2 KaSamweli 6 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

6 ¹Waphinda uDavide wawahlanganisa onke amadoda anyuliweyo akwaSirayeli, amawaka angamashumi amathathu. ²Wesuka uDavide nabantu bakhe bonke eBhahali yakwaYuda, esiya kunyusa apho ityeya kaBawo wethu, ebizwa ngeGama, igama likaBawo wemikhosi ohleli phezu kweekerubhi. ³Bayibeka ityeya kaBawo wethu enqwelweni entsha, bayikhupha endlwini ka-Abhinadabhi esendulini; uUza noAhiyo, oonyana baka-Abhinadabhi, beqhuba inqwelo entsha, ⁴inetyeya kaBawo wethu, uAhiyo ehamba phambi kwetyeya.

⁵UDavide nendlu yonke yakwaSirayeli bavuya phambi koBawo wethu ngamandla abo onke—iingoma, neehadi, nemirhubhe, neengqongqo, nezinxankxa, namacangci.

⁶Bakufika esandeni sikaNakon, uUza wolula isandla wayibamba ityeya kaBawo wethu, ngokuba iinkomo zazikhubekile. ⁷Wavutha umsindo kaBawo wethu kuUza; wambetha apho ngenxa yokungahloneli kwakhe, wafela apho ecaleni letyeya kaBawo wethu. ^a a v7 UBawo wethu wayenike imiyalelo ecokisekileyo yokuthwala ityeya; le ntlekele ibonakalisa ubunzima bobukho bakhe obungcwele phakathi kwabantu bakhe, kungekhona uBawo olangazelela ukubetha abantwana bakhe. ⁸Waqumba uDavide ngokuba uBawo wethu wagqabhukela kuUza; loo ndawo isabizwa ngokuthi yiPeretse-uza unanamhla. ^b b v8 IPeretse-uza ithetha ukuthi “ukugqabhukela uUza” — loo ndawo yathiywa ngenxa yoko kwenzeka khona. ⁹UDavide wamoyika uBawo wethu ngaloo mini, wathi: “Ingafika njani kum ityeya kaBawo wethu?” ¹⁰UDavide akavuma ukuyingenisa ityeya kaBawo wethu kuwo uMzi kaDavide, wasuka wayisa endlwini ka-Obhede-edom umGiti. ¹¹Ityeya kaBawo wethu yahlala iinyanga ezintathu endlwini ka-Obhede-edom umGiti, waza uBawo wethu wamsikelela uObhede-edom nendlu yakhe yonke.

¹²Waxelelwa ukumkani uDavide, kwathiwa: “UBawo wethu uyisikelele indlu ka-Obhede-edom nako konke anako ngenxa yetyeya.” Wahamba ke uDavide, wayinyusa ityeya kaBawo wethu, eyikhupha endlwini ka-Obhede-edom, eyizisa kuwo uMzi kaDavide, evuya.

¹³Kwathi, bakuba behamba amanyathelo amathandathu abo babethwele ityeya kaBawo wethu, uDavide wabingelela inkomo nethole elityetyisiweyo. ¹⁴Waza uDavide wangqungqa phambi koBawo wethu ngamandla akhe onke, ebhinqe i-efodi yelinen. ^c c v14 I-efodi yelinen yayiyingubo elula yombingeleli — ilungele unqulo, kodwa ingezizo iingubo zasebukhosini ezazilindelekile kukumkani. ¹⁵UDavide nendlu yonke yakwaSirayeli banyusa ityeya kaBawo wethu ngezikhalo nangokuvuthelwa kwesigodlo.

Indelo kaMikali kuDavide

¹⁶Kwathi, ityeya kaBawo wethu ingena kuwo uMzi kaDavide, uMikali, intombi kaSawule, wakhangela ngaphantsi ngefestile, wabona ukumkani uDavide etsiba engqungqa phambi koBawo wethu—wamdela entliziyweni yakhe. ¹⁷Bayingenisa ityeya kaBawo wethu, bayibeka endaweni yayo phakathi ententeni uDavide ayimise yona, waza uDavide wanyusa amadini anyukayo namadini oxolo phambi koBawo wethu. ¹⁸Wathi uDavide, akugqiba ukunyusa amadini anyukayo namadini oxolo, wabasikelela abantu egameni likaBawo wemikhosi. ¹⁹Wababela bonke abantu—yonke inkitha yakwaSirayeli, indoda nomfazi ngokufanayo—elowo wamnika isonka, nesicumba seedatilisi, nesicumba seerasintyisi. Bemka ke bonke, elowo waya kowakowabo umzi.

²⁰Kwathi, akubuya uDavide ukuba asikelele indlu yakhe, waphuma uMikali intombi kaSawule emkhawulela, wathi: “Haw, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uzizukise kangakanani na namhlanje, etyhila ubuze bakhe emehlweni abakhonzazana bendlu yakhe, njengokuba enokwenza nawuphi na umntu ongenasidima etyhila ubuze bakhe ngokungenanhloni!”

²¹Wathi uDavide kuMikali: “Yayiphambi koBawo wethu, owandinyulayo kunoyihlo nendlu yakhe yonke, ukuba ndibe ngumlawuli wabantu bakaBawo wethu, amaSirayeli. Ngoko ndiya kuvuya phambi kwakhe. ²²Ndiya kuzithoba ngokungaphezulu kunoko, ndibe phantsi emehlweni am; kodwa kubakhonzazana obathethileyo, ndiya kuzukiswa kubo.”

²³Ke uMikali, intombi kaSawule, akabanga namntwana, kwada kwayimini yokufa kwakhe.