UBawo wethu uthuma uNatan kuDavide

UNatan wabalisa ibali ngendoda esisityebi eyeba ithokazi lemvu lomhlwempu, waza uDavide wazigweba engekeva ukuba yiyo yena loo ndoda. Ikrele alisayi kuze limke endlwini yakhe. Wazila ukudla ngenxa yomntwana osifayo, waza wasuka wanqula. USolomon wazalwa, waza uBawo wethu wamthanda.

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UBawo wethu wamthuma uNatan kuDavide. Weza wathi kuye: “Kwakukho madoda mabini ahlala komnye umzi, enye isisityebi, enye ingumhlwempu. Indoda esisityebi yayinempahla emfutshane neenkomo ezininzi kakhulu, kodwa umhlwempu wayenethokazi lemvu elinye kuphela awayelithengile. Walikhulisa, lakhula kunye naye nabantwana bakhe. Ladla esityeni sakhe, lasela endebeni yakhe, lalala ezingalweni zakhe; laba njengentombi kuye. Kwafika umhambi kule ndoda isisityebi, kodwa ayizange ithabathe empahleni yayo emfutshane nokuba kuseenkomeni zayo ukuba iphe undwendwe olufikileyo. Yesuka yathabatha ithokazi lemvu lomhlwempu, yalilungisela indoda eyayize kuyo.”

UDavide wavutha ngumsindo omkhulu ngenxa yaloo ndoda, wathi kuNatan: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, indoda eyenze le nto inetyala lokuba ife! Imele ukulibuyisela kane ithokazi lemvu, ngenxa yokuba yenze le nto ingabi nanceba.”

Wandula uNatan wathi kuDavide: “Yiyo wena loo ndoda! Utsho uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: Ndakuthambisa waba ngukumkani phezu kukaSirayeli, ndakuhlangula esandleni sikaSawule.

Ndakunika indlu yenkosi yakho nabafazi bayo ezingalweni zakho, nendlu kaSirayeli nekaYuda. Ukuba oku bekukuncinane, bendiya kukunika okungaphezulu kakhulu. Yini na ukuba ulidele ilizwi lam, usenza okubi emehlweni am? Umbethe u-Uriya umHeti ngekrele, wathabatha umkakhe waba ngowakho, wambulala ngekrele loonyana baka-Amon. Ngoko ke ikrele alisayi kuze limke endlwini yakho, ngenxa yokuba undidele, wathabatha umka-Uriya umHeti waba ngowakho.

Utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Ndiya kukuzisela ububi obuvela kweyakho indlu. Phambi kwamehlo akho ndiya kubathabatha abafazi bakho, ndibanike indoda ekufuphi kuwe, ilale nabo emini emhlotsheni. Wena wenze le nto ngasese, kodwa mna ndiya kuyenza le nto phambi kukaSirayeli wonke, emini emhlotsheni.”

UDavide wathi kuNatan: “Ndonile kuBawo wethu.” Waphendula uNatan wathi: “UBawo wethu ukususile nesono sakho; akuyi kufa.

Kodwa ngenxa yokuba umdelele kakhulu uBawo wethu ngale nto oyenzileyo, unyana ozelweyo kuwe uya kufa.” Wandula uNatan wagoduka. UBawo wethu wambetha umntwana lowo awayemzalele uDavide umka-Uriya, waba sisifo esinzima. UDavide wambongoza uBawo wethu ngenxa yenkwenkwe. Wazila ukudla, wangena, walala phantsi ubusuku bonke. Amadoda amakhulu endlu yakhe ema ngakuye ukuba amphakamise emhlabeni, kodwa wala, akavuma nokudla nawo. Ngomhla wesixhenxe wafa umntwana. Abakhonzi bakaDavide boyika ukumxelela ukuba umntwana ufile, kuba babesithi: “Nanko esaphila umntwana, sithethe naye, akavuma ukuva. Singathini na ukuthi kuye umntwana ufile? Angazenzakalisa.”

Kodwa uDavide wababona abakhonzi bakhe besebezelana, waqonda ukuba umntwana ufile. Wathi: “Ufile na umntwana?” Bathi: “Ufile.”

UDavide wasuka phantsi, wahlamba, wazithambisa ngeoli, waguqula iingubo zakhe. Wangena endlwini kaBawo wethu, waqubuda, wandula wagoduka, kwathi ngokucela kwakhe bambekela ukudla phambi kwakhe, wadla. Bathi abakhonzi bakhe: “Yintoni na le nto uyenzileyo? Esaphila umntwana, uzile ukudla walila; ngoku efile, uvukile wadla.”

Wathi: “Esaphila umntwana ndazila ukudla ndalila, ndisithi, ‘Ngubani na owaziyo? UBawo wethu angandibabala andiphilisele umntwana.’ Kodwa ngoku ufile. Ndizilelani na ukudla? Ndinganokumbuyisa na kwakhona? Ndiya kuya kuye, kodwa yena akayi kubuyela kum.”

Wandula uDavide wamthuthuzela umkakhe uBhatshebha. Waya kuye, walala naye, wazala unyana. Wamthiya igama wathi nguSolomon. UBawo wethu wamthanda, wathumela ilizwi ngoNatan umprofeti, owamthiya igama wathi nguYedidiya, ngenxa kaBawo wethu. ^a

UDavide uthimba iRabha

Ngelo xesha uYowabhi walwa neRabha yakoonyana baka-Amon, wawuthimba umzi wobukumkani. UYowabhi wathuma abathunywa kuDavide, wathi: “Ndilwe neRabha, ndawuthimba umzi wamanzi. Kaloku hlanganisa abaseleyo bomkhosi, uwungqinge umzi, uwuthimbe. Hleze mna ndiwuthimbe, ubizwe ngegama lam.”

UDavide wahlanganisa umkhosi wonke, waya eRabha, walwa nayo, wayithimba. Wasithabatha isithsaba entloko yokumkani wabo—ubunzima baso buziitalente zegolide, sixatyanisiwe ngelitye elinqabileyo—saba phezu kwentloko kaDavide. Waphuma namaxhoba amaninzi kunene kwaloo mzi. Wabakhupha abantu ababekhona, wabamisela umsebenzi wamasarha, nezitshetshe zentsimbi, namazembe entsimbi, wabasebenzisa ezikweni lezitena. Wenjenjalo kwimizi yonke yoonyana baka-Amon. Wandula uDavide nomkhosi wonke wabuyela eYerusalem.