2 Sam 17 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Iseluleko sikaAhithofeli

1UAhithofeli wasesithi kuAbisalomu: Ake ngithathe abantu abazinkulungwane ezilitshumi lambili, ngixotshane loDavida ngalobubusuku.

2Ngizamfica ekhathele, ebuthakathaka, ngimethuse; bonke abantu abalaye bazabaleka; ngizabulala inkosi kuphela.

3Ngizaletha abantu bonke kuwe njengomlobokazi elethwa kumyeni wakhe. Ufuna ukuphila komuntu oyedwa nje; bonke abanye abantu bazakuphepha.

4Lelilizwi lamthokozisa uAbisalomu labo bonke abadala bakoIsrayeli.

5UAbisalomu wasesithi: Bizani loHushayi waseArki, kesizwe ukuthi yena uthini.

6UHushayi esefikile, uAbisalomu wamtshela ukuba uAhithofeli utheni, wathi: Senze njengokutsho kwakhe na? Uba kungenjalo, wena uthini na?

7UHushayi wathi kuAbisalomu: Ukweluleka kukaAhithofeli kakukuhle.

8UHushayi wathi futhi: Uyamazi uyihlo labantu bakhe ukuba bangamaqhawe, lokuthi bathukuthele njengebhere elithathelwe imidlwane yalo egangeni. Futhi uyihlo yindoda yempi; kayikuhlala labantu ebusuku.

9Lakhathesinje ucatshile emgodini, loba kwenye indawo. Kuzakuthi lapho abanye bebulawa ekuqaleni nje, kuthi ozwayo athi: Baphelile abantu abalandela uAbisalomu.

10Kuthi lolesibindi olenhliziyo enjengeyesilwane aphele amandla ngenxa yokwesaba; ngoba wonke uIsrayeli uyazi ukuba uyihlo uliqhawe, lokuba lalabo abalaye labo balesibindi.

11Kodwa mina ngithi wonke uIsrayeli kabuthane kuwe kusukela koDani kuze kufike eBerisheba, babe ngangetshebetshebe elisolwandle ubunengi babo, wena ubususiya labo empini.

12Sizamfikela endaweni ethile lapho angafumaniseka khona, simehlele njengamazolo ewela emhlabathini; kungasali loyedwa wakhe lebantwini abalaye.

13Uba ebalekela emzini, wonke uIsrayeli uzaletha amagoda kulowomuzi, siwuhudulele esihotsheni, kungabe kusafunyaniswa lelitshe khona.

14UAbisalomu labo bonke abantu bakoIsrayeli bathi: Ukweluleka kukaHushayi waseArki kungcono kulokukaAhithofeli. Ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu yayimisile ukuba kudilizwe ukweluleka okuhle kukaAhithofeli ukuze imehlisele okubi uAbisalomu.

15UHushayi wasesithi kuZadoki lakuAbiyatha abapristi: UAhithofeli weluleke uAbisalomu labadala bakoIsrayeli wathi wathi; minake ngabeluleka ngathi ngathi.

16Ngakho thumani ilizwi masinyane kuDavida limtshele lithi: Ungahlali ngasemazibukweni asenkangala kulobubusuku, kodwa welela ngaphetsheya, hlezi inkosi ibulawe labantu bayo bonke.

17UJonathani loAhimazi babelindile eEnirogeli; incekukazi ethile yayilokhu isiza ibatshela ukuthi bona bahambe bayebikela inkosi uDavida, ukuba bangabonwa bengena emzini.

18Kodwa umfana othile wababona, wabikela uAbisalomu; basebehamba masinyane bobabili, bayafika endlini yomuntu othile eBahurimi. Lowomuntu wayelomthombo egumeni lakhe; bangena phakathi.

19Owesifazana wathatha isimbombozo, wasendlala phezu komlomo womthombo, wachaya amabele phezu kwaso, kungazi muntu.

20Lapho zifika inceku zikaAbisalomu endlini, zathi kowesifazana: Bangaphi oAhimazi loJonathani na? Owesifazana wathi kizo: Bachaphele ngaphetsheya kwesifula. Sezibadinge zabaswela, zasezibuyela eJerusalema.

21Kwathi sezihambile, baphuma emthonjeni baya bayitshela inkosi uDavida, bathi: Sukani masinyane, lichaphe isifula, ngoba uAhithofeli weluleke wathi wathi ngani.

22UDavida wasesuka labo bonke abantu ababelaye, bachapha iJordani; ekuphumeni kwelanga kwakungasasalanga loyedwa ongalichaphanga iJordani.

23Lapho uAhithofeli ebona ukuthi ukweluleka kwakhe kakulandelwanga, wabophela ubabhemi wakhe, wasuka waya ekhaya emzini wakhe; eselungisile izinto zomuzi wakhe, waseziphanyeka, wafa, wangcwatshelwa elibeni likayise.

UDavida useMahanayimi

24Kwathi lapho uAbisalomu esechapha iJordani kanye labo bonke bakoIsrayeli, uDavida wayesefikile eMahanayimi.

25UAbisalomu wayebeke uAmasa ukuba yinduna yamabutho esikhundleni sikaJowabi. UAmasa wayeyindodana yomuntu othiwa nguIthira wakoIshmayeli, owayethethe uAbigali indodakazi kaNahashi, udadewabo kaZeruya unakaJowabi.

26UIsrayeli loAbisalomu bamisa elizweni laseGileyadi.

27Kwathi uDavida esefikile eMahanayimi, uShobi indodana kaNahashi waseRaba waseAmoni, loMakiri indodana kaAmiyeli waseLodebari, loBarizilayi waseGileyadi elaseRogelimi,

28baletha amacansi lemiganu, lendiwo, lamabele, lebhali, lempuphu, lomumbu okhanzingiweyo, lendumba, lemibhida,

29lenyosi, lamasi, lezimvu, letshizi kuDavida labantu ababelaye ukuba badle; ngoba bathi: Abantu balambile, badiniwe, bomile enkangala.