2 Kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga kusihlwa Davide wavuka embhedzeni wakhe, wahambahamba etulu endlini yakhe yebukhosi. Watsi aselapho, wabona umfati ageza. Lomfati abemuhle, acedzile.
Kepha mine ngitsi kini: Ngulowo nalowo lobuka lomsikati, bese uyamkhanuka, sewuphinge naye enhlitiyweni yakhe.
Fulatselisa emehlo ami ekubukeni tintfo letingenamsebenti; ngiphe kuphila ngekwelivi lakho.
Ngobe konkhe lokuseveni, kuyinkhanuko yenyama, nenkhanuko yemehlo, nekutigabatisa lokulite ngetintfo takulomhlaba. Konkhe loku akuveli kuBabe, kodvwa kwelive.
Ngakusasa, nase basondzele eJopha, Phetro waya egumeni lelalisetulu eluphahleni lwendlu emini ayewuthandaza.
Ungacali kumkhanukela buhle bakhe enhlitiyweni yakho, nome-ke akutfumbe ngemashiya akhe.
“Ngenta sivumelwane nemehlo ami kutsi ngingeke ngiyibuke ngenkhanuko intfombi.
Siphetfo sato tonkhe tintfo sesisondzele. Ngako-ke tibambeni, nititsibe khona nitekwati kukhuleka.
Buhle buyayengana, nekubukeka kulite; kodvwa umfati lowesaba Simakadze ufanele kudvunyiswa.
“Nawakha indlu lensha, ubocaphela kutsi wakhe lutsango lolutawutungeleta luphahla lwakho, khona indlu yakho ungetiyehlisela licala lengati ngekutsi kube khona longahle awe kuyo.
Ngako-ke watsi umfati kube abone kutsi lesihlahla sasifanelwe kudliwa, nekutsi sasibukeka sisihle, nekutsi lesihlahla sasifanele kumhlakaniphisa umuntfu, wakha kulesihlahla wadla. Wanika nendvodza yakhe, nayo yadla.
Loku lenginitjela kona lapha ekusitsekeni kukhulumeni ebaleni, naloku lenikuva etindlebeni kumemeteleni yonkhe indzawo.
Emakhaya laseJerusalema nalawo emakhosi akaJuda, ayawungcola njengalendzawo, iThofethi, yebo, tonkhe tindlu lapho batfuncisele khona imphepho eluphahleni, batfuncisela emabutfo etinkhanyeti tasemazulwini, batfulula iminikelo yetinatfo kulabanye bonkulunkulu!’ ”
Buvila benta umuntfu adzakwe butfongo, nemuntfu longasebenti uyalamba.
Babengene endlini ngesikhatsi asalele embhedzeni, ekamelweni lakhe lekulala. Batsi kube bamgwaze bambulale, base bancuma inhloko yakhe. Bayitsatsa bahamba nayo bonkhe busuku ngendlela yase-Arabha.
Shekhemu, umsa waHamori umHivi, labesikhulu saleyo ndzawo, watsi nakambona, wamtsatsa wayakumdlwengula, wamhlazisa.
emadvodzana aNkulunkulu atibona letintfombi kutsi tinhle; ase atikhetsela letinye emkhatsini wato atenta bafati bawo.
BoRekhabi naBhana, emadvodzana aRimoni, umBherothi, bahamba baya endlini ya-Ishboshethi, befika emini selishisa, naye asecambalele kwasemini.
Emvakwekwehla kwabo, etulu entsabeni, behlela phansi edolobheni, Samuweli wakhuluma naSawula asendlini yakhe lesetulu.
Ngako-ke Photifari wakuyekelela etandleni taJosefa. Abengasahlupheki ngalutfo ngaphandle kwekudla labekudla. Josefa abemuhle, alikhwa.
Umuntfu losetikwendlu angabe asehla kuyawutsatsa lutfo lolusendlini yakhe,
Watsi nasatawufika eGibhithe, wakhuluma kumkakhe Sarayi watsi: “Ase ulalele la: Ngiyakwati kutsi ungumfati lomuhle, nalobukekako.
“ ‘Ungamkhanuki umfati wamakhelwane wakho. Ungayihawukeli ngisho nendlu yamakhelwane wakho, nemhlaba wakhe, nesisebenti sakhe lesidvuna nome lesisikati, nenkhabi yakhe, nembongolo yakhe, nome ngabe seyini-ke yamakhelwane wakho.’
Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi Amnoni, umsa waDavide, watsandza Thamari labemuhle kakhulu, angudzadzewabo-Absalomu, umsa waDavide.
Absalomu abenemadvodzana lamatsatfu nendvodzakati yinye. Lendvodzakati yakhe wayetsa libito watsi nguThamari; abeyintfombi lenhle kakhulu.
Yayihamba esitaladini eceleni kwelikona, icondzene nendlu yalomfati yaze yayawungena khona.