Bible Reading Plan – Day 94

₄UDavide wathi kuAmasa: “Wabize amadoda akwaJuda eze apha zingadlulanga iintsuku ezintathu.” ₅Wahamba uAmasa, esiya kubiza amaJuda, kodwa akabuya ngosuku awayemiselwe lona ngukumkani.

₆Uvakele esithi ukumkani kuAbhishayi: “Phofu uyaqonda na ukuba uShebha unyana kaBhikri uza kusenzela ingxwaba-ngxwaba nangaphezu koAbhasalom. Hamba nala madoda omkhosi wam, nimlandele engekayi kwiidolophu ezinqatyisiweyo, asithele emehlweni ethu.” ₇Asuka ke amadoda ebutho likaJowabhi, nabalindi abangamaKreti namaPleti, nawo onke amagorha, anduluka eJerusalem, alanda ekhondweni likaShebha unyana kaBhikri.

₈Bathi bakufika ngakwelaa liwa laseGibheyon, bahlangana noAmasa. UJowabhi wayegaxele ezedabi, ikrele lisesingxobeni, sibotshelelwe ebhantini. Uthe akusondela lawa elo krele.

₉UJowabhi wathi kuAmasa: “Uphila njani, mfo wethu?” Wamthi nqaku ngentshebe uAmasa ngesokunene isandla sakhe, eza kumanga. ₁₀UAmasa wayengalilumkelanga ikrele elalisesandleni sikaJowabhi, wamhlaba ngalo esiswini, wamkhupha amathumbu. Wafa kwangoko, akwafuneka ukuba abuye amhlabe uJowabhi.

Basuka apho uJowabhi nomntakwabo uAbhishayi bangena endleleni, belandela uShebha unyana kaBhikri. ₁₁Enye kulaa madoda ayehamba noJowabhi yasala imi ngakweso sidumbu sika-Amasa, ikhwaza isithi: “Indoda engakwicala likaJowabhi noDavide mayilandele uJowabhi.” ₁₂Isidumbu sika-Amasa esasilijaja ligazi sasiqungquluze phakathi endleleni. Loo ndoda yathi yakubona amadoda afika eme apho, yasirhuqela entsimini eso sidumbu, yasigquma ngengubo. ₁₃Emva koko ke wonke umntu walandela uJowabhi, kuzingelwa uShebha unyana kaBhikri.

₁₄UShebha wawutyhutyha wonke ummandla wezizwe zakwaSirayeli, wada waya kutsho kwidolophu iAbhele-bhete-mahaka, elandelwa nguwo wonke umzi wakwaBhikri. ₁₅UJowabhi nomkhosi wakhe bamngqinga uShebha apho eAbhele-bhete-mahaka. Benza amanqwanqwa ngomhlaba okuqabela udonga lwangaphandle, bemba ngaphantsi kodonga, befuna ukuluwisa.

₁₆Kweso sixeko kwakukho umfazi owayehlakaniphile. Wamemeza engaphakathi, wathi: “Khawuphulaphule apha. Nceda undibizele uJowabhi; ndifuna ukuthetha naye.”

₁₇Efikile uJowabhi, wabuza loo mfazi wathi: “UnguJowabhi?”

Wathi: “Ewe, ndinguye.”

Umfazi lowo wathi kuye: “Khawuphulaphule ke, mhlekazi, oko isicakazana sakho sikuthethayo.”

Yena wathi: “Ewe, qhuba, ndimamele.”

₁₈Umfazi lowo wathi: “Kudala kwakudla ngokuthiwa: ‘Yiya kwidolophu iAbhele, uye kuvisa khona.’ Yayisenziwa ke loo nto. ₁₉Le yidolophu exolileyo nethembekileyo kwaSirayeli; kutheni ke ngoku uyidiliza nje, utshabalalisa isixeko esingunozala kuSirayeli? Ngani ukuba ufune ukucima isixeko esililifa *likaNdikhoyo?”

₂₀Waphendula uJowabhi wathi: “Hayi, andingeke ndisidilize isixeko senu ndisicime. ₂₁Asiyiyo injongo yam leyo. Kukho umfo okuthiwa nguShebha, unyana kaBhikri wakweleentaba kwaEfrayim; nguye oqale olu dushe ngokuvukela ukumkani uDavide. Mkhupheni ngaphandle; ndosiyeka esi sixeko.”

“Kulungile, intloko yakhe soyijula ngaphandle kodonga,” utshilo loo mfazi. ₂₂Wabuyela kubemi balapho necebo lakhe, bamnqumla intloko uShebha, bayijula ngaphandle kodonga kuJowabhi. Wasivuthela isigodlo, amadoda akhe ayeka ukusihlasela isixeko, agoduka. Wenjenjeya noJowabhi ukubuyela kukumkani eJerusalem.

₂₃Umphathi-mkhosi wakwaSirayeli yayinguJowabhi. Abalindi bakakumkani uDavide abangamaKreti namaPleti umphathi wabo yayinguBhenaya unyana kaJoyada. ₂₄UAdoram yena wayephethe abo benza umsebenzi ngokunyanzelwa; uYoshafati yena, unyana ka-Ahiludi, wayengumgcini-manqaku, ₂₅uSheva ingunobhala, ababingeleli inguZadoki noAbhiyatare. ₂₆UIra waseJayire wayengomnye wababingeleli bakaDavide.

₁Kwabakho indlala enkulu eyathatha iminyaka emithathu ngexesha kulawula uDavide. UDavide wafuna ukuqonda *kuNdikhoyo, waza uNdikhoyo wathi: “Kungenxa kaSawule nokuphalaza kwendlu yakhe igazi mhla wababulalayo abantu baseGibheyon.”

₂Abantu baseGibheyon bebengengawo amaSirayeli. Babeliqaqobana lama-Amori awathenjiswa ukukhuselwa ngamaSirayeli, kodwa uSawule walinga ukuwatshabalalisa, kuba etshiseka ngenxa yenkqubela yamaSirayeli namaJuda. UDavide ke wawabiza amaGibheyon, ₃waza wathi kuwo: “Ngaba nifuna ndinenzele ntoni? Ndinganixolisa njani ukuze nilithamsanqelise ilifa likaNdikhoyo?”

₄Athi ukuphendula amaGibheyon: “Imbambano yethu noSawule nomzi wakhe ayinakuze ilungiswe ngegolide nesiliva, yaye asizimiselanga ukukhupha isixhiba ngokubulala namnye umSirayeli.”

Yena wathi: “Ke nifuna ndinenzele ntoni?”

₅Athi kukumkani: “Indoda eyasitshabalalisayo, iceba ukusicima igama kwimida yakwaSirayeli, ₆masinikwe amadoda abe sixhenxe kwinzala yayo, aye kuxhonywa phambi koNdikhoyo eGibheya, isixeko sikaSawule ukumkani owatyunjwa nguNdikhoyo.”

Ukumkani wathi: “Kulungile, ndiza kunikhululela.”

₇UDavide wamsindisa uMefibhoshete, unyana kaJonatan unyana kaSawule, ngenxa yesifungo awasenza kunye noJonatan phambi koNdikhoyo. ₈Kodwa ke wakhupha uArmoni kunye noMefibhoshete, oonyana ababini bakaRizpa intombi ka-Aya eyabazalela uSawule, kunye noonyana abahlanu bentombi kaSawule uMerabhi eyabazalela uAdriyeli unyana kaBhazilayi waseMehola, ₉wabanikela esandleni sabantu baseGibheyon. Bona baya kubaxhoma entabeni ngaphambi koNdikhoyo. Bafa bonke ngaxesha-nye. Ukufa kwabo kwakungexesha lokuqalisa ukuvuna, ekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwerhasi.

₁₀Emva koko uRizpa intombi ka-Aya wazenzela indlu yamarhonya kwelo litye babefele kulo, wahlala apho ukususela ngexesha lokuvuna kwada kwalixesha leemvula. Emini wayedla ngokugxotha amaxhalanga, aze ngokuhlwa agxothe amarhamncwa afuna ukudla ezo zidumbu.

₁₁Wathi uDavide, zakufika kuye ezo ndaba zento eyenziwa nguRizpa iqadi likaSawule, ₁₂waya kuthatha amathambo kaSawule noJonatan kubantu baseJabheshe eGiliyadi. (Babewabe endaweni yembutho yaseBhete-shan apho yayixhonywe khona imizimba yabo ngamhla amaFilistiya abulala uSawule kwintaba iGilibhowa.) ₁₃Wemka nawo uDavide amathambo kaSawule noJonatan kwakunye nawabo basixhenxe babexhonywe apho. ₁₄Bawafaka engcwabeni likaKishe uyise kaSawule amathambo kaSawule noJonatan eZela kummandla wakwaBhenjamin njengokomthetho kakumkani. Emva koko uThixo wayiva imithandazo yabo bethandazela ilizwe.

₁₅Kwavuka enye imfazwe phakathi kwamaFilistiya namaSirayeli, wanduluka uDavide waya kulwa namaFilistiya enamadoda akhe. Balwa ke namaFilistiya, waza uDavide wadinwa kakhulu. ₁₆Wasuka uIshbhi-bhenobhi wenzala kaRafa, ephethe umkhonto wobhedu obunzima bungaphezu kweekhilogram ezintathu, enekrele elitsha, wafuna ukubulala uDavide. ₁₇Waza uAbhishayi, unyana kaZeruya, waya kunceda uDavide. Ufike wamhlasela loo mFilistiya, wamosela. Emva koko amadoda kaDavide enza isifungo athi: “Unakanye ukuba uphinde uye edabini kunye nathi, hleze isibane sakwaSirayeli sicinywe.”

₁₈Emva kwelo dabi kwabakho elinye idabi namaFilistiya eGobhi, apho uSibhekayi waseHusha wabulala uSafu wenzala kaRafa.

₁₉Kuphinde kwabakho elinye idabi kunye namaFilistiya kwaseGobhi apho, waza uEl-hanani, unyana kaJayire umluki waseBhetelehem, wabulala khona uGoliyati waseGati owayephethe umkhonto ongangesibonda.

₂₀Kubekho elinye idabi eGati, apho kwakukho ingxilimbela eyayikuthanda kunene ukulwa. Yayiyinto eminwe mithandathu kwisandla ngasinye, ineenzwane ezintandathu kunyawo ngalunye, amashumi amabini anesine ukutsho. Nayo yayiyinzala kaRafa. ₂₁Yawathuka amaSirayeli, yabulawa nguJonatan unyana kaShama umntakwabo-Davide.

₂₂Bobane aba babeyinzala kaRafa eGati. Babulawa nguDavide namadoda akhe.

₁UDavide wabhekisa lo mhobe *kuNdikhoyo mhla wamkhulula kwiintshaba zakhe nasesandleni sikaSawule. ₂Wathi: