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23 ¹Nanka-ke amazwi okugcina kaDavide. Isiprofetho sikaDavide indodana kaJese, isiprofetho somuntu owaphakanyiselwa phezulu, owagcotshwa nguNkulunkulu kaJakobe, uBaba wethu, umhlabeleli othandekayo wezingoma zakwa-Israyeli: ^a a v1 Isiprofetho yizwi lesiprofetho eliphefumulelwe; uDavide ukhuluma lapha njengomuntu oqhutshwa nguMoya kaNkulunkulu. ²uMoya kaBaba wethu wakhuluma ngami; izwi lakhe lalisolimini lwami.

³uBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, ukhulumile; iDwala lakwa-Israyeli lathi kimi: “Lapho umuntu ebusa abantu ngokulunga, ebusa ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu,

⁴unjengokukhanya kwasekuseni lapho ilanga liphuma entathakusa engenamafu, njengokukhanya emva kwemvula okumilisa utshani emhlabeni.

⁵Akunjalo yini indlu yami kuBaba wethu? Ngokuba wenze nami isivumelwano esiphakade, esihlelwe kukho konke futhi esivikelekile. Akayikukufeza yini konke ukusindiswa kwami kanye nazo zonke izifiso zami? ⁶Kodwa abantu abangelusizo bonke banjengameva alahliweyo, ngokuba ngeke acoshwe ngezandla ezingenalutho. ⁷Lowo ofuna ukuwathinta uzihlomisa ngensimbi nangomphini womkhonto, bese ashiswa ngomlilo khona lapho.”

Amaqhawe kaDavide

⁸Nanka amagama amaqhawe kaDavide: uJoshebi-Bashebeti umThakemoni, induna yabathathu, waphakamisa umkhonto wakhe wamelana namadoda angama-800, wawabulala ngasikhathi sinye. ⁹Owalandela kwaba ngu-Eleyazare indodana kaDodo umAhohi, omunye wamaqhawe amathathu ayenoDavide lapho beklolodela amaFilisti ayebuthene impi khona, kwathi amadoda akwa-Israyeli ahlehla. ¹⁰Wasukuma, wawashaya amaFilisti waze wakhathala isandla sakhe sanamathela enkembeni. uBaba wethu waletha ukunqoba okukhulu ngalolo suku, kwathi amabutho abuya emva kwakhe kuphela ukuyophanga abafileyo. ¹¹Owalandela kwaba nguShama indodana ka-Age umHarari. AmaFilisti abuthana eLehi, ensimini eyayigcwele izindlubu, kwathi amabutho awabalekela. ¹²Kodwa uShama wema phakathi kwensimu, wayivikela, wawabulala amaFilisti. uBaba wethu waletha ukunqoba okukhulu.

¹³Ngesikhathi sokuvuna abathathu kubo abangamashumi amathathu ababeyizinduna behlela kuDavide emhumeni wase-Adulamu, kuyilapho iviyo lamaFilisti lalimise eSigodini saseRefayimi. ¹⁴Ngaleso sikhathi uDavide wayesenqabeni, kwathi ibutho lamaFilisti laliseBhetlehema. ¹⁵uDavide walangazelela amanzi wathi: “Sengathi umuntu angangiphuzisa amanzi omthombo oseduze kwesango eBhetlehema!”

¹⁶Ngakho lawo maqhawe amathathu afohla ekamu lamaFilisti, akha amanzi emthonjeni waseBhetlehema oseduze kwesango, awaletha kuDavide. Kodwa wenqaba ukuwaphuza; wawathululela kuBaba wethu. ¹⁷Wathi: “Makube kude nami, Baba wami, ukuba ngenze lokhu! Akulona yini igazi lamadoda afake impilo yawo engozini?” Ngakho wenqaba ukuwaphuza. Yiyona-ke imisebenzi yamaqhawe amathathu.

¹⁸U-Abishayi, umfowabo kaJowabe, indodana kaSeruya, wayeyinduna yabangamashumi amathathu. Waphakamisa umkhonto wakhe wamelana namakhulu amathathu, wawabulala, waduma phakathi kwabathathu. ¹⁹Akahlonishwanga yini kakhulu kunabangamashumi amathathu? Waba ngumphathi wabo, nakuba engesiye omunye wabathathu.

²⁰UBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada wayeyindoda enesibindi yaseKabhizeyeli, umuntu wemisebenzi emikhulu. Wabulala amaqhawe amabili akwaMowabi. Wehlela emgodini ngosuku lweqhwa wabulala ibhubesi khona. ²¹Wabulala futhi umGibhithe omkhulu. UmGibhithe wayephethe umkhonto, kodwa uBhenaya weza kuye ephethe induku kuphela, wawuhlwitha umkhonto esandleni sakhe, wambulala ngowakhe umkhonto. ²²Yiyona-ke imisebenzi kaBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada, owazuza igama phakathi kwamaqhawe amathathu. ²³Wayehlonishwa kakhulu kunabangamashumi amathathu, kodwa wayengekho phakathi kwabathathu. uDavide wambeka phezu kwabaqaphi bakhe.

²⁴Phakathi kwabangamashumi amathathu kwakukhona: u-Asaheli umfowabo kaJowabe; u-Elhanani indodana kaDodo waseBhetlehema; ²⁵uShama umHarodi; u-Elika umHarodi; ²⁶uHelezi umPalti; u-Ira indodana ka-Ikheshi umThekowa; ²⁷u-Abhiyezeri umAnathothi; uMebhunayi umHushathi; ²⁸uZalimoni umAhohi; uMaharayi umNethofathi; ²⁹uHelebi indodana kaBhahana umNethofathi; u-Itayi indodana kaRibayi waseGibheya yabakwaBhenjamini; ³⁰uBhenaya umPirathoni; uHidayi wasemifudlaneni yaseGahashi; ³¹u-Abhi-alibhoni umArbhathi; u-Azimaveti umBharhumi; ³²u-Eliyahba umShahalibhoni; amadodana kaJasheni; uJonathani; ³³uShama umHarari; u-Ahiyamu indodana kaSharari umHarari; ³⁴u-Elifeleti indodana ka-Ahasibayi umMahakathi; u-Eliyamu indodana ka-Ahithofeli umGiloni; ³⁵uHeziro umKarmeli; uPaharayi umArbhi; ³⁶u-Igali indodana kaNathani waseZobha; uBhani umGadi; ³⁷uZeleki umAmoni; uNaharayi umBheyeroti, umthwali wezikhali zikaJowabe indodana kaSeruya; ³⁸u-Ira umIthri; uGarebi umIthri; ³⁹no-Uriya umHeti—bebonke bangamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa.