U-Amnoni udlwengula udadewabo uThamari
U-Amnoni wenza sengathi uyagula ukuze athole udadewabo ngayise uThamari eyedwa, amdlwengule, bese emzonda futhi akhiye umnyango ngemuva kwakhe. UThamari udabula ingubo yakhe aphile esizungu endlini ka-Absalomu. UDavide uthukuthele kakhulu kodwa akenzi lutho; ngemuva kweminyaka emibili u-Absalomu ubulalisa u-Amnoni edilini lokugunda izimvu, abaleke.
13 1Kwathi emva kwalokhu, u-Abisalomu indodana kaDavide wayenodadewabo omuhle, igama lakhe linguThamari; u-Amnoni indodana kaDavide wamthanda. 2U-Amnoni wakhathazeka kakhulu ngenxa kadadewabo uThamari waze wazigulisa; wayeyintombi, u-Amnoni akabonanga ndlela yokusondela kuye. 3U-Amnoni wayenomngane ogama lakhe linguJonadabi, indodana kaShimeya umfowabo kaDavide; uJonadabi wayenobuqili obukhulu. 4Wambuza u-Amnoni wathi: “Kungani wonda kangaka ukusa ngokusa, ndodana yenkosi? Awungitsheli yini?” U-Amnoni wathi: “Ngithanda uThamari, udadewabo kamfowethu u-Abisalomu.”
5UJonadabi wathi: “Lala embhedeni uzenze ogulayo. Lapho uyihlo efika ezokubona, umtshele uthi: ‘Ngicela uThamari udadewethu angiphe ukudla. Makenze ukudla lapho ngingambona khona, ukuze ngidle ngesandla sakhe.’”
6U-Amnoni walala wazenza ogulayo. Lapho inkosi ifika izombona, u-Amnoni wathi: “Makeze uThamari udadewethu angenzele amaqebelengwane amabili ngibukele, ukuze ngidle ngesandla sakhe.”
7UDavide wathumela izwi kuThamari esigodlweni wathi: “Hamba uye endlini kamfowenu u-Amnoni umenzele ukudla.” 8UThamari waya endlini kamfowabo u-Amnoni, lapho ayelele khona. Wathatha inhlama, wayixova, wabumba amaqebelengwane phambi kwakhe, wawapheka. 9Wathatha ipani wamphakela, kodwa wala ukudla. U-Amnoni wathi: “Khipha wonke umuntu.” Ngakho bonke baphuma kuye. 10U-Amnoni wathi kuThamari: “Lethela ukudla ekamelweni lokulala, ukuze ngidle ngesandla sakho.” UThamari wathatha amaqebelengwane ayewenzile, wawaletha kumfowabo u-Amnoni ekamelweni lokulala. 11Kuthe lapho ewasondeza ukuba adle, wambamba wathi: “Woza ulale nami, dadewethu.”
12Wathi: “Cha, mfowethu! Ungangiphoqi. Into enjalo ayenziwa kwa-Israyeli. Ungayenzi le nto eyihlazo. 13Mina-ke, bengiyokuyisaphi ihlazo lami? Nawe, ubuyakuba njengomunye weziwula ezidelelekayo kwa-Israyeli. Ngiyacela, khuluma nenkosi; ngeke ingigodle kuwe.”
14Kodwa wala ukulalela; njengoba wayenamandla kunaye, wamphoqa walala naye. 15Khona-ke u-Amnoni wamzonda ngenzondo enkulu—enkulu kunothando ayekade enalo kuye. Wathi kuye: “Sukuma uphume!”
16Wathi: “Cha, ukungixosha kuyinto embi kakhulu kunalokho osewukwenzile kimi.” Kodwa wala ukulalela.
17Wabiza inceku yakhe wathi: “Khipha lo wesifazane lapha, uvale umnyango ngomgoqo emva kwakhe.”
18Wayegqoke isembatho eside esihlotshisiweyo, okwakuyingubo yamadodakazi enkosi ayeyizintombi ngalezo zinsuku. Inceku yakhe yamkhiphela ngaphandle, yavala umnyango ngomgoqo emva kwakhe. 19UThamari wathela umlotha ekhanda lakhe, wadabula isembatho eside esihlotshisiweyo ayesigqokile. Wabeka isandla sakhe ekhanda lakhe, wahamba ekhala kakhulu njengoba ehamba. 20Umfowabo u-Abisalomu wathi: “Kambe u-Amnoni umfowenu ube nawe yini? Thula manje, dadewethu; ungumfowenu. Ungakufaki enhliziyweni lokhu.” Ngakho uThamari wahlala engowesifazane onosizi, eyedwa, endlini kamfowabo u-Abisalomu.
21Lapho inkosi uDavide izwa konke lokhu, yathukuthela kakhulu. 22U-Abisalomu akashongo lutho ku-Amnoni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi okuhle noma okubi, ngokuba wayemzonda ngenxa yokuthi wayedlwengule udadewabo uThamari.
U-Abisalomu uphindiselela udadewabo uThamari
23Emva kweminyaka emibili egcwele, u-Abisalomu wayenabagundi bezimvu eBhali Hazori eduze ne-Efrayimi, wamema wonke amadodana enkosi. 24U-Abisalomu waya enkosini wathi: “Inceku yakho inabagundi bezimvu. Inkosi nezinceku zayo bangahamba yini nami?”
25Inkosi yathi ku-Abisalomu: “Cha, ndodana yami, akufanele sihambe sonke, funa sibe umthwalo kuwe.” Nakuba u-Abisalomu wayincenga, ayizange ihambe kodwa yambusisa.
26U-Abisalomu wathi: “Uma kungenjalo, ngicela umfowethu u-Amnoni ahambe nathi.” Inkosi yambuza yathi: “Kungani kufanele ahambe nawe?”
27Kodwa u-Abisalomu wayiphoqelela, ngakho yavumela u-Amnoni nawo wonke amadodana enkosi ukuba bahambe naye. 28U-Abisalomu wayala izinceku zakhe wathi: “Qaphelani kahle. Lapho iwayini selijabulisa u-Amnoni futhi mina ngithi, ‘Shayani u-Amnoni,’ nimbulale. Ningesabi. Angithi yimina onginiyalile? Yibani namandla nibe nesibindi.”
29Izinceku zika-Abisalomu zenza ku-Amnoni njengokuyala kuka-Abisalomu. Khona-ke wonke amadodana enkosi asukuma, yilowo nalowo wagibela umnyuzi wakhe, abaleka.
30Besesendleleni, uDavide wezwa kuthiwa: “U-Abisalomu ubulele wonke amadodana enkosi; akusele noyedwa.”
31Inkosi yasukuma, yadabula izingubo zayo, yalala phansi; zonke izinceku zayo zazimi eceleni, izingubo zazo zidatshuliwe. 32Kodwa uJonadabi indodana kaShimeya umfowabo kaDavide wathi: “Inkosi yami mayingacabangi ukuthi babulele onke amajaha, amadodana enkosi. Nguye kuphela u-Amnoni ofileyo. U-Abisalomu wayekuhlosile lokhu kusukela ngosuku adlwengula ngalo u-Amnoni udadewabo uThamari. 33Inkosi yami, inkosi, mayingakufaki enhliziyweni, icabanga ukuthi onke amadodana enkosi afile. Nguye kuphela u-Amnoni ofileyo.”
34Kusenjalo u-Abisalomu wayebalekile. Insizwa eyayilinda yaphakamisa amehlo yabona abantu abaningi beza bezehla ngomgwaqo oseqeleni lentaba ngemuva kwayo. 35UJonadabi wathi enkosini: “Bheka, amadodana enkosi asefikile. Kunjengoba nje inceku yakho ishilo.” 36Kwathi eseqeda ukukhuluma, amadodana enkosi afika ekhala kakhulu; inkosi nezinceku zayo zonke nazo zakhala kabuhlungu kakhulu.
37U-Abisalomu wabaleka waya kuThalmayi indodana ka-Amihudi, inkosi yaseGeshuri. UDavide wayililela indodana yakhe usuku nosuku. 38Emva kokuba u-Abisalomu ebalekile waya eGeshuri, wahlala khona iminyaka emithathu. 39Inhliziyo yenkosi uDavide yayilangazelela ukuya ku-Abisalomu, ngokuba wayeseduduzekile emva kokufa kuka-Amnoni.
