2 KaSamweli 15 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

15 ¹Emva koko, uAbhisalom wazizuzela inqwelo yokulwa namahashe, namadoda angamashumi mahlanu okubaleka phambi kwakhe. ²UAbhisalom wavuka kwakusasa, eme ecaleni lendlela esangweni. Kuthi xa kufika umntu onembambano, esiza kukumkani kugwetywe ityala lakhe, uAbhisalom ammemeze, athi: “Uvela kuwuphi na umzi?” Loo mntu aphendule athi: “Umkhonzi wakho uvela kwesinye sezizwe zakwaSirayeli.”

³Aze uAbhisalom athi kuye: “Khangela, izimangalo zakho zilungile zifanelekile, kodwa akukho mntu umiselwe ngukumkani ukuba akuphulaphule.” ⁴UAbhisalom abuye athi: “Akwaba bendimiselwe ukuba ndibe ngumgwebi kweli lizwe! Bekuya kuthi nabani na onembambano nokuba netyala eze kum, ndimgwebele ngobulungisa.” ⁵Kuthi xa kusondela umntu ukuze aqubude phambi kwakhe, uAbhisalom olule isandla, ambambe, amange. ⁶UAbhisalom wenjenjalo kuwo onke amaSirayeli abeza kukumkani kugwetywe amatyala awo; waza ngaloo ndlela wazeba iintliziyo zamaSirayeli.

⁷Emva kweminyaka emine, uAbhisalom wathi kukumkani: “Khawundivumele ndiye eHebron, ndiye kuzalisa isibhambathiso endisenzileyo kuBawo wethu. ⁸Kuba ngexa bendihleli eGeshuri kwa-Aram ndabhambathisa ndathi: ‘Ukuba uBawo wethu uthe wandibuyisela eYerusalem, ndiya kumnqula.’”

⁹Ukumkani wathi kuye: “Hamba ngoxolo.” Wesuka ke uAbhisalom, waya eHebron.

¹⁰UAbhisalom wathumela abathunywa ngasese kuzo zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli, esithi: “Xa nisiva isandi sesigodlo, yithini: ‘UAbhisalom ungukumkani eHebron!’”

¹¹Amadoda angamakhulu amabini amenyiweyo aphuma eYerusalem ahamba noAbhisalom engenanto, engazi nto ngeli yelenqe. ¹²Ekubingeleleni kuka-Abhisalom imibingelelo, wathumela eGilo kuAhitofele waseGilo, icebo likaDavide. Laza iyelenqe lomelela, abantu ababelandela uAbhisalom besanda ngokwanda.

UDavide Ubaleka Unyana Wakhe UAbhisalom

¹³Kwafika umthunywa kuDavide, wathi: “Iintliziyo zamaSirayeli zibheke kuAbhisalom.”

¹⁴UDavide wathi kubakhonzi bakhe bonke ababenaye eYerusalem: “Vukani! Masibaleke, kungenjalo akukho namnye kuthi oya kusinda kuAbhisalom. Khawulezani, hleze asifumane msinya, asonakalise, awubethe umzi ngekrele.”

¹⁵Bamphendula abakhonzi bokumkani, bathi: “Nokuba inkosi yam ukumkani igqibe kwantoni na, abakhonzi bakho sebekulungele.”

¹⁶Wesuka ke ukumkani, yamlandela indlu yakhe yonke, kodwa washiya amashweshwe alishumi ukuba agcine indlu yobukumkani. ^a a v16 Amashweshwe ayengabafazi bokongeza abanamalungelo asemthethweni amancinane kunomfazi oyintloko. ¹⁷Waphuma ke ukumkani, bemlandela bonke abantu, bema endlwini yokugqibela. ¹⁸Bagqitha ecaleni lakhe bonke abakhonzi bakhe, kunye nabancinithi bonke nezigidimi; nabaseGati bonke abangamakhulu amathandathu, ababemlandele bevela eGati, bahamba phambi kokumkani. ^b b v18 Abancinithi nezigidimi babengamaqela abalindi bukhoboka abakhethekileyo bukaDavide.

¹⁹Ukumkani wathi kuItayi waseGati: “Yini na ukuba uhambe nathi nawe? Buyela uhlale nokumkani omtsha; ungowasemzini, ngumphambukeli okude nekowenu. ²⁰Ufike izolo nje kuphela. Ndingakwenza ukuba ubhadule nathi namhlanje na, mna ndingayaziyo nalapho ndiya khona? Buyela umgama, uhambe nabazalwana bakho. UBawo wethu makakwenzele inceba nenyaniso.”

²¹Waphendula uItayi kukumkani, wathi: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, ihleli nje nenkosi yam ukumkani, apho ikhona inkosi yam ukumkani, nokuba kusebomini nokuba kusekufeni, uya kuba khona umkhonzi wakho.”

²²UDavide wathi kuItayi: “Hamba, wela.” Wawela ke uItayi waseGati enamadoda akhe onke, nabantwana bonke abanaye. ²³Lonke ilizwe lalila ngesandi esikhulu lakubon' ukuba bonke abantu bawela. Ukumkani wawela umlanjana oyiKidron, baza bonke abantu bawela besinga entlango. ²⁴NoTsadoki wayelapho, kunye nabaLevi bonke bethwele ityeya yomnqophiso kaBawo wethu. Bayibeka phantsi ityeya kaBawo wethu, waza uAbhiyatare wabingelela imibingelelo kwada kwagqitywa kuphuma kwabantu bonke emzini. ²⁵Ukumkani wathi kuTsadoki: “Buyisela ityeya kaBawo wethu emzini. Ukuba uBawo wethu ukholisiwe ndim, uya kundibuyisa, andenze ndiyibone kwakhona nalapho ehlala khona. ²⁶Kodwa ukuba uthe: ‘Andikholiswa nguwe,’ nanku ndilapha—makenze kum njengoko kubonakala kulungile emehlweni akhe.” ²⁷Ukumkani wathi kwakuTsadoki umbingeleli: “Awuyimboni na wena? Buyela emzini ngoxolo, uhambe noonyana bakho bobabini—uAhimahatse unyana wakho, noYonatan unyana ka-Abhiyatare. ²⁸Ndiya kulindela emazibukweni asentlango, lide lifike ilizwi elivela kuwe lokundazisa.” ²⁹Baza ooTsadoki noAbhiyatare bayibuyisela ityeya kaBawo wethu eYerusalem, bahlala khona.

³⁰UDavide wenyuka eNtabeni yemiNquma, elila esenyuka, intloko yakhe igqunyiwe, iinyawo zakhe ze. Bonke abantu ababenaye bazigquma iintloko zabo, benyuka, belila behamba. ^c c v30 Ukumkani ongcatshiweyo, elila esenyuka iNtaba yemiNquma, ufanekisela uYesu, owathi kudaladala wawela lo mlanjana unye waza wenza isijwili kule nduli inye ngobusuku umhlobo athembekileyo amngcatshayo.

³¹UDavide waxelelwa, kwathiwa: “UAhitofele uphakathi kwabenzi beyelenqe noAbhisalom.” Waza uDavide wathandaza, wathi: “Bawo wethu, yenza icebo lika-Ahitofele libe bubudenge.”

³²Wathi uDavide akufika encotsheni, apho kwakunqulwa khona uBawo wethu, nanko uHushayi waseArki eze kumkhawulela, ingubo yakhe ikrazukile, inomhlaba entloko. ³³UDavide wathi kuye: “Ukuba uthe wahamba nam, uya kuba ngumthwalo kum kuphela.”

³⁴Kodwa ukuba uthe wabuyela emzini, uthi kuAbhisalom: ‘Ndiya kuba ngumkhonzi wakho, kumkani wam; njengokuba bendisebenzela uyihlo ngaphambili, ngokunjalo ngoku ndiya kukusebenzela wena,’ wandule ke ukundiphuthisela icebo lika-Ahitofele. ³⁵OoTsadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli balapho nawe. Baxelele yonke into oyivayo endlwini yokumkani. ³⁶Oonyana babo bobabini balapho nabo—uAhimahatse unyana kaTsadoki, noYonatan unyana ka-Abhiyatare. Ndithumele ilizwi ngabo ngayo yonke into oyivayo.

³⁷Wafika ke uHushayi, umhlobo kaDavide, emzini kanye xa uAbhisalom engena eYerusalem.