2 KaSamweli 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Emva koko, uDavide wabuza kuBawo wethu, wathi: “Ndinganyuka ndiye komnye wemizi yakwaYuda na?” Wathi uBawo wethu: “Nyuka.” Wathi uDavide: “Ndiye phi na?” Wathi: “EHebron.”

²Wenyuka ke apho uDavide enabafazi bakhe bobabini, uAhinowam waseYizereli, noAbhigali, umhlolokazi kaNabhali waseKarmele. ³UDavide wawanyusa amadoda akhe abenawo, elowo nendlu yakhe, bahlala emizini yaseHebron. ⁴Aza eza amadoda akwaYuda, amthambisa khona uDavide ukuba abe ngukumkani wendlu yakwaYuda. Bamxelela uDavide ukuba ngamadoda aseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi amngcwaba uSawule. ⁵Wathuma abathunywa kumadoda aseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi, wathi: “Makanisikelele uBawo wethu ngenxa yale nceba niyenzele inkosi yenu uSawule, ngokuba niyingcwabile. ⁶Ngoku makanenzele inceba nokuthembeka uBawo wethu; nam ndiya kunenzela okulungileyo ngokuba niyenze le nto. ⁷Yomelelani nibe nenkalipho, ngokuba inkosi yenu uSawule ifile, nendlu yakwaYuda indithambisile nam ukuba ndibe ngukumkani wayo.”

UAbhinere Umisa UIshbhoshete Ukuba Abe Ngukumkani WakwaSirayeli

⁸Ke uAbhinere, unyana kaNere, umthetheli womkhosi kaSawule, wamthabatha uIshbhoshete, unyana kaSawule, wamwisela eMahanayim; ⁹wammisa ukuba abe ngukumkani phezu kweGiliyadi, naphezu kwama-Ashuri, naphezu kweYizereli, naphezu kwamaEfrayim, naphezu kwamaBhenjamin, naphezu kwamaSirayeli onke. ¹⁰UIshbhoshete, unyana kaSawule, ebeminyaka imashumi mane ezelwe xa aba ngukumkani wamaSirayeli; walawula iminyaka emibini. Kodwa indlu yakwaYuda yamlandela uDavide. ¹¹UDavide waba ngukumkani eHebron phezu kwendlu yakwaYuda iminyaka esixhenxe neenyanga ezintandathu.

Umnakwabo Echasene Nomnakwabo EGibheyon

¹²UAbhinere, unyana kaNere, kunye nabakhonzi bakaIshbhoshete, unyana kaSawule, basuka eMahanayim, baya eGibheyon. ¹³Naye uYowabhi, unyana kaTseruya, waphuma nabakhonzi bakaDavide; bahlangana nabo echibini laseGibheyon; abanye bahlala elunxwemeni ngapha, abanye elunxwemeni ngapha. ¹⁴Wathi uAbhinere kuYowabhi: “Makavuke amadodana, akhuphisane phambi kwethu.” Wathi uYowabhi: “Makavuke.”

¹⁵Avuka ke, awela ngokwenani, elishumi elinamabini angakaBhenjamin nawakaIshbhoshete, unyana kaSawule, neshumi elinamabini amadodana akubakhonzi bakaDavide. ¹⁶Elowo wabamba intloko yotshaba lwakhe, wamgwaza ngekrele lakhe ecaleni lwakhe, bawa kunye. Kwathiwa ke loo ndawo yaseGibheyon yiHelekati-hatsurim. ^a a v16 IHelekati-hatsurim ithetha ukuthi “intsimi yamahlangothi amakrele” — loo ndawo yathiywa ngenxa yokulwa okubulalayo kwezandla ngezandla okwenzeka khona. ¹⁷Kwaba nzima kunene ukulwa ngaloo mini; uAbhinere namadoda akwaSirayeli bawa phambi kwabakhonzi bakaDavide. ¹⁸ Babekhona apho oonyana bakaTseruya bobathathu: uYowabhi, noAbhishayi, noAsaheli. Ke uAsaheli ebenesantya ezinyaweni njengebhadi lasendle. ¹⁹Wamsukela uAbhinere, engathi gu bucala aye ekunene nasekhohlo ekumsukeleni kwakhe. ²⁰Wabheka ngasemva uAbhinere, wathi: “Nguwe na lowo, Asaheli?” Waphendula: “Ndim.”

²¹Wathi kuye uAbhinere: “Thi gu bucala uye ekunene nokuba sekhohlo, ubambe enye yamadodana, uzithabathele iimpahla zayo.” Kodwa uAsaheli akavuma ukubuya ekumsukeleni. ²²Waphinda wathi uAbhinere kuAsaheli: “Buya umva. Yini na ukuba undinyanzele ndikubethe kude kuhle? Ndingathini na ukubona ubuso bomnakwenu uYowabhi?” ²³Wala ukuthi gu bucala; waza uAbhinere wambetha ngengxonya yentshuntshe esiswini, yaphuma ngasemva. Wawa khona, wafela kwangoko. Bonke abeza kuloo ndawo apho wawa khona wafa uAsaheli, bema. ²⁴Bamsukela uYowabhi noAbhishayi uAbhinere; batshonelwa lilanga befika entabeni yeAma, engakuGiya, endleleni eya entlango yaseGibheyon. ²⁵Ahlanganisana amadoda akwaBhenjamin emva koAbhinere, aba liqela elinye, ema encotsheni yenduli. ²⁶Wabiza uAbhinere kuYowabhi, wathi: “Ingaba ikrele liya kudla ngonaphakade na? Awazi na ukuba oku kuya kugqibela ngokukrakra? Kunini na ude uxelele abantu ukuba babuye ekusukeleni abazalwana babo?”

²⁷Wathi uYowabhi: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, ukuba ubungathethanga, bebeya kuhlala besukela abazalwana babo kude kuse.” ²⁸Wavuthela isigodlo uYowabhi; bema bonke abantu, abaphinda bawasukela amaSirayeli, ababa salwa. ²⁹UAbhinere namadoda akhe bacanda eArabha bonke obo busuku, bayiwela iYordan, bacanda yonke iBhitron, bafika eMahanayim.

³⁰UYowabhi wabuya ekumsukeleni uAbhinere, wabahlanganisa bonke abantu; kwafunyanwa kungekho amadoda alishumi elinesithoba akwaDavide, ngaphandle koAsaheli. ³¹Kodwa abakhonzi bakaDavide babulala amadoda angamakhulu amathathu angamashumi amathandathu kumaBhenjamin ayenoAbhinere. ³²Bamthabatha uAsaheli, bamngcwabela engcwabeni likayise eBhetelehem; bahamba uYowabhi namadoda akhe bonke ubusuku, bafika eHebron ekuseni.