a21:1
b1 Lan 21:1-28
c1 Lan 27:23,24
d23:15, 3:10
eDute 1:11
fDute 2:36
gNani 21:32
hJosh 19:47; Hlu 18:29
iJosh 19:28; Hlu 18:28
jJosh 19:29
kJosh 11:3; Hlu 3:3
lJosh 11:3; Hlu 3:3
m1 Lan 7:2,4,5,7,9,40, 21:5
nHlu 8:10
o1 Sam 24:5
p12:13
q1 Sam 13:13
r1 Sam 22:5
s2 Kho 17:13; 1 Lan 21:9, 25:5, 29:29; 2 Lan 9:29, 12:15; Amos 7:12
t1 Lan 21:12
u24:2
vGen 6:6; 1 Sam 15:11; Jow 2:13,14
w2 Kho 19:35; Seb 12:23
xEks 12:13,23
y7:14
zGen 23:8-16
aa24:25; Nani 16:48,50
ab3:19, 10:12, 15:26, 19:18
acIsa 41:15
ad1 Kho 19:21
aeDute 33:11
af1 Lan 21:25
agHlu 20:26, 21:4
ah21:14
ai24:21

2 Samuel 24

UDavida ubala abantu

1Lwaselubuya lwamvuthela uIsrayeli ulaka lukaJehova a , b, wabavusela uDavida, esithi: Hamba ubale uIsrayeli loJuda c. 2Ngakho inkosi yathi kuJowabi induna yebutho eyayilaye: Hamba khathesi ubhode ezizweni zonke zakoIsrayeli, kusukela koDani kuze kube seBherishebha, libale abantu ukuze ngazi inani labantu d. 3UJowabi wasesithi enkosini: Aluba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ingandisa ebantwini, loba bebanengi kangakanani, kuphindwe ngokulikhulu, ukuthi amehlo enkosi yami, inkosi, akubone. Kodwa inkosi yami, inkosi, ithokozelani kulinto e? 4Kodwa ilizwi lenkosi lalilamandla phezu kukaJowabi laphezu kwezinduna zebutho. Ngakho uJowabi lenduna zebutho baphuma phambi kwenkosi ukuze babale abantu, uIsrayeli.

5Basebechapha iJordani, bamisa inkamba eAroweri f, ngakwesokunene komuzi ophakathi kwesifula seGadi, lamaqondana leJazeri g. 6Basebefika eGileyadi lelizweni leTahetimi-Hodishi; bafika eDani-Jahani h, babhoda ngaseSidoni i, 7bafika enqabeni yeTire j lemizini yonke yamaHivi k leyamaKhanani l; baphuma baya eningizimu yakoJuda, eBherishebha. 8Sebebhode badabula ilizwe lonke, bafika eJerusalema ekupheleni kwenyanga eziyisificamunwemunye lensuku ezingamatshumi amabili. 9UJowabi waseyinika inkosi inani lokubalwa kwabantu; njalo kwakukhona koIsrayeli amaqhawe ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisificaminwembili m ahwatsha inkemba n; lamadoda akoJuda ayengamadoda ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amahlanu.

10Inhliziyo kaDavida yasimtshaya emva kokuthi esebale abantu o. UDavida wasesithi eNkosini: Ngonile kakhulu ngalokho engikwenzileyo. Ngakho-ke, Nkosi, ngiyakuncenga, susa ububi benceku yakho p, ngoba ngenze ngobuthutha obukhulu q. 11Kwathi uDavida esevukile ekuseni, kwafika ilizwi leNkosi kuGadi umprofethi r, umboni kaDavida s, lisithi: 12Hamba uthi kuDavida: Itsho njalo iNkosi ithi: Ngikubekela okuthathu; zikhethele okukodwa kukho, ukuthi ngikwenze kuwe. 13UGadi wasefika kuDavida, wamtshela wathi kuye: Kufike kuwe yini iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala elizweni lakini? Loba ubalekele izitha zakho inyanga ezintathu zixotshana lawe? Ingabe kube khona umatshayabhuqe wesifo okwensuku ezintathu elizweni lakini? Khathesi cabanga, ubone ukuthi yimpendulo bani engizayibuyisela kongithumileyo t. 14UDavida wasesithi kuGadi: Ngicindezelekile kakhulu; ake siwele esandleni seNkosi, ngoba izisa zayo zinkulu, kodwa kangingaweli esandleni somuntu.

15Ngakho iNkosi yasibeka umatshayabhuqe wesifo kuIsrayeli, kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwaba sesikhathini esimisiweyo; kwasekusifa ebantwini abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa kusukela koDani kwaze kwaba seBherishebha u. 16Lapho ingilosi iselulela isandla sayo eJerusalema ukuyibhubhisa, iNkosi yazisola ngalobobubi v, yathi engilosini w eyayibhubhisa abantu x: Sekwanele. Khathesi finyeza isandla sakho. Ingilosi yeNkosi yayisebaleni lokubhulela likaArawuna umJebusi. 17UDavida wasekhuluma eNkosini lapho ebona ingilosi eyayitshaya abantu, wathi: Khangela, mina ngonile, njalo mina ngenze okubi; pho, lezizimvu zenzeni? Isandla sakho ake simelane lami njalo simelane lendlu kababa y.

18UGadi wasefika kuDavida ngalolosuku, wathi kuye: Yenyuka, umisele iNkosi ilathi ebaleni lokubhulela likaArawuna umJebusi. 19UDavida wasesenyuka njengokutsho kukaGadi, njengokulaya kweNkosi. 20UArawuna waselunguza, wabona inkosi lenceku zayo beqhubeka besiza kuye; uArawuna wasephuma wakhothama phambi kwenkosi ngobuso bakhe emhlabathini. 21UArawuna wasesithi: Kungani inkosi yami, inkosi, ize encekwini yayo? UDavida wasesithi: Ukuthi ngithenge kuwe ibala lokubhulela, ukuthi ngakhele iNkosi ilathi z, ukuze inhlupheko ithinteke ingafiki ebantwini aa. 22UArawuna wasesithi kuDavida: Inkosi yami, inkosi, kayithathe inikele lokho okuhle emehlweni ayo ab; bona, nanzi inkabi zomnikelo wokutshiswa, lezimbulo ac lezinto zenkabi kube zinkuni ad. 23Konke lokhu, nkosi, uArawuna wakunika inkosi; uArawuna wasesithi enkosini: INkosi uNkulunkulu wakho kayikwemukele ae. 24Inkosi yasisithi kuArawuna: Hatshi, kodwa ngizakuthenga lokukuthenga kuwe ngentengo; njalo kangiyikunikela iminikelo yokutshiswa engangibizanga lutho eNkosini uNkulunkulu wami. UDavida waselithenga ibala lokubhulela lezinkabi ngamashekeli* esiliva angamatshumi amahlanu af. 25UDavida wasesakhela khona iNkosi ilathi, wanikela iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yokuthula ag. Ngakho iNkosi yancengeka ngelizwe ah, inhlupheko yasithinteka phezu kukaIsrayeli ai.

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