2 KaSamweli 18 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

18 ¹UDavide wabahlela abantu bakhe, wamisa abathetheli-waka nabathetheli-khulu phezu kwabo. ²UDavide wabakhupha abantu: isahlulo sesithathu phantsi koYowabhi, isahlulo sesithathu phantsi koAbhishayi unyana kaTseruya, umnakwabo kaYowabhi, nesahlulo sesithathu phantsi koItayi waseGati. Wathi ukumkani ebantwini: “Inene ndophuma nani nam.”

³Kodwa abantu bathi: “Uze ungaphumi. Kuba ukuba sithe sabaleka, abayi kukhathala; ukuba isiqingatha sethu sifile, abayi kukhathala. Wena ulingana namawaka alishumi ethu. Kungcono wena uhlale esixekweni, ukuze usilungele ukusithumela uncedo.”

⁴Wathi ukumkani kubo: “Ndiya kwenza oko kulungileyo emehlweni enu.” Wema esangweni, baphuma bonke abantu ngamakhulu nangamawaka.

⁵Ukumkani wabawisela umthetho ooYowabhi, noAbhishayi, noItayi, esithi: “Nimphathe kakuhle umfana uAbhisalom ngenxa yam.” Bonke abantu beva ukumkani ewisela abathetheli umthetho ngoAbhisalom.

⁶Baphuma abantu baya endle ukulwa namaSirayeli, yaza yabakho imfazwe ehlathini lakwaEfrayim. ⁷Wabulaleka khona umkhosi wakwaSirayeli phambi kwamadoda kaDavide, waba mkhulu uxabelo ngaloo mini: amashumi amabini amawaka amadoda. ⁸Imfazwe yasasazeka kuwo wonke loo mmandla, laza ihlathi ladla abantu abaninzi kunababulawa likrele ngaloo mini.

⁹UAbhisalom waqubisana namadoda kaDavide. Ekhwele kundlebende wakhe, wadlula phantsi kwamasebe ashinyeneyo om-oki omkhulu, yabanjwa intloko yakhe emthini. Waxhonywa phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba, lisuke undlebende wahamba phantsi kwakhe. ¹⁰Yabona indoda ethile, yamxelela uYowabhi, isithi: “Ndimbone uAbhisalom exhonyiwe emokini.”

¹¹Wathi uYowabhi kuloo ndoda imxelelayo: “Umbonile ke! Yini na ukuba ungamxabeli uwe phantsi khona apho? Ngendikunike imivuzo yeentsuku ezilishumi yesilivere nombhinqo.”

¹²Kodwa loo ndoda yathi kuYowabhi: “Nokuba ngekulinganiselwe imivuzo yeentsuku eliwaka yesilivere esandleni sam, bendingayi kusa isandla sam kunyana wokumkani. Kuba seva sonke ukumkani ekuwisela umthetho wena, noAbhishayi, noItayi, esithi: ‘Mgcineni umfana uAbhisalom ngenxa yam.’ ¹³Kungenjalo ngendisiphosile ubomi bam, kuba akukho nto ifihlakeleyo kukumkani, waye wena ngewume kude nam.”

¹⁴Wathi uYowabhi: “Andiyi kuchitha xesha nawe ngolu hlobo.” Wathabatha imikhonto emithathu esandleni sakhe, wayitshova entliziyweni ka-Abhisalom esaphila, embindini wom-oki. ¹⁵Amadodana alishumi, abaphathi beentonga zikaYowabhi, amrhawula uAbhisalom, ambetha, ambulala. ¹⁶UYowabhi wavuthela isigodlo, baza abantu bayeka ukusukela amaSirayeli, kuba uYowabhi wayebanqanda. ¹⁷Bamthabatha uAbhisalom, bamphosa emgongxweni omkhulu ehlathini, baza bafumba inqumba enkulu yamatye phezu kwakhe. Basaba onke amaSirayeli, elowo waya kowabo.

¹⁸Ngemihla yobomi bakhe uAbhisalom wayezimisele isimiso eNtilini yokumkani, esithi: “Andinanyana wokugcina igama lam likhunjulwa.” Wasibiza isimiso ngegama lakhe, size sibizwe ngokuba sisikhumbuzo sika-Abhisalom unanamhla. ^a a v18 UAbhisalom wayezelwe oonyana (kwa-2 Samuweli 14:27), kodwa kubonakala ukuba bafa phambi kwakhe, bamshiya engenandlalifa yokuqhubela igama lakhe phambili.

UDavide ulilela unyana wakhe uAbhisalom

¹⁹Wathi uAhimahatse unyana kaTsadoki: “Makhe ndibaleke, ndimxelele ukumkani ukuba uBawo wethu umgwebele kwiintshaba zakhe.”

²⁰Wathi uYowabhi: “Asinguwe umntu wokuthwala iindaba namhla. Ungazithwala iindaba ngenye imini, kodwa namhla akuyi kuthwala nto, kuba unyana wokumkani ufile.”

²¹Wathi uYowabhi kuKushi: “Hamba, umxelele ukumkani oko ukubonileyo.” UKushi waqubuda kuYowabhi, waza wabaleka.

²²Waphinda uAhimahatse unyana kaTsadoki wathi kuYowabhi: “Makwenzeke nokuba kuthini na, khawundivumele nam ndibaleke ndilandele uKushi.” Waphendula uYowabhi: “Yini na ukuba ubaleke, nyana wam? Awunazindaba zifanele umvuzo.”

²³“Nokuba kuthini na,” watsho, “ndiza kubaleka.” “Baleka ke,” watsho uYowabhi. Wabaleka ke uAhimahatse ngendlela yethafa, waza wamgqitha uKushi.

²⁴UDavide wayehleli phakathi kwamasango omabini. Umlindi wenyuka waya phezu kophahla lwesango eludongeni, waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona indoda ibaleka iyodwa. ²⁵Wadanduluka umlindi, emxelela ukumkani. Wathi ukumkani: “Ukuba uyedwa, uzisa iindaba.” Waqhubeka esondela lowo ubalekayo.

²⁶Waphinda wabona umlindi enye indoda igidima, wathi kumgcini-sango: “Yabona, nantso enye indoda igidima yodwa!” Watsho ukumkani: “Naye uzisa iindaba.”

²⁷Wathi umlindi: “Ukubaleka kowokuqala kufana nokuka-Ahimahatse unyana kaTsadoki.” Waphendula ukumkani wathi: “Lo ngumntu olungileyo; uza neendaba ezilungileyo.”

²⁸UAhimahatse wadanduluka kukumkani, esithi: “Konke kulungile!” Waqubuda phambi kokumkani, ubuso bakhe busemhlabeni, wathi: “Makabongwe uBawo wakho, onikele abo babevukela inkosi yam ukumkani.”

²⁹Wabuza ukumkani: “Usindile na umfana uAbhisalom?” Waphendula uAhimahatse: “Xa uYowabhi ebethuma umkhonzi wokumkani nam mkhonzi wakho, ndabona isiphithiphithi esikhulu, kodwa andazanga ukuba yintoni na.”

³⁰Wathi ukumkani: “Tsiba ecaleni, ume apha.” Watsiba ke ecaleni, wema.

³¹Wafika uKushi, wathi: “Iindaba ezilungileyo, nkosi yam kumkani! Namhla uNdikhoyo ukukhulule esandleni sabo bonke abakuvukelayo.”

³²Ukumkani wabuza uKushi: “Usindile na umfana uAbhisalom?” Waphendula uKushi: “Ngamana iintshaba zenkosi yam ukumkani, nabo bonke abakuvukelayo ukuba bakwenzele ububi, zibe njengaloo mfana.”

³³Ukumkani wangcangcazela. Wenyuka waya egumbini eliphezulu lesango, elila, esithi ngoku ehamba: “Nyana wam Abhisalom! Nyana wam, Abhisalom, nyana wam! Akwaba ndim obefile endaweni yakho, Abhisalom, nyana wam, nyana wam!”