UTsibha ukhawulela uDavide ngomphako
UTsibha wahlangabeza ukumkani obalekayo ngemiphako nangentlebendwane ngoMefibhoshete. UShimehi wahamba ecaleni eqalekisa, egibisela ngamatye; uDavide wamalela uAbhishayi ukuba ambulale, esithi mhlawumbi uBawo wethu umxelele. EYerusalem, uAbhisalom wathabatha amashweshwe kayise phezu kophahla, njengoko wacebisayo uAhitofele.
16 1Uthe uDavide akuba egqithele encotsheni kancinane, nanko uTsibha, umkhonzi kaMefibhoshete, emkhawulela enamaesile amabini aboshelweyo, ethwele amakhulu amabini ezonka, nekhulu lezicumba zeerasintyisi, nekhulu leziqhamo zehlobo, nentsuba yewayini. 2Wathi ukumkani kuTsibha: “Uwazise ntoni na la?” Wathi uTsibha: “Amaesile ngawendlu yokumkani ukuba ikhwele, isonka neziqhamo zehlobo zokuba amadodana adle, iwayini yokuba osukuba etyhafa entlango asele.”
3Wabuza ukumkani: “Uphi na unyana wenkosi yakho?” Waphendula uTsibha: “Uhleli eYerusalem, kuba uthe: ‘Namhlanje indlu yakwaSirayeli iya kubuyisela kum ubukumkani bukabawo.’”
4Wathi ukumkani kuTsibha: “Zonke izinto ebinazo uMefibhoshete ngoku zezakho.” Wathi uTsibha: “Ndiyaqubuda phambi kwakho. Ndibabalwe nguwe, nkosi yam kumkani.”
UShimehi uqalekisa ukumkani obalekayo
5Uthe ukumkani uDavide akufika eBhahurim, kwaphuma indoda yosapho lukaSawule, uShimehi unyana kaGera, iphuma iqalekisa ngokungaphezi. 6Wamgibisela ngamatye uDavide, nabo bonke abakhonzi bokumkani uDavide; abantu bonke namagorha anobukroti onke babengasekunene nangasekhohlo kwakhe. 7Wathi uShimehi eqalekisa: “Phuma, phuma, wena ndoda yegazi, wena ndoda engamampunge! 8UBawo wethu ulibuyisele phezu kwakho lonke igazi lendlu kaSawule, owathabatha isikhundla sakhe ukuba ngukumkani; uBawo wethu ubunikele ubukumkani esandleni sonyana wakho uAbhisalom. Uyabona, ububi bakho bukubambile, ngokuba uyindoda yegazi.” a a v8 Noxa eqalekisa, uShimehi akanakho ukuzibika kwumbi ngaphandle koBawo — kodwa umzoba njengomphindezeli obandayo, bona ubuxoki ngentliziyo kaBawo oluphendulwa kukuzinzisa okuthe cwaka kukaDavide.
9Wathi uAbhishayi, unyana kaTseruya, kukumkani: “Yini na le nja ifileyo iyiqalekisa inkosi yam ukumkani? Mandiwele ndiyinqumle intloko.” 10Kodwa wathi ukumkani: “Yeyenu ntoni na le nto, nyana bakaTseruya? Ukuba uyaqalekisa kungokuba uBawo wethu uthe kuye: ‘Mqalekise uDavide,’ ngubani na ongathi: ‘Yini na ukuba wenjenje?’”
11Wathi uDavide kuAbhishayi nakubakhonzi bonke bakhe: “Uyabona, unyana wam, ophume esiswini sam, ufuna ukundibulala; kobeka phi ke lo mBhenjamin! Myeke, makaqalekise, kuba uBawo wethu umyalile. 12Mhlawumbi uBawo wethu uya kuzibona iintsizi zam, aze andibuyekeze ngokulungileyo ngenxa yokuqalekisa kwakhe namhlanje.” 13Wahamba ke uDavide namadoda akhe ngendlela, uShimehi esahamba ngecala lentaba malunga naye, eqalekisa esahamba, emgibisela ngamatye, ephosa nothuli. 14Wafika ukumkani nabantu bonke ababenaye bediniwe, waza wahlaziyeka khona apho.
UAbhisalom ungena eYerusalem afumane icebo
15Ke kaloku uAbhisalom nabantu bonke, amadoda akwaSirayeli, bafika eYerusalem, enoAhitofele. 16Uthe uHushayi umArki, umhlobo kaDavide, akufika kuAbhisalom, wathi uHushayi kuAbhisalom: “Makadle ubomi ukumkani! Makadle ubomi ukumkani!”
17Wathi uAbhisalom kuHushayi: “Luhlobo olunjalo na lwenceba yakho kumhlobo wakho? Yini na ukuba ungamkhaphanga umhlobo wakho?”
18Wathi uHushayi kuAbhisalom: “Hayi; lowo onyuliweyo nguBawo wethu nangaba bantu namadoda onke akwaSirayeli—ndoba ngowakhe, ndihlale naye. 19Ngaphezu koko, ndingakhonza bani na? Akuyi kuba nguye na unyana wakhe? Njengoko ndamkhonza uyihlo, ndiya kukukhonza nawe.”
20Waza uAbhisalom wathi kuAhitofele: “Siphe icebo lenu. Masenze ntoni na?”
21Wathi uAhitofele kuAbhisalom: “Lala namashweshwe kayihlo, awawashiyayo ukuba agcine indlu. Kothi ke amaSirayeli onke eve ukuba uzenze unuka kuyihlo, baze bomelele bonke abanawe.”
22Bammisela ke intente uAbhisalom phezu kwendlu, waza walala namashweshwe kayise phambi kwamaSirayeli onke.
23Ngaloo mihla icebo lika-Ahitofele ebelinjengokubuza kuBawo wethu ngokwakhe; bobabini uDavide noAbhisalom babelibheka ngolo hlobo lonke icebo lakhe.
