1 IZikhronike 12

12 ¹Laba ngamadoda afika kuDavida eZikilagi ngesikhathi esavinjelwe ebusweni bukaSawule indodana kaKishi—amaqhawe anamandla amsiza empini. ²Ayehlome ngemicibisholo, ekwazi ukujikijela amatshe nokucibishela imicibisholo ngesandla sokunene nangesokhohlo—angamaBhenjamini, izihlobo zikaSawule. ³U-Ahiyezeri induna, bese kuba u-Jowashi, amadodana kaShemahi waseGibeya; uJeziyeli noPheleti, amadodana ka-Azimaveti; uBerakha; uJehu wase-Anathoti; ⁴U-Ishmaya waseGibeyoni, iqhawe elinamandla phakathi kwabangamashumi amathathu, umlawuli phezu kwabangamashumi amathathu; uJeremiya, uJahaziyeli, uJohanani, uJozabadi waseGedera; ⁵U-Eluzayi, uJerimoti, uBeyaliya, uShemariya, noShefathiya umHarufi; ⁶U-Elkana, u-Ishiya, u-Azareli, uJowezeri, noJashobeyamu, amaKora; ⁷noJowela noZebadiya, amadodana kaJerohamu waseGedori.

⁸Abanye bamaGadi bahlubukela kuDavida enqabeni yasehlane—amaqhawe anamandla aqeqeshelwe impi, aneluleka ngehawu nomkhonto, ubuso bawo bunjengobebhubesi, enejubane njengezinsephe ezintabeni. ⁹U-Ezeri wayeyinduna, u-Obadiya engowesibili, u-Eliyabi engowesithathu, ¹⁰uMishmana engowesine, uJeremiya engowesihlanu, ¹¹u-Athayi engowesithupha, u-Eliyeli engowesikhombisa, ¹²uJohanani engowesishiyagalombili, u-Elizabadi engowesishiyagalolunye, ¹³uJeremiya engoweshumi, uMakbanayi engoweshumi nanye. ¹⁴La maGadi ayeyizinduna zempi; omncane kunabo wayelingana nabangu-100, omkhulu kunabo wayelingana nabangu-1 000. ¹⁵Yiwo lawa madoda awela iJordani ngenyanga yokuqala, ngesikhathi ligcwele liphuphuma ezinhlangothini zalo zonke, ahlakaza bonke ababesezigodini, empumalanga nasentshonalanga.

¹⁶Abanye bamadoda akwaBhenjamini nakwaJuda nabo bafika kuDavida enqabeni. ¹⁷UDavida waphuma wayobahlangabeza wathi kubo: “Uma nize kimi ngokuthula ukuze ningisize, inhliziyo yami iyohlangana nani; kodwa uma nize ukuzongikhaphela ezitheni zami, nakuba izandla zami zingenabo ubudlova, sengathi uNkulunkulu wobaba bethu angakubona anahlulele.” ¹⁸Khona-ke uMoya kaBaba wethu wambemba u-Amasayi, induna yabangamashumi amathathu, owathi: “Singabakho, Davida! Sinawe, ndodana kaJese! Ukuthula, ukuthula kuwe, ukuthula kubasizi bakho, ngokuba uYihlo uyakusiza.” UDavida wabamukela, wabenza izinduna zeviyo lakhe lokuhlasela.

¹⁹Abanye bakwaManase bahlubukela kuDavida ngesikhathi ephuma namaFilisti ukulwa noSawule. Kodwa uDavida namadoda akhe abazange basize amaFilisti—emva kokucebisana, ababusi bamaFilisti bammukisa uDavida, bathi: “Uyohlubukela enkosini yakhe uSawule, kusilahlekise amakhanda ethu.” ²⁰Ngesikhathi eya eZikilagi, laba bakwaManase bahlubukela kuye: u-Adina, uJozabadi, uJediyaheli, uMikhayeli, uJozabadi, u-Elihu, noZilethayi—izinduna zezinkulungwane zakwaManase. ²¹Basiza uDavida ekulweni nezigebengu, ngokuba bonke babengamaqhawe anamandla, baba yizinduna empini yakhe. ²²Usuku nosuku amadoda ayefika ezosiza uDavida, waze waba nebutho elikhulu njengebutho likaBaba wethu.

²³Lezi yizibalo zamadoda ayehlomele impi afika kuDavida eHebroni ukuze adlulisele umbuso kaSawule kuye, njengokuba uBaba wethu wayeshilo, ²⁴abakwaJuda, bephethe ihawu nomkhonto—abangu-6 800 behlomele impi; ²⁵abakwaSimeyoni, amaqhawe anamandla alungele impi—abangu-7 100; ²⁶abakwaLevi—abangu-4 600, ²⁷kanye noJehoyada, umholi wendlu ka-Aroni, kukhona nabangu-3 700 ndawonye naye, ²⁸noZadoki, insizwa eyiqhawe elinesibindi, kanye nezikhulu ezingamashumi amabili nambili zasendlini yakhe. ²⁹AbakwaBhenjamini, izihlobo zikaSawule—abangu-3 000; iningi labo lalisathembekile endlini kaSawule, ³⁰abakwa-Efrayimi—abangu-20 800, amaqhawe anamandla, amadoda adumile ezindlini zawo; ³¹abohhafu wesizwe sakwaManase—abangu-18 000, abaqanjwa ngamagama ukuba beze benze uDavida inkosi; ³²abakwa-Isakari: izinduna ezingu-200 ezaziqonda izikhathi, zazi lokho u-Israyeli okwakufanele akwenze, kanye nazo zonke izihlobo zabo ezazingaphansi kwamazwi azo. ³³abakwaZebuloni: amabutho afundele impi angu-50 000, ehlonyiswe ngazo zonke izikhali zempi, elungele ukusiza uDavida ngenhliziyo yonke, ³⁴abakwaNafetali—izikhulu ezingu-1 000, kukhona nabangu-37 000 amadoda ephethe ihawu nomkhonto; ³⁵abakwaDani—amadoda angu-28 600 alungele impi; ³⁶abakwa-Asheri—amabutho afundele impi angu-40 000 alungele ukulwa; ³⁷abavela ngasempumalanga yeJordani—abakwaRubeni, abakwaGadi, nohhafu wesizwe sakwaManase—abangu-120 000, behlome ngazo zonke izikhali zempi.

³⁸Bonke laba babengamabutho ahlelwe ngendlela yempi afika eHebroni ngenhliziyo yonke ukuba enze uDavida inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke; nabanye bonke abakwa-Israyeli babenhliziyonye yokwenza uDavida inkosi. ³⁹Bahlala lapho izinsuku ezintathu noDavida, bedla benatha; izihlobo zabo zase zibalungisele ukudla. ⁴⁰Omakhelwane babo kude kwaze kwafika kwa-Isakari, kwaZebuloni, nakwaNafetali baletha ukudla ngezimbongolo, ngamakamela, ngeminyuzi, nangezinkabi—ufulawa, amaqebelengwane amakhiwane, amaqebelengwane amagilebhisi omisiwe, iwayini, amafutha, izinkomo, nezimvu ngobuningi, ngokuba kwakukhona injabulo kwa-Israyeli.