Kwathi umnyaka usuphelile, ngesikhathi amakhosi aphuma ngaso ukulwa, uDavida wathuma uJowabi lenceku zakhe kanye laye loIsrayeli wonke; babulala abantwana bakwa-Amoni, bavimbezela iRaba. Kodwa uDavida wasala eJerusalema.
Kwathi sekuhlwile, uDavide wavuka embhedeni wakhe, wahamba phezu kophahla lwendlu yenkosi; ephezu kophahla wabona owesifazane emgeza; owesifazane wayemuhle kakhulu ebukeka.
UDavide wayesethumela wabuza kowesifazane. Omunye wathi: “Lo akasiye uBati Sheba indodakazi ka-Eliyamu umka-Uriya umHeti na?
UDavide wayesethuma izithunywa, wamthatha; wangena kuye, walala naye; ngoba wayesehlanjululwe ekungcoleni kwakhe, wabuyela endlini yakhe.
Owesifazana wakhulelwa, wathumela watshela uDavida wathi: Ngikhulelwe.
UDavida wasethumela kuJowabi esithi: Thumela kimi uUriya umHethi. UJowabe wayesethuma u-Uriya kuDavide.
U-Uriya esefikile kuye, uDavida wambuza ukuthi kwakunjani kuJowabi, lokuthi abantu baqhuba njani, lokuthi impi iphumelele njani.
UDavida wasesithi kuUriya: Yehlela endlini yakho, ugeze inyawo zakho. U-Uriya waphuma endlini yenkosi, futhi ukudla okuningi kwenkosi kwamlandela.
Kepha u-Uriya walala ngasemnyango wendlu yenkosi kanye nazo zonke izinceku zenkosi yakhe, akehlelanga endlini yakhe.
Kwathi sebebikela uDavida besithi: U-Uriya kehlelanga endlini yakhe, uDavida wasesithi kuUriya: Kawusuki yini ekuhambeni kwakho? pho, ungehlelanga ngani endlini yakho?
U-Uriya wathi kuDavide: “Umphongolo no-Israyeli noJuda bahlala ematendeni; inkosi yami uJowabe nezinceku zenkosi yami bakanise endle; ngiyakungena endlini yami ukuba ngidle, ngiphuze, ngilale nomkami na? uma niphila, nokuphila komphefumulo wenu, angiyikuyenza le nto.
UDavida wasesithi kuUriya: Hlala lapha lalamuhla, kusasa ngizakukhulula. U-Uriya wahlala eJerusalema ngalolo suku nangakusasa.
UDavide wambiza, wadla, waphuza phambi kwakhe; wadakwa, kwathi kusihlwa waphuma ukuba alale embhedeni wakhe nezinceku zenkosi yakhe, akehlelanga endlini yakhe.
Kwathi ekuseni uDavide walobela uJowabe incwadi, wayithumela ngesandla sika-Uriya.
Waloba encwadini, wathi: “Mbekeni u-Uriya ngaphambili empini enzima kakhulu, nisuke kuye, ukuze ahlulwe, afe.”
Lapho uJowabe ebona umuzi, wamqondisa u-Uriya endaweni azi ukuthi kukhona amadoda anesibindi.
Abantu bomuzi baphuma balwa noJowabe, kwawa amadoda ezinceku zikaDavide; wafa naye u-Uriya umHeti.
Emva kwalokho uJowabe wathumela watshela uDavide konke mayelana nempi;
Wasesiyala isithunywa, wathi: “Nxa usuqedile ukuyitshela inkosi izindaba zempi,
Uma intukuthelo yenkosi ivuka, ithi kuwe: “Nisondeleleni kangaka emzini ngokulwa na?” Beningazi yini ukuthi bebeyakucibishela odongeni na?
Ngubani owanqoba u-Abimeleki indodana kaJerubhesheti na? Angithi owesifazana wamjikijela ilitshe lokuchola esodongeni, waze wafa eThebesi? usondeleleni odongeni? uthi: Inceku yakho u-Uriya umHeti ifile.
Khona-ke isithunywa sahamba safika samtshela uDavide konke uJowabe ayesithume kona.
Isithunywa sathi kuDavide: “Bheka, amadoda asehlula, aphuma eza kithi endle, saba nawo kwaze kwaba sekungeneni kwesango;
Abacibishelayo bacibishela izinceku zakho besegangeni; kwafa ezinye zezinceku zenkosi, inceku yakho u-Uriya umHeti yafa nayo.
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