2 USamuweli 6

6 ¹Wabuye uDavida wabutha onke amadoda akhethiweyo akwa-Israyeli, ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu. ²UDavida wasuka nabo bonke abantu bakhe eBhahale-Juda ukuba bakhuphule khona lapho umphongolo kaBaba wethu, obizwa ngeGama, igama likaBaba wamabutho asezulwini, ohlezi phezu kwamakherubi. ³Bawubeka umphongolo kaBaba wethu enqoleni entsha, bawukhipha endlini ka-Abhinadaba esegqumeni; o-Uza no-Ahiyo, amadodana ka-Abhinadaba, bayiqhuba inqola entsha, ⁴kanye nomphongolo kaBaba wethu, u-Ahiyo wahamba phambi komphongolo.

⁵UDavida nayo yonke indlu yakwa-Israyeli babejabula phambi kukaBaba wethu ngawo wonke amandla abo—ngezingoma, ngamahabhu, ngezingubhu, ngezigubhu, ngezinsimbi ezincane, nangamasimbali.

⁶Kwathi lapho befika esibuyeni sokubhula sikaNakoni, u-Uza welula isandla wawubamba umphongolo kaBaba wethu, ngokuba izinkabi zase zikhubekile. ⁷Intukuthelo kaBaba wethu yamvuthela u-Uza; wamshaya khona lapho ngenxa yokungahloniphi kwakhe, wafela khona eceleni komphongolo kaBaba wethu. ^a a v7 UBaba wethu wayenikeze imiyalo ecophelelayo yokuthwala umphongolo; le nhlekelele yembula ubukhulu bokuba khona kwakhe okungcwele phakathi kwabantu bakhe, hhayi uBaba olangazelela ukushaya abantwana bakhe. ⁸UDavida wathukuthela ngokuba uBaba wethu wamfohlela u-Uza; leyo ndawo isabizwa ngokuthi yiPherezi-uza kuze kube namuhla. ^b b v8 IPherezi-uza lisho ukuthi “ukufohlela u-Uza” — leyo ndawo yaqanjwa ngalokho okwenzeka khona. ⁹UDavida wamesaba uBaba wethu ngalolo suku, wathi: “Ungafika kanjani kimi umphongolo kaBaba wethu?” ¹⁰UDavida wenqaba ukuwungenisa umphongolo kaBaba wethu eMzini kaDavida, kunalokho wawuyisa endlini ka-Obede-Edomi umGiti. ¹¹Umphongolo kaBaba wethu wahlala izinyanga ezintathu endlini ka-Obede-Edomi umGiti, uBaba wethu wambusisa u-Obede-Edomi nayo yonke indlu yakhe.

¹²Inkosi uDavida yatshelwa kwathiwa: “UBaba wethu uyibusisile indlu ka-Obede-Edomi nakho konke anakho ngenxa yomphongolo.” Ngakho uDavida wahamba wawukhuphula umphongolo kaBaba wethu endlini ka-Obede-Edomi wawuyisa emzini kaDavida ngokujabula.

¹³Kwathi labo abathwele umphongolo kaBaba wethu sebehambe izinyathelo eziyisithupha, uDavida wahlaba inkabi nenkonyane ekhuluphele. ¹⁴UDavida wasina phambi kukaBaba wethu ngawo wonke amandla akhe, egqoke i-efodi yelineni. ^c c v14 I-efodi yelineni yayiyingubo elula yobupristi — efanele ukukhonza, kodwa ingezona izembatho ezisemthethweni okwakulindeleke ukuba zigqokwe yinkosi. ¹⁵UDavida nayo yonke indlu yakwa-Israyeli bawukhuphula umphongolo kaBaba wethu ngezimemezo nangokukhala kwezimpondo zezinqama.

UMikhali Udelela UDavida

¹⁶Kwathi lapho umphongolo kaBaba wethu ungena emzini kaDavida, uMikhali, indodakazi kaSawule, wabuka phansi ngewindi wabona inkosi uDavida egxuma esina phambi kukaBaba wethu—wamdelela enhliziyweni yakhe. ¹⁷Bawungenisa umphongolo kaBaba wethu, bawubeka endaweni yawo phakathi etendeni uDavida ayelimisele wona, uDavida wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa neyokuthula phambi kukaBaba wethu. ¹⁸Kwathi uDavida eseqedile ukunikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa neyokuthula, wababusisa abantu egameni likaBaba wamabutho asezulwini. ¹⁹Wabapha bonke abantu—sonke isixuku sakwa-Israyeli, owesilisa nowesifazane ngokufanayo—kwaba yilowo nalowo isinkwa, iqebelengwane lesundu, neqebelengwane lamagilebhisi omisiwe. Base behamba bonke, kwaba yilowo nalowo waya ekhaya lakhe.

²⁰Kwathi uDavida esebuyela ekubusiseni indlu yakhe, uMikhali indodakazi kaSawule waphuma wamhlangabeza wathi: “Yeka ukuzihloniphisa kwenkosi yakwa-Israyeli namuhla, ezambula phambi kwamehlo ezincekukazi zendlu, njengoba kwenza noma yimuphi umuntu ongenambeko ezambula engenamahloni!”

²¹UDavida wathi kuMikhali: “Bekuphambi kukaBaba wethu, owangikhetha mina kunoyihlo nayo yonke indlu yakhe ukuba angibeke ngibe umbusi phezu kwabantu bakaBaba wethu, phezu kuka-Israyeli. Ngakho ngizojabula phambi kwakhe. ²²Ngizozithoba nakakhulu kunalokhu, ngibe phansi emehlweni ami; kodwa kulezo zincekukazi okhuluma ngazo, kuzona ngiyohlonishwa.”

²³UMikhali indodakazi kaSawule wayengabanga nangumntwana kwaze kwaba yilolo suku efa ngalo.