Abisalomu Agwa mu Nkhalango ya Efraimu

Davide atumiza asilikali ake ndi lamulo limodzi: mumchitire Abisalomu mofatsa. Nkhalango ikupha anthu ambiri kuposa lupanga, ndipo Abisalomu akulendewera mumtengo wa thundu atakodwa mutu, mpaka Yowabu akumubaya ndi mikondo. Othamanga akubweretsa uthenga kuti Atate wathu wamuweruzira mfumu; iyo ikungofunsa za mwana wake.

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Davide anawerenga asilikali ake, nasankha pa iwo atsogoleri a chikwi ndi atsogoleri a zana. Davide anatumiza asilikali: gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu pansi pa Yoabu, gawo lina pansi pa Abisai mwana wa Zeruya, m'bale wa Yoabu, ndi gawo lina pansi pa Itai Mgiti. Mfumu inati kwa asilikali, “Ndithudi inenso ndidzatuluka nanu pamodzi.”

Koma asilikali anati, “Musatuluke. Ngati titathawa, iwo sadzasamala; ngati theka lathu litafa, iwo sadzasamala. Koma inu muli ofanana ndi anthu zikwi khumi a ife. Kuli bwino kuti inu mukhale mu mzinda, wokonzeka kutitumizira thandizo.”

Mfumu inati kwa iwo, “Ndidzachita chilichonse chimene chikuoneka chabwino kwa inu.” Ndipo inaimirira pa chipata pamene asilikali onse amatuluka mwa zana ndi mwa chikwi.

Mfumu inalamula Yoabu, Abisai, ndi Itai, nati, “Mundichitire, muchite mofatsa ndi mnyamata Abisalomu chifukwa cha ine.” Ndipo asilikali onse anamva mfumu ikulamula atsogoleri za Abisalomu.

Asilikali anatuluka kupita kutchire kukamenyana ndi Isiraeli, ndipo nkhondo inachitika mu nkhalango ya Efraimu. Kumeneko gulu lankhondo la Isiraeli linagonjetsedwa ndi anthu a Davide, ndipo kuphedwa kwa tsiku limenelo kunali kwakukulu: amuna 20,000. Nkhondo inafalikira dziko lonselo, ndipo nkhalango inadya asilikali ambiri tsiku limenelo kuposa amene lupanga linadya.

Abisalomu anakumana ndi anthu a Davide. Pokwera nyulu yake, anadutsa pansi pa nthambi zowirira za mtengo waukulu, ndipo mutu wake unakodwa mu mtengowo. Napachikika pakati pa kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi, nyulu ija ikupita pansi pake. Munthu wina anaona zimenezi, nauza Yoabu, nati, “Ndaona Abisalomu ali lende mu mtengo.”

Yoabu anati kwa munthu amene anamuuza, “Ndiye iwe wamuona! Chifukwa chiyani sunamkanthire pansi pomwepo? Bwenzi ndinakupatsa iwe ndalama zasiliva za masiku khumi ndi lamba.”

Koma munthuyo anati kwa Yoabu, “Ngakhale malipiro a masiku 1,000 a siliva akanayezedwa m'dzanja langa, sindikanatambasula dzanja langa pa mwana wa mfumu. Pakuti tonse tinamva mfumu ikulamula inu, Abisai, ndi Itai, kuti, ‘Musamalireni mnyamata Abisalomu chifukwa cha ine.’ Apo ayi, bwenzi nditataya moyo wanga, pakuti palibe chobisika kwa mfumu, ndipo inu mukanaima kutali ndi ine.”

Yoabu anati, “Sindingataye nthawi ndi iwe motere.” Natenga mikondo itatu m'dzanja lake, naibaya mu mtima wa Abisalomu ali ndi moyobe, mu mtima wa mtengo. Ndipo anyamata khumi, onyamula zida za Yoabu, anazungulira Abisalomu, namukantha, namupha. Yoabu analiza lipenga, ndipo asilikali analeka kuthamangitsa Isiraeli, pakuti Yoabu anawaletsa. Anatenga Abisalomu, namuponya m'dzenje lalikulu la m'nkhalango, naunjika pamwamba pake mulu waukulu wa miyala. Ndipo Aisiraeli onse anathawa, aliyense kunyumba kwake.

Pa moyo wake Abisalomu anali atadziimikira chipilala m'Chigwa cha Mfumu, nati, “Ndilibe mwana wondikumbutsira dzina langa.” Anatcha chipilalacho dzina lake, ndipo chimatchedwa Chikumbutso cha Abisalomu mpaka lero. ^a

Davide Alirira Mwana Wake Abisalomu

Ahimaazi mwana wa Zadoki anati, “Ndiloleni ndithamange ndikauze mfumu kuti Atate wathu wamulanditsa m'manja mwa adani ake.”

Yoabu anati, “Iwe si munthu wonyamula uthenga lero. Udzanyamula uthenga tsiku lina, koma lero sudzanyamula uthenga uliwonse, pakuti mwana wa mfumu wafa.”

Yoabu anati kwa Mkusi, “Pita, ukauze mfumu zimene waona.” Mkusi anagwadira Yoabu, nathamanga.

Ahimaazi mwana wa Zadoki anatinso kwa Yoabu, “Zitheke zilizonse, chonde ndiloleni inenso ndithamange pambuyo pa Mkusi.” Yoabu anayankha nati, “Ukuthamangiranji, mwana wanga? Ulibe uthenga woyenera mphoto.”

“Zitheke zilizonse,” anati, “ndithamanga.” “Thamanga,” anatero Yoabu. Ndipo Ahimaazi anathamanga njira ya ku chigwa, naposa Mkusi pothamanga.

Davide anali atakhala pakati pa zipata ziwiri. Mlonda anakwera pa denga la chipata pa khoma, nakweza maso ake, naona munthu akuthamanga yekha. Mlonda anafuula, nauza mfumu. Mfumu inati, “Ngati ali yekha, akubweretsa uthenga.” Wothamangayo anapitirizabe kuyandikira.

Mlonda anaona munthu wina akuthamanga, nafuula kwa mlonda wa pachipata, nati, “Taonani, munthu winanso akuthamanga yekha!” Mfumu inati, “Ameneyunso akubweretsa uthenga.”

Mlonda anati, “Woyamba uja akuthamanga ngati Ahimaazi mwana wa Zadoki.” Mfumu inati, “Ndi munthu wabwino; akubwera ndi uthenga wabwino.”

Ahimaazi anafuulira mfumu, nati, “Zonse zili bwino!” Anagwada pamaso pa mfumu, nkhope yake ili pansi, nati, “Atate wanu atamandike, amene wapereka anthu amene anawukira mbuye wanga mfumu.”

Mfumu inafunsa, “Kodi mnyamata Abisalomu ali bwino?” Ahimaazi anayankha, “Pamene Yoabu anatuma mtumiki wa mfumu ndi ine mtumiki wanu, ndinaona chipwirikiti chachikulu, koma sindinadziwe chimene chinali.”

Mfumu inati, “Patuka, uimirire pano.” Ndipo anapatuka, naimirira chete.

Mkusi anafika, nati, “Uthenga wabwino, mbuye wanga mfumu! Lero Yehova wakulanditsani m'manja mwa onse amene anakuukirani.”

Mfumu inafunsa Mkusi, “Kodi mnyamata Abisalomu ali bwino?” Mkusi anayankha, “Adani a mbuye wanga mfumu, ndi onse amene amakuukirani kuti akuchitireni zoipa, akhale ngati mnyamata ameneyo.”

Mfumu inanjenjemera. Inakwera ku chipinda cha pamwamba pa chipata, ikulira, nati pamene imayenda: “Mwana wanga Abisalomu! Mwana wanga, mwana wanga, Abisalomu! Bwenzi ine ndinafa m'malo mwako, Abisalomu, mwana wanga, mwana wanga!”