Kubulawa kwa-Ishboshethi
1Watsi kube Ishboshethi, umsa waSawula, eve kutsi Abneri ufele eHebroni, wesaba kakhulu, sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli setfuka. 2Indvodzana yaSawula yayinemadvodza lamabili labebaholi betidlova tekuhlasela. Lomunye bekunguBhana, lomunye kunguRekhabi; babengemadvodzana eRimoni, umBherothi, wesive sakaBhenjamini. IBherothi itsatfwa njengencenye yakaBhenjamini, 3ngobe sive saseBherothi sabaleka saya kuyakwakha eGithayimu; seloku sahlala khona lapho njengebafokatana kuze kube ngulamuhla.
4Jonathani, umsa waSawula, abenendvodzana leyayichwalile etinyaweni. Yayineminyaka lesihlanu, nakufika umbiko wekufa kwaSawula naJonathani eJezreyeli. Umzanyana wakhe wamtsatsa wammema, wabaleka naye; kodvwa watsi asabhudvuteliswa kubaleka, lendvodzana yawa, yabe seyiba sishosha. Libito layo bekunguMefiboshethi.
5BoRekhabi naBhana, emadvodzana aRimoni, umBherothi, bahamba baya endlini ya-Ishboshethi, befika emini selishisa, naye asecambalele kwasemini. 6Bangena ngekhatsi endlini, kwaba shangatsi bayawufuna kolo, bafike bamgwaza esiswini, wafa. BoRekhabi naBhana, umnakabo, besuka lapho babaleka.
7Babengene endlini ngesikhatsi asalele embhedzeni, ekamelweni lakhe lekulala. Batsi kube bamgwaze bambulale, base bancuma inhloko yakhe. Bayitsatsa bahamba nayo bonkhe busuku ngendlela yase-Arabha. 8Lenhloko ya-Ishboshethi bayimikisa kuDavide eHebroni, bafike kuye, batsi: “Nansi inhloko ya-Ishboshethi, umsa waSawula, sitsa sakho labetama kukubulala. Lamuhla Simakadze sewukhokhele inkhosi yami sibhongo kuSawula nentalelwane yakhe.”
9Davide waphendvula boRekhabi naBhana, umnakabo, emadvodzana aRimoni, umBherothi, watsi: “Ngifunga kuphila kwaSimakadze longikhulule kuko konkhe kuhlupheka, 10yatsi indvodza nayingitjela itsi: ‘Sawula ufile,’ yona icabanga kutsi ingiletsele tindzaba letimnandzi, ngayibamba ngayibulalela eSikilagi. Lowo kwaba ngumholo nemvuzo lengamnika wona ngaleto tindzaba takhe! 11Kubi kakhulu kanganani-ke kulabantfu lababi kangaka lababulele umuntfu longenacala, endlini yakhe atilalele embhedzeni wakhe. Mine ngitamkhiphela sibhongo kini ngekunibulala, nginitsanyele emhlabeni!”
12Ngako Davide wakhipha umlayeto wawucondzisa kulamadvodza akakhe, ababulala. Bajuba tandla tabo netinyawo tabo, tidvumbu tabo batilengisa ngasesitibeni saseHebroni. Kodvwa batsatsa inhloko ya-Ishboshethi bayingcwaba ethuneni la-Abneri, eHebroni.
