UAmnon wona udade wabo uTamare
UAmnon wazenza isifo ukuze afumane udade wabo uTamare yedwa, wamgonyamela, waza wamthiya, wavala ucango emva kwakhe. UTamare wayikrazula ingubo yakhe, wahlala elilolo endlwini ka-Abhisalom. UDavide waqumba kodwa akenza nto; emva kweminyaka emibini uAbhisalom wambulalisa uAmnon kumsitho wokucheba iigusha, waza wabaleka.
13 1Emva koku, uAbhisalom, unyana kaDavide, wayenodade wabo oyinzwakazi, obizwa ngokuba nguTamare; waza uAmnon, naye engunyana kaDavide, wamthanda. 2UAmnon waxhalela kunene udade wabo uTamare, wada wazenza isifo; kuba yayiyintombi, akaboni nandlela yokusondela kuye. 3Ke uAmnon wayenomhlobo ogama linguYonadabhi, unyana kaShimeha umnakwabo kaDavide; uYonadabhi wayeliqili elikhulu. 4Wathi kuye: “Yini na ukuba ubhitye kangaka yonke imihla kusasa, nyana wokumkani? Ungandixeleli na?” Waphendula uAmnon: “Ndiyamthanda uTamare, udade wabo womnakwethu uAbhisalom.”
5Wathi uYonadabhi: “Lala esingqengqelweni sakho, uzenze isifo. Xa esiza uyihlo ukukubona, uthi kuye: ‘Khawuthi udade wam uTamare makeze andiphe ukudla, enze isidlo phambi kwam ndibone, ndize ndidle esandleni sakhe.’”
6Walala ke uAmnon, wazenza isifo. Xa esiza ukumkani ukumbona, wathi uAmnon kukumkani: “Khawuthi udade wam uTamare makeze andenzele amaqebengwana amabini phambi kwam ndibone, ndize ndidle esandleni sakhe.”
7UDavide wathumela kuTamare ebhotwe, wathi: “Yiya endlwini yomnakwenu uAmnon, umenzele ukudla.” 8Waya ke uTamare endlwini yomnakwabo uAmnon, apho ebelele khona. Wathabatha intlama, wayixovula, wenza amaqebengwana phambi kwakhe, wawosa. 9Wathabatha ipani, wamphakela, kodwa akavuma ukudla. Wathi uAmnon: “Bakhupheni bonke abantu kum.” Baphuma ke bonke abantu kuye. 10Wathi uAmnon kuTamare: “Zise ukudla egumbini lokulala, ukuze ndidle esandleni sakho.” UTamare wawathabatha amaqebengwana awayewenzile, wawazisa kumnakwabo uAmnon egumbini lokulala. 11Uthe akuwasondeza ukuba adle, wambamba, wathi: “Yiza ulale nam, dade wethu.”
12Wathi yena: “Hayi, mnakwethu! Musa ukundinyanzela. Into enjalo ayenziwa kwaSirayeli. Musa ukwenza obu budenge. 13Mna ke—ndingasisa phi na isihlazo sam? Nawe—uya kuba njengesinye seziyatha ezidelekileyo kwaSirayeli. Khawuthethe nokumkani; akayi kundivimba kuwe.”
14Kodwa akavuma ukuphulaphula; ngokuba womelele kunaye, wamnyanzela, walala naye. 15Waza uAmnon wamthiya ngentiyo enkulu kakhulu; yabangaphezulu loo ntiyo kunothando abembethande ngalo. Wathi kuye: “Vuka uphume!”
16Wathi yena: “Hayi, ukundindulula kubi ngakumbi kunaloo nto osele uyenzile kum.” Kodwa akavuma ukumphulaphula.
17Wabiza umfana wakhe olungiselelayo, wathi: “Mkhuphe phandle lo mfazi, uluvale ucango emva kwakhe.”
18Wayenxibe ingubo ende enemikhono, ekwakunxitywa ngayo iintombi zokumkani ezizintombi ngelo xesha. Umfana wakhe wamkhupha phandle, waluvala ucango emva kwakhe. 19UTamare wagalela uthuthu entloko, wayikrazula ingubo ende enemikhono abeyinxibile. Wabeka isandla sakhe entloko, wahamba, ememeza elila ehamba. 20Wathi umnakwabo uAbhisalom kuye: “Ngaba uAmnon umnakwenu ube nawe na? Yithi cwaka ngoku, dade wethu; ngumnakwenu lowo. Musa ukuyibeka le nto entliziyweni.” Wahlala ke uTamare elilolo endlwini yomnakwabo uAbhisalom.
21Uthe ukumkani uDavide akukuva konke oku, wavutha ngumsindo kakhulu. 22UAbhisalom akathetha nto kuAmnon, nokuba yembi nokuba yelungileyo; kuba wayemthiyile ngenxa yokuba emonile udade wabo uTamare.
UAbhisalom uphindezela udade wabo uTamare
23Kwathi emva kweminyaka emibini epheleleyo, uAbhisalom waba nabachebi bempahla yakhe emfutshane eBhahali-hatsore engaseEfrayim; wamema bonke oonyana bokumkani. 24Weza uAbhisalom kukumkani, wathi: “Umkhonzi wakho unabachebi. Makhe ukumkani nabakhonzi bakhe bahambe nomkhonzi wakho.”
25Wathi ukumkani kuAbhisalom: “Hayi, nyana wam, singahambi sonke, kuba singaba ngumthwalo phezu kwakho.” Nangona uAbhisalom wamjoka, akazange avume ukuhamba; wasuka wamsikelela.
26Wathi uAbhisalom: “Ukuba akunjalo, makhe umnakwethu uAmnon ahambe nathi.” Wathi ukumkani: “Yini na ukuba ahambe nawe?”
27Kodwa uAbhisalom wamqinisela, waza wavuma ukuba uAmnon kunye nabo bonke oonyana bokumkani bahambe naye. 28UAbhisalom wabawisela umthetho abakhonzi bakhe, wathi: “Qaphelani kakuhle. Xa intliziyo kaAmnon ichwayithe yiwayini, ndize ndithi: ‘Mbetheni uAmnon,’ nimbulale. Musani ukoyika. Andiniwiselanga mthetho na mna ngokwam? Yomelelani, nikhaliphe.”
29Abakhonzi baka-Abhisalom benza kuAmnon njengoko uAbhisalom wayebawisele umthetho. Besuka ke bonke oonyana bokumkani, elowo wakhwela kundlebende wakhe, babaleka.
30Kuthe besesendleleni, kwafika iindaba kuDavide, kwathiwa: “UAbhisalom ubabulele bonke oonyana bokumkani; akusele namnye.”
31Wesuka ukumkani, wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, walala phantsi emhlabeni; bema bonke abakhonzi bakhe, iingubo zabo zikrazukile. 32Kodwa uYonadabhi unyana kaShimeha umnakwabo kaDavide wathi: “Inkosi yam mayingathi babulele onke amadodana, oonyana bokumkani. NguAmnon yedwa ofileyo. Le nto uAbhisalom ebeyimisele kususela kwimini awona ngayo uAmnon udade wabo uTamare. 33Ngoko ke inkosi yam ukumkani mayingayibeki le nto entliziyweni, icinga ukuba bafile bonke oonyana bokumkani. NguAmnon yedwa ofileyo.”
34Ke kaloku uAbhisalom wayesabile. Umlindi oselula waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wakhangela, nabo abantu abaninzi besihla ngendlela ecaleni lentaba emva kwakhe. 35Wathi uYonadabhi kukumkani: “Nabaya oonyana bokumkani befikile. Kunjengoko ebetshilo umkhonzi wakho.” 36Uthe akugqiba ukuthetha, bafika oonyana bokumkani, belila ngelizwi elikhulu; naye ukumkani nabakhonzi bakhe bonke balila ngokukrakra kunene.
37Ke uAbhisalom wasaba, waya kuTalemayi unyana ka-Amihude, ukumkani waseGeshuri. UDavide wamenzela isijwili unyana wakhe imihla ngemihla. 38Emva kokuba uAbhisalom esabile waya eGeshuri, wahlala khona iminyaka emithathu. 39Yaza intliziyo yokumkani uDavide yalangazelela ukuphuma iye kuAbhisalom, kuba wayeselethuthuzelekile ngokufa kuka-Amnon.
