USAMUWELI II 5

₁Izizwe zonke zakwaIsrayeli zafika kuDavide eHebroni, zasho zathi: Bheka, thina siyithambo lakho nenyama yakho.

₂Ngesikhathi esidlulileyo, uSawule eseyinkosi phezu kwethu, nguwe owakhipha nowangenisa uIsrayeli; uJehova wathi kuwe: Wena uyakwalusa abantu bami uIsrayeli, wena uyakuba-ngumbusi wakwaIsrayeli.

₃Kwase kufika onke amalunga akwaIsrayeli enkosini eHebroni; inkosi uDavide yenza isivumelwano nawo eHebroni phambi kukaJehova; amgcoba uDavide abe-yinkosi kwaIsrayeli.

₄UDavide wayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu ekuqaleni kwakhe ukubusa; wabusa iminyaka engamashumi amane.

₅EHebroni wabusa kwaJuda iminyaka eyisikhombisa nezinyanga eziyisithupha; eJerusalema wabusa iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nantathu kwaIsrayeli wonke nakwaJuda.

₆Inkosi nabantu bayo baya eJerusalema ukulwa namaJebusi ayakhé kulelozwe; asho kuDavide, athi: Awuyikungena lapha; uyakususwa yizimpumputhe nezinyonga, ecabanga ukuthi uDavide angengene lapha.

₇UDavide wathatha nokho inqaba yaseSiyoni engumuzi kaDavide.

₈UDavide wathi ngalolosuku: Yilowo nalowo ochitha amaJebusi makasukele emseleni wamanzi izinyonga nezimpumputhe lezo ezizondwa ngumphefumulo kaDavide; ngalokho kuthiwa: Izimpumputhe nezinyonga azinakungena endlini.

₉UDavide wahlala enqabeni, wayibiza ngokuthi umuzi kaDavide. UDavide wakha nxazonke kusukela eMilo kuya ngaphakathi.

₁₀UDavide waqhubeka njalo ngokukhula, ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkuluSebawoti wayenaye.

₁₁UHiramu inkosi yaseTire wathuma izithunywa kuDavide, nemisedari*, nababazi bemithi, nabakhi; bamakhela uDavide indlu.

₁₂UDavide waqonda ukuthi uJehova wayemmisile impela ukuba abe-yinkosi kwaIsrayeli nokuthi uphakamisile umbuso wakhe ngenxa yabantu bakhe uIsrayeli.

₁₃UDavide wazithathela ezinye izancinza nabafazi eJerusalema, esefikile evela eHebroni; uDavide wayesazalelwa amadodana namadodakazi.

₁₄Nanka amagama abazalelwa eJerusalema: oShamuwa, noShobabi, noNathani, noSolomoni,

₁₅noJibari, noElishuwa, noNefegi, noJafiya,

₁₆noElishama, noEliyada, noElifeleti.

₁₇Lapho amaFilisti esezwile ukuthi bamgcobile uDavide ukuba abe-yinkosi kwaIsrayeli, onke amaFilisti enyuka ukumfuna uDavide; uDavide wakuzwa, wehlela enqabeni.

₁₈AmaFilisti esefikile ahlakazeka esiGodini samaRefa.

₁₉UDavide wabuza kuJehova, wathi: Ngiyakwenyuka, ngihlasele amaFilisti na? Uyakuwanikela esandleni sami na? UJehova wathi kuDavide: Yenyuka, ngokuba ngiyakuwanikela impela amaFilisti esandleni sakho.

₂₀UDavide wafika eBali-Pherasimi, uDavide wawachitha khona; wathi: UJehova ufohlile ezitheni zami phambi kwami njengokufohla kwamanzi. Ngalokho waqamba igama laleyondawo ngokuthi iBali-Pherasimi*.

₂₁Ashiya izithombe zawo lapho; uDavide nabantu bakhe bahamba nazo.

₂₂AmaFilisti abuye enyuka, ahlakazeka esiGodini samaRefa.

₂₃Lapho uDavide ebuza kuJehova, wathi yena: Awuyikwenyuka; gwegwesa emva kwawo, uwafikele malungana namajikijolo.

₂₄Kuyakuthi lapho usuzwa umsindo wokuhamba ezihlokweni zamajikijolo, usheshe, ngokuba kuyilapho uJehova eyakube ephumile ngaphambi kwakho ukuchitha impi yamaFilisti.

₂₅UDavide wenze njalo njengalokho uJehova emyalile, wachitha amaFilisti kusukela eGeba kuze kufike eGezeri.