UBaba Unika uDavida Ukunqoba
Isifinyezo sezimpi zikaDavide — izwe lamaFilisti, uMowabi olinganiswa ngentambo, iZoba, i-Aramu, i-Edomi — nomusho ofanayo ushiwo kabili: uBaba wethu wanika uDavide ukunqoba nomaphi lapho ayeya khona. Impango inikezelwa, uDavide ubusa ngobulungisa kubo bonke abantu bakhe, nezikhulu zakhe ziyabalwa ngamagama.
8 1Emva kwalokho, uDavida wawahlula amaFilisti wawathobisa, wathatha iMethegi-ama kumaFilisti. 2Wahlula noMowabi. Wabalalisa phansi, wabalinganisa ngentambo: izilinganiso ezimbili zokufa, isilinganiso esisodwa esigcwele sokuphila. Ngakho uMowabi waba yizinceku zikaDavida, waletha intela.
3UDavida wahlula noHadadezeri indodana kaRehobi, inkosi yaseZoba, ngesikhathi eyobuyisela ukubusa kwakhe emfuleni i-Ewufrathe. 4UDavida wathumba kuye abagibeli bamahhashi abayinkulungwane namakhulu ayisikhombisa, namabutho ahamba ngezinyawo ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili, wanquma imisipha yamahhashi onke ezinqola zempi, kodwa washiya anele izinqola eziyikhulu. 5Kwathi i-Aramu yaseDamaseku isiza uHadadezeri inkosi yaseZoba, uDavida wabulala ama-Aramu ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nambili. 6UDavida wamisa amabutho aqaphile e-Aramu yaseDamaseku, ama-Aramu aba yizinceku zakhe, aletha intela. UBaba wethu wamnika uDavida ukunqoba nomaphi aya khona. 7UDavida wathatha izihlangu zegolide ezaziphethwe yizinceku zikaHadadezeri, waziletha eJerusalema. 8Nasemizini yaseBeta neyaseBherothayi, imizi kaHadadezeri, iNkosi uDavida yathatha ithusi eliningi kakhulu.
9Kwathi uToyi inkosi yaseHamati esezwile ukuthi uDavida uselihlulile lonke ibutho likaHadadezeri, 10wathuma indodana yakhe uJoramu eNkosini uDavida ukuba imbingelele imhalalisele ngokulwa nangokuhlula uHadadezeri, owayelwa noToyi. UJoramu waletha izinto zesiliva nezegolide nezethusi. 11INkosi uDavida yazinikela nazo kuBaba wethu kanye nesiliva negolide eyayikunikele okuvela kuzo zonke izizwe eyayizithobisile, 12okuvela e-Aramu, naseMowabi, nakuma-Amoni, nakumaFilisti, naku-Amaleki, nasempangweni kaHadadezeri indodana kaRehobi, inkosi yaseZoba.
13UDavida wazenzela igama ekubuyeni kwakhe ekubulaleni ama-Edomi ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili eSigodini soSawoti. 14Wamisa amabutho aqaphile kulo lonke i-Edomi—kulo lonke i-Edomi wamisa amabutho—ama-Edomi onke aba yizinceku zikaDavida. UBaba wethu wamnika uDavida ukunqoba nomaphi aya khona.
Izikhulu zikaDavida
15Ngakho uDavida wabusa phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke, enza ubulungiswa nokulunga kubo bonke abantu bakhe. 16UJowabi indodana kaSeruya wayephethe ibutho; uJehoshafati indodana ka-Ahiludi wayengumlobi wemilando; 17uSadoki indodana ka-Ahitubi no-Ahimeleki indodana ka-Abhiyathari babengabapristi; uSeraya wayengumbhali; 18uBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada wayephethe amaKhereti namaPheleti; amadodana kaDavida ayengabapristi. a a v18 Amadodana kaDavida ayengebona abapristi abangamaLevi; lapha leli gama liwaphawula njengezikhulu eziyinhloko zenkosi nezikhonzi zayo siqu ezazikhonza eceleni kwayo.
