Amagorha Anobukroti Ahlangana noDavide eTsikelage

Amadoda ahlala esiya kuDavide ngexa esasaliwe phambi koSawule: amaBhenjamin anokusebenzisa izandla zozibini, avela kwisizwe sikaSawule; amaGadi anobuso beengonyama awela iYordan ephuphume; namadoda akwaIsakare awayewaqonda amaxesha. EHebron izizwe zifika ngobuninzi, zisithi uBawo wazo uyamnceda, aze amaSirayeli avuye.

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Nanga amadoda eza kuDavide eTsikelage, oko wayesaliwe phambi koSawule unyana kaKishe—ingamagorha anobukroti amncedayo emfazweni. Exhobe izaphetha, enokusawula ngamatye nokuxuna iintolo ngesandla sokunene nangasekhohlo—ingamaBhenjamin, izalamane zikaSawule. UAhiyezere inguye inkulu, kwalandela uYowashe, oonyana bakaShemaha waseGibheha; uYeziyeli noPelete, oonyana bakaAzemavete; uBheraka; uYehu waseAnatoti; UIshmaya waseGibheyon, igorha elinobukroti phakathi kwamashumi amathathu, umthetheli wamashumi amathathu; uYeremiya, uYahaziyeli, uYohanan, uYozabhadi waseGedera; UEluzayi, uYerimoti, uBhehaliya, uShemariya, noShefatiya waseHarufi; UElikana, uIshiya, uAzareli, uYohezere, noYashobheham, amaKora; noYohela noZebhadiya, oonyana bakaYeroham waseGedore.

Inxenye yamaGadi yathi gqabhu kuDavide emboniselweni yasentlango—ingamagorha anobukroti, amadoda aqeqeshelwe imfazwe, anobuchule ngengweletshetshe nomkhonto, ubuso bawo bunjengobeengonyama, abaleka njengamabhadi ezintabeni. UEtsere inguye inkulu, uObhadiya owesibini, uEliyabhi owesithathu, uMishmana owesine, uYeremiya owesihlanu, uAtayi owesithandathu, uEliyeli owesixhenxe, uYohanan owesibhozo, uElzabhadi owesithoba, uYeremiya oweshumi, uMakebhanayi oweshumi elinanye. La maGadi ayengabathetheli bomkhosi; omncinane wawo wayelingana nekhulu, omkhulu waba liwaka. Ngawo la madoda awela iYordan ngenyanga yokuqala, xa yayizele ihamba ngaphandle kweendonga zayo zonke, awadubaduba onke amadoda asezihlanjeni, ngasempumalanga nangasentshonalanga.

Inxenye yamadoda akwaBhenjamin nakwaYuda nayo yeza kuDavide emboniselweni. UDavide waphuma waya kuwakhawulela, wathi kuwo: “Ukuba nize kum ngoxolo ukuze nindincede, intliziyo yam yomanyana nani; kodwa ukuba nize kundingcatshela ezintshabeni zam, nangona izandla zam zingenalugonyamelo, uThixo woobawo makakubone oku, anigwebe.” Waza uMoya kaBawo wethu wangena kuAmasayi, inkulu yamashumi amathathu, wathi: “Singabakho, Davide! Sinawe, nyana kaYese! Uxolo, uxolo malube kuwe, uxolo malube nakubasizi bakho, ngokuba uBawo wakho uyakunceda.” UDavide wawamkela, wawenza iinkokeli zamatutu akhe.

Inxenye yamaManase yathi gqabhu kuDavide xa wayehamba namaFilisti ukuya kulwa noSawule. Kodwa uDavide namadoda akhe abazanga bawanceda amaFilisti—emva kokucebisana, izikhulu zamaFilisti zamndulula uDavide, zisithi: “Uya kuthi gqabhu abuyele kwinkosi yakhe uSawule, kusilahlekise iintloko zethu.” Ekuyeni kwakhe eTsikelage, nanga amaManase athi gqabhu kuye: uAdena, uYozabhadi, uYediyayeli, uMikayeli, uYozabhadi, uElihu, noTsiletayi—ababengabathetheli bamawaka akwaManase. Amncedisa uDavide ekulweni namatutu, kuba onke ayengamagorha anobukroti, aza aba ngabathetheli emkhosini wakhe. Imihla ngemihla kwafika amadoda okunceda uDavide, wada waba nomkhosi omkhulu njengomkhosi kaBawo wethu.

Anga la manani amadoda axhobele imfazwe eza kuDavide eHebron ukuba abuyisele ubukumkani bukaSawule kuye, kanye njengoko wayetshilo uBawo wethu, kwaYuda, amadoda aphethe ingweletshetshe nomkhonto—angamawaka amathandathu anamakhulu asibhozo exhobele imfazwe; kwaSimon, amagorha anobukroti akulungeleyo ukulwa—angamawaka asixhenxe anekhulu; kwaLevi—amawaka amane anamakhulu amathandathu, kunye noYehoyada, inkokeli yendlu ka-Aron, amawaka amathathu anamakhulu asixhenxe enaye, noTsadoki, igorha eliselula elinobukroti, enamagosa angamashumi amabini anamabini avela kwindlu yakhe. KwaBhenjamin, izalamane zikaSawule—amawaka amathathu; inxenye enkulu yayo yayisagcine indlu kaSawule; kwaEfrayim—amawaka angamashumi amabini anamakhulu asibhozo, amagorha anobukroti, amadoda adumileyo ezindlwini zawo; kwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase—amawaka alishumi elinesibhozo, achongwe ngamagama ukuba eze amenze ukumkani uDavide; kwaIsakare: iinkulu ezingamakhulu amabini ezaziwaqonda amaxesha, zisazi oko kumele kwenziwe ngamaSirayeli, zinezalamane zazo zonke phantsi komthetho wazo. KwaZebhulon: amawaka angamashumi amahlanu amadoda aqeqeshiweyo, exhobele imfazwe ngazo zonke izixhobo, ekulungele ukumncedisa uDavide ngentliziyo yonke, kwaNafetali—amagosa ayiwaka, enawo amawaka angamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe amadoda aphethe ingweletshetshe nomkhonto; kwaDan—amadoda angamawaka angamashumi amabini anesibhozo anamakhulu amathandathu akulungeleyo ukulwa; kwa-Ashere—amawaka angamashumi amane amadoda aqeqeshiweyo akulungeleyo ukulwa; ngaphesheya kweYordan ngasempumalanga—amaRubhen, amaGadi, nesiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase—amawaka alikhulu elinamashumi amabini, exhobe ngazo zonke izixhobo zemfazwe.

Onke la madoda ayengamakroti akujelo lwemfazwe awaya eHebron ngentliziyo yonke ukuze amenze ukumkani uDavide phezu kwamaSirayeli onke; namanye amaSirayeli ayenengqondo enye yokumenza ukumkani uDavide. Ahlala khona iintsuku ezintathu noDavide, esidla, esela; izalamane zawo zaziwalungiselele ukutya. Abamelwane bawo, kude kuse kwaIsakare, nakwaZebhulon, nakwaNafetali, bazisa ukutya ngamaesile, nangeenkamela, nangeendlebende, nangeenkomo—umgubo, nezicumba zamakhiwane, nezicumba zeerasintyisi, newayini, neoli, neenkomo, neegusha ngendiphane, kuba kwakukho uvuyo kwaSirayeli.