Ndiyindoda – Day 4

₉Ke umlawuli uNehemiya, ekunye nombingeleli ongumchazi-mthetho uEzra, nabaLevi ababefundisa abantu, bathi kubo bonke: “Le yimini eyodwa kuNdikhoyo uThixo wenu. Ngoko ke musani ukulila nenze isijwili.” Kaloku bonke abantu babentywizisa ngoku bawaphulaphuleyo amazwi omthetho.

₇₄Wasuka waziqalekisa efunga esithi: “Andimazi loo mntu!”

Kwathi ke kwangoko yakhala inkuku. ₇₅Walikhumbula ke uPetros ilizwi awayelithethe kuye uYesu, esithi: “Ingekakhali inkuku, woba undikhanyele kathathu.” Waphuma waya phandle, walila kabuhlungu.

₆Akufika phambi kokumkani uDavide, uMefibhoshete unyana kaJonatan unyana kaSawule wathi guqaqa ngobuso, wakhahlela kukumkani. UDavide wathi: “Mefibhoshete!”

Yena wathi: “Ndim, mna sicaka sakho.”

₇Uthe kuye uDavide: “Uze ungoyiki. Ndifuna ukukwenzela inceba ngenxa kayihlo uJonatan. Umhlaba kayihlo-mkhulu uSawule ndifuna ukuwubuyisela kuwe, yaye ndifuna udle etafileni yam lonke ixesha.”

₈Ubuye wakhahlela uMefibhoshete, wathi: “Mhlekazi, uyintoni na umkhonzi wakho ukuba uthathe ingqalelo ngenja efileyo enjengam nje?”

₃₂Ukumkani wathi kumKushe: “Yena umfana uAbhasalom usindile phofu?”

UmKushe wathi: “Mhlekazi, bendinga into emhleleyo unyana wakho ibinga ingenzeka kuzo zonke iintshaba zakho, nakwabo bakuvukelayo.”

₃₃Ukumkani waba nengevane, wenyuka waya kwigumbi eliphezu kwesango, wafika walila. Wayehamba elila, esithi: “Yini umntwana wam! Awu, nyana wam Abhasalom, nyana wam Abhasalom! Akwaba ibindim ofileyo, Abhasalom, nyana wam, nyana wam!”

₁UJowabhi waxelelwa kwathiwa: “Uyabona, ukumkani uzilile, elilela uAbhasalom.” ₂Ngaloo mini uvuyo loloyiso lwajika lwaba lusizi kuwo wonke umkhosi kaDavide, kuba eva kusithiwa: “Ukumkani uzilile ngenxa yonyana wakhe.” ₃Loo mkhosi wabuyela edolophini unyoshoza oku komkhosi obaleke edabini. ₄Wazigquma ubuso ukumkani, watsho esikrakra isikhalo, esithi: “Yini umntwana wam uAbhasalom! Abhasalom, nyana wam, nyana wam!”

₁Ngelo thuba ke ukumkani uHezekiya wahlabeka, waza wagulela ukungabikho. *Umshumayeli uIsaya, unyana ka-Amozi, waya kumbona, waza wathi kuye: “*UNdikhoyo uthi: ‘Lungisa imicimbi yomzi wakho ime kakuhle, kuba uza kufa, awuzukuphila.’ ”

₂Ke uHezekiya wasuka wafulathela, wajonga eludongeni, wathandaza kuNdikhoyo, wathi: ₃“Khumbula kaloku, Ndikhoyo, ukuba oko ndakunqulayo ndikukhonza ngentembeko nokunyaniseka, ndaba soloko ndihamba ngokomyalelo wakho.” Suka ke wangqukruleka kabuhlungu.

₄UNdikhoyo wayalela uIsaya ngelithi: ₅“Xelela uHezekiya uthi: ‘Nali ilizwi elithethwa nguNdikhoyo uThixo kayihlo uDavide: Ndiwuvile umthandazo wakho, ndazibona neenyembezi zakho. Ndiza kubongeza ngeminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ubomi bakho. ₆Futhi ndiza kukuhlangula wena kunye nesi sixeko kwisandla sokumkani waseAsiriya. Esi sixeko ndiza kusikhusela.’ ”

₃Ukufika kwabo ooDavide bafika loo dolophu iluthuthu, abafazi noonyana kunye neentombi zabo kumkiwe nazo. ₄Hayi ke, abhomboloza loo madoda ada aphelelwa ngamandla. ₅Kwakuthathwe nabafazi ababini bakaDavide, uAhinowam waseYizereli kunye noAbhigeli umhlolokazi kaNabhali waseKarmele.

₆Wazibona selesengxakini embi uDavide, kuba amadoda akhe ayefuna ukumxuluba ngamatye, kuba ayekhathazekile ngenxa yokuduka kweentsapho zawo. Kodwa uDavide wazomeleza ngokuthembela *kuNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe kuyo yonke loo nto.