Bible Reading Plan – Day 89

₂₂Emva koko kwafika amadoda kaDavide, ehamba noJowabhi, evela kunqoloba, eze namaxhoba amaninzi. Wayeselemkile eHebron uAbhinere emva kokundululwa kwakhe ngoxolo nguDavide. ₂₃Akufika uJowabhi, kunye nomkhosi awayehamba nawo, waxelelwa kwathiwa: “UAbhinere ebeze kubona ukumkani, yaye ukumkani umndulule ngoxolo.”

₂₄UJowabhi wasuka waya kukumkani, wafika wathi: “Yintoni le uyenzileyo? Uyabona, uAbhinere ebeze kuwe! Kutheni le nto umyekileyo ahambe? Ngoku umkile! ₂₅Wazi kakuhle ukuba uAbhinere into kaNere ebeze kukukhohlisa; ubeze kugqala le nto uqamele ngayo nayo yonke enye into oyenzayo.”

₂₆Uthe uJowabhi ukusuka kwakhe kuDavide wathuma amadoda, esithi makaye kulanda uAbhinere. Amlanda ke kwelaa qula laseSira. Wayengazi nto kambe uDavide ngalo mbandela. ₂₇Ukufika kwakhe eHebron uAbhinere, uJowabhi wambizela bucala ngasesangweni, ngokungathi uza kuthetha naye ngasese. Bathe beselapho suka uJowabhi wamhlaba uAbhinere esiswini, wafa. Waba ke njalo uJowabhi uyaliphindezela igazi lomntakwabo uAsayeli owabulawa nguAbhinere.

₂₈Luthe lakufika ezindlebeni zikaDavide udaba lokugwintwa kuka-Abhinere, wavakala esithi: “Mna kunye nabantu abaphantsi kwam simsulwa kubugebenga obenziwe kuAbhinere unyana kaNere, nkqu *uNdikhoyo uyayazi loo nto. ₂₉Isiqalekiso sale ntlekele masihlele uJowabhi nomzi wakowabo. Makusoloko kukho umntu onegcushuwa, iqhenqa, osimelela ngenduku, okanye owa edabini, nesilambi.”

₃₀Kwaba njalo ke ukuphindezela ukufa kuka-Asayeli edabini laseGibheyon. Kwaphindezelwa nguJowabhi kunye nomntakwabo uAbhishayi.

₃₁Emva koko uDavide wathi kuJowabhi kwakunye nabantu bonke ababenaye: “Zikrazuleni izambatho zenu, ninxibe amarhonya, nimzilele uAbhinere.”

Kumngcelele womngcwabo ukumkani uDavide ngenkqu wayelandela idlaka. ₃₂Wangcwatyelwa eHebron uAbhinere. Ukumkani walila ezimathontsi apho engcwabeni lika-Abhinere, batsho bonke abantu balila nabo.

₃₃Kuloo mngcwabo ka-Abhinere ukumkani uDavide wavuma ingoma yesililo ethi:

₃₅Bonke abantu babemcenga yonke loo mini uDavide, ukuba kubekho into ayityayo, kodwa uDavide wafunga esithi: “Makandohlwaye uThixo, nokuba kuqatha kangakanani na, ukuba ndithe, lingekatshoni ilanga, ndangcamla isonka nokuba yiyiphi na enye into etyiwayo.” ₃₆Abantu baba nomgqalisela ngale nto, yabakholisa; ewe, yonke into awayenzayo ukumkani yabakholisa. ₃₇Kwacaca ngaloo mini kumaSirayeli ephela ukuba ukumkani wayengazani konke nokufa kuka-Abhinere unyana kaNere.

₃₈Wavakala ukumkani ebhekisa kumaphakathi akhe esithi: “Niyaqonda phofu ukuba yinkokheli kwanengangalala le iwileyo namhlanje kwaSirayeli? ₃₉Ndiziva ndityhafile mna namhlanje, ngoku kanye ndingukumkani othanjisiweyo. Aba bafo bangoonyana bakaZeruya baziindlongo-ndlongo, mna bayandixaka. Akwaba uNdikhoyo angamohlwaya umenzi wobubi ngendlela emfaneleyo.”

₁Unyana kaSawule uIshbhoshete waphelelwa ngamandla zakufika iindaba zokuba uAbhinere ufele eHebron, othuka kakhulu namaSirayeli. ₂Ke kaloku uIshbhoshete wayenabafo ababini abaziinkokheli zabanqolobi. Ayezizinto zikaRimon wesizwe sakwaBhenjamin eBheroti. Amagama abo bafo yayinguBhana noRekabhi. IBheroti le ibalelwa kwaBhenjamin. ₃Abemi balapho basabela eGitayim, apho bahlala khona kude kube ngoku bengabangeneleli.

₄UJonatan unyana kaSawule wayenonyana osisiqhwala kwiinyawo zombini. Wayeminyaka mihlanu ukufa kukayise-mkhulu uSawule noJonatan uyise. Kwathi ukufika kodaba lokufa kwabo, luvela eYizereli, yothuka yamfunqula ibaleka ineni yakhe, waphuncuka wawa, kuba kaloku yayingxamile. Waba sisiqhwala ke loo mntwana. Igama lakhe lalinguMefibhoshete.

₅Basuka ke uRekabhi noBhana oonyana bakaRimon waseBheroti, benjenjeya ukuya kwaIshbhoshete, bafika khona emini emaqanda, ngexesha esangqengqile, ephumle ngokwesiqhelo sakhe emini ngelo xesha. ₆OoRekabhi noBhana bangena endlwini phakathi ngokungathi beze nengqolowa, basuka bamhlaba esiswini, baza basaba. ₇Kaloku bathi ngqo ngomandlalo kaIshbhoshete, bafika bamgwaza bamosela esalele njalo. Bamnqumla intloko, bahamba nayo ubusuku bonke, batyhutyha loo ntili yaseJordan. ₈Bafika eHebron, loo ntloko bayisa kukumkani uDavide, bathi: “Mhlekazi, nantsi intloko kaIshbhoshete unyana walaa mchasi wakho uSawule ubekade ezungula ubomi bakho. Namhlanje *uNdikhoyo, mhlekazi, ukuvulele ukuba ubuyise izitya nawe kwinzala kaSawule.”

₉UDavide wabaphendula uRekabhi nomntakwabo uBhana oonyana bakaRimon waseBheroti, wathi: “Ekho nje uNdikhoyo obekade endikhulula kuzo zonke iingxingwa, inene, ₁₀kwafika umfo kum eZikelage eze kundixelela ukuba uSawule ufile. Ndamthi ntlithi ndamosela loo mfo. Naxa wayeba undizela neendaba ezimnandi, yaba kukufa umvuzo wakhe. ₁₁Kubeka phi ke xa amatshijolo anjengani aba aphalaza igazi lomntu ongenatyala emandlalweni wakhe ekhayeni lakhe? Nithi ke mandingaliphindezeli elo gazi, ndinicim' igama ehlabathini?”

₁₂Wathi uDavide abafana mabababulale abo bafo. Benjenjalo ke, babanqumla iinyawo nezandla, babaxhoma ngasedamini lamanzi eHebron. Intloko kaIshbhoshete yona bayithatha, bayifaka engcwabeni lika-Abhinere apho eHebron.

₁Ke kaloku izizwe zakwaSirayeli zonke zahlanganisana kuDavide eHebron, zathi: “Mhlekazi, siyazalana; sikwaligazi lakho. ₂Phambili phaya, ngokuya uSawule ebesengukumkani, amaSirayeli ayekhokelwa nguwe xa aya emfazweni. *UNdikhoyo wathi kuwe: ‘Wena uya kuba ngumalusi wabantu bam amaSirayeli, ube ngumlawuli wabo.’ ”

₃Aya kufika ke onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli kukumkani uDavide eHebron, waza ukumkani wanqophisana nawo phaya eHebron phambi koNdikhoyo, aza ke amthambisa uDavide waba ngukumkani wamaSirayeli.

₄Ukuqala kwakhe ukulawula uDavide wayemashumi mathathu ubudala. Ulawule iminyaka engamashumi amane. ₅Waba minyaka isixhenxe neenyanga ezintandathu ephethe kwaJuda, ehlala eHebron. Waphatha kwaSirayeli nakwaJuda ehlala eJerusalem iminyaka engamashumi mathathu anantathu.

₆Ke kaloku ukumkani uDavide wanduluka nomkhosi wakhe ukuya kuhlasela amaJebhusi awayemi eJerusalem. AmaJebhusi athi kuDavide: “Akunakuze ungene apha wena! Kwaiimfama neziqhwala ezi zingakujika!” Kaloku ayesithi: “UDavide akangeke abe nako ukutyhoboza.” ₇Kambe ke uDavide wasuka wayithimba inqaba iZiyon, isixeko sikaDavide.

₈Wavakala esithi uDavide ngaloo mini: “Ukuba kukho umntu ozimisele ukuwoyisa la maJebhusi aziintshaba zam makanyuke ngalaa msele wamanzi ungaphantsi komhlaba, aye kubulala eziya ‘ziqhwala neemfama’!” (Savela apho isaci esithi: “Iimfama neziqhwala azinakungena endlwini kaNdikhoyo.”)

₉Waya kuhlala apho ke kuloo nqaba uDavide, waza wayibiza ngokuba sisixeko sikaDavide. Wakha isixeko sayijikeleza, esiza nganeno ukusukela kungqameko. ₁₀Waya esomelela ngokomelela, kuba kaloku uNdikhoyo uThixo onamandla onke wayenaye.

₁₁Ukumkani uHiram waseTire wathumela izigidimi kuDavide, ziphethe izibonda zomsedare, zihamba nabachweli kunye neengcibi zamatye, zaza zamakhela ibhotwe uDavide. ₁₂Ke uDavide waqonda ukuba uNdikhoyo umzinzisile wangukumkani kwaSirayeli, eqonda nokuba uNdikhoyo ulawulo lwakhe uluphakamisile ngenxa yabantu bakhe amaSirayeli.

₁₃Ukufika kwakhe eJerusalem, evela eHebron, uDavide waphinda wathatha abanye abafazi namaqadi, waza ke wazala abanye oonyana neentombi. ₁₄Nanga amagama abantwana bakhe abazalelwe eJerusalem: nguShamuwa, uShobhabhi, uNatan, uSolomon, ₁₅uIbhare, uElishuwa, noNifege, noYafiya, ₁₆uElishama, noEliyada, kunye noElifelete.

₁₇Zakuvakala kumaFilistiya iindaba zokuba uDavide uthanjiswe waba ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli, akhupha umkhosi wawo, emfuna. Uthe akuyiva loo nto uDavide wemka waya kuhlala kwindawo eyinqaba. ₁₈Afika ke amaFilistiya, ema kwintili yamaRafa, ₁₉waza uDavide wabuzisa *kuNdikhoyo wathi: “Kufuneka ndiwahlasele na amaFilistiya? Ngaba uza kuwanikela esandleni sam na?”

UNdikhoyo wathi kuDavide: “Ewe, wahlasele; inene, ndowanikela esandleni sakho amaFilistiya.”

₂₀Wasuka ke uDavide, wenjenjeya ukuya eBhali-perazim, apho wafika wawoyisa amaFilistiya. Wavakala esithi: “Njengokutyhoboza kwamanzi uNdikhoyo wenjenjalo ukuzikhukulisa iintshaba zam ngaphambi kwam.” Ngoko ke loo ndawo kwathiwa yiBhali-perazim. ₂₁Ke kaloku amaFilistiya azishiya apho izithixo zawo, bazithatha ooDavide bemka nazo.

₂₂AmaFilistiya aphinda enyuka aya kulaa ntili yamaRafa, ema kuyo, ₂₃waza uDavide wabuzisa kuNdikhoyo kwakhona, ke yena uNdikhoyo wathi kuye: “Sukuya ngqo kuwo, koko warhawule, uwahlasele uvela ngasemva kwawo phaya ngakwimithi yebhalsam. ₂₄Uze uthi nje ukuba uve isingqisho phaya kwiincopho zemithi yebhalsam, uphume ngokukhawuleza, kuba yoba ngumqondiso wokuba uNdikhoyo uhamba phambi kwakho, uza kuwuqwakanisa umkhosi wamaFilistiya.” ₂₅UDavide ke wenza ngokomyalelo kaNdikhoyo, wawuvuthulula umkhosi wamaFilistiya ukusuka eGebha kuye kutsho eGezere.

₁Ke kaloku uDavide waphinda wabiza awona magorha omkhosi wakwaSirayeli, amashumi amathathu amawaka ewonke, ₂waya nawo eBhali kwaJuda ukuya kulanda khona ityesi yomnqophiso kaThixo, enegama *likaNdikhoyo onamandla onke, ongqendeve phezu kwemifanekiso *yezithunywa ezimaphiko. ₃Baya kwa-Abhinadabhi, omzi wawumi phezu kwentaba, bafika bayithatha bayilayisha enqwelweni entsha. Loo nqwelo yayiqhutywa ngooUza noAhiyo, oonyana baka-Abhinadabhi. ₄Ewe, ityesi yomnqophiso kaThixo bayithatha kwindlu ka-Abhinadabhi ephezu kwentaba, bahamba nayo uAhiyo ekhokele. ₅Babesombela, bexhentsa, bemathontsi ooDavide kunye namaSirayeli onke, bedumisa uNdikhoyo. Kwakubethwa iihapu neekatala, kuduma amagubu, kukhenkceza iintsimbi namacangci.

₆Bathi bakufika ngasesandeni sakwaNakon, zakhubeka iinkabi, waza u-Uza wabamba ityesi kaThixo eyixhasa. ₇Wavutha umsindo kaNdikhoyo ngaku-Uza ngenxa yeso senzo sakhe sokungahloniphi. Ke uThixo wambetha u-Uza wafela apho ngakuloo tyesi kaThixo.

₈Wakhathazeka uDavide, kuba umsindo kaNdikhoyo utyhobozele ku-Uza. Loo ndawo ke kuthiwa yiPereze-uza ukubizwa kwayo unanamhla.

₉Wangenwa kukumoyika uNdikhoyo ngaloo mini uDavide, wathi: “Yaz'ba ingeza njani na kum ityesi kaNdikhoyo?” ₁₀Akavumanga ke uDavide ukuba sayisa kwakhe kwisixeko sikaDavide ityesi kaNdikhoyo, suka wayijika wayisa endlwini kaObhedi-edom umGati. ₁₁Yahlala apho iinyanga zantathu; uNdikhoyo wamthamsanqela uObhedi-edom nomzi wakhe wonke.

₁₂Waxelelwa ukumkani uDavide kwathiwa: “Uwusikelele uNdikhoyo umzi kaObhedi-edom, nezinto zonke anazo, ngenxa yokugcina kwakhe ityesi kaThixo.” Waya kuyilanda ngemincili apho endlwini kaObhedi-edom ke uDavide ityesi kaThixo, wayisa esixekweni sikaDavide. ₁₃Kwakusithiwa loo madoda ayeyithwele ityesi kaNdikhoyo ehambe nje iinyawo zantandathu, uDavide athi makumiwe, enzele uNdikhoyo idini ngenkunzi yenkomo nangethole elityebileyo. ₁₄Wayexhentsa ngamandla phambi koNdikhoyo uDavide, ethe thande nje kuphela isidanga selinen esinqeni. ₁₅Yada yaya kungena eJerusalem ityesi kaNdikhoyo, uDavide namaSirayeli betsho ngentsholo lihlombe, kukhala nezigodlo.

₁₆Ekungeneni kwabo netyesi kaNdikhoyo esixekweni sikaDavide, uMikali, intombi kaSawule, wayebukele ekrobe ngefestile. Wathi ke, akubona ukumkani uDavide exhentsa etyityimba phambi koNdikhoyo, yamtsho wamcekisa entliziyweni yakhe loo nto.

₁₇Bahamba nayo ityesi kaNdikhoyo, baya kuyifaka endaweni yayo kwintente eyenzelwe yona nguDavide. Emva koko ke uDavide wamenzela uNdikhoyo amadini atshiswayo nawobudlelwane. ₁₈Uthe akugqiba ukwenza loo madini atshiswayo nawobudlelwane uDavide wacelela abantu amathamsanqa kuNdikhoyo onamandla onke. ₁₉Emva koko ke wonke umSirayeli, indoda nomfazi, wamnika iqebengwana lesonka, nesuntswana leedatile neleerasentyisi. Kwagodukwa ngumntu wonke.

₂₀Uthe akufika ekhaya uDavide, ezimisele ukusikelela indlu yakhe, umkakhe uMikali intombi kaSawule wamhlangabeza, wathi: “Ngxatsho ke, kumkani wamaSirayeli! Yini, wethu, awabi nazintloni ukuhamba ze nangaphambi kwezicakazana zamaphakathi akho? Ubunjengendlavini, yona ihamba izihluba nje naphi na!”

₂₁UDavide waphendula wathi kuMikali: “Mna into ebendiyenza bendidumisa uNdikhoyo ngokuya bendixhentsa, lo ndityunjwe nguye ukuba ndikhokele amaSirayeli endaweni kayihlo kunye nendlu yakhe. Ndiya kumdumisa uNdikhoyo, ₂₂yaye ndizimisele ukuqhubela phambili ukuba ngothobekileyo. Ungandidela wena, kodwa zona ezaa zicakazana zamantombazana zindihloniphile.”

₂₃Intombi kaSawule uMikali ayizange ibe nanzala de kwayimini yokufa kwayo.