kho be­lu­ma­nga­li­sa ki­mi lu­se­dlu­la utha­ndo lwa­be­si­fa­za­nad.

27 Awe nja­ni ama­qha­we, za­bhu­bha le­zi­kha­li ze­mpie!

UDa­vi­da ube­kwa abe yi­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da

2Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho uDa­vi­da wa­bu­za eNko­si­ni esi­thi: Nge­nyu­ke­le yi­ni ko­mu­nye we­mi­zi ya­ko­Ju­daa? INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ye­nyu­ka. UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ye nga­phi? Ya­si­si­thi: EHe­bro­nib.

2 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da we­nyu­ke­la la­pho, ka­nye la­ba­fa­zi ba­khe bo­ba­bi­li, uA­hi­no­wa­ma umJi­ze­re­ye­li­ka­zi loA­bi­ga­yi­li umka­Na­ba­li umKha­rme­lic.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­se­nyu­sa aba­ntu ba­khe aba­be­la­ye, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo la­be­ndlu ya­khe; ba­se­be­hla­la emi­zi­ni ye­He­bro­nid.

4 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da, ba­mgco­ba kho­na uDa­vi­da wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwe­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­dae. Ba­se­be­mtshe­la uDa­vi­da be­si­thi: Aba­ntu be­Ja­be­shi-Gi­le­ya­di yi­bo aba­ngcwa­ba uSa­wu­lif.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­me­la izi­thu­nywa eba­ntwi­ni be­Ja­be­shi-Gi­le­ya­dig, wa­thi ki­bo: Ka­li­bu­si­swe yi­Nko­si, ngo­ba le­nze lu­mu­sa enko­si­ni ye­nu, ku­Sa­wu­li, la­mngcwa­bah.

6 Kha­the­si-ke, iNko­si ka­yi­le­nze­le umu­sa le­qi­ni­so; mi­na la­mi ngi­za­le­nze­la lo­khu oku­hle, ngo­ba le­nze lo­lu­da­bai.

7 Kha­the­si-ke ka­zi­qi­ne iza­ndla ze­nu li­be nga­ma­do­da­na ama­qha­we; ngo­ba inko­si ye­nu uSa­wu­li ifi­le; nja­lo le­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da ingi­gco­bi­le mi­na uku­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­bo.

UDa­vi­da ulwa la­be­ndlu ka­Sa­wu­li

8 Ko­dwa uA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­rij, indu­na ye­bu­tho uSa­wu­li aye­la­lo, wa­tha­tha uI­shi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li, wa­mcha­phi­se­la eMa­ha­na­yi­mik,

9 wa­mbe­ka wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwe­Gi­le­ya­dil, la­phe­zu kwa­maA­shu­rim, la­phe­zu kwe­Ji­ze­re­ye­lin, la­phe­zu ku­kaE­fra­yi­mio, la­phe­zu ku­ka­Bhe­nja­mi­nip, la­phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke.

10 UI­shi­bo­she­thi, indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li, wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne esi­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li. Ko­dwa indlu ya­ko­Ju­da ya­la­nde­la uDa­vi­da.

11 Le­na­ni le­nsu­ku uDa­vi­da owa­ba yi­nko­si nga­zo eHe­bro­ni phe­zu kwe­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da la­li­yi­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nya­nga ezi­yi­si­thu­phaq.

12 UA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri wa­se­phu­ma, le­nce­ku zi­kaI­shi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li, ba­su­ka eMa­ha­na­yi­mi ba­ya eGi­be­yo­nir.

13 UJo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya le­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da ba­se­be­phu­ma ba­hla­nga­na nda­wo­nye echi­bi­ni le­Gi­be­yo­nis; ba­hla­la, aba­nye nga­pha kwe­chi­bi la­ba­nye nga­le kwe­chi­bi.

14 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi: Ama­ja­ha ake asu­ku­me adla­le pha­mbi kwe­thu. UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi: Ka­wa­su­ku­me.

15 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma kwe­dlu­la nge­na­ni aba­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni la­koI­shi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li, le­tshu­mi la­mbi­li le­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da.

16 Ba­se­be­ba­mba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ikha­nda lo­mu­nye, wa­gwa­za nge­nke­mba ya­khe ehla­ngo­thi­ni lo­mu­nye; ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­wa nda­wo­nye. Nga­kho le­yo­nda­wo ba­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi yi­He­le­ka­ti-Ha­su­ri­mi ese­Gi­be­yo­ni.

17 Nja­lo kwa­ba le­mpi enzi­ma ka­khu­lu nga­lo­lo­su­ku, loA­bhi­ne­ri we­hlu­lwa la­ma­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li pha­mbi kwe­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da.

18 Aye­kho­na-ke la­pho ama­do­da­na ama­tha­thu ka­Ze­ru­ya, oJo­wa­bi, loA­bi­sha­yi loA­sa­he­lit. Nja­lo uA­sa­he­li wa­ye­le­si­qu­bu ezi­nya­we­niu nje­ngo­mu­nye we­mi­zi­ki ye­ga­ngav.

19 UA­sa­he­li wa­se­xo­tsha­na loA­bhi­ne­ri; nja­lo eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­khe ka­pha­mbu­ke­la­nga nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo eku­la­nde­le­ni uA­bhi­ne­ri.

20 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­nye­mu­ku­la, wa­thi: Ngu­we uA­sa­he­li yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Yi­mi.

21 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Pha­mbu­ke­la we­na nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­ba nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo, uzi­ba­mbe­le eli­nye la­ma­ja­ha, uzi­tha­the­le izi­kha­li za­lo. Ko­dwa uA­sa­he­li ka­vu­ma­nga uku­pha­mbu­ka eku­mla­nde­le­ni.

22 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­bu­ya fu­thi esi­thi kuA­sa­he­li: Pha­mbu­ka we­na eku­ngi­la­nde­le­ni; ngi­za­ku­tsha­ye­le­la­ni emhla­ba­thi­ni? Pho, ngi­nga­pha­ka­mi­sa nja­ni ubu­so ba­mi ku­Jo­wa­bi umfo­we­nuw?

23 Ko­dwa wa­la uku­pha­mbu­ka; nga­kho uA­bhi­ne­ri wa­mtsha­ya nge­si­di­ndi so­mkho­nto ku­ba­mbo lwe­si­hla­nu, umkho­nto wa­ze wa­phu­ma emu­va kwa­khe; wa­se­we­la pha­nsi la­pho, wa­fe­la ku­le­yo­nda­wo. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi bo­nke aba­fi­ka enda­we­ni la­pho uA­sa­he­li awe­la wa­fa kho­na, be­max.

24 UJo­wa­bi la­ye loA­bi­sha­yi ba­xo­tsha­na loA­bhi­ne­ri; ila­nga la­se­li­tsho­na, bo­na be­fi­ka eqa­qe­ni lweA­ma, olu­nga­pha­mbi kwe­Gi­ya endle­le­ni ye­nka­nga­la ye­Gi­be­yo­ni.

25 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ba­se­be­bu­tha­na nge­mva ku­kaA­bhi­ne­ri, ba­ba li­xu­ku li­nye, be­ma phe­zu ko­qa­qa olu­thi­le.

26 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­me­me­za ku­Jo­wa­bi wa­thi: Inke­mba iza­ku­dla nja­lo­nja­lo yi­ni? Ka­wa­zi yi­ni uku­thi ku­za­ku­ba yi­ku­ba­ba eku­ci­ne­ni? Ko­ze ku­be ni­ni unga­ba­tshe­li aba­ntu uku­thi ba­bu­ye eku­la­nde­le­ni aba­fo­wa­bo?

27 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ubu­khu­lu­mi­le, isi­bi­li nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ni aba­ntu nga­be be­nyu­ki­le, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo esu­ka eku­la­nde­le­ni umfo­wa­boy.

28 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­vu­the­la upho­ndo, bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­ma, ka­ba­be be­sa­xo­tsha­na loI­sra­ye­li, fu­thi ka­ba­be be­sa­lwa nja­lo.

29 UA­bhi­ne­ri la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­ha­mba be­da­bu­la ama­gce­ke bo­nke lo­bo­bu­su­ku, ba­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, ba­da­bu­la iBhi­thi­ro­ni yo­nke, ba­fi­ka eMa­ha­na­yi­miz.

30 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­bu­ya eku­la­nde­le­ni uA­bhi­ne­ri; ese­bu­tha­ni­si­le bo­nke aba­ntu, ence­kwi­ni zi­ka­Da­vi­da kwa­si­le­la aba­li­tshu­mi la­ba­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye, loA­sa­he­li.

31 Ko­dwa izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da za­zi­tsha­yi­le ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni le­ma­do­de­ni akaA­bhi­ne­ri; ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha afa.

32 Ba­se­be­mtha­tha uA­sa­he­li, ba­mngcwa­ba engcwa­be­ni li­ka­yi­se ela­li­se­Bhe­the­le­he­ma. UJo­wa­bi la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­se­be­ha­mba ubu­su­ku bo­nke, kwa­sa be­se­He­bro­nia.

3Kwa­ku­kho­na-ke impi isi­kha­thi esi­de pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ka­Sa­wu­li le­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da; ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­ya eqi­na, ko­dwa indlu ka­Sa­wu­li ya­ya isi­ba bu­tha­ka­tha­ka.

Ama­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­da

2 Kwa­se­ku­za­le­lwa uDa­vi­da ama­do­da­na eHe­bro­nia; le­zi­bu­lo la­khe la­li­nguA­mno­ni kaA­hi­no­wa­ma umJi­ze­re­ye­li­ka­zib;

3 le­ye­si­bi­li ya­khe ya­yi­ngu­Ki­le­ya­bi kaA­bi­ga­yi­li umka­Na­ba­li umKha­rme­li; eye­si­tha­thu ya­yi­nguA­bi­sa­lo­mu indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­ka indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ta­li­ma­yi, inko­si ye­Ge­shu­ric;

4 le­ye­si­ne ya­yi­nguA­do­ni­ja indo­da­na ka­Ha­gi­thid; le­ye­si­hla­nu ya­yi­ngu­She­fa­thi­ya indo­da­na kaA­bi­tha­li;

5 le­ye­si­thu­pha ya­yi­nguI­the­re­ya­mu kaE­gi­la, umka­Da­vi­da. La­ba ba­za­le­lwa uDa­vi­da eHe­bro­ni.

Uku­vu­me­la­na ku­ka­Da­vi­da loA­bhi­ne­ri

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­se­le­mpi pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ka­Sa­wu­li le­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da, uA­bhi­ne­ri wa­zi­qi­ni­sa endli­ni ka­Sa­wu­li.

7 Nja­lo uSa­wu­li wa­ye­lo­mfa­zi omnca­ne, obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Ri­zi­pha indo­da­ka­zi kaA­yae; uI­shi­bo­she­thi wa­se­si­thi kuA­bhi­ne­ri: Unge­ne­le­ni emfa­zi­ni omnca­ne ka­ba­baf?

8 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lu nge­nxa ya­ma­zwi kaI­shi­bo­she­thi, wa­thi: Ngi­li­kha­nda le­nja yi­ni mi­na ongo­ka­Ju­da? La­mu­hla nge­nze­la indlu ka­Sa­wu­li uyi­hlo umu­sa, ku­ba­fo­wa­bo, la­ku­ba­nga­ne ba­khe, ka­ngi­ku­ni­ke­la­nga esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Da­vi­da, uku­thi ungi­be­ka ica­la ngo­we­si­fa­za­na la­mu­hlag?

9 UNku­lu­nku­lu enze nja­lo kuA­bhi­ne­rih, enge­ze­le­le ngo­ku­nja­lo ku­ye, nge­qi­ni­so, nje­ngo­ba iNko­si ifu­ngi­le ku­Da­vi­da, qo­tho, ngi­za­kwe­nza nja­lo ku­yei,

10 uku­dlu­li­sa umbu­so usu­ka endli­ni ka­Sa­wu­li, lo­ku­mi­sa isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Da­vi­da phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li la­phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da, ku­su­ke­la ko­Da­ni ku­ze ku­fi­ke eBhe­ri­she­bhaj.

11 Nja­lo wa­ye­nge­la­ku­mphe­ndu­la uA­bhi­ne­ri nga­li­zwi fu­thi, ngo­ba wa­ye­me­sa­ba.

12 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Da­vi­da esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe, esi­thi: Nge­li­ka­ba­ni ili­zwe? Esi­thi: Ye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­kho la­mi; kha­nge­la-ke, isa­ndla sa­mi si­za­ku­ba la­we uku­phe­ndu­le­la uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ku­we.

13 Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­lu­ngi­le; mi­na ngi­za­kwe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­we, ko­dwa yi­nye into engi­yi­fu­na ku­we, nge­yo­ku­thi ka­wu­yi­ku­bo­na ubu­so ba­mik, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi ule­the ku­qa­la uMi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Sa­wu­li, la­pho usi­za­bo­na ubu­so ba­mil.

14 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa kuI­shi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li, esi­thi: Ngi­ni­ka umka­mi uMi­kha­li enga­mga­na nga­ma­jwa­bu ali­khu­lu ama­Fi­li­stim.

15 UI­shi­bo­she­thi wa­se­thu­me­la, wa­mtha­tha endo­de­ni ya­khe, ku­Pa­li­ti­ye­li indo­da­na ka­La­yi­shin.

16 Ko­dwa indo­da ya­khe ya­ha­mba la­ye, iha­mba ikha­la inye­mbe­zi nge­mva kwa­khe kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ba­hu­ri­mio. UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Ha­mba, bu­ye­la. Ya­si­bu­ye­la.

17 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­si­ba le­nku­lu­mo la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: Nge­zi­kha­thi ezi­dlu­li­le­yo la­li­fu­na uDa­vi­da uku­thi abe yi­nko­si phe­zu kwe­nu.

18 Kha­the­si-ke, kwe­nze­ni, ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­le ngo­Da­vi­da uku­thi: Nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku ya­mi uDa­vi­da ngi­za­khu­lu­la aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­sti le­sa­ndle­ni sa­zo zo­nke izi­tha za­bop.

19 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­khu­lu­ma fu­thi endle­be­ni za­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­niq; uA­bhi­ne­ri nja­lo wa­se­si­ya­khu­lu­ma endle­be­ni zi­ka­Da­vi­da eHe­bro­ni ko­nke okwa­ku­ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni akoI­sra­ye­li le­me­hlwe­ni endlu yo­nke ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni.

20 Nga­kho uA­bhi­ne­ri wa­fi­ka ku­Da­vi­da eHe­bro­ni ela­ma­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li; uDa­vi­da wa­se­se­nze­la uA­bhi­ne­ri la­ma­do­da aye­la­ye idi­li.

21 UA­bhi­ne­ri wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ngi­za­su­ku­ma ngi­ha­mbe, ngi­bu­tha­ni­se uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke enko­si­ni ya­mi, inko­si, uku­ze be­nze isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­wer, lo­ku­thi ubu­se ku­kho ko­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho oku­fi­sa­yos. UDa­vi­da wa­se­ye­ke­la uA­bhi­ne­ri uku­thi aha­mbe, wa­se­ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­la.

UJo­wa­bi ubu­la­la uA­bhi­ne­ri

22 Kha­nge­la-ke, izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da lo­Jo­wa­bi ba­fi­ka be­ve­la eku­hla­se­le­ni be­za be­le­mpa­ngo enku­lu. Ko­dwa uA­bhi­ne­ri wa­ye­nge­kho ku­Da­vi­da eHe­bro­ni, ngo­ba wa­ye­mye­ke­le uku­thi aha­mbe, wa­ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­la.

23 Ese­fi­ki­le uJo­wa­bi le­bu­tho lo­nke ela­li­la­ye, ba­mtshe­la uJo­wa­bi be­si­thi: UA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri ube­fi­ki­le enko­si­ni, imye­ke­le wa­ha­mba; wa­ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­la.

24 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­ya enko­si­ni, wa­thi: We­nze­ni? Kha­nge­la, uA­bhi­ne­ri ube­fi­ki­le ku­we; pho, umye­ke­le­le­ni uku­thi aha­mbe, wa­ha­mba lo­ku­ha­mba?

25 Uya­ma­zi uA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri uku­thi ula­nde uku­ku­kho­hli­sa, lo­kwa­zi uku­phu­ma kwa­kho lo­ku­nge­na kwa­kho, lo­kwa­zi ko­nke okwe­nza­yot.

26 Ese­phu­mi­le uJo­wa­bi ku­Da­vi­da wa­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa uku­la­nde­la uA­bhi­ne­ri, eza­mbu­yi­sa emtho­nje­ni we­Si­ra; ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­ye­ngakwa­zi lo­kho.

27 UA­bhi­ne­ri ese­bu­yi­le eHe­bro­ni, uJo­wa­bi wa­mpha­mbu­le­la ece­le­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­sa­ngo uku­ze akhu­lu­me la­ye nga­se­seu; wa­se­mtsha­ya la­pho ku­ba­mbo lwe­si­hla­nu wa­ze wa­fa, nge­nxa ye­ga­zi li­kaA­sa­he­li umfo­wa­bov.

28 Kwa­thi uDa­vi­da ese­ku­zwi­le emva kwa­lo­kho wa­thi: Mi­na lo­mbu­so wa­mi ka­si­la­ca­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni nge­ga­zi li­kaA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri.

29 Ka­li­hla­le phe­zu kwe­kha­nda li­ka­Jo­wa­bi le­ndli­ni yo­nke ka­yi­sew. Ka­ku­nga­qu­nywa endli­ni ka­Jo­wa­bi ogo­bho­za­yox, ku­mbe umle­phe­roy, ku­mbe odo­ndo­lo­ze­la­yo, ku­mbe owa nge­nke­mba, ku­mbe oswe­la uku­dlaz.

30 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uJo­wa­bi loA­bi­sha­yi umfo­wa­bo ba­mbu­la­la uA­bhi­ne­ri, ngo­ba wa­ye­bu­le­le umfo­wa­bo uA­sa­he­li eGi­be­yo­ni empi­nia.

31 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi la­ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­la­ye: Da­bu­la­ni izi­gqo­ko ze­nub, li­bhi­nce ama­sa­ka, li­li­le pha­mbi ku­kaA­bhi­ne­ric. Inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­si­la­nde­la itha­la.

32 UA­bhi­ne­ri ba­se­be­mngcwa­be­la eHe­bro­ni; inko­si ya­si­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­yo ya­kha­la inye­mbe­zi engcwa­be­ni li­kaA­bhi­ne­ri, la­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi.

33 Inko­si ya­me­nze­la uA­bhi­ne­ri isi­li­lod ya­thi: Afe uA­bhi­ne­ri nje­ngo­ku­fa kwe­si­thu­tha yi­nie?

34 Iza­ndla za­kho be­zi­nga­bo­tshwa­nga, le­nya­wo za­kho be­zi­nga­fa­kwa­nga ema­ke­ta­ne­ni; nje­ngo­we­la pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu aba­bi uwi­le. Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­phi­nda be­mkha­le­la inye­mbe­zi.

35 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­za uku­me­nza uDa­vi­da uku­thi adle uku­dla ku­se­se­mi­nif; ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­fu­nga esi­thi: Ke­nze nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ki­mi enge­ze­le­le ngo­ku­nja­log, uba ngi­na­mbi­tha uku­dla lo­ba oku­nye nje li­nga­ka­tsho­ni ila­ngah.

36 Kwa­thi bo­nke aba­ntu be­ku­na­nze­le­la, kwa­ba ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni abo; nje­nga­kho ko­nke eya­kwe­nza­yo inko­si, kwa­ba ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni abo bo­nke aba­ntu.

37 Ngo­ba bo­nke aba­ntu loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ba­zi nga­lo­lo­su­ku uku­thi kwa­ku­nge­yi­si­kho okwe­nko­si uku­bu­la­la uA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ri.

38 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ence­kwi­ni za­yo: Ka­la­zi yi­ni uku­thi ku­we indu­na lo­mkhu­lu koI­sra­ye­li la­mu­hla?

39 La­mi la­mu­hla ngi­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, nja­lo ngi­gco­tshwe nga­ba yi­nko­si; la­la­ma­do­da, ama­do­da­na ka­Ze­ru­yai, alu­khu­ni ku­la­mij. INko­si iza­vu­za ume­nzi wo­bu­bi nje­ngo­bu­bi ba­khek.

Uku­bu­la­wa ku­kaI­shi­bo­she­thi

4La­pho isi­zwi­le indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li uku­thi uA­bhi­ne­ri ufe­le eHe­bro­ni, iza­ndla za­khe za­ba bu­tha­ka­tha­ka, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­kha­tha­ze­kaa.

2 Nja­lo indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li ya­yi­la­ma­do­da ama­bi­li aye­yi­zi­ndu­na za­ma­vi­yo; ibi­zo le­nye la­li­ngu­Ba­ha­na, le­bi­zo le­nye li­ngu­Re­ka­bi, ama­do­da­na ka­Ri­mo­ni, umBhe­ro­thi, wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nib. Ngo­ba iBhe­ro­thi la­yo ya­yi­ba­le­lwa ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni;

3 la­ma­Bhe­ro­thi aba­le­ke­lac eGi­tha­yi­mid, aba nga­ba­hla­li nje­nga­be­zi­zwe kho­na ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

4 UJo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li wa­ye­le­ndo­da­na eya­yi­yi­si­li­ma enya­we­nie. Ya­yi­le­mi­nya­ka emi­hla­nu eku­fi­ke­ni ko­mbi­ko ngo­Sa­wu­li lo­Jo­na­tha­ni uve­la eJi­ze­re­ye­lif; lo­mli­za­ne wa­yo wa­yi­tha­tha, wa­ba­le­ka; kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­pha­ngi­se­ni kwa­khe uku­ba­le­ka, ya­wa ya­ba yi­si­li­ma. Le­bi­zo la­yo la­li­ngu­Me­fi­bo­she­thi.

5 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ri­mo­ni, umBhe­ro­thi, uRe­ka­bi lo­Ba­ha­na, aha­mba, eku­tshi­se­ni kwe­la­nga afi­ka endli­ni kaI­shi­bo­she­thi, owa­ye­le­le embhe­de­ni emi­ni enku­lu.

6 Bo­na ba­nge­na endli­ni pha­ka­thi ku­nga­thi ba­tha­tha ingqo­lo­yi, ba­mtsha­ya ku­ba­mbo lwe­si­hla­nug; uRe­ka­bi lo­Ba­ha­na umfo­wa­bo ba­se­be­ba­le­ka.

7 Ngo­ba be­nge­na endli­ni, wa­ye­le­le embhe­de­ni wa­khe endli­ni ya­khe yo­ku­la­la, ba­mtsha­ya, ba­mbu­la­la, ba­mqu­ma ikha­nda; ba­tha­tha ikha­nda la­khe, ba­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ya­ma­gce­ke ubu­su­ku bo­nkeh.

8 Ba­se­be­li­sa ikha­nda li­kaI­shi­bo­she­thi ku­Da­vi­da eHe­bro­ni. Ba­thi enko­si­ni: Kha­nge­la, ikha­nda li­kaI­shi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li, isi­tha sa­kho ebe­si­di­nga impi­lo ya­kho; iNko­si ini­ke impi­ndi­se­lo la­mu­hla enko­si­ni ya­mi, inko­si, ku­Sa­wu­li la­ku­yo inza­lo ya­khei.

9 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­ba­phe­ndu­la uRe­ka­bi lo­Ba­ha­na umfo­wa­bo, ama­do­da­na ka­Ri­mo­ni umBhe­ro­thi, wa­thi ku­bo: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­vaj, ohle­nge umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­mi ku­yo yo­nke inhlu­phe­kok,

10 la­pho owa­ngi­bi­ke­la­yo esi­thi: Kha­nge­la, uSa­wu­li ufi­le; nja­lo enje­ngo­mthwa­li we­nda­ba ezi­nhle eme­hlwe­ni akhe, nga­mxha­ka­la­za, nga­mbu­la­la eZi­ki­la­gi, ku­lo­ku­thi ngi­mvu­ze­le inda­ba ezi­nhlel.

11 Pho ka­nga­ka­na­ni, la­pho aba­ntu aba­bi be­bu­le­le umu­ntu olu­ngi­le­yo endli­ni ya­khe ese­mbhe­de­ni wa­khe; nga­kho-ke angi­yi­ku­bi­za yi­ni iga­zi la­khe esa­ndle­ni se­nu, ngi­li­su­se emhla­be­nim?

12 UDa­vi­da wa­se­la­ya ama­ja­han, aba­bu­la­la, aqu­ma iza­ndla za­bo le­nya­wo za­bo, aba­pha­nye­ka echi­bi­ni le­He­bro­ni. Ko­dwa atha­tha ikha­nda li­kaI­shi­bo­she­thi, ali­ngcwa­ba engcwa­be­ni li­kaA­bhi­ne­ri eHe­bro­nio.

UDa­vi­da ubu­sa ili­zwe lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li

5Kho­na zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li ze­za ku­Da­vi­da eHe­bro­nia, za­khu­lu­ma zi­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, thi­na si­li­tha­mbo la­kho le­nya­ma ya­khob.

2 Le­si­kha­thi­ni esi­dlu­li­le­yo, uSa­wu­li ese­yi­nko­si phe­zu kwe­thu, ngu­we owa­khu­pha lo­wa­nge­ni­sa uI­sra­ye­lic, le­Nko­si ya­thi ku­we: We­na uza­kwe­lu­sa aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li, la­we uza­ku­ba ngu­mbu­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lid.

3 Nga­kho kwa­fi­ka bo­nke aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li enko­si­ni uDa­vi­da eHe­bro­nie; inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­si­se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­bo eHe­bro­nif pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sig; ba­se­be­mgco­ba uDa­vi­da, wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li.

4 UDa­vi­da wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu eku­be­ni kwa­khe yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­neh.

5 EHe­bro­ni wa­bu­sa phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nya­nga ezi­yi­si­thu­pha; le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nta­thu phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke lo­Ju­dai.

UDa­vi­da utha­tha inqa­ba ye­Zi­yo­ni

6 Inko­si la­ba­ntu ba­yo ba­se­be­si­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­maj ku­ma­Je­bu­si, aba­hla­li be­li­zwek; akhu­lu­ma ku­Da­vi­da athi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­nge­na la­pha, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­thi usu­se izi­pho­fu la­ba­qhu­la­yo; be­si­thi uDa­vi­da ka­yi­ku­nge­na la­pho.

7 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­yi­thu­mba inqa­ba ye­Zi­yo­ni; le ngu­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­dal.

8 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi nga­lo­lo­su­ku: Ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo otsha­ya umJe­bu­si, ka­tsha­ye emge­lwe­ni wa­ma­nzi aba­qhu­la­yo le­zi­pho­fu, aba­zo­ndwa ngu­mphe­fu­mu­lo ka­Da­vi­dam. Nga­kho ba­thi: Isi­pho­fu lo­qhu­la­yo ka­ba­yi­ku­nge­na endli­nin.

9 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­hla­la enqa­be­ni, wa­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­da. UDa­vi­da wa­kha inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ku­su­ke­la eMi­lo ku­si­ya pha­ka­thio.

10 UDa­vi­da wa­qhu­be­ka nja­lo esi­ba la­ma­ndla, nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­ba­ndla, ya­yi­la­ye.

11 UHi­ra­mu inko­si ye­Ti­re wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Da­vi­dapq, le­zi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri, la­ba­ba­zi be­zi­go­do la­ba­ba­zi ba­ma­tshe; ba­se­be­ma­khe­la uDa­vi­da indlu.

12 UDa­vi­da wa­se­kwa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ya­yi­mmi­si­le uku­thi abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, lo­ku­thi iwu­pha­ka­mi­si­le umbu­so wa­khe nge­nxa ya­ba­ntu ba­yo uI­sra­ye­lir.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Da­vi­da aba­za­le­lwa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

13 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tha­thas aba­nye aba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne la­ba­fa­zi be­ve­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ese­ve­la eHe­bro­nit, nja­lo kwa­ku­la­ma­nye ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi aza­le­lwa uDa­vi­da.

14 Nja­lo la nga­ma­bi­zo ala­bo aba­za­le­lwa ye­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma: OSha­mu­wa, lo­Sho­ba­bi, lo­Na­tha­ni, lo­So­lo­mo­ni,

15 loI­bi­ha­ri, loE­li­shu­wa, lo­Ne­fe­gi, lo­Ja­fi­ya,

16 loE­li­sha­ma, loE­li­ya­da, loE­li­fe­le­ti.

UDa­vi­da unqo­ba ama­Fi­li­sti

17 Kwa­thi ama­Fi­li­sti ese­zwi­le uku­thi ba­mgco­bi­le uDa­vi­da uku­thi abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, wo­nke ama­Fi­li­sti enyu­ka uku­ya­mdi­nga uDa­vi­da; uDa­vi­da wa­ku­zwa, we­hle­la enqa­be­niu.

18 Ama­Fi­li­sti ese­fi­ki­le asa­ba­la­lav esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Re­fa­yi­miw.

19 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­za eNko­si­ni esi­thi: Ngi­nge­nyu­ke­la yi­ni ku­ma­Fi­li­sti? Uza­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­mi yi­ni? INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ye­nyu­ka, ngo­ba isi­bi­li ngi­za­wa­ni­ke­la ama­Fi­li­sti esa­ndle­ni sa­khox.

20 UDa­vi­da wa­se­fi­ka eBha­li-Pe­ra­zi­miy, uDa­vi­da wa­wa­tsha­ya kho­na, wa­thi: INko­si izi­fo­hle­le izi­tha za­mi pha­mbi kwa­mi nje­ngo­ku­fo­hla kwa­ma­nzi. Nga­kho wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo ngo­ku­thi yi­Bha­li-Pe­ra­zi­mi.

21 Ase­tshi­ya izi­tho­mbe za­wo la­pho, lo­Da­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­zi­su­saz.

22 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­bu­ya enyu­ka fu­thi, asa­ba­la­la esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Re­fa­yi­mia.

23 La­pho uDa­vi­da ebu­za iNko­si, ya­thi: Unge­nyu­ki; bho­da nge­mu­va kwa­wo, uwa­su­ke­le usu­ka ma­qo­nda­na le­zi­hla­hla ze­bha­li­sa­mub.

24 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho usi­zwa isi­si­nde so­ku­ha­mba ezi­hlo­kwe­ni ze­zi­hla­hla ze­bha­li­sa­mu, la­pho upha­ngi­sec, ngo­ba nga­le­so­si­kha­thi iNko­si iza­phu­ma pha­mbi kwa­kho uku­tsha­ya ibu­tho la­ma­Fi­li­stid.

25 UDa­vi­da wa­se­se­nza nja­lo, nje­ngo­ku­mla­ya kwa­yo iNko­si, wa­wa­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti ku­su­ke­la eGe­ba uze ufi­ke eGe­ze­rie.

Umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si ule­thwa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

6UDa­vi­da wa­bu­ya wa­bu­tha­ni­sa bo­nke aba­khe­thi­we­yo koI­sra­ye­li, inku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­la­ye, be­su­ka eBa­ha­la-Ju­da uku­ze be­nyu­se umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu usu­ka la­pho, obi­zo la­wo li­bi­zwa nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlaa, ehla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi*b phe­zu kwa­wo.

3 Ba­se­be­wu­khwe­za umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu enqo­le­ni entshac, be­wu­khu­pha endli­ni kaA­bi­na­da­ba eya­yi­se­qa­qe­ni; nja­lo uU­za loA­hi­yo ama­do­da­na kaA­bi­na­da­ba ba­tsha­ye­la le­yo­nqo­la entshad.

4 Ba­yi­khi­pha-ke endli­ni kaA­bi­na­da­ba eya­yi­se­qa­qe­ni ka­nye lo­mtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo uA­hi­yo eha­mba pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho.

5 UDa­vi­da le­ndlu yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­tsha­ya pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si nga­zo zo­nke izi­nto zo­ku­tsha­ya ze­si­hla­hla se­fi­ri*, la­nga­ma­cha­cho, la­nge­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mboe, la­nge­zi­gu­ja­na, la­nga­ma­hlwa­yif, la­nge­zi­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yog.

6 Ba­thi be­fi­ka esi­ze­ni si­ka­Na­ko­ni, uU­za we­lu­le­lah isa­ndla sa­khe emtsho­ko­tshwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, wa­wu­ba­mba, ngo­ba inka­bi za­khu­be­kai.

7 Intu­ku­the­lo ye­Nko­si ya­si­mvu­the­la uU­za; uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mtsha­ya kho­na­pho nge­nxa ya­le­si­si­pha­mbe­ko; wa­se­fe­la kho­na­pho pha­nsi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj.

8 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ku­the­la ngo­ba iNko­si imfo­hle­le uU­za nge­si­kha­la; wa­se­yi­bi­za le­yo­nda­wo ngo­ku­thi yi­Pe­re­zi-U­za, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

9 UDa­vi­da wa­se­ye­sa­ba iNko­si nga­lo­lo­su­ku, wa­thi: Umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si uza­ku­za nja­ni ki­mik?

10 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da ka­vu­ma­nga uku­wu­dlu­li­se­la ku­ye umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da; ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­wu­pha­mbu­le­la endli­ni kaO­be­di-E­do­ma umGi­thil.

11 Umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si wa­su­hla­la endli­ni kaO­be­di-E­do­ma umGi­thi inya­nga ezi­nta­thu. INko­si ya­si­mbu­si­sa uO­be­di-E­do­ma le­ndlu ya­khe yo­nkem.

12 Kwa­se­ku­bi­ke­lwa inko­si uDa­vi­da kwa­thi­wa: INko­si ibu­si­si­le indlu kaO­be­di-E­do­ma la­kho ko­nke okwa­khe nge­nxa yo­mtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­se­ha­mba we­nyu­sa umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ewu­su­sa endli­ni kaO­be­di-E­do­ma, ewu­sa emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da nge­nto­ko­zon.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho la­bo aba­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si se­be­ha­mbe izi­nya­the­lo ezi­yi­si­thu­phao, wa­hla­ba inka­bi lo­ku­no­ni­si­we­yop.

14 UDa­vi­da wa­se­gi­da nga­ma­ndla wo­nke pha­mbi kwe­Nko­siq; uDa­vi­da wa­ye­bhi­nce i-e­fo­di* ye­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yor.

15 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uDa­vi­da le­ndlu yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li ba­we­nyu­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si ngo­ku­me­me­za la­ngo­ku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si unge­na emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da, uMi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Sa­wu­li wa­lu­ngu­za nge­wi­ndi, wa­bo­na inko­si uDa­vi­da ese­qa egi­da pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si; wa­me­yi­sa enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khes.

17 Ba­se­be­wu­nge­ni­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­sit, ba­wu­be­ka enda­we­ni ya­wou pha­ka­thi kwe­the­nte uDa­vi­da aye­li­mi­se­le wo­nav; uDa­vi­da wa­se­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­law.

18 Kwa­thi uDa­vi­da ese­qe­di­le uku­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, wa­bu­si­sa aba­ntu ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndlax.

19 Wa­ba­be­la bo­nke aba­ntu, ixu­ku lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li, ku­su­ke­la kwa­be­si­li­sa ku­si­ya kwa­be­si­fa­za­na, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo iqe­be­le­ngwa­na le­si­nkwa, le­qa­tha le­nya­ma, le­si­nkwa se­zi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezo­nyi­si­we­yo. Ba­se­be­ha­mba aba­ntu bo­nke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emzi­ni wa­khey.

20 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­ye­la uku­bu­si­sa indlu ya­khez. UMi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Sa­wu­li wa­se­phu­ma uku­hla­nga­be­za uDa­vi­da, wa­thi: Idu­nyi­swe ka­nga­ka­na­ni inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li la­mu­hla, eze­mbu­le la­mu­hla pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ence­ku­ka­zi ze­nce­ku za­yoa nje­ngo­mu­nye wa­ba­yi­ze eze­mbu­la lo­ku­ze­mbu­lab!

21 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Mi­kha­li: Nga­pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, eya­ngi­khe­tha pha­mbi ku­ka­yi­hlo la­pha­mbi kwe­ndlu ya­khe yo­nke, ya­ngi­mi­sa uku­thi ngi­be ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu be­Nko­si, phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lic; nga­kho ngi­za­dla­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sid.

22 Ngi­sa­za­de­le­le­ka-ke ka­khu­lu ku­la­lo­khu, nge­hli­se­lwe pha­nsi eme­hlwe­ni ami; ko­dwa nge­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi okhu­lu­me nga­zo, ngi­za­du­nyi­swa yi­zo.

23 Nja­lo uMi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Sa­wu­li ka­ba­nga la­mntwa­na kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­fa kwa­khe.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­Da­vi­da

7Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho inko­si ya­yi­hle­zi endli­ni ya­yo, le­Nko­si isi­yi­phu­mu­zi­le inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke ezi­the­ni za­yo zo­nkea,

2 inko­si ya­thi ku­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thib: Aku­bo­ne, mi­na ngi­hla­la endli­ni ye­mi­se­da­ric, ko­dwa umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uhla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­the­nid.

3 UNa­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Ha­mba we­nze ko­nke oku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, ngo­ba iNko­si ila­wee.

4 Ko­dwa kwa­thi nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ku­Na­tha­ni li­si­thi:

5 Ha­mba uthi ence­kwi­ni ya­mi, ku­Da­vi­da: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: We­na uza­nga­khe­la yi­ni indlu uku­ze ngi­hla­le ki­yof?

6 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­za­nge ngi­hla­le endli­ni ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni enge­nyu­sa nga­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eGi­bhi­the ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlag, ko­dwa be­ngi­ha­mba ethe­nte­ni le­tha­bha­ne­ke­le­nih.

7 Ku­zo zo­nke izi­nda­wo engi­ha­mbe ku­zo la­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, nga­ke nga­khu­lu­ma ili­zwi yi­ni kwe­si­nye se­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­lii, enga­si­la­ya ukwe­lu­sa aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li ngi­si­thij: Ku­nga­ni li­nga­nga­khe­la­nga indlu ye­mi­se­da­ri?

8 Nga­kho-ke uza­ku­tsho nja­lo ence­kwi­ni ya­mi, ku­Da­vi­da, uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Mi­na nga­ku­tha­thak esi­ba­ye­ni se­zi­mvu, eku­la­nde­le­ni izi­mvu, uku­ba ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi, phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lil;

9 nga­ngi­la­we lo­ba nga­phi la­pho oya kho­na, nga­qu­ma zo­nke izi­tha za­kho nga­pha­mbi kwa­khom; nga­kwe­nze­la ibi­zo eli­khu­lu nje­nge­bi­zo la­ba­khu­lu aba­se­mhla­be­nin.

10 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­mi­se­la inda­wo aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li, ngi­ba­gxu­me­ke uku­ze ba­hla­le enda­we­ni ya­boo, ba­nga­be be­sa­nyi­ki­nye­kap; la­ba­ntwa­na be­nko­hla­ka­lo ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­ba­hlu­pha, nje­nga­ku­qa­la,

11 nja­lo ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni enga­la­ya nga­lo aba­hlu­le­li phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­liq; ngi­ku­phu­mu­ze ezi­the­ni za­kho zo­nker. Fu­thi iNko­si iya­ku­tshe­la uku­thi iNko­si iza­kwe­nze­la indlus.

12 La­pho insu­ku za­kho se­zi­gcwa­li­se­ki­let, usu­le­le la­bo­yi­hlou, ngi­za­mi­sa inza­lo ya­kho emva kwa­kho, eza­phu­ma emi­bi­li­ni ya­kho, ngi­qi­ni­se umbu­so wa­yov.

13 Yo­na iza­kwa­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indluw; nja­lo ngi­za­qi­ni­sa isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­so wa­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nix.

14 Mi­na ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­yi­se, la­yo ibe yi­ndo­da­na ya­miy; eza­ku­thi uba ise­nza oku­bi, ngi­za­yi­je­zi­sa nge­nto­nga ya­ba­ntu, la­nge­mi­vi­mvi­nya ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntuz.

15 Ko­dwa umu­sa wa­mi ka­wu­yi­ku­su­ka ki­yo nje­nga­lo­kho ngawu­su­sa ku­Sa­wu­li enga­msu­sa nga­pha­mbi kwa­khoa.

16 Le­ndlu ya­kho lo­mbu­so wa­kho ku­za­qi­ni­swa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni pha­mbi kwa­mi; isi­hla­lo sa­kho so­bu­kho­si si­za­qi­ni­swa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nib.

17 Nje­ngo­kwa­la­ma­zwi wo­nke la­nje­ngo­kwa­lo wo­nke lo umbo­no, ngo­ku­nja­lo uNa­tha­ni wa­khu­lu­ma ku­Da­vi­dac.

18 Ya­si­nge­na inko­si uDa­vi­da, ya­hla­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ya­thi: Ngi­ngu­ba­ni mi­na, Nko­si Je­ho­va, le­ndlu ya­mi iyi­ni, uku­thi ungi­fi­ki­se ku­ze ku­be la­phad?

19 Ka­nti lo­khu ku­se­ku­nci­nya­ne eme­hlwe­ni akho, Nko­si Je­ho­va; usu­khu­lu­mi­le fu­thi nge­ndlu ye­nce­ku ya­kho ngo­kwe­si­kha­thi esi­kha­tsha­na; la­lo­khu yi­ndle­la ya­ba­ntu, Nko­si Je­ho­vae.

20 Pho, uDa­vi­da anga­be ese­nge­ze­le­la ngo­ku­thi­ni ku­we? Ngo­ba we­na uya­ya­zi ince­ku ya­kho, Nko­si Je­ho­vaf.

21 Nge­nxa ye­li­zwi la­kho la­nje­ngo­kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho we­nzi­le zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ezi­nku­lu uku­ze uza­zi­se ince­ku ya­kho.

22 Nga­kho umkhu­lu, Nko­si Je­ho­vag; ngo­ba ka­kho onje­nga­we, nja­lo ka­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu nga­pha­ndle kwa­khoh, nje­nga­kho ko­nke esi­ku­zwi­le­yo nge­ndle­be ze­thu.

23 Yi­si­phi-ke isi­zwe esi­so­dwa emhla­be­ni esi­nje­nga­ba­ntu ba­kho, nje­ngoI­sra­ye­li, uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­ya uku­zi­hle­nge­la so­na uku­ba nga­ba­ntui, nja­lo wa­ze­nze­la ibi­zo, wa­le­nze­la izi­nto ezi­nku­lu le­ze­sa­be­ka­yoj, ku­se­nze­lwa ili­zwe la­kho, pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho, owa­zi­hle­nge­la bo­na eGi­bhi­the, e­zi­zweni laku­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­zok?

24 Wa­su­zi­qi­ni­se­la aba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li uku­ze ba­be nga­ba­ntu ku­we ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; la­we Nko­si usu­be ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bol.

25 Kha­the­si-ke, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu, ili­zwi oli­khu­lu­me nge­nce­ku ya­kho la­nge­ndlu ya­yo li­qi­ni­se ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, we­nze nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­khom.

26 Nja­lo ka­li­be li­khu­lu ibi­zo la­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, ku­thi­we: INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li; le­ndlu ye­nce­ku ya­kho uDa­vi­da imi­swe pha­mbi kwa­kho.

27 Ngo­ba we­na, Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, we­mbu­le e­ndle­beni ye­nce­ku ya­kho, usi­thi: Ngi­za­kwa­khe­la indlu. Nga­kho ince­ku ya­kho itho­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yo uku­thi ikhu­le­ke lu­mkhu­le­ko ku­wen.

28 Kha­the­si-ke, Nko­si Je­ho­va, we­na ungu­lo­wo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, la­ma­zwi akho ali­qi­ni­so; ukhu­lu­me ence­kwi­ni ya­kho lo­khu oku­hle.

29 Nga­kho-ke aku­vu­me ubu­si­se indlu ye­nce­ku ya­kho uku­ze ibe pha­mbi kwa­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; ngo­ba we­na, Nko­si Je­ho­va, ukhu­lu­mi­le; la­nge­si­bu­si­so sa­kho indlu ye­nce­ku ya­kho iza­bu­si­swa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nio.

UDa­vi­da unqo­ba izi­zwe

8Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho uDa­vi­da wa­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti, wa­we­hli­se­la pha­nsia; uDa­vi­da wa­se­tha­tha iMe­the­ga­ma esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­sti.

2 Wa­se­tsha­ya ama­Mo­wa­bib, wa­wa­li­nga­ni­sa nge­nta­mbo, ewa­la­li­sa emhla­ba­thi­ni; wa­li­nga­ni­sa inta­mbo ezi­mbi­li uku­bu­la­la, le­nta­mbo ephe­le­le­yo ukuwa­ye­ke­la e­phi­la. Ngo­ku­nja­lo ama­Mo­wa­bi aba zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­dac, ele­tha izi­phod.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tsha­ya uHa­da­de­ze­ri indo­da­na ka­Re­ho­bi inko­si ye­Zo­bae, eku­ha­mbe­ni kwa­khe uku­bu­yi­se­la ama­ndla akhe emfu­le­ni iYu­fra­thif.

4 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­mba ku­ye inqo­la ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­ma­do­da aha­mba nge­nya­wo ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li; wa­qu­ma imi­si­pha ya­wo wo­nke ama­bhi­za enqo­la, ko­dwa wa­tshi­ya ku­wo izi­nqo­la ezi­li­khu­lug.

5 La­pho ama­Si­ri­ya awe­Da­ma­se­ko efi­ka uku­si­za uHa­da­de­ze­ri inko­si ye­Zo­ba, uDa­vi­da wa­tsha­ya ama­do­da ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li ku­ma­Si­ri­yah.

6 UDa­vi­da wa­se­be­ka ama­bu­tho enqa­ba eSi­ri­yai ye­Da­ma­se­koj; nja­lo ama­Si­ri­ya aba zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da, ele­tha izi­pho. INko­si ya­si­mlo­ndo­lo­za uDa­vi­da lo­ba nga­phi la­pho aya kho­nak.

7 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tha­tha izi­hla­ngu ze­go­li­de eza­zi­se­zi­nce­kwi­ni zi­ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri, wa­zi­le­tha eJe­ru­sa­le­mal.

8 Inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­si­tha­tha ithu­si eli­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu eBe­ta le­Be­ro­tha­yi, imi­zi ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri.

9 La­pho uTo­yi inko­si ye­Ha­ma­thi esi­zwa uku­thi uDa­vi­da wa­ye­tsha­ye ibu­tho lo­nke li­ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri,

10 uTo­yi wa­se­thu­ma uJo­ra­mu indo­da­na ya­khe enko­si­ni uDa­vi­da uku­yi­bu­za impi­lo lo­ku­yi­bu­si­sa, ngo­ba ya­yi­lwe lo­Ha­da­de­ze­ri ya­mtsha­ya (ngo­ba uHa­da­de­ze­ri wa­ba le­zi­mpi lo­To­yi); nja­lo esa­ndle­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­tsha ze­si­li­va le­zi­tsha ze­go­li­de le­zi­tsha ze­thu­sim.

11 La­zo inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la iNko­si ka­nye le­si­li­va le­go­li­de eya­yi­le­hlu­ka­ni­si­le li­ve­la ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke eya­yi­ze­hli­se­le pha­nsin,

12 eSi­ri­ya, la­ko­Mo­wa­bi, la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nio, la­ku­ma­Fi­li­stip, leA­ma­le­kiq, le­mpa­ngwe­ni ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri indo­da­na ka­Re­ho­bi, inko­si ye­Zo­ba.

13 UDa­vi­da wa­seze­nze­la ibi­zo eku­bu­ye­ni kwa­khe eku­tsha­ye­ni ama­Si­ri­ya, esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Tshwa­yir, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lis.

14 Wa­se­be­ka ama­bu­tho enqa­ba eE­do­ma lo­nket; ku­yo yo­nke iE­do­ma wa­be­ka ama­bu­tho enqa­bau, la­bo bo­nke abeE­do­ma ba­ba zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­dav. INko­si ya­si­mlo­ndo­lo­za uDa­vi­da lo­ba nga­phi la­pho aya kho­naw.

15 UDa­vi­da wa­bu­sa-ke phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke; uDa­vi­da wa­ye­se­nza ukwa­hlu­le­la lo­ku­lu­nga ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­khex.

16 Nja­lo uJo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­bu­thoyz; lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na kaA­hi­lu­di wa­ye­ngu­ma­bha­la­nea;

17 lo­Za­do­ki indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bi loA­hi­me­le­ki indo­da­na kaA­bhi­ya­tha ba­be­nga­ba­pri­stib; lo­Se­ra­ya wa­ye­ngu­mbha­li;

18 lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­dac wa­ye­phe­zud kwa­ma­Ke­re­thie la­ma­Pe­le­thif; la­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­da aye­yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla.

UDa­vi­da uba lo­mu­sa ku­Me­fi­bo­she­thi

9UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Ku­se­kho­na yi­ni ose­le­yo endli­ni ka­Sa­wu­li uku­ze ngi­me­nze­le umu­sa nge­nxa ka­Jo­na­tha­nia?

2 Nja­lo indlu ka­Sa­wu­li ya­yi­le­nce­ku obi­zo la­yo la­li­ngu­Zi­bab. Se­be­mbi­ze­le ku­Da­vi­da, inko­si ya­thi ku­ye: Ungu­Zi­ba yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­yi­nce­ku ya­kho.

3 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ka­ku­se­la­mu­ntu yi­ni we­ndlu ka­Sa­wu­li, engi­nga­me­nze­la umu­sa ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc? UZi­ba wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: UJo­na­tha­ni use­le­ndo­da­na eyi­si­li­ma inya­wo zo­mbi­lid.

4 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Inga­phi? UZi­ba wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Kha­nge­la, ise­ndli­ni ka­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na kaA­mi­ye­li eLo­de­ba­rie.

5 Inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­si­thu­ma ya­mla­nda endli­ni ka­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na kaA­mi­ye­li eLo­de­ba­rif.

6 La­pho uMe­fi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ka­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li ese­fi­ka ku­Da­vi­da, wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­khe, wa­kho­tha­ma. UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Me­fi­bo­she­thi! Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ince­ku ya­kho.

7 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Unge­sa­bi, ngo­ba ngi­za­kwe­nze­la lo­ku­kwe­nze­la umu­sa nge­nxa ka­Jo­na­tha­ni uyi­hlo; ngi­za­ku­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwe lo­nke li­ka­Sa­wu­li uyi­hlo, we­na-ke uza­ku­dla isi­nkwa eta­fu­le­ni la­mi nja­lo­nja­log.

8 Wa­se­kho­tha­ma, wa­thi: Iyi­ni ince­ku ya­kho uku­thi ukha­nge­le inja efi­le­yo enje­nga­mih?

9 Inko­si ya­si­bi­za uZi­ba, ince­ku ka­Sa­wu­li, ya­thi ku­ye: Ko­nke okwa­ku­ngo­ku­ka­Sa­wu­li, le­ndlu ya­khe yo­nke ngi­ku­ni­ke indo­da­na ye­nko­si ya­kho.

10 Uza­yi­li­me­la-ke umhla­ba, we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho le­nce­ku za­kho, li­le­the izi­the­lo uku­ze indo­da­na ye­nko­si ya­kho ibe le­si­nkwa enga­si­dla; ko­dwa uMe­fi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ye­nko­si ya­kho uza­ku­dla isi­nkwa eta­fu­le­ni la­mi nja­lo­nja­loi. Nja­lo uZi­ba wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na ali­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu, le­nce­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lij.

11 UZi­ba wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Nje­nga­kho ko­nke inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, eku­la­ya ince­ku ya­yo, iza­kwe­nza nja­lo ince­ku ya­kho. Ngo­Me­fi­bo­she­thi, uza­ku­dla eta­fu­le­ni la­mi, nje­ngo­mu­nye wa­ma­do­da­na enko­sik.

12 Nja­lo uMe­fi­bo­she­thi wa­ye­le­ndo­da­na enci­nya­ne, obi­zo la­yo la­li­ngu­Mi­kal. La­bo bo­nke aba­be­hla­la endli­ni ka­Zi­ba ba­ba zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Me­fi­bo­she­thi.

13 UMe­fi­bo­she­thi wa­se­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ngo­ba wa­dla eta­fu­le­ni le­nko­si nja­lo­nja­lo. Wa­ye­yi­si­li­ma inya­wo za­khe zo­mbi­li.

Ukwe­hlu­lwa kwa­maA­mo­ni la­ma­Si­ri­ya

10Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­khoa inko­si ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ya­fa, uHa­nu­ni indo­da­na ya­yo wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­yob.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­me­nze­la umu­sa uHa­nu­ni indo­da­na ka­Na­ha­shi nje­ngo­ba uyi­se wa­nge­nze­la umu­sa. UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku za­khe uku­ya­mdu­du­za ngo­yi­sec. Za­fi­ka-ke izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da eli­zwe­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni.

3 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni za­se­zi­si­thi ku­Ha­nu­ni inko­si ya­zo: Ka­mbe uDa­vi­da uya­mhlo­ni­pha uyi­hlo eme­hlwe­ni akho ngo­ba ethu­me aba­du­du­zi ku­we? UDa­vi­da ka­zi­thu­ma­nga yi­ni ince­ku za­khe ku­we uku­ze zi­phe­nye umu­zi, zi­wu­hlo­le, zi­wu­chi­the?

4 UHa­nu­ni wa­se­ba­mba izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da, wa­ge­la ingxe­nye ye­nde­vu za­zo, wa­qu­ma ize­mba­tho za­zo pha­ka­thi ku­ze ku­be se­zi­bu­nu za­zo, wa­zi­ye­ke­la za­ha­mbad.

5 Se­be­mbi­ke­le uDa­vi­da wa­thu­me­la uku­zi­hla­nga­be­za ngo­ba ama­do­da aye­le­nhlo­ni ka­khu­lu; inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Hla­la­ni eJe­ri­ko zi­ze zi­hlu­me inde­vu ze­nu, be­se­li­bu­ya.

6 La­pho aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni se­be­bo­ni­le uku­thi ba­ba le­vu­mba ku­Da­vi­dae, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ba­thu­me­la ba­qa­tsha ku­ma­Si­ri­yaf eBe­ti-Re­ho­big la­ku­ma­Si­ri­ya eZo­ba, ama­do­da aha­mba nge­nya­wo azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lih, le­nko­si­ni ye­Ma­ha­kai, ama­do­da ayi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, le­ba­ntwi­ni be­To­bi, ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

7 Kwa­thi uDa­vi­da ese­ku­zwi­le wa­thu­ma uJo­wa­bi le­bu­tho lo­nke la­ma­qha­wej.

8 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ba­se­be­phu­ma ba­hle­la impi emnya­ngo we­sa­ngo; la­ma­Si­ri­ya eZo­ba le­Re­ho­bi, la­ba­ntu be­To­bi le­Ma­ha­ka ba­be­bo­dwa ega­nge­ni.

9 La­pho uJo­wa­bi ebo­na uku­thi impi ikha­nge­le ku­ye nga­pha­mbi­li la­nge­mu­va, wa­khe­tha ku­bo bo­nke aba­khe­thi­we­yo koI­sra­ye­li, wa­ba­hle­la uku­thi ba­me­la­ne la­ma­Si­ri­ya.

10 Aba­se­le­yo ba­ba­ntu wa­se­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­kaA­bi­sha­yi umfo­wa­bo, owa­ba­hle­la uku­thi ba­me­la­ne la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni.

11 Wa­se­si­thi: Uba ama­Si­ri­ya ela­ma­ndla ka­khu­lu ku­la­mi, kho­na uza­ku­ba lu­si­zo ki­mi; ko­dwa uba aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni be­la­ma­ndla ka­khu­lu ku­la­we, kho­na ngi­za­ku­za uku­ku­si­za.

12 Qi­nak, asi­zi­qi­ni­se nge­nxa ya­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi, la­nge­nxa ye­mi­zi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thul; iNko­si ka­ye­nze oku­hle eme­hlwe­ni ayom.

13 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­so­nde­la, la­ba­ntu aba­be­la­ye, empi­ni la­ma­Si­ri­ya; ase­ba­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­khe.

14 La­pho aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni be­bo­na uku­thi ama­Si­ri­ya aya­ba­le­ka, la­bo ba­ba­le­ka pha­mbi ku­kaA­bi­sha­yi, ba­nge­na emzi­nin. UJo­wa­bi wa­se­bu­ye­la esu­ka eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koA­mo­ni, we­za eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

15 Ama­Si­ri­ya ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi atsha­yi­we pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, abu­tha­na nda­wo­nye.

16 UHa­da­de­ze­ri wa­se­thu­me­la, wa­khu­pha ama­Si­ri­ya aye­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la, afi­ka eHe­la­mu, lo­Sho­ba­ki indu­na ye­bu­tho li­ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri pha­mbi kwa­woo.

17 La­pho ku­bi­ke­lwa uDa­vi­da, wa­bu­tha­ni­sa uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, wa­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, wa­fi­ka eHe­la­mu. Ama­Si­ri­ya ase­zi­hle­le­la uku­me­la­na lo­Da­vi­da, alwa la­ye.

18 Ama­Si­ri­ya ase­ba­le­ka pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li; uDa­vi­da wa­se­tsha­ya ku­ma­Si­ri­ya izi­nqo­la ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sap, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, wa­tsha­ya uSho­ba­ki indu­na ye­bu­tho, owa­fe­la la­phoq.

19 La­pho wo­nke ama­kho­si, izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri, ebo­na uku­thi atsha­ywa pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, enza uku­thu­la loI­sra­ye­lir, aba­kho­nza. Nga­kho ama­Si­ri­ya esa­ba uku­si­za aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni fu­this.

UDa­vi­da lo­Ba­thi­she­ba

11Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­thwa­se­ni ko­mnya­ka nge­si­kha­thi ama­kho­si aphu­ma nga­so impi, uDa­vi­da wa­thu­ma uJo­wa­bi le­nce­ku za­khe ka­nye la­ye loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke; ba­se­be­chi­tha aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nia, ba­vi­mbe­ze­la iRa­bab. Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­si­kha­thi sa­ku­si­hlwa uDa­vi­da wa­vu­ka embhe­de­ni wa­khe, wa­ha­mba­ha­mba phe­zu ko­pha­hla lwe­ndlu ye­nko­si; ese­pha­hle­ni wa­se­bo­na owe­si­fa­za­na ege­zac; nja­lo owe­si­fa­za­na wa­ye­mu­hle ka­khu­lu, ebu­ke­kad.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma wa­bu­za nga­lo­wo­we­si­fa­za­na. Kwa­se­ku­thi­wa: Lo ka­ku­su­ye uBa­thi­she­ba yi­ni, indo­da­ka­zi kaE­li­ya­mu, umkaU­ri­ya umHe­thi?

4 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa wa­mtha­tha, owe­si­fa­za­na we­za ku­ye, wa­la­la la­yee (ngo­ba wa­ye­hla­nju­lu­li­we eku­ngco­le­ni kwa­khef), wa­se­bu­ye­la endli­ni ya­khe.

5 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­tha­tha isi­su, wa­thu­me­la wa­tshe­la uDa­vi­da wa­thi: Se­ngi­le­si­su.

6 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­me­la ku­Jo­wa­bi wa­thi: Thu­me­la ki­mi uU­ri­ya umHe­thig. UJo­wa­bi wa­se­thu­me­la uU­ri­ya ku­Da­vi­da.

7 Ese­fi­ki­le ku­ye uU­ri­ya, uDa­vi­da wa­mbu­za nge­mpi­la­ka­hle ka­Jo­wa­bi la­nge­mpi­la­ka­hle ya­ba­ntu la­nge­mpu­me­le­lo ye­mpi.

8 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuU­ri­ya: Ye­hle­la endli­ni ya­kho, uge­ze inya­wo za­khoh. U-U­ri­ya wa­se­phu­ma endli­ni ye­nko­si; kwa­se­ku­la­nde­la emva kwa­khe isi­pho esi­ve­la enko­si­nii.

9 Ko­dwa uU­ri­ya wa­la­la emnya­ngo we­ndlu ye­nko­si ka­nye le­nce­ku zo­nke ze­nko­si ya­khe, ke­hle­la­nga endli­ni ya­khe.

10 Kwa­thi se­be­mtshe­li­le uDa­vi­da be­si­thi: U-U­ri­ya ke­hle­la­nga endli­ni ya­khe, uDa­vi­da wa­thi kuU­ri­ya: Ka­wu­ve­li eku­ha­mbe­ni yi­ni? Ku­nga­ni unge­hle­la­nga endli­ni ya­kho?

11 U-U­ri­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Umtsho­ko­tsho, loI­sra­ye­li, lo­Ju­da ku­hla­la ema­the­nte­nij; le­nko­si ya­mi uJo­wa­bi le­nce­ku ze­nko­si ya­mi ba­mi­si­le inka­mba endle; mi­na-ke ngi­za­nge­na endli­ni ya­mi yi­ni uku­ya­ku­dla lo­ku­ya­na­tha lo­ku­ya­la­la lo­mka­mik? Ku­phi­la kwa­kho lo­ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, ka­ngi­so­ze ngi­ye­nze le­yo­ntol.

12 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuU­ri­ya: Hla­la la­pha la­la­mu­hla, ku­sa­sa-ke ngi­za­ku­vu­me­la uku­thi uha­mbe. U-U­ri­ya wa­se­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nga­lo­lo­su­ku la­ngo­su­ku olu­la­nde­la­yo.

13 UDa­vi­da wa­se­mbi­za uku­thi adle ana­the pha­mbi kwa­khe, wa­mda­ki­sam; nja­lo ku­si­hlwa wa­phu­ma uku­ya­la­la embhe­de­ni wa­khe ka­nye le­nce­ku ze­nko­si ya­khe, ko­dwa ke­hle­la­nga endli­ni ya­khe.

14 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­se­ni uDa­vi­da wa­bha­le­la uJo­wa­bi incwa­di, wayi­thu­me­la nge­sa­ndla si­kaU­ri­ya.

15 Wa­se­bha­la encwa­di­ni esi­thi: Mi­sa­ni uU­ri­ya pha­mbi­li eqo­nde­ne lo­ku­lwa oku­tshi­sa­yo ka­khu­lu, be­se­li­hle­hle­la nyo­va­ne li­su­ka ku­ye, uku­ze atsha­ywe afen.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uJo­wa­bi ese­wu­kha­nge­li­si­si­le umu­zi, wa­mi­sa uU­ri­ya enda­we­ni azi uku­thi ku­la­ma­qha­we kho­na.

17 Ama­do­da omu­zi ase­phu­ma alwa lo­Jo­wa­bi; kwa­wa aba­nye ba­ba­ntu, be­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da; wa­fa la­ye uU­ri­ya umHe­thi.

18 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­thu­ma wa­mbi­ke­la uDa­vi­da zo­nke inda­ba ze­mpi;

19 wa­si­la­ya isi­thu­nywa esi­thi: La­pho usu­qe­di­le uku­yi­bi­ke­la inko­si zo­nke izi­nda­ba ze­mpi,

20 ku­za­ku­thi-ke uba ula­ka lwe­nko­si lu­vu­ka, isi­thi ku­we: Be­li­so­nde­le­la­ni ka­nga­ka emzi­ni uku­lwa? Be­li­nga­zi yi­ni uku­thi be­be­za­ci­ba be­se­mdu­li­ni?

21 Ngu­ba­ni owa­tsha­ya uA­bhi­me­le­ki indo­da­na ka­Je­ru­be­she­thio? Angi­thi owe­si­fa­za­na wa­mwi­se­la ngo­ce­zu lwe­li­tshe lo­ku­cho­la ephe­zu ko­mdu­li, wa­ze wa­fa eThe­be­zi? Li­so­nde­le­le­ni edu­ze lo­mdu­li? Ubu­su­si­thi: Ince­ku ya­kho uU­ri­ya umHe­thi la­ye ufi­le.

22 Sa­se­si­ha­mba isi­thu­nywa, sa­fi­ka sa­mbi­ke­la uDa­vi­da ko­nke uJo­wa­bi aye­si­thu­me kho­na.

23 Isi­thu­nywa sa­se­si­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Isi­bi­li, aba­ntu ba­se­hlu­la, ba­si­phu­me­la ega­nge­ni; ko­dwa sa­ba phe­zu kwa­bo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­mnya­ngo we­sa­ngo.

24 Aba­tsho­ki ba­se­be­tsho­ka ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­kho be­phe­zu ko­mdu­li; zi­fi­le lezi­nye ze­nce­ku ze­nko­si; le­nce­ku ya­kho uU­ri­ya umHe­thi ifi­le la­yo.

25 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­so isi­thu­nywa: Uza­ku­tsho nja­lo ku­Jo­wa­bi uthi: Le into ka­yi­nga­bi­mbi eme­hlwe­ni akho, ngo­ba inke­mba idla omu­nye nje­ngo­mu­nye; qi­ni­sa impi ya­kho ime­la­ne lo­mu­zi, uwu­chi­the; ubu­su­mqi­ni­sa.

26 La­pho umkaU­ri­ya ese­zwi­le uku­thi uU­ri­ya indo­da ya­khe ufi­le, wa­yi­li­le­la indo­da ya­khe.

27 Se­kwe­dlu­li­le uku­li­la, uDa­vi­da wa­thu­ma, wa­mle­tha endli­ni ya­khe; wa­se­si­ba ngu­mka­khe, wa­mza­le­la indo­da­na. Ko­dwa le­yo­nto uDa­vi­da aye­nza­yo ya­yi­mbi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sip.

UNa­tha­ni ukhu­za uDa­vi­da

12INko­si ya­si­thu­ma uNa­tha­ni ku­Da­vi­daa. Wa­se­fi­ka ku­ye wa­thi ku­ye: Kwa­ku­kho­na ama­do­da ama­bi­li emzi­ni owo­dwa; enye ino­thi­le, le­nye ingu­mya­nga.

2 Eno­thi­le­yo ya­yi­le­zi­mvu le­nko­mo ezi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu.

3 Ko­dwa engu­mya­nga ya­yi­nge­la­lu­tho nga­pha­ndle kwe­wu­ndlu eli­nci­nya­ne eli­lo­dwa eli­si­ka­zi eya­yi­li­the­ngi­le, ya­lo­ndla; la­khu­la la­yo, nja­lo la­ba­ntwa­na ba­yo nda­wo­nye. La­dla oko­ce­zu lwa­yo, la­na­tha okwe­nke­zo ya­yo; la­la­la esi­fu­be­ni sa­yo, la­li­nje­nge­ndo­da­ka­zi ki­yo.

4 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka isi­ha­mbi endo­de­ni eno­thi­le­yo; ya­si­ye­ke­la uku­tha­tha ezi­mvi­ni za­yo le­nko­me­ni za­yo uku­lu­ngi­se­la isi­ha­mbi esa­si­fi­ke ki­yo, ko­dwa ya­tha­tha iwu­ndlu eli­si­ka­zi le­ndo­da engu­mya­nga, ya­li­lu­ngi­se­la umu­ntu owa­ye­fi­ke ki­yob.

5 Ula­ka lu­ka­Da­vi­da lwa­se­lu­vu­the­la lo­wo­mu­ntu ka­khu­lu, wa­thi ku­Na­tha­ni: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va, isi­bi­li umu­ntu owe­nze lo­kho uyi­ndo­da­na yo­ku­fac.

6 Nja­lo uza­li­bu­yi­se­la iwu­ndlu eli­si­ka­zi li­phi­ndwe ka­ne, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi enze le into la­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi enga­ba­nga lo­zwe­lod.

7 UNa­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ngu­we lo­wo­mu­ntu! Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Nga­ku­gco­ba wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, nga­ku­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Sa­wu­lie.

8 Nga­ku­ni­ka indlu ye­nko­si ya­kho la­ba­fa­zi be­nko­si ya­kho esi­fu­be­ni sa­kho, nga­ku­ni­ka indlu kaI­sra­ye­li le­ka­Ju­da; uba-ke be­ku­ku­nci­nya­ne, be­ngi­nga­kwe­nge­ze­le­la oku­nje lo­ku­njef.

9 Ude­le­le­le­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si uku­thi we­nze oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni ayog? U-U­ri­ya umHe­thi umtsha­yi­le nge­nke­mba, lo­mka­khe wa­mtha­tha wa­ba ngu­mka­kho, la­ye umbu­le­le nge­nke­mba ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nih.

10 Nga­kho-ke inke­mba ka­yi­yi­ku­su­ka endli­ni ya­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ungi­de­le­le, wa­tha­tha umkaU­ri­ya umHe­thi uku­thi abe ngu­mka­khoi.

11 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ku­vu­se­la oku­bi ku­ve­la endli­ni ya­kho, ngi­tha­the omka­kho pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akho, ngi­ba­ni­ke uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­kho, ala­le la­bo­mka­kho pha­mbi kwa­le­li­la­ngaj.

12 Ngo­ba we­na wa­kwe­nza ensi­tha, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­kwe­nza le into pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke la­pha­mbi kwe­la­nga.

13 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Na­tha­nik: Ngo­ni­le eNko­si­nil. UNa­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Le­Nko­si isu­si­le iso­no sa­kho; ka­wu­yi­ku­fam.

14 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo, ngo­ba we­nze izi­tha ze­Nko­si zi­de­le­le lo­ku­de­le­la nga­li­nda­ba, la­ye umntwa­na oza­le­lwe we­na uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fan.

15 UNa­tha­ni wa­se­si­ya endli­ni ya­khe. INko­si ya­si­mtsha­ya umntwa­na umkaU­ri­ya amza­le­la uDa­vi­da, wa­gu­la ka­khu­lu.

16 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­mnce­nge­la umntwa­na ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; uDa­vi­da wa­se­zi­la izi­lo lo­ku­dla, wa­nge­na, wa­la­la emhla­ba­thi­ni ubu­su­ku bo­nkeo.

17 Aba­da­la be­ndlu ya­khe ba­se­be­su­ku­ma ba­ya ku­ye uku­mvu­sa emhla­ba­thi­ni; ko­dwa ka­fu­na­nga, fu­thi ka­dla­nga uku­dla la­bo.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa umntwa­na wa­fa. Izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da za­se­zi­se­sa­ba uku­mtshe­la uku­thi umntwa­na ufi­le; ngo­ba za­thi: Kha­nge­la, umntwa­na esa­phi­la sa­khu­lu­ma la­ye, ka­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­thu; pho, si­nga­mtshe­la nja­ni uku­thi umntwa­na ufi­le? Angazi­li­ma­za.

19 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da ebo­na uku­thi ince­ku za­khe zi­ya­nye­nye­ze­la­na, uDa­vi­da wa­qe­di­si­sa uku­thi umntwa­na use­fi­le; nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Umntwa­na use­fi­le yi­ni? Za­se­zi­si­thi: Use­fi­le.

20 UDa­vi­da wa­se­vu­ka emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­ge­za, wa­gco­ba, wa­ntshi­ntsha izi­gqo­ko za­khe, wa­nge­na endli­ni ye­Nko­sip, wa­kho­nzaq; wa­se­si­ya endli­ni ya­khe, wa­ce­la, ba­be­ka uku­dla pha­mbi kwa­khe, wa­dla.

21 Ince­ku za­khe za­se­zi­si­thi ku­ye: Iyi­ni le into oye­nzi­le­yo? Nge­nxa yo­mntwa­na ophi­la­yo uzi­le uku­dla wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi; ko­dwa la­pho umntwa­na ese­fi­le, uvu­ki­le wa­dla isi­nkwa.

22 Wa­se­si­thi: Umntwa­na esa­phi­la, ngi­zi­le uku­dla, nga­kha­la inye­mbe­zi, ngo­ba nga­thi: Ngu­ba­ni owa­zi­yo iNko­si inga­ngi­ha­wu­ke­la uku­thi umntwa­na aphi­le.

23 Ko­dwa kha­the­si use­fi­le, ngi­za­zi­le­la­ni? Ngi­la­kho uku­mbu­yi­sa yi­ni fu­thir? Ngi­za­ku­ya ku­ye, ko­dwa ye­na ka­yi­ku­bu­ye­la ki­mis.

24 UDa­vi­da wa­se­mdu­du­za uBa­thi­she­ba umka­khe, wa­nge­na ku­ye, wa­la­la la­ye; wa­za­la indo­da­nat, wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo wa­thi ngu­So­lo­mo­ni. UJe­ho­va wa­se­mtha­ndau.

25 Wa­se­thu­ma nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi, wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo wa­thi ngu­Je­di­di­ya, nge­nxa ka­Je­ho­va.

UDa­vi­da unqo­ba iRa­ba

26 UJo­wa­bi wa­lwa-kev le­Ra­ba eya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­niw, wa­thu­mba umu­zi wo­bu­kho­si.

27 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Da­vi­da wa­thi: Ngi­lwe le­Ra­ba, nja­lo nga­thu­mba umu­zi wa­ma­nzi.

28 Nga­kho-ke bu­tha­ni­sa aba­ntu aba­se­le­yo, umi­se inka­mba ma­qo­nda­na lo­mu­zi, uwu­thu­mbe, hle­zi mi­na ngi­wu­thu­mbe umu­zi, le­bi­zo la­mi li­bi­zwe phe­zu kwa­wo.

29 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa bo­nke aba­ntu, wa­ya eRa­ba, wa­lwa la­yo, wa­yi­thu­mba.

30 Wa­se­tha­tha umqhe­le we­nko­si ekha­nda la­khe, osi­si­ndo sa­wo sa­si­li­tha­le­nta le­go­li­de le­li­tshe eli­li­gu­gu, wa­ba se­kha­nda li­ka­Da­vi­dax. Wa­se­khi­pha impa­ngo yo­mu­zi ene­ngi ka­khu­lu.

31 Wa­khu­pha la­ba­ntu aba­be­pha­ka­thi kwa­wo, wa­ba­be­kay ema­sa­he­ni, le­zi­kha­li­ni ezi­ci­ji­le­yo ze­nsi­mbi, le­ma­hlo­ke­ni ensi­mbiz, wa­ba­dlu­li­sa ema­ho­ndwe­ni ezi­ti­na; we­nza nja­lo ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni. UDa­vi­da la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

UA­mno­ni lo­Ta­ma­ri

13Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho uA­bi­sa­lo­mu indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da wa­ye­lo­da­de­wa­bo omu­hlea, obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Ta­ma­rib; uA­mno­ni indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da wa­se­mtha­nda.

2 UA­mno­ni wa­se­hlu­phe­ka ka­khu­lu wa­ze wa­gu­la nge­nxa ka­Ta­ma­ri uda­de­wa­bo; ngo­ba wa­ye­yi­nto­mbi emsu­lwa, kwa­se­ku­si­ba nzi­ma eme­hlwe­ni kaA­mno­ni ukwe­nza ulu­tho ku­ye.

3 Ko­dwa uA­mno­ni wa­ye­lo­mnga­ne, obi­zo la­khe la­li­ngu­Jo­na­da­bi indo­da­na ka­Shi­me­ya umfo­wa­bo ka­Da­vi­da; nja­lo uJo­na­da­bi wa­ye­ngu­mu­ntu olo­bu­qi­li ka­khu­lu.

4 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni we­na, indo­da­na ye­nko­si, uca­ka ka­nga­ka uku­sa ngo­ku­sa? Unge­ngi­tshe­le yi­ni? UA­mno­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­ya­mtha­nda uTa­ma­ri uda­de­wa­bo kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu umfo­we­thu.

5 UJo­na­da­bi wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: La­la embhe­de­ni wa­kho, uzi­tsha­ye ogu­la­yo; la­pho uyi­hlo efi­ka uku­ku­bo­na, uza­ku­thi ku­ye: Ake ku­ze uTa­ma­ri uda­de­we­thu, angi­ni­ke uku­dla, aku­lu­ngi­se uku­dla pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ami, uku­ze ngi­ku­bo­ne, ngi­dle esa­ndle­ni sa­khe.

6 Wa­se­la­la pha­nsi uA­mno­ni, wa­zi­tsha­ya ogu­la­yo; la­pho inko­si ifi­ka uku­za­mbo­na, uA­mno­ni wa­thi enko­si­ni: Ake ku­ze uTa­ma­ri uda­de­we­thu, enze ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na ama­bi­li pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ami uku­thi ngi­dle esa­ndle­ni sa­khec.

7 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­me­la endli­ni ku­Ta­ma­ri esi­thi: Ya­na kha­the­si endli­ni yo­mfo­we­nu uA­mno­ni, ume­nze­le uku­dla.

8 Nga­kho uTa­ma­ri wa­ya endli­ni kaA­mno­ni umfo­wa­bo, owa­ye­le­le pha­nsi. Wa­tha­tha inhla­ma, wa­yi­xo­va, we­nza ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akhe, wa­phe­ka ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na.

9 Wa­se­tha­tha ipa­ni, wawa­thu­lu­la pha­mbi kwa­khe, ko­dwa wa­la uku­dla; uA­mno­ni wa­se­si­thi: Khu­pha wo­nke umu­ntu ki­mi. Ba­se­be­phu­ma, wo­nke umu­ntu ku­yed.

10 UA­mno­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Ta­ma­ri: Le­tha uku­dla eka­me­lwe­ni uku­ze ngi­dle esa­ndle­ni sa­kho. UTa­ma­ri wa­se­tha­tha ama­qe­be­le­ngwa­na aye­we­nzi­le, wa­wa­nge­ni­sa eka­me­lwe­ni kuA­mno­ni umne­wa­bo.

11 La­pho ewa­so­nde­za ku­ye uku­thi adle, wa­mba­mba, wa­thi ku­ye: Wo­za ula­le la­mi, da­de­we­thu.

12 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­tshi mne­we­thu, unga­ngi­bhi­nyi, ngo­ba oku­nje ka­kwe­nzi­wa koI­sra­ye­lie, unge­nzi lo­bu­bu­wu­laf.

13 Mi­na-ke ngi­nga­li­sa nga­phi ihla­zo la­mi? La­we uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­mu­nye we­zi­phu­ku­phu­ku koI­sra­ye­lig. Nga­lo­kho-ke, ake ukhu­lu­me le­nko­si, ngo­ba ka­yi­yi­ku­ngi­go­dla ku­we.

14 Ko­dwa ka­fu­na­nga uku­la­le­la ili­zwi la­khe; ko­dwa ela­ma­ndla ku­la­ye, wa­mbhi­nya wa­la­la la­yeh.

15 UA­mno­ni wa­se­mzo­nda nge­nzo­ndo enku­lu ka­khu­lu; ngo­ba inzo­ndo amzo­nda nga­yo ya­yi­nku­lu ku­lo­tha­ndo aye­mtha­nde nga­lo. UA­mno­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Vu­ka uha­mbe.

16 Ye­na wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­ku­la­zi­za­tho; lo­bu­bu­bi bo­ku­ngi­xo­tsha bu­khu­lu okwe­dlu­la obu­nye obe­nze ki­mi. Ko­dwa ka­fu­na­nga uku­mla­le­lai.

17 Wa­se­bi­za ince­ku ya­khe eya­yi­se­be­nza ku­ye, wa­thi: Umkhu­phe­le pha­ndle lo kha­the­si asu­ke ki­mi, unxi­be umnya­ngo emva kwa­khej.

18 Nja­lo wa­ye­gqo­ke isi­gqo­ko esi­le­mi­ba­la­ba­la, ngo­ba ama­do­da­ka­zi enko­si ayi­zi­nto­mbi ezi­msu­lwa aye­gqo­ka izi­gqo­ko ezi­nja­lok. Ince­ku ya­si­mkhu­phe­la pha­ndle, ya­nxi­ba umnya­ngo emva kwa­khel.

19 UTa­ma­ri wa­se­zi­the­la ngo­mlo­tha ekha­nda, wa­da­bu­la isi­gqo­ko sa­khe esi­le­mi­ba­la­ba­la aye­si­gqo­ki­lem, wa­thwa­la imi­kho­no ekha­nda1, wa­ha­mba, eha­mba ekha­lan.

20 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu umne­wa­bo wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: UA­mi­no­ni umne­we­nu ka­de ela­we yi­ni? Nga­kho-ke, thu­la, da­de­we­thu, ungu­mne­we­nu; unga­be­ki inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ku­li­nda­ba. Nga­kho uTa­ma­ri wa­hla­la eye­dwa endli­ni kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu umne­wa­bo.

21 Inko­si uDa­vi­da isi­zwi­le zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ya­thu­ku­the­la ka­khu­lu.

22 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu ka­khu­lu­ma­nga loA­mno­ni oku­hle ku­mbe oku­bi, ngo­ba uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­mzo­nda uA­mno­ni, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi wa­ye­bhi­nye uTa­ma­ri uda­de­wa­boo.

UA­bi­sa­lo­mu ubu­la­la uA­mno­ni, abe­se­ba­le­ka

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­bi­li ephe­le­le­yo uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­ye­la­ba­gu­ndi be­zi­mvu eBha­li-Ha­zo­ri eli­se­ce­le­ni kweE­fra­yi­mip; uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­nxu­sa wo­nke ama­do­da­na enko­si.

24 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­si­za enko­si­ni wa­thi: Kha­nge­la kha­the­si, ince­ku ya­kho ila­ba­gu­ndi; inko­si ake iha­mbe le­nce­ku za­yo le­nce­ku ya­kho.

25 Ko­dwa inko­si ya­thi kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu: Ha­tshi, ndo­da­na ya­mi, ake si­nga­ha­mbi so­nke, hle­zi si­be ngu­mthwa­lo ku­we. Wa­yi­ba­mba nga­ma­ndla ko­dwa ka­yi­vu­ma­nga uku­ha­mba, ko­dwa ya­mbu­si­saq.

26 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­si­thi: Uba ku­nge­nja­lo, ake aha­mbe la­thi uA­mno­ni umfo­we­thu. Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Uza­ha­mbe­la­ni la­we?

27 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu ese­yi­ci­nde­ze­le, ya­ba­ye­ke­la oA­mno­ni la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da­na enko­si aha­mba la­ye.

28 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­la­ya ince­ku za­khe esi­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni-ke, nxa inhli­zi­yo kaA­mno­ni isi­tho­ko­za nge­wa­yi­ni, la­pho ngi­si­thi ki­ni: Tsha­ya­ni uA­mno­ni, be­se­li­mbu­la­la; li­nge­sa­bi; angi­thi ngo­ba mi­na ngi­li­la­yi­le? Qi­na­ni, li­be nga­ma­qha­wer.

29 Izi­nce­ku zi­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu za­se­zi­se­nza kuA­mno­ni nje­ngo­ku­la­ya ku­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu. Ama­do­da­na wo­nke enko­si ase­su­ku­ma, aga­da, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo imbo­ngo­lo ya­khe, aba­le­ka.

30 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­se­se­ndle­le­ni, kwa­fi­ka umbi­ko ku­Da­vi­da usi­thi: UA­bi­sa­lo­mu utsha­ye wo­nke ama­do­da­na enko­si, ka­ku­sa­la­nga le­yo­dwa ya­wo.

31 Inko­si ya­si­su­ku­ma ya­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­yos, ya­la­la emhla­ba­thi­nit; la­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­yo za­zi­mi izi­gqo­ko zi­da­tshu­li­we.

32 UJo­na­da­bi indo­da­na ka­Shi­me­ya, umfo­wa­bo ka­Da­vi­da, wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Inko­si ya­mi ka­yi­nga­thi ba­bu­le­le wo­nke ama­ja­ha, ama­do­da­na enko­si, ngo­ba nguA­mno­ni ye­dwa ofi­le­yo; ngo­ba ngo­mlo­mo kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu kwa­nqu­nywa ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni abhi­nya nga­lo uda­de­wa­bo uTa­ma­riu.

33 Nga­kho-ke inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, ka­yi­nga­yi­be­ki inda­ba enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yo, uku­thi wo­nke ama­do­da­na enko­si afi­le, ngo­ba nguA­mno­ni ye­dwa ofi­le­yov.

34 Ko­dwa uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­ba­le­kaw. Ija­ha eli­li­nda­yo la­se­li­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo alo, la­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi ba­be­si­za nge­ndle­la emva kwa­lo ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­nta­ba.

35 UJo­na­da­bi wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Kha­nge­la, ama­do­da­na enko­si aye­za; nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­nce­ku ya­kho, ku­nja­lo.

36 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­qe­de­ni kwa­khe uku­khu­lu­ma, kha­nge­la, afi­ka ama­do­da­na enko­si, apha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi la­wo, akha­la inye­mbe­zi; le­nko­si la­yo la­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­yo ba­kha­la inye­mbe­zi ngo­ku­kha­la oku­khu­lu­ka­zi.

37 Ko­dwa uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­ba­le­ka wa­ya ku­Ta­li­ma­yi indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­di inko­si ye­Ge­shu­rix. UDa­vi­da wa­se­li­le­la indo­da­na ya­khe insu­ku zo­nke.

38 Wa­ba­le­ka-ke uA­bi­sa­lo­mu, wa­ya eGe­shu­ri, wa­ba la­pho imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thuy.

39 Inhli­zi­yo ka­Da­vi­da inko­si ya­si­kha­nu­ka ka­khu­lu uku­phu­ma iye kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu, ngo­ba wa­ye­se­du­du­ze­ki­le ngoA­mno­ni uku­thi ufi­lez.

UJo­wa­bi we­nza ice­bo lo­ku­bu­yi­sa uA­bi­sa­lo­mu

14UJo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya wa­se­na­nze­le­la uku­thi inhli­zi­yo ye­nko­si ikuA­bi­sa­lo­mua.

2 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­thu­me­la eThe­kho­wab uku­thi ala­nde kho­na owe­si­fa­za­na ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, wa­thi ku­ye: Ake uzi­tsha­ye oli­la­yo, ake ugqo­ke izi­gqo­ko zo­ku­li­la, unga­zi­gco­bi nga­ma­fu­tha, ko­dwa ube nje­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na ose­li­le­le ofi­le­yo insu­ku ezi­ne­ngic.

3 Unge­ne enko­si­ni, ukhu­lu­me ku­yo nga­li­ndle­la. UJo­wa­bi wa­se­fa­ka ama­zwi emlo­nye­ni wa­khed.

4 La­pho owe­si­fa­za­na umThe­kho­wa ekhu­lu­ma enko­si­ni, wa­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­kho­tha­ma, wa­thi: Si­za, nko­sie!

5 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ula­ni? Ye­na wa­se­si­thi: Si­bi­lif, ngi­ngu­mfa­zi ongu­mfe­lo­ka­zi, le­ndo­da ya­mi ya­fa.

6 Nja­lo ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ya­yi­la­ma­do­da­na ama­bi­li, alwa wo­ma­bi­li ega­nge­ni; kwa­ku­nge­la­mla­mu­li pha­ka­thi kwa­wo; enye ya­si­tsha­ya enye, ya­yi­bu­la­lag.

7 Kha­nge­la-ke, use­ndo lo­nke se­lu­vu­ke­le ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho, ba­thi: Ni­ke­la lo­wo owa­tsha­ya umfo­wa­bo wa­mbu­la­la, uku­thi si­mbu­la­le nge­nxa ye­mpi­lo yo­mfo­wa­bo ambu­la­la­yoh, si­chi­the le­ndla­li­fa. Nga­lo­kho ba­ci­tshe ila­hle la­mi eli­se­le­yoi, uku­ze ba­nga­tshi­ye­li indo­da ya­mi ibi­zo le­nsa­li ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­baj.

8 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ko­we­si­fa­za­na: Ya­na endli­ni ya­kho; mi­na-ke ngi­za­la­ya nga­we.

9 Owe­si­fa­za­na umThe­kho­wa wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, ica­la ka­li­be phe­zu kwa­mi la­phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­ba­bak; ko­dwa inko­si le­si­hla­lo sa­yo so­bu­kho­si ku­be msu­lwal.

10 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Okhu­lu­ma ulu­tho ku­we, umle­the ki­mi, nja­lo ka­yi­ku­phi­nda aku­thi­nte fu­thi.

11 Wa­se­si­thi: Inko­si ake ikhu­mbu­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­yo uku­thi umphi­ndi­se­li we­ga­zi anga­be esa­chi­tha, hle­zi ba­chi­the indo­da­na ya­mim. Ya­si­si­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­van, ka­ku­yi­ku­we­la emhla­ba­thi­ni olu­lo­dwa unwe­le lwe­ndo­da­na ya­khoo.

12 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi: Ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ake ikhu­lu­me ili­zwi enko­si­ni ya­mi inko­si. Ya­si­si­thi: Khu­lu­ma.

13 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi: Pho, una­ka­ne­le­ni oku­nje nga­ba­ntu ba­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup? Ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma li­nda­ba inko­si inje­ngo­le­ca­la, ngo­ku­thi inko­si ka­yi­bu­yi­sa­nga oxo­tshi­we­yo wa­yoq.

14 Ngo­ba ku­me­le si­fe, si­nje­nga­ma­nzi achi­the­ke­le emhla­ba­thi­ni anga­bu­thwa­ngar; ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­ku­su­sa impi­lo, ko­dwa uza­ca­ba­nga ama­ce­bo uku­thi anga­la­hli ku­ye oxo­tshi­we­yos.

15 Nga­kho-ke, nje­ngo­ba ngi­zi­le uku­khu­lu­ma li­nto enko­si­ni, inko­si ya­mi, ku­ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­nge­sa­bi­si­le; ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ya­si­si­thi: Kha­the­si ngi­za­khu­lu­ma le­nko­si; mhla­wu­mbe inko­si iza­kwe­nza ili­zwi le­nce­ku­ka­zi ya­yo.

16 Ngo­ba inko­si iza­ku­zwa, uku­khu­lu­la ince­ku­ka­zi ya­yo esa­ndle­ni so­mu­ntu ofu­na uku­chi­tha mi­na ka­nye le­ndo­da­na ya­mi eli­fe­ni li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut.

17 Ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ya­si­si­thi: Aku­thi ili­zwi le­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si, li­be nge­lo­ku­thu­la, ngo­ba nje­nge­ngi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, inja­lo inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, uku­zwa oku­bi lo­ku­hle. Nga­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ka­yi­be la­weu.

18 Inko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ko­we­si­fa­za­na: Ake unga­ngi­fi­hle­li inda­ba engi­za­yi­bu­za ku­we. Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi: Ake ikhu­lu­me inko­si ya­mi, inko­si.

19 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Isa­ndla si­ka­Jo­wa­bi si­la­we yi­ni ku­kho ko­nke lo­khu? Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, nko­si ya­miv, nko­si, isi­bi­li ka­kho onga­ya nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo asu­ke la­ku­yi­phi into inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, eyi­khu­lu­mi­le­yow; ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho uJo­wa­bi, yo­na ya­ngi­la­ya, yi­yo eya­fu­nza ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho wo­nke la­ma­zwi.

20 Ince­ku ya­kho uJo­wa­bi iye­nzi­le li­nto uku­thi iphe­ndu­le uku­ma kwe­nda­ba. Nja­lo inko­si ya­mi ihla­ka­ni­phi­le nje­nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ye­ngi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ukwa­zi ko­nke oku­se­mhla­be­nix.

21 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi: Kha­nge­la kha­the­si, nge­nzi­le li­nda­ba; nga­kho ha­mba ubu­yi­se umfa­na uA­bi­sa­lo­mu.

22 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi mbo ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­kho­tha­ma, wa­yi­bu­si­sa inko­si; uJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi: La­mu­hla ince­ku ya­kho iya­zi uku­thi ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, ngo­ku­thi inko­si ye­nzi­le inda­ba ye­nce­ku ya­yo.

23 Wa­se­su­ka uJo­wa­bi, wa­ya eGe­shu­ri, wa­mle­tha uA­bi­sa­lo­mu eJe­ru­sa­le­may.

24 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ka­phe­ndu­ke­le endli­ni ya­khe, anga­bo­ni ubu­so ba­mi. Nga­kho uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­phe­ndu­ke­la endli­ni ya­khe, ka­bo­na­nga ubu­so be­nko­si.

25 KoI­sra­ye­li wo­nke-ke kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu onje­ngoA­bi­sa­lo­mu uku­du­nyi­swa ka­khu­lu ngo­bu­hle; kwa­ku­nge­la­si­ci ku­ye ku­su­ke­la ku­nga­pha­nsi yo­nya­wo lwa­khe ku­ze ku­fi­ke enka­nda ya­khez.

26 Nxa ephu­ca ikha­nda la­khea - ngo­ba kwa­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwa­wo wo­nke umnya­ka ali­phu­ce, ngo­ba za­zi­nzi­ma ku­ye, nga­kho wa­li­phu­cab - wa­li­nga­ni­sa inwe­le ze­kha­nda la­khe, ama­she­ke­li anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li nge­si­li­nga­ni­so se­nko­si.

27 Kwa­se­ku­za­le­lwa uA­bi­sa­lo­mu ama­do­da­na ama­tha­thu le­ndo­da­ka­zi eyo­dwa, obi­zo la­yo la­li­ngu­Ta­ma­ric; wa­ye­ngo­we­si­fa­za­na omu­hle ebu­ke­kad.

28 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li ephe­le­le­yo, ka­bo­na­nga ubu­so be­nko­sie.

29 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­thu­me­la ku­Jo­wa­bi uku­thi amthu­me enko­si­ni; ko­dwa ka­vu­ma­nga uku­za ku­ye. Wa­phi­nda wa­thu­me­la ngo­kwe­si­bi­li, ko­dwa ka­vu­ma­nga uku­za.

30 Wa­se­si­thi ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe: Bo­na­ni, isa­be­lo si­ka­Jo­wa­bi si­se­ce­le­ni kwe­sa­mi, nja­lo ule­bha­li* la­pho; ha­mba­ni li­si­thu­nge­le ngo­mli­lo. Izi­nce­ku zi­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu za­se­zi­thu­nge­la isa­be­lo ngo­mli­lo.

31 Wa­se­su­ka uJo­wa­bi we­za kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu endli­ni, wa­thi ku­ye: Izi­nce­ku za­kho zi­thu­nge­le­le­ni isa­be­lo esi­nge­sa­mi ngo­mli­lo?

32 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­thu­me­le ku­we ngi­si­thi: Wo­za la­pha, uku­ze ngi­ku­thu­me enko­si­ni, uku­thi: Ngi­bu­ye­le­ni ngi­su­ka eGe­shu­ri? Be­ku­ku­hle ki­mi uku­thi nga­be ngi­lo­khu ngi­kho­na­le. Nga­kho-ke ka­ngi­bo­ne ubu­so be­nko­si; nja­lo uba ku­le­ca­la ki­mi, ka­yi­ngi­bu­la­lef.

33 Nga­kho uJo­wa­bi we­za enko­si­ni, wa­yi­tshe­la; isi­mbi­zi­le uA­bi­sa­lo­mu we­za enko­si­ni, wa­yi­kho­tha­me­la ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni, pha­mbi kwe­nko­si; inko­si ya­si­ma­nga uA­bi­sa­lo­mug.

UA­bi­sa­lo­mu uvu­ke­la uDa­vi­da

15Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­khu uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­zi­lu­ngi­se­la izi­nqo­la la­ma­bhi­za, la­ba­ntu aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu be­gi­ji­ma pha­mbi kwa­khea.

2 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­ye­se­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu eme ece­le­ni kwe­ndle­la ye­sa­ngo; kwa­ku­si­thi wo­nke umu­ntu ole­ca­la lo­mthe­tho eli­ya enko­si­ni ukwa­hlu­le­lwa, uA­bi­sa­lo­mu ambi­ze athi: Ungo­wa­wu­phi umu­zi? La­pho esi­thi: Ince­ku ya­kho ingo­we­si­nye se­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li;

3 uA­bi­sa­lo­mu abe­se­si­thi ku­ye: Bo­na, inda­ba za­kho zi­nhle zi­lu­ngi­le, ko­dwa ka­kho owe­nko­si uku­thi aku­zwe.

4 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu abe­se­si­thi: Ku­nga­thi nga­be ngi­be­kwe uma­hlu­le­li eli­zwe­ni, uku­thi wo­nke umu­ntu ole­ca­la lo­mthe­tho lo­da­ba ange­za ki­mi, nja­lo be­ngi­za­mlu­ngi­se­lab.

5 Kwa­ku­si­thi la­pho ku­so­nde­la umu­ntu uku­mkho­tha­me­la, elu­le isa­ndla sa­khe, amba­mbe, ama­nge.

6 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­se­nza nga­li­ndle­la kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, bo­na abe­za enko­si­ni ukwa­hlu­le­lwa; nga­lo­kho uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­thu­mba1 inhli­zi­yo ya­ma­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­thi enko­si­ni: Ake ngi­ye­kho­kha isi­the­mbi­so sa­mi enga­si­the­mbi­sa eNko­si­ni eHe­bro­nic.

8 Ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho ya­the­mbi­sa isi­the­mbi­sod ngi­sa­hla­la eGe­shu­ri eSi­ri­ya ngi­si­thi: Uba iNko­si ingi­bu­yi­se­la lo­ku­ngi­bu­yi­se­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ngi­za­yi­kho­nza iNko­sie.

9 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­la. Wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ya eHe­bro­nif.

10 Ko­dwa uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­thu­ma izi­nhlo­li ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke za­koI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: La­pho li­si­zwa uku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo, li­za­ku­thi: UA­bi­sa­lo­mu uyi­nko­si eHe­bro­ni!

11 Kwa­se­ku­ha­mba loA­bi­sa­lo­mu ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li esu­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, anxu­si­we­yog, aha­mba ebu­qo­thwe­ni ba­wo, nja­lo enga­zi lu­thoh.

12 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­thu­me­la wa­bi­za uA­hi­tho­fe­li we­Gi­loi, ume­lu­le­ki ka­Da­vi­daj, esu­ka emzi­ni wa­khe, eGi­lok, esa­hla­ba imi­hla­tshe­lo. Nja­lo ugo­be lwa­qi­na, la­ba­ntu ba­ha­mba ba­ndal kuA­bi­sa­lo­mum.

13 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka isi­thu­nywa ku­Da­vi­da, si­si­thi: Inhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­li ila­nde­la uA­bi­sa­lo­mun.

14 Wa­se­si­thi uDa­vi­da ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­khe zo­nke eza­zi­la­ye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma: Su­ku­ma­ni, si­ba­le­ke, ngo­ba ka­si­la­ku­phe­pha ebu­swe­ni bu­kaA­bi­sa­lo­muo. Pha­ngi­sa­ni uku­ha­mba, hle­zi apha­ngi­se asi­fi­ce, ase­hli­se­le2 oku­bi, atsha­ye umu­zi ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mba.

15 Izi­nce­ku ze­nko­si za­se­zi­si­thi enko­si­ni: Nje­nga­kho ko­nke inko­si, inko­si ya­mi, eku­khe­tha­yo, kha­nge­la, na­nzi ince­ku za­kho.

16 Ya­si­phu­ma inko­si, la­yo yo­nke indlu ya­yo iyi­la­nde­la. Inko­si ya­si­tshi­ya aba­fa­zi aba­li­tshu­mi, aba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne, uku­ze ba­li­nde indlup.

17 Ya­si­phu­ma inko­si, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­yi­la­nde­la; be­ma endli­ni ekha­tsha­na.

18 La­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­yo ze­dlu­la ece­le­ni kwa­yo, nja­lo wo­nke ama­Ke­re­thiq la­wo wo­nke ama­Pe­le­thir la­wo wo­nke ama­Gi­ti, ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha, eza amla­nde­la eve­la eGa­tis, edlu­la pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

19 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi kuI­tha­yi umGi­tit: La­we uha­mbe­la­ni la­thi? Bu­ye­la uhla­le le­nko­si, ngo­ba ungo­we­zi­zwe­ni nja­lo ungu­mxo­tshwa enda­we­ni ya­khou.

20 Ufi­ke izo­lo; pho, la­mu­hla ngi­ku­zu­la­zu­li­se ngo­ku­ha­mba la­thi, nje­ngo­ba ngi­ya la­pho engi­ya kho­na? Bu­ye­la ubu­yi­se­le aba­fo­we­nu. Umu­sa le­qi­ni­so ka­ku­be la­wev.

21 Ko­dwa uI­tha­yi wa­yi­phe­ndu­la inko­si wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va, nja­lo ku­phi­la kwe­nko­si ya­miw, inko­si, isi­bi­li ku­le­yo­nda­wo la­pho inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, eza­ku­ba ki­yo, lo­ba ku­se­ku­fe­ni lo­ba ku­se­ku­phi­le­ni, la­la­pho iza­ku­ba kho­na ince­ku ya­kho.

22 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuI­tha­yi: Ha­mba, ucha­phex. UI­tha­yi umGi­ti wa­se­cha­pha ka­nye la­ba­ntu ba­khe bo­nke la­ba­ntwa­nya­na aba­be­la­ye.

23 Ili­zwe lo­nke la­kha­la inye­mbe­zi nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu, nja­lo aba­ntu bo­nke ba­cha­pha. Inko­si ya­si­cha­pha isi­fu­la iKi­dro­niy, la­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­cha­pha, nga­se­ndle­le­ni ye­nka­nga­laz.

24 Nja­lo kha­nge­la, uZa­do­ki la­ye la­wo wo­nke ama­Le­vi ela­yea, be­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub, ba­wu­be­ka pha­nsi umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc; uA­bhi­ya­tha wa­se­se­nyu­kad, aba­ntu bo­nke ba­ze ba­phe­la uku­dlu­la be­phu­ma emzi­ni.

25 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Za­do­ki: Bu­yi­se­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu emzi­ni. Uba ngi­za­tho­la umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, iza­ngi­bu­yi­sae ingi­tshe­ngi­se wo­na ka­nye le­nda­wo ya­yo yo­ku­hla­laf.

26 Ko­dwa uba isi­tsho nja­lo, ithi: Ka­ngi­tho­ko­zi nga­weg; kha­nge­la ngila­pha, ka­ye­nze ki­mi nje­ngo­ku­hle eme­hlwe­ni ayoh.

27 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Za­do­ki umpri­sti: Ungu­mbo­ni yi­nii? Bu­ye­la emzi­ni ngo­ku­thu­la, loA­hi­ma­ha­zi indo­da­na ya­kho lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na kaA­bhi­ya­tha, ama­do­da­na enu wo­ma­bi­li ela­nij.

28 Bo­na, ngi­za­li­nda ema­zi­bu­kwe­ni enka­nga­la, ku­ze ku­fi­ke ili­zwi eli­ve­la ki­ni lo­ku­ngi­bi­ke­lak.

29 Nga­kho uZa­do­ki loA­bhi­ya­tha ba­wu­bu­yi­se­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ba­hla­la kho­na.

30 UDa­vi­da wa­se­se­nyu­ka ngo­mqa­nso we­mi­hlwa­thi, ese­nyu­ka ekha­la inye­mbe­zi, embo­mbo­ze ikha­nda la­khel, wa­ha­mba enge­la­ma­nya­the­lam; la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­la­ye ba­mbo­mbo­za, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ikha­nda la­khe, be­nyu­ka, be­se­nyu­ka be­kha­la inye­mbe­zin.

31 Kwa­se­ku­bi­kwa ku­Da­vi­da kwa­thi­wa: UA­hi­tho­fe­li upha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ku­go­be loA­bi­sa­lo­mu. UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si, ake enze ice­bo li­kaA­hi­tho­fe­lio li­be yi­bu­thu­tha.

32 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uDa­vi­da ese­fi­ke engqo­nge­ni la­pho aye­kho­nza kho­na uNku­lu­nku­lu, kha­nge­la, uHu­sha­yi umA­rki wa­mhla­nga­be­zap, ise­mba­tho sa­khe si­da­tshu­li­weq, le­nhla­ba­thi ise­kha­nda la­kher.

33 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Uba use­dlu­la la­mi, uza­ku­ba ngu­mthwa­lo ki­mis.

34 Ko­dwa uba ubu­ye­la emzi­ni uthi kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu: Ngi­za­ku­ba yi­nce­ku ya­kho, nko­sit; ka­de ngi­yi­nce­ku ka­yi­hlo, ko­dwa kha­the­si se­ngi­za­ku­ba yi­nce­ku ya­kho; kho­na uza­ngi­chi­the­la ice­bo li­kaA­hi­tho­fe­liu.

35 Nja­lo ka­ba­kho yi­ni ka­nye la­we la­pho oZa­do­ki loA­bhi­ya­tha aba­pri­sti? Nga­kho ku­za­ku­thi yo­nke inda­ba oyi­zwa­yo endli­ni ye­nko­si, uyi­tshe­le oZa­do­ki loA­bhi­ya­tha aba­pri­stiv.

36 Kha­nge­la, ku­kho­na la­pho ka­nye la­bo ama­do­da­na abo ama­bi­li, uA­hi­ma­ha­zi oka­Za­do­ki, lo­Jo­na­tha­ni okaA­bhi­ya­tha; nja­lo uza­thu­me­la nge­sa­ndla sa­bo ki­mi yo­nke into oza­yi­zwaw.

37 UHu­sha­yi umnga­ne ka­Da­vi­da wa­se­fi­ka emzi­nix, loA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­may.

16Kwa­thi uDa­vi­da ese­dlu­le ka­nci­nya­ne engqo­nge­nia, kha­nge­la, uZi­ba ince­ku ka­Me­fi­bo­she­thi wa­mhla­nga­be­za ela­bo­ba­bhe­mi aba­bi­li be­le­zi­hla­lob, be­thwe­le izi­nkwa ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, la­ma­hlu­ku­zo ali­khu­lu ezi­the­lo ezo­nyi­si­we­yo ze­vi­nic, le­zi­the­lo ze­hlo­bo ezi­li­khu­lu, lo­mgo­dla we­wa­yi­nid.

2 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Zi­ba: Uthi­ni nga­le­zi­zi­nto? UZi­ba wa­se­si­thi: Oba­bhe­mi nga­be­ndlu ye­nko­si uku­thi ba­ga­de, le­zi­nkwa le­zi­the­lo ze­hlo­bo nge­za­ma­ja­ha uku­thi adlee, le­wa­yi­ni nge­la­ba­phe­le­lwa nga­ma­ndla enka­nga­la uku­thi ba­na­thef.

3 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Pho, inga­phi indo­da­na ye­nko­si ya­kho? UZi­ba wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Kha­nge­la, uhle­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ngo­ba uthe: La­mu­hla uI­sra­ye­li uza­bu­yi­se­la ki­mi umbu­so ka­ba­bag.

4 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Zi­ba: Kha­nge­la, ngo­kwa­kho ko­nke oku­ka­Me­fi­bo­she­thi. UZi­ba wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ya­kho­tha­ma; ka­ngi­tho­le umu­sa eme­hlwe­ni akho, nko­si ya­mi, nko­si.

5 Kwa­thi inko­si uDa­vi­da ifi­ka eBa­hu­ri­mih, kha­nge­la, kwa­phu­ma kho­na umu­ntu wo­se­ndo lwe­ndlu ka­Sa­wu­li, obi­zo la­khe li­ngu­Shi­me­yi indo­da­na ka­Ge­rai; wa­phu­ma, eha­mba1 ethu­ka.

6 Wa­se­ji­ki­je­la uDa­vi­da nga­ma­tshe ka­nye le­nce­ku zo­nke ze­nko­si uDa­vi­da, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu la­ma­qha­we wo­nke nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­khe la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­khe.

7 Wa­se­si­tsho nja­lo uShi­me­yi eku­thu­ke­ni kwa­khe: Phu­ma, phu­ma, mu­ntu we­ga­zi, mu­ntu ka­Bhe­li­ya­lij!

8 INko­si ibu­yi­se­le phe­zu kwa­khok lo­nke iga­zi le­ndlu ka­Sa­wu­li obu­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe; iNko­si ini­ke­le umbu­so esa­ndle­ni si­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu indo­da­na ya­kho. Kha­nge­la, use­bu­bi­ni ba­kho, ngo­ba ungu­mu­ntu ome­le iga­zil.

9 UA­bi­sha­yi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Li­nja efi­le­yo iyi­thu­ke­la­ni inko­si ya­mi, inko­si? Ake nge­dlu­le ngi­su­se ikha­nda la­yom.

10 Ko­dwa inko­si ya­thi: Ngi­la­ni la­nin, ma­do­da­na ka­Ze­ru­yao? Nga­kho ka­thu­ke, ngo­ba iNko­si ithe ku­ye: Thu­ka uDa­vi­da; pho, ngu­ba­ni oza­ku­thi: We­nze­le­ni nja­lo?

11 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­bi­sha­yi la­ku­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­khe: Kha­nge­la, indo­da­na ya­mi, ephu­me emi­bi­li­ni ya­mi, idi­nga impi­lo ya­mi; ka­nga­ka­na­ni-ke lu­mBhe­nja­mi­ni? Mye­ke­le­ni, athu­ke, ngo­ba iNko­si ikhu­lu­mi­le ku­yep.

12 Mhla­wu­mbe iNko­siq iza­bo­na usi­zi lwa­mi, iNko­si ingi­bu­yi­se­le oku­hle esi­khu­ndle­ni so­ku­thu­ka kwa­khe la­mu­hlar.

13 UDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­se­be­ha­mba nge­ndle­la; lo­Shi­me­yi eha­mba ece­le­ni kwe­nta­ba ma­qo­nda­na la­ye, eha­mba ethu­ka, emji­ki­je­la nga­ma­tshe, emthe­la ngo­thu­li.

14 Inko­si la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­la­yo ba­fi­ka se­be­kha­the­le; ya­si­hlu­me­le­la kho­na.

15 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu la­ba­ntu bo­nke, ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li, ba­se­be­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, loA­hi­tho­fe­li ela­yes.

16 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uHu­sha­yi umA­rkit, umnga­ne ka­Da­vi­da, ese­fi­ke kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu, uHu­sha­yi wa­thi kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­si! Ka­yi­phi­le inko­si!

17 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­si­thi ku­Hu­sha­yi: Yi­wo umu­sa wa­kho ku­mnga­ne wa­kho yi­ni? Ku­nga­ni unga­ha­mba­nga lo­mnga­ne wa­khou?

18 UHu­sha­yi wa­se­si­thi kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa lo­wo emkhe­tha­yo iNko­si, la­la­ba­ba­ntu, la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li, ngi­za­ku­ba ngo­wa­khe, nja­lo ngi­hla­le la­ye.

19 Ngo­kwe­si­bi­li, mi­na ngi­za­kho­nza ba­ni? Ku­nga­bi pha­mbi ko­bu­so be­ndo­da­na ya­khe na? Nje­ngo­ba nga­kho­nza pha­mbi ku­ka­yi­hlo, ngo­ku­nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ba pha­mbi kwa­khov.

20 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­si­thi kuA­hi­tho­fe­li: Pha­ni­ni ise­lu­le­ko se­nu uku­thi si­za­kwe­nza nja­ni?

21 UA­hi­tho­fe­li wa­se­si­thi kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu: Nge­na ku­ba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne ba­ka­yi­hlo aba­tshi­ye uku­li­nda indluw; loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke uza­ku­zwa uku­thi ule­vu­mba ku­yi­hlox; kho­na iza­ndla za­bo bo­nke aba­la­we zi­za­qi­nay.

22 Ba­se­be­me­ndla­le­la uA­bi­sa­lo­mu ithe­nte phe­zu ko­pha­hlaz; uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­nge­na ku­ba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne ba­ka­yi­se pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nkea.

23 Ise­lu­le­ko si­kaA­hi­tho­fe­li ase­lu­le­ka nga­le­zo­nsu­ku sa­si­nje­ngo­mu­ntu ebu­za ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; sa­si­nja­lo so­nke ise­lu­le­ko si­kaA­hi­tho­fe­li ku­bo bo­ba­bi­li uDa­vi­da loA­bi­sa­lo­mub.

Ise­lu­le­ko si­kaA­hi­tho­fe­li

17UA­hi­tho­fe­li wa­se­si­thi kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu: Ake ngi­khe­the ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ngi­su­ku­me ngi­xo­tsha­ne lo­Da­vi­da nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku.

2 Ngi­za­me­hle­la esa­kha­the­le ebu­tha­ka­tha­ka eza­ndle­ni, ngi­me­thu­se; la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­la­ye ba­za­ba­le­ka; ngi­za­tsha­ya inko­si ku­phe­laa.

3 Ngi­za­bu­yi­se­la aba­ntu bo­nke ku­we. Umu­ntu omdi­nga­yo ufa­na­na lo­ku­bu­ya kwa­bo bo­nke. Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­ba se­ku­thu­le­ni.

4 La­le­li­li­zwi la­li­lu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu le­me­hlwe­ni abo bo­nke aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

5 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­si­thi: Bi­za­ni-ke lo­Hu­sha­yi umA­rki, si­zwe uku­thi la­ye uthi­ni ngo­mlo­mob.

6 UHu­sha­yi ese­fi­ki­le kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu, uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­khu­lu­ma ku­ye esi­thi: UA­hi­tho­fe­li ukhu­lu­me nga­li­ndle­la: Se­nze ili­zwi la­khe yi­ni? Uba ku­nge­nja­lo, khu­lu­ma we­na.

7 UHu­sha­yi wa­se­si­thi kuA­bi­sa­lo­mu: Ise­lu­le­ko uA­hi­tho­fe­li ase­lu­le­ki­le­yo nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ka­si­si­hle.

8 UHu­sha­yi wa­thi fu­thi: We­na uya­ma­zi uyi­hlo la­ba­ntu ba­khe uku­thi ba­nga­ma­qha­we, uku­thi ba­thu­ku­the­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni, nje­nge­bhe­re eli­tha­the­lwe imi­dlwa­ne ega­nge­nic. Fu­thi uyi­hlo yi­ndo­da ye­mpi; ka­yi­ku­la­la la­ba­ntu ebu­su­ku.

9 Kha­nge­la, kha­the­si­nje uca­tshi­le ko­mu­nye we­mi­go­di, lo­ba kwe­nye ye­zi­nda­wo. Ku­za­ku­thi la­pho aba­nye ba­bo be­wi­le eku­qa­le­ni, ku­thi lo­ba ngu­ba­ni ozwa­yo athi: Be­ku­lo­ku­bu­la­wa eba­ntwi­ni aba­la­nde­la uA­bi­sa­lo­mu.

10 Ku­thi la­ye olo­bu­qha­we, onhli­zi­yo ya­khe inje­nge­nhli­zi­yo ye­si­lwa­ne, anci­bi­li­ke lo­ku­nci­bi­li­ka; ngo­ba uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke uya­zi uku­thi uyi­hlo uli­qha­we, la­la­bo aba­la­ye ba­lo­bu­qha­wed.

11 Nga­kho ngi­ye­lu­le­ka uku­thi uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke abu­tha­ne, abu­tha­ne ku­we ku­su­ke­la ko­Da­ni ku­ze ku­fi­ke eBhe­ri­she­bhae, nga­nge­tshe­be­tshe­be eli­se­lwa­ndle ngo­bu­ne­ngif, we­na ngo­kwa­kho ubu­su­si­ya empi­ni.

12 Nga­kho si­za­me­hle­la kwe­nye ye­zi­nda­wo la­pho anga­tho­la­ka­la kho­na, si­me­hle­le nje­nga­ma­zo­lo ewe­la emhla­ba­thi­ni; nja­lo ku­nga­sa­li ku­ye le­ba­ntwi­ni bo­nke aba­la­ye lo­ye­dwa.

13 Uba-ke enge­na emzi­ni, uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke uza­le­tha ama­go­da ku­lo­wo­mu­zi, si­wu­hu­du­le­le esi­fu­le­ni, ku­nga­be ku­sa­tho­lwa la­li­tsha­na kho­nag.

14 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­si­thi: Ise­lu­le­ko si­ka­Hu­sha­yi umA­rki si­ngco­no ku­le­se­lu­le­ko si­kaA­hi­tho­fe­li. Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu ya­yi­la­yi­le uku­thi ku­fu­tshi­swe ise­lu­le­ko esi­hle si­kaA­hi­tho­fe­li uku­ze iNko­si ime­hli­se­le oku­bi uA­bi­sa­lo­muh.

15 UHu­sha­yi wa­se­si­thi ku­Za­do­ki la­kuA­bhi­ya­tha aba­pri­sti: UA­hi­tho­fe­li we­lu­le­ke uA­bi­sa­lo­mu la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li ka­nje la­ka­nje; mi­na-ke nge­lu­le­ka ka­nje la­ka­njei.

16 Nga­kho-ke thu­ma­ni ma­si­nya­ne li­tshe­le uDa­vi­da li­thi: Unga­la­li ema­gce­ke­ni enka­nga­la ku­lo­bu­bu­su­ku, fu­thi cha­pha lo­ku­cha­pha, hle­zi inko­si igi­nywe la­ba­ntu bo­nke aba­la­yoj.

17 OJo­na­tha­ni loA­hi­ma­ha­zi ba­be­mi­le-ke eE­ni­ro­ge­lik; ince­ku­ka­zi ye­za ya­ba­tshe­la, bo­na-ke ba­ha­mba ba­bi­ke­la inko­si uDa­vi­da; ngo­ba ba­be­nge­la­ku­bo­nwa be­nge­na emzi­ni.

18 Ko­dwa umfa­na othi­le wa­ba­bo­na, wa­bi­ke­la uA­bi­sa­lo­mu; ko­dwa ba­ha­mba ma­si­nya­ne bo­ba­bi­li, ba­ya­fi­ka endli­ni yo­mu­ntu eBa­hu­ri­mil, owa­ye­lo­mtho­mbo egu­me­ni la­khe; be­hle­la kho­na.

19 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­tha­tha we­ndla­la isi­mbo­mbo­zo phe­zu ko­mlo­mo wo­mtho­mbom, wa­cha­ya ama­be­le agi­gi­we­yo phe­zu kwa­so; nga­kho li­nto ka­ya­zi­wa­ngan.

20 La­pho zi­fi­ka izi­nce­ku zi­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu ko­we­si­fa­za­na endli­ni, za­thi: Ba­nga­phi oA­hi­ma­ha­zi lo­Jo­na­tha­ni? Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi ki­zo: Ba­cha­phe isi­fu­la sa­ma­nzi. Se­zi­di­ngi­le, zi­ngaba­tho­la­nga, za­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­mao.

21 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­zi­ha­mbi­le, be­nyu­ka emtho­nje­ni ba­ya ba­yi­tshe­la inko­si uDa­vi­da, ba­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Su­ka­ni li­cha­phe ama­nzi ma­si­nya­ne, ngo­ba uA­hi­tho­fe­li we­lu­le­ke nja­lo eme­le­ne la­nip.

22 UDa­vi­da wa­se­su­ka, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­la­ye, ba­cha­pha iJo­da­ni; ku­ze ku­be se­ku­kha­nye­ni ko­ku­sa kwa­ku­nga­sa­la­nga lo­ye­dwa, onga­yi­cha­pha­nga iJo­da­ni.

23 La­pho uA­hi­tho­fe­li ebo­na uku­thi ise­lu­le­ko sa­khe asi­la­nde­lwa­nga, wa­bo­phe­la isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi, wa­su­ka wa­ya endli­ni ya­khe emzi­ni wa­khe, wa­la­ya indlu ya­kheq, wa­zi­pha­nye­ka, wa­fa, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa engcwa­be­ni li­ka­yi­ser.

UDa­vi­da use­Ma­ha­na­yi­mi

24 UDa­vi­da wa­se­fi­ka eMa­ha­na­yi­mis; uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, ye­na la­ma­do­da wo­nke akoI­sra­ye­li ka­nye la­ye.

25 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­ye­be­ke-ke uA­ma­sa phe­zu kwe­bu­tho esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Jo­wa­bit. Nja­lo uA­ma­sa wa­ye­yi­ndo­da­na yo­mu­ntu obi­zo la­khe la­li­nguI­thi­ra umI­sra­ye­li, owa­nge­na kuA­bi­ga­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Na­ha­shi, uda­de­wa­bo ka­Ze­ru­ya, una­ka­Jo­wa­bi.

26 Nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li loA­bi­sa­lo­mu ba­mi­sa inka­mba eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­di.

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uDa­vi­da ese­fi­ki­le eMa­ha­na­yi­mi, uSho­bi indo­da­na ka­Na­ha­shi we­Ra­ba ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­niu, lo­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na kaA­mi­ye­liv we­Lo­de­ba­riw, lo­Ba­ri­zi­la­yi umGi­le­ya­di we­Ro­ge­li­mix,

28 ba­le­tha ama­ca­nsi, le­mi­ga­nu, le­ndi­wo ze­bu­mba, le­ngqo­lo­yi, le­bha­li*, le­mpu­phu, la­ma­be­le akha­nzi­ngi­we­yo, le­ndu­mba, la­ma­le­nti­li, lo­ku­nye oku­kha­nzi­ngi­we­yo,

29 le­nyo­si, la­ma­si, le­zi­mvu, le­tshi­zi ye­nko­mo, ku­se­nze­lwa uDa­vi­da la­ba­ntu aba­be­la­ye uku­ze ba­dle; ngo­ba ba­thi: Aba­ntu ba­la­mbi­le ba­di­ni­we bo­mi­ley enka­nga­laz.

Uku­fa ku­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu

18UDa­vi­da wa­se­ba­la aba­ntu aba­be­la­ye, wa­be­ka phe­zu kwa­bo izi­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ya­ba­ntu nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­ka­Jo­wa­bi, le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­kaA­bi­sha­yi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya, umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­wa­bi, le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­kaI­tha­yi umGi­tia. Inko­si ya­si­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni: La­mi ngi­za­phu­ma lo­ku­phu­ma ka­nye la­nib.

3 Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­thi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­phu­ma. Ngo­ba uba si­ba­le­ka lo­ku­ba­le­ka, ka­ba­yi­ku­si­na­ka; ku­mbe uba ku­si­fa ingxe­nye ye­thu, ka­ba­yi­ku­ba la­nda­ba la­thi. Ka­nti kha­the­si we­na u­li­nga­na le­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­thu; nga­kho-ke ku­ngco­no uku­thi ube lu­si­zo lwe­thu use­mzi­nic.

4 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ki­bo: Lo­kho oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni enu ngi­za­kwe­nza. Inko­si ya­si­si­ma ece­le­ni kwe­sa­ngo; bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­phu­ma nga­ma­khu­lu la­nge­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne.

5 Inko­si ya­si­ba­la­ya oJo­wa­bi loA­bi­sha­yi loI­tha­yi, isi­thi: Li­li­pha­the ka­hle ija­ha, uA­bi­sa­lo­mu, nge­nxa ya­mi. Nja­lo bo­nke aba­ntu be­zwa la­pho inko­si ila­ya zo­nke izi­ndu­na inda­ba kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu.

6 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­phu­me­la ega­nge­ni uku­ya­ku­lwa be­me­le­ne loI­sra­ye­li; nja­lo impi ya­yi­se­gu­swi­ni la­koE­fra­yi­mid.

7 Aba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­tsha­ywa la­pho pha­mbi kwe­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da, kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na uku­bu­la­la oku­khu­lu nga­lo­lo­su­ku - aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

8 Ngo­ba impi ya­hla­ka­ze­ka kho­na ebu­swe­ni be­li­zwe lo­nke, nja­lo igu­su la­dla aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi nga­lo­lo­su­ku okwe­dlu­la la­bo inke­mba eya­ba­dla­yo.

9 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­se­hla­nga­na le­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da. Nja­lo uA­bi­sa­lo­mu wa­ye­ga­de imbo­ngo­lo; kwa­thi imbo­ngo­lo ifi­ka nga­pha­nsi kwe­nga­tsha ezi­hla­nge­ne­yo ze­si­hla­hla se-o­khi eli­khu­lu, ikha­nda la­khe la­se­li­ba­mbe­le­la esi­hla­hle­ni se-o­khi; wa­se­le­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba, nja­lo imbo­ngo­lo enga­pha­nsi kwa­khe ye­dlu­lae.

10 Umu­ntu othi­le wa­se­bo­na, wa­tshe­la uJo­wa­bi wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­bo­ne uA­bi­sa­lo­mu ele­nga esi­hla­hle­ni se-o­khi.

11 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi ku­lo­wo­mu­ntu omtshe­la­yo: Kha­nge­la-ke, umbo­ni­le, ku­nga­ni-ke unga­mtsha­ye­la­nga emhla­ba­thi­ni kho­na­pho? Be­ngi­za­ku­ni­ka inhla­mvu ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­si­li­vaf le­bha­ntig eli­lo­dwa.

12 Ko­dwa lo­wo­mu­ntu wa­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi: Lo­ba be­ngi­nge­mu­ke­la1 eza­ndle­ni za­mi inhla­mvu ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­si­li­va, be­ngi­nga­yi­kwe­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­mi endo­da­ne­ni ye­nko­sih, ngo­ba ezi­ndle­be­ni ze­thu inko­si ya­ku­la­ya we­na loA­bi­sha­yi loI­tha­yi isi­thi: Na­nze­le­la­ni, lo­ba ngu­ba­ni, anga­thi­nti ija­ha uA­bi­sa­lo­mui.

13 Uba be­nge­nze inko­hli­so nge­mpi­lo ya­mi, ngo­ba ka­ku­la­lu­tho olu­ca­tshe­la inko­si, la­we ubu­za­zi­mi­sa ume­le­ne la­mi.

14 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ngi­yi­ku­li­ba­la ngo­ku­nja­lo la­we. Wa­se­tha­tha imi­kho­nto emi­tha­thu esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, wa­mgwa­za uA­bi­sa­lo­mu enhli­zi­ywe­ni esa­phi­la, pha­ka­thi kwe­si­hla­hla se-o­khi.

15 Nja­lo ama­ja­ha ali­tshu­mi aye­thwa­la izi­kha­li zi­ka­Jo­wa­bi, amzi­nge­le­ze­la amtsha­ya uA­bi­sa­lo­mu ambu­la­la.

16 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­vu­the­la upho­ndo, aba­ntu ba­se­be­bu­ya eku­xo­tsha­ne­ni loI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba uJo­wa­bi wa­ba­mi­sa aba­ntu.

17 Ba­se­be­mtha­tha uA­bi­sa­lo­mu, ba­mpho­se­la emgo­di­ni omkhu­lu egu­swi­ni, ba­be­ka phe­zu kwa­khe inqwa­ba enku­lu ka­khu­lu ya­ma­tshej; uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­se­ba­le­ka, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­ya ethe­nte­ni la­khek.

18 UA­bi­sa­lo­mu esa­phi­la wa­ye­the­the wa­zi­mi­se­la insi­kal ese­si­go­di­ni se­nko­sim, ngo­ba wa­thi: Angi­la­ndo­da­na yo­kwe­nza uku­thi ibi­zo la­mi li­khu­nju­lwe. Wa­bi­za le­yo­nsi­ka nge­bi­zo la­khe. Ya­bi­zwa ngo­ku­thi, isi­khu­mbu­zo si­kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlan.

19 UA­hi­ma­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Za­do­kio wa­se­si­thi: Ake ngi­gi­ji­me, ngi­yi­bi­ke­le inko­si uku­thi iNko­si iyi­phi­ndi­se­le esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­yo.

20 Ko­dwa uJo­wa­bi wa­thi ku­ye: Ka­wu­su­mbi­ki we­nda­ba la­mu­hla, ko­dwa uza­zi­bi­ka izi­nda­ba ngo­lu­nye usu­ku; la­mu­hla ka­wu­yi­ku­bi­ka izi­nda­ba, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi indo­da­na ye­nko­si ifi­le.

21 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi ku­mKhu­shi: Ha­mba uye­bi­ke­la inko­si oku­bo­ni­le­yo. UmKhu­shi wa­mkho­tha­me­la uJo­wa­bi, wa­gi­ji­map.

22 UA­hi­ma­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Za­do­ki wa­bu­ya wa­se­phi­nda wa­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi: Lo­ba ku­nja­ni, ake ngi­gi­ji­me la­mi ngi­mla­nde­le umKhu­shi. Ko­dwa uJo­wa­bi wa­thi: Uza­gi­ji­me­la­ni, mnta­na­mi, lo­khu unge­la­mbi­ko onga­wu­le­tha?

23 Ko­dwa lo­ba ku­nja­ni, ka­ngi­gi­ji­me. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Gi­ji­maq. Wa­se­gi­ji­ma uA­hi­ma­ha­zi nge­ndle­la ye­ma­gce­ke­ni, wa­mdlu­la umKhu­shir.

24 UDa­vi­da wa­ye­hle­zi-ke pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­sa­ngo wo­ma­bi­li; umli­ndi wa­se­si­ya epha­hle­ni lwe­sa­ngo emdu­li­ni, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe, wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, umu­ntu egi­ji­ma ye­dwas.

25 Umli­ndi wa­se­me­me­za wa­tshe­la inko­si. Ya­si­si­thi inko­si: Uba eye­dwa ulo­mbi­ko emlo­nye­ni wa­khe. Wa­se­ha­mba we­za eso­nde­la.

26 Umli­ndi wa­se­bo­na omu­nye umu­ntu egi­ji­ma; umli­ndi wa­bi­za umli­ndi­sa­ngo wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, omu­nye umu­ntu ugi­ji­ma ye­dwa. Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: La­ye lo ule­tha izi­nda­ba.

27 Umli­ndi wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­bo­na uku­gi­ji­ma ko­wo­ku­qa­la ku­nje­ngo­ku­gi­ji­ma ku­kaA­hi­ma­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Za­do­kit. Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Lo ngu­mu­ntu olu­ngi­le­yo, uza le­nda­ba ezi­nhleu.

28 UA­hi­ma­ha­zi wa­se­me­me­za wa­thi enko­si­ni: Uku­thu­la! Wa­se­kho­tha­me­la inko­si ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni wa­thi: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, eni­ke­le aba­ntu aba­pha­ka­mi­sa isa­ndla sa­bo enko­si­ni ya­mi, inko­si.

29 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ku­hle yi­ni nge­ja­ha, ngoA­bi­sa­lo­mu? UA­hi­ma­ha­zi wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­bo­ne isi­phi­thi­phi­thi esi­khu­lu la­pho uJo­wa­bi ethu­ma ince­ku ye­nko­si le­nce­ku ya­kho, ko­dwa ka­nga­za­nga uku­thi ku­yi­ni.

30 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Bu­ye­la ece­le­ni, ume la­pho. Wa­se­bu­ye­la ece­le­ni we­ma.

31 Kha­nge­la-ke, umKhu­shi wa­fi­ka, umKhu­shi wa­thi: Ye­mu­ke­la imi­bi­ko, nko­si ya­mi, nko­si! Ngo­ba iNko­si iku­phi­ndi­se­le la­mu­hla esa­ndle­ni sa­la­bo bo­nke aba­ku­vu­ke­la­yov.

32 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­mKhu­shi: Ku­hle yi­ni nge­ja­ha, ngoA­bi­sa­lo­mu? UmKhu­shi wa­se­si­thi: Ku­nga­thi izi­tha ze­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si, la­bo bo­nke aba­ku­vu­ke­la­yo ngo­bu­bi ba­nga­ba nje­nga­le­lo­ja­haw.

33 Ya­si­kha­tha­ze­ka ka­khu­lu inko­si, ye­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ephe­zu­lu ye­sa­ngo, ya­kha­la inye­mbe­zix, isa­ha­mba ya­khu­lu­ma ka­nje: Ndo­da­na ya­mi Abi­sa­lo­mu, ndo­da­na ya­mi, ndo­da­na ya­mi, Abi­sa­lo­mu! Ku­nga­thi nga­be ku­fe mi­na enda­we­ni ya­kho, Abi­sa­lo­mu, ndo­da­na ya­mi, ndo­da­na ya­miy!

19Kwa­se­ku­bi­kwa ku­Jo­wa­bi kwa­thi­wa: Kha­nge­la, inko­si uDa­vi­da iya­kha­la inye­mbe­zi, ili­le­la uA­bi­sa­lo­mu.

2 Uku­nqo­ba nga­lo­lo­su­ku kwa­se­ku­si­ba yi­si­li­lo eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke, ngo­ba aba­ntu be­zwa nga­lo­lo­su­ku ku­thi­wa: Inko­si ida­bu­ki­le nge­nxa ye­ndo­da­na ya­yo.

3 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­nge­na ngo­ku­nye­nya emzi­ni nga­lo­lo­su­kua nje­nga­ba­ntu be­nye­nya be­le­nhlo­ni be­ba­le­ka empi­nib.

4 Ko­dwa inko­si ya­gu­bu­ze­la ubu­so ba­yo, inko­si ya­kha­la nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu ya­thi: Ndo­da­na ya­mi Abi­sa­lo­mu, Abi­sa­lo­mu, ndo­da­na ya­mi, ndo­da­na ya­mic!

5 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­nge­na endli­ni enko­si­ni wa­thi: La­mu­hla uya­ngi­si­le ubu­so be­nce­ku za­kho zo­nke ezi­si­ndi­se impi­lo ya­kho la­mu­hla le­mpi­lo ya­ma­do­da­na akho le­ya­ma­do­da­ka­zi akho le­mpi­lo ya­bo­mka­kho le­mpi­lo ya­ba­fa­zi ba­kho aba­nca­ne.

6 Uya­ba­tha­nda aba­ku­zo­nda­yo, uzo­nde aba­ku­tha­nda­yo. Ngo­ba uku­ve­ze oba­la la­mu­hla uku­thi izi­ndu­na le­zi­nce­ku ka­zi­si­lu­tho ku­we; ngo­ba ngi­ya­na­nze­le­la la­mu­hla uku­thi uba uA­bi­sa­lo­mu ube­phi­la, nja­lo thi­na so­nke be­si­fi­le la­mu­hla, uku­thi be­ku­nga­be ku­lu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni akhod.

7 Nga­kho-ke su­ku­ma, uphu­me uye­khu­lu­ma enhli­zi­ywe­ni ye­zi­nce­ku za­kho; ngo­ba ngi­fu­nga nge­Nko­si, uba unga­phu­mi, si­bi­li ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oza­hla­la la­we nga­lo­bu­bu­su­ku. La­lo­khu ku­za­ku­ba ku­bi ku­we ku­la­kho ko­nke oku­bi oku­kwe­hle­le ku­su­ke­la ebu­tshe­ni ba­kho ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si.

8 Inko­si ya­si­su­ku­ma, ya­hla­la esa­ngwe­ni. Ba­tshe­la bo­nke aba­ntu ba­thi: Kha­nge­la, inko­si ihle­zi esa­ngwe­ni; ba­se­be­si­za aba­ntu bo­nke pha­mbi kwe­nko­si. UI­sra­ye­li wa­ye­ba­le­ke-ke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­ya ema­the­nte­ni akhee.

UDa­vi­da ubu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

9 Nja­lo aba­ntu bo­nke ba­be­phi­ki­sa­na ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke za­koI­sra­ye­li be­si­thi: Inko­si ya­si­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha ze­thu, nja­lo yo­na ya­so­phu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­sti; ko­dwa kha­the­si isi­ba­le­ki­le eli­zwe­ni nge­nxa kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu.

10 Ko­dwa uA­bi­sa­lo­mu esa­mgco­ba uku­thi abe phe­zu kwe­thu ufe­le empi­ni. Pho-ke, li­thu­le­le­ni ngo­ku­bu­yi­sa inko­si?

11 Inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­si­thu­ma ku­Za­do­ki la­kuA­bhi­ya­tha aba­pri­stif, isi­thi: Khu­lu­ma­ni la­ba­da­la ba­ko­Ju­da li­thi: Ku­nga­ni li­nga­bo­ku­ci­na uku­bu­yi­se­la inko­si endli­ni ya­yo? (Ngo­ba inku­lu­mo kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ifi­ke enko­si­ni endli­ni ya­yo.)

12 Li­nga­ba­fo­we­thu, li­li­tha­mbo la­mi le­nya­ma ya­mig; nga­kho ku­nga­ni li­nga­bo­ku­ci­na uku­bu­yi­sa inko­si?

13 Li­thi-ke kuA­ma­sah: Angi­thi uli­tha­mbo la­mi le­nya­ma ya­mi? UNku­lu­nku­lu ke­nze nja­lo ki­mi enge­ze­le­le ngo­ku­nja­loi, uba unga­yi­ku­ba yi­ndu­na ye­bu­tho pha­mbi kwa­mi zo­nke izi­nsu­ku esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Jo­wa­bij.

14 Wa­se­tho­bi­sa inhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­ko­Ju­da, nje­nga­mu­ntu mu­nye; ba­se­be­thu­ma enko­si­ni be­si­thi: Bu­ye­la we­na la­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­khok.

15 Inko­si ya­si­bu­ye­la ya­fi­ka eJo­da­ni; uJu­da wa­se­si­za eGi­li­ga­li uku­ya­hla­nga­be­za inko­si, uku­cha­phi­sa inko­si iJo­da­nil.

16 UShi­me­yi indo­da­na ka­Ge­ra umBhe­nja­mi­nim, owa­se­Ba­hu­ri­min, wa­se­pha­ngi­sa we­hla la­ba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da uku­hla­nga­be­za inko­si uDa­vi­da,

17 la­ba­ntu aba­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni be­la­ye, lo­Zi­ba ince­ku ye­ndlu ka­Sa­wu­lio, la­ma­do­da­na akhe ali­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu, le­nce­ku za­khe ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li be­la­ye. Ba­se­be­pha­ngi­sa ba­ya eJo­da­ni pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

18 Kwa­se­ku­cha­pha isi­ke­pe so­ku­cha­pha uku­cha­phi­sa abe­ndlu ye­nko­si lo­kwe­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni ayo. UShi­me­yi indo­da­na ka­Ge­ra wa­se­we­la pha­nsi pha­mbi kwe­nko­si eku­cha­phe­ni kwa­yo iJo­da­ni.

19 Wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Inko­si ya­mi inga­ngi­ba­le­li isi­pha­mbe­ko, fu­thi unga­khu­mbu­li lo­kho ince­ku ya­kho eya­pha­mbe­ka nga­kho mhla inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, iphu­ma eJe­ru­sa­le­map, uku­thi inko­si iku­be­ke enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yoq.

20 Ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho iya­zi uku­thi mi­na ngo­ni­le; kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­fi­ki­le la­mu­hla ngi­ngo­wo­ku­qa­la we­ndlu yo­nke ka­Jo­se­fa ukwe­hla uku­hla­nga­be­za inko­si ya­mi, inko­sir.

21 Ko­dwa uA­bi­sha­yi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: UShi­me­yi ka­yi­ku­bu­la­wa yi­ni nga­lo­khu, ngo­ba wa­thu­ka ogco­tshi­we­yo we­Nko­sis?

22 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­la­ni la­ni, ma­do­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya, uku­thi li­be yi­si­tha ki­mi la­mu­hlat? Ku­za­bu­la­wa umu­ntu la­mu­hla koI­sra­ye­li yi­ni? Ngo­ba ka­nga­zi yi­ni uku­thi la­mu­hla ngi­yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­liu?

23 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Shi­me­yi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­fa. Inko­si ya­si­fu­nga ku­yev.

24 UMe­fi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li wa­se­se­hla uku­hla­nga­be­za inko­siw. Wa­ye­nga­lu­ngi­sa­nga inya­wo za­khe, enga­lu­ngi­sa­nga le­nde­vu za­khe, enga­wa­tsha­nga le­zi­gqo­ko za­khe, ku­su­ke­la mhla inko­si iha­mba kwa­ze kwa­ba mhla ibu­ya ngo­ku­thu­la.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­fi­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­hla­nga­be­za inko­si, inko­si ya­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni unga­ha­mba­nga la­mi, Me­fi­bo­she­thix?

26 Wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, ince­ku ya­mi ya­ngi­kho­hli­sa; ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho ya­thi: Ngi­za­zi­bo­phe­le­la isi­hla­lo ku­ba­bhe­mi uku­ze ngi­mga­de, ngi­ha­mbe le­nko­si, ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho iya­qhu­la.

27 Nja­lo iyi­hle­bi­le ince­ku ya­kho enko­si­ni ya­mi, inko­siy; ko­dwa inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, inje­nge­ngi­lo­si ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz; nga­kho ye­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akho.

28 Ngo­ba yo­nke indlu ka­ba­ba ibi­nge­si­lu­tho nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­ba nga­ba­ntu bo­ku­fa pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si; lo­ba ku­nja­lo wa­yi­be­ka ince­ku ya­kho pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­dla eta­fu­le­ni la­kho. Pho, ngi­se­la­lu­nge­lo ba­ni uku­thi ngi­bu­ye ngi­kha­le enko­si­nia?

29 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Usa­khu­lu­me­la­ni nge­nda­ba za­kho? Ngi­the: We­na lo­Zi­ba li­za­kwe­hlu­ka­ni­se­la­na insi­mu.

30 UMe­fi­bo­she­thi wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Ye­bo, ka­yi­tha­the yo­nke, lo­khu inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, isi­bu­yi­le endli­ni ya­yo ngo­ku­thu­la.

31 UBa­ri­zi­la­yi umGi­le­ya­dib wa­se­se­hla eve­la eRo­ge­li­mic, wa­cha­pha iJo­da­ni ka­nye le­nko­si uku­yi­phe­le­ke­ze­la phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni.

32 UBa­ri­zi­la­yi wa­ye­se­mda­la ka­khu­lu, ele­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li; ye­na wa­yi­se­ke­la inko­si eku­hla­le­ni kwa­yo eMa­ha­na­yi­mid, ngo­ba wa­ye­ngu­mu­ntu omkhu­lu ka­khu­lu.

33 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Ba­ri­zi­la­yi: Cha­pha ka­nye la­mi we­na, ngi­za­ku­se­ke­la la­mi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

34 Ko­dwa uBa­ri­zi­la­yi wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Zi­nga­ki insu­ku ze­mi­nya­ka ye­mpi­lo ya­mi uku­thi nge­nyu­ke­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma le­nko­si?

35 La­mu­hla ngi­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li; ngi­nge­hlu­ka­ni­sa pha­ka­thi ko­ku­hle lo­ku­bi yi­ni? Ince­ku ya­kho inga­na­mbi­tha engi­ku­dla­yo le­ngi­ku­na­tha­yo yi­ni? Ngi­nga­be ngi­sa­we­zwa yi­ni ama­zwi ama­do­da ahla­be­la­yo la­wa­be­si­fa­za­na aba­hla­be­la­yo? Ku­nga­ni-ke ince­ku ya­kho isi­za­ku­ba ngu­mthwa­lo enko­si­ni ya­mi, inko­sie?

36 Ince­ku ya­kho iza­ke icha­phe iJo­da­ni ingco­sa­na nje ka­nye le­nko­si; ku­nga­ni-ke inko­si iza­nge­na­ni­sa ngo­mvu­zo onga­ka?

37 Ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, ye­ke­la ince­ku ya­kho ibu­ye­le, uku­ze ngi­fe­le emzi­ni wa­mi edu­ze le­ngcwa­ba li­ka­ba­ba le­li­ka­ma­ma. Ko­dwa kha­nge­la, ince­ku ya­kho uKhi­mi­ha­muf, ka­yi­cha­phe le­nko­si ya­mi, inko­si, uye­nze­le oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akho.

38 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: UKhi­mi­ha­mu uza­cha­pha la­mi; nja­lo mi­na ngi­za­me­nze­la oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni ami, la­kho ko­nke oku­fu­na­yo ki­mi ngi­za­kwe­nze­la kho­na.

39 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, le­nko­si ya­cha­pha, inko­si ya­ma­nga uBa­ri­zi­la­yi, ya­mbu­si­sa, wa­se­bu­ye­la enda­we­ni ya­kheg.

40 Inko­si ya­si­se­dlu­le­la eGi­li­ga­li, lo­Khi­mi­ha­mu we­dlu­la la­yo; la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da ba­yi­dlu­li­se­la pha­mbi­li inko­si, fu­thi le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­koI­sra­ye­li.

41 Kha­nge­la-ke, bo­nke aba­ntu ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­za enko­si­ni ba­thi enko­si­ni: Aba­fo­we­thu, aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da, ba­ku­ntsho­ntshe­le­ni, ba­cha­phi­sa inko­si le­ndlu ya­yo iJo­da­ni la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ka­Da­vi­da be­la­yeh?

42 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da ba­se­be­phe­ndu­la ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ba­thi: Ngo­ba inko­si iyi­si­hlo­bo se­thui; pho-ke, li­thu­ku­the­le­la­ni nga­li­nda­ba? Si­ke sa­dla­ni okwe­nko­si? Ku­mbe isi­ni­ke isi­pho yi­ni?

43 Nja­lo ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li aphe­ndu­la ama­do­da ako­Ju­da, athi: Si­le­ngxe­nye ezi­li­tshu­mi enko­si­ni, fu­thi la­ku­Da­vi­da sile­lu­nge­lo okwe­dlu­la li­na. Pho, la­si­de­le­le­la­ni uku­thi ili­zwi le­thu li­nga­bi nge­lo­ku­qa­la uku­bu­yi­sa inko­si ye­thu? Ko­dwa ili­zwi la­ma­do­da ako­Ju­da la­li­lu­khu­ni ku­le­li­zwi la­ma­do­da akoI­sra­ye­lij.

Uku­hla­mu­ka ku­ka­She­bha

20Kwa­se­ku­se­nza­ka­la uku­thi ku­be kho­na la­pho umu­ntu ka­Bhe­li­ya­li, obi­zo la­khe li­ngu­She­bha indo­da­na ka­Bi­ki­ri umBhe­nja­mi­nia; wa­se­vu­the­la upho­ndo wa­thi: Ka­si­la­sa­be­lo ku­Da­vi­da, ka­si­la­li­fa endo­da­ne­ni ka­Je­seb; wo­nke umu­ntu ema­the­nte­ni akhe, Isra­ye­lic!

2 Nga­kho wo­nke umu­ntu wa­koI­sra­ye­li we­nyu­ka wa­su­ka emva ku­ka­Da­vi­da, ela­nde­la uShe­bha indo­da­na ka­Bi­ki­ri; ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da ba­na­ma­the­la enko­si­ni ya­bo, ku­su­ke­la eJo­da­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­fi­ka endli­ni ya­khe eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; inko­si ya­tha­tha aba­fa­zi aba­li­tshu­mi, aba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne, eya­yi­ba­tshi­ye uku­ze ba­li­nde indlu, ya­ba­be­ka endli­ni eli­ndi­we­yo, ya­ba­ni­ka uku­dla, ko­dwa ka­yi­nge­na­nga ku­bod. Ba­se­be­va­le­lwa kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­fa kwa­bo, be­phi­la ebu­fe­lo­ka­zi­ni.

4 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­ma­sae: Bi­za aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da ba­bu­tha­ne ki­mi nge­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu, la­we ube kho­na la­pha.

5 UA­ma­sa wa­se­ha­mba uku­bu­tha­ni­sa uJu­da, ko­dwa wa­phu­za phe­zu kwe­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo aye­mmi­se­le so­na.

6 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuA­bi­sha­yi: Kha­the­si uShe­bha indo­da­na ka­Bi­ki­ri uza­se­nze­la oku­bi okwe­dlu­la uA­bi­sa­lo­mu; we­na tha­tha ince­ku ze­nko­si ya­kho, uxo­tsha­ne la­ye, hle­zi azi­tho­le­le imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe nge­mi­tha­nga­la, asi­phu­nyu­kef.

7 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma emva kwa­khe ama­do­da ka­Jo­wa­bi la­ma­Ke­re­thi la­ma­Pe­le­thi la­ma­qha­we wo­nke, ba­se­be­phu­ma eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­xo­tsha­na lo­She­bha indo­da­na ka­Bi­ki­rig.

8 Se­be­se­li­tshe­ni eli­khu­lu eli­se­Gi­be­yo­ni, uA­ma­sa we­za pha­mbi kwa­bo. UJo­wa­bi wa­ye­bhi­nce isi­gqo­ko aye­si­gqo­ki­le, la­phe­zu kwa­so ku­le­bha­nti eli­le­nke­mba ebo­tshe­lwe ekha­lwe­ni lwa­khe ise­si­khwa­me­ni sa­yo; esa­qhu­be­ka inke­mba ya­wa.

9 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi kuA­ma­sa: Uya­phi­la yi­ni, mfo­we­thu? UJo­wa­bi wa­se­ba­mba uA­ma­sa nge­si­le­vu nge­sa­ndla so­ku­ne­ne uku­ze ama­ngeh.

10 Ko­dwa uA­ma­sa wa­ye­nga­yi­na­nze­le­li inke­mba eya­yi­se­sa­ndle­ni si­ka­Jo­wa­bi; wa­se­mtsha­ya nga­yoi ku­ba­mbo lwe­si­hla­nu, wa­thu­lu­le­la imi­bi­li­ni ya­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni, ka­mphi­nda­nga, wa­faj. UJo­wa­bi loA­bi­sha­yi umfo­wa­bo ba­se­be­xo­tsha­na lo­She­bha indo­da­na ka­Bi­ki­ri.

11 Omu­nye wa­ma­ja­ha ka­Jo­wa­bi we­ma pha­nsi kwa­khe, wa­thi: Omtha­nda­yo uJo­wa­bi, lo­ngo­ka­Da­vi­da, la­nde­la uJo­wa­bi.

12 UA­ma­sa wa­se­gi­qi­ka ega­zi­ni pha­ka­thi ko­mgwa­qo omkhu­luk. La­pho lo­wo­mu­ntu ebo­na uku­thi bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ye­ma, wa­msu­sa uA­ma­sa emgwa­qwe­ni omkhu­lu wa­mu­sa ega­nge­ni, wa­pho­se­la ise­mba­tho phe­zu kwa­khe, la­pho ebo­na uku­thi wo­nke ofi­ka nga­ku­ye we­ma.

13 Ese­su­si­we emgwa­qwe­ni omkhu­lul, bo­nke aba­ntu ba­dlu­la ba­mla­nde­la uJo­wa­bi uku­ze ba­xo­tsha­ne lo­She­bha indo­da­na ka­Bi­ki­ri.

14 Wa­se­da­bu­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li, wa­ya eA­be­lim ngi­tsho iBe­ti-Ma­ha­kan, la­wo wo­nke ama­Be­rio; ba­se­be­bu­tha­na ba­mla­nde­la la­bo.

15 Ba­se­be­fi­ka, ba­mgo­mbo­lo­ze­la eA­be­li-Be­ti-Ma­ha­kap; ba­bu­the­le­la idu­ndu­lu ma­qo­nda­na lo­mu­ziq, le­ma emtha­nga­le­ni; bo­nke aba­ntu aba­be­lo­Jo­wa­bi ba­se­be­wo­na umdu­li uku­wu­wi­se­la pha­nsi.

16 Kwa­se­ku­me­me­za owe­si­fa­za­na ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi wa­thi: Zwa­ni­ni, zwa­ni­ni! Ake li­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi: So­nde­la la­pha, uku­ze ngi­khu­lu­me la­we.

17 Ese­so­nde­le ku­ye, owe­si­fa­za­na wa­thi: Ngu­we uJo­wa­bi yi­ni? Ye­na wa­thi: Ngi­ngu­ye. Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Zwa­na ama­zwi ence­ku­ka­zi ya­kho. Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­ye­zwa.

18 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma esi­thi: Endu­lo ba­be­jwa­ye­le uku­khu­lu­ma be­si­thi: Ka­ba­bu­ze lo­ku­bu­za eA­be­lir; ba­se­be­qe­da ngo­ku­nja­lo.

19 Ngi­ngo­wa­bo­ku­thu­la, owa­ba­the­mbe­ki­le­yo ba­koI­sra­ye­li; udi­nga uku­chi­tha umu­zi lo­ni­na koI­sra­ye­li. Ugi­nye­la­nis ili­fa le­Nko­sit?

20 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na, ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi uku­thi ngi­gi­nye lo­ba ngi­chi­theu.

21 Uda­ba ka­lu­nja­lo; ko­dwa umu­ntu wa­se­nta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mi, ngu­She­bha indo­da­na ka­Bi­ki­ri ibi­zo la­khe, upha­ka­mi­si­le isa­ndla sa­khe eme­le­ne le­nko­si, eme­le­ne lo­Da­vi­da; ni­ke­la­ni ye­na ku­phe­la, ngi­za­su­ka emzi­niv. Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi: Kha­nge­la, ikha­nda la­khe li­za­pho­se­lwa ku­we nga­phe­zu ko­mdu­li.

22 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­ya nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khe eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke. Ba­se­be­qu­ma ikha­nda li­ka­She­bha indo­da­na ka­Bi­ki­ri, ba­li­pho­se­la ku­Jo­wa­biw. Wa­se­vu­the­la upho­ndo, ba­hla­ka­ze­ka be­su­ka ku­lo­wo­mu­zi, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­ya ema­the­nte­ni akhe. UJo­wa­bi wa­se­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma enko­si­ni.

23 Nja­lo uJo­wa­bi wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­lix; lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­day wa­ye­phe­zu kwa­ma­Ke­re­thi la­phe­zu kwa­ma­Pe­le­thiz;

24 loA­do­ni­ra­mu wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­zi­bha­lwaa; lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na kaA­hi­lu­di wa­ye­ngu­ma­bha­la­neb;

25 lo­She­va wa­ye­ngu­mbha­li; lo­Za­do­ki loA­bhi­ya­tha ba­be­nga­ba­pri­stic;

26 loI­ra la­yed umJa­yi­ri wa­ye­ngu­mpri­sti ka­Da­vi­dae.

Abe­Gi­be­yo­ni ba­ya­phi­ndi­se­la

21Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na indla­la ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Da­vi­da imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu, umnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka ila­nde­la­na; uDa­vi­da wa­di­nga ubu­so be­Nko­si. INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ku­nge­nxa ka­Sa­wu­li la­nge­nxa ye­ndlu ya­khe ye­ga­zi, ngo­ba wa­bu­la­la ama­Gi­be­yo­nia.

2 Nga­kho inko­si ya­bi­za ama­Gi­be­yo­ni ya­thi ku­wo: (A­ma­Gi­be­yo­ni-ke aye­nge­yi­si­wo awa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ko­dwa aye­nga­we­nsa­li ya­maA­mo­ri; nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­be­fu­ngi­le ku­wo; uSa­wu­li wa­se­di­nga uku­wa­tsha­ya eku­tshi­se­ke­le­ni kwa­khe aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li lo­Ju­dab.)

3 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­thi ku­ma­Gi­be­yo­ni: Ngi­nga­le­nze­la­ni? Ngi­nga­ye­nza nga­ni inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la uku­ze li­bu­si­se ili­fa le­Nko­sic?

4 Ama­Gi­be­yo­ni ase­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­yi­si­nda­ba ye­si­li­va ku­mbe igo­li­de lo­Sa­wu­li le­ndlu ya­khe; fu­thi ka­ku­si­kwe­thu uku­bu­la­la umu­ntu koI­sra­ye­li. Wa­se­si­thi: Lo­kho eli­ku­tsho­yo ngi­za­le­nze­la kho­na.

5 Ba­se­be­si­thi enko­si­ni: Umu­ntu owa­si­qe­da­yo, owa­ce­ba eme­le­ne la­thi uku­thi si­chi­thwe si­nga­sa­li la­ku­wu­phi umngce­le wa­koI­sra­ye­li,

6 ka­si­ni­kwe ama­do­da ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa ema­do­da­ne­ni akhed, nja­lo si­wa­pha­nye­ke­le iNko­si eGi­be­ya ka­Sa­wu­li, okhe­thi­we­yo we­Nko­sie. Inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­zali­pha.

7 Ko­dwa inko­si ya­mye­ke­la uMe­fi­bo­she­thi indo­da­na ka­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li nge­nxa ye­si­fu­ngo se­Nko­si esa­si­pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Da­vi­da lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Sa­wu­lif.

8 Ko­dwa inko­si ya­tha­tha ama­do­da­na ama­bi­li ka­Ri­zi­pa indo­da­ka­zi kaA­ya aye­wa­za­le­le uSa­wu­lig, uA­ri­mo­ni lo­Me­fi­bo­she­thi, la­ma­do­da­na ama­hla­nu ka­da­de­wa­bo ka­Mi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Sa­wu­li aye­wa­za­le­le uA­dri­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ba­ri­zi­la­yi umMe­ho­la,

9 ya­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Gi­be­yo­ni, ase­ba­pha­nye­ka enta­be­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, nja­lo aba­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­wa ka­nye­ka­nye. Ba­bu­la­wa ensu­kwi­ni zo­ku­vu­na, ensu­kwi­ni za­ku­qa­la eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­vu­nwa kwe­bha­li*h.

10 URi­zi­pa indo­da­ka­zi kaA­ya wa­se­tha­tha isa­ka, wa­ze­ndla­le­la lo­na phe­zu kwe­dwa­la, ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­vu­na kwa­ze kwa­tho­nta ama­nzi phe­zu kwa­bo eve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni; ka­vu­me­la­nga inyo­ni za­ma­zu­lu uku­thi zi­hla­le phe­zu kwa­bo emi­ni, le­zi­lo ze­ga­nga ebu­su­kui.

11 Kwa­se­ku­bi­ke­lwa uDa­vi­da lo­kho uRi­zi­pa indo­da­ka­zi kaA­ya, umfa­zi omnca­ne ka­Sa­wu­li, aye­kwe­nzi­le.

12 UDa­vi­da wa­se­ha­mba waya­tha­tha ama­tha­mbo ka­Sa­wu­li la­ma­tha­mbo ka­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe ku­ba­hla­li be­Ja­be­shi-Gi­le­ya­dij aba­be­we­bi­lek emda­nge­ni we­Be­ti-Sha­ni, la­pho ama­Fi­li­sti aye­ba­pha­nye­ke kho­na mhla ama­Fi­li­sti etsha­ya uSa­wu­li eGi­li­bo­wal.

13 Wa­se­se­nyu­sa esu­ka la­pho ama­tha­mbo ka­Sa­wu­li la­ma­tha­mbo ka­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe; ba­se­be­qo­qa ama­tha­mbo awa­ba­be­pha­nye­ki­we.

14 Ba­se­be­wa­ngcwa­ba ama­tha­mbo ka­Sa­wu­li la­ka­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni eZe­lam, engcwa­be­ni li­ka­Ki­shi uyi­se. Be­nza ko­nke inko­si eya­yi­ba­la­ye kho­na. Nja­lo emva kwa­lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­nce­nge­ka nge­nxa ye­li­zwen.

Aba­ntu ba­ka­Da­vi­da ba­bu­la­la isi­qhwa­ga

15 Ama­Fi­li­sti abu­ye aba le­mpi fu­thi loI­sra­ye­li; uDa­vi­da wa­se­se­hla le­nce­ku za­khe ka­nye la­ye, nja­lo ba­lwa la­ma­Fi­li­sti; uDa­vi­da wa­se­di­nwa.

16 UI­shi­bi-Be­no­bi owa­ye­ngo­wa­ba­ntwa­na be­si­qhwa­ga, osi­si­ndo so­mkho­nto wa­khe sa­si­ngama­she­ke­li anga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu ethu­si, wa­ye­bhi­nce inke­mba entsha, wa­thi uza­mtsha­ya uDa­vi­dao.

17 Ko­dwa uA­bi­sha­yi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya wa­msi­za, wa­mtsha­ya umFi­li­sti wa­mbu­la­lap. Kho­na aba­ntu ba­ka­Da­vi­da ba­fu­nga ku­ye be­si­thi: Ka­wu­sa­yi­ku­phu­ma impi la­thi, hle­zi uci­tshe isi­ba­ne si­kaI­sra­ye­liq.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­khu kwa­ba le­mpi fu­thi la­ma­Fi­li­sti eGo­bir; kho­na uSi­be­ka­yis umHu­sha wa­tsha­ya uSa­fi, owa­ye­ngo­wa­ba­ntwa­na be­si­qhwa­gat.

19 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba le­mpi fu­thi la­ma­Fi­li­sti eGo­bi; uE­li­ha­na­ni indo­da­na ka­Ja­ha­ri-O­re­gi­mi umBhe­the­le­he­mau, wa­tsha­ya umfo­wa­bo ka­Go­li­ya­thi umGi­tiv, olu­thi lo­mkho­nto wa­khe lwa­lu­nje­ngo­go­do lo­ma­lu­kiw.

20 Nja­lo kwa­bu­ye kwa­ba le­mpi eGa­thix, la­pho okwa­ku­lo­mu­ntu omu­de, owa­ye­le­mi­nwe eyi­si­thu­pha eza­ndle­ni za­khe, la­ma­zwa­ne ayi­si­thu­pha ezi­nya­we­ni za­khe, ku­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne nge­na­ni; la­ye-ke wa­ye­za­le­lwe isi­qhwa­ga.

21 La­pho ese­yi­sa uI­sra­ye­li, uJo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Shi­me­ya, umfo­wa­bo ka­Da­vi­da, wa­mtsha­yay.

22 La­ba aba­ne ba­be­za­le­lwe isi­qhwa­ga eGa­thi; nja­lo ba­wa nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Da­vi­da la­nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku za­khez.

Ihu­bo lo­ku­bo­nga ku­ka­Da­vi­da

22UDa­vi­da wa­se­khu­lu­ma eNko­si­ni ama­zwi ale­li­hu­bo mhla iNko­si imkhu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­khe zo­nke le­sa­ndle­ni si­ka­Sa­wu­lia.

2 Wa­se­si­thib:

INko­si ili­dwa­la la­mic, le­nqa­ba ya­mi, lo­mkhu­lu­li wa­mid;

3 uNku­lu­nku­lu we­dwa­la la­mie, ngi­za­phe­phe­la ku­yef, isi­hla­ngu sa­mig, lo­pho­ndo lo­si­ndi­so lwa­mih, inqa­ba ya­mi epha­ke­me­yoi, le­si­phe­phe­lo sa­mij, umsi­ndi­si wa­mi; ungi­si­ndi­si­le odla­ke­le­ni.

4 Ngi­za­bi­za iNko­si edu­mi­se­ka­yok, nga­kho ngi­za­si­ndi­swa ezi­the­ni za­mi.

5 Ngo­ba izi­nsi­zi zo­ku­fa zi­ngi­zi­nge­le­ze­le, le­zi­khu­khu­la zo­bu­bi za­nge­thu­sa.

6 Izi­bo­pho ze­si­ho­go za­ngi­go­mbo­lo­ze­la, imi­ji­bi­la yo­ku­fa ya­yi­pha­mbi kwa­mi.

7 Eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwa­mi nga­yi­bi­za iNko­si, nga­kha­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mil; wa­se­li­zwa ili­zwi la­mi ese­the­mpe­li­ni la­khe, lo­ku­kha­la kwa­mi kwa­fi­nye­le­la endle­be­ni za­khem.

8 Kho­na umhla­ba wa­za­ma­za­ma, wa­nyi­ki­nye­kan, izi­se­ke­lo za­ma­zu­lu za­qha­qha­ze­la, za­za­ma­za­ma, ngo­ba wa­ye­thu­ku­the­leo.

9 Kwe­nyu­ka intu­thu ema­kha­le­ni akhe, lo­mli­lo ophu­ma emlo­nye­ni wa­khe wa­qo­thu­la; ama­la­hle avu­thi­swa yi­wo.

10 Wa­se­kho­tha­mi­sa ama­zu­lu, we­hle­la pha­nsip; lo­mnya­ma onzi­ma wa­wu­nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­kheq.

11 Wa­se­ga­da ikhe­ru­bhi*, wa­pha­pha, wa­bo­na­ka­la phe­zu kwe­mpi­ko zo­mo­yar.

12 Wa­se­mi­sa umnya­ma wa­ba nga­ma­du­mba inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­khes, lo­ku­qo­qa­na kwa­ma­nzi, ama­ye­zi amnya­ma omkha­thi.

13 Eku­kha­zi­mu­le­ni oku­pha­mbi kwa­khe kwa­vu­thi­swa ama­la­hle omli­lo.

14 INko­si ya­du­ma ise­ma­zu­lwi­nit, lo­Phe­zu­ko­nke wa­li­khu­pha ili­zwi la­khe.

15 Ya­thu­ma imi­tsho­kou, ya­ba­chi­tha; imi­ba­ne, ya­ba­pha­pha­the­ki­sav.

16 Kho­na kwa­bo­na­ka­la imi­se­le yo­lwa­ndle, kwe­mbu­lwa izi­se­ke­lo zo­mhla­ba, eku­so­le­ni kwe­Nko­siw, eku­vu­the­le­ni ko­mo­ya wa­ma­kha­la ayo.

17 Iphe­zu­lu ya­thu­ma, ya­ngi­ba­mbax, ya­nge­nyu­la ema­nzi­ni ama­ne­ngiy.

18 Ya­ngo­phu­la esi­the­ni sa­mi esi­la­ma­ndla, kwa­ba­ngi­zo­nda­yo, ngo­ba ba­be­la­ma­ndla ku­la­miz.

19 Ba­be­pha­mbi kwa­mi osu­kwi­ni lwe­nhlu­phe­ko ya­mi, ko­dwa iNko­si ya­ba yi­si­se­ke­lo sa­mia.

20 Ya­ngi­khu­phe­la enda­we­ni eba­nzib, ya­ngi­khu­lu­la, ngo­ba ya­yi­tho­ko­za nga­mic.

21 INko­si ya­ngi­vu­za nje­ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­mid, ya­ngi­bu­yi­se­la nje­ngo­ku­hla­nze­ka kwe­za­ndla za­mie.

22 Ngo­ba ngi­zi­lo­ndo­lo­zi­le indle­la ze­Nko­sif, ka­ngi­su­ka­nga ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi nge­nko­hla­ka­lo.

23 Ngo­ba zo­nke iza­hlu­le­lo za­yo za­zi­pha­mbi kwa­mig, le­zi­mi­so za­yo, ka­ngi­pha­mbu­ka­nga ku­zo.

24 Nja­lo nga­ngi­qo­ndi­le pha­mbi kwa­yoh, ngi­zi­nqa­ndi­le ebu­bi­ni ba­mi.

25 Nga­kho iNko­si ingi­bu­yi­se­le nje­ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­mii, nje­ngo­ku­hla­nze­ka kwa­mi pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo ayo.

26 Ko­le­si­ha­wu uza­zi­ve­za ule­si­ha­wu; ko­qo­tho uza­zi­ve­za uqo­thoj;

27 ko­hla­nze­ki­le­yo uza­zi­ve­za uhla­nze­ki­le; la­ko­pha­mbu­ki­le­yo uza­zi­ve­za upha­mbu­ki­le.

28 La­ba­ntu aba­hlu­tshwa­yo uza­ba­si­ndi­sak, ko­dwa ame­hlo akho aphe­zu kwa­ba­zi­pha­ka­mi­sa­yo, uza­be­hli­se­la pha­nsi.

29 Ngo­ba uyi­si­ba­ne sa­mi, Nko­si, iNko­si iza­kha­nyi­sa-ke ubu­mnya­ma ba­mi.

30 Ngo­ba nga­we ngi­gi­ji­mi­le nga­da­bu­la pha­ka­thi kwe­bu­tho, ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi nge­qe umtha­nga­la.

31 UNku­lu­nku­lu; indle­la ya­khe iphe­le­le; ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­hlo­li­wel; uyi­si­hla­ngu ku­bo bo­nke aba­phe­phe­la ku­yem.

32 Ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni ongu­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­pha­ndle kwe­Nko­si? Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni oli­dwa­la nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thun?

33 UNku­lu­nku­lu uyi­nqa­ba ya­mi la­ma­ndlao, owe­nza indle­la ya­mi iphe­le­lep.

34 Owe­nza inya­wo za­mi zi­be nje­ngeze­zi­mpa­laq, wa­ngi­mi­sa ezi­ngqo­nge­ni za­mir.

35 Ofu­ndi­se­la iza­ndla za­mi impi, uku­ze ida­ndi­li le­thu­si li­go­tshi­swe zi­nga­lo za­mis.

36 Ungi­ni­ki­le le­si­hla­ngu so­si­ndi­so lwa­kho, lo­ku­zi­tho­ba kwa­kho ku­ngi­khu­li­si­le.

37 We­nze la­ba ba­nzi inya­the­lo la­mi nga­pha­nsi kwa­mi, uku­ze inqa­ga­la za­mi zi­nga­tshe­le­lit.

38 Ngi­xo­tshe­ne le­zi­tha za­mi nga­zi­bhu­bhi­sa, ka­ngi­bu­ya­nga nga­ze nga­zi­qe­da.

39 Nga­zi­qe­da, nga­zi­gwa­za, uku­ze zi­nga­vu­ki; ko­dwa za­wa nga­pha­nsi kwe­nya­wo za­mi.

40 Ngo­ba ungi­bhi­nci­se ama­ndla ku­se­nze­lwa impiu, wa­ba­kho­tha­mi­se­la pha­nsi kwa­mi aba­ngi­vu­ke­la­yov.

41 Ungi­ni­ke inta­mo ye­zi­tha za­mi, la­bo aba­ngi­zo­nda­yo nga­ba­bhu­bhi­saw.

42 Ba­kha­nge­la, ko­dwa enge­kho umsi­ndi­si; eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa ka­yi­ba­phe­ndu­la­ngax.

43 Nga­se­ngi­ba­cho­li­si­say nje­ngo­thu­li lo­mhla­baz, nga­ba­gxo­ba nje­ngo­da­ka lwe­zi­ta­la­daa, nga­ba­tsa­ha­zab.

44 Wa­su­ngi­khu­lu­la eku­phi­ki­se­ni kwa­ba­ntu ba­mic, wa­ngi­gci­na ngi­yi­nhlo­ko ye­zi­zwed; aba­ntu enga­ngi­ngaba­zi ba­ngi­se­be­nze­lae.

45 Abe­zi­zwe­ni ba­za­ze­hli­se­la pha­nsi ki­mi; ba­nge­ne­la uku­zwa nge­ndle­be ba­za­ngi­la­le­la.

46 Abe­zi­zwe­ni ba­za­bu­na, ba­phu­me ezi­nqa­be­ni za­bof be­thu­thu­me­lag.

47 INko­si iya­phi­la; nja­lo ka­li­bu­si­swe idwa­la la­mi, ka­pha­ka­nyi­swe uNku­lu­nku­lu, idwa­la lo­si­ndi­so lwa­mih;

48 uNku­lu­nku­lu ongi­ni­ka impi­ndi­se­lo, lo­we­hli­se­la izi­zwe nga­pha­nsi kwa­mii;

49 lo­ngi­khu­pha ezi­the­ni za­mi; la­phe­zu kwa­ba­ngi­vu­ke­la­yo we­na wa­ngi­pha­ka­mi­saj; le­mu­ntwi­ni wo­dla­ke­la wa­ngi­khu­lu­lak.

50 Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ngi­za­ku­du­mi­sa, Nko­si, pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, ngi­hu­be­le ibi­zo la­kho indu­mi­sol.

51 Ingu­mpho­tsho­ngo wo­si­ndi­so ku­yo inko­si ya­yom, ise­nze­la ogco­tshi­we­yo wa­yo umu­san, ku­Da­vi­da, le­nza­lwe­ni ya­khe ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nio.

Ama­zwi oku­ci­na ka­Da­vi­da

23La-ke nga­ma­zwi oku­ci­na ka­Da­vi­da.

UDa­vi­da indo­da­na ka­Je­se wa­thia, lo­mu­ntu opha­ka­nyi­se­lwe phe­zu­lub, ogco­tshi­we­yo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­Ja­ko­bec, lo­mhla­be­le­li omna­ndi wa­koI­sra­ye­li, wa­thi:

2 UMo­ya we­Nko­si wa­khu­lu­ma nga­mi, le­li­zwi la­khe li­so­li­mi­ni lwa­mid.

3 UNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li wa­thi, iDwa­la li­kaI­sra­ye­li la­khu­lu­ma ki­mi la­thie: Obu­sa aba­ntu uza­ku­ba ngo­lu­ngi­le­yo, ebu­sa ngo­ku­me­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­luf.

4 Nja­lo uza­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­kha­nya kwe­ku­se­ni e­ku­phu­meni kwe­la­ngag, iku­se­ni enge­la­ma­ye­zi, nje­ngo­hla­za emhla­ba­thi­ni ngo­ku­kha­nya emva kwe­zu­lu.

5 La­nxa indlu ya­mi inge­nja­lo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ku­be ka­nti we­nzi­le la­mi isi­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­de, esi­mi­swe ku­hle ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke, le­si­gci­ne­ki­le­yoh, ngo­ba lo­nke usi­ndi­so lwa­mi le­si­lo­yi­so si­ku­so, la­nxa enga­si­khu­li­sii.

6 Ko­dwa aba­ka­Bhe­li­ya­li bo­nke ba­nje­nga­me­va ala­hli­we­yoj, ngo­ba enge­la­ku­tha­thwa nge­sa­ndla;

7 ko­dwa umu­ntu owa­thi­nta­yo uza­zi­hlo­mi­sa nge­nsi­mbi la­ngo­lu­thi lo­mkho­ntok, aza­tshi­swa lo­ku­tshi­swa ngo­mli­lo ku­le­yo­nda­wo.

Ama­qha­we ka­Da­vi­da

8 La nga­ma­bi­zo ama­qha­we uDa­vi­da aye­la­wol: UJo­she­bi-Ba­she­be­ti umTa­he­ke­mo­ni, inhlo­ko ye­zi­ndu­na; ngu­ye uA­di­no umE­zi­ni, nge­nxa ya­ba­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li aba­bu­la­wa nga­si­kha­thi si­nyem.

9 Le­mva kwa­khe kwa­ku­loE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na ka­Do­do indo­da­na kaA­ho­hi, owa­ma­qha­we ama­tha­thu aye­lo­Da­vi­dan, eku­de­le­le­ni kwa­bo ama­Fi­li­sti aye­bu­tha­ne­le kho­na impi, la­pho ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ese­nyu­ki­leo,

10 ye­na wa­su­ku­ma wa­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti sa­ze sa­di­nwa isa­ndla sa­khe, le­sa­ndla sa­khe sa­na­ma­the­la enke­mbe­ni. INko­si ya­si­se­nza usi­ndi­so olu­khu­lu nga­lo­lo­su­ku; aba­ntu ba­se­be­bu­ya emva kwa­khe uku­za­pha­nga ku­phe­lap.

11 Le­mva kwa­khe kwa­ku­lo­Sha­ma indo­da­na kaA­ge umHa­ra­riq. Ama­Fi­li­sti aye­bu­the­ne aba li­xu­ku, la­pho okwa­ku­kho­na isi­qi­nti se­nsi­mu si­gcwe­le ama­le­nti­li; nja­lo aba­ntu ba­ba­le­ka ebu­swe­ni ba­ma­Fi­li­sti,

12 ko­dwa wa­ja­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­si­qi­nti, wa­si­vi­ke­la, wa­wa­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti. INko­si ye­nza-ke usi­ndi­so olu­khu­lur.

13 Aba­tha­thu ezi­nhlo­kwe­ni ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ba­se­be­se­hla, ba­fi­ka ku­Da­vi­da ebha­lwi­ni lweA­du­la­mus nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­vu­na; le­xu­ku la­ma­Fi­li­sti la­li­mi­se inka­mba esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Re­fa­yi­mit.

14 La­nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uDa­vi­da wa­ye­se­nqa­be­niu, le­bu­tho le­nqa­ba la­ma­Fi­li­sti la­lise­Bhe­the­le­he­ma nga­le­so­si­kha­thiv.

15 UDa­vi­da wa­se­nxwa­ne­la, wa­thi: Ha­wu, ku­nga­thi omu­nye ube­nga­ngi­na­thi­sa ama­nzi omtho­mbo we­Bhe­the­le­he­ma onga­se­sa­ngwe­ni!

16 La­wo­ma­qha­we ama­tha­thu ase­fo­hla ada­bu­la enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­Fi­li­sti, akha ama­nzi emtho­nje­ni we­Bhe­the­le­he­ma owa­wu­nga­se­sa­ngwe­ni, awa­tha­tha awa­le­tha ku­Da­vi­da. Ku­be ka­nti ka­tha­nda­nga uku­wa­na­tha, ko­dwa wa­wa­thu­lu­le­la iNko­si.

17 Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi, Nko­si, uku­thi nge­nze lo­kho; ka­ku­si­ga­zi yi­ni la­ba­ntu aba­ha­mbe le­mpi­lo ya­bo engo­zi­ni? Nga­lo­kho ka­tha­nda­nga uku­wa­na­tha. Le­zi­zi­nto aze­nza la­ma­qha­we ama­tha­thuw.

18 Nja­lo uA­bi­sha­yi, umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya, wa­ye­yi­nhlo­ko ya­ba­tha­thu. Ye­na wa­se­gi­ye­la aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu ngo­mkho­nto wa­khe, aba­bu­le­we­yo, wa­se­si­ba le­bi­zo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­tha­thu.

19 Ka­hlo­ni­tshwa­nga ka­khu­lu yi­ni ku­la­ba­tha­thu? Nga­kho wa­ba yi­ndu­na ya­bo; ko­dwa ka­fi­ka­nga kwa­ba­tha­thu abo­ku­qa­lax.

20 UBhe­na­ya-ke, indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da, indo­da­na ye­qha­wey, omkhu­lu nge­ze­nzo, we­Ka­bhi­se­ye­liz. Ye­na wa­tsha­ya aba­bi­li aba­nje­nge­zi­lwa­ne ba­ko­Mo­wa­bia; fu­thi we­hla wa­tsha­ya isi­lwa­ne pha­ka­thi ko­mgo­di mhla we­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo.

21 Ye­na wa­se­tsha­ya indo­da engu­mGi­bhi­the, umu­ntu obu­ke­ka­yo; nja­lo umGi­bhi­the wa­ye­lo­mkho­nto esa­ndle­ni sa­khe; ko­dwa we­hle­la ku­ye ele­ndu­ku, wa­wu­hlu­thu­na umkho­nto esa­ndle­ni so­mGi­bhi­the, wa­mbu­la­la ngo­mkho­nto wa­khe.

22 Le­zi­zi­nto wa­ze­nza uBhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da, wa­ba le­bi­zo pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­qha­we ama­tha­thu.

23 Wa­ye­hlo­ni­phe­ka ku­la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, ko­dwa ka­fi­ka­nga kwa­ba­tha­thub. UDa­vi­da wa­se­mbe­ka phe­zu kwa­ba­li­ndi ba­khe.

24 UA­sa­he­li umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­wa­bi wa­ye­pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thuc, uE­li­ha­na­ni indo­da­na ka­Do­do we­Bhe­the­le­he­ma,

25 uSha­ma umHa­ro­di, uE­li­ka umHa­ro­did,

26 uHe­le­zi umPa­li­tie, uI­ra indo­da­na kaI­khe­shi umThe­kho­waf,

27 uA­bi­ye­ze­ri umA­ne­tho­thig, uMe­bu­na­yi umHu­shah,

28 uZa­li­mo­ni umA­ho­hii, uMa­ha­ra­yi umNe­to­faj,

29 uHe­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Ba­ha­na umNe­to­fak, uI­tha­yi indo­da­na ka­Ri­ba­yi we­Gi­be­ya wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nil,

30 uBhe­na­ya umPi­ra­tho­nim, uHi­da­yi we­zi­fu­le­ni ze­Ga­ha­shin,

31 uA­bi-A­li­bo­ni umA­ra­bao, uA­zi­ma­ve­thi umBa­hu­ri­mip,

32 uE­li­ya­bha umSha­ha­li­bo­niq, wa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­she­ni, uJo­na­tha­ni,

33 uSha­ma umHa­ra­ri, uA­hi­ya­mu indo­da­na ka­Sha­ra­ri umHa­ra­rir,

34 uE­li­fe­le­ti indo­da­na kaA­ha­si­ba­yi indo­da­na yo­mMa­ha­kas, uE­li­ya­mu indo­da­na kaA­hi­tho­fe­li umGi­lot,

35 uHe­zi­ra­yi umKha­rme­liu, uPa­ha­ra­yi umA­ra­bi,

36 uI­ga­li indo­da­na ka­Na­tha­ni we­Zo­bav, uBa­ni umGa­di,

37 uZe­le­ki umA­mo­niw, uNa­ha­ra­yi umBhe­ro­thix, umthwa­li we­zi­kha­li zi­ka­Jo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya,

38 uI­ray umI­thi­riz, uGa­re­bi umI­thi­ri,

39 uU­ri­ya umHe­thia; be­bo­nke ba­be­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa.

UDa­vi­da uba­la aba­ntu

24Lwa­se­lu­bu­ya lwa­mvu­the­la uI­sra­ye­li ula­ka lu­ka­Je­ho­vaab, wa­ba­vu­se­la uDa­vi­da, esi­thi: Ha­mba uba­le uI­sra­ye­li lo­Ju­dac.

2 Nga­kho inko­si ya­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi indu­na ye­bu­tho eya­yi­la­ye: Ha­mba kha­the­si ubho­de ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke za­koI­sra­ye­li, ku­su­ke­la ko­Da­ni ku­ze ku­be se­Bhe­ri­she­bha, li­ba­le aba­ntu uku­ze nga­zi ina­ni la­ba­ntud.

3 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: Alu­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho inga­ndi­sa eba­ntwi­ni, lo­ba be­ba­ne­ngi ka­nga­ka­na­ni, ku­phi­ndwe ngo­ku­li­khu­lu, uku­thi ame­hlo enko­si ya­mi, inko­si, aku­bo­ne. Ko­dwa inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, itho­ko­ze­la­ni ku­li­ntoe?

4 Ko­dwa ili­zwi le­nko­si la­li­la­ma­ndla phe­zu ku­ka­Jo­wa­bi la­phe­zu kwe­zi­ndu­na ze­bu­tho. Nga­kho uJo­wa­bi le­ndu­na ze­bu­tho ba­phu­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­si uku­ze ba­ba­le aba­ntu, uI­sra­ye­li.

5 Ba­se­be­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, ba­mi­sa inka­mba eA­ro­we­rif, nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne ko­mu­zi opha­ka­thi kwe­si­fu­la se­Ga­di, la­ma­qo­nda­na le­Ja­ze­rig.

6 Ba­se­be­fi­ka eGi­le­ya­di le­li­zwe­ni le­Ta­he­ti­mi-Ho­di­shi; ba­fi­ka eDa­ni-Ja­ha­nih, ba­bho­da nga­se­Si­do­nii,

7 ba­fi­ka enqa­be­ni ye­Ti­rej le­mi­zi­ni yo­nke ya­ma­Hi­vik le­ya­ma­Kha­na­nil; ba­phu­ma ba­ya eni­ngi­zi­mu ya­ko­Ju­da, eBhe­ri­she­bha.

8 Se­be­bho­de ba­da­bu­la ili­zwe lo­nke, ba­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma eku­phe­le­ni kwe­nya­nga ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye le­nsu­ku ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

9 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­yi­ni­ka inko­si ina­ni lo­ku­ba­lwa kwa­ba­ntu; nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na koI­sra­ye­li ama­qha­we ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lim ahwa­tsha inke­mban; la­ma­do­da ako­Ju­da aye­nga­ma­do­da ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

10 Inhli­zi­yo ka­Da­vi­da ya­si­mtsha­ya emva ko­ku­thi ese­ba­le aba­ntuo. UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi eNko­si­ni: Ngo­ni­le ka­khu­lu nga­lo­kho engi­kwe­nzi­le­yo. Nga­kho-ke, Nko­si, ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga, su­sa ubu­bi be­nce­ku ya­khop, ngo­ba nge­nze ngo­bu­thu­tha obu­khu­luq.

11 Kwa­thi uDa­vi­da ese­vu­ki­le eku­se­ni, kwa­fi­ka ili­zwi le­Nko­si ku­Ga­di umpro­fe­thir, umbo­ni ka­Da­vi­das, li­si­thi:

12 Ha­mba uthi ku­Da­vi­da: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ithi: Ngi­ku­be­ke­la oku­tha­thu; zi­khe­the­le oku­ko­dwa ku­kho, uku­thi ngi­kwe­nze ku­we.

13 UGa­di wa­se­fi­ka ku­Da­vi­da, wa­mtshe­la wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­fi­ke ku­we yi­ni imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa ye­ndla­la eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni? Lo­ba uba­le­ke­le izi­tha za­kho inya­nga ezi­nta­thu zi­xo­tsha­na la­we? Inga­be ku­be kho­na uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo okwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu eli­zwe­ni la­ki­ni? Kha­the­si ca­ba­nga, ubo­ne uku­thi yi­mpe­ndu­lo ba­ni engi­za­yi­bu­yi­se­la ko­ngi­thu­mi­le­yot.

14 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Ga­di: Ngi­ci­nde­ze­le­ki­le ka­khu­lu; ake si­we­le esa­ndle­ni se­Nko­si, ngo­ba izi­sa za­yo zi­nku­lu, ko­dwa ka­ngi­nga­we­li esa­ndle­ni so­mu­ntu.

15 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­si­be­ka uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo kuI­sra­ye­li, ku­su­ke­la eku­se­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba se­si­kha­thi­ni esi­mi­si­we­yo; kwa­se­ku­si­fa eba­ntwi­ni aba­ntu aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa ku­su­ke­la ko­Da­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Bhe­ri­she­bhau.

16 La­pho ingi­lo­si ise­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­yo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­yi­bhu­bhi­sa, iNko­si ya­zi­so­la nga­lo­bo­bu­biv, ya­thi engi­lo­si­niw eya­yi­bhu­bhi­sa aba­ntux: Se­kwa­ne­le. Kha­the­si fi­nye­za isa­ndla sa­kho. Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­yi­se­ba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la li­kaA­ra­wu­na umJe­bu­si.

17 UDa­vi­da wa­se­khu­lu­ma eNko­si­ni la­pho ebo­na ingi­lo­si eya­yi­tsha­ya aba­ntu, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, mi­na ngo­ni­le, nja­lo mi­na nge­nze oku­bi; pho, le­zi­zi­mvu ze­nze­ni? Isa­ndla sa­kho ake si­me­la­ne la­mi nja­lo si­me­la­ne le­ndlu ka­ba­bay.

18 UGa­di wa­se­fi­ka ku­Da­vi­da nga­lo­lo­su­ku, wa­thi ku­ye: Ye­nyu­ka, umi­se­le iNko­si ila­thi eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la li­kaA­ra­wu­na umJe­bu­si.

19 UDa­vi­da wa­se­se­nyu­ka nje­ngo­ku­tsho ku­ka­Ga­di, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwe­Nko­si.

20 UA­ra­wu­na wa­se­lu­ngu­za, wa­bo­na inko­si le­nce­ku za­yo be­qhu­be­ka be­si­za ku­ye; uA­ra­wu­na wa­se­phu­ma wa­kho­tha­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ngo­bu­so ba­khe emhla­ba­thi­ni.

21 UA­ra­wu­na wa­se­si­thi: Ku­nga­ni inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, ize ence­kwi­ni ya­yo? UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Uku­thi ngi­the­nge ku­we iba­la lo­ku­bhu­le­la, uku­thi nga­khe­le iNko­si ila­thiz, uku­ze inhlu­phe­ko ithi­nte­ke inga­fi­ki eba­ntwi­nia.

22 UA­ra­wu­na wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Inko­si ya­mi, inko­si, ka­yi­tha­the ini­ke­le lo­kho oku­hle eme­hlwe­ni ayob; bo­na, na­nzi inka­bi zo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, le­zi­mbu­loc le­zi­nto ze­nka­bi ku­be zi­nku­nid.

23 Ko­nke lo­khu, nko­si, uA­ra­wu­na wa­ku­ni­ka inko­si; uA­ra­wu­na wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ka­yi­kwe­mu­ke­lee.

24 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi kuA­ra­wu­na: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa ngi­za­ku­the­nga lo­ku­ku­the­nga ku­we nge­nte­ngo; nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa enga­ngi­bi­za­nga lu­tho eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi. UDa­vi­da wa­se­li­the­nga iba­la lo­ku­bhu­le­la le­zi­nka­bi nga­ma­she­ke­li* esi­li­va anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nuf.

25 UDa­vi­da wa­se­sa­khe­la kho­na iNko­si ila­thi, wa­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­lag. Nga­kho iNko­si ya­nce­nge­ka nge­li­zweh, inhlu­phe­ko ya­si­thi­nte­ka phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lii.