1 Yeziganeko 21 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

21 ¹Ke kaloku uMtyholi wasuka wachasa amaSirayeli, wamxhokonxela uDavide ukuba ababale amaSirayeli. ^a a v1 UMtyholi ligama elinikwe nguFHB uSathana, utshaba lokomoya oluchasene nabantu bakaThixo. ²UDavide wathi kuYowabhi nakubathetheli bomkhosi: “Hambani nibabale amaSirayeli, nithabathele eBhershebha nise kwaDan, nize nindibikele, ukuze ndilazi inani lawo.”

³Wathi uYowabhi: “Wanga uBawo wethu angongezelela ebantwini bakhe ngokuphindwe kalikhulu! Nkosi yam, kumkani, baphela bengabakhonzi benkosi yam aba na? Yini na ukuba inkosi yam ikufune oku? Yini na ukuzisa ityala phezu kwamaSirayeli?”

⁴Kodwa ukumkani wameyisa uYowabhi; ngoko waphuma uYowabhi, wawucanda onke amaSirayeli, waza wabuyela eYerusalem. ⁵UYowabhi wamnika uDavide inani lababalwayo: Onke amaSirayeli ayeziisigidi ezingamakhulu alikhulu amawaka amadoda arhola ikrele, amaYuda ayengamakhulu amane anamanci asixhenxe amawaka amadoda arhola ikrele. ⁶Akababalanga abakwaLevi namaBhenjamin, kuba uYowabhi wayewucaphukela umthetho kakumkani.

⁷Yayibubugwenxa obukhulu le nto emehlweni kaBawo wethu; ngoko wawabetha amaSirayeli. ⁸Waza uDavide wathi kuBawo wethu: “Ndonile kunene ngokwenza le nto. Ngoko ke, khawubususe ubugwenxa bomkhonzi wakho, kuba ndenze ngobudenge obukhulu.”

⁹Wathetha ke uBawo wethu kuGadi, imboni kaDavide, wathi:

¹⁰Hamba uye kuthi kuDavide: “Utsho uYihlo ukuthi: Ndibeke phezu kwakho izinto ezintathu—nyula enye kuzo, ndikwenzele yona.”

¹¹Weza uGadi kuDavide, wathi kuye: “Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: ‘Zikhethele, ¹²nokuba yiminyaka emithathu yendlala, nokuba ziinyanga ezintathu uphangalalisiwe phambi kweentshaba zakho, lisuke ikrele lazo likufikelele, nokuba ziintsuku ezintathu zekrele likaBawo wethu: isibetho elizweni, nesithunywa sikaBawo wethu sitshabalalisa kuwo onke umda wamaSirayeli.’ Ngoko ke qonda ukuba ndibuyise mpendulo ni kulowo undithumile.”

¹³Wathi uDavide kuGadi: “Ndixinekile kakhulu. Mandiwele esandleni sikaBawo wethu, kuba imfesane yakhe inkulu kakhulu—kodwa esandleni somntu mandingaweli.”

¹⁴Ngoko uBawo wethu wathuma isibetho kumaSirayeli; kwawa amadoda angamashumi asixhenxe amawaka kwaSirayeli.

¹⁵Waza uBawo wethu wathuma isithunywa ukuba sitshabalalise iYerusalem; kodwa xa isithunywa besiyitshabalalisa, uBawo wethu wabona, wazohlwaya ngenxa yesishlo esibi, wathi kwisithunywa: “Kwanele! Sithobe isandla sakho.” Ke isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sasimi esandeni sika-Ornan umYebhusi.

¹⁶UDavide waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wasibona isithunywa sikaBawo wethu simi phakathi komhlaba nezulu, sirhole ikrele laso ngesandla, sisolule phezu kweYerusalem. Baza uDavide namadoda amakhulu, begqunywe ziingubo ezirhwexayo, bawa ngobuso. ¹⁷Wathi uDavide kuBawo wethu: “Asindim na owathetha ukuba babalwe abantu? Ndim lowo onileyo, wenza ububi obukhulu. Kodwa ezi zimvu—zenze ntoni na? Bawo wam, isandla sakho masibe nxamnye nam nendlu kabawo, singabi nxamnye nabantu bakho ngesibetho.” ^b b v17 UDavide, ukumkani ongumalusi, ubongoza ukuba isohlwayo siwele phezu kwakhe esikhundleni sabantu bakhe—ebhekisa phambili kuYesu, uMalusi Olungileyo owayeya kuthi ngokuzithandela athabathele kuye isigwebo sabantu bakhe.

Kwakhiwa Isibingelelo; UBawo Wethu Uphendula Ngomlilo

¹⁸Isithunywa sikaBawo wethu sathi kuGadi makathi uDavide anyuke, akhele isibingelelo kuBawo wethu esandeni sika-Ornan umYebhusi. ¹⁹Ngoko wenyuka uDavide ngokwelizwi likaGadi, awayelithethe egameni likaBawo wethu.

²⁰Wajika u-Ornan, wasibona isithunywa; oonyana bakhe abane ababenaye bazimela. Ke yena ebebhula ingqolowa. ²¹Uthe uDavide akufika ku-Ornan, u-Ornan wakhangela wambona uDavide, wemka esandeni, waqubuda kuDavide, ubuso bakhe busemhlabeni.

²²Wathi uDavide ku-Ornan: “Ndinike le ndawo yesanda ukuze ndakhele uBawo wethu isibingelelo kuyo; ndinike yona ngexabiso elipheleleyo, ukuze isibetho sinqandwe ebantwini.”

²³Wathi u-Ornan kuDavide: “Yithabathe. Mayenze inkosi yam ukumkani oko kulungileyo emehlweni ayo. Khangela, ndikunika iinkomo zamadini anyukayo, neempahla zokubhula zokuba ziinkuni, nengqolowa yokuba ibe ngumnikelo wokudla—ndikunika konke.”

²⁴Kodwa ukumkani uDavide wathi ku-Ornan: “Hayi, ndiya kuthenga ngenene ngexabiso elipheleleyo. Andiyi kuthabathela uBawo wethu into eyakho, nokunikela amadini anyukayo angandixabisanga nto.”

²⁵Ngoko uDavide wamhlawula u-Ornan igolide emalunga neeshekele ezingamakhulu amathandathu ngayo loo ndawo. ²⁶UDavide wakhela uBawo wethu isibingelelo khona, wanikela amadini anyukayo namadini oxolo, wanqula uBawo wethu, owamphendula ngomlilo ovela ezulwini phezu kwesibingelelo samadini anyukayo.

²⁷Waza uBawo wethu wasiyala isithunywa, salibuyisela ikrele laso esingxobeni salo.

²⁸Ngelo xesha, uthe uDavide akubona ukuba uBawo wethu wamphendula esandeni sika-Ornan umYebhusi, wabingelela khona. ²⁹UMoses wayewenzile umnquba kaBawo wethu entlango; wona, kunye nesibingelelo samadini anyukayo, wawumi ngelo xesha endaweni ephakamileyo yaseGibheyon. ³⁰UDavide wayengenako ukuya khona ukuquqela kuBawo wethu, kuba wayeloyika ikrele lesithunywa sikaBawo wethu.