UGWA­LO LO­KU­QA­LA

LWE­MI­LA­NDO

YA­MA­KHO­SI

Inza­lo kaA­da­mu

1UA­da­mu, uSe­ti, uE­no­si,

2 uKe­na­ni, uMa­ha­la­le­li, uJa­re­di,

3 uE­no­ki, uMe­thu­se­la, uLa­me­ki,

4 uNo­wa, uShe­mu, uHa­mu, lo­Ja­fe­thia.

Inza­lo ya­ma­do­da­na ka­No­wa

5 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­fe­thi: OGo­me­ri lo­Ma­go­gib lo­Ma­da­yi lo­Ja­va­ni lo­Thu­bha­li lo­Me­she­ki lo­Ti­ra­sic.

6 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Go­me­ri: OA­shi­ke­na­zi lo­Ri­fa­thi lo­To­ga­rmad.

7 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­va­ni: OE­li­sha lo­Ta­rshi­shi, ama­Ki­ti la­ma­Do­da­nie.

8 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ha­mu: OKu­shi lo­Mi­zi­ra­yi­mi, uPu­ti lo­Kha­na­ni.

9 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ku­shi: OSe­ba lo­Ha­vi­la lo­Sa­bi­tha lo­Ra­ha­ma lo­Sa­bi­the­ka. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ra­ha­ma: OShe­bha lo­De­da­ni.

10 UKu­shi wa­se­za­la uNi­mro­di; ye­na wa­qa­la uku­ba li­qha­we emhla­be­ni.

11 UMi­zi­ra­yi­mi wa­se­za­la ama­Lu­di la­maA­na­mi la­ma­Le­ha­bi la­ma­Na­fe­thu­hi

12 la­ma­Pa­tru­si la­ma­Ka­se­lu­hi (o­kwa­phu­ma ki­wo ama­Fi­li­sti), la­ma­Ka­fi­to­ri.

13 UKha­na­ni wa­se­za­la uSi­do­ni izi­bu­lo la­khe, lo­He­thi,

14 lo­mJe­bu­si lo­mA­mo­ri lo­mGi­ri­ga­shi

15 lo­mHi­vi lo­mA­rki lo­mSi­ni

16 lo­mA­rva­di lo­mZe­ma­ri lo­mHa­ma­thif.

17 Ama­do­da­na ka­She­mu: OE­la­mu loA­shu­ri loA­rpa­ki­sha­di lo­Lu­di loA­ra­mug loU­zi lo­Hu­li lo­Ge­the­ri lo­Me­she­kih.

18 UA­rpa­ki­sha­di wa­se­za­la uShe­la; uShe­la wa­se­za­la uE­be­rii.

19 UE­be­ri wa­se­za­le­lwa ama­do­da­na ama­bi­li. Ibi­zo le­nye la­li­ngu­Pe­le­gi, ngo­ba ensu­kwi­ni za­yo umhla­ba wa­da­tshu­lwa; le­bi­zo lo­mfo­wa­bo la­li­ngu­Jo­ki­tha­ni.

20 UJo­ki­tha­ni wa­se­za­la oA­li­mo­da­di lo­She­le­fi lo­Ha­za­ma­ve­thi lo­Je­ra

21 lo­Ha­do­ra­mu loU­za­li lo­Di­ki­la

22 loE­bha­li loA­bhi­ma­ye­li lo­She­bhaj

23 loO­fi­ri lo­Ha­vi­la lo­Jo­ba­bi. Bo­nke la­bo ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Jo­ki­tha­ni.

Inza­lo ka­She­mu

24 UShe­muk, uA­rpa­ki­sha­di, uShe­lal,

25 uE­be­ri, uPe­le­gi, uRe­wu,

26 uSe­ru­gi, uNa­ho­ri, uTe­ra,

27 uA­bra­ma; onguA­bra­ha­mam.

28 Ama­do­da­na kaA­bra­ha­ma: OI­sa­kan loI­shma­ye­lio.

Inza­lo kaI­shma­ye­li

29 La­ba yi­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo: Izi­bu­lo li­kaI­shma­ye­lip, uNe­ba­yo­thiq, lo­Ke­da­ri, loA­di­be­li, lo­Mi­bi­sa­ma,

30 uMi­shi­ma, lo­Du­ma, uMa­sa, uHa­da­di, lo­Te­ma,

31 uJe­tu­ri, uNa­fi­shi, lo­Ke­de­ma; la nga­ma­do­da­na kaI­shma­ye­lir.

Inza­lo kaA­bra­ha­ma ku­Ke­tu­ra

32 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ke­tu­ra, umfa­zi omnci­nya­ne kaA­bra­ha­mas: Wa­za­la oZi­mra­ni lo­Jo­ki­sha­ni lo­Me­da­ni lo­Mi­di­ya­ni loI­shi­ba­ki lo­Shu­wat. Ama­do­da­na-ke ka­Jo­ki­sha­ni: OShe­bha lo­De­da­niu.

33 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Mi­di­ya­niv: OE­fa loE­fe­riw lo­Ha­no­ki loA­bi­da loE­li­da­ha. Bo­nke la­ba nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ke­tu­rax.

34 UA­bra­ha­ma wa­se­za­la uI­sa­kay. Ama­do­da­na kaI­sa­ka: OE­sa­wu loI­sra­ye­liz.

Inza­lo kaE­sa­wu

35 Ama­do­da­na kaE­sa­wu: OE­li­fa­zi, uRe­hu­we­li, lo­Je­wu­shi, lo­Ja­la­mu, lo­Ko­raa.

36 Ama­do­da­na kaE­li­fa­zi: OThe­ma­ni, loO­ma­ri, uZe­fi, lo­Ga­ta­ma, uKe­na­zi, lo­Ti­mi­na, loA­ma­le­kib.

37 Ama­do­da­na ka­Re­hu­we­li: ONa­ha­thi, uZe­ra, uSha­ma, lo­Mi­za.

38 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Se­yi­ri: OLo­ta­ni lo­Sho­bha­li lo­Zi­be­yo­ni loA­na lo­Di­sho­ni loE­ze­ri lo­Di­sha­ni.

39 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Lo­ta­ni: OHo­ri lo­Ho­ma­ma; lo­da­de­wa­bo ka­Lo­ta­ni wa­ye­ngu­Ti­mi­na.

40 Ama­do­da­na ka­Sho­bha­li: OA­li­ya­ni, lo­Ma­na­ha­thi, loE­bha­li, uShe­fi, loO­na­mac.

La­ma­do­da­na ka­Zi­be­yo­ni: OA­ya loA­na.

41 Ama­do­da­na kaA­na: UDi­sho­ni. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Di­sho­ni: OHa­mra­ni loE­shi­bha­ni lo­Ji­ti­ra­ni lo­Ke­ra­nid.

42 Ama­do­da­na kaE­ze­ri: OBi­li­ha­ni lo­Za­ha­va­nae, uJa­ha­kha­nif. Ama­do­da­na ka­Di­sha­ni: OU­zi loA­ra­ni.

43 Nja­lo la nga­ma­kho­si abu­sa eli­zwe­ni leE­do­ma, ku­nga­ka­bu­si inko­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li: UBhe­la indo­da­na ka­Be­yo­ri; le­bi­zo lo­mu­zi wa­khe la­li­yi­Di­ni­ha­ba.

44 UBhe­la wa­se­si­fa, uJo­ba­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra we­Bho­zi­ra wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

45 UJo­ba­bi wa­se­si­fa, uHu­sha­ma owe­li­zwe­ni la­ma­The­ma­ni wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

46 UHu­sha­ma wa­se­si­fa, uHa­da­di indo­da­na ka­Be­da­di, owa­tsha­ya ama­Mi­di­ya­ni ema­gce­ke­ni ako­Mo­wa­bi, wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe; le­bi­zo lo­mu­zi wa­khe la­li­yiA­vi­thi.

47 UHa­da­di wa­se­si­fa, uSa­mi­la we­Ma­si­re­ka wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

48 USa­mi­la wa­se­si­fa, uSha­wu­li we­Re­ho­bo­thi emfu­le­ni wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kheg.

49 USha­wu­li wa­se­si­fa, uBha­li-Ha­na­ni indo­da­na kaA­khi­bho­ri wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kheh.

50 UBha­li-Ha­na­ni wa­se­si­fa, uHa­da­di wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe; le­bi­zo lo­mu­zi wa­khe la­li­yi­Pha­yi; le­bi­zo lo­mka­khe la­li­ngu­Me­he­tha­bhe­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ma­ti­re­di indo­da­ka­zi ka­Me­za­ha­bhi.

51 UHa­da­di wa­se­si­fa.

Le­zi­ndu­na zeE­do­ma za­zi­yile­zi: Indu­na uTi­mi­na, indu­na uA­li­ya, indu­na uJe­the­thi,

52 indu­na uA­ho­li­ba­ma, indu­na uE­la, indu­na uPi­no­ni,

53 indu­na uKe­na­zi, indu­na uThe­ma­ni, indu­na uMi­bhi­za­ri,

54 indu­na uMa­gi­di­ye­li, indu­na uI­ra­ma; le­zi yi­zi­ndu­na zeE­do­ma.

Ama­do­da­na kaI­sra­ye­li

2La nga­ma­do­da­na kaI­sra­ye­li: ORu­be­ni, uSi­me­yo­ni, uLe­vi, lo­Ju­da, uI­sa­ka­ri, lo­Ze­bu­lu­ni,

2 uDa­ni, uJo­se­fa, lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, uNa­fi­tha­li, uGa­di, loA­she­ria.

Inza­lo ka­Ju­da

3 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ju­da: OE­ri loO­na­ni lo­She­lab; ama­tha­thu wa­wa­za­le­lwa yi­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Shu­wa umKha­na­ni­ka­zic. Ko­dwa uE­ri izi­bu­lo li­ka­Ju­da wa­ye­mu­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si; ya­si­mbu­la­lad.

4 UTa­ma­ri, uma­lo­ko­za­na wa­khe, wa­se­mza­le­la uPe­re­zi lo­Ze­ra. Wo­nke ama­do­da­na ka­Ju­da aye­ma­hla­nue.

5 Ama­do­da­na ka­Pe­re­zi: OHe­zi­ro­ni lo­Ha­mu­lif.

6 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ze­ra: OZi­mri loE­tha­nig lo­He­ma­nih lo­Ka­li­ko­lii lo­Da­ra; wo­nke aye­ma­hla­nu.

7 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ka­ri­mij: UA­ka­rik, umhlu­phi kaI­sra­ye­li, owe­nza isi­pha­mbe­ko ngo­ku­qa­le­ki­si­we­yol.

8 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaE­tha­ni: UA­za­ri­ya.

9 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­He­zi­ro­ni awa­za­le­lwa­yo: OJe­ra­me­lim lo­Ra­mun lo­Ka­le­bi.

10 URa­mu wa­se­za­la uA­mi­na­da­bao; uA­mi­na­da­ba wa­se­za­la uNa­hi­sho­nipq indu­na ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­dar.

11 UNa­hi­sho­ni wa­se­za­la uSa­li­ma; uSa­li­ma wa­se­za­la uBho­wa­zis;

12 uBho­wa­zi wa­se­za­la uO­be­di; uO­be­di wa­se­za­la uJe­set.

13 UJe­se wa­se­za­la izi­bu­lo la­khe uE­li­ya­biu, loA­bi­na­da­ba owe­si­bi­li, lo­Shi­me­ya owe­si­tha­thuv,

14 uNe­tha­ne­li owe­si­ne, uRa­da­yi owe­si­hla­nu,

15 uO­ze­ma owe­si­thu­pha, uDa­vi­da owe­si­kho­mbi­saw.

16 Oda­de­wa­bo ba­be­ngo­Ze­ru­ya loA­bi­ga­yi­li. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya: OA­bi­sha­yi lo­Jo­wa­bi loA­sa­he­li; aba­tha­thux.

17 UA­bi­ga­yi­li wa­se­za­la uA­ma­sa; lo­yi­se kaA­ma­sa wa­ye­ngu­Je­the­ri umI­shma­ye­liy.

18 UKa­le­bi indo­da­na ka­He­zi­ro­ni wa­se­za­la kuA­zu­ba umkakhe la­ku­Je­ri­yo­thi; la­la nga­ma­do­da­na akhe: OJe­she­ri lo­Sho­ba­bi loA­ri­do­niz.

19 UA­zu­ba ese­fi­le uKa­le­bi wa­zi­tha­the­la uE­fra­thi owa­mza­le­la uHu­ria.

20 UHu­ri wa­se­za­la uU­rib; uU­ri wa­se­za­la uBhe­za­le­lic.

21 Emva kwa­lo­kho uHe­zi­ro­ni wa­se­nge­na ku­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Ma­ki­ri uyi­se ka­Gi­le­ya­di; wa­yi­tha­tha ese­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha. Ya­si­mza­le­la uSe­gu­bid.

22 USe­gu­bi wa­se­za­la uJa­yi­ri owa­ye­le­mi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­di.

23 Wa­se­tha­tha ki­bo iGe­shu­ri leA­ra­mu ka­nye le­mi­za­na ye­Ja­yi­ri, ka­nye le­Ke­na­thi le­mi­za­na ya­yo; imi­zi enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha. Bo­nke la­bo ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ma­ki­ri uyi­se ka­Gi­le­ya­die.

24 Le­mva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­He­zi­ro­ni eKa­le­bi-E­fra­thaf, uA­bhi­ya umka­He­zi­ro­ni wa­mza­le­la uA­shu­rig uyi­se ka­The­kho­wah.

25 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Je­ra­me­li izi­bu­lo li­ka­He­zi­ro­ni aye­ngo­Ra­mu izi­bu­lo, lo­Bu­na, loO­re­ni, loO­ze­ma, uA­hi­yai.

26 UJe­ra­me­li la­ye wa­ye­lo­mu­nye umfa­zi obi­zo la­khe la­li­nguA­tha­ra; wa­ye­ngu­ni­na kaO­na­ma.

27 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ra­mu izi­bu­lo li­ka­Je­ra­me­li aye­ngo­Ma­ha­zi lo­Ja­mi­ni loE­ke­ri.

28 La­ma­do­da­na kaO­na­ma aye­ngo­Sha­ma­yi lo­Ja­da. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Sha­ma­yi: ONa­da­bi loA­bhi­shu­ri.

29 Le­bi­zo lo­mkaA­bhi­shu­ri la­li­nguA­bi­ha­yi­li, owa­mza­le­la oA­hi­ba­ni lo­Mo­li­di.

30 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Na­da­bi: OSe­le­di loA­pha­yi­mi; ko­dwa uSe­le­di wa­fa enge­la­ba­ntwa­na.

31 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaA­pha­yi­mi: UI­shi. La­ma­do­da­na kaI­shi: UShe­sha­ni. La­ma­do­da­na ka­She­sha­ni: UA­hi­la­yij.

32 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­da umfo­wa­bo ka­Sha­ma­yi: OJe­the­ri lo­Jo­na­tha­ni; ko­dwa uJe­the­ri wa­fa enge­la­ba­ntwa­nak.

33 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Jo­na­tha­ni: OPe­le­thi lo­Za­za. La­ba ba­be­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Je­ra­me­li.

34 Nja­lo uShe­sha­ni wa­ye­nge­la­ma­do­da­na, ko­dwa ama­do­da­ka­zi; nja­lo uShe­sha­ni wa­ye­le­nce­ku, umGi­bhi­the, obi­zo la­yo la­li­ngu­Ja­ri­ha.

35 UShe­sha­ni wa­se­ni­ka uJa­ri­ha ince­ku ya­khe indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe ya­ba ngu­mkakhe; ya­si­mza­le­la uA­tha­yil.

36 UA­tha­yi wa­se­za­la uNa­tha­ni, uNa­tha­ni wa­se­za­la uZa­ba­dim,

37 uZa­ba­di wa­se­za­la uE­fi­la­li, uE­fi­la­li wa­se­za­la uO­be­din,

38 uO­be­di wa­se­za­la uJe­hu, uJe­hu wa­se­za­la uA­za­ri­yao,

39 uA­za­ri­ya wa­se­za­la uHe­le­zi, uHe­le­zi wa­se­za­la uE­le­ya­sa,

40 uE­le­ya­sa wa­se­za­la uSi­si­ma­yi, uSi­si­ma­yi wa­se­za­la uSha­lu­ma,

41 uSha­lu­ma wa­se­za­la uJe­ka­mi­ya, uJe­ka­mi­ya wa­se­za­la uE­li­sha­map.

42 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ka­le­bi umfo­wa­bo ka­Je­ra­me­liq: OMe­sha, izi­bu­lo la­khe, ongu­yi­se ka­Zi­fir, la­ma­do­da­na ka­Ma­re­shas uyi­se ka­He­bro­nit.

43 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­He­bro­ni: OKo­ra lo­Ta­pu­wa lo­Re­ke­mi lo­She­mau.

44 UShe­ma wa­se­za­la uRa­ha­ma uyi­se ka­Jo­ri­ke­ya­mu; uRe­ke­mi wa­se­za­la uSha­ma­yi.

45 Le­ndo­da­na ka­Sha­ma­yi: UMa­wo­niv; lo­Ma­wo­ni wa­ye­ngu­yi­se ka­Be­ti-Zu­riw.

46 UE­fa umfa­zi omnci­nya­ne ka­Ka­le­bi wa­se­za­la oHa­ra­ni lo­Mo­za lo­Ga­ze­zi; uHa­ra­ni wa­se­za­la uGa­ze­zi.

47 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­hi­da­yi: ORe­ge­ma lo­Jo­tha­mu lo­Ge­sha­ni lo­Pe­le­ti loE­fa lo­Sha­ha­fix.

48 UMa­ha­ka umfa­zi omnci­nya­ne ka­Ka­le­bi wa­za­la oShe­be­ri lo­Ti­ri­ha­na.

49 Wa­se­za­la uSha­ha­fi uyi­se ka­Ma­di­ma­nay, uShe­va uyi­se ka­Ma­ki­be­na, lo­yi­se ka­Gi­be­yaz. Le­ndo­da­ka­zi ka­Ka­le­bi ya­yi­nguA­ki­saa.

50 La­ba ba­be­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Ka­le­bi, indo­da­na ka­Hu­rib, izi­bu­lo li­kaE­fra­tha: OSho­bha­li, uyi­se ka­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mic,

51 uSa­li­ma uyi­se ka­Bhe­the­le­he­mad, uHa­re­fi uyi­se ka­Be­ti-Ga­de­ri.

52 USho­bha­li uyi­se ka­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na: UHa­ro­we, ingxe­nye ya­ma­Me­nu­ho­thi.

53 Nja­lo inse­ndo zi­ka­Ki­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi: AmaI­thi­rie la­ma­Pu­ti la­ma­Shu­ma­thi la­ma­Mi­shra­yi; kwa­phu­ma ku­wo ama­Zo­ra­thif la­maE­shi­ta­wo­lig.

54 Ama­do­da­na ka­Sa­li­mah: OBhe­the­le­he­mai, la­ma­Ne­to­faj, uA­ta­ro­thi, uBe­ti-Jo­wa­bi, le­ngxe­nye ya­ma­Ma­na­he­thik, ama­Zo­ril.

55 Le­nse­ndo za­ba­bha­li aba­be­hla­la eJa­be­zim, ama­Ti­ra­thi, ama­Shi­me­ya­thi, ama­Su­ka­thi. La­bo ba­be­nga­ma­Ke­ni ave­la ku­Ha­ma­thin uyi­se we­ndlu ka­Re­ka­bio.

Ama­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­da

3Nja­lo la aye­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­da awa­za­le­lwa eHe­bro­ni: Izi­bu­lo nguA­mno­ni kuA­hi­no­wa­ma umJi­ze­re­ye­li­ka­zi; eye­si­bi­li ngu­Da­ni­ye­li kuA­bi­ga­yi­li umKha­rme­li­ka­zi;

2 eye­si­tha­thu nguA­bi­sa­lo­mu indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­ka indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ta­li­ma­yi inko­si ye­Ge­shu­ri; eye­si­ne nguA­do­ni­ja indo­da­na ka­Ha­gi­thi;

3 eye­si­hla­nu ngu­She­fa­thi­ya kuA­bi­tha­li; eye­si­thu­pha nguI­the­re­ya­mu kuE­gi­la umka­khea.

4 Aba­yi­si­thu­pha ba­za­le­lwa ye­na eHe­bro­ni, la­pho abu­sa kho­na imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­zi­nya­nga ezi­yi­si­thu­phab; le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nta­thucd.

5 La­la­ba ba­za­le­lwa ye­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma: OShi­me­ya lo­Sho­ba­bi lo­Na­tha­nie lo­So­lo­mo­nif, bo­ba­ne, ku­Ba­thi­shu­wa indo­da­ka­zi kaA­mi­ye­li;

6 loI­bi­ha­ri loE­li­sha­ma loE­li­fe­le­thi

7 lo­No­ga lo­Ne­fe­gi lo­Ja­fi­ya

8 loE­li­sha­ma loE­li­ya­da loE­li­fe­le­thi, aba­yi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye.

9 Bo­nke ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­da, nga­pha­ndle kwa­ma­do­da­na aba­fa­zi aba­nca­ne, lo­Ta­ma­ri uda­de­wa­bog.

Inza­lo ka­So­lo­mo­ni

10 Le­ndo­da­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni ya­yi­ngu­Re­ho­bho­wa­muh, uA­bhi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­sa indo­da­na ya­khei, uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na ya­khej,

11 uJo­ra­mu indo­da­na ya­khek, uA­ha­zi­ya indo­da­na ya­khel, uJo­wa­shi indo­da­na ya­khem,

12 uA­ma­zi­ya indo­da­na ya­khen, uA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uJo­tha­mu indo­da­na ya­kheo,

13 uA­ha­zi indo­da­na ya­khep, uHe­ze­khi­ya indo­da­na ya­kheq, uMa­na­se indo­da­na ya­kher,

14 uA­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khes, uJo­si­ya indo­da­na ya­khet.

15 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya: Izi­bu­lo uJo­ha­na­ni, eye­si­bi­li uJe­ho­ya­khi­mi, eye­si­tha­thu uZe­de­khi­ya, eye­si­ne uSha­lu­ma.

16 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi: UJe­ko­ni­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uZe­de­khi­ya indo­da­na ya­kheu.

17 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Je­ko­ni­ya: UA­si­ri, uShe­ya­li­ti­ye­li indo­da­na ya­khe,

18 lo­Ma­li­ki­ra­mu, lo­Phe­da­ya, lo­She­na­za­ri, uJe­ka­mi­ya, uHo­sha­ma, lo­Ne­da­bi­ya.

19 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Phe­da­ya: OZe­ru­bha­bhe­li lo­Shi­me­yi. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ze­ru­bha­bhe­li: OMe­shu­la­mu, lo­Ha­na­ni­ya, lo­She­lo­mi­thi uda­de­wa­bo;

20 lo­Ha­shu­ba, loO­he­li, lo­Be­re­ki­ya, lo­Ha­sa­di­ya, uJu­sha­bi-He­se­di, ama­hla­nu.

21 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ha­na­ni­ya: OPe­la­ti­ya lo­Je­sha­ya; ama­do­da­na ka­Re­fa­ya, ama­do­da­na kaA­ri­na­ni, ama­do­da­na kaO­bha­di­ya, ama­do­da­na ka­She­ka­ni­ya.

22 La­ma­do­da­na ka­She­ka­ni­ya: UShe­ma­ya. La­ma­do­da­na ka­She­ma­ya: OHa­thu­shi loI­ga­li lo­Ba­ri­ya lo­Ne­ya­ri­ya lo­Sha­fa­ti, ayi­si­thu­pha.

23 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ne­ya­ri­ya: OE­li­yo­he­na­yi lo­Hi­zi­ki­ya loA­zi­ri­ka­mu, ama­tha­thu.

24 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaE­li­yo­he­na­yi: OHo­da­vi­ya loE­li­ya­shi­bi lo­Pe­la­ya loA­ku­bi lo­Jo­ha­na­ni lo­De­la­ya loA­na­ni, ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

Inza­lo ka­Ju­da

4Ama­do­da­na ka­Ju­daa: OPe­re­zi, uHe­zi­ro­ni, lo­Ka­rmi, lo­Hu­rib, lo­Sho­bha­lic.

2 URe­ya­ya indo­da­na ka­Sho­bha­li wa­se­za­la uJa­ha­thi; uJa­ha­thi wa­se­za­la uA­hu­ma­yi lo­La­ha­di. La­ba ba­be­zi­nse­ndo za­ma­Zo­ra­thid.

3 La­ba ba­be­nga­ba­ka­yi­se kaE­ta­mu: OJi­ze­re­ye­lie loI­shma loI­di­bha­shi; le­bi­zo li­ka­da­de­wa­bo la­li­ngu­Ha­ze­le­li­po­ni.

4 Lo­Pe­nu­we­li uyi­se ka­Ge­do­rif, loE­ze­ri uyi­se ka­Hu­sha. La­ba ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Hu­rig, izi­bu­lo li­kaE­fra­tha, uyi­se ka­Bhe­the­le­he­mah.

5 Nja­lo uA­shu­ri uyi­se ka­The­kho­wa wa­ye­la­ba­fa­zi aba­bi­li, oHe­la lo­Na­ha­rai.

6 UNa­ha­ra wa­se­mza­le­la uA­hu­za­ma lo­He­fe­ri lo­Te­me­ni lo­Ha­ha­shi­ta­ri. La­ba ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Na­ha­ra.

7 La­ma­do­da­na ka­He­la: OZe­re­thi loI­zo­ha­ri loE­thi­na­ni.

8 UKho­zi wa­se­za­la uA­nu­bi lo­Zo­be­ba, le­nse­ndo zi­kaA­ha­ri­he­li indo­da­na ka­Ha­ru­mi.

9 Nja­lo uJa­be­zij wa­ye­lo­du­mo ku­la­ba­fo­wa­bok; uni­na wa­se­mu­tha ibi­zo wa­thi ngu­Ja­be­zi, esi­thi: Ngo­ba nga­mza­la ngi­so­si­zi­nil.

10 UJa­be­zi wa­se­bi­za uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: Ku­nga­thi unga­ngi­bu­si­sa lo­ku­ngi­bu­si­sa, uqhe­li­se umngce­le wa­mi, le­sa­ndla sa­kho si­be la­mi, ungi­vi­ke­le ebu­bi­ni uku­ze bu­nga­ngi­da­bu­li! UNku­lu­nku­lu we­nza kwe­nza­ka­la lo­kho aku­ce­la­yo.

11 UKe­lu­bi umfo­wa­bo ku­Shu­ha wa­se­za­la uMe­hi­ri, ongu­yi­se kaE­shi­to­ni.

12 UE­shi­to­ni wa­se­za­la uBe­ti-Ra­fa lo­Pha­se­ya lo­Te­hi­na uyi­se kaI­ri-Na­ha­shi. La­ba ba­be­nga­ba­ntu ba­ka­Re­ka.

13 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ke­na­zim: O-O­thi­ni­ye­lin lo­Se­ra­ya. La­ma­do­da­na kaO­thi­ni­ye­li: UHa­tha­thi.

14 UMe­yo­no­tha­yi wa­se­za­la uO­fi­ra. USe­ra­ya wa­se­za­la uJo­wa­bi uyi­se we­si­go­di se­Ha­ra­shi, ngo­ba ba­be­zi­ngci­tshio.

15 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ka­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­nep: OI­ru, uE­la, lo­Na­ha­mu; la­ma­do­da­na kaE­la, ngi­tsho uKe­na­zi.

16 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Je­ha­le­le­li: OZi­fi, lo­Zi­faq, uTi­ri­ya, loA­sa­re­li.

17 La­ma­do­da­na kaE­zra: OJe­the­ri lo­Me­re­di loE­fe­ri lo­Ja­lo­ni. Wa­se­za­la oMi­ri­ya­mu lo­Sha­ma­yi loI­shi­ba uyi­se kaE­shi­the­mo­war.

18 Umka­khe umJu­da­ka­zi wa­se­za­la uJe­re­di uyi­se ka­Ge­do­ris, lo­He­be­ri uyi­se ka­So­kot, lo­Je­ku­thi­ye­li uyi­se ka­Za­no­wau. La­la­bo ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Bi­thi­ya indo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­ro, uMe­re­di amtha­tha­yo.

19 La­ma­do­da­na omka­Ho­di­ya, uda­de­wa­bo ka­Na­ha­ma, uyi­se ka­Ke­yi­la umGa­rmiv, loE­shi­the­mo­wa umMa­ha­ka­thiw.

20 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Shi­mo­ni: OA­mno­ni, lo­Ri­na, uBhe­ni-Ha­na­ni, lo­Thi­lo­ni. La­ma­do­da­na kaI­shi: OZo­he­thi lo­Bhe­ni-Zo­he­thi.

21 Ama­do­da­na ka­She­la indo­da­na ka­Ju­dax: OE­ri uyi­se ka­Le­ka, lo­La­ha­da uyi­se ka­Ma­re­shay, le­nse­ndo ze­ndlu ya­be­nzi be­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo be­ndlu kaA­shi­be­yaz,

22 lo­Jo­ki­mi, la­ma­do­da ako­Kho­ze­baa, lo­Jo­wa­shi, lo­Sa­ra­fi aba­be­bu­sa ama­Mo­wa­bi, lo­Ja­shu­bi-Le­he­ma. La­le­zi­zi­nda­ba zi­nda­la.

23 La­bo ba­be­nga­ba­bu­mbi, la­ba­khi­le­yo ezi­li­me­ni le­zi­nta­ngwe­ni; ba­hla­la la­pho le­nko­si emse­be­nzi­ni wa­yo.

Inza­lo ka­Si­me­yo­ni

24 Ama­do­da­na ka­Si­me­yo­ni: ONe­mu­we­li, lo­Ja­mi­ni, lo­Ja­ri­bi, uZe­ra, uSha­wu­li,

25 uSha­lu­ma indo­da­na ya­khe, uMi­bhi­sa­mu indo­da­na ya­khe, uMi­shi­ma indo­da­na ya­khe.

26 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Mi­shi­ma: UHa­mu­we­li indo­da­na ya­khe, uZa­ku­ri indo­da­na ya­khe, uShi­me­yi indo­da­na ya­khe.

27 Nja­lo uShi­me­yi wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na ali­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ayi­si­thu­pha; ko­dwa aba­fo­wa­bo ba­be­nge­la­ba­ntwa­na aba­ne­ngi, lo­se­ndo lo­nke lwa­bo ka­lwa­nda­nga nje­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­dab.

28 Ba­se­be­hla­la eBhe­ri­she­bhac le­Mo­la­da le­Ha­za­ri-Shu­wa­li

29 le­Bi­li­had leE­ze­mae le­To­la­dif

30 le­Be­thu­we­lig le­Ho­rmah le­Zi­ki­la­gi

31 le­Be­ti-Ma­ri­ka­bo­thi le­Ha­za­ri-Su­si­mi le­Be­ti-Bi­rii le­Sha­ha­ra­yi­mij. Le ya­yi­yi­mi­zi ya­bo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­bu­se­ni ku­ka­Da­vi­da.

32 Le­mi­za­na ya­bo: IE­ta­mu, leA­yi­nik, iRi­mo­nil, le­To­ke­ni, leA­sha­ni, imi­zi emi­hla­nu,

33 la­yo yo­nke imi­za­na ya­yo, eya­yi­yi­zi­nge­le­ze­le le­yo­mi­zi, ku­ze ku­be se­Ba­ha­li. Le­zi zi­nda­wo za­bo zo­ku­hla­la, nja­lo ba­ba lo­mbha­lo wo­se­ndo lwa­bo.

34 Lo­Me­sho­ba­bi lo­Ja­mi­le­ki lo­Jo­sha indo­da­na kaA­ma­zi­ya,

35 lo­Jo­we­li lo­Je­hu indo­da­na ka­Jo­shi­bhi­ya indo­da­na ka­Se­ra­ya indo­da­na kaA­si­ye­li,

36 loE­li­yo­he­na­yi lo­Ja­ha­ko­ba lo­Je­sho­ha­ya loA­sa­ya loA­di­ye­li lo­Je­si­mi­ye­li lo­Bhe­na­ya,

37 lo­Zi­za indo­da­na ka­Shi­fi indo­da­na kaA­lo­ni indo­da­na ka­Je­da­ya indo­da­na ka­Shi­mi­ri indo­da­na ka­She­ma­ya.

38 La­ba aba­qa­njwe nga­ma­bi­zo ba­be­yi­zi­khu­lu ense­ndwe­ni za­bo, le­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­sem za­nda ka­khu­lu ngo­bu­ne­ngin.

39 Ba­se­be­si­ya eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­Ge­do­rio, ba­ya nge­mpu­ma­la­nga kwe­si­ho­tsha, uku­di­nge­la imi­hla­mbi ya­bo idle­lo.

40 Ba­fi­ca idle­lo eli­vu­ndi­le­yo le­li­hle, lo­mma­ngo oba­nzi ema­ce­le­nip, lo­lo­ku­zo­la, lo­lo­ku­thu­laq; ngo­ba aba­ko­Ha­mu ba­be­hla­la kho­na endu­lo.

41 La­la­bo aba­be­bha­lwe nga­ma­bi­zo ba­fi­ka ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dar, ba­tsha­ya ama­the­nte le­nda­wo zo­ku­hla­la eza­zi­tho­la­ka­la kho­na, ba­ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlas; ba­hla­la enda­we­ni za­bo, ngo­ba kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho idle­lo le­zi­mvu za­bot.

42 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma ku­bo, eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu, aya enta­be­ni ye­Se­yi­riu. Lo­Pe­la­ti­ya lo­Ne­ya­ri­ya lo­Re­fa­ya loU­zi­ye­li ama­do­da­na kaI­shi ba­be­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo.

43 Ba­se­be­tsha­ya insa­li ya­ba­phe­pha­yo ba­maA­ma­le­ki, ba­hla­la kho­na ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlav.

Inza­lo ka­Ru­be­ni

5Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ru­be­ni, izi­bu­lo li­kaI­sra­ye­li (ngo­ba wa­ye­le­zi­bu­loa, ko­dwa nje­ngo­ba wa­ye­ngco­li­se umbhe­da ka­yi­seb, ubu­zi­bu­lo ba­khe ba­ni­kwa ama­do­da­na ka­Jo­se­fa indo­da­na kaI­sra­ye­lic; fu­thi wa­ye­nga­bha­lwa­nga nje­nge­zi­bu­lo;

2 ngo­ba uJu­da wa­ye­la­ma­ndla ku­la­ba­fo­wa­bo, lo­wa­ye­ngu­mbu­si wa­ve­la ku­ye, ko­dwa ubu­zi­bu­lo ba­bu­ngo­bu­ka­Jo­se­fad).

3 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ru­be­ni, izi­bu­lo li­kaI­sra­ye­li: OHa­no­ki, lo­Pa­lu, uHe­zi­ro­ni, lo­Ka­rmie.

4 Ama­do­da­na ka­Jo­we­li: UShe­ma­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uGo­gi indo­da­na ya­khe, uShi­me­yi indo­da­na ya­khe,

5 uMi­ka indo­da­na ya­khe, uRe­ya­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uBha­li indo­da­na ya­khe,

6 uBe­he­ra indo­da­na ya­khe, uTi­li­ga­thi-Pi­li­ne­se­ri inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya eya­mthu­mba­yo; wa­ye­yi­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni.

7 Nja­lo aba­fo­wa­bo nge­nse­ndo za­bo, la­pho be­bha­lwa ngo­kwe­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bof, ba­yi­zi­nhlo­ko: OJe­yi­ye­li, lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya,

8 lo­Bhe­la indo­da­na kaA­za­zi indo­da­na ka­She­ma indo­da­na ka­Jo­we­li, owa­ye­hla­la eA­ro­we­rig, nja­lo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ne­boh le­Bha­li-Me­yo­nii.

9 La­nge­mpu­ma­la­nga wa­hla­la kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­nge­ne­ni kwe­nka­nga­la ku­su­ke­la emfu­le­ni iYu­fra­thi, ngo­ba izi­fu­yo za­bo za­se­za­ndi­le eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­le­ya­dij.

10 Ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Sa­wu­li ba­la­wu­la-ke impi la­ma­Ha­ga­rik, awa nge­sa­ndla sa­bo; ba­hla­la ema­the­nte­ni awo eli­zwe­ni lo­nke le­mpu­ma­la­nga ye­Gi­le­ya­di.

Inza­lo ka­Ga­di

11 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ga­di ba­hla­la ma­qo­nda­na la­bo eli­zwe­ni le­Ba­sha­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Sa­le­kal.

12 UJo­we­li inhlo­ko, lo­Sha­fa­mu owe­si­bi­li, lo­Ja­na­yi lo­Sha­fa­ti eBa­sha­ni.

13 La­ba­fo­wa­bo nge­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se: OMi­ka­ye­li lo­Me­shu­la­mu lo­She­bha lo­Jo­ra­yi lo­Ja­ka­ni lo­Zi­ya loE­be­ri, be­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

14 La­ba ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­bi­ha­yi­li indo­da­na ka­Hu­ri indo­da­na ka­Ja­ro­wa indo­da­na ka­Gi­le­ya­di indo­da­na ka­Mi­ka­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Je­shi­sha­yi indo­da­na ka­Ja­hi­do indo­da­na ka­Bu­zi.

15 UA­hi indo­da­na kaA­bi­di­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Gu­ni wa­ye­yi­nhlo­ko ye­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se.

16 Ba­se­be­hla­la eGi­le­ya­di, eBa­sha­ni, le­mi­za­ne­ni ya­yo, la­ku­wo wo­nke ama­dle­lo eSha­ro­nim, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­phu­me­ni kwa­wo.

17 Bo­nke la­ba ba­bha­lwa nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo ezi­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Jo­tha­mu inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dan le­nsu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lio.

Isi­zwe sa­ko­Ru­be­ni le­sa­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se

18 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, ema­do­de­ni anga­ma­qha­we, athwa­la isi­hla­ngu le­nke­mba, anya­the­la ida­ndi­li, le­zi­ngci­tshi empi­nip, aye­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­ne la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, ephu­me­la ebu­thwe­niq.

19 Ba­se­be­la­wu­la impi la­ma­Ha­ga­rir lo­Je­tu­ris lo­Na­fi­shi lo­No­da­bit.

20 Ba­nce­di­swa be­me­le­ne la­bo, ama­Ha­ga­ri ase­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni sa­bo, la­bo bo­nke aba­be­la­wo; ngo­ba ba­kha­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu be­se­mpi­ni, wa­se­nce­nge­ka nga­bou, ngo­ba ba­mthe­mbav.

21 Ba­thu­mba izi­fu­yo za­bo, ama­ka­me­la azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, le­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, la­bo­ba­bhe­mi aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li, le­mi­phe­fu­mu­lo ya­ba­ntu ezi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu.

22 Ngo­ba kwa­wa aba­ne­ngi aba­bu­le­we­yo, ngo­ba impi ya­yi­nge­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ba­se­be­hla­la ezi­nda­we­ni za­bow kwa­ze kwa­fi­ka uku­thu­njwax.

23 Aba­ntwa­na be­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ba­se­be­hla­la eli­zwe­ni; ku­su­ke­la eBa­sha­ni ku­si­ya eBha­li-He­rmo­ni le­Se­ni­riy le­nta­be­ni ye­He­rmo­ni bo­na ba­ndaz.

24 La­le­zi zi­nhlo­ko ze­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se, ngi­tsho oE­fe­ri loI­shi loE­li­ye­li loA­zi­ri­ye­li lo­Je­re­mi­ya lo­Ho­da­vi­ya lo­Ja­hi­di­ye­li, ama­do­da anga­ma­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, ama­do­da ala­ma­bi­zo, inhlo­ko ze­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se.

25 Ko­dwa bo­na ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se, ba­phi­nga ngo­ku­la­nde­la onku­lu­nku­lu ba­ba­ntu ba­le­lo­li­zwe, uNku­lu­nku­lu aba­chi­tha­yo pha­mbi kwa­boa.

26 Nga­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li wa­vu­sa umo­ya ka­Phu­li inko­si yeA­si­ri­yab, lo­mo­ya ka­Ti­li­ga­thi-Pi­li­ne­se­ri inko­si yeA­si­ri­yac, wa­ba­thu­mba, ngi­tsho aba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, wa­ba­sa eHa­lad le­Ha­bo­rie le­Ha­ra le­mfu­le­ni iGo­za­nif, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

Inza­lo ka­Le­vi

6Ama­do­da­na ka­Le­vi: OGe­ri­sho­ni, uKo­ha­thi, lo­Me­ra­ria.

2 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi: OA­mra­mu, uI­zi­ha­ri, lo­He­bro­ni, loU­zi­ye­lib.

3 La­ba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­mra­mu: OA­ro­ni lo­Mo­zi­si lo­Mi­ri­ya­mu. La­ma­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni: ONa­da­bi, loA­bi­hu, uE­le­ya­za­re, loI­tha­ma­ric.

4 UE­le­ya­za­red wa­za­la uPhi­ne­ha­si; uPhi­ne­ha­si wa­za­la uA­bi­shu­wae;

5 uA­bi­shu­wa wa­se­za­la uBu­ki; uBu­ki wa­se­za­la uU­zi;

6 uU­zi wa­se­za­la uZe­ra­hi­ya; uZe­ra­hi­ya wa­se­za­la uMe­ra­yo­thif;

7 uMe­ra­yo­thi wa­za­la uA­ma­ri­ya; uA­ma­ri­ya wa­se­za­la uA­hi­tu­big;

8 uA­hi­tu­bi wa­se­za­la uZa­do­kih; uZa­do­kii wa­se­za­la uA­hi­ma­ha­zij;

9 uA­hi­ma­ha­zi wa­se­za­la uA­za­ri­ya; uA­za­ri­ya wa­se­za­la uJo­ha­na­ni;

10 uJo­ha­na­nik wa­se­za­la uA­za­ri­yal (ngu­ye owa­se­be­nza nje­ngo­mpri­sti endli­ni uSo­lo­mo­ni aya­kha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma);

11 uA­za­ri­ya wa­se­za­la uA­ma­ri­ya; uA­ma­ri­ya wa­se­za­la uA­hi­tu­bi;

12 uA­hi­tu­bi wa­se­za­la uZa­do­ki; uZa­do­ki wa­se­za­la uSha­lu­ma;

13 uSha­lu­ma wa­se­za­la uHi­li­khi­yam; uHi­li­khi­ya wa­se­za­la uA­za­ri­yan;

14 uA­za­ri­ya wa­se­za­la uSe­ra­yao; uSe­ra­ya wa­se­za­la uJe­ho­za­da­kip.

15 UJe­ho­za­da­ki la­ye wa­ha­mba la­pho iNko­si ya­thu­mba uJu­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­riq.

16 Ama­do­da­na ka­Le­vi: OGe­ri­sho­ni, uKo­ha­thi, lo­Me­ra­rir.

17 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo ama­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni: OLi­bi­ni lo­Shi­me­yis.

18 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thit: OA­mra­mu loI­zi­ha­ri lo­He­bro­ni loU­zi­ye­liu.

19 Ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­riv: OMa­hliw lo­Mu­shix. La­le­zi zi­nse­ndo za­ma­Le­vi nje­ngo­kwa­bo­yi­se.

20 Ko­Ge­ri­sho­niy: ULi­bi­ni indo­da­na ya­khe, uJa­ha­thi indo­da­na ya­khe, uZi­ma indo­da­na ya­khe,

21 uJo­wa indo­da­na ya­khe, uI­do indo­da­na ya­khe, uZe­ra indo­da­na ya­khe, uJe­ya­the­ra­yi indo­da­na ya­khe.

22 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thiz: UA­mi­na­da­ba indo­da­na ya­khe, uKo­ra indo­da­na ya­khea, uA­si­ri indo­da­na ya­kheb,

23 uE­lka­na indo­da­na ya­khe, loE­bi­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ya­khec, loA­si­ri indo­da­na ya­khe,

24 uTa­ha­thi indo­da­na ya­khe, uU­ri­ye­li indo­da­na ya­khe, uU­zi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Sha­wu­li indo­da­na ya­khe.

25 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaE­lka­na: OA­ma­sa­yi loA­hi­mo­thid.

26 UE­lka­na; ama­do­da­na kaE­lka­na: UZo­fa­yi indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Na­ha­thi indo­da­na ya­khe,

27 uE­li­ya­bi indo­da­na ya­khe, uJe­ro­ha­mu indo­da­na ya­khe, uE­lka­na indo­da­na ya­khe.

28 Ama­do­da­na ka­Sa­mu­we­li: Izi­bu­lo uVa­shi­ni, loA­bhi­ya.

29 Ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri: UMa­hli, uLi­bi­ni indo­da­na ya­khe, uShi­me­yi indo­da­na ya­khe, uU­za indo­da­na ya­khee,

30 uShi­me­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uHa­gi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­sa­ya indo­da­na ya­khe.

Aba­hla­be­le­li be­the­mpe­li aba­mi­swa ngu­Da­vi­da

31 La­la­ba yi­bo uDa­vi­da aba­mi­sa­yo phe­zu kwe­nko­nzo ye­ngo­ma endli­ni ye­Nko­si umtsho­ko­tsho usu­phu­mu­lef.

32 Nja­lo ba­be­kho­nza pha­mbi kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le le­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no nge­ngo­ma, uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ze wa­kha indlu ye­Nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Be­ma ngo­kwe­si­mi­so sa­bo enko­nzwe­ni ya­bo.

33 La­la­ba yi­bo abe­ma la­ma­do­da­na abo: Ku­ma­do­da­na ama­Ko­ha­thi: UHe­ma­ni umhla­be­le­li indo­da­na ka­Jo­we­lig indo­da­na ka­Sa­mu­we­lih

34 indo­da­na kaE­lka­na indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­ha­mu indo­da­na kaE­li­ye­li indo­da­na ka­To­wa

35 indo­da­na ka­Zu­fi indo­da­na kaE­lka­na indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­thi indo­da­na kaA­ma­sa­yii

36 indo­da­na kaE­lka­na indo­da­na ka­Jo­we­li indo­da­na kaA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Ze­fa­ni­ya

37 indo­da­na ka­Ta­ha­thi indo­da­na kaA­si­ri indo­da­na kaE­bhi­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­Ko­ra

38 indo­da­na kaI­zi­ha­ri indo­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi indo­da­na ka­Le­vi indo­da­na kaI­sra­ye­li.

39 Lo­mfo­wa­bo uA­sa­fij owe­ma nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­khe: UA­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­Be­re­ki­ya indo­da­na ka­Shi­me­yak

40 indo­da­na ka­Mi­ka­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ba­ha­se­ya indo­da­na ka­Ma­li­ki­ya

41 indo­da­na kaE­thi­nil indo­da­na ka­Ze­ra indo­da­na kaA­da­ya

42 indo­da­na kaE­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Zi­ma indo­da­na ka­Shi­me­yi

43 indo­da­na ka­Ja­ha­thi indo­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni indo­da­na ka­Le­vi.

44 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri, aba­fo­wa­bo, emam nga­kwe­so­kho­hlon: UE­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Ki­shio indo­da­na kaA­bi­di indo­da­na ka­Ma­lu­ki

45 indo­da­na ka­Ha­sha­bhi­ya indo­da­na kaA­ma­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya

46 indo­da­na kaA­mi­zi indo­da­na ka­Ba­ni indo­da­na ka­She­me­ri

47 indo­da­na ka­Ma­hlip indo­da­na ka­Mu­shi indo­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri indo­da­na ka­Le­vi.

48 La­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­Le­vi, ba­mi­swa ku­yo yo­nke inko­nzo ye­tha­bha­ne­ke­le le­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luq.

Inza­lo kaA­ro­ni

49 Ko­dwa uA­ro­ni la­ma­do­da­na akhe ba­ni­ke­la phe­zu kwe­la­thi lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swar la­phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­mpe­phas, ku­se­nze­lwa wo­nke umse­be­nzi we­ngcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­le, lo­kwe­nze­la uI­sra­ye­li inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la, nje­nga­kho ko­nke uMo­zi­si ince­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu eya­ku­la­ya­yot.

50 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni: OE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na ya­khe, uPhi­ne­ha­si indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­bi­shu­wa indo­da­na ya­khe,

51 uBu­ki indo­da­na ya­khe, uU­zi indo­da­na ya­khe, uZe­ra­hi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe,

52 uMe­ra­yo­thi indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­ma­ri­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­hi­tu­bi indo­da­na ya­khe,

53 uZa­do­ki indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­hi­ma­ha­zi indo­da­na ya­kheu.

Imi­zi ya­ma­Le­vi

54 Le­zi-ke zi­nda­wo za­wo zo­ku­hla­la ezi­nqa­be­ni za­wo emi­ngce­le­ni ya­wo, za­ma­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni, ze­zi­nse­ndo za­ma­Ko­ha­thiv; ngo­ba inka­tho ya­yi­nge­ya­wow.

55 Ba­se­be­wa­ni­ka iHe­bro­ni eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­da, la­ma­dle­lo ayo ayi­zi­nge­le­ze­le­yox.

56 Ko­dwa insi­mu yo­mu­zi le­mi­za­na ya­wo ba­ku­ni­ka uKa­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­fu­ne.

57 Ba­se­be­ni­ka ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni imi­zi yo­ku­phe­phe­la: IHe­bro­ni, le­Li­bhi­na la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ja­thi­ri, leE­shi­the­mo­wa la­ma­dle­lo ayoy,

58 le­Hi­le­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo, iDe­bi­ri la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

59 leA­sha­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Be­ti-She­me­shi la­ma­dle­lo ayoz.

60 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: IGe­ba la­ma­dle­lo ayo, leA­le­me­thi la­ma­dle­lo ayoa, leA­na­tho­thi la­ma­dle­lo ayob. Yo­nke imi­zi ya­wo, nge­nse­ndo za­wo, ya­yi­yi­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thuc.

61 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi, ase­le­yod ku­se­ndo lwe­si­zwe, ave­la ku­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwee, ingxe­nye ya­ko­Ma­na­se, aba le­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi, nge­nka­thof.

62 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni, nge­nse­ndo za­wo, esi­zwe­ni sa­koI­sa­ka­ri le­si­zwe­ni sa­koA­she­ri le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ma­na­se eBa­sha­ni, aba le­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­nta­thug.

63 Ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri, nge­nse­ndo za­wo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ru­be­ni le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ga­di le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni, aba le­mi­zi eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, nge­nka­thoh.

64 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­ni­ka ama­Le­vi li­mi­zi ka­nye la­ma­dle­lo ayoi.

65 Ba­se­be­ni­ka le imi­zi nge­nka­tho esi­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni le­si­zwe­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nij, aba­yi­bi­za nga­ma­bi­zok.

66 Lezi­nye ze­nse­ndo za­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi za­ba le­mi­zi ye­mi­ngce­le ya­zo esi­zwe­ni sa­koE­fra­yi­mil.

67 Ba­se­be­wa­ni­ka imi­zi yo­ku­phe­phe­la, iShe­ke­ma la­ma­dle­lo ayo enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mi, le­Ge­ze­ri la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

68 le­Jo­ki­me­ya­mu la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayom,

69 leA­ja­lo­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ga­thi-Ri­mo­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayo.

70 Le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se: IA­ne­ri la­ma­dle­lo ayon, le­Bi­le­ya­mu la­ma­dle­lo ayo, yo­se­ndo lwa­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi ase­le­yoo.

71 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni ense­ndwe­ni ze­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se aba le­Go­la­ni eBa­sha­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayop, leA­shi­ta­ro­thi la­ma­dle­lo ayoq.

72 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­koI­sa­ka­ri: IKe­de­shi la­ma­dle­lo ayor, le­Da­be­ra­thi la­ma­dle­lo ayos,

73 le­Ra­mo­thi la­ma­dle­lo ayot, leA­ne­ma la­ma­dle­lo ayou.

74 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­koA­she­ri: IMa­sha­li la­ma­dle­lo ayo, leA­bi­do­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayov,

75 le­Hu­ko­ki la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Re­ho­bi la­ma­dle­lo ayow.

76 Le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Na­fi­tha­li: IKe­de­shi eGa­li­li la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ha­mo­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayox, le­Ki­ri­ya­tha­yi­mi la­ma­dle­lo ayoy.

77 Nja­loz ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri ase­le­yo, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ze­bu­lu­nia, aba le­Ri­mo­no la­ma­dle­lo ayob, le­Tha­bho­ri la­ma­dle­lo ayoc;

78 la­nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni, eJe­ri­ko, nge­mpu­ma­la­nga kwe­Jo­da­ni, esi­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ru­be­ni: IBe­ze­ri enka­nga­la la­ma­dle­lo ayod, le­Ja­ha­za la­ma­dle­lo ayoe,

79 le­Ke­de­mo­thi la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Me­fa­ha­thi la­ma­dle­lo ayo;

80 le­si­zwe­ni sa­ko­Ga­di: IRa­mo­thi eGi­le­ya­di la­ma­dle­lo ayo, le­Ma­ha­na­yi­mi la­ma­dle­lo ayo,

81 le­He­shi­bo­ni la­ma­dle­lo ayof, le­Ja­ze­ri la­ma­dle­lo ayog.

Inza­lo kaI­sa­ka­ri

7Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni kaI­sa­ka­ri: OTho­la, lo­Phu­wa, uJa­shu­bi, lo­Shi­mro­ni; be­ba­nea.

2 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Tho­la: OU­zi, lo­Re­fa­ya, lo­Je­ri­ye­li, lo­Ja­hi­ma­yi, loI­bi­sa­mu, lo­She­mu­we­li, izi­nhlo­ko ze­ndlu ya­bo­yi­seb, aba­ko­Tho­la, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla ezi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni za­bo; ina­ni la­bo ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Da­vi­da la­li­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­phac.

3 La­ma­do­da­na kaU­zi: UI­zra­hi­ya. La­ma­do­da­na kaI­zra­hi­ya: OMi­ka­ye­li, loO­bha­di­ya, lo­Jo­we­li, uI­shi­ya, be­ba­hla­nu; be­yi­zi­nhlo­ko bo­nke.

4 Ka­nye la­bo-ke, nge­nse­ndo za­bo, nge­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se, kwa­ku­kho­na ama­vi­yo ebu­tho le­mpi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­thu­pha, ngo­ba ba­be­la­ba­fa­zi la­ba­ntwa­na aba­ne­ngi.

5 La­ba­fo­wa­bo, pha­ka­thi kwe­nse­ndo zo­nke za­koI­sa­ka­ri, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa, be­bha­lwe bo­nke nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na.

Inza­lo ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni

6 Ama­do­da­na ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: OBhe­la, lo­Be­ke­ri lo­Je­di­ya­ye­li, be­ba­tha­thud.

7 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Bhe­la: OE­zi­bo­ni, loU­zi, loU­zi­ye­li, lo­Je­ri­mo­thi, loI­ri, be­ba­hla­nu; izi­nhlo­ko ze­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla; be­bha­lwe nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na, ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­ne.

8 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Be­ke­ri: OZe­mi­ra, lo­Jo­wa­shi, loE­li­ye­ze­ri, loE­li­yo­he­na­yi, loO­mri, lo­Je­re­mo­thi, loA­bhi­ya, loA­na­tho­thie, loA­le­me­thif; bo­nke la­ba ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Be­ke­ri.

9 Be­bha­lwe nge­nse­ndo nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, izi­nhlo­ko ze­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, ba­be­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li.

10 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Je­di­ya­ye­li: UBi­li­ha­ni. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Bi­li­ha­ni: OJe­wu­shi, lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, loE­hu­di, lo­Ke­na­ha­na, lo­Ze­tha­ni, lo­Ta­rshi­shi, loA­hi­sha­ha­ri.

11 Bo­nke la­ba ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Je­di­ya­ye­li, nge­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla; ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, anga­phu­ma ebu­thwe­ni uku­ya empi­ni.

12 Lo­Shu­pi­mi lo­Hu­pi­mi ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na kaI­ri, lo­Hu­shi­mi ama­do­da­na kaA­he­ri.

Inza­lo ka­Na­fi­tha­li

13 Ama­do­da­na ka­Na­fi­tha­li: OJa­ha­zi­ye­li, lo­Gu­ni, lo­Je­ze­ri, lo­Sha­lu­ma, ama­do­da­na ku­Bi­li­ha.

Inza­lo ka­Ma­na­se

14 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ma­na­seg: UA­si­ri­ye­li umka­khe amza­la­yo. (U­mfa­zi wa­khe omnci­nya­ne umA­ra­mu­ka­zi wa­za­la uMa­ki­ri uyi­se ka­Gi­le­ya­dih.

15 UMa­ki­ri wa­tha­tha uda­de­wa­bo ka­Hu­pi­mi lo­Shu­pi­mi, wa­ba ngu­mkakhe, obi­zo la­khe ngu­Ma­ha­kai.) Le­bi­zo le­ye­si­bi­li la­li­ngu­Ze­lo­fe­ha­di; nja­lo uZe­lo­fe­ha­di wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­ka­zij.

16 UMa­ha­ka umka­Ma­ki­ri wa­se­za­la indo­da­na, wa­yi­tha ibi­zo wa­thi ngu­Pe­re­shi; le­bi­zo lo­mfo­wa­bo la­li­ngu­She­re­shi, la­ma­do­da­na akhe aye­ngoU­la­mu lo­Ra­ke­mak.

17 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaU­la­mu: UBe­da­nil. La aye­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Gi­le­ya­di indo­da­na ka­Ma­ki­ri indo­da­na ka­Ma­na­se.

18 Uda­de­wa­bo uHa­mo­le­ke­thi wa­se­za­la oI­sho­di loA­bi­ye­ze­ri lo­Ma­hla.

19 La­ma­do­da­na ka­She­mi­da aye­ngoA­hi­ya­ni lo­She­ke­ma lo­Li­khi loA­ni­ya­mum.

Inza­lo kaE­fra­yi­mi

20 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaE­fra­yi­mi: OShu­the­la, lo­Be­re­di indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Ta­ha­thi indo­da­na ya­khe, loE­le­ya­da indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Ta­ha­thi indo­da­na ya­khen,

21 lo­Za­ba­di indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Shu­the­la indo­da­na ya­khe, loE­ze­ri loE­le­ya­di, ama­do­da eGa­thi aza­le­lwa ku­le­lo­li­zwe aba­ba­bu­la­la­yo, ngo­ba be­hle­la uku­tha­tha izi­fu­yo za­boo.

22 UE­fra­yi­mi uyi­se wa­li­la insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi; aba­fo­wa­bo ba­se­be­si­za ukuza­mdu­du­za.

23 Wa­se­nge­na ku­mka­khe; wa­tha­tha isi­su, wa­za­la indo­da­na; wa­se­yi­tha ibi­zo wa­thi ngu­Be­ri­ya, ngo­ba wa­ye­se­bu­bi­ni endli­ni ya­khe.

24 Le­ndo­da­ka­zi ya­khe ya­yi­ngu­She­ra, owa­kha iBe­thi-Ho­ro­ni enga­pha­nsi le­nga­phe­zu­lu, leU­ze­ni-She­rap.

25 Nja­lo uRe­fa wa­ye­yi­ndo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Re­she­fi, lo­Te­la indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Ta­ha­ni indo­da­na ya­khe,

26 uLa­da­ni indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­mi­hu­di indo­da­na ya­khe, uE­li­sha­ma indo­da­na ya­kheq,

27 uNo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe, uJo­shu­wa indo­da­na ya­kher.

28 Le­mfu­yo ya­wo le­nda­wo za­wo zo­ku­hla­la kwa­ku­yi­Bhe­the­li le­mi­za­na ya­yos, la­nge­mpu­ma­la­nga iNa­ha­ra­ni, la­nge­ntsho­na­la­nga iGe­ze­ri le­mi­za­na ya­yot, le­She­ke­ma le­mi­za­na ya­yo, kwa­ze kwa­ba seA­ya le­mi­za­na ya­yo.

29 La­se­mi­ngce­le­ni ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ma­na­seu, iBe­ti-She­ya­ni le­mi­za­na ya­yo, iTha­ha­na­khi le­mi­za­na ya­yo, iMe­gi­do le­mi­za­na ya­yo, iDo­ri le­mi­za­na ya­yo. Ku­le kwa­hla­la aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Jo­se­fa indo­da­na kaI­sra­ye­li.

Inza­lo kaA­she­ri

30 Aba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­she­ri: OI­mi­nav, loI­shi­vaw, loI­shi­vix, lo­Be­ri­ya, lo­Se­ra uda­de­wa­bo.

31 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Be­ri­ya: OHe­be­ri, lo­Ma­li­ki­ye­li ongu­yi­se ka­Bi­ri­za­yi­thi.

32 UHe­be­ri wa­se­za­la oJa­fi­le­thi lo­Sho­me­ri lo­Ho­tha­mu lo­Shu­wa uda­de­wa­bo.

33 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­fi­le­thi: OPa­sa­ki lo­Bi­mi­ha­li loA­shi­va­thi; la nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Ja­fi­le­thi.

34 La­ma­do­da­na ka­She­me­ri: OA­hi, lo­Ro­hi­ga, uJe­hu­ba, loA­ra­mu.

35 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­He­le­mu umfo­wa­bo: OZo­fa loI­mi­na lo­She­le­shi loA­ma­li.

36 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Zo­fa: OSu­wa, lo­Ha­ri­ne­fe­ri, lo­Shu­wa­li, lo­Be­ri, loI­mra,

37 uBe­ze­ri, lo­Ho­di, lo­Sha­ma, lo­Shi­li­sha, loI­thi­ra­niy, lo­Be­he­ra.

38 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Je­the­riz: OJe­fu­ne lo­Pi­si­pa loA­ra.

39 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaU­la: OA­ra lo­Ha­ni­ye­li lo­Ri­zi­ya.

40 Bo­nke la­ba ba­be­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­kaA­she­ri, izi­nhlo­ko ze­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se, aba­khe­thi­we­yo, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, izi­nhlo­ko ze­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla. Ba­se­be­bha­lwa nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na ebu­thwe­ni empi­ni; ina­ni la­bo la­li­nga­ma­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­thu­phaa.

Inza­lo ka­Bhe­nja­mi­ni

8UBhe­nja­mi­ni wa­se­za­la uBhe­la izi­bu­lo la­khe, uA­shi­be­li owe­si­bi­lia, loA­ha­ra owe­si­tha­thub,

2 uNo­ha owe­si­ne, lo­Ra­fa owe­si­hla­nu.

3 Nja­lo uBhe­la wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na: OA­da­ri lo­Ge­ra loA­bhi­hu­dic

4 loA­bi­shu­wa lo­Na­ma­nid loA­ho­wae

5 lo­Ge­ra lo­She­fu­fa­ni lo­Hu­ra­mu.

6 La­la nga­ma­do­da­na kaE­hu­di; le­zi zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­ba­hla­li be­Ge­baf; wa­se­ba­thu­mbe­la eMa­na­ha­thig;

7 lo­Na­ma­nih, loA­hi­yai, lo­Ge­raj; ye­na wa­ba­thu­mba; wa­se­za­la oU­za loA­hi­hu­di.

8 USha­ha­ra­yi­mi wa­se­za­la aba­ntwa­na eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Mo­wa­bi, ese­ba­xo­tshi­le; oHu­shi­mi lo­Ba­ha­ra ba­be­ngo­mka­khe.

9 Wa­se­za­la ku­Ho­de­shi umka­khe oJo­ba­bi lo­Zi­bi­ya lo­Me­sha lo­Ma­li­ka­mu

10 lo­Je­wu­zi lo­Sa­ki­ya lo­Mi­ri­ma. La­ba ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na akhe, izi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se.

11 Ku­Hu­shi­mi wa­se­za­la oA­bi­tu­bi loE­li­pha­ha­li.

12 Ama­do­da­na kaE­li­pha­ha­li: OE­be­ri, lo­Mi­sha­mu, lo­She­me­di owa­kha iO­nokl le­Lo­di le­mi­za­na ya­yomno,

13 lo­Be­ri­ya, lo­She­map, aba­be­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­ba­hla­li beA­ja­lo­niq, aba­be­xo­tshe aba­hla­li be­Ga­thir,

14 loA­hi­yo, uSha­sha­ki, lo­Je­re­mo­thi,

15 lo­Ze­bha­di­ya, loA­ra­di, loE­de­ri,

16 lo­Mi­ka­ye­li, loI­shi­pa, lo­Jo­ha, ama­do­da­na ka­Be­ri­yas.

17 Lo­Ze­bha­di­ya, lo­Me­shu­la­mu, lo­Hi­zi­ki, lo­He­be­ri,

18 loI­shme­ra­yi, loI­zi­li­ya, lo­Jo­ba­bi, ama­do­da­na kaE­li­pha­ha­lit.

19 Lo­Ja­ki­mi, lo­Zi­ki­ri, lo­Za­bi­di,

20 loE­li­ye­na­yi, lo­Zi­le­tha­yi, loE­li­ye­li,

21 loA­da­ya, lo­Be­ra­ya, lo­Shi­mi­ra­thi, ama­do­da­na ka­Shi­me­yi.

22 LoI­shi­pa­ni, loE­be­ri, loE­li­ye­li,

23 loA­bi­do­ni, lo­Zi­ki­ri, lo­Ha­na­ni,

24 lo­Ha­na­ni­ya, loE­la­mu, loA­ni­tho­thi­ya,

25 loI­fi­de­ya, lo­Pe­nu­we­li, ama­do­da­na ka­Sha­sha­kiu.

26 Lo­Sha­mi­she­ra­yi, lo­She­ka­ri­ya, loA­tha­li­ya,

27 lo­Ja­ha­re­shi­ya, loE­li­ya, lo­Zi­ki­ri, ama­do­da­na ka­Je­ro­ha­mu.

28 La­ba ba­be­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, izi­nhlo­ko nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo; la­ba ba­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

Inza­lo ka­Sa­wu­li

29 EGi­be­yo­niv kwa­se­ku­hla­la uyi­se ka­Gi­be­yo­ni; le­bi­zo lo­mka­khe la­li­ngu­Ma­ha­kaw.

30 Le­ndo­da­na ya­khe, izi­bu­lo la­khe, nguA­bhi­do­ni, lo­Zu­ri, lo­Ki­shi, lo­Bha­li, lo­Na­da­bi,

31 lo­Ge­do­ri, loA­hi­yo, lo­Ze­ke­ri.

32 UMi­ki­lo­thi wa­se­za­la uShi­me­yax. La­la­ba ba­be­hla­la ma­qo­nda­na la­ba­fo­wa­bo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ka­nye la­ba­fo­wa­bo.

33 UNe­riy wa­se­za­la uKi­shi; uKi­shi wa­se­za­la uSa­wu­li; uSa­wu­li wa­se­za­la oJo­na­tha­ni lo­Ma­li­ki-Shu­waz loA­bi­na­da­ba loE­shi­bha­lia.

34 Nja­lo indo­da­na ka­Jo­na­tha­ni ya­yi­ngu­Me­ri­bi-Bha­li; uMe­ri­bi-Bha­li wa­se­za­la uMi­kab.

35 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Mi­ka: OPi­tho­ni lo­Me­le­ki lo­Ta­re­ya loA­ha­zi.

36 UA­ha­zi wa­se­za­la uJe­ho­ya­da; uJe­ho­ya­da wa­se­za­la oA­le­me­thi loA­zi­ma­ve­thi lo­Zi­mri; uZi­mri wa­se­za­la uMo­za;

37 uMo­za wa­se­za­la uBi­ne­ya; uRa­fa wa­ye­yi­ndo­da­na ya­khe, uE­le­ya­sa indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­ze­li indo­da­na ya­khe.

38 Nja­lo uA­ze­li wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na ayi­si­thu­pha; la­la nga­ma­bi­zo awo: OA­zi­ri­ka­mu, uBho­ke­ru, loI­shma­ye­li, lo­She­ya­ri­ya, loO­bha­di­ya, lo­Ha­na­ni. Wo­nke la nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­ze­li.

39 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaE­she­ki umfo­wa­bo: OU­la­mu izi­bu­lo la­khe, uJe­wu­shi eye­si­bi­li, loE­li­fe­le­ti eye­si­tha­thu.

40 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na kaU­la­mu aye­nga­ma­do­da, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, anya­the­la ida­ndi­li, ela­ma­do­da­na ama­ne­ngi la­ma­do­da­na ama­do­da­na, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu. Bo­nke la­ba ba­be­nga­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nic.

Aba­be­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

9UI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­se­ba­lwa nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na; kha­nge­la-ke, zi­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­lia; ko­dwa aba­ko­Ju­da ba­thu­nje­lwa eBha­bhi­lo­ni nge­nxa ye­zi­pha­mbe­ko za­bob.

2 Nja­lo aba­hla­li bo­ku­qa­la aba­be­se­li­zwe­ni la­bo emi­zi­ni ya­bo kwa­ku­nguI­sra­ye­li, aba­pri­sti, ama­Le­vic, la­ma­Ne­thi­nid.

3 Nja­lo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma kwa­hla­la aba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da la­ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni la­ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi lo­Ma­na­see:

4 U-U­tha­yi indo­da­na kaA­mi­hu­di indo­da­na kaO­mri indo­da­na kaI­mri indo­da­na ka­Ba­ni, wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Pe­re­zi indo­da­na ka­Ju­daf.

5 La­ku­ma­Shi­lo­nig: UA­sa­ya izi­bu­lo, la­ma­do­da­na akhe.

6 La­ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Ze­rah: UJe­yu­we­li la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye.

7 La­ku­ma­do­da­na ako­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: USa­lu indo­da­na ka­Me­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­Ho­da­vi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ha­se­nu­wai;

8 loI­bi­ne­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­ha­mu, loE­la indo­da­na kaU­zi indo­da­na ka­Mi­ki­ri, lo­Me­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­She­fa­thi­ya indo­da­na ka­Re­hu­we­li indo­da­na kaI­bi­ni­ya;

9 la­ba­fo­wa­bo nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo, ama­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu le­si­thu­phaj. Wo­nke la­ma­do­da aye­yi­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se endli­ni ya­bo­yi­sek.

10 La­ku­ba­pri­sti: OJe­da­ya, lo­Je­ho­ya­ri­bi, lo­Ja­ki­nil,

11 loA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya indo­da­na ka­Me­shu­la­mum indo­da­na ka­Za­do­kin indo­da­na ka­Me­ra­yo­thio indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bip, umpha­thi we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luq,

12 loA­da­yar indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­ha­mus indo­da­na ka­Pa­shu­rit indo­da­na ka­Ma­li­ki­ya, lo­Ma­ha­sa­yi indo­da­na kaA­di­ye­liu indo­da­na ka­Ja­hi­ze­ra indo­da­na ka­Me­shu­la­mu indo­da­na ka­Me­shi­le­mi­thi indo­da­na kaI­me­riv,

13 la­ba­fo­wa­bo, izi­nhlo­ko ze­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se, inku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, aba­la­ma­ndla ngo­bu­ngcwe­thi emse­be­nzi­ni we­nko­nzo ye­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

14 La­ku­ma­Le­vi: UShe­ma­ya indo­da­na ka­Ha­shu­bi indo­da­na kaA­zi­ri­ka­mu indo­da­na ka­Ha­sha­bhi­ya, owa­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­riw,

15 lo­Ba­ki­ba­ka­ri, uHe­re­shi, lo­Ga­la­lix, lo­Ma­tha­ni­ya indo­da­na ka­Mi­kay indo­da­na ka­Zi­ki­ri indo­da­na kaA­sa­fiz,

16 loO­bha­di­yaa indo­da­na ka­She­ma­yab indo­da­na ka­Ga­la­li indo­da­na ka­Je­du­thu­nic, lo­Be­re­ki­ya indo­da­na kaA­sa indo­da­na kaE­lka­na owa­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­ma­Ne­to­fad.

17 La­ba­gci­ni ba­ma­sa­ngo oSha­lu­ma loA­ku­bi lo­Ta­li­mo­ni loA­hi­ma­ni; lo­mfo­wa­bo uSha­lu­ma wa­ye­yi­nhlo­koe;

18 nja­lo ku­ze ku­be le­si­si­kha­thi, ba­be­sa­ngwe­ni le­nko­si nge­mpu­ma­la­nga, la­ba ba­be­nga­ba­gci­ni ba­ma­sa­ngo enka­mbe­ni ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Le­vif.

19 USha­lu­ma indo­da­na ka­Ko­re indo­da­na kaE­bi­ya­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­Ko­ra, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, abe­ndlu ka­yi­seg, ama­Ko­ra, ba­se­be­pha­tha umse­be­nzi we­nko­nzo, aba­li­ndi be­mi­nya­ngo ye­the­nte; la­bo­yi­se ba­pha­tha iba­ndla le­Nko­si, aba­li­ndi be­ntu­bah.

20 UPhi­ne­ha­si indo­da­na kaE­le­ya­za­re wa­ye­ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwa­bo nga­pha­mbi­li; iNko­si ya­yi­la­yei.

21 UZe­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Me­she­le­mi­ya wa­ye­ngu­mgci­ni­sa­ngo emnya­ngo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­noj.

22 Bo­nke la­bo aba­khe­thwa­yo ba­ba­nga­ba­gci­ni­ma­sa­ngo emi­bu­ndwi­ni, ba­be­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li le­tshu­mi la­mbi­lik; ba­bha­lwa nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo emi­zi­ni ya­bo; oDa­vi­da lo­Sa­mu­we­lil umbo­ni aba­ba­mi­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­bom.

23 Nga­kho bo­na la­ma­do­da­na abo ba­pha­tha ama­sa­ngo endli­ni ye­Nko­si, indlu ye­the­nte, nge­mi­li­ndo.

24 Aba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo ba­be­kho­na emi­mo­ye­ni yo­mi­ne, empu­ma­la­nga, entsho­na­la­nga, enya­ka­tho, le­ni­ngi­zi­mu.

25 La­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­be­se­mi­zi­ni ya­bon ba­be­fa­ne­le be­ze okwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa izi­kha­thi nge­zi­kha­thi ka­nye la­boo.

26 Ngo­ba ama­Le­vi la, aba­gci­ni ba­ma­sa­ngo aba­khu­lu bo­ba­ne, ba­be­se­si­khu­ndle­ni, ba­be­phe­the ama­ka­me­lo be­phe­zu kwe­zi­ndlu ze­no­tho ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

27 Nja­lo ba­be­hla­la ebu­su­ku be­zi­nge­le­ze­le indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngo­ba umli­ndo wa­wu­phe­zu kwa­bo, nja­lo be­phe­the uku­vu­lwa kwa­yo, ngi­tsho iku­se­ni nge­ku­se­nip.

28 Nja­lo aba­nye ba­bo ba­be­phe­the izi­tsha ze­nko­nzo, ngo­ba nge­na­ni ba­zi­nge­ni­sa, la­nge­na­ni ba­zi­khu­pha.

29 Laba­nye ba­bo ba­be­mi­swe phe­zu kwe­zi­tsha, la­phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­tsha ezi­ngcwe­le, la­phe­zu kwe­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo le­wa­yi­ni la­ma­fu­tha le­mpe­pha la­ma­khaq.

30 Aba­nye ema­do­da­ne­ni aba­pri­sti ba­be­hla­nga­ni­sa-ke ama­fu­tha ama­khar.

31 Lo­Ma­thi­thi­ya ku­ma­Le­vi, owa­ye­li­zi­bu­lo li­ka­Sha­lu­ma umKo­ras, wa­ye­pha­thi­swe umse­be­nzi wa­ma­qe­be­le­ngwa­na abha­kwe ema­pa­ni­ni.

32 Laba­nye ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­ma­Ko­ha­thi ku­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­be­phe­the isi­nkwa so­ku­bu­ki­swa ukusi­lu­ngi­sa isa­ba­tha nge­sa­ba­that.

33 La­la­ba nga­ba­hla­be­le­li, izi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­ma­Le­viu, ema­ka­me­lwe­ni, be­khu­lu­le­ki­lev, ngo­ba emi­ni le­bu­su­ku kwa­ku­phe­zu kwa­bo uku­ba se­mse­be­nzi­niw.

34 La­ba ba­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­ma­Le­vi, izi­nhlo­ko nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo; la­ba ba­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

Izi­zu­ku­lwa­na zi­ka­Sa­wu­li

35 EGi­be­yo­ni kwa­ku­hla­la-ke uyi­se ka­Gi­be­yo­ni, uJe­hi­ye­li; le­bi­zo lo­mka­khe la­li­ngu­Ma­ha­kax.

36 Le­ndo­da­na ya­khe eli­zi­bu­lo uA­bi­do­ni, lo­Zu­ri lo­Ki­shi lo­Bha­li lo­Ne­ri lo­Na­da­bi

37 lo­Ge­do­ri loA­hi­yo lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya lo­Mi­ki­lo­thi.

38 UMi­ki­lo­thi wa­se­za­la uShi­me­ya­mu; la­ba la­bo ba­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ma­qo­nda­na la­ba­fo­wa­bo ka­nye la­ba­fo­wa­bo.

39 UNe­ri wa­se­za­la uKi­shi; uKi­shi wa­se­za­la uSa­wu­li; uSa­wu­li wa­se­za­la oJo­na­tha­ni lo­Ma­li­ki-Shu­wa loA­bi­na­da­ba loE­shi­bha­liy.

40 Nja­lo indo­da­na ka­Jo­na­tha­ni ya­yi­ngu­Me­ri­bi-Bha­liz; uMe­ri­bi-Bha­li wa­se­za­la uMi­ka.

41 Nja­lo ama­do­da­na ka­Mi­ka: OPi­tho­ni lo­Me­le­ki lo­Ta­re­yaa.

42 UA­ha­zi wa­se­za­la uJa­rab; uJa­ra wa­se­za­la oA­le­me­thi loA­zi­ma­ve­thi lo­Zi­mri. UZi­mri wa­se­za­la uMo­za.

43 UMo­za wa­se­za­la uBi­ne­ya, lo­Re­fa­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, uE­le­ya­sa indo­da­na ya­khe, uA­ze­li indo­da­na ya­khec.

44 Nja­lo uA­ze­li wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na ayi­si­thu­pha; la­la nga­ma­bi­zo awo: OA­zi­ri­ka­mu, uBho­ke­ru, loI­shma­ye­li, lo­She­ya­ri­ya, loO­bha­di­ya, lo­Ha­na­ni. La aye­nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­ze­li.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Sa­wu­li la­ma­do­da­na akhe

10Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­si­lwa eme­le­ne loI­sra­ye­li; la­ma­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li aba­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti, awa abu­la­wa enta­be­ni ye­Gi­li­bo­waa.

2 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­na­ma­the­la nge­mva ku­ka­Sa­wu­li la­nge­mva kwa­ma­do­da­na akhe; ama­Fi­li­sti atsha­ya uJo­na­tha­ni loA­bi­na­da­ba lo­Ma­li­ki-Shu­wa, ama­do­da­na ka­Sa­wu­li.

3 Impi ya­si­si­ba nzi­ma ime­le­ne lo­Sa­wu­li; aba­tsho­ka nga­ma­da­ndi­li ba­se­be­mfi­ca; wa­se­li­nya­zwa nga­ba­tsho­ki.

4 USa­wu­li wa­se­si­thi ku­mthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe: Hwa­tsha inke­mba ya­kho, ungi­gwa­ze nga­yo, hle­zi la­ba aba­nga­so­ka­nga ba­fi­ke, ba­dla­le ku­bi nga­mi. Ko­dwa umthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe ka­vu­ma­nga, ngo­ba we­sa­ba ka­khu­lu. USa­wu­li wa­se­tha­tha inke­mba, wazi­wi­se­la phe­zu kwa­yo.

5 La­pho umthwa­li we­zi­kha­li za­khe ebo­na uku­thi uSa­wu­li use­fi­le, la­ye wazi­wi­se­la phe­zu kwe­nke­mba, wa­fa.

6 Wa­fa-ke uSa­wu­li, la­ma­do­da­na akhe ama­tha­thu, le­ndlu ya­khe yo­nke; ba­fa nda­wo­nyeb.

7 Kwa­thi wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li aye­se­si­go­di­ni ebo­na uku­thi aba­le­ki­le, lo­ku­thi uSa­wu­li la­ma­do­da­na akhe ba­fi­le, atshi­ya imi­zi ya­wo, aba­le­ka; ama­Fi­li­sti ase­fi­ka, ahla­la ki­yoc.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­sa la­pho ama­Fi­li­sti efi­ka uku­hlu­bu­la aba­bu­le­we­yo, afi­ca uSa­wu­li la­ma­do­da­na akhe be­wi­le enta­be­ni ye­Gi­li­bo­wa.

9 Amhlu­bu­la, atha­tha ikha­nda la­khe le­zi­kha­li za­khe, athu­me­la eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, uku­me­me­ze­la imi­bi­ko ezi­tho­mbe­ni za­wo le­ba­ntwi­nid.

10 Ase­be­ka izi­kha­li za­khe endli­ni ya­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­wo, abe­the­la ukha­kha­yi lwa­khe endli­ni ka­Da­go­nie.

11 Kwa­thi iJa­be­shi-Gi­le­ya­di yo­nke isi­zwi­le ko­nke ama­Fi­li­sti akwe­nze ku­Sa­wu­li,

12 wo­nke ama­qha­we asu­ka, atha­tha isi­du­mbu si­ka­Sa­wu­li le­zi­du­mbu za­ma­do­da­na akhe, azi­le­tha eJa­be­shi, angcwa­ba ama­tha­mbo abo nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­hla­hla se-o­khi* eJa­be­shi, azi­la uku­dla insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saf.

13 Nga­kho uSa­wu­li wa­fa nge­nxa ye­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­khe apha­mbu­ka nga­so eme­le­ne le­Nko­si, eme­le­ne le­li­zwi le­Nko­si aye­nga­li­gci­na­ngag, nja­lo la­ngo­ku­bu­za ko­le­dlo­zi uku­di­nga ku­yeh,

14 nja­lo ka­ku­di­nga­nga eNko­si­nii. Nga­kho ya­mbu­la­la, ya­gu­qu­le­la umbu­so ku­Da­vi­da indo­da­na ka­Je­sej.

UDa­vi­da uba yi­nko­si koI­sra­ye­li

11UI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­se­bu­tha­na ku­Da­vi­da eHe­bro­ni esi­thi: Kha­nge­la, thi­na si­li­tha­mbo la­kho le­nya­ma ya­khoa.

2 Ngi­tsho ma­ndu­lo, ngi­tsho uSa­wu­li eyi­nko­si, ngu­we owa­khu­pha lo­wa­nge­ni­sa uI­sra­ye­li; iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ya­si­si­thi ku­we: We­na uza­kwe­lu­sa aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li, nja­lo we­na uza­ku­ba ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li.

3 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka bo­nke aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li enko­si­ni eHe­bro­ni. UDa­vi­da wa­se­se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­bo eHe­bro­ni pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si. Ba­se­be­mgco­ba uDa­vi­da uku­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, nje­nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Sa­mu­we­lib.

UDa­vi­da utha­tha inqa­ba ye­Zi­yo­ni

4 UDa­vi­da loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ba­se­be­si­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, eyi­Je­bu­si, ngo­ba la­pho kwa­ku­la­ma­Je­bu­si, aba­hla­li ba­le­lo­li­zwe.

5 Aba­hla­li be­Je­bu­si ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ka­wu­yi­ku­nge­na la­pha. Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­yi­thu­mba inqa­ba ye­Zi­yo­ni, engu­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­dac.

6 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni oza­tsha­ya ama­Je­bu­si ku­qa­la uza­ku­ba yi­nhlo­ko le­ndu­nad. Nga­kho uJo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya we­nyu­ka ku­qa­la, wa­ba yi­nhlo­ko.

7 UDa­vi­da wa­se­hla­la enqa­be­ni; nga­lo­kho-ke ba­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­da.

8 Wa­se­wa­kha umu­zi inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ku­su­ke­la eMi­lo wa­ze wa­wu­hla­nga­ni­sa. UJo­wa­bi wa­se­vu­se­le­la oku­se­le­yo ko­mu­zi.

9 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­ya eqhu­be­ka esi­ba mkhu­lu, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ya­yi­la­ye.

Ama­qha­we ka­Da­vi­da

10 La­le­zi zi­nhlo­ko za­ma­qha­we uDa­vi­da aye­la­zo, eza­zi­qi­ni­sa ka­nye la­ye embu­swe­ni wa­khe, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, uku­me­nza inko­sie, nje­nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si ma­ye­la­na loI­sra­ye­lif.

11 La­le­li li­na­ni la­ma­qha­we uDa­vi­da aye­la­wo: UJa­sho­be­ya­mu indo­da­na yo­mHa­ki­mo­nig inhlo­ko ya­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; ye­na wa­pha­ka­mi­sa umkho­nto wa­khe eme­le­ne la­ba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu, waba­bu­la­la nga­si­kha­thi si­nyeh.

12 Le­mva kwa­khe kwa­ku­loE­le­ya­za­re indo­da­na ka­Do­do umA­ho­hi; wa­ye­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­qha­we ama­tha­thu.

13 Ye­na wa­ye­lo­Da­vi­da ePa­si-Da­mi­mi la­pho ama­Fi­li­sti aye­bu­tha­ne­le impi kho­na. Le­si­qi­nti se­nsi­mu sa­si­gcwe­le ibha­li*; aba­ntu ba­se­be­ba­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­ma­Fi­li­stii.

14 Bo­na ba­zi­mi­sa pha­ka­thi kwe­si­qi­nti, ba­si­khu­lu­la, ba­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti, iNko­si ya­si­si­ndi­sa ngo­ku­khu­lu­la oku­khu­luj.

15 Aba­tha­thu ezi­ndu­ne­ni ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ba­se­be­se­hle­la edwa­le­ni ku­Da­vi­da, ebha­lwi­ni lweA­du­la­mu; le­bu­tho la­ma­Fi­li­sti la­li­mi­se inka­mba esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Re­fa­yi­mik.

16 UDa­vi­da nga­le­so­si­kha­thi wa­ye­se­nqa­be­ni, le­bu­tho le­nqa­ba la­ma­Fi­li­sti nga­le­so­si­kha­thi la­li­se­Bhe­the­le­he­mal.

17 UDa­vi­da wa­se­la­nga­tha wa­thi: Ha­wu, ku­nga­thi1 omu­nye ube­nga­ngi­na­thi­sa ama­nzi omtho­mbo we­Bhe­the­le­he­ma ose­sa­ngwe­ni!

18 La­bo aba­tha­thu ba­fo­hle­la enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­Fi­li­sti, ba­kha ama­nzi emtho­nje­ni we­Bhe­the­le­he­ma owa­wu­se­sa­ngwe­ni, ba­wa­thwa­la ba­wa­le­tha ku­Da­vi­da; ko­dwa uDa­vi­da ka­fu­na­nga uku­wa­na­tha, ko­dwa wa­wa­thu­lu­le­la iNko­si.

19 Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­ku­be kha­tsha­na la­mi, ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ukwe­nza lo­kho. Ngi­nga­na­tha yi­ni iga­zi la­la­ma­do­da abe­ke impi­lo ya­wo engo­zi­ni? Ngo­ba ngo­ku­be­ka impi­lo ya­wo engo­zi­ni, awa­le­thi­le. Nga­kho ka­fu­na­nga uku­wa­na­tha. Le­zi­zi­nto aze­nza la­wo­ma­qha­we ama­tha­thu.

20 UA­bi­sha­yi umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­wa­bi, ye­na-ke wa­ye­yi­nhlo­ko ya­ba­tha­thu. Ye­na epha­ka­mi­sa umkho­nto wa­khe eme­le­ne la­ba­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu wa­ba­bu­la­la; wa­se­si­ba le­bi­zo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­tha­thum.

21 Kwa­ba­tha­thu wa­ye­hlo­ni­tshwa ku­la­ba­bi­li, wa­se­si­ba yi­ndu­na ya­bo; ko­dwa ka­fi­nye­le­la­nga kwa­ba­tha­thu abo­ku­qa­la.

22 UBhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da, indo­da­na ye­qha­we le­Ka­bhi­se­ye­li, wa­ye­mkhu­lu nge­ze­nzo: Ngu­ye owa­tsha­ya aba­ko­Mo­wa­bi aba­bi­li aba­be­nje­nge­zi­lwa­ne; fu­thi ye­na we­hla wa­bu­la­la isi­lwa­ne pha­ka­thi ko­mgo­di mhla we­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yo.

23 Ye­na wa­se­tsha­ya indo­da engu­mGi­bhi­the, umu­ntu omu­de, ozi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu. Le­sa­ndle­ni so­mGi­bhi­the kwa­ku­lo­mkho­nto onje­ngo­go­do lo­me­lu­ki; ko­dwa we­hle­la ku­ye nge­ndu­ku, wa­hlu­thu­na umkho­nto esa­ndle­ni so­mGi­bhi­the, wa­mbu­la­la ngo­wa­khe umkho­nton.

24 Le­zi­zi­nto wa­ze­nza uBhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da, wa­ba le­bi­zo pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­qha­we ama­tha­thuo.

25 Kha­nge­la, wa­hlo­ni­tshwa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, ko­dwa ka­fi­nye­le­la­nga kwa­ba­tha­thu. UDa­vi­da wa­se­mbe­ka phe­zu kwa­ba­li­ndi ba­khep.

26 La­ma­qha­we ama­bu­tho: OA­sa­he­li umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­wa­bi, uE­li­ha­na­ni indo­da­na ka­Do­do we­Bhe­the­le­he­maq,

27 uSha­mo­thi umHa­ro­di, uHe­le­zi umPhe­lo­nir,

28 uI­ra indo­da­na kaI­khe­shi umThe­kho­wa, uA­bi­ye­ze­ri umA­na­tho­this,

29 uSi­be­ka­yi umHu­sha­thit, uI­la­yi umA­ho­hi,

30 uMa­ha­ra­yi umNe­to­fa, uHe­le­bi indo­da­na ka­Ba­ha­na umNe­to­fa,

31 uI­tha­yi indo­da­na ka­Ri­ba­yi we­Gi­be­ya ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, uBhe­na­ya umPi­ra­tho­ni,

32 uHu­ra­yi we­zi­fu­la ze­Ga­ha­shi, uA­bi­ye­li umA­rba,

33 uA­zi­ma­ve­thi umBa­ha­ru­mi, uE­li­ya­bha umSha­ha­li­bo­ni,

34 ama­do­da­na ka­Ha­she­ma umGi­zo­ni, uJo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Sha­ge umHa­ra­ri,

35 uA­hi­ya­mu indo­da­na ka­Sa­ka­ri umHa­ra­ri, uE­li­fa­li indo­da­na kaU­ri,

36 uHe­fe­ri umMe­ke­rau, uA­hi­ya umPhe­lo­niv,

37 uHe­zi­ro umKha­rme­li, uNa­ha­ra­yi indo­da­na kaE­zi­ba­yi,

38 uJo­we­li umfo­wa­bo ka­Na­tha­ni, uMi­bha­ri indo­da­na ka­Ha­gi­ri,

39 uZe­le­ki umA­mo­ni, uNa­ha­ra­yi umBhe­ro­thi, umthwa­li we­zi­kha­li zi­ka­Jo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya,

40 uI­ra umI­thi­ri, uGa­re­bi umI­thi­ri,

41 uU­ri­ya umHe­thi, uZa­ba­di indo­da­na kaA­hi­la­yiw,

42 uA­di­na indo­da­na ka­Shi­za umRu­be­ni, inhlo­ko kwa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni, la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu be­la­ye,

43 uHa­na­ni indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­ka, lo­Jo­sha­fa­ti umMi­thi­ni,

44 uU­zi­ya umA­shi­te­ra­thix, uSha­ma lo­Je­hi­ye­li ama­do­da­na ka­Ho­tha­mu umA­ro­we­riy,

45 uJe­di­ya­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Shi­mri, lo­Jo­ha umfo­wa­bo umTi­zi,

46 uE­li­ye­li umMa­ha­vi, lo­Je­ri­ba­yi lo­Jo­sha­vi­ya ama­do­da­na kaE­li­na­ha­mu, loI­thi­ma umMo­wa­bi,

47 loE­li­ye­li, loO­be­di, lo­Ja­ha­si­ye­li umMe­zo­ba­ya.

Aba­si­zi ba­ka­Da­vi­da eZi­ki­la­gi

12La­ba-ke yi­la­bo abe­za ku­Da­vi­da eZi­ki­la­gi, la­pho esa­va­le­lwe nge­nxa ka­Sa­wu­li indo­da­na ka­Ki­shi; nja­lo ba­be­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­qha­we, aba­si­zi be­mpia.

2 Be­hlo­mi­le nga­ma­da­ndi­lib, be­se­be­nzi­sa isa­ndla so­ku­ne­ne le­so­kho­hlo nga­ma­tshe, la­nge­mi­tsho­ko nge­da­ndi­li; ba­be­nga­ba­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Sa­wu­li ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nic.

3 Inhlo­ko ya­yi­nguA­hi­ye­ze­ri, lo­Jo­wa­shi, ama­do­da­na ka­She­ma­ha umGi­be­yad; lo­Je­zi­ye­li lo­Pe­le­ti ama­do­da­na kaA­zi­ma­ve­thi, lo­Be­ra­ka, lo­Je­hu umA­na­tho­thie,

4 loI­shma­ya umGi­be­yo­nif, iqha­we pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu nja­lo ephe­zu kwa­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu; lo­Je­re­mi­ya, lo­Ja­ha­zi­ye­li, lo­Jo­ha­na­ni, lo­Jo­za­ba­di umGe­de­rag,

5 uE­lu­za­yi, lo­Je­ri­mo­thi, lo­Be­ya­li­ya, lo­She­ma­ri­ya, lo­She­fa­thi­ya umHa­ru­fi,

6 uE­lka­na, loI­shi­ya, loA­za­re­li, lo­Jo­we­ze­ri, lo­Ja­sho­be­ya­mu, ama­Ko­rah,

7 lo­Jo­we­la, lo­Ze­bha­di­ya, ama­do­da­na ka­Je­ho­ra­mu we­Ge­do­rii.

8 La­kwa­ba­ko­Ga­di ba­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la ku­Da­vi­da enqa­be­ni enka­nga­la, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, ama­do­da ebu­tho empi, epha­tha isi­hla­ngu esi­khu­lu lo­mkho­nto, obu­so ba­wo ba­bu­yi­bu­so be­zi­lwa­nej, enje­nge­mi­zi­ki ezi­nta­be­ni nge­si­qu­buk.

9 UE­ze­ri wa­ye­yi­nhlo­ko, uO­bha­di­ya owe­si­bi­li, uE­li­ya­bi owe­si­tha­thu,

10 uMi­shi­ma­na owe­si­ne, uJe­re­mi­ya owe­si­hla­nu,

11 uA­tha­yi owe­si­thu­pha, uE­li­ye­li owe­si­kho­mbi­sa,

12 uJo­ha­na­ni owe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, uE­li­za­ba­di owe­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye,

13 uJe­re­mi­ya owe­tshu­mi, uMa­ki­ba­na­yi owe­tshu­mi la­nye.

14 La­ba ba­be­nga­ba­ma­do­da­na ako­Ga­di, izi­nhlo­ko ze­bu­tho; omu­nye wa­ba­nci­nya­ne wa­ye­phe­the ikhu­lu, lo­mkhu­lu wa­ye­phe­the inku­lu­ngwa­ne.

15 La­ba yi­bo aba­cha­pha iJo­da­ni nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la la­pho ya­yi­gcwe­le iphu­phu­ma inku­mbi zo­nke za­yo, ba­xo­tsha bo­nke aba­be­se­zi­go­di­ni nge­mpu­ma­la­nga la­nge­ntsho­na­la­ngal.

16 Ba­se­be­fi­ka be­ve­la eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni la­ba­ko­Ju­da enqa­be­ni ku­Da­vi­da.

17 UDa­vi­da wa­se­phu­ma uku­ba­hla­nga­be­za, wa­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ki­bo: Uba li­si­za ki­mi ngo­ku­thu­la uku­ngi­si­za, ngi­le­nhli­zi­yo ehla­nge­ne la­nim; ko­dwa uba ku­yi­ku­ngi­ni­ke­la nge­nko­hli­so ezi­the­ni za­mi, ku­nge­la­bu­bi eza­ndle­ni za­mi, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­ba ka­ku­bo­ne, aje­zi­sen.

18 UMo­ya wa­se­se­hle­la kuA­ma­sa­yi inhlo­ko ye­zi­ndu­nao, wa­se­si­thi: Si­nga­ba­kho, Da­vi­da, si­la­we, ndo­da­na ka­Je­se! Uku­thu­la, uku­thu­la ku­be ku­we, lo­ku­thu­la ku­be ku­ba­si­zi ba­kho, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho uya­ku­si­zap! UDa­vi­da wa­se­be­mu­ke­la, wa­be­nza indu­na ze­vi­yo.

19 Aba­ve­la ko­Ma­na­se ba­hla­mu­ke­la ku­Da­vi­da eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­khe la­ma­Fi­li­sti eme­le­ne lo­Sa­wu­li empi­ni. Ko­dwa ka­ba­ba­si­za­nga, ngo­ba aba­bu­si ba­ma­Fi­li­sti ba­mxo­tsha nge­ce­bo be­si­thi: Nga­ma­kha­nda ethu uza­hla­mu­ke­la enko­si­ni ya­khe uSa­wu­liq.

20 Eku­ye­ni kwa­khe eZi­ki­la­gi kwa­ba­le­ke­la ku­ye aba­ve­la ko­Ma­na­se: OA­di­na lo­Jo­za­ba­di lo­Je­di­ya­ye­li lo­Mi­kha­ye­li lo­Jo­za­ba­di loE­li­hu lo­Zi­le­tha­yi, inhlo­ko ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne aba­be­nga­ba­ko­Ma­na­se.

21 Bo­na ba­se­be­si­za ka­nye lo­Da­vi­da be­me­le­ne le­vi­yo eli­hla­se­la­yo, ngo­ba bo­nke ba­be­nga­ma­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, be­zi­ndu­na ebu­thwe­nir.

22 Ngo­ba nge­si­kha­thi insu­ku nge­nsu­ku be­za ku­Da­vi­da uku­mnce­da ba­ze ba­be li­bu­tho eli­khu­lu nje­nge­bu­tho li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lus.

Ibu­tho li­ka­Da­vi­da eHe­bro­ni

23 La­la nga­ma­na­ni ezi­nhlo­ko eza­zi­hlo­me­le impit; ze­za ku­Da­vi­da eHe­bro­niu uku­phe­ndu­le­la umbu­so ka­Sa­wu­li ku­yev, ngo­ko­mlo­mo we­Nko­siw.

24 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da be­thwe­le isi­hla­ngu esi­khu­lu lo­mkho­nto ba­be­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­thu­pha la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, be­hlo­me­le impix.

25 Eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla empi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­khu­lu.

26 Eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Le­vi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­ne la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­phay.

27 Lo­Je­ho­ya­da wa­ye­yi­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla sa­ba­koA­ro­ni; ka­nye la­ye kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

28 Lo­Za­do­ki ija­ha, iqha­we eli­la­ma­ndla; le­ndli­ni ka­yi­se izi­ndu­na ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­liz.

29 Le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, aba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Sa­wu­li, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu; ngo­ba ku­ze ku­be kha­the­si ubu­ne­ngi ba­bo ba­gci­na uthe­mbe­ko endli­ni ka­Sa­wu­lia.

30 Le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koE­fra­yi­mi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, ama­do­da ala­ma­bi­zo endli­ni ya­bo­yi­seb.

31 Le­ngxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi le­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, aba­be­qa­njwe nga­ma­bi­zo uku­thi be­ze ba­be­ke uDa­vi­da abe yi­nko­sic.

32 Le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sa­ka­ri, aba­be­lo­kwa­zi be­qe­di­si­sa izi­kha­thi ukwa­zi uku­thi uI­sra­ye­li ufa­ne­le enze­ni, izi­nhlo­ko za­bo za­zi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, la­ba­fo­wa­bo bo­nke ba­be­se­mla­ywe­ni wa­zod.

33 Ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni, aba­phu­ma impi, be­hle­la impi nga­zo zo­nke izi­kha­li ze­mpi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, uku­gci­na ivi­yo ku­nge­nge­nhli­zi­yo­mbi­lie.

34 La­ko­Na­fi­tha­li, izi­ndu­na ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, la­ba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­nye la­zo, be­le­si­hla­ngu esi­khu­lu lo­mkho­nto.

35 La­kwa­ba­ko­Da­ni, aba­hle­la impi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha.

36 La­koA­she­rif, aba­phu­ma ebu­thwe­ni, uku­hle­la impi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­neg.

37 La­ba­be­ve­la nga­phe­tshe­ya kwe­Jo­da­ni, kwa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, be­le­zi­kha­li zo­nke ze­mpi uku­ya­ku­lwa, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lih.

38 Wo­nke la­ma­do­da empi, anga­gci­na ivi­yo, afi­ka eHe­bro­ni nge­nhli­zi­yo ephe­le­le­yo uku­be­ka uDa­vi­da abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke; nja­lo loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ose­le­yo wa­ye­nhli­zi­yo­nye uku­be­ka uDa­vi­da abe yi­nko­sii.

39 Nja­lo ba­ba la­pho lo­Da­vi­da insu­ku ezi­nta­thu be­si­dla be­na­tha, ngo­ba aba­fo­wa­bo ba­be­ba­lu­ngi­se­le.

40 Fu­thi la­ba­be­se­du­ze la­bo ku­ze ku­be koI­sa­ka­ri la­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni la­ko­Na­fi­tha­li ba­le­tha isi­nkwa nga­bo­ba­bhe­mi la­nga­ma­ka­me­la la­nge­zi­mbo­ngo­lo la­nge­zi­nka­bij, uku­dla, impu­phu, izi­nkwa zo­mkhi­wak, la­ma­hlu­ku­zo ezi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezo­nyi­si­we­yo, le­wa­yi­ni, la­ma­fu­tha, le­zi­nka­bi, le­zi­mvu, ngo­bu­ne­ngi, ngo­ba kwa­ku­le­nto­ko­zo koI­sra­ye­lil.

UDa­vi­da ufi­sa uku­le­tha umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

13UDa­vi­da wa­se­ce­bi­sa­na le­zi­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­za­ma­khu­lu la­ye wo­nke umpha­thi.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi eba­ndle­ni lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li: Uba ku­lu­ngi­le ki­ni, nja­lo ku­ve­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ka­si­sa­ba­la­le si­thu­me­le ku­ba­fo­we­thu aba­se­le­yo ema­zwe­ni wo­nke akoI­sra­ye­li la­ku­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ala­bo emi­zi­ni, ema­dle­lwe­ni, uku­ze ba­bu­tha­ne ki­thia.

3 Be­se­si­bu­yi­sa ki­thi umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ngo­ba ka­si­wu­di­nga­nga ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Sa­wu­lib.

4 Iba­ndla lo­nke la­se­li­si­thi kwe­nzi­we nja­lo, ngo­ba uda­ba lwa­lu­lu­ngi­le eme­hlwe­ni abo bo­nke aba­ntu.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa uI­sra­ye­li wo­nkec ku­su­ke­la eShi­ho­ri ye­Gi­bhi­thed ku­ze ku­be se­ku­nge­ne­ni kwe­Ha­ma­thie uku­le­tha umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu usu­ka eKi­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mif.

6 UDa­vi­da loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­lag eBha­ha­lah, eKi­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mi eya­ko­Ju­da, uku­ze be­nyu­se la­pho umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu iNko­si, ehla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi* phe­zu kwa­wo, la­pho ibi­zo eli­bi­zwa kho­nai.

7 Ba­se­be­wu­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­nqo­la entsha be­wu­su­sa endli­ni kaA­bi­na­da­ba; nja­lo oU­za loA­hi­yo ba­be­tsha­ye­la le­yo­nqo­la.

8 UDa­vi­da loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ba­be­dla­la-ke pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­ma­ndla wo­nke, la­nge­ngo­ma, la­nga­ma­cha­choj, la­nge­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbok, la­nge­zi­ngu­ngu, la­nge­zi­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yo, la­nge­zi­mpo­ndol.

9 La­pho be­fi­ka eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la li­ka­Ki­do­ni, uU­za we­lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe uku­ba­mba umtsho­ko­tsho, ngo­ba inka­bi za­khu­be­ka.

10 Ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­se­lu­mvu­the­la uU­za, ya­mtsha­ya, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi we­lu­le­la isa­ndla sa­khe emtsho­ko­tshwe­ni; wa­se­fe­la kho­na­pho pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lum.

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

12 UDa­vi­da wa­se­me­sa­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu nga­lo­lo­su­ku, esi­thi: Ngi­za­wu­le­tha nja­ni ki­mi umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu?

13 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da ka­wu­le­tha­nga umtsho­ko­tsho ku­ye emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da, ko­dwa wa­wu­pha­mbu­le­la endli­ni kaO­be­di-E­do­ma umGi­thi.

14 Nga­kho umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­hla­la kwa­be­ndlu kaO­be­di-E­do­ma endli­ni ya­khe inya­nga ezi­nta­thu. INko­si ya­si­bu­si­sa indlu kaO­be­di-E­do­ma la­kho ko­nke aye­la­khon.

14UHi­ra­mu inko­si ye­Ti­re wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Da­vi­da, le­zi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri la­ba­ba­zi ba­ma­tshe la­ba­ba­zi be­zi­go­do uku­ma­khe­la indlua.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­sa­zi uku­thi iNko­si ya­yi­mmi­si­le uku­thi abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba umbu­so wa­khe wa­wu­pha­ka­nyi­se­lwe phe­zu­lu nge­nxa ya­ba­ntu ba­yo uI­sra­ye­li.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Da­vi­da aba­za­le­lwa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tha­tha aba­nye aba­fa­zi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; uDa­vi­da wa­se­za­la ama­nye ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zi.

4 La­la nga­ma­bi­zo aba­ntwa­na aba la­bo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma: OSha­mu­wa, lo­Sho­ba­bi, uNa­tha­ni, lo­So­lo­mo­ni,

5 loI­bi­ha­ri, loE­li­shu­wa, loE­li­pha­le­ti,

6 lo­No­ga, lo­Ne­fe­gi, lo­Ja­fi­ya,

7 loE­li­sha­ma, lo­Be­ye­li­ya­da, loE­li­fa­le­tib.

UDa­vi­da unqo­ba ama­Fi­li­sti

8 Ama­Fi­li­sti ese­zwi­le uku­thi uDa­vi­da ugco­tshi­we uku­thi abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, wo­nke ama­Fi­li­sti enyu­ka uku­di­nga uDa­vi­da; uDa­vi­da eku­zwa wa­phu­ma ukuya­me­la­na la­woc.

9 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­fi­ka azi­sa­ba­la­li­sa esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Re­fa­yi­mid.

10 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­za ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu esi­thi: Nge­nyu­ke­le yi­ni ku­ma­Fi­li­sti? Uza­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­mi yi­ni? INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ye­nyu­ka, ngo­ba ngi­za­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho.

11 Ba­se­be­se­nyu­ke­la eBha­li-Pe­ra­zi­mi, uDa­vi­da wa­wa­tsha­ya la­pho; uDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ufo­hle­le ezi­the­ni za­mi nge­sa­ndla sa­mi nje­ngo­ku­fo­hla kwa­ma­nzi. Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu ba­bi­za le­yo­nda­wo ngo­ku­thi yi­Bha­li-Pe­ra­zi­mi.

12 Ase­tshi­ya onku­lu­nku­lu ba­wo la­pho, uDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ka­ba­tshi­swe ngo­mli­loe.

13 Ama­Fi­li­sti ase­bu­ya ezi­sa­ba­la­li­sa esi­ho­tshe­ni fu­thi.

14 La­pho uDa­vi­da ebu­za fu­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi ku­ye: Unge­nyu­ke­li nge­mva kwa­wo, ago­mbo­lo­ze­le usu­ka ki­wo, uze ku­wo ma­qo­nda­na le­zi­hla­hla ze­bha­li­sa­mu.

15 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho usi­zwa umsi­ndo wo­ku­ha­mba ezi­hlo­kwe­ni ze­zi­hla­hla ze­bha­li­sa­mu, ubu­su­phu­me­la empi­ni, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­be ese­phu­me pha­mbi kwa­kho uku­tsha­ya ibu­tho la­ma­Fi­li­sti.

16 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da we­nza nje­ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu emla­yi­le; ba­se­be­tsha­ya ibu­tho la­ma­Fi­li­sti ku­su­ke­la eGi­be­yo­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ge­ze­ri.

17 Nja­lo ibi­zo li­ka­Da­vi­da la­phu­me­la ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwef; iNko­si ya­si­be­ka ukwe­sa­be­ka kwa­khe phe­zu kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zweg.

Umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si ule­thwa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma

15Wa­se­ze­nze­la izi­ndlu emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da, wa­lu­ngi­se­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu inda­wo, wa­wu­mi­se­la ithe­ntea.

2 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uDa­vi­da wa­thi: Ka­kho onga­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nga­pha­ndle kwa­ma­Le­vi, ngo­ba yi­wo iNko­si eya­wa­khe­the­la uku­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­ku­yi­kho­nza ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nib.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke eJe­ru­sa­le­mac uku­ze be­nyu­se umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si enda­we­ni ya­wo aye­yi­lu­ngi­se­le wo­nad.

4 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni la­ma­Le­vi.

5 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thie, uU­ri­ye­li indu­na, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

6 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri, uA­sa­ya indu­na, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­lif.

7 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­Ge­ri­sho­ni, uJo­we­li indu­na, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ikhu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thug.

8 Ku­ma­do­da­na kaE­li­za­fa­ni, uShe­ma­ya indu­na, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­khu­lu ama­bi­lih.

9 Ku­ma­do­da­na ka­He­bro­nii, uE­li­ye­li indu­na, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

10 Ku­ma­do­da­na kaU­zi­ye­li, uA­mi­na­da­ba indu­na, la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ikhu­lu le­tshu­mi la­mbi­lij.

11 UDa­vi­da wa­se­bi­za oZa­do­kik loA­bhi­ya­tha aba­pri­stil, la­ma­Le­vi, oU­ri­ye­li, uA­sa­ya, lo­Jo­we­li, uShe­ma­ya, loE­li­ye­li, loA­mi­na­da­bam.

12 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Li­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­ma­Le­vi; zi­ngcwe­li­se­ni li­na la­ba­fo­we­nu uku­ze le­nyu­se umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lin enda­we­ni engi­yi­lu­ngi­se­le wo­nao.

13 Ngo­ba li­na la­li­nge­kho ku­qa­lap, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ya­fo­hle­la ki­thi, ngo­ba si­nga­yi­di­nga­nga ngo­kwe­si­mi­soq.

14 Nga­kho aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ba­zi­ngcwe­li­sa ukwe­nyu­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li.

15 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ma­Le­vi ba­se­be­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nje­ngo­ku­la­ya ku­ka­Mo­zi­si ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­sir, ema­hlo­mbe abo nge­mi­ja­bo phe­zu kwa­bos.

16 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ezi­ndu­ne­ni za­ma­Le­vi zi­mi­se aba­fo­wa­bo, aba­hla­be­le­li, le­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­lat le­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbou la­ma­cha­cho le­zi­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yo, ba­zi­zwa­ka­li­se, ngo­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi nge­nto­ko­zov.

17 Ama­Le­vi ase­mi­sa uHe­ma­ni indo­da­na ka­Jo­we­liw, la­ku­ba­fo­wa­bo uA­sa­fi indo­da­na ka­Be­re­ki­ya, le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Me­ra­ri aba­fo­wa­box uE­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Ku­sha­yay.

18 Nja­lo ka­nye la­bo aba­fo­wa­bo be­si­ga­ba se­si­bi­li: OZe­kha­ri­ya, uBe­ni, lo­Ja­ha­zi­ye­li, lo­She­mi­ra­mo­thi, lo­Je­hi­ye­li, loU­ni, uE­li­ya­bi, lo­Bhe­na­yaz, lo­Ma­ha­se­ya, lo­Ma­thi­thi­ya, loE­li­fe­le­hu, lo­Mi­ki­ne­ya, loO­be­di-E­do­ma, lo­Je­yi­ye­li, aba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo.

19 Aba­hla­be­le­li oHe­ma­ni, uA­sa­fi, loE­tha­ni ba­zi­zwa­ka­li­sa-ke nge­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yo ze­thu­sia.

20 Lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya loA­zi­ye­li lo­She­mi­ra­mo­thi lo­Je­hi­ye­li loU­ni loE­li­ya­bi lo­Ma­ha­se­ya lo­Bhe­na­ya be­le­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbob ngeA­la­mo­thic.

21 Lo­Ma­thi­thi­ya loE­li­fe­le­hu lo­Mi­ki­ne­ya loO­be­di-E­do­ma lo­Je­yi­ye­li loA­za­zi­yad be­la­ma­cha­choe nge­She­mi­ni­thi uku­kho­khe­laf.

22 Lo­Ke­na­ni­ya indu­na ya­ma­Le­vi emthwa­lwe­ni, wa­fu­ndi­sa ngo­ku­hla­be­le­la ngo­ba wa­ye­yi­ngci­tshi.

23 Lo­Be­re­ki­ya loE­lka­na ba­be­nga­ba­gci­ni ba­ma­sa­ngo omtsho­ko­tsho.

24 Lo­She­ba­ni­ya lo­Jo­sha­fa­ti lo­Ne­tha­ne­li loA­ma­sa­yi lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya lo­Bhe­na­ya loE­li­ye­ze­ri aba­pri­sti ba­kha­li­sa izi­mpo­ndo pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. LoO­be­di-E­do­ma lo­Je­hi­ya ba­be­nga­ba­gci­ni­ma­sa­ngo bo­mtsho­ko­tshog.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uDa­vi­da la­ba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li le­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ba­ha­mba ukwe­nyu­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si uve­la endli­ni kaO­be­di-E­do­ma nge­nto­ko­zoh.

26 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu ewa­si­za ama­Le­vi aye­wu­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si, ba­ni­ke­la umhla­tshe­lo wa­ma­jo­ngo­si ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sai.

27 Nja­lo uDa­vi­da wa­ye­gqo­ke ise­mba­tho se­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lu, la­wo wo­nke ama­Le­vi aye­wu­thwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho la­ba­hla­be­le­li lo­Ke­na­ni­ya indu­na yo­mthwa­lo wa­ba­hla­be­le­li; uDa­vi­da-ke wa­ye­gqo­ke i-e­fo­di* ye­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yoj.

28 Nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­we­nyu­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si ngo­ku­me­me­za la­ngo­ku­kha­la ko­pho­ndo lwe­nqa­mak, la­nge­zi­mpo­ndol, la­nge­zi­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yom, be­se­nza umsi­ndo nge­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbon la­ma­cha­choo.

29 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si ufi­ka emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da, uMi­kha­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Sa­wu­li wa­lu­ngu­za nge­wi­ndi wa­bo­na inko­si uDa­vi­da esi­na edla­la, wa­mde­le­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khep.

16Ba­se­be­wu­le­tha umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ba­wu­mi­sa pha­ka­thi kwe­the­nte uDa­vi­da aye­li­mi­se­le wo­na; ba­se­be­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

2 UDa­vi­da ese­qe­di­le uku­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la wa­ba­bu­si­sa aba­ntu ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si.

3 Wa­se­sa­be­la wo­nke umu­ntu wa­koI­sra­ye­li ku­su­ke­la ko­we­si­li­sa ku­ze ku­be ko­we­si­fa­za­na, kwa­ba ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo isi­nkwa esi­so­dwa, le­qa­tha le­nya­ma, le­si­nkwa se­zi­the­lo ze­vi­ni ezo­nyi­si­we­yo.

4 Wa­se­mi­sa izi­kho­nzi ku­ma­Le­vi pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si, ngi­tsho uku­khu­mbu­la lo­ku­bo­nga lo­ku­du­mi­sa iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li.

5 UA­sa­fi inhlo­koa, lo­we­si­bi­li ku­ye uZe­kha­ri­yab, uJe­yi­ye­li, lo­She­mi­ra­mo­thi, lo­Je­hi­ye­li, lo­Ma­thi­thi­ya, loE­li­ya­bi, lo­Bhe­na­ya, loO­be­di-E­do­ma, lo­Je­yi­ye­li be­le­zi­nto ze­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mboc nja­lo la­ma­cha­chod; uA­sa­fi wa­se­zi­zwa­ka­li­sa nge­zi­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yoe;

6 lo­Bhe­na­ya lo­Ja­ha­zi­ye­li aba­pri­sti nge­zi­mpo­ndo nja­lo­nja­lo pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luf.

Ihu­bo li­ka­Da­vi­da lo­ku­bo­nga

7 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi nga­lo­lo­su­ku uDa­vi­da wa­ni­ka ku­qa­la le­si­si­hla­be­le­lo uku­du­mi­sa iNko­sig nge­sa­ndla si­kaA­sa­fi la­ba­fo­wa­boh:

8 Bo­nga­ni iNko­sii, li­bi­ze ibi­zo la­yoj, la­zi­se pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ize­nzo za­yok.

9 Hla­be­le­la­ni ku­yo, li­yi­hu­be­le ama­hu­bo, li­la­ndi­se nge­ze­nzo za­yo ezi­ma­nga­li­sa­yol.

10 Zi­nco­me­ni ebi­zwe­ni la­yo eli­ngcwe­le, ka­yi­tho­ko­ze inhli­zi­yo ya­bo aba­di­nga iNko­si.

11 Di­nga­ni iNko­si la­ma­ndla ayo, li­di­nge ubu­so ba­yo nja­lo­nja­lom.

12 Khu­mbu­la­ni izi­ma­nga­li­so za­yo eya­ze­nza­yon, izi­bo­na­ka­li­so za­yo, le­za­hlu­le­lo zo­mlo­mo wa­yoo,

13 nza­lo kaI­sra­ye­li ince­ku ya­yo, ba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Ja­ko­be, aba­khe­thi­we­yo ba­yo.

14 Iyi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu; iza­hlu­le­lo za­yo zi­se­mhla­be­ni wo­nkep.

15 Khu­mbu­la­ni isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, ili­zwi e­ya­li­la­ya ku­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ze­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na,

16 eya­se­nza loA­bra­ha­maq, le­si­fu­ngo sa­khe kuI­sa­kar,

17 eya­si­qi­ni­sa la­ku­Ja­ko­be sa­ba yi­si­mi­so, kuI­sra­ye­li sa­ba yi­si­vu­me­lwa­no esi­la­pha­ka­de,

18 isi­thi: Ngi­za­ku­ni­ka ili­zwe le­Kha­na­ni, inka­tho ye­li­fa la­khos.

19 La­pho la­li­ba­lu­tshwa­na nge­na­ni, ye­bo li­ba­lu­tshwa­nat, nja­lo li­yi­zi­ha­mbi ku­lou.

20 Ba­se­be­zu­la be­su­ka esi­zwe­ni be­si­ya esi­zwe­ni, be­su­ka embu­swe­ni be­si­ya kwa­ba­nye aba­ntu.

21 Ka­yi­vu­me­la­nga mu­ntu uku­ba­ci­nde­ze­lav; ye­bo ya­khu­za ama­kho­si nge­nxa ya­bow:

22 Li­nga­thi­nti aba­gco­tshi­we­yo ba­mi, li­ngo­ni aba­pro­fe­thi ba­mix.

23 Hla­be­le­la­ni eNko­si­ni, mhla­ba wo­nke, li­tshu­ma­ye­le insu­ku nge­nsu­ku usi­ndi­so lwa­yoy.

24 La­ndi­sa­ni udu­mo lwa­yo pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe, izi­ma­nga­li­so za­yo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu bo­nke.

25 Ngo­ba yi­nku­lu iNko­si, ifa­ne­le uku­du­nyi­swa ka­khu­luz, iye­sa­be­ka phe­zu kwa­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu bo­nkea.

26 Ngo­ba bo­nke onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe ba­yi­zi­tho­mbeb; ko­dwa iNko­si ye­nza ama­zu­luc.

27 Udu­mo le­nka­zi­mu­lo ku­pha­mbi kwa­yo, ama­ndla le­nto­ko­zo ku­se­nda­we­ni ya­yod.

28 Ini­ke­ni iNko­si, zi­zu­ku­lwa­na ze­zi­zwe, ini­ke­ni iNko­si udu­mo la­ma­ndlae.

29 Ini­ke­ni iNko­si udu­mo lwe­bi­zo la­yof, le­tha­ni umni­ke­lo li­ze pha­mbi kwa­yo. Ikho­nze­ni iNko­si ebu­hle­ni bo­bu­ngcwe­leg.

30 Li­thu­thu­me­le pha­mbi kwa­yo, mhla­ba wo­nke; nja­lo umhla­ba uza­qi­ni­swa, ka­wu­yi­ku­nyi­ki­nye­ka.

31 Ka­wa­tho­ko­ze ama­zu­lu, lo­mhla­ba uja­bu­leh, ka­ba­tsho pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe uku­thi: INko­si iya­bu­sai.

32 Ka­lu­hlo­ko­me ulwa­ndle lo­ku­gcwa­la kwa­lo, iga­nga ka­li­tha­be la­kho ko­nke oku­ku­loj.

33 Kho­na zi­za­hla­be­le­la nge­nto­ko­zo izi­hla­hla ze­hla­thi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ngo­ba iye­za ukwa­hlu­le­la umhla­ba.

34 Bo­nga­ni iNko­si ngo­ba ilu­ngi­le, ngo­ba umu­sa wa­yo umi ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dek.

35 Li­thi fu­thi: Si­si­ndi­se, Nku­lu­nku­lu wo­si­ndi­so lwe­thu, usi­bu­the usi­khu­lu­le ezi­zwe­ni, uku­ze si­bo­nge ibi­zo la­kho eli­ngcwe­le, si­zi­nco­me ku­du­mo lwa­khol.

36 Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ku­su­ke­la pha­ka­de ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dem.

Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­thi: Ame­ni. Ba­se­be­yi­du­mi­sa iNko­sin.

La­bo aba­khe­the­lwa uku­lo­ndo­lo­za umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no

37 Wa­se­tshi­ya la­pho pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si oA­sa­fi la­ba­fo­wa­bo uku­kho­nza pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho nja­lo­nja­loo nje­ngo­da­ba lo­su­ku ngo­su­ku lwa­lop.

38 LoO­be­di-E­do­ma ka­nye la­ba­fo­wa­bo, aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li; uO­be­di-E­do­ma indo­da­na ka­Je­du­thu­ni lo­Ho­sa ba­be­nga­ba­gci­ni ba­ma­sa­ngoq.

39 Lo­Za­do­ki umpri­sti la­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­pri­stir pha­mbi kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le le­Nko­si enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo eya­yi­se­Gi­be­yo­nis,

40 uku­ze ba­ni­ke­le imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni phe­zu kwe­la­thi lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swat nja­lo­nja­lo eku­se­ni la­ku­si­hlwa, la­nje­nga­kho ko­nke oku­bha­li­we­yo emla­ywe­ni we­Nko­si, eya­wu­la­ya uI­sra­ye­liu.

41 Nja­lo ka­nye la­bo oHe­ma­niv lo­Je­du­thu­niw la­ba­nye aba­be­khe­thi­we aba­mi­swa nga­ma­bi­zo uku­bo­nga iNko­six, ngo­ba umu­sa wa­yo umi ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­dey.

42 Nja­lo ka­nye la­bo oHe­ma­niz lo­Je­du­thu­nia ba­bele­zi­mpo­ndo le­zi­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yob za­la­bo aba­zi­zwa­ka­li­sa­yo, le­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc. La­ma­do­da­na ka­Je­du­thu­ni aye­se­sa­ngwe­nid.

43 Ba­se­be­ha­mba bo­nke aba­ntu, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­ya endli­ni ya­khe. UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­ye­la uku­bu­si­sa indlu ya­khee.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu lo­Da­vi­da

17Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uDa­vi­da ese­hle­zi endli­ni ya­khe, uDa­vi­da wa­thi ku­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thi: Kha­nge­la, mi­na ngi­hla­la endli­ni ye­mi­se­da­ri, ko­dwa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si unga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­khe­the­nia.

2 UNa­tha­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Ye­nza ko­nke oku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­we.

3 Ko­dwa kwa­thi nga­bo­na lo­bo­bu­su­ku ili­zwi li­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu la­fi­ka ku­Na­tha­ni, li­si­thi:

4 Ha­mba utshe­le uDa­vi­da ince­ku ya­mi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: We­na ka­wu­yi­ku­nga­khe­la indlu yo­ku­hla­la.

5 Ngo­ba ka­ngi­hla­la­nga endli­ni ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni enge­nyu­sa nga­lo uI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, ko­dwa nga­su­ka ethe­nte­ni nga­ya ethe­nte­ni nja­lo nga­su­ka etha­bha­ne­ke­le­ni nga­ya kwe­li­nye.

6 Lo­ba nga­phi engi­ha­mbe kho­na loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke nga­ke nga­khu­lu­ma ili­zwi yi­ni ko­mu­nye wa­ba­hlu­le­li ba­koI­sra­ye­li, enga­ba­la­ya ukwe­lu­sa aba­ntu ba­mi ngi­si­thi: Yi­ni li­nga­nga­khe­la­nga indlu ye­mi­se­da­rib?

7 Nga­kho-ke uza­ku­tsho nja­lo ence­kwi­ni ya­mi uDa­vi­da uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla: Mi­na nga­ku­tha­tha esi­ba­ye­ni se­zi­mvu eku­la­nde­le­ni izi­mvu uku­ze ube ngu­mbu­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li.

8 Nja­lo nga­ba la­we lo­ba nga­phi oya kho­na, nga­qu­ma zo­nke izi­tha za­kho za­su­ka pha­mbi kwa­kho, nga­kwe­nze­la ibi­zo nje­nge­bi­zo la­ba­khu­lu aba­se­mhla­be­ni.

9 Nja­lo ngi­za­ba­mi­se­la inda­wo aba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li, ngi­ba­gxu­me­ke uku­ze ba­hla­le enda­we­ni ya­bo, ba­nga­be be­sa­nyi­ki­nywa; la­ba­ntwa­na bo­bu­bi ka­ba­sa­yi­ku­ba­mo­tsha nje­nga­ku­qa­lac,

10 nja­lo ku­su­ke­la ku­le­zo­nsu­ku enga­la­ya aba­hlu­le­li uku­thi ba­be phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­li; nga­ze­hli­se­la pha­nsi zo­nke izi­tha za­kho; nja­lo ngi­ya­ku­tshe­la uku­thi iNKO­SI iza­kwa­khe­la indlu.

11 Ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho insu­ku za­kho se­zi­gcwa­li­se­ki­le uku­thi uha­mbe la­bo­yi­hlo, ngi­za­vu­sa inza­lo ya­kho emva kwa­kho, eza­ve­la ema­do­da­ne­ni akho, ngi­qi­ni­se umbu­so wa­yo.

12 Ye­na uza­nga­khe­la indlu, ngi­za­qi­ni­sa isi­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­si ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

13 Mi­na ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­yi­se, ye­na abe yi­ndo­da­na ya­mi; nja­lo ka­ngi­yi­ku­su­sa utha­ndo­lo­mu­sa wa­mi ku­yed nje­nga­lo­kho nga­lu­su­sa ku­lo­wo owa­ye­nga­pha­mbi kwa­khoe.

14 Ko­dwa ngi­za­mqi­ni­sa endli­ni ya­mi le­mbu­swe­ni wa­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, le­si­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­si si­za­qi­ni­swa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni.

15 Nje­nga­wo wo­nke la­ma­zwi la­nje­nga­wo wo­nke lu­mbo­no, ngo­ku­nja­lo uNa­tha­ni wa­khu­lu­ma ku­Da­vi­da.

16 Inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­si­nge­na ya­hla­la pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, ya­thi: Mi­na ngi­ngu­ba­ni, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­ndlu ya­mi iyi­ni, uku­thi ungi­le­the ku­ze ku­be la­pha?

17 Lo­khu be­ku­ku­nci­nya­ne eme­hlwe­ni akho, Nku­lu­nku­luf; usu­khu­lu­mi­le nge­ndlu ye­nce­ku ya­kho ku­se­se­kha­tsha­nag, wa­ngi­bo­nah ngo­kwe­si­khu­ndla so­mu­ntu opha­ke­me­yo, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lui.

18 UDa­vi­da ange­nza­ni oku­nye ku­we ngo­du­mo lwe­nce­ku ya­kho? Ngo­ba we­na uya­ya­zi ince­ku ya­kho.

19 Nko­si, nge­nxa ye­nce­ku ya­kho la­ngo­kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho we­nzi­le zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ezi­nku­lu ukwa­zi­sa zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto ezi­nku­luj.

20 Nko­si, ka­kho onje­nga­we, nja­lo ka­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu nga­pha­ndle kwa­kho, nje­nga­kho ko­nke esi­ku­zwi­le­yo nge­ndle­be ze­thu.

21 Nja­lo ngu­ba­ni onje­nga­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, isi­zwe esi­so­dwa emhla­be­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­ya­zi­hle­nge­la so­na si­be nga­ba­ntu, uku­ze­nze­la ibi­zo nge­ze­nzo ezi­nku­lu le­ze­sa­be­ka­yo, ngo­ku­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni izi­zwe uku­zi­su­sa pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho owa­ba­hle­nga eGi­bhi­the?

22 Ngo­ba we­nza aba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li uku­thi ba­be nga­ba­ntu ba­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; la­we Nko­si wa­ba ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo.

23 Kha­the­si-ke, Nko­si, ili­zwi owa­li­khu­lu­ma nge­nce­ku ya­kho la­nge­ndlu ya­yo ka­li­qi­ni­swe ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, we­nze nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwa­kho.

24 Ye­bo ka­li­qi­ni­swe, le­bi­zo la­kho ka­li­be li­khu­lu ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, ku­thi­wa: INko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu koI­sra­ye­li; le­ndlu ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­kho ka­yi­mi­swe pha­mbi kwa­kho.

25 Ngo­ba we­na, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, we­mbu­le endle­be­ni ye­nce­ku ya­kho uku­thi uza­ya­khe­la indlu; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ince­ku ya­kho itho­le enhli­zi­ywe­ni u­ku­khu­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­khok.

26 Kha­the­si-ke, Nko­si, we­na ungu­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu, ukhu­lu­me lo­khu oku­hle nge­nce­ku ya­kho.

27 Kha­the­si-ke, ku­ku­tho­ko­zi­si­le uku­bu­si­sa indlu ye­nce­ku ya­kho uku­ze ibe pha­mbi kwa­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; ngo­ba, we­na Nko­si, uya­bu­si­sa, nja­lo iza­bu­si­swa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni.

UDa­vi­da unqo­ba izi­zwe

18Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho uDa­vi­da wa­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti, wa­we­hli­se­la pha­nsia, wa­tha­tha iGa­thib le­mi­za­na ya­yo eku­su­sa esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Fi­li­stic.

2 Wa­tsha­ya lo­Mo­wa­bi; ama­Mo­wa­bi ase­si­ba zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da, ale­tha umthe­lo.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­tsha­ya lo­Ha­da­de­ze­ri inko­si ye­Zo­ba ku­ze ku­be se­Ha­ma­thi la­pho esi­ya­mi­sa ama­ndla akhe emfu­le­ni iYu­fra­thid.

4 UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­mba ku­ye inqo­la ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, la­ba­ma­bhi­za aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­ma­do­da aha­mba nge­nya­wo azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li; uDa­vi­da wa­se­qu­ma imi­si­pha ya­wo wo­nke ama­bhi­za enqo­la, ko­dwa wa­tshi­ya ku­wo ama­bhi­za enqo­la ali­khu­lu.

5 La­pho ama­Si­ri­ya eDa­ma­se­ko eza uku­si­za uHa­da­de­ze­ri inko­si ye­Zo­ba, uDa­vi­da wa­tsha­ya ku­ma­Si­ri­ya ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li.

6 UDa­vi­da wa­se­be­ka ama­bu­tho enqa­ba eSi­ri­ya ye­Da­ma­se­koe; ama­Si­ri­ya ase­si­ba zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da, ale­tha umthe­lo. Ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si ya­msi­ndi­sa uDa­vi­da lo­ba nga­phi aya kho­na.

7 UDa­vi­da wa­se­tha­tha izi­hla­ngu ze­go­li­de eza­zi­phe­zu kwe­nce­ku zi­ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri, wa­zi­le­tha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

8 Nja­lo eTi­bha­thi le­Ku­ni, imi­zi ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri, uDa­vi­da wa­tha­tha ithu­si eli­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu; uSo­lo­mo­ni enza nga­lo ulwa­ndle lwe­thu­si, le­zi­nsi­ka, le­zi­tsha ze­thu­sif.

9 UTo­wu inko­si ye­Ha­ma­thig esi­zwa uku­thi uDa­vi­da utsha­yi­le ibu­tho lo­nke li­ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri inko­si ye­Zo­ba,

10 wa­thu­ma uHa­do­ra­mu indo­da­na ya­khe enko­si­ni uDa­vi­da uku­yi­bu­za impi­la­ka­hle lo­ku­yi­bu­si­sa, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ilwe lo­Ha­da­de­ze­ri ya­mtsha­ya, (ngo­ba uHa­da­de­ze­ri wa­ye­ngu­mu­ntu we­zi­mpi esi­lwa lo­To­wu), e­le­zi­tsha zo­nke ze­go­li­de le­ze­si­li­va le­ze­thu­sih.

11 La­le­zo inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la uJe­ho­va ka­nye le­si­li­va le­go­li­de eya­ku­le­tha ku­ve­la ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke, eE­do­ma, la­ko­Mo­wa­bi, le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koA­mo­ni, la­ku­ma­Fi­li­sti, la­ku­maA­ma­le­ki.

12 UA­bi­sha­yi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya wa­se­tsha­ya amaE­do­ma esi­ho­tshe­ni se­tshwa­yi, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

13 Wa­se­be­ka ama­bu­tho enqa­ba eE­do­ma; wo­nke amaE­do­ma ase­si­ba zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da. Ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si ya­msi­ndi­sa uDa­vi­da lo­ba nga­phi aya kho­na.

14 UDa­vi­da wa­bu­sa-ke phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, wa­ye­se­nza isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­nga ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­khe.

15 Nja­lo uJo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­bu­tho; lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na kaA­hi­lu­di wa­ye­ngu­ma­bha­la­ne;

16 lo­Za­do­ki indo­da­na kaA­hi­tu­bi loA­bhi­me­le­ki indo­da­na kaA­bhi­ya­tha ba­be­nga­ba­pri­sti; lo­Sha­vi­sha wa­ye­ngu­mbha­li;

17 lo­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da wa­ye­phe­zu kwa­ma­Ke­re­thi la­ma­Pe­le­thi; la­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­da aye­zi­nhlo­ko ece­le­ni kwe­nko­si.

Ukwe­hlu­lwa kwa­maA­mo­ni la­ma­Si­ri­ya

19Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho uNa­ha­shi inko­si ya­maA­mo­ni wa­fa, indo­da­na ya­khe ya­si­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­me­nze­la umu­sa uHa­nu­ni indo­da­na ka­Na­ha­shi, ngo­ba uyi­se wa­nge­nze­la umu­sa. UDa­vi­da wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ukuya­mdu­du­za ngo­yi­se. Izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da za­se­zi­fi­ka eli­zwe­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ku­Ha­nu­ni uku­mdu­du­zaa.

3 Ko­dwa izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni za­thi ku­Ha­nu­ni: Ka­mbe uDa­vi­da uya­mhlo­ni­pha uyi­hlo eme­hlwe­ni akho, ngo­ba ethu­me aba­du­du­zi ku­we? Izi­nce­ku za­khe ka­zi­za­nga ku­we yi­ni uku­phe­nya lo­ku­chi­tha lo­ku­hlo­la ili­zwe?

4 Nga­kho uHa­nu­ni wa­tha­tha izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Da­vi­da wa­zi­ge­la wa­qu­ma ize­mba­tho za­zo ku­ngxe­nye ku­ze ku­be se­zi­bu­nu za­zo, wa­zi­ye­ke­la za­ha­mba.

5 Ba­se­be­ha­mba ba­mtshe­la uDa­vi­da nga­la­wo­ma­do­da; wa­se­thu­ma uku­wa­hla­nga­be­za, ngo­ba ama­do­da aye­le­nhlo­ni ka­khu­lu; inko­si ya­si­si­thi: Hla­la­ni eJe­ri­ko zi­ze zi­hlu­me izi­nde­vu ze­nu, be­se­li­bu­ya.

6 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni se­be­bo­ni­le uku­thi se­be­le­vu­mba ku­Da­vi­da, uHa­nu­ni la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ba­thu­me­la ama­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va ayi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne uku­zi­qa­tshe­la izi­nqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za eMe­so­po­ta­mi­yab le­Si­ri­ya-Ma­ha­ka le­Zo­bac.

7 Ba­se­be­zi­qa­tshe­la inqo­la ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li le­nko­si ye­Ma­ha­ka la­ba­ntu ba­yod; ba­se­be­si­za ba­mi­sa inka­mba pha­mbi kwe­Me­de­bae; aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ba­se­be­bu­tha­na be­ve­la emi­zi­ni ya­bo, be­za empi­ni.

8 UDa­vi­da ese­zwi­le wa­thu­ma uJo­wa­bi le­bu­tho lo­nke la­ma­qha­we.

9 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ba­se­be­phu­ma ba­hle­la impi esa­ngwe­ni lo­mu­zi, la­ma­kho­si aye­zi­le aye­wo­dwa ega­nge­ni.

10 UJo­wa­bi ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi impo­ndo ze­bu­tho zi­me­le­ne la­ye nga­pha­mbi­li la­nge­mu­va, wa­khe­tha ku­wo wo­nke umkhe­thwa koI­sra­ye­li, wa­ba­hle­la uku­me­la­na la­ma­Si­ri­ya.

11 La­ba­se­le­yo ba­ba­ntu wa­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­kaA­bi­sha­yi umfo­wa­bo; ba­se­bezi­hle­la uku­me­la­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni.

12 Wa­se­si­thi: Uba ama­Si­ri­ya engi­khu­le­la, uza­ku­ba lu­si­zo lwa­mi; ko­dwa uba aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni be­ku­khu­le­la, ngi­za­ku­si­za.

13 Ba­na le­si­bi­ndi, si­zi­qi­ni­se nge­nxa ya­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi la­nge­nxa ye­mi­zi ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu; le­Nko­si ka­ye­nze oku­hle eme­hlwe­ni ayo.

14 UJo­wa­bi la­ba­ntu aba­be­la­ye ba­se­be­so­nde­la pha­mbi kwa­ma­Si­ri­ya uku­ya empi­ni; ase­ba­le­ka pha­mbi kwa­khe.

15 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni se­be­bo­na uku­thi ama­Si­ri­ya aya­ba­le­ka, ba­ba­le­ka la­bo pha­mbi ku­kaA­bi­sha­yi umfo­wa­bo, ba­nge­na emzi­ni. UJo­wa­bi wa­se­nge­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

16 Ama­Si­ri­ya ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi atsha­yi­we pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li athu­ma izi­thu­nywa akhu­pha ama­Si­ri­ya aye­nga­phe­tshe­ya ko­mfu­la. Lo­Sho­fa­ki indu­na ye­bu­tho li­ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri wa­ye­pha­mbi kwa­wo.

17 Ese­tshe­li­we uDa­vi­da, wa­bu­tha­ni­sa uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, wa­cha­pha iJo­da­ni, wa­fi­ka ki­bo, wa­hle­la ibu­tho li­me­le­ne la­wo. UDa­vi­da ese­hle­le impi uku­me­la­na la­ma­Si­ri­ya, alwa la­ye.

18 Ko­dwa ama­Si­ri­ya aba­le­ka pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li; uDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­la­la ku­ma­Si­ri­ya abe­zi­nqo­la aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saf, la­ma­do­da aha­mba nge­nya­wo azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, wa­bu­la­la lo­Sho­fa­ki indu­na ye­bu­thog.

19 Izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Ha­da­de­ze­ri se­zi­bo­ni­le uku­thi zi­tsha­yi­we pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, ze­nza uku­thu­la lo­Da­vi­da, za­mse­be­nze­la. Nga­kho ama­Si­ri­ya ka­wa­fu­na­nga uku­si­za aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni fu­thi.

UDa­vi­da unqo­ba iRa­ba

20Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­thwa­sa ko­mnya­ka, nge­si­kha­thi ama­kho­si aphu­ma nga­so, uJo­wa­bi wa­kho­khe­la ama­qha­we ebu­tho, wa­chi­tha ili­zwe la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni, we­za wa­vi­mbe­ze­la iRa­ba. Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­sa­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maa. UJo­wa­bi wa­se­yi­tsha­ya iRa­ba, wa­yi­chi­thab.

2 UDa­vi­da wa­tha­tha umqhe­le we­nko­si ya­bo wa­wu­su­sa ekha­nda la­yo, wa­wu­tho­la ule­si­si­ndo se­tha­le­nta le­go­li­de, la­pha­ka­thi kwa­wo ku­le­li­tshe eli­li­gu­gu, wa­sube­kwa ekha­nda li­ka­Da­vi­da. Wa­se­khu­pha impa­ngo ene­ngi ka­khu­lu emzi­nic.

3 Wa­khu­pha aba­ntu aba­be­pha­ka­thi kwa­wo, waba­qu­ma nge­sa­ha, la­nga­ma­pi­ki ensi­mbi, la­nga­ma­hlo­ka. We­nza nja­lo-ke uDa­vi­da ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nid; uDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu.

Aba­ntu ba­ka­Da­vi­da ba­bu­la­la izi­qhwa­ga

4 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho kwa­vu­ka impie la­ma­Fi­li­sti eGe­ze­rif; nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSi­be­ka­yi umHu­sha­thi wa­tsha­ya uSi­pha­yi owa­ba­ntwa­na be­si­qhwa­ga; ase­se­hli­se­lwa pha­nsi.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na impi fu­thi la­ma­Fi­li­sti; uE­li­ha­na­ni indo­da­na ka­Ja­yi­ri wa­se­tsha­ya uLa­hi­mi umfo­wa­bo ka­Go­li­ya­thi umGi­thi, olu­thi lo­mkho­nto wa­khe lwa­lu­nga­ngo­go­do lwa­be­lu­ki.

6 Kwa­bu­ye kwa­ba kho­na fu­thi impi eGa­thi la­pho okwa­ku­kho­na umu­ntu omu­de owa­ye­le­mi­nwe la­ma­zwa­ne ku­yi­si­thu­pha le­si­thu­pha, ama­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne; la­ye fu­thi wa­za­lwa yi­si­qhwa­ga.

7 Ese­yi­sa uI­sra­ye­li, uJo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na ka­Shi­me­ya, umfo­wa­bo ka­Da­vi­da, wa­mtsha­ya.

8 La­ba ba­za­le­lwa isi­qhwa­ga eGa­thi; ba­se­be­si­wa nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Da­vi­da la­nge­sa­ndla se­zi­nce­ku za­khe.

UDa­vi­da uba­la aba­ntu

21USa­tha­ne wa­se­su­ku­ma eme­la­na loI­sra­ye­lia, wa­vu­sa uDa­vi­da uku­thi aba­le uI­sra­ye­lib.

2 Nga­kho uDa­vi­da wa­thi ku­Jo­wa­bi la­ku­ba­bu­si ba­ba­ntu: Ha­mba­ni li­ba­le uI­sra­ye­li ku­su­ke­la eBhe­ri­she­bha ku­ze ku­fi­ke ko­Da­ni, li­le­the ki­mi uku­ze nga­zi ina­ni la­bo.

3 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­si­thi: INko­si ka­ya­ndi­se eba­ntwi­ni ba­yo nje­ngo­ba be­nja­lo ngo­ku­li­khu­lu. Nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, aba­si­zo bo­nke yi­ni izi­nce­ku ze­nko­si ya­mi? Inko­si ya­mi iku­fu­ne­la­ni lo­khu? Iza­ku­ba li­ca­la nga­ni kuI­sra­ye­lic?

4 Ko­dwa ili­zwi le­nko­si la­ba la­ma­ndla phe­zu ku­ka­Jo­wa­bi. Nga­kho uJo­wa­bi wa­phu­ma, wa­ha­mba­ha­mba pha­ka­thi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke; wa­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

5 UJo­wa­bi wa­se­ni­ka uDa­vi­da ina­ni lo­ku­ba­lwa kwa­ba­ntu. Nja­lo wo­nke uI­sra­ye­li wa­ye­nga­ma­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu ahwa­tsha inke­mbad; lo­Ju­da wa­ye­nga­ma­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa ahwa­tsha inke­mbae.

6 Ko­dwa uLe­vi lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ka­ba­ba­la­nga pha­ka­thi kwa­bo, ngo­ba ili­zwi le­nko­si la­li­ne­nge­ka ku­Jo­wa­bif.

7 Nja­lo kwa­ba ku­bi eme­hlwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ma­ye­la­na la­li­nda­ba; nga­kho wa­mtsha­ya uI­sra­ye­li.

8 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Ngo­ni­le ka­khu­lu ngo­ba nge­nze li­nto. Ko­dwa kha­the­si, ake we­dlu­li­se ubu­bi be­nce­ku ya­kho, ngo­ba nge­nze ngo­bu­thu­tha obu­khu­lu.

9 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Ga­di umbo­ni ka­Da­vi­da isi­thi:

10 Ha­mba ukhu­lu­me ku­Da­vi­da uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Mi­na ngi­ku­be­ke­la oku­tha­thu; zi­khe­the­le oku­nye ku­kho engi­za­kwe­nza ku­we.

11 UGa­di wa­se­fi­ka ku­Da­vi­da wa­thi ku­ye: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Zi­khe­the­le:

12 Ku­mbe imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu ye­ndla­la; lo­ba inya­nga ezi­nta­thu uqe­dwa ebu­swe­ni be­zi­tha za­kho le­nke­mba ye­zi­tha za­kho iku­fi­ce; ku­mbe insu­ku ezi­nta­thu inke­mba ye­Nko­si, ngi­tsho uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, eli­zwe­ni, le­ngi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ichi­tha ku­wo wo­nke umngce­le wa­koI­sra­ye­li. Nga­kho-ke bo­na uku­thi yi­mpe­ndu­lo ba­ni engi­za­yi­bu­yi­se­la ko­ngi­thu­mi­le­yog.

13 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Ga­di: Ngi­ci­nde­ze­lwe ka­khu­lu; ake ngi­we­le esa­ndle­ni se­Nko­si, ngo­ba izi­sa za­yo zi­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu; ko­dwa ka­ngi­nga­we­li esa­ndle­ni so­mu­ntu.

14 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­thu­ma uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo koI­sra­ye­li; kwa­se­ku­si­wa aba­ntu aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

15 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­thu­ma ingi­lo­si eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­yi­bhu­bhi­sa; nja­lo isa­yi­bhu­bhi­sa, iNko­si ya­bo­na ya­zi­so­la nga­lo­bo­bu­bi, ya­si­si­thi ku­yo ingi­lo­si ebhu­bhi­sa­yo: Kwa­ne­le, kha­the­si bu­yi­sa isa­ndla sa­kho. Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­yi­mi-ke eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la li­kaO­ri­na­ni umJe­bu­si.

16 UDa­vi­da wa­se­pha­ka­mi­sa ame­hlo akhe, wa­bo­na ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si imi pha­ka­thi ko­mhla­ba la­ma­zu­lu le­nke­mba ya­yo ehwa­tshi­we­yo esa­ndle­ni sa­yo iye­lu­le­le phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma. UDa­vi­da la­ba­da­la be­gqo­ke-ke ama­sa­ka ba­thi mbo ngo­bu­so ba­boh.

17 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Ka­ku­si­mi yi­ni othe ka­ba­ba­le aba­ntu? Ye­bo yi­mi owo­ni­le­yo owe­nze oku­bi si­bi­li. Ko­dwa le­zi­zi­mvu ze­nze­ni? Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, isa­ndla sa­kho ake si­be phe­zu kwa­mi la­phe­zu kwe­ndlu ka­ba­ba, ko­dwa ha­tshi phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho uku­thi ba­hlu­tshwe.

18 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Ga­di ka­tshe­le uDa­vi­da uku­thi uDa­vi­da ke­nyu­ke aye­kwa­khe­la iNko­si ila­thi eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la li­kaO­ri­na­ni umJe­bu­sii.

19 UDa­vi­da wa­se­se­nyu­ka nge­li­zwi li­ka­Ga­di ali­khu­lu­ma nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si.

20 UO­ri­na­ni enye­mu­ku­la wa­bo­na ingi­lo­si; la­ma­do­da­na akhe ama­ne aye­la­ye aca­tsha. UO­ri­na­ni wa­ye­bhu­la-ke ingqo­lo­yi.

21 UDa­vi­da ese­fi­ka kuO­ri­na­ni, uO­ri­na­ni wa­kha­nge­la wa­mbo­na uDa­vi­da, wa­phu­ma eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la, wa­kho­tha­me­la uDa­vi­da ngo­bu­so emhla­ba­thi­ni.

22 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi kuO­ri­na­ni: Ngi­ni­ka inda­wo ye­ba­la lo­ku­bhu­le­la uku­ze nga­khe­le iNko­si ila­thi ku­yo; ngi­ni­ke yo­na nge­ma­li egcwe­le­yo, uku­ze inhlu­phe­ko imi­swe eba­ntwi­ni.

23 UO­ri­na­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Da­vi­da: Zi­tha­the­le, inko­si ya­mi inko­si ka­ye­nze oku­hle eme­hlwe­ni ayo; kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­ni­ka inka­bi zi­be yi­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, le­zi­mbu­lo zi­be zi­nku­ni, le­ngqo­lo­yi ibe ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla. Ngi­ya­ni­ka ko­nkej.

24 Ko­dwa inko­si uDa­vi­da ya­thi kuO­ri­na­ni: Ha­tshi, ko­dwa ngi­za­the­nga lo­ku­the­nga nge­ma­li egcwe­le­yo; ngo­ba ka­ngi­yi­ku­tha­the­la iNko­si okwa­kho, lo­ba ngi­ni­ke­le imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa nga­pha­ndle kwe­nte­ngo.

25 UDa­vi­da wa­se­mni­ka uO­ri­na­ni nga­le­yo­nda­wo ama­she­ke­li* anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha ego­li­de nge­si­si­ndok.

26 UDa­vi­da wa­se­ya­khe­la kho­na iNko­si ila­thi, wa­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, wa­yi­bi­za iNko­si; ya­si­mphe­ndu­la ngo­mli­lo ove­la ema­zu­lwi­ni phe­zu kwe­la­thi lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swal.

27 INko­si ya­si­la­ya ingi­lo­si; ya­si­bu­yi­se­la inke­mba ya­yo esi­khwa­me­ni sa­yo.

Uku­khe­thwa kwe­nda­wo ye­the­mpe­li

28 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uDa­vi­da ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi iNko­si imphe­ndu­le eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la li­kaO­ri­na­ni umJe­bu­si, wa­ni­ke­la kho­na imi­hla­tshe­lo.

29 Ngo­ba itha­bha­ne­ke­le le­Nko­si uMo­zi­si aye­le­nze enka­nga­la le­la­thi lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi kwa­ku­se­nda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo eGi­be­yo­nim.

30 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­ye­nge­la­kho uku­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­lo uku­di­nga uNku­lu­nku­lun, ngo­ba we­thu­swa yi­nke­mba ye­ngi­lo­si ye­Nko­sio.

22UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: Le yi­ndlu ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu, la­le­li li­la­thi lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa kaI­sra­ye­lia.

UDa­vi­da ulu­ngi­se­le­la ukwa­khi­wa kwe­the­mpe­li

2 UDa­vi­da wa­se­la­ya uku­bu­tha­ni­sa abe­zi­zwe­ni aba­be­se­li­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­lib; wa­mi­sa aba­ba­zi ba­ma­tshe uku­thi ba­ba­ze ama­tshe alu­ngi­si­we­yo okwa­kha indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­lu­ngi­sa insi­mbi ene­ngi ka­khu­lu ye­zi­pi­ki­li ze­zi­va­lo za­ma­sa­ngo le­yo­ku­hla­nga­ni­sad; le­thu­si eli­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu ela­li­nge­laku­li­nga­ni­swa nge­si­si­ndoe;

4 le­zi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri ezi­nge­la­ku­ba­lwa; ngo­ba ama­Si­do­ni la­ma­Ti­re amle­the­la uDa­vi­da izi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri ezi­ne­ngi ka­khu­luf.

5 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi: USo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­mi ungu­mfa­na, ubu­tha­ka­tha­ka, le­ndlu eza­kwa­khe­lwa iNko­si ku­me­le ye­nzi­we ibe nku­lu ka­khu­lu, ibe le­bi­zo ibe lo­du­mo ema­zwe­ni wo­nke. Nga­kho ngi­za­yi­lu­ngi­se­le­la. UDa­vi­da wa­se­lu­ngi­se­le­la ka­khu­lu pha­mbi ko­ku­fa kwa­kheg.

6 Wa­se­bi­za uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe, wa­mla­ya uku­thi akhe­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li indlu.

7 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­So­lo­mo­ni: Ndo­da­na ya­mi, mi­na-ke, kwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mih ukwa­khe­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi indlui.

8 Ko­dwa ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ki­mi li­si­thi: Uchi­the iga­zi eli­ne­ngij, wa­la­wu­la izi­mpi ezi­nku­lu; ka­wu­yi­kwa­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indlu, ngo­ba uchi­the iga­zi eli­ne­ngi emhla­be­ni pha­mbi kwa­mik.

9 Kha­nge­la, uza­za­le­lwa indo­da­na eza­ku­ba ngu­mu­ntu wo­ku­phu­mu­lal; nja­lo ngi­za­yi­phu­mu­za ezi­the­ni za­yo zo­nke inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke: Ngo­ba ibi­zo la­yo li­za­ku­ba ngu­So­lo­mo­ni, nja­lo ngi­za­ni­ka uku­thu­la lo­ku­phu­mu­la phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ensu­kwi­ni za­khe.

10 Ye­na uza­kwa­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indlum. Ye­na-ke uza­ku­ba yi­ndo­da­na ya­mi, la­mi ngi­be ngu­yi­se; ngi­qi­ni­se isi­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nin.

11 Kha­the­si, ndo­da­na ya­mi, iNko­si ibe la­we, nja­lo uphu­me­le­le wa­khe indlu ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­yo nga­weo.

12 Ku­phe­la iNko­si iku­ni­ke inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa, iku­la­ye ngoI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze ulo­ndo­lo­ze umla­yo we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khop.

13 Kho­na uza­phu­me­le­la, uba una­nze­le­la ukwe­nza izi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lo iNko­si eya­ku­la­ya uMo­zi­si ngoI­sra­ye­liq; qi­na, ube le­si­bi­ndir; unge­sa­bi, unga­tsha­ywa lu­va­los.

14 Kha­nge­la-ke, eku­hlu­phe­ke­ni kwa­mi ngi­lu­ngi­se­le indlu ye­Nko­si ama­tha­le­nta* ego­li­de ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu, la­ma­tha­le­nta esi­li­va ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­net, le­thu­si le­nsi­mbi oku­nge­laku­li­nga­ni­swa nge­si­si­ndou, ngo­ba ku­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu; ngi­lu­ngi­se le­zi­go­do la­ma­tshe. Uza­kwe­nge­ze­le­la-ke ku­kho.

15 Nja­lo ule­zi­se­be­nzi ezi­ne­ngi, aba­ba­zi ba­ma­tshe, le­zi­ngci­tshi za­ma­tshe le­ze­zi­go­do, la­yo yo­nke indo­da ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo ku­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi.

16 Ka­ku­la­na­ni le­go­li­de, le­le­si­li­va, le­le­thu­si, le­le­nsi­mbiv. Su­ku­ma use­be­nze; nja­lo iNko­si ibe la­wew!

17 UDa­vi­da wa­se­la­ya zo­nke indu­na za­koI­sra­ye­li uku­si­za uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khex, esi­thi:

18 INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ka­yi­la­ni yi­niy? Ka­mbe ka­yi­li­ni­kanga yi­ni uku­phu­mu­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkez? Ngo­ba ini­ke­le aba­hla­li be­li­zwe esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, le­li­zwe le­hli­se­lwe pha­nsi pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si la­pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu ba­yo.

19 Kha­the­si mi­sa­ni inhli­zi­yo ye­nu lo­mphe­fu­mu­lo we­nu uku­di­nga iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nua. Su­ku­ma­ni-ke la­khe inda­wo engcwe­le ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu, uku­nge­ni­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si le­zi­tsha ezi­ngcwe­le zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu endli­ni eya­khe­lwe ibi­zo le­Nko­sib.

23UDa­vi­da ese­mda­la esa­ne­le nge­nsu­kua wa­mi­sa uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe uku­thi abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lib.

Izi­ga­ba za­ba­pri­sti le­za­ma­Le­vi le­mi­se­be­nzi ya­zo

2 Wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa zo­nke indu­na za­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi.

3 Ama­Le­vi ase­ba­lwa ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ku­si­ya phe­zu­luc; le­na­ni la­wo, nga­ma­kha­nda awod, nga­ma­do­da, la­ba zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lie.

4 Ku­la kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne oku­qo­ndi­sa umse­be­nzi we­ndlu ye­Nko­si; le­zi­ndu­na la­ba­hlu­le­li aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­thu­phaf;

5 la­ba­gci­ni ba­ma­sa­ngo aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­ne; la­ba­du­mi­si be­Nko­si aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­ne nge­zi­nto engi­ze­nze­le uku­du­mi­sag, wa­tsho uDa­vi­dah.

6 UDa­vi­da wa­se­we­hlu­ka­ni­sa nge­zi­ga­bai, ngo­kwa­ma­do­da­na ka­Le­vi, oGe­ri­sho­ni, uKo­ha­thi, lo­Me­ra­rij.

7 Ku­ma­Ge­ri­sho­ni kwa­ku­ngo­La­da­ni lo­Shi­me­yik.

8 Ama­do­da­na ka­La­da­ni: OJe­hi­ye­li inhlo­kol, lo­Ze­tha­mum, lo­Jo­we­li, ema­tha­thun.

9 Ama­do­da­na ka­Shi­me­yi: OShe­lo­mi­thi lo­Ha­zi­ye­li lo­Ha­ra­ni, ema­tha­thu. La aye­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ko­La­da­ni.

10 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Shi­me­yio: OJa­ha­thi, uZi­za, lo­Je­wu­shi, lo­Be­ri­ya. La aye­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Shi­me­yi, ema­ne.

11 Lo­Ja­ha­thi wa­ye­yi­nhlo­ko, lo­Zi­za engo­we­si­bi­li; ko­dwa uJe­wu­shi lo­Be­ri­ya ba­be­nge­la­ba­ntwa­na aba­ne­ngi, nga­kho ba­be­se­ndli­ni ya­bo­yi­se ngo­ku­ba­lwa ka­nye.

12 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ko­ha­thi: OA­mra­mu, uI­zi­ha­ri, uHe­bro­ni, loU­zi­ye­li, ema­nep.

13 Ama­do­da­na kaA­mra­mu: OA­ro­ni lo­Mo­zi­siq. UA­ro­ni we­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwa-ker uku­ngcwe­li­sa izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le­ngcwe­le, ye­na la­ma­do­da­na akhe, ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nis, uku­tshi­sa impe­pha pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sit, uku­yi­kho­nzau, lo­ku­bu­si­sa nge­bi­zo la­yo ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nivw.

14 Ngo­Mo­zi­si umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lux, ama­do­da­na akhe abi­zwa nga­pha­nsi kwe­si­zwe sa­ko­Le­viy.

15 Ama­do­da­na ka­Mo­zi­si: OGe­re­sho­ma loE­li­ye­ze­riz.

16 Ama­do­da­na ka­Ge­re­sho­ma: UShe­bu­we­li inhlo­koa.

17 La­ma­do­da­na kaE­li­ye­ze­ri aye­ngu­Re­ha­bhi­ya inhlo­kob; uE­li­ye­ze­ri wa­ye­nge­la­wo-ke ama­nye ama­do­da­na, ko­dwa ama­do­da­na ka­Re­ha­bhi­ya aye­ma­ne­ngi okwe­dlu­li­sa­yo.

18 Ama­do­da­na kaI­zi­ha­ri: UShe­lo­mi­thi inhlo­ko.

19 Ama­do­da­na ka­He­bro­ni: OJe­ri­ya inhlo­ko, uA­ma­ri­ya owe­si­bi­li, uJa­ha­zi­ye­li owe­si­tha­thu, uJe­ka­me­ya­mu owe­si­nec.

20 Ama­do­da­na kaU­zi­ye­li: OMi­ka inhlo­kod, loI­shi­ya owe­si­bi­lie.

21 Ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri: OMa­hli lo­Mu­shif. Ama­do­da­na ka­Ma­hli: OE­le­ya­za­re lo­Ki­shig.

22 UE­le­ya­za­re wa­se­si­fa, wa­ye­nge­la­ma­do­da­na ko­dwa ama­do­da­ka­zih; ama­do­da­na ka­Ki­shi, aba­fo­wa­bo, ase­wa­tha­thai.

23 Ama­do­da­na ka­Mu­shi: OMa­hli loE­de­ri lo­Je­re­mo­thi, ema­tha­thuj.

24 La nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Le­vi nge­ndlu ya­bo­yi­sek, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, ngo­ku­ba­lwa kwa­wo, nge­na­ni la­ma­bi­zo, nga­ma­kha­nda awo, ese­nza umse­be­nzi we­nko­nzo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­sil, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ku­si­ya phe­zu­lum.

25 Ngo­ba uDa­vi­da wa­thi: INko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, iba­ni­ki­le aba­ntu ba­yo uku­phu­mu­la, ba­za­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ku­ze ku­be se­pha­ka­de­nin.

26 Ngo­ku­nja­lo-ke ku­ma­Le­vi; ka­ku­la­mu­ntu oza­thwa­la itha­bha­ne­ke­le la­lo­ba yi­zi­phi izi­tsha za­lo ze­nko­nzo ya­loo.

27 Ngo­ba nga­ma­zwi ka­Da­vi­da oku­ci­na ama­do­da­na ka­Le­vi abha­lwa ku­su­ke­la kwa­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu.

28 Ngo­ba inda­wo ya­wo ya­yi­nga­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­ma­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni enko­nzwe­ni ye­ndlu ye­Nko­si, phe­zu kwa­ma­gu­ma, la­phe­zu kwa­ma­ka­me­lo, la­phe­zu ko­ku­hla­mbu­lu­la zo­nke izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le, lo­mse­be­nzi we­nko­nzo ye­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup,

29 lo­we­zi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swaq, lo­we­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo yo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dlar, lo­we­zi­nkwa­na ezi­yi­zi­pa­ta­la­la ezi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, lo­woku­bha­kwe nge­pa­nis, lo­wo­ku­kha­nzi­ngi­we­yot, lo­we­si­li­nga­ni­so so­nkeu lo­bu­khu­luv;

30 lo­ku­ma uku­sa ngo­ku­sa uku­bo­nga lo­ku­du­mi­sa iNko­si, ka­nja­lo la­nta­mba­ma,

31 lo­ku­ni­ke­la ko­nke kwe­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni nga­ma­sa­ba­thaw, ngo­ku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­ngax, la­nge­mi­kho­si emi­si­we­yoy, nge­na­ni, ngo­kwe­si­mi­so ku­kho, nja­lo­nja­lo pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

32 Nja­lo aza­gci­na umli­ndo we­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no, lo­mli­ndo we­ndlu engcwe­lez, lo­mli­ndo wa­ma­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni, aba­fo­wa­bo, enko­nzwe­ni ye­ndlu ye­Nko­sia.

24Nja­lo izi­ga­ba za­ma­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni. Ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni: ONa­da­bi, loA­bi­hu, uE­le­ya­za­re, loI­tha­ma­ria.

2 Ko­dwa oNa­da­bi loA­bi­hu ba­fa ma­ndu­lo ku­lo­yi­se, nja­lo be­nge­la­ba­ntwa­na; nga­kho oE­le­ya­za­re loI­tha­ma­ri ba­se­be­nza nje­nga­ba­pri­stib.

3 UDa­vi­da wa­se­be­hlu­ka­ni­sa, lo­Za­do­ki ema­do­da­ne­ni kaE­le­ya­za­rec, loA­hi­me­le­ki ema­do­da­ne­ni kaI­tha­ma­ri, ngo­kwe­si­khu­ndla sa­bo enko­nzwe­ni ya­bod.

4 Kwa­tho­la­ka­la ema­do­da­ne­ni kaE­le­ya­za­re inhlo­ko za­ma­qha­we ama­ne­ngi okwe­dlu­la ema­do­da­ne­ni kaI­tha­ma­ri mhla be­we­hlu­ka­ni­sa; ema­do­da­ne­ni kaE­le­ya­za­re kwa­ku­le­nhlo­ko ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha ze­ndlu ya­bo­yi­see, le­ma­do­da­ne­ni kaI­tha­ma­ri ngo­kwe­ndlu ya­bo­yi­sef, ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

5 Ba­se­be­ze­hlu­ka­ni­sa nge­zi­nka­tho, le­zi la­le­zi­ya­na, ngo­ba izi­ndu­na ze­ndlu engcwe­le le­zi­ndu­na zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu za­zi­ve­la ema­do­da­ne­ni kaE­le­ya­za­re le­ma­do­da­ne­ni kaI­tha­ma­rig.

6 UShe­ma­ya indo­da­na ka­Ne­tha­ne­li umbha­li, ove­la ku­ma­Le­vi, wa­se­zi­bha­la pha­mbi kwe­nko­si le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla lo­Za­do­ki umpri­stih loA­hi­me­le­kii indo­da­na kaA­bhi­ya­thaj, le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­ba­pri­sti le­za­ma­Le­vi; indlu ka­yi­se eyo­dwa ya­tha­the­lwa uE­le­ya­za­re, le­yo­dwa ya­tha­the­lwa uI­tha­ma­ri.

7 Inka­tho yo­ku­qa­la ya­si­phu­me­la uJe­ho­ya­ri­bi, eye­si­bi­li uJe­da­yak,

8 eye­si­tha­thu uHa­ri­mi, eye­si­ne uSe­wo­ri­mil,

9 eye­si­hla­nu uMa­li­ki­ya, eye­si­thu­pha uMi­ja­mi­nim,

10 eye­si­kho­mbi­sa uHa­kho­zi, eye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li uA­bhi­yan,

11 eye­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye uJe­shu­wa, eye­tshu­mi uShe­ka­ni­ya,

12 eye­tshu­mi la­nye uE­li­ya­shi­bi, eye­tshu­mi la­mbi­li uJa­ki­mi,

13 eye­tshu­mi la­nta­thu uHu­pha, eye­tshu­mi la­ne uJe­she­be­ya­bi,

14 eye­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu uBi­li­ga, eye­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha uI­me­rio,

15 eye­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa uHe­zi­ri, eye­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li uHa­phi­ze­zi,

16 eye­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye uPhe­tha­hi­ya, eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li uJe­he­ze­ke­li,

17 eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nye uJa­ki­ni, eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li uGa­mu­li,

18 eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu uDe­la­ya, eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne uMa­ha­zi­ya.

19 Isi­khu­ndla sa­la­ba enko­nzwe­ni ya­bo sa­si­yi­ku­nge­na endli­ni ye­Nko­si ngo­kwe­si­mi­so sa­bo nge­sa­ndla si­kaA­ro­ni uyi­se, nje­nga­lo­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ya­yi­mla­yi­lep.

20 La­ba­se­le­yo ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Le­vi: Ema­do­da­ne­ni kaA­mra­mu: Ngu­Shu­ba­ye­li; ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Shu­ba­ye­li: Ngu­Je­hi­de­yaq.

21 Ngo­Re­ha­bhi­ya: Ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Re­ha­bhi­ya, inhlo­ko kwa­ku­nguI­shi­yar;

22 kwa­ba­koI­zi­ha­ri, uShe­lo­mo­thi; ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­She­lo­mo­thi, uJa­ha­thi.

23 La­ma­do­da­na ka­He­bro­nis, uJe­ri­ya owo­ku­qa­la, uA­ma­ri­ya owe­si­bi­li, uJa­ha­zi­ye­li owe­si­tha­thu, uJe­ka­me­ya­mu owe­si­net.

24 Ama­do­da­na kaU­zi­ye­li, uMi­kau; ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Mi­ka, uSha­mi­riv.

25 Umfo­wa­bo ka­Mi­ka nguI­shi­ya; ema­do­da­ne­ni kaI­shi­ya, uZe­kha­ri­ya.

26 Ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri: OMa­hli lo­Mu­shiw; ama­do­da­na ka­Ja­ha­zi­ya: UBhe­no.

27 Ama­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­ri: Ku­Ja­ha­zi­ya: OBhe­no lo­Sho­ha­ma lo­Za­ku­ri loI­bi­ri.

28 Ku­Ma­hli: UE­le­ya­za­re, owa­ye­nge­la­ma­do­da­nax.

29 Ngo­Ki­shi: Ama­do­da­na ka­Ki­shi: UJe­ra­me­liy.

30 La­ma­do­da­na ka­Mu­shiz: OMa­hli loE­de­ri lo­Je­ri­mo­thia. La nga­ma­do­da­na ama­Le­vi ngo­kwe­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se.

31 La­la­ba la­bo be­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa nje­nga­ba­fo­wa­bob, ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni, pha­mbi ku­ka­Da­vi­da inko­sic lo­Za­do­kid loA­hi­me­le­kie le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­ba­pri­sti la­ba­ma­Le­vi, inhlo­ko ya­bo­yi­se nje­ngo­mfo­wa­bo omnci­ya­ne.

Izi­ga­ba za­ba­tsha­yi be­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la

25UDa­vi­da le­ndu­na ze­bu­thoa be­hlu­ka­ni­se­la-ke inko­nzo ema­do­da­ne­ni kaA­sa­fib la­ka­He­ma­nic la­ka­Je­du­thu­nid, aba­pro­fe­thae nga­ma­cha­chof, nge­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbog, la­nge­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yoh. Le­na­ni la­ma­do­da omse­be­nzi la­li­nje­ngo­kwe­nko­nzo ya­wo:

2 Ema­do­da­ne­ni kaA­sa­fii: OZa­ku­ri lo­Jo­se­fa lo­Ne­tha­ni­ya loA­sa­re­la, ama­do­da­na kaA­sa­fij, pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­kaA­sa­fi, owa­pro­fe­tha ngo­kwe­sa­ndla se­nko­sik.

3 Ngo­Je­du­thu­ni: Ama­do­da­na ka­Je­du­thu­ni: OGe­da­li­ya, lo­Ze­ri, lo­Je­sha­ya, uHa­sha­bhi­ya, lo­Ma­thi­thi­ya, be­yi­si­thu­pha, eza­ndle­ni zi­ka­yi­se uJe­du­thu­nil, owa­ye­pro­fe­tha nge­cha­cho, uku­bo­nga lo­ku­du­mi­sa iNko­sim.

4 Ngo­He­ma­ni: Ama­do­da­na ka­He­ma­ni: OBu­khi­ya, uMa­tha­ni­ya, uU­zi­ye­li, uShe­bu­we­li, lo­Je­ri­mo­thi, uHa­na­ni­ya, uHa­na­ni, uE­li­ya­tha, uGi­da­li­ti, lo­Ro­ma­mi­ti-E­ze­ri, uJo­shi­be­ka­sha, uMa­lo­ti, uHo­thi­ri, uMa­ha­zi­yo­thin.

5 Bo­nke la­ba ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­He­ma­ni umbo­ni we­nko­si ema­zwi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­pha­ka­mi­sa upho­ndo. Nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mni­ka uHe­ma­ni ama­do­da­na ali­tshu­mi la­ne la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ama­tha­thuo.

6 Bo­nke la­ba ba­be­se­za­ndle­ni zi­ka­yi­se eku­hla­be­le­le­ni endli­ni ye­Nko­si nge­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yop, izi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mboq, la­ma­cha­chor enko­nzwe­ni ye­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla se­nko­si, oA­sa­fis lo­Je­du­thu­nit lo­He­ma­niu.

7 Le­na­ni la­bo ka­nye la­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­be­fu­ndi­swe nge­zi­ngo­ma ze­Nko­si, bo­nke aba­be­lo­lwa­ziv, la­li­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­liw.

8 Ba­se­be­se­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa ngo­mli­ndox, omnci­nya­ne nje­ngo­mkhu­lu, ofu­ndi­sa­yo lo­fu­nda­yoy.

9 Inka­tho yo­ku­qa­la ya­si­phu­me­la uA­sa­fiz ku­Jo­se­faa; eye­si­bi­li ku­Ge­da­li­yab, ye­na la­ba­fo­wa­bo la­ma­do­da­na akhe, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lic;

10 eye­si­tha­thu ku­Za­ku­rid, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lie;

11 eye­si­ne kuI­zi­ri, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lif;

12 eye­si­hla­nu ku­Ne­tha­ni­ya, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lig;

13 eye­si­thu­pha ku­Bu­khi­ya, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lih;

14 eye­si­kho­mbi­sa kuA­sa­re­la, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lii;

15 eye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li ku­Je­sha­ya, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lij;

16 eye­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye ku­Ma­tha­ni­ya, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lik;

17 eye­tshu­mi ku­Shi­me­yi, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lil;

18 eye­tshu­mi la­nye kuA­za­re­li, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lim;

19 eye­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ku­Ha­sha­bhi­ya, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lin;

20 eye­tshu­mi la­nta­thu ku­She­bu­we­li, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lio;

21 eye­tshu­mi la­ne ku­Ma­thi­thi­ya, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lip;

22 eye­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu ku­Je­re­mo­thi, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liq;

23 eye­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha ku­Ha­na­ni­ya, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lir;

24 eye­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa ku­Jo­shi­be­ka­sha, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lis;

25 eye­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li ku­Ha­na­ni, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lit;

26 eye­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye ku­Ma­lo­thi, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liu;

27 eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li kuE­li­ya­tha, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liv;

28 eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nye ku­Ho­thi­ri, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liw;

29 eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li ku­Gi­da­li­ti, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lix;

30 eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu ku­Ma­ha­zi­yo­thi, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liy;

31 eya­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne ku­Ro­ma­mi­ti-E­ze­ri, ama­do­da­na akhe la­ba­fo­wa­bo, be­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­liz.

Izi­ga­ba za­ba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo le­za­ba­pha­thi be­mi­se­be­nzi

26Nge­zi­ga­ba za­ba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo. Kwa­ba­ko­Ko­ra kwa­ku­ngu­Me­she­le­mi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ko­re wa­ma­do­da­na kaA­sa­fi.

2 Lo­Me­she­le­mi­ya wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­naa, uZe­kha­ri­ya izi­bu­lo, uJe­di­ya­ye­li owe­si­bi­li, uZe­bha­di­ya owe­si­tha­thu, uJa­thi­ni­ye­li owe­si­ne,

3 uE­la­mu owe­si­hla­nu, uJe­ho­ha­na­ni owe­si­thu­pha, uE­li­yo­he­na­yi owe­si­kho­mbi­sab.

4 UO­be­di-E­do­ma la­ye wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na, uShe­ma­ya izi­bu­lo, uJe­ho­za­ba­di owe­si­bi­li, uJo­wa owe­si­tha­thu, uSa­ka­ri owe­si­ne, lo­Ne­tha­ne­li owe­si­hla­nuc,

5 uA­mi­ye­li owe­si­thu­pha, uI­sa­ka­ri owe­si­kho­mbi­sa, uPhe­wu­le­tha­yi owe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li; ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­mbu­si­si­le.

6 La­ku­She­ma­ya indo­da­na ya­khe kwa­za­lwa ama­do­da­na abu­sa ji­ke­le­le endli­ni ka­yi­se, ngo­ba aye­nga­ma­qha­we ala­ma­ndlad.

7 Ama­do­da­na ka­She­ma­ya: O-O­thi­ni, lo­Re­fa­ye­li, loO­be­di, uE­li­za­ba­di, aba­fo­wa­bo, ama­do­da­na ala­ma­ndla, oE­li­hu lo­Se­ma­khi­yae.

8 Bo­nke la­ba ba­be­nga­ba­ma­do­da­na kaO­be­di-E­do­ma, bo­na la­ma­do­da­na abo la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­do­da ene­li­sa­yo nga­ma­ndla omse­be­nzi, be­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha la­mbi­li ba­koO­be­di-E­do­ma.

9 Nja­lo uMe­she­le­mi­yaf wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­do­da­na ala­ma­ndla, eli­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lig.

10 UHo­sha la­ye ema­do­da­ne­ni ka­Me­ra­ri wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na, uShi­mi­ri inhlo­ko (la­nxa wa­ye­nge­yi­si­lo izi­bu­lo, ko­dwa uyi­se wa­me­nza wa­ba yi­nhlo­koh);

11 uHi­li­khi­ya owe­si­bi­li, uTe­ba­li­ya owe­si­tha­thu, uZe­kha­ri­ya owe­si­ne; wo­nke ama­do­da­na la­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Ho­sa ba­be­li­tshu­mi la­nta­thu.

12 Pha­ka­thi kwa­la­bo kwa­ku­le­zi­ga­ba za­ba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo; izi­nhlo­ko za­ma­do­da zi­le­mi­la­ndu nje­nga­ba­fo­wa­bo, uku­kho­nza endli­ni ye­Nko­si.

13 Ba­se­be­se­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa, omnci­nya­ne la­ye nje­ngo­mkhu­lu, ngo­kwe­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se, be­se­nze­la isa­ngo le­sa­ngoi.

14 Inka­tho ye­mpu­ma­la­nga ya­we­la-ke phe­zu ku­ka­She­le­mi­ya; ba­se­be­se­nza inka­tho yo­ku­pho­sa ngo­Ze­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, ume­lu­le­ki ohla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo; inka­tho ya­khe ya­si­phu­ma nge­nya­ka­thoj.

15 KuO­be­di-E­do­ma nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu; la­ku­ma­do­da­na akhe, indlu yo­ku­lo­ndo­lo­za.

16 Ku­Shu­pi­mi la­ku­Ho­sa nge­ntsho­na­la­nga, le­sa­ngo iSha­le­ke­thik eli­se­mgwa­qwe­nil omkhu­lu oya phe­zu­lu, umli­ndi ngo­mli­ndim.

17 Nge­mpu­ma­la­nga kwa­ku­la­ma­Le­vi ayi­si­thu­pha, nge­nya­ka­tho aba­ne ngo­su­ku, nge­ni­ngi­zi­mu aba­ne ngo­su­ku, le­zi­pha­le­ni aba­bi­li nga­ba­bi­li;

18 ePa­ri­ba­ri nge­ntsho­na­la­ngan, aba­ne emgwa­qwe­ni omkhu­lu, aba­bi­li ePa­ri­ba­rio.

19 Le­zi yi­zi­ga­ba za­ba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo ba­ma­do­da­na ama­Ko­rap la­ba­ma­do­da­na ka­Me­ra­riq.

20 La­ku­ma­Le­vi, uA­hi­ya wa­ye­phe­the izi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, nja­lo wa­ye­phe­the izi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ze­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­ler.

21 Ama­do­da­na ka­La­da­ni, aba­ntwa­na bo­mGe­ri­sho­ni uLa­da­ni, ka­La­da­ni umGe­ri­sho­ni, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­zi­ngo­Je­hi­ye­li.

22 Ama­do­da­na ka­Je­hi­ye­li: UZe­tha­mu, lo­Jo­we­li umfo­wa­bo, ba­be­phe­the izi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ze­ndlu ye­Nko­sis

23 ku­maA­mra­mu, ku­maI­zi­ha­ri, ku­ma­He­bro­ni, ku­maU­zi­ye­lit.

24 Lo­She­bu­we­li indo­da­na ka­Ge­re­sho­ma indo­da­na ka­Mo­zi­si wa­ye­yi­si­pha­tha­ma­ndla phe­zu kwe­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­guu.

25 La­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­kaE­li­ye­ze­ri: ORe­ha­bhi­ya indo­da­na ya­khev, lo­Je­sha­ya indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Jo­ra­mu indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­Zi­ki­ri indo­da­na ya­khe, lo­She­lo­mi­thi indo­da­na ya­khew.

26 UShe­lo­mi­thi lo la­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­be­phe­the zo­nke izi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ze­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le uDa­vi­da inko­si aye­zi­ngcwe­li­si­le, le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, le­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­za­ma­khu­lu, la­ba­la­wu­li­ma­bu­thox.

27 Ko­kwe­mpi lo­kwe­mpa­ngwe­ni ba­ku­ngcwe­li­se­la uku­lu­ngi­sa indlu ye­Nko­siy.

28 La­kho ko­nke uSa­mu­we­li umbo­ni aye­ku­ngcwe­li­si­lez, lo­Sa­wu­li indo­da­na ka­Ki­shi loA­bhi­ne­ri indo­da­na ka­Ne­ria lo­Jo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­yab; ko­nke okwa­ku­ngcwe­li­si­we kwa­ku­nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­ka­She­lo­mi­thi la­ba­fo­wa­bo.

29 Ku­maI­zi­ha­ri uKe­na­ni­ya la­ma­do­da­na akhe ba­be­nga­bo­mse­be­nzi wa­nga­pha­ndle phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lic, be­yi­zi­ndu­na be­nga­ba­hlu­le­lid.

30 Ku­ma­He­bro­ni uHa­sha­bhi­ya la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­do­da ala­ma­ndla, ayi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ba­be­phe­the izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­li nga­ne­no kwe­Jo­da­ni nge­ntsho­na­la­nga, emse­be­nzi­ni wo­nke ka­Je­ho­va le­nko­nzwe­ni ye­nko­sie.

31 Ku­ma­He­bro­ni uJe­ri­ya wa­ye­yi­nhlo­kof, ku­ma­He­bro­ni, ngo­kwe­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­bo­yi­se. Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne wo­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Da­vi­da adi­ngwa, kwa­se­ku­tho­lwa pha­ka­thi kwa­wo ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla eJa­ze­re ye­Gi­le­ya­dig.

32 La­ba­fo­wa­bo ama­do­da ala­ma­ndla aye­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, inhlo­ko ze­zi­ndlu. UDa­vi­da inko­si wa­se­be­nza aba­pha­thi phe­zu kwa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ga­di le­ngxe­nye ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se ezi­ntwe­ni zo­nke zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­zi­nto ze­nko­sih.

Indu­na za­ba­ntu

27Nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li nge­na­ni la­bo, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se, le­zi­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­za­ma­khu­lu, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­bo eza­zi­se­be­nze­la inko­si ezi­nda­be­ni zo­nke ze­zi­ga­ba, eza­zi­nge­na zi­phu­ma inya­nga nge­nya­nga enya­nge­ni zo­nke zo­mnya­ka; le­so la­le­so­si­ga­ba sa­si­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne.

2 Phe­zu kwe­si­ga­ba so­ku­qa­la nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la kwa­ku­ngu­Ja­sho­be­ya­mu indo­da­na ka­Za­bi­di­ye­li; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nea.

3 Wa­ye­ngo­wa­ma­do­da­na ka­Pe­re­zi, inhlo­ko ya­bo bo­nke aba­pha­thi be­bu­tho nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­lab.

4 La­phe­zu kwe­si­ga­ba se­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li kwa­ku­ngu­Do­da­yi umA­ho­hi; le­si­ga­beni sa­khe uMi­ki­lo­thi la­ye wa­ye­yi­ndu­na; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne.

5 Indu­na ye­si­tha­thu ye­bu­tho nge­nya­nga ye­si­tha­thu ya­yi­ngu­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da umpri­sti omkhu­lu; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nec.

6 UBhe­na­ya lo wa­ye­li­qha­we la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, la­phe­zu kwa­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu. Laku­si­ga­ba sa­khe kwa­ku­loA­mi­za­ba­di indo­da­na ya­khed.

7 Eye­si­ne nge­nya­nga ye­si­ne ya­yi­nguA­sa­he­li umfo­wa­bo ka­Jo­wa­bie, lo­Ze­bha­di­ya indo­da­na ya­khe emva kwa­khe; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nfe.

8 Eye­si­hla­nu nge­nya­nga ye­si­hla­nu ya­yi­ngu­mpha­thi uSha­mi­hu­thig umI­zi­rah; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne.

9 Eye­si­thu­pha nge­nya­nga ye­si­thu­pha ya­yi­nguI­ra indo­da­na kaI­khe­shi umThe­kho­wa; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nei.

10 Eye­si­kho­mbi­sa nge­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa ya­yi­ngu­He­le­zi umPhe­lo­ni wa­ma­do­da­na akoE­fra­yi­mi; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nej.

11 Eye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li nge­nya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li ya­yi­ngu­Si­be­ka­yik umHu­sha­thil wa­ba­ko­Ze­ram; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nen.

12 Eye­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye nge­nya­nga ye­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye ya­yi­nguA­bi­ye­ze­ri umA­na­tho­thi wa­ba­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne.

13 Eye­tshu­mi nge­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi ya­yi­ngu­Ma­ha­ra­yi umNe­to­fao wa­ba­ko­Ze­rap; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ne.

14 Eye­tshu­mi la­nye nge­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi la­nye ya­yi­ngu­Bhe­na­ya umPi­ra­tho­ni wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­neq.

15 Eye­tshu­mi la­mbi­li nge­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ya­yi­ngu­He­li­da­yi umNe­to­fa wa­koO­thi­ni­ye­li; le­si­ga­be­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­ner.

16 La­phe­zu kwe­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li: Umbu­si wa­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni kwa­ku­nguE­li­ye­ze­ri indo­da­na ka­Zi­ki­ri. Kwa­ba­ko­Si­me­yo­ni, uShe­fe­thi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­ka.

17 Kwa­ba­ko­Le­vi, uHa­sha­bhi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ke­mu­we­lis; kwa­ba­koA­ro­ni, uZa­do­kit.

18 Ko­Ju­da, uE­li­hu wa­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­ka­Da­vi­da. KoI­sa­ka­ri, uO­mri indo­da­na ka­Mi­ka­ye­li.

19 Ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni, uI­shma­ya indo­da­na kaO­bha­di­ya. Ko­Na­fi­tha­li, uJe­ri­mo­thi indo­da­na kaA­zi­ri­ye­li.

20 Eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koE­fra­yi­mi, uHo­she­ya indo­da­na kaA­za­zi­ya. Engxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ye­si­zwe sa­ko­Ma­na­se, uJo­we­li indo­da­na ka­Phe­da­ya.

21 Engxe­nye­ni eyo­dwa kwe­zi­mbi­li ya­ko­Ma­na­se eGi­le­ya­di, uI­do indo­da­na ka­Ze­kha­ri­yau. Ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, uJa­ha­si­ye­li indo­da­na kaA­bhi­ne­riv.

22 Ko­Da­ni, uA­za­re­li indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­ha­mu. La­ba ba­be­yi­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­liw.

23 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da ka­tha­tha­nga ina­ni la­la­bo aba­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nga­pha­nsi, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­the iza­kwe­nge­za uI­sra­ye­li nje­nge­zi­nka­nye­zi za­ma­zu­lux.

24 UJo­wa­bi indo­da­na ka­Ze­ru­ya wa­qa­li­sa uku­ba­la, ko­dwa ka­qe­da­ngay; ngo­ba kwa­ba kho­na ula­ka phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li nge­nxa ya­lo­kho; nga­kho ina­ni ka­li­fa­kwa­nga1 eku­la­ndi­se­ni kwe­mi­la­ndo ye­nko­si uDa­vi­daz.

25 La­phe­zu kwe­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ze­nko­si kwa­ku­loA­zi­ma­ve­thi indo­da­na kaA­di­ye­lia; la­phe­zu kwe­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ensi­mi­ni, emi­zi­ni, le­mi­za­ne­ni, le­zi­nqa­be­ni kwa­ku­lo­Jo­na­tha­ni indo­da­na kaU­zi­ya.

26 La­phe­zu kwa­be­nza umse­be­nzi we­nsi­mu, wo­ku­li­nywa ko­mhla­ba­thi, kwa­ku­loE­zi­ri indo­da­na ka­Ke­lu­bi.

27 La­phe­zu kwe­zi­vi­ni kwa­ku­lo­Shi­me­yi umRa­mab. La­phe­zu ko­kwe­zi­vi­ni ezi­pha­le­ni ze­wa­yi­ni kwa­ku­lo­Za­bi­di umShe­fa­mac.

28 La­phe­zu kwe­zi­hla­hla ze­mi­hlwa­thi le­mi­khi­wa ye­si­kha­mo­red ezi­se­si­ho­tshe­ni kwa­ku­lo­Bha­li-Ha­na­ni umGe­de­ri. La­phe­zu kwe­zi­pha­la za­ma­fu­tha kwa­ku­lo­Jo­wa­shie.

29 La­phe­zu kwe­zi­nko­mo eza­zi­si­dla eSha­ro­ni kwa­ku­lo­Shi­ti­ra­yi umSha­ro­ni. La­phe­zu kwe­zi­nko­mo eza­zi­se­zi­go­di­ni kwa­ku­lo­Sha­fa­ti indo­da­na kaA­di­la­yif.

30 La­phe­zu kwa­ma­ka­me­la kwa­ku­loO­bi­li umI­shma­ye­lig. La­phe­zu kwa­bo­ba­bhe­mi­ka­zi kwa­ku­lo­Je­hi­de­yah umMe­ro­no­thii.

31 La­phe­zu kwe­mi­hla­mbi kwa­ku­lo­Ja­zi­ri umHa­gi­rij. Bo­nke la­bo ba­be­nga­ba­pha­thi be­mpa­hla inko­si uDa­vi­da aye­la­yo.

32 UJo­na­tha­ni, uyi­se omda­la ka­Da­vi­da, wa­ye­ngu­me­lu­le­ki, indo­da ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, nja­lo wa­ye­ngu­mbha­li; lo­Je­hi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ha­ki­mo­ni wa­ye­la­ba­ntwa­na be­nko­si.

33 Nja­lo uA­hi­tho­fe­li wa­ye­ngu­me­lu­le­ki we­nko­sik, lo­Hu­sha­yil umA­rkim wa­ye­ngu­mnga­ne we­nko­sin.

34 Le­mva ku­kaA­hi­tho­fe­li kwa­ku­lo­Je­ho­ya­da indo­da­na ka­Bhe­na­yao loA­bhi­ya­thap. Lo­mpha­thi we­bu­tho le­nko­si kwa­ku­ngu­Jo­wa­biq.

USo­lo­mo­ni ukhe­thwa uku­thi akhe ithe­mpe­li

28UDa­vi­da wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­lia, izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­zi­zweb, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­zi­ga­ba eza­zi­se­be­nze­la inko­sic, la­ba­pha­thi be­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, la­ba­pha­thi ba­ma­khu­lu, la­ba­pha­thi be­mpa­hla yo­nke la­be­zi­fu­yo ze­nko­si la­be­za­ma­do­da­na ayod, le­zi­ndu­na, la­ma­qha­we, la­wo wo­nke ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, eJe­ru­sa­le­mae.

2 UDa­vi­da inko­si wa­se­si­ma nge­nya­wo za­khe wa­thi: Ngi­la­le­la­ni, ba­fo­we­thu la­ba­ntu ba­mi. Mi­na, kwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi ukwa­khe­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si indlu yo­ku­phu­mu­laf, le­yi­si­gca­bha se­nya­wo zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, nge­nza ama­lu­ngi­se­le­lo okwa­khag.

3 Ko­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi ki­mi: Ka­wu­yi­ku­la­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indlu, ngo­ba we­na ungu­mu­ntu we­mpi, uchi­the iga­zi eli­ne­ngih.

4 Ka­nti iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ya­ngi­khe­tha ku­yo yo­nke indlu ka­ba­ba uku­thi ngi­be yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lii ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nij; ngo­ba ya­khe­tha uJu­da uku­ba ngu­mbu­sik, le­ndli­ni ya­ko­Ju­da indlu ka­ba­bal; la­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­na ka­ba­ba ya­ngi­tha­nda ukunge­nza ngi­be yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nkem.

5 La­ku­wo wo­nke ama­do­da­na ami (ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ngi­ni­ka ama­do­da­na ama­ne­ngin) ya­khe­tha uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­mio uku­thi ahla­le esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­so we­Nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lip.

6 Ya­si­si­thi ki­mi: USo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­kho ngu­ye oza­kwa­kha indlu ya­mi la­ma­gu­ma ami, ngo­ba ngi­mkhe­thi­le uku­ba yi­ndo­da­na ya­mi, la­mi ngi­za­ku­ba ngu­yi­seq.

7 Nja­lo ngi­za­wu­qi­ni­sa umbu­so wa­khe ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nir uba eqi­na ukwe­nza imi­la­yo ya­mi le­za­hlu­le­lo za­mi nje­nga­la­mu­hlas.

8 Nga­kho-ke pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, iba­ndla le­Nko­si, le­ndle­be­ni zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, gci­na­ni li­di­nge yo­nke imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, uku­ze li­dle ili­fa la­le­li­li­zwe eli­hle, le­nze aba­ntwa­na be­nu ba­dle ili­fa la­lo emva kwe­nu ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nit.

9 We­na-ke, So­lo­mo­ni ndo­da­na ya­mi, ma­zi uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­hlou, umkho­nze nge­nhli­zi­yo ephe­le­le­yo la­nge­ngqo­ndo evu­ma­yov; ngo­ba iNko­si iya­zi­hlo­la zo­nke inhli­zi­yow, iqe­di­si­se ko­nke uku­zi­ndla kwe­mi­ca­ba­ngo. Uba uyi­di­nga, iza­tho­lwa ngu­wex; ko­dwa uba uyi­tshi­yay, iza­ku­la­hla ko­ku­phe­laz.

10 Bo­na-ke, ngo­ba iNko­si iku­khe­thi­le uku­thi wa­khe indlu ibe yi­ndlu engcwe­le; qi­na, ukwe­nzea.

11 UDa­vi­da wa­se­ni­ka uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe umdwe­bob we­khu­lu­sic, lo­we­zi­ndlu za­lo, lo­we­zi­pha­la ze­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu, lo­wa­ma­ka­me­lo aphe­zu­lud, lo­wa­ma­ka­me­lo apha­ka­thi, lo­we­ndlu ye­si­hla­lo so­mu­sae.

12 Lo­mdwe­bo wa­kho ko­nke aye­la­kho ngo­Mo­ya, lo­wa­ma­gu­ma endlu ye­Nko­si, lo­wa­ma­ka­me­lo wo­nke azi­nge­le­ze­le­yof, lo­we­zi­pha­la ze­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, lo­we­zi­pha­la zo­ku­li­gu­gu ze­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­leg,

13 lo­we­zi­ga­ba za­ba­pri­stih le­za­ma­Le­vii, lo­wo­mse­be­nzi wo­nke we­nko­nzo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­si, lo­we­zi­tsha zo­nke ze­nko­nzo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­si.

14 Wa­pha igo­li­de nge­si­si­ndo ngezi­nto ze­go­li­de, nge­mpa­hla yo­nke ye­nko­nzo nge­nko­nzo, nge­mpa­hla yo­nke ye­si­li­va nge­si­si­ndo, nge­mpa­hla yo­nke ye­nko­nzo nge­nko­nzo,

15 le­si­si­ndo se­zi­nti ze­si­ba­ne ze­go­li­dej, le­zi­ba­ne za­zo ze­go­li­dek, nge­si­si­ndo so­lu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne nga­lu­nye le­zi­ba­ne za­lo, la­nge­zi­nti ze­si­ba­ne ze­si­li­va, nge­si­si­ndo so­lu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne le­zi­ba­ne za­lo, nje­ngo­mse­be­nzi wo­lu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne nga­lu­nye.

16 Wa­seni­ka igo­li­de nge­si­si­ndo la­ma­ta­fu­la ezi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swa, nga­le­lo la­le­lo­ta­fu­la, le­si­li­va sa­ma­ta­fu­la esi­li­va.

17 La­ma­fo­lo­gwel le­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­zam le­zi­nke­zon ze­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo, la­nge­zi­tsha ze­go­li­de nge­si­si­ndo sa­le­so la­le­so­si­tshao, la­nge­zi­tsha ze­si­li­va nge­si­si­ndo sa­le­so la­le­so­si­tsha.

18 La­nge­la­thi le­mpe­phap igo­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo nge­si­si­ndoq, la­ngo­mdwe­bo we­nqo­la ya­ma­khe­ru­bhi*r ego­li­de elu­le impi­kos agu­bu­ze­la umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si.

19 UDa­vi­da wa­thi: Ko­nke lo­khu iNko­si ye­nza ngi­ku­qe­di­si­se ngo­mbha­lot nge­sa­ndla sa­yo phe­zu kwa­miu, yo­nke imi­se­be­nzi yo­mdwe­bo.

20 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­So­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe: Qi­na, ube le­si­bi­ndi, use­be­nze; unge­sa­bi, unga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lov; ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ila­wew. Ka­yi­so­ze ya­ku­la­hla, ka­yi­so­ze ya­ku­tshi­ya, uze uqe­de umse­be­nzi wo­nke we­nko­nzo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­six.

21 Kha­nge­la-ke, izi­ga­ba za­ba­pri­sti le­za­ma­Le­vi, ze­nko­nzo yo­nke ye­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luy; nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba la­we ku­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi, wo­nke oyi­ngci­tshi ovu­ma­yo ku­yo yo­nke inko­nzo, la­ba­pha­thi la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­ku­la­ya kwa­kho ko­nkez.

29UDa­vi­da inko­si wa­se­si­thi eba­ndle­ni lo­nke: USo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­mi, ye­na ye­dwa uNku­lu­nku­lu amkhe­thi­le­yo, use­ngu­mfa­na ubu­tha­ka­tha­kaa, lo­mse­be­nzi mkhu­lu; ngo­ba isi­go­dlo ka­yi­si­so so­mu­ntu, ko­dwa nge­se­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lub.

2 Nga­kho ngi­yi­lu­ngi­se­le indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi nga­ma­ndla ami wo­nke, igo­li­de lokwe­go­li­de, le­si­li­va lokwe­si­li­va, le­thu­si lokwe­thu­si, insi­mbi lokwe­nsi­mbi, le­zi­go­do lokwe­zi­go­do, ama­tshe e-o­ni­kse*c la­wo­ku­be­kwad, ama­tshe akha­zi­mu­la­yo la­le­mi­ba­lae, le­nhlo­bo zo­nke za­ma­tshe ali­gu­guf, la­ma­tshe e-a­li­ba­sta* ngo­bu­ne­ngig.

3 La­phe­zu kwa­kho, nge­nxa yo­ku­tha­nda kwa­mi indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, nga­ni­ke­la indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi ino­tho ye­go­li­de le­ye­si­li­va, engi­la­kho, phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nke engi­ku­lu­ngi­se­le indlu ye­nda­wo engcwe­le,

4 ama­tha­le­nta* ego­li­de azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu ego­li­de­nih leO­fi­rii, la­ma­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yoj azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, uku­hu­qa imi­du­li ye­zi­ndlu.

5 Igo­li­de ku­se­nze­lwa okwe­go­li­de, le­si­li­va ku­se­nze­lwa okwe­si­li­va, la­nga­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi nge­sa­ndla se­zi­ngci­tshi. Ngu­ba­ni-ke ovu­ma­yo uku­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­la iNko­si la­mu­hla?

6 Inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­se­zi­ni­ke­la nge­si­hle, le­zi­ndu­na ze­zi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­lik, la­ba­pha­thi be­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ba­ma­khu­lu, la­ba­pha­thi bo­mse­be­nzi we­nko­sil.

7 Ba­se­be­ni­ke­la emse­be­nzi­ni we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ama­tha­le­nta* azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu ego­li­de, le­nhla­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi, la­ma­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi, la­ma­tha­le­nta* ethu­si azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, la­ma­tha­le­nta* ensi­mbi azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lum.

8 La­la­bo okwa­tho­lwa ki­bo ama­tshe ali­gu­gu ba­wa­ni­ka indlu yo­ku­li­gu­gu ye­ndlu ye­Nko­sin nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndlao si­ka­Je­hi­ye­li umGe­ri­sho­nip.

9 Ba­se­be­tho­ko­za aba­ntu ngo­ku­ni­ke­la kwa­bo nge­si­hle, ngo­ba nge­nhli­zi­yo ephe­le­le­yo ba­be­ni­ke­le ngo­tha­ndo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu; lo­Da­vi­da inko­si la­ye wa­tho­ko­za nge­nto­ko­zo enku­luq.

UDa­vi­da ubo­nga iNko­si

10 UDa­vi­da wa­se­yi­bu­si­sa iNko­si pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo eba­ndla lo­nke; uDa­vi­da wa­thi: Ka­wu­bu­si­swe we­na Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li uba­ba, ku­su­ke­la epha­ka­de­ni ku­ze ku­be se­pha­ka­de­nir.

11 Ku­ngo­kwa­kho, Nko­si, ubu­khu­lus la­ma­ndlat lo­du­mou lo­ku­nqo­ba lo­bu­kho­si; ngo­ba ko­nke oku­se­ma­zu­lwi­ni lo­ku­se­mhla­be­ni ku­ngo­kwa­kho; umbu­so ungo­wa­kho, Nko­si; we­na uzi­pha­ka­mi­si­le wa­ba yi­nhlo­ko phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nkev.

12 Le­no­tho lo­du­mo ku­ve­la pha­mbi kwa­kho, we­na-ke ubu­sa phe­zu kwa­kho ko­nkew; le­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho ku­kho­na uku­qi­na la­ma­ndla, le­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho ku­kho­na uku­khu­li­sa lo­ku­pha ama­ndla ku­bo bo­nkex.

13 Nga­kho-ke Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, si­ya­ku­bo­nga, si­li­du­mi­se ibi­zo la­kho eli­lo­du­mo.

14 Ngo­ba mi­na-ke ngi­ngu­ba­ni, la­ba­ntu ba­mi ba­ngo­ba­ni, uku­thi si­tho­le ama­ndla oku­ni­ka ngo­tha­ndo ngo­ku­nje? Ngo­ba ko­nke ku­ve­la ku­we, si­ni­ke­le ku­we oku­ve­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho.

15 Ngo­ba si­nga­be­mzi­ni pha­mbi kwa­kho la­ba­hla­la nje­nga­be­zi­zwe nje­nga­bo bo­nke oba­bay; insu­ku ze­thu emhla­be­ni zi­nje­nge­si­thu­nzi, nja­lo ka­li­kho ithe­mbaz.

16 Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ko­nke lo­khu oku­ne­ngi, esi­ku­lu­ngi­se­le ukwa­khe­la we­na indlu, ku­se­nze­lwa ibi­zo la­kho eli­ngcwe­le, ku­ve­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, nja­lo ko­nke ku­ngo­kwa­kho.

17 Ngi­ya­zi-ke, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, uku­thi we­na uhlo­la inhli­zi­yoa, uya­bu­tha­nda ubu­qo­thob. Mi­na, ebu­qo­thwe­ni be­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ngi­ni­ke­le nge­si­hle zo­nke le­zi­zi­nto; kha­the­si se­ngi­bo­ni­le nge­nto­ko­zo aba­ntu ba­kho aba­tho­la­ka­la la­pha uku­thi ba­ni­ke­la ku­we nge­si­hlec.

18 Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka, loI­sra­ye­li, oba­ba, gci­na lo­kho la­pha­ka­de eku­zi­ndle­ni kwe­mi­na­ka­no ye­nhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntu ba­kho, ulu­ngi­se inhli­zi­yo ya­bo ku­wed.

19 Nja­lo uni­ke uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­mi inhli­zi­yo ephe­le­le­yo uku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­kho, ubu­fa­ka­zi ba­kho, le­zi­mi­so za­khoe, lo­kwe­nza ko­nke, lo­kwa­kha isi­go­dlof engi­si­lu­ngi­sele­le­yog.

Aba­ntu ba­be­ka uSo­lo­mo­ni uku­ba yi­nko­si

20 UDa­vi­da wa­se­si­thi ku­lo lo­nke iba­ndla: Kha­the­si bu­si­sa­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu. Iba­ndla lo­nke la­se­li­bu­si­sa iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­seh; ba­kho­tha­ma ba­mkho­nza uJe­ho­va, le­nko­sii.

21 Ba­se­be­hla­be­la imi­hla­tshe­lo eNko­si­ni, ba­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni, ngo­ku­sa kwa­lo­lo­su­ku, ama­jo­ngo­si azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, izi­nqa­ma ezi­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, ama­wu­ndlu ayi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, ka­nye le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo, le­mi­hla­tshe­lo ngo­bu­ne­ngi ku­se­nze­lwa uI­sra­ye­li wo­nkej.

22 Ba­se­be­si­dla ba­na­tha pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si nga­lo­lo­su­ku nge­nto­ko­zo enku­lu. Ba­se­be­mbe­ka okwe­si­bi­lik uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da uku­thi abe yi­nko­si, bamgco­be­la iNko­si wa­ba ngu­mkho­khe­lil, lo­Za­do­ki wa­ba ngu­mpri­stim.

23 USo­lo­mo­nin wa­se­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­Je­ho­va nje­nge­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se, wa­phu­me­le­la; loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­mla­le­lao.

24 La­zo zo­nke izi­ndu­na la­ma­qha­we ka­nye la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da­na enko­si uDa­vi­da ba­ze­hli­se­la1 nga­pha­nsi ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni inko­si.

25 INko­si ya­si­mpha­ka­mi­sa uSo­lo­mo­ni ka­khu­lu pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nkep, ya­mni­ka ubu­kho­si bo­mbu­so obu­nga­za­nga bu­be kho­na la­ku­yi­phi inko­si nga­pha­mbi kwa­khe koI­sra­ye­liq.

26 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uDa­vi­da indo­da­na ka­Je­se wa­ye­bu­se phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke.

27 Nja­lo insu­ku abu­sa nga­zo phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li za­zi­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ner; eHe­bro­ni wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa, le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nta­thus.

28 Wa­se­si­fa ese­lu­phe­le ku­hlet, ene­le nge­zi­nsu­ku, ino­tho lo­du­mo; uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kheu.

29 Nja­lo izi­nda­ba zi­ka­Da­vi­da inko­si, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­nav, kha­nge­la, zi­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwe­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Sa­mu­we­li umbo­niw le­gwa­lwe­ni lwe­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thix le­gwa­lwe­ni lwe­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Ga­diy umbo­niz,

30 ka­nye la­kho ko­nke uku­bu­sa kwa­khe la­ma­ndla akhe, le­zi­kha­thi eze­dlu­la phe­zu kwa­khe la­phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li la­phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so ya­ma­zwea.