1 Lan 21 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

UDavida ubala abantu

1USathane wamelana loIsrayeli, wavusa uDavida ukuba abale abakoIsrayeli.2 Sam 24:1–25

2Ngakho uDavida wathi kuJowabi lakubaphathi bempi: Hambani liyebala uIsrayeli kusukela eBerisheba kuze kufike koDani, libuye lizebika kimi ukuba ngazi ukuthi banganani.

3Kodwa uJowabi wasesithi enkosini: Loba uNkulunkulu engabandisa abantu baphindwe ngokulikhulu, inkosi kayiyikuba lokhu iyinkosi labantu bonke beyizinceku zayo na? Pho, ikufunelani lokhu na? Izakwehliselani icala phezu kukaIsrayeli na?

4Kodwa inkosi yamlaya uJowabi ukuba alalele ilizwi layo. Ngakho wasephuma uJowabi, wadabula phakathi kwawo wonke uIsrayeli; wabuyela eJerusalema,

5wanika uDavida inani labantu abahlomileyo abalamandla. Kulo lonke lakoIsrayeli kwakukhona amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezizinkulungwane lezinkulungwane ezilikhulu; koJuda kwakulezinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amane lamatshumi ayisikhombisa.

6Kodwa kawabalanga amaLevi labakoBenjamini, ngoba uJowabi wayengavumelani lomlayo wenkosi.

7Kodwa lokho kwaba kubi kuNkulunkulu, wamshaya uIsrayeli.

8UDavida wathi kuNkulunkulu: Ngonile kakhulu ngalokho engikwenzileyo. Ngakho ngiyakuncenga, akuthethelele ububi benceku yakho, ngoba ngenzile ubuthutha obukhulu.

9INkosi yakhuluma kuGadi umboni kaDavida yathi:

10Hamba uyetshela uDavida ukuthi iNkosi ithi: Ngikubekela izinto ezintathu; khetha enye kuzo ukuba ngiyenze kuwe.

11UGadi wasefika kuDavida wathi kuye: INkosi ithi: Zikhethele okufunayo,

12iminyaka emithathu yendlala, loba ukuhlutshwa yizitha zakho okwenyanga ezintathu lokuhlaselwa yimpi yazo, ingabe insuku ezintathu zokuhlaselwa ngumkhonto weNkosi oletha umkhuhlane elizweni lesithunywa seNkosi siletha ukuchitheka kulo lonke ilizwe lakoIsrayeli. Ake ucabange, ubone ukuba yimpendulo bani engizayibuyisela kongithumileyo.

13UDavida wasesithi kuGadi: Ngisebunzimeni obukhulu; kungcono ukuba ngiwele esandleni seNkosi, ngoba umusa wayo mkhulu, kulokuba ngiwele esandleni somuntu.

14Ngakho iNkosi yasithumela umkhuhlane koIsrayeli, kwafa abantu abazinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa.

15UNkulunkulu wathumela isithunywa eJerusalema ukulibhubhisa; kodwa kwathi sesizakulibhubhisa, iNkosi yabuye yazisola ngalobobubi ebizakubenza; yasisithi kuso isithunywa esibhubhisayo: Yekela! Sekwanele. Isithunywa seNkosi sasisesizeni sikaOrnani waseJebusi.

16UDavida waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona isithunywa seNkosi simi phezulu emoyeni siphethe umhedla, siwelulele phezu kweJerusalema. UDavida labadala bathi mbo ngobuso phansi begqoke izambatho zokulila.

17UDavida wathi kuNkulunkulu: Kakusimi yini othe kakubalwe abantu, lowonileyo wenza okubi kakhulu na? Kodwa lezizimvu zenzeni na? Isandla sakho, Nkosi Nkulunkulu wami, kasibe phezu kwami laphezu kwendlu kababa, ungawehliseli umkhuhlane phezu kwabantu bakho.

18Isithunywa seNkosi satshela uGadi ukutshela uDavida ukuba aye esizeni sikaOrnani waseJebusi, akhele khona iNkosi ialtare.

19UDavida wasehambake njengokutsho kukaGadi ngebizo leNkosi.

20UOrnani wayebhula amabele, lapho enyemukula wabona isithunywa; yena lamadodana akhe amane bacatsha.

21Kwathi lapho uDavida efika, uOrnani wambona, waphuma esizeni, wakhuleka kuDavida ethe mbo ngobuso phansi.

22UDavida wathi kuOrnani: Ngithengisela isiza sakho ukuba ngakhele kuso iNkosi ialtare, ungithengisele sona ngentengo yaso epheleleyo ukuze umkhuhlane udede ebantwini.

23UOrnani wasesithi kuDavida: Sithathe, inkosi yami yenze lokho ekubona kulungile kuyo; khangela, ngiyakunika lezinkabi zibe yiminikelo yokutshiswa, lezimbulo zokubhula zibe zinkuni, lamabele abe ngumnikelo wempuphu. Ngiyakunika konke lokhu.

24Kodwa inkosi uDavida yathi: Atshi bo, kodwa ngizakuthenga ngentengo yaso epheleleyo; kangiyikunikela eNkosini okungokwakho, loba nginikele iminikelo yokutshiswa engangibizanga lutho.

25UDavida wasemhlawula uOrnani amashekeli egolide angamakhulu ayisithupha ngaleyondawo.

26Wayakhela khona iNkosi ialtare, wanikela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yokuthula, wakhuleka eNkosini, yona yamphendula ngomlilo ovela ezulwini, wavutha phezu kwealtare lomnikelo wokutshiswa.

27INkosi yasilaya isithunywa, sawubuyisela umhedla esambeni sawo.

Ukukhethwa kwendawo yethempeli

28Kwathi lapho uDavida ebona ukuba iNkosi imphendule esizeni sikaOrnani waseJebusi, wanikela khona imihlatshelo.

29Ngoba iTabernakeli leNkosi uMose ayelenze enkangala lealtare lomnikelo wokutshiswa ngalesosikhathi kwakusendaweni ephakemeyo yokukhonzela eGibeyoni;

30kodwa uDavida wahluleka ukuya khona ukubuza kuNkulunkulu khona, ngoba wayesesaba umhedla wesithunywa seNkosi.