Noma kunjalo-ke, ngenxa yaleso senzo wenze ukuba izitha zikaSimakade zimhlambalaze, ngakho umntwana ozozalwa uzokufa.”
2 Samuweli 24:12 - IsiZulu 2020 “Hamba ukhulume kuDavide, uthi: ‘Usho kanje uSimakade, uthi: “Ngikubekela izinto ezintathu, khetha ibe yinye phakathi kwazo, ukuba ngikwenzele yona.” ’ ” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE “Hamba ukhulume kuDavide ngokuthi: ‘UJehova usho kanje, uthi: Ngiyakubekela izinto ezintathu; khetha enye kuzo ukuba ngikwenzele yona.’ ” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Hamba uthi kuDavide: ‘Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Ngikubekela izinto ezintathu; zikhetheleni enye yazo, ukuze ngiyenze kini. |
Noma kunjalo-ke, ngenxa yaleso senzo wenze ukuba izitha zikaSimakade zimhlambalaze, ngakho umntwana ozozalwa uzokufa.”
Lapho uDavide evuka ekuseni, kwafika izwi likaSimakade kumphrofethi uGadi, umboni kaDavide, lathi:
UGadi wafika kuDavide wambikela, wathi kuye: “Izofika yini kuwe: iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala ezweni lakini, noma izinyanga ezintathu ubaleka ezitheni eziyobe zilokhu zikuxoshile, noma izinsuku ezintathu zobhubhane ezweni lakini na? Manje-ke, cabangisisisa, unqume ukuthi mpendulo yini engizokuyibuyisela kongithumileyo.”
UJowabe, indodana kaZeruya, waqala ukubala abantu, kodwa akazange aqede ngenxa yolaka olwaqubuka phezu kuka-Israyeli, inani labantu alizange lifakwe encwadini yezindaba zemihla ngemihla yenkosi uDavide.
ngokuba Mina nginawe,’ kusho uSimakade. ‘Ngiyakukusindisa, ngiziqede nya zonke izizwe engikuhlakazele kuzo, kodwa wena angiyukukuqeda. Ngiyakukuyala ngobulungiswa, angiyukukuyeka ngingakujezisi.’
Nami ngokunjalo ngamelana nabo, ngabayisa ezweni lezitha zabo. Uma ngaleso sikhathi izinhliziyo zabo ezingasokile zithobeka, bekhombisa ukuphenduka ngobubi babo,
Bayakulishiya izwe, lithokoze ngamasabatha alo lisahlezi liyincithakalo, kungekho muntu kulo. Bona besamukeliswa isijeziso sobubi babo, ngokuba balahla izehlulelo zami, umphefumulo wabo wanengwa yizimiso zami.
“ ‘Bonke engibathandayo ngiyabasola, ngibayale. Ngakho-ke yiba ngoshisayo, uphenduke.