UMmangaleli Ushukumisela uDavide Ukuba Abale u-Israyeli
UMmangaleli uqhubezela uDavide ukuba abale amadoda akhe empi; uJowabe uyaphikisa kodwa akalalelwa. Abangamashumi ayisikhombisa ezinkulungwane bafa yisifo esibulalayo ngaphambi kokuba uDavide abone ingelosi kaBaba wethu futhi ancenge ukuthi izimvu azenzanga lutho. Uthenga isibuya ngentengo egcwele, enqaba ukunikela ngokungamlahlekisanga lutho.
21 1UMmangaleli wavukela u-Israyeli, washukumisela uDavide ukuba abale u-Israyeli. a a v1 UMmangaleli yigama i-FHB elibiza ngalo uSathane, isitha somoya esimelana nabantu bakaNkulunkulu. 2UDavide wathi kuJowabe nakubaholi bempi: “Hambani, nibale u-Israyeli kusukela eBherishebha kuze kufike eDani, nibuye nibike kimi, ukuze ngazi inani labo.”
3UJowabe wathi: “Sengathi uBaba wethu angabandisa abantu bakhe ngokuphindwe ngekhulu! Nkosi yami, nkosi, bonke laba akuzona yini izinceku zenkosi yami? Kungani inkosi yami ikucela lokhu? Kungani iletha icala phezu kuka-Israyeli?”
4Kodwa inkosi yaphikelela phezu kukaJowabe, ngakho uJowabe waphuma, wadabula lonke elakwa-Israyeli, wabe esefika eJerusalema. 5UJowabe wanika uDavide inani lokubalwa kwabantu: wonke u-Israyeli wayenamadoda ahlome ngenkemba ayisigidi esisodwa nezinkulungwane eziyikhulu, uJuda enezinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amane namashumi ayisikhombisa zamadoda ahlome ngenkemba. 6Akababalanga uLevi noBhenjamini, ngokuba uJowabe wayewenyanya umyalo wenkosi.
7Lokhu kwakukubi kakhulu emehlweni kaBaba wethu, ngakho wamshaya u-Israyeli. 8UDavide wabe esethi kuBaba wethu: “Ngonile kakhulu ngokwenza lokhu. Manje, ngiyakucela, susa icala lenceku yakho, ngokuba ngenze ngobuwula obukhulu.”
9UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuGadi, umboni kaDavide, wathi:
10Hamba uyothi kuDavide: “Usho kanje uYihlo: Ngikubekela phambi kwakho izinto ezintathu—khetha enye kuzo, ngizoyenza kuwe.”
11UGadi weza kuDavide, wathi kuye: “Usho kanje uBaba wethu: ‘Zikhethele, 12kungaba yiminyaka emithathu yendlala, noma izinyanga ezintathu ukhukhulwa phambi kwezitha zakho, inkemba yazo ikufica, noma izinsuku ezintathu zenkemba kaBaba wethu: isifo ezweni, ingelosi kaBaba wethu ibhubhisa kulo lonke izwe lakwa-Israyeli.’ Manje nquma ukuthi yimuphi impendulo engiyibuyisela kulowo ongithumileyo.”
13UDavide wathi kuGadi: “Ngisekuhluphekeni okukhulu. Mangiwele esandleni sikaBaba wethu, ngokuba isihawu sakhe sikhulu kakhulu—kodwa ngingaweli esandleni somuntu.”
14Ngakho uBaba wethu wathumela isifo ku-Israyeli, kwawa amadoda akwa-Israyeli ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa.
15UBaba wethu wathumela ingelosi ukuba ibhubhise iJerusalema; kodwa kuthi lapho ingelosi iyibhubhisa, uBaba wethu wabona, wazisola ngenxa yenhlekelele, wathi kuyo ingelosi: “Sekwanele! Yekisa isandla sakho.” Ingelosi kaBaba wethu yayimi ngasesibuyeni sika-Orinani umJebhusi.
16UDavide waphakamisa amehlo, wabona ingelosi kaBaba wethu imi phakathi komhlaba nezulu, inkemba ihoshiwe esandleni sayo, iyeluleka phezu kweJerusalema. UDavide namalunga, bembethe indwangu yamasaka, bawa ngobuso phansi. 17UDavide wathi kuBaba wethu: “Akumina yini engayala ukuba babalwe abantu? Yimina engonile, ngenza okubi okukhulu. Kodwa lezi zimvu—zenzeni? Awu, Baba wami, isandla sakho masibe phezu kwami naphezu kwendlu kababa, kungabi phezu kwabantu bakho ngesifo.” b b v17 UDavide, inkosi engumalusi, uncenga ukuba isijeziso siwele phezu kwakhe esikhundleni sabantu bakhe—kukhomba phambili kuJesu, uMalusi oMuhle owayezozithathela ngokuzithandela isahlulelo sabantu bakhe.
Kwakhiwa i-Altare; uBaba wethu Uphendula Ngomlilo
18Ingelosi kaBaba wethu yatshela uGadi ukuba athi uDavide akhuphuke, akhe i-altare likaBaba wethu esibuyeni sika-Orinani umJebhusi. 19Ngakho uDavide wakhuphuka ngokomyalo kaGadi, ayewukhulume egameni likaBaba wethu.
20U-Orinani waphenduka, wabona ingelosi; amadodana akhe amane ayenaye acasha. Wayebhula ukolweni. 21Kwathi uDavide efika ku-Orinani, u-Orinani wabheka, wabona uDavide, waphuma esibuyeni, wakhothamela uDavide, ubuso bakhe buphansi.
22UDavide wathi ku-Orinani: “Nginike le ndawo yesibuya ukuze ngakhe kuyo i-altare likaBaba wethu; nginike yona ngentengo egcwele, ukuze isifo sivinjwe ebantwini.”
23U-Orinani wathi kuDavide: “Yithathe. Inkosi yami, inkosi, mayenze lokho ekubona kufanele. Bheka, nginikela ngezinkabi zibe ngumnikelo oshiswayo, nezixhobo zokubhula zibe yizinkuni, nokolweni ube ngumnikelo wokudla—nginikela ngakho konke.”
24Kodwa iNkosi uDavide yathi ku-Orinani: “Cha, ngizoyithenga nokuyithenga ngentengo egcwele. Angiyikuthatha okungokwakho ngikunikele kuBaba wethu, noma nginikele ngeminikelo eshiswayo engangibiza lutho.”
25Ngakho uDavide wakhokhela u-Orinani cishe amaphawundi egolide ayishumi nanhlanu ngaleyo ndawo. 26UDavide wakha lapho i-altare likaBaba wethu, wanikela ngeminikelo eshiswayo neyokuthula, wabiza uBaba wethu, owamphendula ngomlilo ovela ezulwini phezu kwe-altare lomnikelo oshiswayo.
27UBaba wethu wabe eseyala ingelosi, yabuyisela inkemba yayo emgodleni wayo.
28Ngaleso sikhathi, lapho uDavide ebona ukuthi uBaba wethu umphendule esibuyeni sika-Orinani umJebhusi, wanikela khona imihlatshelo. 29UMose wayelenze itabernakele likaBaba wethu ehlane; lona, kanye ne-altare lomnikelo oshiswayo, lalimi ngaleso sikhathi endaweni ephakeme yaseGibeyoni. 30UDavide wayengekwazi ukuya khona ukuba afune uBaba wethu, ngokuba wayesaba inkemba yengelosi kaBaba wethu.
