2 KaSamweli 5 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

5 ¹Zonke izizwe zakwaSirayeli zeza kuDavide eHebron, zathi: “Siyinyama negazi lakho. ²Kwangaphambili, oko uSawule ebengukumkani wethu, nguwe owawukhokela amaSirayeli, uwabuyisela ekhaya. UBawo wethu wathi kuwe: ‘Wena uya kubalusa abantu bam amaSirayeli, ube ngumlawuli kumaSirayeli.’” ³Eza onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli kukumkani eHebron, waza ukumkani uDavide wenza umnqophiso nawo phambi koBawo wethu, amthambisa uDavide waba ngukumkani kumaSirayeli.

⁴UDavide ubeminyaka imashumi mathathu ezelwe, oko waba ngukumkani, walawula iminyaka emashumi mane. ⁵EHebron walawula amaYuda iminyaka esixhenxe neenyanga ezintandathu, naseYerusalem walawula iminyaka emashumi mathathu anamithathu onke amaSirayeli namaYuda.

UDavide Uthimba IYerusalem

⁶Waza ukumkani namadoda akhe banyuka baya eYerusalem, baya kulwa namaYebhusi awayehleli khona. Amngcikiva uDavide, athi: “Akusayi kuze ungene apha; kwaneemfama neziqhwala zinako ukukubuyisa”—ecinga ukuba: “UDavide akanako ukungena apha.” ⁷Noko kunjalo, wayithimba uDavide inqaba yaseZiyon, umzi kaDavide ke lowo. ⁸Ngaloo mini uDavide wathi: “Lowo uxabela umYebhusi makafikelele engxingweni yamanzi, abaxabele abaziziqhwala neemfama, abathiywe ngumphefumlo kaDavide.” Ngoko ke bathi: “Iimfama neziqhwala aziyi kungena endlwini.” ^a a v8 Ingxingwa yamanzi yayingumngxunya othe nkqo, odibanisa umzi ongaphezulu nendawo yawo yamanzi angaphantsi komhlaba — indlela enokungenwa ngayo eYerusalem.

⁹UDavide wahlala emboniselweni, wayithiya umzi kaDavide. Wakha ngeenxa zonke, ethabathela eMilo esiya ngaphakathi. ^b b v9 IMilo yayilikhethelo elikhulu lokuxhasa okanye isixinga somhlaba esasiyinxalenye yezikhuselo ezazikho eYerusalem. ¹⁰UDavide waya ekhula ngokukhula, kuba uBawo wethu, uThixo wemikhosi yasezulwini, wayenaye. ¹¹UHiram ukumkani waseTire wathumela kuDavide abathunywa, nemisedare, nabachweli, nabaxhwili bamatye, bamakhela indlu uDavide.

¹²UDavide waqonda ukuba uBawo wethu ummisele ngokuqinileyo waba ngukumkani kumaSirayeli, nokuba ubuphakamisile ubukumkani bukaDavide ngenxa yabantu bakhe amaSirayeli uBawo wethu.

¹³Emva kokumka eHebron, uDavide wazeka amanye amashweshwe nabafazi eYerusalem, waza wazalelwa abanye oonyana neentombi. ¹⁴Ngawo la amagama abantwana awabazalelwa eYerusalem: nguShamuwa, noShobhabhi, noNatan, noSolomon, ¹⁵noIbhare, noElishuwa, noNefege, noYafiya, ¹⁶noElishama, noEliyada, noElifelete.

Uloyiso Lumbini Phezu KwamaFilisti

¹⁷Akuva amaFilisti ukuba uDavide uthanjisiwe waba ngukumkani kumaSirayeli, enyuka onke esiya kumfuna. Kodwa uDavide wakuva oku, wehla waya emboniselweni. ¹⁸Ke amaFilisti ebefikile, athi saa esihlanjeni samaRafa.

¹⁹UDavide wabuza kuBawo wethu, wathi: “Ndiwaxabele na amaFilisti? Uya kuwanikela esandleni sam na?” Waza uBawo wethu waphendula uDavide, wathi: “Nyuka—inene ndiya kuwanikela amaFilisti esandleni sakho.”

²⁰Ngoko uDavide waya eBhahali-peratsim, wawaxabela khona. Wathi: “UBawo wethu ugqabhukele phakathi kweentshaba zam phambi kwam njengokugqabhuka kukanogumbe.” Ngoko wayithiya loo ndawo iBhahali-peratsim. ^c c v20 IBhahali-peratsim ithetha ukuthi “inkosi yokugqabhuka” — uDavide wayithiya loo ndawo ngenxa yokuba uBawo wethu wagqabhukela phakathi kweentshaba zakhe khona njengonogumbe ogqabhukayo. ²¹AmaFilisti azishiya khona izithixo zawo, waza uDavide namadoda akhe bazithabatha.

²²Abuya aphinda amaFilisti enyuka, athi saa esihlanjeni samaRafa.

²³Akubuza uDavide kuBawo wethu, waphendula wathi: “Uze ungenyuki uthi gca. Wajikele emva kwawo, uwaxabele malunga nemithi yebhalsam. ²⁴Uthi wakuva ukunyathela ezincotsheni zemithi yebhalsam, ukhawuleze, kuba uYise uya kuba ephume phambi kwakho ukuya kuxabela umkhosi wamaFilisti.”

²⁵Ngoko uDavide wenza kanye njengoko uBawo wethu wayemwisele, ewaxabela amaFilisti ethabathela eGebha esa eGezere.