Umnqophiso kaBawo wethu noDavide

UDavide ufuna ukwakhela uBawo wethu indlu yemisedare. Impendulo iyayiguqula: uBawo wethu uya kumakhela uDavide indlu, inzala etrone yayo iya kuma ngonaphakade—ndiya kuba nguYise, aze abe ngunyana wam. UDavide wahlala phantsi, wayibuyisela ngomthandazo emangalisiwe.

Isahluko 7.

Xa ukumkani wayehleli endlwini yakhe, waza uBawo wethu wamnika ukuphumla ezintshabeni zakhe zonke eziningqongileyo, ukumkani wathi kuNatan umprofeti: “Khawubone, mna ndihleli endlwini yemisedare, kodwa ityeya kaBawo wethu ihleli ententeni.”

UNatan wathi kukumkani: “Hamba, wenze konke okusentliziyweni yakho, kuba uBawo wethu unawe.”

Kodwa kwangobu busuku lafika ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuNatan, lisithi:

“Hamba uye kumxelela umkhonzi wam uDavide, uthi: Utsho uBawo ukuthi: ‘Nguwe na oya kundakhela indlu yokuhlala? Andizange ndihlale endlwini, kususela kwimini endawakhuphulayo amaSirayeli eYiputa kude kube ngoku, kodwa bendihamba ndisuka kwenye indawo ndisiya kwenye, ndinentente eyindawo yam yokuhlala.’ Kuyo yonke indawo endihamba kuyo nawo onke amaSirayeli, ndakha ndalithetha na ilizwi kwiyiphi na inkulu endiyiwiselayo umthetho ukuba yaluse abantu bam, ndathi, ‘Yini na ukuba ningandakheli indlu yemisedare?’ Ngoku ke yithi kumkhonzi wam uDavide: Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini ukuthi: ‘Mna ndakuthabatha edlelweni, ekulandeleni umhlambi, ukuba ube ngumlawuli wabantu bam amaSirayeli. Ndaba nawe nakweyiphi na indawo owawusiya kuyo, ndaza ndazinqumla zonke iintshaba zakho phambi kwakho. Igama lakho ndiya kulenza likhulu, njengamagama amakhulu asehlabathini. Ndiya kumisela abantu bam amaSirayeli indawo, ndibatyale khona ukuze bahlale bengaphazamiseki endaweni yabo. Amadoda angabaxhwilayo akasayi kubacudisa njengakuqala, kususela kwimini endamisa ngayo abagwebi phezu kwabantu bam amaSirayeli. Ndiya kukunika ukuphumla ezintshabeni zakho zonke. Kananjalo uBawo wakho uyakuxelela ukuba uya kukwenzela indlu. Xa iphela imihla yakho, waza waphumla kooyihlo, ndiya kuvelisa inzala yakho emva kwakho, ephuma esinqeni sakho, ndibuqinise ubukumkani bakhe. Yena uya kulakhela indlu igama lam, nam ndoyimisa itrone yobukumkani bakhe ngonaphakade. Mna ndiya kuba nguYise, naye uya kuba ngunyana wam. Xa esona, ndiya kumqeqesha ngentonga yomntu, ngemivumbo yezandla zabantu, kodwa inceba yam ayiyi kumka kuye, njengokuba ndayisusayo kuSawule, endamsusayo phambi kwakho. Indlu yakho nobukumkani bakho buya kuma ngonaphakade phambi kwam; itrone yakho iya kumiswa ngonaphakade.’”

UNatan wamxelela uDavide onke la mazwi nalo mbono uphela.

UDavide ubulela phambi koBawo wakhe

Waza ke ukumkani uDavide wangena wahlala phambi koBawo wethu, wathi: “Ndingubani na mna, Nkosi Bawo, iyintoni na indlu yam, ukuba undizise kangaka? Ngokungathi oku kuyinto encinane emehlweni akho, Nkosi Bawo, uthethe nangendlu yomkhonzi wakho ngexesha elizayo kude kuse. Yindlela yakho na le ngabantu bonke, Nkosi Bawo? Angathini na uDavide ukuphinda athethe nawe? Kuba wena uyamazi umkhonzi wakho, Nkosi Bawo. Ngenxa yelizwi lakho nangokwentliziyo yakho, wenze bonke obu bukhulu, wabazisa umkhonzi wakho. Ngoko umkhulu wena, Nkosi Bawo. Akukho namnye onjengawe, akukho Thixo ngaphandle kwakho, ngako konke esikuvileyo ngeendlebe zethu. Ngubani na onjengabantu bakho amaSirayeli, uhlanga olunye ehlabathini olwaya uBawo wethu kulo ukuba aluhlangule lube ngabantu bakhe, azenzele igama, akwenzele izinto ezinkulu nezoyikekayo—egxotha iintlanga noothixo bazo phambi kwabantu bakho, owabahlangulayo kuwe eYiputa? Wabenza abantu bakho amaSirayeli baba ngabakho ngonaphakade, waza wena, Bawo wethu, waba nguBawo wabo.

Ngoku ke, Bawo wethu, gcina ngonaphakade ilizwi olithethileyo ngomkhonzi wakho nangendlu yakhe, wenze njengoko uthethileyo.’ Igama lakho liya kuba likhulu ngonaphakade, baze abantu bathi, ‘UBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini unguThixo phezu kwamaSirayeli.’ Indlu yomkhonzi wakho uDavide iya kuma phambi kwakho. Kuba wena, Bawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, Thixo wamaSirayeli, uyityhilile le nto kumkhonzi wakho, usithi: ‘Ndiya kukwakhela indlu.’ Ngenxa yoko umkhonzi wakho ufumene isibindi sokukuthandazela lo mthandazo.

Ngoku ke, Nkosi Bawo, wena unguThixo, amazwi akho ayinyaniso, uthembise ngale nto ilungileyo kumkhonzi wakho. Ngoko ke, nceda uyisikelele indlu yomkhonzi wakho, ukuze ime ngonaphakade phambi kwakho. Kuba wena, Nkosi Bawo, uthethile, kuze ngentsikelelo yakho indlu yomkhonzi wakho isikelelwe ngonaphakade.”