Bible Reading Plan – Day 97

₁Ukumkani uHiram waseTire wathumela izigidimi kuDavide, ziphethe izibonda zomsedare, zihamba neengcibi zamatye nabachweli, ukuze bakhele uDavide ibhotwe. ₂Ke uDavide waqonda ukuba *uNdikhoyo umzinzisile wangukumkani kwaSirayeli, eqonda nokuba umbuso wakhe uwuphakamise kakhulu ngenxa yabantu bakhe amaSirayeli.

₃Apho eJerusalem ke uDavide wathatha abanye abafazi, waza ke wazala abanye oonyana neentombi. ₄Nanga amagama abantwana bakhe abazelwe eJerusalem: nguShamuwa, uShobhabhi, uNatan, uSolomon, ₅uIbhare, uElishuwa, uElipelete, ₆uNoga, uNifege, uYafiya, ₇uElishama, uBheliyada, noElifelete.

₈Zakuvakala kumaFilistiya iindaba zokuba uDavide uthanjiswe waba ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli, akhupha umkhosi wawo, emfuna. Uthe akuyiva loo nto uDavide wasuka waya kuwahlangabeza. ₉Afika ke amaFilistiya ayihlasela intili yamaRafa, ₁₀waza uDavide wabuzisa kuThixo wathi: “Kufuneka ndiwahlasele na amaFilistiya? Ngaba uza kuwanikela esandleni sam na?”

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

₁₁Waphuma nomkhosi wakhe ke uDavide, waya eBhali-perazim, apho wafika wawoyisa amaFilistiya. Wavakala esithi: “Njengokutyhoboza kwamanzi uThixo wenjenjalo ukuzikhukulisa iintshaba zam ngesandla sam.” Ngoko ke loo ndawo kwathiwa yiBhali-perazim. ₁₂Ke kaloku amaFilistiya abashiya apho *oothixo bawo, waza uDavide wayalela ukuba batshiswe.

₁₃Aphinda ke amaFilistiya ayihlasela loo ntili, ₁₄waza uDavide wabuzisa kuThixo kwakhona, ke yena uThixo wathi kuye: “Sukuya ngqo kuwo, koko warhawule, uze uwahlasele phaya ngakwimithi yebhalsam. ₁₅Uze uthi nje ukuba uve isingqisho phaya kwiincopho zemithi yebhalsam, uphume ungene kuwo, kuba lowo yoba ngumqondiso wokuba uThixo uhamba phambi kwakho, uza kuwuqwakanisa umkhosi wamaFilistiya.” ₁₆UDavide ke wenza ngokomyalelo kaThixo, baza ke bawuvuthulula umkhosi wamaFilistiya, ukusuka eGibhiyon kuye kutsho eGezere.

₁₇Udumo lukaDavide ke lwanabela kuzo zonke izizwe, uNdikhoyo wazitsho zamhlonela.

₁Emva kokuba uDavide ezenzele izakhiwo kwisixeko sikaDavide, walungisa indawo yokuhlala ityesi kaThixo, waza wamisa intente ukuze ihlale kuyo. ₂UDavide wathi: “Le tyesi kaThixo ayinakuthwalwa mntu wumbi ngaphandle kwabaLevi, kuba ngabo abanyulwayo *nguNdikhoyo ukuze bayithwale balungiselele endlwini yakhe kude kube ngunaphakade.”

₃UDavide wawaqokelela onke amaSirayeli, wawahlanganisela eJerusalem ukuze kubuyiswe ityesi kaNdikhoyo, iziswe kuloo ndawo wayeyilungiselele yona. ₄Wayiqokelela yonke inzala ka-Aron nabaLevi:

₁₁UDavide wabiza ababingeleli uZadoki noAbhiyatare, nabaLevi u-Uriyeli, uAsayiya, uJoweli, uShemaya, uEliyeli, noAminadabhi. ₁₂Wathetha nabo wathi: “Nini abaziinkulu zendlu kaLevi. Nina ke nabaLevi bonke zihlambululeni, ukuze nibuyise ityesi kaNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli, ize endaweni endiyilungiselele yona. ₁₃Kwakungenxa yokuba yayingeziswanga nini baLevi kuqala, ukuze nje uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu asivukele ngomsindo. Sasingazange sibuzise kuye ngendlela efanelekileyo yokuyizisa.” ₁₄Ngoko ke ababingeleli nabaLevi bazihlambulula ukuze babuyise ityesi kaNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli. ₁₅AbaLevi bayithwala ityesi kaThixo, beyiphethe ngezibonda, beyixwaye emagxeni ngokomyalelo kaMosis awawenza ngokwelizwi likaNdikhoyo.

₁₆UDavide wayalela izikhulu zabaLevi, wathi mazimise abanye kumawabo babe ziimvumi, bamemelele becula iingoma bekhatshwa zizikhalisi: imirhubhe, iihapu, namacangci.

₁₇Ngoko ke abaLevi banyula uHeman unyana kaJoweli, nakubantakwabo uAsafu unyana kaBherekiya, baza kubantakwabo oonyana bakaMerari banyula uEtan unyana kaKushaya, ₁₈kunye nabantakwabo abanezikhundla ezinganeno: uZekariya, uYaziyeli, uShemiramoti, uYehiyeli, u-Uni, uEliyabhi, uBhenaya, uMaseya, uMatitiya, uElifele, uMikeneya, uObhedi-edom, noYehiyeli, abagcini-masango.

₁₉Ke zona iimvumi, uHeman, uAsafu, noEtan, babeza kukhalisa amacangci obhedu. ₂₀Aba babeza kukhalisa iihapu ezilizwi liyisoprano: uZakariya, uHaziyeli, uShemiramoti, uYehiyeli, u-Uni, uEliyabhi, uMaseya, noBhenaya, ₂₁kunye noMatitiya, uElifele, uMikeneya, uObhedi-edom, uYehiyeli, noAzaziya, bona babeza kudlala iihapu ezilizwi liyibhesi. ₂₂UKenaniya inkulu yabaLevi yayinguye umphathi wekwayala, ingumsebenzi wakhe lowo, kuba kakade wayeyingcali kwelo cala.

₂₃UBherekiya noElikana babengabagcini-masango, besalusa ityesi kaThixo. ₂₄Aba ke babeza kukhalisa amaxilongo phambi kwetyesi kaThixo: uShebhaniya, uYoshafati, uNataniyeli, uAmasayi, uZekariya, uBhenaya, noElizere. UObhedi-edom noYehiya nabo babengabagcini-masango, besalusa ityesi kaThixo.

₂₅Ke kaloku uDavide, namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli, kunye neengqwayi-ngqwayi zomkhosi, benyuka baya kuthatha ityesi yomnqophiso kaNdikhoyo eyayisendlwini kaObhedi-edom. Babehamba benemincili ₂₆ngenxa yokuba uThixo ebancedile abaLevi ababethwele ityesi yomnqophiso kaNdikhoyo, kwenziwa umbingelelo ngeenkunzi zeenkomo ezisixhenxe, neenkunzi zeegusha ezisixhenxe. ₂₇Ke uDavide nabaLevi ababethwele ityesi, ngokunjalo neemvumi kunye noKenaniya owayengumphathi-kwayala, bonke babethe wambu iminweba yelinen entle kunene. Kananjalo ke uDavide wayefake *nesidanga esenziwe ngelinen. ₂₈Ngoko ke wonke uSirayeli waya kuyithatha wayibuyisa ityesi yomnqophiso kaNdikhoyo, ehamba ekhwaza ekhalisa nezigodlo zenkunzi yegusha, amaxilongo, amacangci, iihapu, nemirhubhe.

₂₉Ekungeneni kwabo netyesi yomnqophiso kaNdikhoyo esixekweni sikaDavide uMikali intombi kaSawule wayebukele, ekrobe ngefestile. Wathi ke, akubona ukumkani uDavide exhentsa ebhiyoza, yamtsho wamcekisa entliziyweni yakhe loo nto.

₁Bahamba nayo ityesi kaThixo, bayibeka ngaphakathi kwintente eyenzelwe yona nguDavide, baza ke benzela uThixo amadini atshiswayo nawobudlelwane. ₂Uthe akugqiba ukwenza loo madini atshiswayo nawobudlelwane uDavide wacelela abantu amathamsanqa kuNdikhoyo. ₃Kamva ke wonke umSirayeli, indoda nomfazi, wamnika iqebengwana lesonka nesuntswana leedatile neleerasentyisi.

₄Wamisela abaLevi abathile ukuze balungiselele phambi koNdikhoyo, benze izikhungo, imibulelo, neendumiso zokubonga uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli. ₅Babekhokelwa nguAsafu, isekela inguZakariya, kulandela uYehiyeli, uShemiramoti, uYehiyeli, uMatitiya, uEliyabhi, uBhenaya, uObhedi-edom, noYehiyeli. Babeza kukhalisa imirhubhe neehapu, uAsafu abethe amacangci, ₆ababingeleli uBhenaya noYaziyeli bona bavuthele amaxilongo njalo-njalo apho phambi kwetyesi yomnqophiso kaThixo.

₇Ngaloo mini ke uDavide wanikela lo mhobe wokubulela *uNdikhoyo kuAsafu namahlakani akhe:

Ke kaloku bonke abantu bathi: “Huntshuu! Makabongwe uNdikhoyo!”

₃₇Ke kaloku uDavide wamshiya apho phambi kwetyesi kaNdikhoyo uAsafu namahlakani akhe ukuze basoloko belungiselela ngokweemfuneko zemini nganye. ₃₈Kananjalo wamshiya no-Obhedi-edom namahlakani akhe angamashumi amathandathu ukuze nabo balungiselele. UObhedi-edom, unyana kaJedutun, kunye noHosa, yayingabagcini-masango.

₃₉Umbingeleli uZadoki namahlakani akhe uDavide wabashiya esibingelelweni sikaNdikhoyo kwindawo yonqulo eGibheyon, ₄₀ukuze bahlale besenzela uNdikhoyo amadini atshiswayo kwelo qonga lamadini atshiswayo, loo nto ke beyenza kusasa, nasemalanga, ngokwemimiselo yonke ebhalwe encwadini yomthetho kaNdikhoyo leyo wayinikezela kuSirayeli. ₄₁Apho kubo ke washiya noHeman noJedutun nabo bonke ababenyuliwe bakhankanywa ukuze benze imibulelo kuNdikhoyo ngenxa yezibele zakhe ezingatshitshiyo. ₄₂UHeman noYedutun ngabo ababemiselwe ukuhlokomisa amaxilongo namacangci kananjalo badlale nezinye izikhalisi zeengoma zokudumisa uThixo. Ke bona oonyana bakaYedutun bamiselwa isango.

₄₃Ke kaloku bonke abantu bemka, yangulowo nalowo wagoduka. NoDavide ke wagoduka, waya kuthamsanqela usapho lwakhe.

₁Akuba uDavide ezinzile kwikomkhulu lakhe wathetha *nomshumayeli uNatan, wathi: “Khangela, mna ndihlala kwibhotwe elakhiwe ngamaplanga omsedare, ukanti yona ityesi yomnqophiso *kaNdikhoyo ihlala nje ententeni.”

₂UNatan wathi kuDavide: “Nantoni na oyicingayo ungayenza, uThixo unawe.”

₃Ngobo busuku ke lafika kuNatan ilizwi likaThixo lisithi: ₄“Hamba uye kuxelela isicaka sam uDavide uthi: ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Asinguwe umntu oza kundakhela indlu endiya kuhlala kuyo. ₅Ukususela mhla ndamkhupha eJiputa uSirayeli kude kube namhla andizange ndihlale endlwini. Ndasoloko nditshintsha izikhundla, ndithi ndikule indawo yokumisa intente, ndibe ndikuleya. ₆Oko ndajikeleza ndihamba namaSirayeli, andizange ndikhalaze kwiinkokheli endaziyalela ukuba zaluse abantu bam, andizange ndizibuze ndithi: Ngani ukuba ningandakheli indlu yomsedare?’

₇“Ke ngoko, yithi kuDavide isicaka sam: ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo onamandla onke ukuthi: Wena Davide ndakuthatha emadlelweni, ekwaluseni iigusha, ndakwenza umlawuli wabantu bam amaSirayeli. ₈Ndakukhapha kwiindawo zonke owawuhamba kuzo, ndazisusa zonke iintshaba zakho phambi kwakho. Ngoko ke ngoku igama lakho ndiza kulenza lidume lifane nelabakhulu emhlabeni. ₉Abantu bam amaSirayeli ndobabonela indawo abaza kuma kuyo, ndibazinzise, babe nendawo yabo, bangabuye babandezelwe nanini. Abantu abakhohlakeleyo abayi kuba sabacinezela njengoko bebesenjenjalo ngaphambili, ₁₀ukusukela kwimihla endabamisela abantu bam amaSirayeli iinkokheli. Ndiza kuzoyisa zonke iintshaba zakho.

“ ‘Nditsho kuwe ukuthi nguNdikhoyo oya kuyizinzisa indlu yakho. ₁₁Yakuphela imihla yakho, xa sowuye kuphumla kooyihlo, ndokuvusela ihlumelo, lithathe isikhundla sakho. Ewe, nditsho omnye woonyana bakho. Ndiya kuluzinzisa ulawulo lwakhe. ₁₂Nguye ke oya kundakhela indlu, ndiluzinzise ulawulo lwakhe ngonaphakade. ₁₃Mna ndiya kuba nguyise kuye, yena abe ngunyana wam. Uthando lwam kuye alusoze lutshitshe, njengoko lwenzayo kumfo owangena esikhundleni sakhe wena. ₁₄Ndiya kummisela endlwini yam, alawule kude kube ngunaphakade. Ewe, ulawulo lwakhe lohlala ngonaphakade.’ ”

₁₅Ke uNatan waya kuxelela uDavide onke amazwi alo mbono.

₁₆Ke kaloku ukumkani uDavide wangena waya kuhlala phambi *koNdikhoyo, waza wathi: “Kuxa ndingubani mna, Ndikhoyo Thixo? Iyintoni yona indlu yam, ukuba ude uze kundibeka kule ndawo ndikuyo ngoku? ₁₇Kanti ke akwanelanga ukwenjenjalo kuphela, Thixo: ngoku uthetha nangekamva lendlu yesicaka sakho. Ewe, Ndikhoyo, Thixo wam, ude wandiphatha ngathi ndingumntu onewonga.

₁₈“Mandithini, mna Davide, ukuthetha nawe, Ndikhoyo, wena osiwonga kangaka isicaka sakho? Kaloku uyabazi ubunjani besicaka sakho! ₁₉Ngenxa yesicaka sakho, nangokuthanda kwakho, wenze le nto inkulu kangaka, waza wavakalisa nezi zithembiso zingaka.

₂₀“Akakho onjengawe, Ndikhoyo, kungekho naThixo ngaphandle kwakho, njengoko sazivelayo ngezi zethu iindlebe. ₂₁Ngoobani abanjengabantu bakho amaSirayeli? Kaloku wona asisizwe ekukuphela kwaso ehlabathini esiThixo waso waphumayo waya kuzikhululela abantu bakhe, ukuze uzenzele igama ngezigigaba ezimangalisayo, xa wawuqwakanisa izizwe uzigxotha khon' ukuze endaweni yazo kungene abantu owabakhulula kwelaseJiputa. ₂₂Waza ke amaSirayeli wawenza abantu bakho ncakasana ngonaphakade. Wena ke, Ndikhoyo, waba nguThixo wabo.

₂₃“Ngoku ke, Ndikhoyo, isithembiso osenzileyo ngokuphathelele kwisicaka sakho kunye nendlu yaso masibe njalo ngonaphakade. Yenza ngokwesithembiso sakho, ₂₄ukuze sona sizinze, negama lakho libalasele ngonaphakade. Nabantu ke botsho bathi: ‘UNdikhoyo uSomandla, uThixo kaSirayeli, nguye uThixo wakhe.’ Nendlu yesicaka sakho uDavide ke iya kuzinza phambi kwakho.

₂₅“Wena Thixo wam, usithyilele isicaka sakho ukuba uya kusakhela indlu. Yiyo ke loo nto isicaka sakho sibe nobuganga bokuthandaza kuwe. ₂₆Wena Ndikhoyo, unguThixo! Isicaka sakho esi usenzele esi sithembiso sihle kangakanana. ₂₇Wena ubone kufanelekile ukuba uyithamsanqele indlu yesicaka sakho esi, ukuze ihlale ikukhonza njalo. Kaloku wena Ndikhoyo, uyithamsanqele, ngoko ke yothamsanqeleka ngonaphakade!”