2 Samuweli 11 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 Samuweli 11 UDavide ubona uBhati-sheba, lokhu kuholela ekubeni alale naye futhi abulale

¹ Kwathi umnyaka usuphelile, ngesikhathi amakhosi aphuma ngaso ukulwa, uDavida wathuma uJowabi lenceku zakhe kanye laye loIsrayeli wonke; babulala abantwana bakwa-Amoni, bavimbezela iRaba. Kodwa uDavida wasala eJerusalema.

² Kwathi sekuhlwile, uDavide wavuka embhedeni wakhe, wahamba phezu kophahla lwendlu yenkosi; ephezu kophahla wabona owesifazane emgeza; owesifazane wayemuhle kakhulu ebukeka.

³ UDavide wayesethumela wabuza kowesifazane. Omunye wathi: “Lo akasiye uBati Sheba indodakazi ka-Eliyamu umka-Uriya umHeti na?

⁴ UDavide wayesethuma izithunywa, wamthatha; wangena kuye, walala naye; ngoba wayesehlanjululwe ekungcoleni kwakhe, wabuyela endlini yakhe.

⁵ Owesifazana wakhulelwa, wathumela watshela uDavida wathi: Ngikhulelwe.

⁶ UDavida wasethumela kuJowabi esithi: Thumela kimi uUriya umHethi. UJowabe wayesethuma u-Uriya kuDavide.

⁷ U-Uriya esefikile kuye, uDavida wambuza ukuthi kwakunjani kuJowabi, lokuthi abantu baqhuba njani, lokuthi impi iphumelele njani.

⁸ UDavida wasesithi kuUriya: Yehlela endlini yakho, ugeze inyawo zakho. U-Uriya waphuma endlini yenkosi, futhi ukudla okuningi kwenkosi kwamlandela.

⁹ Kepha u-Uriya walala ngasemnyango wendlu yenkosi kanye nazo zonke izinceku zenkosi yakhe, akehlelanga endlini yakhe.

¹⁰ Kwathi sebebikela uDavida besithi: U-Uriya kehlelanga endlini yakhe, uDavida wasesithi kuUriya: Kawusuki yini ekuhambeni kwakho? pho, ungehlelanga ngani endlini yakho?

¹¹ U-Uriya wathi kuDavide: “Umphongolo no-Israyeli noJuda bahlala ematendeni; inkosi yami uJowabe nezinceku zenkosi yami bakanise endle; ngiyakungena endlini yami ukuba ngidle, ngiphuze, ngilale nomkami na? uma niphila, nokuphila komphefumulo wenu, angiyikuyenza le nto.

¹² UDavida wasesithi kuUriya: Hlala lapha lalamuhla, kusasa ngizakukhulula. U-Uriya wahlala eJerusalema ngalolo suku nangakusasa.

¹³ UDavide wambiza, wadla, waphuza phambi kwakhe; wadakwa, kwathi kusihlwa waphuma ukuba alale embhedeni wakhe nezinceku zenkosi yakhe, akehlelanga endlini yakhe.

¹⁴ Kwathi ekuseni uDavide walobela uJowabe incwadi, wayithumela ngesandla sika-Uriya.

¹⁵ Waloba encwadini, wathi: “Mbekeni u-Uriya ngaphambili empini enzima kakhulu, nisuke kuye, ukuze ahlulwe, afe.”

¹⁶ Lapho uJowabe ebona umuzi, wamqondisa u-Uriya endaweni azi ukuthi kukhona amadoda anesibindi.

¹⁷ Abantu bomuzi baphuma balwa noJowabe, kwawa amadoda ezinceku zikaDavide; wafa naye u-Uriya umHeti.

¹⁸ Emva kwalokho uJowabe wathumela watshela uDavide konke mayelana nempi;

¹⁹ Wasesiyala isithunywa, wathi: “Nxa usuqedile ukuyitshela inkosi izindaba zempi,

²⁰ Uma intukuthelo yenkosi ivuka, ithi kuwe: “Nisondeleleni kangaka emzini ngokulwa na?” Beningazi yini ukuthi bebeyakucibishela odongeni na?

²¹ Ngubani owanqoba u-Abimeleki indodana kaJerubhesheti na? Angithi owesifazana wamjikijela ilitshe lokuchola esodongeni, waze wafa eThebesi? usondeleleni odongeni? uthi: Inceku yakho u-Uriya umHeti ifile.

²² Khona-ke isithunywa sahamba safika samtshela uDavide konke uJowabe ayesithume kona.

²³ Isithunywa sathi kuDavide: “Bheka, amadoda asehlula, aphuma eza kithi endle, saba nawo kwaze kwaba sekungeneni kwesango;

²⁴ Abacibishelayo bacibishela izinceku zakho besegangeni; kwafa ezinye zezinceku zenkosi, inceku yakho u-Uriya umHeti yafa nayo.

²⁵ UDavide wayesethi kuso isithunywa: “Uzakusho kanje kuJowabe, uthi: ‘Le ndaba mayingakuthukuthelisi, ngokuba inkemba idla omunye njengalokhu; qinisa impi yakho ngokumelene nomuzi futhi uwuchithe, futhi uwukhuthaze.

²⁶ Umka-Uriya esezwile ukuthi u-Uriya umyeni wakhe ufile, wamlilela umyeni wakhe.

²⁷ Kwathi sesiphelile ukulila, uDavida wathumela wamletha endlini yakhe, waba ngumkakhe, wamzalela indodana. Kodwa le nto uDavide ayenzile yayingalungile emehlweni kaJehova.