U-Israyeli Unquma Ukufuna uBaba wethu
UDavide ubonisana nabo bonke futhi uthutha umphongolo kaBaba wethu owawunganakwanga ngenqola entsha. Lapho izinkabi zikhubeka no-Uza ewusimamisa, ufela khona lapho. UDavide uqala ngokuthukuthela, bese kuba ukwesaba, futhi umphongolo ubekwa endlini ka-Obede-edomi — lapho umndeni ubusiswa khona.
13 1UDavide wabonisana nezinduna zezinkulungwane nezamakhulu, nabo bonke abaholi. 2UDavide wathi kulo lonke ibandla lika-Israyeli: “Uma kubonakala kukuhle kini, futhi uma kuvela kuBaba wethu, masithumele izwi lifinyelele kude nakuzo zonke izindawo kubafowethu abaseleyo kuwo wonke amazwe ka-Israyeli, kanye nabo abapristi namaLevi emizini yabo nasemadlelweni abo, ukuba babuthane kithi. 3Masibuyisele kithi umphongolo kaBaba wethu, ngokuba asizange siwufune ezinsukwini zikaSawule.”
4Lonke ibandla lavuma ukwenza kanjalo, ngokuba kwakubonakala kukuhle kubo bonke abantu.
5UDavide wabutha wonke u-Israyeli kusukela eShihori laseGibhithe kuze kufike eLebo-hamati, ukuze alethe umphongolo kaBaba wethu uvela eKiriyati-jeyarimi.
6UDavide nawo wonke u-Israyeli benyukela eBhahala, eKiriyati-jeyarimi kwaJuda, ukuze bakhuphule khona umphongolo kaBaba wethu, ohlezi phezu kwamakherubi, lapho kumenyezelwa khona iGama lakhe. 7Bathwala umphongolo kaBaba wethu ngenqola entsha bewususa endlini ka-Abhinadabi; u-Uza no-Ahiyo bebeqhuba inqola. 8UDavide nawo wonke u-Israyeli bajabula phambi kukaBaba wethu ngawo onke amandla abo—izingoma, amachacho, imihubhe, izigubhu, izinsimbi ezincencethayo, namacilongo.
9Kwathi lapho befika esibuyeni sokubhulela sikaKhidoni, u-Uza welulela isandla sakhe ukuze abambe umphongolo, ngokuba izinkabi zakhubeka. 10Lwaseluvutha ulaka lukaBaba wethu ku-Uza, wamshaya ngenxa yokwelulela isandla sakhe emphongolweni; wafela khona lapho phambi kukaBaba wethu. 11UDavide wathukuthela ngoba uBaba wethu wafohlela u-Uza, ngakho leyo ndawo ibizwa ngokuthi iPherezi-uza kuze kube namuhla. 12UDavide wamesaba uBaba wethu ngalolo suku, wathi: “Ngingawuletha kanjani umphongolo kaBaba wethu kimi?” 13Ngakho uDavide akawulethanga umphongolo emzini kaDavide; wawuphambukisela endlini ka-Obede-edomi umGiti. 14Umphongolo kaBaba wethu wahlala nomndeni ka-Obede-edomi endlini yakhe izinyanga ezintathu, uBaba wethu wawubusisa umndeni ka-Obede-edomi nakho konke ayenakho.
