2 Samuweli 17 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 Samuweli 17 U-Ahithofeli ucela u-Absalomu ukuba alandele uDavide namadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili

¹ U-Ahithofeli wathi ku-Abisalomu: “Mangikhethe amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili, ngisuke ngixoshe uDavide ngalobu busuku.

² Ngiyakumfikela ediniwe, ebuthakathaka isandla, ngimethuse; bonke abantu abanaye bayakubaleka; futhi ngizoyinqoba inkosi kuphela.

³ Ngiyakubabuyisela kuwe bonke abantu; umuntu omfunayo unjengokungathi bonke babuyile; ngakho bonke abantu bazakuba nokuthula.

⁴ Leli zwi lamjabulisa u-Abisalomu namalunga onke akwa-Israyeli.

⁵ U-Abisalomu wayesethi: “Bizani noHushayi um-Ariki, sizwe ukuthi uthini nje.”

⁶ UHushayi esefikile ku-Abisalomu, u-Abisalomu wakhuluma kuye, wathi: “U-Ahithofeli ukhulume kanje; kufanele senze ngokwezwi lakhe na? Uma kungenjalo; uyakhuluma.

⁷ UHusayi wathi ku-Abisalomu: “Iseluleko sika-Ahithofeli asisihle ngalesi sikhathi.”

⁸ Ngoba, uHusayi wathi, wena uyamazi uyihlo labantu bakhe ukuthi bangamaqhawe, futhi bachothozekile ezinhliziyweni zabo njengebhere eliphucwe amawundlu alo egangeni; futhi uyihlo uyindoda yempi futhi akafuni ukulala nabantu.

⁹ Bhekani, manje ucashile komunye umgodi noma kwenye indawo; uma abanye kubo beketulwa kuqala, yilowo nalowo ozwayo uyakuthi: ‘Kukhona ukubulalana phakathi kwabantu abalandela u-Abisalomu.

¹⁰ Futhi futhi indoda enesibindi enhliziyo yayo injengenhliziyo yengonyama, iyoncibilika ngokuphelele; ngoba wonke u-Israyeli uyazi ukuthi uyihlo uyiqhawe nokuthi labo abanaye bangamadoda anamandla.

¹¹ Ngalokho ngiyaluleka ukuba wonke u-Israyeli abuthane kuwe, kusukela kwaDani kuze kube seBeri Sheba, ngangesihlabathi esingasolwandle ngobuningi; nokuthi uziyele wena empini.

¹² Ngakho siyakuhlangana naye endaweni lapho ayotholakala khona, futhi siyokwehlela phezu kwakhe njengamazolo ewela emhlabathini; futhi kuye nakuwo wonke amadoda akanye naye akuyikusala neyodwa.

¹³ Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma efike emzini, wonke u-Israyeli kumelwe alethe izindophi kulowo muzi, sizidonsele emfuleni kuze kungatholakali nelilodwa itshe elincane.

¹⁴ U-Abisalomu nawo onke amadoda akwa-Israyeli bathi: “Iseluleko sikaHushayi um-Arki singcono kuneseluleko sika-Ahithofeli. Ngokuba uJehova wanquma ukuchitha iseluleko esihle sika-Ahithofeli, ngenjongo yokuthi uJehova uzomehlisela okubi u-Abisalomu.

¹⁵ UHushayi wayesethi kuSadoki naku-Abiyathara abapristi: “U-Ahithofeli weluleka kanje nakanje ku-Abisalomu namadoda amadala akwa-Israyeli; futhi nganikeza iseluleko.

¹⁶ Ngakho-ke thumelani masinyane nitshele uDavide, nithi: ‘Ungalali emathafeni asehlane ngalobubusuku, kepha dabula masinyane; funa inkosi idliwe nabantu bonke abanayo.

¹⁷ OJonathani no-Ahimahasi bahlala e-Eni Rogeli; ngoba babengabonwa bengena emzini. Bahamba bayitshela inkosi uDavide.

¹⁸ Kepha umfana wababona, watshela u-Abisalomu; kepha bashesha bobabili, bafika endlini yomuntu eBahurimi, owayenomthombo egcekeni lakhe; lapho behla khona.

¹⁹ Owesifazane wathatha isimbozo, wendlala umgodi womthombo, weneka ukolweni ogqunyiweyo phezu kwawo; necala lalingaziwa.

²⁰ Lapho izinceku zika-Abisalomu zifika kowesifazane endlini, zathi: “Baphi o-Ahimayo noJonathani na? Owesifazane wathi kubo: “Bawela umfula wamanzi.” Kwathi sebebafunile kodwa ababatholanga, babuyela eJerusalema.

²¹ Kwathi sebesukile, bakhuphuka emthonjeni, baya babikela inkosi uDavida, bathi kuDavida: Sukuma uwele masinyane emanzini, ngoba uAhithofeli wenze icebo ngawe.

²² Ngemva kwalokho uDavide waqeda kanye nawo wonke amadoda ayenaye, bawela iJordani;

²³ U-Ahithofeli ebona ukuthi isiluleko sakhe asilandelwanga, wabophela imbongolo yakhe, wasuka, waya endlini yakhe emzini wakubo, wayala indlu yakhe, waziphanyeka, wafa, wembelwa ethuneni likayise.

²⁴ UDavida wasefika eMahanayimi. U-Abisalomu wadabula iJordani, yena nawo wonke amadoda akwa-Israyeli kanye naye.

²⁵ U-Abisalomu wabeka u-Amasa induna yempi esikhundleni sikaJowabe; u-Amasa wayeyindodana yendoda egama layo linguJitra, umIsrayeli, owangena no-Abigayili indodakazi kaNahashi, udadewabo kaSeruya, unina kaJowabe.

²⁶ O-Israyeli no-Abisalomu bamisa ezweni lakwaGileyadi.

²⁷ UDavide esefikile eMahanayimi, noSobi indodana kaNahashi eRaba labantwana bakwa-Amoni, noMagiri indodana ka-Amiyeli eLodebari, noBarizilayi wakwaGileyadi waseRogelimi,

²⁸ Lethani imibhede, nezitsha, nezimbiza zebumba, nokolweni, nebhali, nempuphu, nokolweni othosiwe, nobhontshisi, nodalili, namabele athosiweyo;

²⁹ nezinyosi nebhotela nezimvu noshizi ezinkomo zikaDavide nabantu ababe naye ukuba badle; ngoba bathi: Abantu balambile, badiniwe, bomile enkangala.