1 iziKronike 12 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 IziKronike 12

¹ Laba yibo abeza kuDavide eSikilagi esamlindile ngenxa kaSawule indodana kaKishi; futhi babephakathi kwamaqhawe, abasizi bempi.

² Babehlome ngeminsalo, besebenzisa isandla sokunene nesokhohlo ukujikijela amatshe nemicibisholo ngomnsalo, bephuma kubafowabo bakaSawule bakwaBenjamini.

³ Induna yayinguAhiyezeri, noJowashi, amadodana kaShemaha waseGibeya; noJesiyeli noPheleti, amadodana ka-Ashimaweti; noBeraga noJehu umAntoti;

⁴ no-Ishmaya waseGibeyoni, iqhawe phakathi kwamashumi amathathu namashumi amathathu; noJeremiya, noJagasiyeli, noJohanani, noJozabadi waseGedera,

⁵ u-Eluzayi, noJerimoti, noBheliya, noShemariya, noShefathiya umHarufi;

⁶ u-Elkana, noJesiya, no-Azareli, noJoweri, noJasobamu, amaKhorigi,

⁷ noJowela noZebadiya, amadodana kaJerohamu waseGedori.

⁸ KwabakwaGadi bamhlukanisela uDavide endaweni yezintaba ngasehlane amadoda anamandla namadoda empi ahlomele ukulwa, aphatha isihlangu nesihlangu, ubuso bawo babunjengobuso bezingonyama, nanejubane njengenkemane ezintabeni;

⁹ u-Ezeri inhloko, u-Obadiya owesibili, u-Eliyabe owesithathu,

¹⁰ uMishimana owesine, uJeremiya owesihlanu,

¹¹ u-Athayi owesithupha, u-Eliyeli owesikhombisa,

¹² uJohanani owesishiyagalombili, u-Elisabadi owesishiyagalolunye,

¹³ uJeremiya owetshumi, uMagibanayi owetshumi lanye.

¹⁴ Laba babevela emadodaneni kaGadi, izinduna zempi;

¹⁵ Laba yibo abawela iJordani ngenyanga yokuqala liphuphuma lonke usebe lwalo; babalekela kuzo zonke izigodi, ngasempumalanga nasentshonalanga.

¹⁶ Kwafika nabanye babantwana bakwaBenjamini noJuda entabeni kanye noDavide.

¹⁷ UDavide waphuma ukubahlangabeza, waphendula, wathi kubo: “Uma niza kimi ngokuthula ukungisiza, inhliziyo yami iyonamathela kini; kepha uma niza ukungikhaphela ezitheni zami, njengokuba kungekho bubi esandleni sami, uNkulunkulu wawobaba uyakubheka, akusole.

¹⁸ Umoya wehlela phezu kuka-Amasayi owayeyinduna yezinduna, wathi: “Singakuwe, Davide, singakuwe, ndodana kaJese; ukuthula, ukuthula kube kuwe, nokuthula kubasizi bakho; ngoba uNkulunkulu wakho uyakusiza. UDavide wabamukela, wabenza abaholi beviyo.

¹⁹ Abanye bakwaManase bawela kuDavide ekufikeni kwakhe namaFilisti ukulwa noSawule; kodwa abazange babasize; ngokuba izikhulu zamaFilisti zameluleka ngokuthi: “Uyakuyibeka engozini uSawule inkosi yakhe.” zamakhanda ethu.

²⁰ Esaya eSikilagi, u-Adina noJosabadi noJediyayeli noMikayeli noJosabadi no-Elihu noSilithayi, izinduna zezinkulungwane zakwaManase, bamhlasela.

²¹ Basebesiza uDavida phezu kweviyo, ngoba bonke babengamaqhawe alamandla lezinduna empini.

²² Ngokuba ngaleso sikhathi kwafika kuDavide imihla ngemihla ukumsiza, kwaze kwaba yibutho elikhulu njengempi kaNkulunkulu.

²³ Lezi ziyizinombolo zamaviyo ayehlomele impi eza kuDavide eHebroni ukuze abuyisele ubukhosi bukaSawule kuye njengezwi likaJehova.

²⁴ Abantwana bakwaJuda abaphatha isihlangu nomkhonto babeyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, behlomele impi.

²⁵ Kubantwana bakwaSimeyoni, amaqhawe anamandla empi, izinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa nekhulu.

²⁶ Kubantwana bakwaLevi izinkulungwane ezine namakhulu ayisithupha;

²⁷ UJehoyada wayengumholi woonyana baka-Aroni, enaye izinkulungwane ezintathu namakhulu ayisikhombisa;

²⁸ noSadoki insizwa, iqhawe elinamandla, nasendlini kayise izinduna ezingamashumi amabili nambili.

²⁹ Kubantwana bakwaBenjamini, umndeni kaSawule, izinkulungwane ezintathu; ngoba kuze kube manje iningi labo laliqaphe umlindi wendlu kaSawule.

³⁰ Kubantwana bakwa-Efrayimi yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, amaqhawe anamandla, abadumileyo ezindlini zawoyise.

³¹ Esiqingatheni sesizwe sakwaManase yizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili, ababizwa ngamagama ukuba zize zibeke uDavide inkosi.

³² Kubantwana bakwa-Isakare, ababekwazi ukuqonda izikhathi, ukwazi okufanele u-Israyeli akwenze; amakhanda abo ayengamakhulu amabili; bonke abafowabo balandela umyalo wabo.

³³ KwaZebuloni abaphuma impi, bengabakwazi ukulwa, benezikhali zonke zempi, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu, abangaphuma impi; babengeyona impinda.

³⁴ KwaNafetali izinduna eziyinkulungwane, kanye nazo eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa eziphethe isihlangu nomkhonto.

³⁵ KumaDani ayesempini izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili namakhulu ayisithupha.

³⁶ Ku-Asheri, abaphuma impi, abahlomele ukulwa, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane.

³⁷ Ngaphesheya kweJordani kwabakwaRubeni nabakwaGadi nasenxenyeni yesizwe sakwaManase benezikhali zonke zokulwa, izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili.

³⁸ Onke lawo maqhawe anamandla okuhlela afika eHebroni ngenhliziyo epheleleyo ukubeka uDavide inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke; bonke abanye bakwa-Israyeli bavumelana ukumbeka uDavide inkosi.

³⁹ Bahlala lapho noDavide izinsuku ezintathu, badla, baphuza, ngokuba abafowabo babebalungisele.

⁴⁰ Ngaphezu kwalokho, labo ababeseduze nabo, kwaze kwaba kwa-Isakare, noZebuloni, nakwaNafetali, baletha isinkwa ngezimbongolo nangamakamela, neminyuzi, nezinkomo, nenyama, nempuphu, namaqebelengwane omkhiwane, nezigaxa zezithelo zomvini ezomisiweyo, newayini, namafutha, nezinkomo, nezinkomo; nenala, ngokuba kwakukhona intokozo kwa-Israyeli.