1 IziKronike 12
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1 IziKronike 12
1Laba yibo abeza kuDavide eSikilagi esamlindile ngenxa kaSawule indodana kaKishi; futhi babephakathi kwamaqhawe, abasizi bempi.
2Babehlome ngeminsalo, besebenzisa isandla sokunene nesokhohlo ukujikijela amatshe nemicibisholo ngomnsalo, bephuma kubafowabo bakaSawule bakwaBenjamini.
3Induna yayinguAhiyezeri, noJowashi, amadodana kaShemaha waseGibeya; noJesiyeli noPheleti, amadodana ka-Ashimaweti; noBeraga noJehu umAntoti;
4no-Ishmaya waseGibeyoni, iqhawe phakathi kwamashumi amathathu namashumi amathathu; noJeremiya, noJagasiyeli, noJohanani, noJozabadi waseGedera,
5u-Eluzayi, noJerimoti, noBheliya, noShemariya, noShefathiya umHarufi;
6u-Elkana, noJesiya, no-Azareli, noJoweri, noJasobamu, amaKhorigi,
7noJowela noZebadiya, amadodana kaJerohamu waseGedori.
8KwabakwaGadi bamhlukanisela uDavide endaweni yezintaba ngasehlane amadoda anamandla namadoda empi ahlomele ukulwa, aphatha isihlangu nesihlangu, ubuso bawo babunjengobuso bezingonyama, nanejubane njengenkemane ezintabeni;
9u-Ezeri inhloko, u-Obadiya owesibili, u-Eliyabe owesithathu,
10uMishimana owesine, uJeremiya owesihlanu,
11u-Athayi owesithupha, u-Eliyeli owesikhombisa,
12uJohanani owesishiyagalombili, u-Elisabadi owesishiyagalolunye,
13uJeremiya owetshumi, uMagibanayi owetshumi lanye.
14Laba babevela emadodaneni kaGadi, izinduna zempi;
15Laba yibo abawela iJordani ngenyanga yokuqala liphuphuma lonke usebe lwalo; babalekela kuzo zonke izigodi, ngasempumalanga nasentshonalanga.
16Kwafika nabanye babantwana bakwaBenjamini noJuda entabeni kanye noDavide.
17UDavide waphuma ukubahlangabeza, waphendula, wathi kubo: “Uma niza kimi ngokuthula ukungisiza, inhliziyo yami iyonamathela kini; kepha uma niza ukungikhaphela ezitheni zami, njengokuba kungekho bubi esandleni sami, uNkulunkulu wawobaba uyakubheka, akusole.
18Umoya wehlela phezu kuka-Amasayi owayeyinduna yezinduna, wathi: “Singakuwe, Davide, singakuwe, ndodana kaJese; ukuthula, ukuthula kube kuwe, nokuthula kubasizi bakho; ngoba uNkulunkulu wakho uyakusiza. UDavide wabamukela, wabenza abaholi beviyo.
19Abanye bakwaManase bawela kuDavide ekufikeni kwakhe namaFilisti ukulwa noSawule; kodwa abazange babasize; ngokuba izikhulu zamaFilisti zameluleka ngokuthi: “Uyakuyibeka engozini uSawule inkosi yakhe.” zamakhanda ethu.
20Esaya eSikilagi, u-Adina noJosabadi noJediyayeli noMikayeli noJosabadi no-Elihu noSilithayi, izinduna zezinkulungwane zakwaManase, bamhlasela.
21Basebesiza uDavida phezu kweviyo, ngoba bonke babengamaqhawe alamandla lezinduna empini.
22Ngokuba ngaleso sikhathi kwafika kuDavide imihla ngemihla ukumsiza, kwaze kwaba yibutho elikhulu njengempi kaNkulunkulu.
23Lezi ziyizinombolo zamaviyo ayehlomele impi eza kuDavide eHebroni ukuze abuyisele ubukhosi bukaSawule kuye njengezwi likaJehova.
24Abantwana bakwaJuda abaphatha isihlangu nomkhonto babeyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, behlomele impi.
25Kubantwana bakwaSimeyoni, amaqhawe anamandla empi, izinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa nekhulu.
26Kubantwana bakwaLevi izinkulungwane ezine namakhulu ayisithupha;
27UJehoyada wayengumholi woonyana baka-Aroni, enaye izinkulungwane ezintathu namakhulu ayisikhombisa;
28noSadoki insizwa, iqhawe elinamandla, nasendlini kayise izinduna ezingamashumi amabili nambili.
29Kubantwana bakwaBenjamini, umndeni kaSawule, izinkulungwane ezintathu; ngoba kuze kube manje iningi labo laliqaphe umlindi wendlu kaSawule.
30Kubantwana bakwa-Efrayimi yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili namakhulu ayisishiyagalombili, amaqhawe anamandla, abadumileyo ezindlini zawoyise.
31Esiqingatheni sesizwe sakwaManase yizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili, ababizwa ngamagama ukuba zize zibeke uDavide inkosi.
32Kubantwana bakwa-Isakare, ababekwazi ukuqonda izikhathi, ukwazi okufanele u-Israyeli akwenze; amakhanda abo ayengamakhulu amabili; bonke abafowabo balandela umyalo wabo.
33KwaZebuloni abaphuma impi, bengabakwazi ukulwa, benezikhali zonke zempi, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu, abangaphuma impi; babengeyona impinda.
34KwaNafetali izinduna eziyinkulungwane, kanye nazo eziyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa eziphethe isihlangu nomkhonto.
35KumaDani ayesempini izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili namakhulu ayisithupha.
36Ku-Asheri, abaphuma impi, abahlomele ukulwa, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane.
37Ngaphesheya kweJordani kwabakwaRubeni nabakwaGadi nasenxenyeni yesizwe sakwaManase benezikhali zonke zokulwa, izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili.
38Onke lawo maqhawe anamandla okuhlela afika eHebroni ngenhliziyo epheleleyo ukubeka uDavide inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke; bonke abanye bakwa-Israyeli bavumelana ukumbeka uDavide inkosi.
39Bahlala lapho noDavide izinsuku ezintathu, badla, baphuza, ngokuba abafowabo babebalungisele.
40Ngaphezu kwalokho, labo ababeseduze nabo, kwaze kwaba kwa-Isakare, noZebuloni, nakwaNafetali, baletha isinkwa ngezimbongolo nangamakamela, neminyuzi, nezinkomo, nenyama, nempuphu, namaqebelengwane omkhiwane, nezigaxa zezithelo zomvini ezomisiweyo, newayini, namafutha, nezinkomo, nezinkomo; nenala, ngokuba kwakukhona intokozo kwa-Israyeli.
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