Uloyiso lukaDavide; amagosa akhe
1Kwathi emveni kokuba njalo, uDavide wawaxabela amaFilisti, waweyisa; uDavide wabuthabatha ubukhosi esandleni samaFilisti.
2Wawaxabela amaMowabhi, wawalinganisa ngolutya, ewalalisa emhlabeni; walinganisa izintya zambini zokubulala, nolutya lwalunye oluzalisekileyo lokusindisa. Ke amaMowabhi aba ngabakhonzi kuDavide, azisa iminikelo.
3UDavide wamxabela uHadadezere, unyana kaRehobhi, ukumkani weTsobha, ekuyeni kuwabuyisa amandla akhe emlanjeni ongumEfrati. 4UDavide wathimba iwaka leenqwelo zokulwa, namakhulu asixhenxe abamahashe, namashumi amabini amawaka angumqikela; uDavide wawanqumla imisipha onke amahashe eenqwelo zokulwa, washiya kuwo aweenqwelo alikhulu.
5Ama-Aram• aseDamasko eza kumnceda uHadadezere ukumkani weTsobha. UDavide wabulala kuma-Aram amashumi amabini anamabini amawaka amadoda. 6UDavide wamisa ikampu kwa-Aram eDamasko; ama-Aram aba ngabakhonzi bakaDavide, azisa iminikelo. UYehova wamsindisa uDavide ezindaweni zonke awahamba kuzo. 7Wawathabatha uDavide amakhaka egolide abekubakhonzi bakaHadadezere, wawazisa eYerusalem. 8NaseBheta naseBherotayi, imizi kaHadadezere, uDavide ukumkani wathabatha ubhedu oluninzi kunene.
9Weva uToyi ukumkani waseHamati, ukuba uDavide uyixabele yonke impi kaHadadezere. 10UToyi wamthuma uYoram, unyana wakhe, kukumkani uDavide, ukuba ambuze ukuphila kwakhe, amsikelele ngenxa yokuba ebelwile noHadadezere wamxabela; ngokuba uToyi ubengumfo obesilwa noHadadezere; waye uYoram lowo eneempahla zesilivere, neempahla zegolide, neempahla zobhedu esandleni sakhe. 11Ukumkani uDavide wazingcwalisela kuYehova kananjalo ezo, kunye nesilivere negolide abeyingcwalisile, eyavela ezintlangeni zonke awazeyisayo: 12kuma-Aram, nakumaMowabhi, nakoonyana baka-Amon, nakumaFilisti, nakuma-Amaleki, nakumaxhoba kaHadadezere unyana kaRehobhi, ukumkani weTsobha.
13Wazenzela igama uDavide ekubuyeni kwakhe ekuwaxabeleni ama-Aram eSihlanjeni seTyuwa, ebulele ishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka. 14Wamisa ikampu kwelamaEdom; wamisa ikampu kwelamaEdom lonke, aba ngabakhonzi kuDavide onke amaEdom. UYehova wamsindisa uDavide ezindaweni zonke awahamba kuzo.
15Waye engukumkani ke uDavide kumaSirayeli onke. Waye uDavide esenza okusesikweni nobulungisa ebantwini bakhe bonke. 16Ke uYowabhi, unyana kaTseruya, wayephethe umkhosi; noYehoshafati, unyana ka-Ahiludi, wayengumkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu. 17UTsadoki unyana ka-Ahitubhi, noAhimeleki unyana ka-Abhiyatare, baye bengababingeleli; uSeraya waye engumbhali; 18uBhenaya, unyana kaYehoyada, ubephethe abancinithi nezigidimi. Oonyana bakaDavide babengababingeleli.
