2 USamuweli 11

11 ¹Entwasahlobo, ngesikhathi amakhosi ephuma eyolwa impi, uDavide wathumela uJowabe nezinceku zakhe kanye no-Israyeli wonke. Babachitha ama-Amoni bavimbezela iRabha. Kodwa uDavide wasala eJerusalema. ²Ngenye intambama uDavide wavuka embhedeni wakhe wahamba phezu kophahla lwendlu yenkosi. Esuka lapho wabona owesifazane egeza; wayemuhle kakhulu. ³UDavide wathumela ukuyobuza ngalowo wesifazane. Omunye wathi: “Akusiye yini lo uBhatisheba, indodakazi ka-Eliyamu, umka-Uriya umHeti?”

⁴UDavide wathumela izithunywa wayithatha. Weza kuye, walala naye—wayesanda ukuzihlanza ekungcoleni kwakhe—wabe esebuyela ekhaya. ^a a v4 Umthetho kaMose wawufuna ukuba owesifazane enze imikhosi yokuhlanzeka ngemva kwesikhathi sakhe senyanga ngaphambi kokuba aphinde aqale impilo ejwayelekile (bheka uLevitikusi 15:19–28). ⁵Lowo wesifazane wakhulelwa, wathumela izwi kuDavide, wathi: “Ngikhulelwe.”

⁶UDavide wathumela izwi kuJowabe, wathi: “Ngithumelele u-Uriya umHeti.” UJowabe wamthuma u-Uriya kuDavide. ⁷Kwathi u-Uriya efika kuye, uDavide wabuza ngoJowabe, ngamabutho, nangokuthi impi yayihamba kanjani. ⁸UDavide wathi ku-Uriya: “Yehlela endlini yakho ugeze izinyawo zakho.” U-Uriya waphuma esigodlweni, inkosi yathumela isipho ngemva kwakhe. ⁹U-Uriya walala emnyango wendlu yenkosi kanye nazo zonke izinceku zenkosi yakhe, akehlelanga endlini yakhe. ¹⁰Esetsheliwe ukuthi u-Uriya akayanga ekhaya, uDavide wambuza: “Awuveli yini ohambweni? Kungani ungayanga ekhaya?”

¹¹U-Uriya wathi kuDavide: “Umphongolo, no-Israyeli, noJuda bahlala emathendeni, inkosi yami uJowabe namadoda enkosi yami bakanisile endle evulekile. Ngingaya yini ekhaya ukuyodla, ngiphuze, ngilale nomkami? Kuphila kwakho, nokuphila komphefumulo wakho, ngeke ngikwenze lokhu.”

¹²UDavide wathi ku-Uriya: “Hlala lapha nanamuhla, kusasa ngizokubuyisela.” Ngakho u-Uriya wahlala eJerusalema ngalolo suku nangolulandelayo. ¹³UDavide wammema, wadla waphuza naye, uDavide wamdakisa. Kodwa ngaleyo ntambama u-Uriya waphuma wayolala ecansini lakhe kanye nezinceku zenkosi yakhe; akayanga ekhaya.

¹⁴Ekuseni uDavide wabhalela uJowabe incwadi wayinika u-Uriya ukuba ayiyise. ¹⁵Wabhala encwadini: “Beka u-Uriya phambili lapho impi ishuba khona, bese nihlehla kuye, ukuze ashaywe afe.”

¹⁶Ngesikhathi uJowabe evimbezela umuzi, wambeka u-Uriya lapho ayazi khona ukuthi kukhona amaqhawe anamandla kakhulu. ¹⁷Amadoda omuzi aphuma alwa noJowabe, ezinye izinceku zikaDavide zawa. No-Uriya umHeti wafa. ¹⁸UJowabe wabe esethumela izwi watshela uDavide zonke izindaba zempi. ¹⁹Wayala isithunywa, wathi: “Lapho usuqedile ukutshela inkosi zonke izindaba zempi, ²⁰uma intukuthelo yenkosi ivutha ibuze, ithi: ‘Kungani nilwe niseduze kangaka nomuzi? Beningazi yini ukuthi babezocibishela besodongeni? ²¹Ngubani owabulala u-Abhimeleki indodana kaJerubhesheti? Akumuwesifazane yini owaphonsa itshe lokugaya eliphezulu phezu kwakhe esuka odongeni, waze wafela eThebezi? Kungani nisondele kangaka odongeni?’—bese uthi, Inceku yakho u-Uriya umHeti ifile nayo.” ^b b v21 UJerubhesheti ngelinye igama likaGideyoni; indaba yetshe lokugaya ilotshwe ku-Abahluleli 9:50–54.

²²Ngakho isithunywa sahamba, safika, satshela uDavide konke uJowabe ayesithume ukuba akusho. ²³Isithunywa satshela uDavide, sathi: “Amadoda asinqoba aphuma asisukela endle, kodwa sawabuyisela emuva saze safika emnyango wesango. ²⁴Abacibisheli bacibishela izinceku zakho besodongeni, ezinye izinceku zenkosi zafa. Nenceku yakho u-Uriya umHeti ifile nayo.”

²⁵UDavide wathi kusithunywa: “Tshela uJowabe uthi: ‘Lokhu makungakukhathazi, ngokuba inkemba iyamqeda lo njengoba iqeda lowaya. Hlasela umuzi ngamandla amakhulu uwuchithe.’ Umkhuthaze.”

²⁶Lapho umka-Uriya ezwa ukuthi u-Uriya umyeni wakhe ufile, wamlilela umyeni wakhe. ²⁷Kwathi lapho ukulila sekuphelile, uDavide wathumela wayobiza, wamletha ekhaya, waba ngumkakhe wamzalela indodana. Kodwa lokho uDavide ayekwenzile kwakukubi emehlweni kaBaba wethu.