1 iziKronike 14 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 IziKronike 14 UDavide wathatha abanye abafazi eJerusalema, uDavide wazala amadodana namadodakazi engeziwe

¹ UHiramu inkosi yaseTire wathuma izithunywa kuDavide, nemisedari, nabakhi nababazi, ukumakhela indlu.

² UDavida wasebona ukuthi uJehova wayemmisile ukuthi abe yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, ngoba umbuso wakhe waphakanyiswa ngenxa yabantu bakhe uIsrayeli.

³ UDavida wasethatha abanye abafazi eJerusalema, uDavida wazala amanye amadodana lamadodakazi.

⁴ Lawa angamagama abantwana bakhe ayenabo eJerusalema; uSamuwa noShobabi, uNathani noSolomoni,

⁵ no-Ibhari, no-Elishuwa, no-Elipaleti,

⁶ noNoga, noNefegi, noJafiya,

⁷ no-Elishama noBeliyada no-Elifeleti.

⁸ Lapho amaFilisti ezwa ukuthi uDavide ugcotshiwe ukuba abe yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke, onke amaFilisti enyuka ukumfuna uDavide. UDavide wezwa, waphuma ukulwa nabo.

⁹ AmaFilisti afika, abahlakazela esigodini samaRefa.

¹⁰ UDavida wasebuza kuNkulunkulu wathi: Ngenyukele yini kumaFilisti? Uyakuwanikela esandleni sami na? UJehova wayesethi kuye: “Sukuma; ngokuba ngiyakuwanikela esandleni sakho.

¹¹ Base benyukela eBali Pherazimi; uDavide wawabulala khona. UDavide wayesethi: “UNkulunkulu wadabula isandla sami ezitheni zami njengokufohla kwamanzi; ngalokho babiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iBali Pherazimi.

¹² Ashiya onkulunkulu bawo lapho, uDavide wayala, ashiswa ngomlilo.

¹³ AmaFilisti aphinda ahlakazeka esigodini.

¹⁴ Ngakho uDavida waphinda wabuza kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wathi kuye: Ungabalandeli; suka kubo, ubahlangabeze ezihlahleni zamabhamubhamu.

¹⁵ Uma uzwa umsindo wokuhamba eziqongweni zezihlahla zamabhakabhaka, khona-ke kumelwe uphume ukulwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu uphumile phambi kwakho ukuze anqobe impi yamaFilisti.

¹⁶ UDavide wenza njengalokho uJehova emyalile, bachitha impi yamaFilisti kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kube seGezeri.

¹⁷ Indaba kaDavide yaphumela emazweni onke; uJehova wabeka ukumesaba kwakhe phezu kwezizwe zonke.