2 KaSamweli 19 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

19 ¹Kwafika ilizwi kuYowabhi, lisithi: “Yabona, ukumkani uyalila, emenzela isijwili uAbhisalom.” ²Ngaloo mini usindiso lwaguquka lwaba sisijwili kubo bonke abantu, kuba kwathiwa kubo ngaloo mini: “Ukumkani uyalilela unyana wakhe.”

³Abantu bangena becotha emzini ngaloo mini, njengabo bedanileyo, besaba emva kokubaleka emfazweni. ⁴Ukumkani wabugqubuthela ubuso bakhe, wadanduluka ngelizwi elikhulu, esithi: “Nyana wam Abhisalom! Abhisalom, mntwana wam, mntwana wam!”

⁵UYowabhi weza kukumkani, wathi: “Namhlanje ubadanisile bonke abakhonzi bakho, abauhlangulileyo namhla umphefumlo wakho, nemiphefumlo yoonyana bakho neyeentombi zakho, nemiphefumlo yabafazi bakho namashweshwe akho, ⁶ngokubathanda abo bakuthiyayo, ubathiye abo bakuthandayo. Namhlanje ubonakalalisile ukuba abathetheli nabakhonzi ababalulekanga kuwe. Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba ukuba uAbhisalom ebephila, thina sonke sife, ngekukholisile. ⁷Ngoku vuka, uphume, uthethe kakuhle nabakhonzi bakho. Ndifunga uBawo wethu, ukuba akuphumi, akuyi kusala namnye umntu nawe ngobu busuku—kube kubi kuwe ngaphezu kobo bonke ububi obukwehleleyo kwasebuncinaneni bakho.”

UDavide Ubuyela Ebantwini Bakhe

⁸Ukumkani wavuka, wahlala esangweni. Bakuxelelwa abantu kusithiwa: “Yabona, ukumkani uhleli esangweni,” beza bonke phambi kwakhe. Ke amaSirayeli abesabile, elowo waya ekhayeni lakhe. ⁹Ezizweni zonke zakwaSirayeli abantu babambana, besithi: “Ukumkani wasisindisa esandleni seentshaba zethu, wasihlangula esandleni samaFilisti; kodwa ngoku ubalekile ezweni ngenxa ka-Abhisalom. ¹⁰Ke uAbhisalom, esamthambisela ukuba asilawule, ufele emfazweni. Ngoko yini na ukuba ningathethi nto ngokubuyisa ukumkani?”

¹¹Ukumkani uDavide wathumela ilizwi kuTsadoki noAbhiyatare ababingeleli, esithi: “Thethani kumadoda amakhulu akwaYuda, kuthiwe: ‘Yini na ukuba ningabokugqibela ekubuyiseni ukumkani ekhayeni lakhe, lakuba ilizwi lamaSirayeli onke lifikile kukumkani ekhayeni lakhe?’ ¹²Nina ningabazalwana bam, niyinyama yam negazi lam. Kungoko ke, yini na ukuba ningabokugqibela ukubuyisela ukumkani? ¹³Nithi kuAmasa: ‘Akulithambo lam nenyama yam na? UBawo wethu makenze njalo kum, akhokhele ukwenjenjalo, ukuba akuyi kuba ngumthetheli womkhosi wam ngamaxesha onke, esikhundleni sikaYowabhi.’” ¹⁴UDavide wazithoba iintliziyo zamadoda onke akwaYuda, aba ngathi yindoda enye, aza athumela ilizwi kukumkani, esithi: “Buya, wena nabo bonke abakhonzi bakho.”

¹⁵Ukumkani wabuya, weza eYordan; uYuda weza eGiligali ukuya kumkhawulela ukumkani, nokumwezisa iYordan.

UDavide Wenzela Inceba uShimehi

¹⁶UShimehi unyana kaGera, umBhenjamin ovela eBhahurim, wehla ngobungxamo kunye namadoda akwaYuda, eze kukhawulela ukumkani uDavide. ¹⁷Wayehamba namawaka amaBhenjamin, enoTsibha umkhonzi owayekhonza endlwini kaSawule, noonyana bakhe abalishumi elinabahlanu nabakhonzi bakhe abangamashumi amabini. Bafika eYordan ngobungxamo phambi kokuba afike ukumkani, ¹⁸Bawela izibuko ukuze bawelise abendlu yokumkani, benze nako konke akuthandayo. UShimehi unyana kaGera waziphosa phantsi phambi kokumkani, xa eza kuwela iYordan, ¹⁹wathi: “Nkosi yam, musa ukundibalela ubugwenxa, ungakhumbuli indlela umkhonzi wakho enze ngayo gwenxa ngemini inkosi yam ukumkani yaphuma eYerusalem. Nkosi yam ukumkani, musa ukuyibeka entliziyweni yakho. ²⁰Umkhonzi wakho uyazi ukuba ndonile. Ngoko namhlanje ndize kuqala kwendlu yonke kaYosefu ukuya kukhawulela inkosi yam ukumkani.” ^a a v20 ‘Indlu kaYosefu’ ibhekisa kwizizwe zasemantla zakwaSirayeli, ezivela koonyana bakaYosefu uEfrayim noManase.

²¹Waphendula uAbhishayi unyana kaTseruya, wathi: “Akufanele na ukuba uShimehi abulawe ngokutshabhisa umthanjiswa kaBawo wethu?”

²²Wathi uDavide: “Yintoni na phakathi kwam nani, nyana bakaTseruya, ukuba nibe ziintshaba zam namhlanje? Kobulawa mntu na kwaSirayeli namhlanje? Andazi na ukuba ndingukumkani phezu kwamaSirayeli namhla?” ²³Ukumkani wathi kuShimehi: “Akuyi kufa,” wamfungela ke ukumkani.

²⁴UMefibhoshete, unyana wonyana kaSawule, wehla ukuya kukhawulela ukumkani. Ebengazilungisanga iinyawo zakhe, engazilungisanga iindevu zakhe, engazihlambanga iingubo zakhe, kususela kwimini kemka ngayo ukumkani kwada kwaba yimini ebuya ngayo enoxolo. ²⁵Kwathi akufika eYerusalem ukuya kukhawulela ukumkani, wathi ukumkani kuye: “Yini na ukuba ungahambi nam, Mefibhoshete?”

²⁶Wathi: “Nkosi yam ukumkani, umkhonzi wam undilalanisile. Umkhonzi wakho wathi, ‘Ndoza ndilibophe iesile lam, ndikhwele kulo, ndihambe nokumkani,’ kuba umkhonzi wakho usisiqhwala. ²⁷Wamhleba umkhonzi wakho enkosini yam ukumkani. Ke inkosi yam ukumkani injengesithunywa sikaBawo wethu; yenza okulungileyo emehlweni akho. ²⁸Indlu yonke kabawo ibifanele ukufa kuphela enkosini yam ukumkani, kodwa wambeka umkhonzi wakho phakathi kwabo badla etafileni yakho. Ndinaliphi na ilungelo lokuba ndibuye ndenze isikhalo kukumkani?”

²⁹Wathi ukumkani: “Usathethelani na ngeendawo zakho? Ndigqibile: wena noTsibha yahlulelanani ngelizwe.”

³⁰Wathi uMefibhoshete kukumkani: “Makathabathe konke, njengokuba inkosi yam ukumkani ibuyele ekhayeni enoxolo.”

³¹UBharzilayi waseGiliyadi wehla evela eRogelim, wawela iYordan nokumkani, ukuba amndulule. ³²UBharzilayi, emdala kakhulu, eminyaka emashumi asibhozo, ubemondlile ukumkani ngexesha lokuhlala kwakhe eMahanayim, kuba ebeyindoda esisityebi kakhulu. ³³Wathi ukumkani kuBharzilayi: “Wela nam, ndikondle ngakum eYerusalem.”

³⁴Wathi uBharzilayi kukumkani: “Iminyaka emingaphi na endiseleyo, ukuba ndinyuke nokumkani ndiye eYerusalem? ³⁵Ndiminyaka emashumi asibhozo namhlanje. Ndingakwahlula na okulungileyo kokubi? Umkhonzi wakho usenako na ukuva ukunambitheka kwento ayidlayo, nayiselayo? Ndingaphinda na ndive abahlabelayo nabavumayo abangamadoda nabasetyhini? Yini na ukuba umkhonzi wakho abe ngumthwalo kwinkosi yam ukumkani? ³⁶Umkhonzi wakho uya kuwela iYordan nokumkani umgama omfutshane. Yini na ukuba ukumkani andibuyekeze ngomvuzo ongaka? ³⁷Makavumeleke umkhonzi wakho abuyele afe emzini wakowabo, ngasengcwabeni likabawo nokamama. Kodwa nanko umkhonzi wakho uKimham; makagqithele nenkosi yam ukumkani, umenzele okulungileyo emehlweni akho.”

³⁸Wathi ukumkani: “UKimham uya kuwela nam, ndimenzele okukholisayo emehlweni akho; nento yonke oyicelayo kum ndokwenzela yona.”

³⁹Abantu bonke bawela iYordan, naye ukumkani wawela. Ukumkani wamanga uBharzilayi, wamsikelela, uBharzilayi wabuyela ekhayeni lakhe. ⁴⁰Ukumkani wawela waya eGiligali, uKimham ehamba naye. Abantu bonke bakwaYuda, nesiqingatha samaSirayeli, bamndulula ukumkani.

⁴¹Eza onke amadoda akwaSirayeli kukumkani, abuza, athi: “Yini na ukuba abazalwana bethu, amadoda akwaYuda, bakuthabatha, bawelisa ukumkani nendlu yakhe iYordan, ndawonye namadoda onke kaDavide?”

⁴²Aphendula onke amadoda akwaYuda kumadoda akwaSirayeli, athi: “Ukumkani usisihlobo sethu esikufuphi. Yini na ukuba niqumbele le nto? Ngaba sakha sadla ukudla kokumkani, nokuba wasinika isipho?”

⁴³Aphendula amadoda akwaSirayeli kumadoda akwaYuda, athi: “Sinezabelo ezilishumi kukumkani, kwaye sinelungelo elikhulu kuDavide kunani. Yini na ke ukuba nisicekise? Asithethanga kuqala na thina ngokumbuyisa ukumkani wethu?” Kodwa amazwi amadoda akwaYuda aba lukhuni kunamazwi amadoda akwaSirayeli.