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2 Samuweli 20

¹ Kwaba khona umuntu kaBheliyali ogama lakhe linguSheba, indodana kaBigi umBenjamini; wabetha icilongo, wathi: “Asinasabelo kuDavide, futhi asinafa endodaneni kaJese.” Yilowo nalowo makaye ematendeni akhe, Israyeli!

² Bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli benyuka besuka kuDavide, balandela uSheba indodana kaBigi; kepha abantu bakwaJuda banamathela enkosini yabo kusukela eJordani kuze kube seJerusalema.

³ UDavide wafika endlini yakhe eJerusalema; inkosi yathatha abesifazane abayishumi ezancinza zayo eyayibashiyile ukuba balinde indlu, yabafaka esitokisini, yabagcina, kepha ayingenanga nabo. Ngemva kwalokho baboshwa kwaze kwaba usuku lokufa kwabo, kuyilapho bona bengabafelokazi.

⁴ Inkosi yathi ku-Amasa: “Ngibuthele abantu bakwaJuda ngezinsuku ezintathu, ube khona lapha.”

⁵ U-Amasa wayesehamba ukubutha abantu bakwaJuda, kepha wahlala isikhathi eside kunesikhathi ammisele sona.

⁶ UDavida wasesithi kuAbishayi: Khathesi uSeba, indodana kaBigi, uzasenzela okubi okwedlula uAbisalomu; thatha inceku zenkosi yakho, umsukele, ukuze angazithatheli imizi ebiyelweyo, siphunyuke.

⁷ Amadoda kaJowabe aphuma amlandela, namaKreti, namaPheleti, nawo onke amaqhawe, aphuma eJerusalema ukuxosha uSheba indodana kaBigi.

⁸ Lapho besetsheni elikhulu eliseGibeyoni, u-Amasa waphuma phambi kwabo. Wayebhincile ingubo kaJowabe abeyigqokile, kukhona ibhande elinenkemba eboshelwe okhalweni lwakhe esigxotsheni sakhe; kwathi esephuma, yawa.

⁹ UJowabe wasesithi kuAmasa: Uyaphila, mfowethu? UJowabe wabamba u-Amasa ngentshebe ngesandla sokunene ukuze amange.

¹⁰ Kepha u-Amasa akayinaka inkemba eyayisesandleni sikaJowabe; wafa. UJowabe nomfowabo u-Abishayi bamxosha uSheba indodana kaBigi.

¹¹ Omunye wamadoda kaJowabe wema ngakuye, wathi: “Obenomusa uJowabe nongakuDavide makalandele uJowabe.”

¹² UAmasa wagiqika egazini phakathi komgwaqo. Lapho lowo muntu ebona ukuthi bonke abantu babemi, wamsusa u-Amasa emendweni wamyisa endle, wamjikijela ngendwangu, lapho ebona ukuthi bonke abafika kuye bema.

¹³ Esesusiwe emendweni, bonke abantu bamlandela uJowabe ukuze baxoshe uSheba indodana kaBigi.

¹⁴ Wadabula izizwe zonke zakwa-Israyeli, waze wafika e-Abela, naseBeti Maga, nakuwo onke amaBeri; basebebuthana bamlandela.

¹⁵ Bafika bamvimbezela e-Abela laseBeti-Maga, bawufumbela igoqo lokuvikela umuzi, wema emseleni; bonke abantu ababenoJowabe balubhidliza ugange ukuze ulubhidlize.

¹⁶ Kwasekumemeza owesifazana ohlakaniphileyo esemzini esithi: Zwanini, zwanini! nithi kuJowabe: “Sondela lapha ukuba ngikhulume nawe.”

¹⁷ Esesondela kuye, owesifazana wathi: UnguJowabi yini? Wathi: “Nginguye.” Wathi kuye: “Yizwa amazwi encekukazi yakho.” Wathi: Ngiyezwa.

¹⁸ Wayesekhuluma wathi: “Endulo babekhuluma bathi: “Ngokuqinisekile bayocela iseluleko ku-Abela; basebeyiqeda ke indaba.

¹⁹ Ngingomunye wabathanda ukuthula nothembekileyo kwa-Israyeli; nifuna umuzi nomama kwa-Israyeli; Niyakushwabadelani ifa likaJehova na?

²⁰ UJowabe waphendula wathi: “Kukude, kukude nami ukuba ngidle noma ngichithe.”

²¹ Akunjalo, kepha umuntu wasezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi ogama lakhe linguSeba, indodana kaBikri, waphakamisa isandla sakhe emelene nenkosi, emelene noDavide; msindise, ngisuke emzini. Owesifazana wasesithi kuJowabi: Khangela, ikhanda lakhe liphoselwe phezu komduli ngenxa yakho.

²² Owesifazana wasesiya ebantwini bonke ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe. Balinquma ikhanda likaSheba, indodana kaBigi, baliphonsa kuJowabe. Wabetha icilongo, basuka emzini, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe. UJowabe wabuyela eJerusalema enkosini.

²³ UJowabe wayephezu kwebutho lonke lakwa-Israyeli, uBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada wayephezu kwamaKreti namaPleti.

²⁴ U-Adoramu wayephethe izithelisi, uJehoshafati indodana ka-Ahiludi wayengumbusi.

²⁵ USheva wayengumbhali, uSadoki no-Abiyathara babengabapristi.

²⁶ Futhi u-Ira, umJayire, wayengumbusi phezu kukaDavide.