35 – Ukumkani uDavide

₁Ke kaloku izizwe zakwaSirayeli zonke zahlanganisana kuDavide eHebron, zathi: “Mhlekazi, siyazalana; sikwaligazi lakho. ₂Phambili phaya, ngokuya uSawule ebesengukumkani, amaSirayeli ayekhokelwa nguwe xa aya emfazweni. *UNdikhoyo wathi kuwe: ‘Wena uya kuba ngumalusi wabantu bam amaSirayeli, ube ngumlawuli wabo.’ ”

₃Aya kufika ke onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli kukumkani uDavide eHebron, waza ukumkani wanqophisana nawo phaya eHebron phambi koNdikhoyo, aza ke amthambisa uDavide waba ngukumkani wamaSirayeli.

₄Ukuqala kwakhe ukulawula uDavide wayemashumi mathathu ubudala. Ulawule iminyaka engamashumi amane. ₅Waba minyaka isixhenxe neenyanga ezintandathu ephethe kwaJuda, ehlala eHebron. Waphatha kwaSirayeli nakwaJuda ehlala eJerusalem iminyaka engamashumi mathathu anantathu.

₆Ke kaloku ukumkani uDavide wanduluka nomkhosi wakhe ukuya kuhlasela amaJebhusi awayemi eJerusalem. AmaJebhusi athi kuDavide: “Akunakuze ungene apha wena! Kwaiimfama neziqhwala ezi zingakujika!” Kaloku ayesithi: “UDavide akangeke abe nako ukutyhoboza.” ₇Kambe ke uDavide wasuka wayithimba inqaba iZiyon, isixeko sikaDavide.

₈Wavakala esithi uDavide ngaloo mini: “Ukuba kukho umntu ozimisele ukuwoyisa la maJebhusi aziintshaba zam makanyuke ngalaa msele wamanzi ungaphantsi komhlaba, aye kubulala eziya ‘ziqhwala neemfama’!” (Savela apho isaci esithi: “Iimfama neziqhwala azinakungena endlwini kaNdikhoyo.”)

₉Waya kuhlala apho ke kuloo nqaba uDavide, waza wayibiza ngokuba sisixeko sikaDavide. Wakha isixeko sayijikeleza, esiza nganeno ukusukela kungqameko. ₁₀Waya esomelela ngokomelela, kuba kaloku uNdikhoyo uThixo onamandla onke wayenaye.

₁₁Ukumkani uHiram waseTire wathumela izigidimi kuDavide, ziphethe izibonda zomsedare, zihamba nabachweli kunye neengcibi zamatye, zaza zamakhela ibhotwe uDavide. ₁₂Ke uDavide waqonda ukuba uNdikhoyo umzinzisile wangukumkani kwaSirayeli, eqonda nokuba uNdikhoyo ulawulo lwakhe uluphakamisile ngenxa yabantu bakhe amaSirayeli.

₁₃Ukufika kwakhe eJerusalem, evela eHebron, uDavide waphinda wathatha abanye abafazi namaqadi, waza ke wazala abanye oonyana neentombi. ₁₄Nanga amagama abantwana bakhe abazalelwe eJerusalem: nguShamuwa, uShobhabhi, uNatan, uSolomon, ₁₅uIbhare, uElishuwa, noNifege, noYafiya, ₁₆uElishama, noEliyada, kunye noElifelete.

₁₇Zakuvakala kumaFilistiya iindaba zokuba uDavide uthanjiswe waba ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli, akhupha umkhosi wawo, emfuna. Uthe akuyiva loo nto uDavide wemka waya kuhlala kwindawo eyinqaba. ₁₈Afika ke amaFilistiya, ema kwintili yamaRafa, ₁₉waza uDavide wabuzisa *kuNdikhoyo wathi: “Kufuneka ndiwahlasele na amaFilistiya? Ngaba uza kuwanikela esandleni sam na?”

UNdikhoyo wathi kuDavide: “Ewe, wahlasele; inene, ndowanikela esandleni sakho amaFilistiya.”

₂₀Wasuka ke uDavide, wenjenjeya ukuya eBhali-perazim, apho wafika wawoyisa amaFilistiya. Wavakala esithi: “Njengokutyhoboza kwamanzi uNdikhoyo wenjenjalo ukuzikhukulisa iintshaba zam ngaphambi kwam.” Ngoko ke loo ndawo kwathiwa yiBhali-perazim. ₂₁Ke kaloku amaFilistiya azishiya apho izithixo zawo, bazithatha ooDavide bemka nazo.

₂₂AmaFilistiya aphinda enyuka aya kulaa ntili yamaRafa, ema kuyo, ₂₃waza uDavide wabuzisa kuNdikhoyo kwakhona, ke yena uNdikhoyo wathi kuye: “Sukuya ngqo kuwo, koko warhawule, uwahlasele uvela ngasemva kwawo phaya ngakwimithi yebhalsam. ₂₄Uze uthi nje ukuba uve isingqisho phaya kwiincopho zemithi yebhalsam, uphume ngokukhawuleza, kuba yoba ngumqondiso wokuba uNdikhoyo uhamba phambi kwakho, uza kuwuqwakanisa umkhosi wamaFilistiya.” ₂₅UDavide ke wenza ngokomyalelo kaNdikhoyo, wawuvuthulula umkhosi wamaFilistiya ukusuka eGebha kuye kutsho eGezere.

₁Ke kaloku uDavide waphinda wabiza awona magorha omkhosi wakwaSirayeli, amashumi amathathu amawaka ewonke, ₂waya nawo eBhali kwaJuda ukuya kulanda khona ityesi yomnqophiso kaThixo, enegama *likaNdikhoyo onamandla onke, ongqendeve phezu kwemifanekiso *yezithunywa ezimaphiko. ₃Baya kwa-Abhinadabhi, omzi wawumi phezu kwentaba, bafika bayithatha bayilayisha enqwelweni entsha. Loo nqwelo yayiqhutywa ngooUza noAhiyo, oonyana baka-Abhinadabhi. ₄Ewe, ityesi yomnqophiso kaThixo bayithatha kwindlu ka-Abhinadabhi ephezu kwentaba, bahamba nayo uAhiyo ekhokele. ₅Babesombela, bexhentsa, bemathontsi ooDavide kunye namaSirayeli onke, bedumisa uNdikhoyo. Kwakubethwa iihapu neekatala, kuduma amagubu, kukhenkceza iintsimbi namacangci.

₆Bathi bakufika ngasesandeni sakwaNakon, zakhubeka iinkabi, waza u-Uza wabamba ityesi kaThixo eyixhasa. ₇Wavutha umsindo kaNdikhoyo ngaku-Uza ngenxa yeso senzo sakhe sokungahloniphi. Ke uThixo wambetha u-Uza wafela apho ngakuloo tyesi kaThixo.

₈Wakhathazeka uDavide, kuba umsindo kaNdikhoyo utyhobozele ku-Uza. Loo ndawo ke kuthiwa yiPereze-uza ukubizwa kwayo unanamhla.

₉Wangenwa kukumoyika uNdikhoyo ngaloo mini uDavide, wathi: “Yaz'ba ingeza njani na kum ityesi kaNdikhoyo?” ₁₀Akavumanga ke uDavide ukuba sayisa kwakhe kwisixeko sikaDavide ityesi kaNdikhoyo, suka wayijika wayisa endlwini kaObhedi-edom umGati. ₁₁Yahlala apho iinyanga zantathu; uNdikhoyo wamthamsanqela uObhedi-edom nomzi wakhe wonke.

₁₂Waxelelwa ukumkani uDavide kwathiwa: “Uwusikelele uNdikhoyo umzi kaObhedi-edom, nezinto zonke anazo, ngenxa yokugcina kwakhe ityesi kaThixo.” Waya kuyilanda ngemincili apho endlwini kaObhedi-edom ke uDavide ityesi kaThixo, wayisa esixekweni sikaDavide. ₁₃Kwakusithiwa loo madoda ayeyithwele ityesi kaNdikhoyo ehambe nje iinyawo zantandathu, uDavide athi makumiwe, enzele uNdikhoyo idini ngenkunzi yenkomo nangethole elityebileyo. ₁₄Wayexhentsa ngamandla phambi koNdikhoyo uDavide, ethe thande nje kuphela isidanga selinen esinqeni. ₁₅Yada yaya kungena eJerusalem ityesi kaNdikhoyo, uDavide namaSirayeli betsho ngentsholo lihlombe, kukhala nezigodlo.

₁₆Ekungeneni kwabo netyesi kaNdikhoyo esixekweni sikaDavide, uMikali, intombi kaSawule, wayebukele ekrobe ngefestile. Wathi ke, akubona ukumkani uDavide exhentsa etyityimba phambi koNdikhoyo, yamtsho wamcekisa entliziyweni yakhe loo nto.

₁₇Bahamba nayo ityesi kaNdikhoyo, baya kuyifaka endaweni yayo kwintente eyenzelwe yona nguDavide. Emva koko ke uDavide wamenzela uNdikhoyo amadini atshiswayo nawobudlelwane. ₁₈Uthe akugqiba ukwenza loo madini atshiswayo nawobudlelwane uDavide wacelela abantu amathamsanqa kuNdikhoyo onamandla onke. ₁₉Emva koko ke wonke umSirayeli, indoda nomfazi, wamnika iqebengwana lesonka, nesuntswana leedatile neleerasentyisi. Kwagodukwa ngumntu wonke.

₂₀Uthe akufika ekhaya uDavide, ezimisele ukusikelela indlu yakhe, umkakhe uMikali intombi kaSawule wamhlangabeza, wathi: “Ngxatsho ke, kumkani wamaSirayeli! Yini, wethu, awabi nazintloni ukuhamba ze nangaphambi kwezicakazana zamaphakathi akho? Ubunjengendlavini, yona ihamba izihluba nje naphi na!”

₂₁UDavide waphendula wathi kuMikali: “Mna into ebendiyenza bendidumisa uNdikhoyo ngokuya bendixhentsa, lo ndityunjwe nguye ukuba ndikhokele amaSirayeli endaweni kayihlo kunye nendlu yakhe. Ndiya kumdumisa uNdikhoyo, ₂₂yaye ndizimisele ukuqhubela phambili ukuba ngothobekileyo. Ungandidela wena, kodwa zona ezaa zicakazana zamantombazana zindihloniphile.”

₂₃Intombi kaSawule uMikali ayizange ibe nanzala de kwayimini yokufa kwayo.

₁Akuba ukumkani ezinzile kwikomkhulu lakhe, *noNdikhoyo emnike ukuphumla kuzo zonke iintshaba ezimnqongileyo, ₂wathetha *nomshumayeli uNatan wathi: “Khangela, mna ndihlala kwibhotwe elakhiwe ngamaplanga omsedare, ukanti yona ityesi kaThixo ihlala nje ententeni!”

₃UNatan wathi kukumkani: “Nantoni na oyicingayo qhubela phambili uyenze, kuba uNdikhoyo unawe.”

₄Ngobo busuku ke lafika kuNatan ilizwi likaNdikhoyo lisithi: ₅“Hamba, uye kuxelela isicaka sam uDavide uthi: ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Ngaba iya kuba nguwe na ondakhela indlu endiya kuhlala kuyo? ₆Ukususela mhla ndawakhupha eJiputa amaSirayeli, kude kube namhlanje, andizange ndihlale endlwini; bendisoloko ndihamba-hamba ndihlala ententeni, nditsho kanye umnquba. ₇Oko ndajikeleza ndihamba namaSirayeli, andizange ndikhalaze kwiinkokheli endaziyalela ukuba zaluse abantu bam, andizange ndizibuze ndithi: Ngani ukuba ningandakheli indlu yomsedare?’

₈“Ke ngoko yithi kuDavide isicaka sam: ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo onamandla onke ukuthi: Wena Davide ndakuthatha emadlelweni ekwaluseni iigusha, ndakwenza umlawuli wabantu bam amaSirayeli. ₉Ndakukhapha kwiindawo zonke owawuhamba kuzo, ndazisusa zonke iintshaba zakho phambi kwakho. Ngoko ke ngoku igama lakho ndiza kulenza lidume lifane nelabakhulu emhlabeni. ₁₀Abantu bam amaSirayeli ndobabonela indawo abaza kuma kuyo, ndibazinzise, babe nendawo yabo, bangabuye babandezelwe nanini na. Abantu abakhohlakeleyo abayi kuba sabacinezela njengoko bebesenjenjalo ngaphambili, ₁₁ukusukela kwimihla endabamisela abantu bam amaSirayeli iinkokheli. Ndiza kukwenza uphumle kuzo zonke iintshaba zakho.

“ ‘UNdikhoyo utsho kuwe ukuthi nguye ngokwakhe oya kuyizinzisa indlu yakho. ₁₂Yakuphela imihla yakho, xa sewuye kuphumla kooyihlo, ndokuvusela ihlumelo, lithathe isikhundla sakho. Ewe, nditsho omnye woonyana bakho oyinyama negazi lakho. Ndiya kuluzinzisa ulawulo lwakhe. ₁₃Nguye ke oya kulakhela indlu igama lam, ndiluzinzise ulawulo lombuso wakhe ngonaphakade. ₁₄Mna ndiya kuba nguyise kuye, yena abe ngunyana wam, xa onile abantu ndiya kubenza intonga endimohlwaya ngabo nemivumbo endimbetha ngabo. ₁₅Inceba yam ayisayi kuze ishenxe kuye njengokuba ndênjenjalo kuSawule endamsusa esihlalweni ukuze kungene wena. ₁₆Indlu yakho ndiya kuyizinzisa, ubukumkani bakho buhlale buhleli, ulawulo lwakho luhlale ngonaphakade.’ ”

₁₇Ke uNatan waya kuxelela uDavide onke amazwi alo mbono.

₁₈Ke kaloku ukumkani uDavide wangena waya kuhlala phambi *koNdikhoyo, waza wathi: “Kuxa ndingubani mna, Nkosi yam Ndikhoyo? Iyintoni yona indlu yam, ukuba ude uze kundibeka kule ndawo ndikuyo ngoku? ₁₉Kanti ke akwanelanga ukwenjenjalo kuphela, Nkosi yam Ndikhoyo: ngoku uthetha nangekamva lendlu yesicaka sakho. Ngaba le yindlela yakho omphatha ngayo umntu, Nkosi yam Ndikhoyo?

₂₀“Mandithini, mna Davide, ukuthetha nawe, Nkosi yam Ndikhoyo? Kaloku uyabazi ubunjani besicaka sakho. ₂₁Ngenxa yelizwi lakho nangokokuthanda kwakho wenze le nto inkulu kangaka, ngenxa yesithembiso nobubele bakho, waza wayazisa kwisicaka sakho.

₂₂“Yiyo ke loo nto ndithi umkhulu, wena Ndikhoyo Nkosi yam. Akukho onjengawe, kungekho naThixo ngaphandle kwakho, njengoko sazivelayo ngezi zethu iindlebe. ₂₃Ngoobani abanjengabantu bakho amaSirayeli? Kaloku wona asisizwe ekukuphela kwaso ehlabathini esiThixo waso waphumayo waya kuzikhululela abantu bakhe, ukuze azenzele igama ngezigigaba ezimangalisayo, xa wawuqwakanisa izizwe uzigxotha kunye *noothixo bazo, khon' ukuze endaweni yazo kungene abantu owabakhulula kwelaseJiputa. ₂₄Ubazinzisile abantu bakho amaSirayeli, wabenza bangabakho ncakasana ngonaphakade. Wena ke, Ndikhoyo, waba nguThixo wabo.

₂₅“Ngoku ke, Thixo Ndikhoyo, isithembiso osenzileyo ngokuphathelele kwisicaka sakho kunye nendlu yaso mawusigcine ngonaphakade. Yenza ngokwesithembiso sakho ₂₆ukuze igama lakho libalasele ngonaphakade. Nabantu ke botsho bathi: ‘UNdikhoyo onamandla onke nguThixo kaSirayeli.’ Nendlu yesicaka sakho uDavide ke iya kuzinza phambi kwakho.

₂₇“Nguwe kaloku, Ndikhoyo onamandla onke, Thixo wakwaSirayeli, ondityhilele ezi zinto mna sicaka sakho. Nguwe othe: ‘Indlu yakho ndiza kuyakha.’ Yiyo ke loo nto isicaka sakho sibe nobuganga bokwenza kuwe lo mthandazo. ₂₈Nkosi yam Ndikhoyo, wena unguThixo, yaye amazwi akho athembekile. Isicaka sakho usenzele esi sithembiso sihle kangakanana. ₂₉Ndiyakubongoza ke, yithamsanqele indlu yesicaka sakho, ize ihlale ikukhonza njalo. Kaloku, Ndikhoyo, Nkosi yam, kutsho wena ukuba indlu yesicaka sakho uya kuhlala uyithamsanqela ngonaphakade.”