2 USAMYELA 4

_1-4Kwathi bona u-Itjhi-Bhotjhethi umsa kaSawula ezwe bona u-Abineri uhlongakalele eRhebroni, waphelelwa mamandla, no-Israyeli woke wesaba. (Ngaphandle kwaka-Itjhi-Bhotjhethi bekunomunye oseleko womndeni kaSawula. Ibizo lakhe bekunguMefi-Bhotjhethi umsa kaJonathani; arholophele iinyawo zombili. Gade aneminyaka emihlanu lokha kufika iindaba zakaSawula noJonathani ezibuya eJizriyela. Imbelesakhe yamdzwebula bona ibaleke naye; kodwana ithe nayithi iyarhaba bona isuke, yawisa umntwana loya, kwaba kurholophala kwakhe-ke njalo.)

U-Itjhi-Botjhethi umsa kaSawula bekanamadoda amabili agade abarholi beenqhema zabagongodi. Ibizo lenye bekunguBhana enye kunguRekabi; bebamadodana kaRimoni umBherothi wekoro yakwaBhenjamini. (IBherothi ithathwa njengengcenye yakwaBhenjamini ngombana abantu beBherothi babalekela eGithayimu; baba ziinkhonzi lapho bekwaba namhlanjesi.)

₅Kwathi ngelinye ilanga, ngemva kwedina, URekabi noBhana, amadodana kaRimoni umBherothi, aya endlini ka-Itjhi-Bhotjhethi. Ilanga lalitjhisa, u-Itjhi-Botjhethi asathethe isithongwana ngendlini. _6-7Bangena ngaphakathi endlini kwaba sengathi bazokufuna ikoroyi. Kuthe nabangenako bafunyana u-Ithji-Botjhethi abhambalele embhedeni ngelawini lakhe. Bamhlaba emathunjini bambulala, baquntula ihlokwakhe, babaleka; bakhamba nayo ubusuku boke ngendlela yemrhobeni weJordani.

₈Baletha ihloko ka-Itjhi-Bhotjhethi leyo kuDavida eRhebroni bathi kuye: “Nasi ihloko ka-Itjhi-Bhotjhethi, umsa kaSawula, isitha sakho esalinga ukuthatha ukuphila kwakho. Namhlanje, uSomnini uZimu ubuyiselele ikosami kuSawula nesizukulwaneni sakhe.” ₉UDavida waphendula uRekabi nomnakwabo uBhana, amadodana kaRimoni umBherothi wathi: “USomnini owangithukulula kiwo woke amatshwenyekwami uyangizwa: ₁₀ETsikhilagi kweza umuntu wangitjela bona uSawula uhlongakele, adlumbana bona uletha iindaba ezihle. Ngamuthi bhi! Ngambulala! Lokho, kwaba mvuzo engamupha wona ngeendaba zakhezo! ₁₁Kungangani-ke engizokwenza ngeenkhohlakali ezibulele umuntu onganamlandu ngendlinakhe phezu kombhedakhe? Nje-ke, nizokuhlawula ipilwakhe ngeengazi zenu. Ngizonihlukanisa namabele!” ₁₂UDavida walayela iinceku zakhe bona zibabulale. Zabaquntula izandla neenyawo, zaphanyeka iindumbu zabo hlanu kwelitsha eRhebroni. Kodwana zathatha ihloko ka-Itjhi-Bhotjhethi zayingcwaba ezindleni laka-Abineri eRhebroni.