2 Samuweli 14 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 Samuweli 14 uJowabe nowesifazane ohlakaniphileyo waseThekhowa

¹ UJowabe indodana kaSeruya wabona ukuthi inhliziyo yenkosi iku-Abisalomu.

² UJowabe wayesethumela eThekhowa, walanda khona owesifazane ohlakaniphileyo, wathi kuye: “Zinike izingubo zokulila, wembathe ukulila, ungazigcobi ngamafutha, kepha ube njengowesifazane olilela ofileyo isikhathi eside;

³ Uze enkosini ukhulume kanje kuyo. UJowabe wafaka amazwi emlonyeni wakhe.

⁴ UmkaThekhowa esekhuluma enkosini, wawa ngobuso emhlabathini, wakhothamela, wathi: “Siza, nkosi!

⁵ Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Ulani? Wathi: “Impela ngingumfelokazi, nomyeni wami ufile;

⁶ Incekukazi yakho yayinamadodana amabili, axabana wodwa endle, akwabakho owawahlukanisa; kodwa omunye watshaya omunye wambulala.

⁷ Bheka, wonke umndeni wavukela inceku yakho, wathi: ‘Sinike oshaye umfowabo, ukuze simbulale ngenxa yomphefumulo womfowabo ambulele; futhi siyobhubhisa indlalifa, futhi kanjalo bayocisha ilahle lami elisele futhi bangashiyi gama noma insali emhlabeni kumyeni wami.

⁸ Inkosi yasisithi kowesifazana: Hamba uye endlini yakho, ngizakuyala ngawe.

⁹ UmkaThekhowa wasesithi enkosini: Nkosi yami, nkosi, ububi buphezu kwami laphezu kwendlu kababa, lenkosi lesihlalo sayo sobukhosi kakulacala.

¹⁰ Inkosi yasisithi: Wonke okhuluma ulutho kuwe, mlethe kimi, njalo kasoze aphinde akuthinte.

¹¹ Wayesethi: “Inkosi mayikhumbule uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ungabe usabavumela abantu abanegazi ukuba babhubhise, futhi bangayibhubhisa indodana yami.” Wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova, akuyikuwela nolulodwa unwele lwendodana yakho emhlabeni.

¹² Owesifazana wasesithi: Incekukazi yakho kayikhulume enkosini yami, inkosi. Wasesithi: Hamba!

¹³ Owesifazana wasesithi: Pho, ucabangeleni into enje ngabantu bakaNkulunkulu? ngokuba inkosi ikhuluma ngale ndaba njengobi, ngokuba inkosi ayiyikumbuyisela ekhaya oxoshiwe.

¹⁴ Ngoba kufanele sife futhi sinjengamanzi achitheke emhlabathini, angeke aphinde aqoqwe; futhi uNkulunkulu akahloniphi muntu; nokho uceba icebo ukuze abathunjwa bakhe bangaxoshwa kuye.

¹⁵ Manje njengoba ngize ukukhuluma le ndaba nenkosi yami, inkosi, kungoba abantu bangethusile; inceku yakho yathi: ‘Mangikhulume enkosini; mhlawumbe inkosi iyakwenza isicelo senceku yayo.

¹⁶ Ngoba inkosi iyolalela ukuze isindise inceku yayo esandleni somuntu ozongibhubhisa kanye nendodana yami efeni likaNkulunkulu.

¹⁷ Inceku yakho yathi: ‘Izwi lenkosi yami, inkosi, makube elinokuthula, ngokuba njengengelosi kaNkulunkulu, injalo inkosi yami, inkosi, ukwahlukanisa okuhle nokubi; ngalokho uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho uyakuba nawe.

¹⁸ Inkosi yasiphendula yathi kowesifazana: Ungangifihleli engikubuzayo. Owesifazane wathi: “Inkosi yami, inkosi, mayikhulume.”

¹⁹ Inkosi yasisithi: Isandla sikaJowabi kasilawe yini kukho konke lokhu? Owesifazana waphendula wathi: Kusaphila umphefumulo wakho, nkosi yami, nkosi, kakulamuntu ongaphambukela ngakwesokunene langakwesokhohlo kukho konke inkosi yami, inkosi ekukhulumileyo; ngoba inceku yakho uJowabe ingilayile, lamazwi wonke asemlonyeni wenceku yakho.

²⁰ Inceku yakho uJowabe yenza le nto ukuze ilingise le ndlela; futhi inkosi yami ihlakaniphe njengokuhlakanipha kwengelosi kaNkulunkulu, ukwazi konke okusemhlabeni.

²¹ Inkosi yathi kuJowabe: “Bheka, ngikwenzile lokho; hamba, ubuyise insizwa u-Abisalomu.

²² UJowabe wayesewa ngobuso emhlabathini, wakhothama, wabonga inkosi; uJowabe wathi: “Namuhla inceku yakho iyazi ukuthi ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, nkosi yami, nkosi, ngesicelo senkosi senceku yayo.

²³ UJowabe wayesesuka waya eGeshuri, wamletha u-Abisalomu eJerusalema.

²⁴ Inkosi yasisithi: Kahambe aye endlini yakhe, angaboni ubuso bami. U-Abisalomu wabuyela endlini yakhe, akabonanga ubuso benkosi.

²⁵ Kepha kwa-Israyeli wonke kwakungekho muntu otusekayo njengo-Abisalomu ngobuhle bakhe; kusukela ematheni ezinyawo zakhe kuze kufike okhakhayini lwekhanda lakhe akantulanga.

²⁶ Lapho ephucula ikhanda lakhe, ngokuba wayeligunda ekupheleni konyaka; ngoba izinwele zazimsinda, walinganisa, walinganisa izinwele zekhanda lakhe, amashekeli angamakhulu amabili ngokwesisindo senkosi.

²⁷ U-Abisalomu wazalelwa amadodana amathathu nendodakazi inye, igama layo linguTamari; wayengowesifazane owayenokuma okuhle.

²⁸ U-Abisalomu wahlala eJerusalema iminyaka emibili egcwele, engabuboni ubuso benkosi.

²⁹ U-Abisalomu wayesethumela kuJowabe ukuba amthumele enkosini; kepha akavumanga ukuza kuye; kwathi ephinda ethuma okwesibili, kavumanga ukuza.

³⁰ Wayesethi ezincekwini zakhe: “Bhekani, izwe likaJowabe liseduze nelami, unebhali khona; hambani niyokhele ngomlilo. Izinceku zika-Abisalomu zayithungela ngomlilo insimu.

³¹ UJowabe wayeseqeda, wafika ku-Abisalomu endlini yakhe, wathi kuye: “Izinceku zakho zisishiseleni insimu yami na?

³² U-Abisalomu wamphendula uJowabe wathi: “Bheka, ngithumele kuwe ukuthi: ‘Woza lapha, ukuze ngikuthume enkosini, uthi: ‘Ngibuyeleni ngivela eGeshuri? kwaba kuhle kimi ukuba ngibe lapho; manje mangibone ubuso benkosi; uma kukhona okubi kimi, makangibulale.

³³ UJowabe wayeseya enkosini, wayitshela; esembizile u-Abisalomu, weza enkosini, wakhothamela phansi ngobuso phambi kwenkosi; inkosi yamanga u-Abisalomu.