UAhitofele noHushayi bacebisa uAbhisalom
UAhitofele ucebisa ukuhlasela ngokukhawuleza ngobu busuku ukumkani odiniweyo; uHushayi uphikisa ngokulibazisa okuncomayo, waza uAbhisalom wathabatha icebo elibi—ngokuba uBawo wethu wayezimisele ukuchitha icebo elihle lika-Ahitofele. Ilizwi lafika kuDavide ngequla eligqunyiweyo. UAhitofele wagoduka, walungisa indlu yakhe, waza wazixhoma.
17 1Waza uAhitofele wathi kuAbhisalom: “Mandinyule amadoda angamawaka alishumi elinamabini, ndinduluke ngobu busuku ndilandele uDavide. 2Ndiya kumhlasela esatyhafile ebuthathaka, ndimothuse, baze basabe bonke abantu bakhe; ndandule ndibulale ukumkani yedwa. 3Ndiya kubuyisela kuwe bonke abantu. Le ndoda inye uyifunayo—ukufa kwayo kuthetha ukuba babuye bonke, baze bonke abantu babe noxolo.”
4Eli cebo lalunga emehlweni ka-Abhisalom nakumadoda amakhulu onke akwaSirayeli. 5Wathi uAbhisalom: “Bizani noHushayi waseArki, size sive ukuba naye uthini na.”
6Akufika uHushayi kuye, wathi uAbhisalom: “UAhitofele ucebise ngolu hlobo. Senze na oko akuthethileyo? Ukuba akunjalo, thetha wena.”
7Wathi uHushayi kuAbhisalom: “Icebo awalinikayo uAhitofele alilihle ngesi sihlandlo. 8Wongezelela uHushayi wathi: “Uyamazi uyihlo namadoda akhe—ngamagorha akhohlakeleyo, njengebhere ehluthwe amathole ayo endle. Uyihlo yindoda eyingcali yokulwa; akayi kulala nomkhosi.” 9Nangoku uzimele emhadini okanye kwenye indawo. Ukuba amanye amadoda akho athe awa kuqala, lowo okuvayo oko uya kuthi: ‘Abulewe amadoda ka-Abhisalom!’ 10Khona ke nalowo unobukroti kunene, ontliziyo injengentliziyo yengonyama, iya kunyibilika luloyiko, kuba onke amaSirayeli ayazi ukuba uyihlo yindoda yokulwa, nabo banaye banobukroti. 11Ngoko ke nali icebo lam: hlanganisela kuwe onke amaSirayeli, uthabathele kwaDan use eBher-shebha, abe maninzi njengentlabathi engaselwandle, uze uhambe wena ngokwakho ekulweni. 12Siya kumfikela nokuba uphi na, sihlale phezu kwakhe njengombethe emhlabeni, singashiyi esaphilile nokuba nguye nokuba liphi na kumadoda akhe. 13Ukuba uthe wabuyela emzini, onke amaSirayeli aya kuzisa iintsontelo apho, size siwurhuqele entilini, kude kungasali nelitye elincinane.”
14Wathi uAbhisalom namadoda onke akwaSirayeli: “Icebo likaHushayi waseArki lilungile ngaphezu kwecebo lika-Ahitofele.” Kuba uBawo wethu wagqiba kwelokuba alitshitshise icebo elihle lika-Ahitofele, ukuze uBawo wethu azise ububi phezu kuka-Abhisalom.
15Wathi uHushayi kubabingeleli uTsadoki noAbhiyatare: “Ucebise ngolu hlobo uAhitofele kuAbhisalom nakumadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, ndaza ndacebisa ngolu hlobo mna. 16Ngoku thumelani ilizwi ngokukhawuleza kuDavide, nithi: ‘Musa ukulala ngobu busuku emazibukweni asentlango; wela ngokuqinisekileyo, hleze ukumkani nabantu bonke abanaye baginywe.’”
17OoYonatan noAhimahatse babelindile e-En-rogele; umkhonzazana wayesiya kubabikela, baze bona baye kumxelela ukumkani uDavide, kuba babengenakubonakala bakungena emzini. 18Kodwa umfana othile wababona waza waxelela uAbhisalom. Bakhawuleza bobabini, bafika endlwini yendoda ethile eBhahurim, eyayinequla entendelezweni yayo, behla baya phakathi kulo. 19Umfazi wendoda leyo wabeka isigubungelo emlonyeni wequla, wathi saa amakhweba phezu kwaso, ukuze kungabonwa nto. 20Bakufika abakhonzi baka-Abhisalom kumfazi lowo endlwini, babuza: “Baphi na ooAhimahatse noYonatan?” Wathi yena: “Bawela umlanjana.” Agquthagqutha amadoda, akafumana mntu, abuyela eYerusalem.
21Emva kokwemka kwabo, benyuka bobabini equleni, baya baxelela ukumkani uDavide. Bathi kuye: “Vuka uwele amanzi ngokukhawuleza, kuba uAhitofele ukucebele oku.”
22Wesuka ke uDavide nabo bonke ababenaye, bawela iYordan. Kwathi xa kusa, kwakungekho namnye ongayiwelanga iYordan.
23Akubona uAhitofele ukuba icebo lakhe alilandelwanga, walibopha iesile lakhe, wagoduka waya emzini wakhe. Walungisa indlu yakhe, waza wazixhoma. Wafa ke, wangcwatyelwa engcwabeni likayise.
24Wafika uDavide eMahanayim, uAbhisalom wawela iYordan enamadoda onke akwaSirayeli ngakuye. 25UAbhisalom wayembeke uAmasa phezu komkhosi esikhundleni sikaYowabhi. Uyise ka-Amasa yayinguItra umSirayeli, owayezeke uAbhigali intombi kaNahashe, udade boTseruya, unina kaYowabhi. 26AmaSirayeli noAbhisalom bamisa iintente ezweni laseGiliyadi.
27Kuthe uDavide akufika eMahanayim, kweza uShobhi, unyana kaNahashe ovela eRabha yama-Amon, noMakire, unyana ka-Amiyeli ovela eLodebhare, noBharzilayi umGiliyadi ovela eRogelim, 28bazisa iimandlalo, nezitya, nezinto zodongwe, kunye nengqolowa, nerhasi, nomgubo, namakhweba, neembotyi, neentlumaya, 29nobusi, namasi, neegusha, netshizi yeenkomo, ukuze badle uDavide nabantu bakhe, kuba babesithi: “Abantu balambile, badiniwe, banxaniwe entlango.”
