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| 1. | UDavida wabuya wabuthanisa bonke abakhethiweyo koIsrayeli, inkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu. |
| 2. | UDavida wasesukuma wahamba labo bonke abantu ababelaye, besuka eBahala-Juda ukuze benyuse umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu usuka lapho, obizo lawo libizwa ngebizo le Nkosi yamabandla, ehlala phakathi kwamakherubi*. |
| 3. | Basebewukhweza umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu enqoleni entsha, bewukhupha endlini kaAbinadaba eyayiseqaqeni; njalo uUza loAhiyo amadodana kaAbinadaba batshayela leyonqola entsha. |
| 4. | Bayikhipha-ke endlini kaAbinadaba eyayiseqaqeni kanye lomtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu, njalo uAhiyo ehamba phambi komtshokotsho. |
| 5. | UDavida lendlu yonke yakoIsrayeli basebetshaya phambi kwe Nkosi ngazo zonke izinto zokutshaya zesihlahla sefiri*, langamachacho, langezigubhu zezintambo, langezigujana, langamahlwayi, langezinsimbi ezincencethayo. |
| 6. | Bathi befika esizeni sikaNakoni, uUza welulela isandla sakhe emtshokotshweni kaNkulunkulu, wawubamba, ngoba inkabi zakhubeka. |
| 7. | Intukuthelo ye Nkosi yasimvuthela uUza; uNkulunkulu wamtshaya khonapho ngenxa yalesisiphambeko; wasefela khonapho phansi komtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu. |
| 8. | UDavida wasekhathazeka ngoba i Nkosi imenzele isikhala uUza; waseyibiza leyondawo ngokuthi yiPerezi-Uza, kuze kube lamuhla. |
| 9. | UDavida waseyesaba i Nkosi ngalolosuku, wathi: Umtshokotsho we Nkosi uzakuza njani kimi? |
| 10. | Ngakho uDavida kavumanga ukuwudlulisela kuye umtshokotsho we Nkosi emzini kaDavida; kodwa uDavida wawuphambulela endlini kaObedi-Edoma umGithi. |
| 11. | Umtshokotsho we Nkosi wasuhlala endlini kaObedi-Edoma umGithi inyanga ezintathu. I Nkosi yasimbusisa uObedi-Edoma lendlu yakhe yonke. |
| 12. | Kwasekubikelwa inkosi uDavida kwathiwa: I Nkosi ibusisile indlu kaObedi-Edoma lakho konke okwakhe ngenxa yomtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu. Ngakho uDavida wasehamba wenyusa umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu ewususa endlini kaObedi-Edoma, ewusa emzini kaDavida ngentokozo. |
| 13. | Kwasekusithi lapho labo abathwele umtshokotsho we Nkosi sebehambe izinyathelo eziyisithupha, wahlaba inkabi lokunonisiweyo. |
| 14. | UDavida wasegida ngamandla wonke phambi kwe Nkosi; uDavida wayebhince i-efodi* yelembu elicolekileyo. |
| 15. | Ngokunjalo uDavida lendlu yonke yakoIsrayeli bawenyusa umtshokotsho we Nkosi ngokumemeza langokukhala kophondo. |
| 16. | Kwasekusithi lapho umtshokotsho we Nkosi ungena emzini kaDavida, uMikhali indodakazi kaSawuli walunguza ngewindi, wabona inkosi uDavida iseqa igida phambi kwe Nkosi, wayeyisa enhliziyweni yakhe. |
| 17. | Basebewungenisa umtshokotsho we Nkosi, bawubeka endaweni yawo phakathi kwethente uDavida ayelimisele wona; uDavida wasenikela iminikelo yokutshiswa phambi kwe Nkosi leminikelo yokuthula. |
| 18. | Kwathi uDavida eseqedile ukunikela iminikelo yokutshiswa leminikelo yokuthula, wabusisa abantu ebizweni le Nkosi yamabandla. |
| 19. | Wababela bonke abantu, ixuku lonke lakoIsrayeli, kusukela kwabesilisa kusiya kwabesifazana, ngulowo lalowo iqebelengwana lesinkwa, leqatha lenyama, lesinkwa sezithelo zevini ezonyisiweyo. Basebehamba abantu bonke, ngulowo lalowo emzini wakhe. |
| 20. | UDavida wasebuyela ukubusisa indlu yakhe. UMikhali indodakazi kaSawuli wasephuma ukuhlangabeza uDavida, wathi: Idunyiswe kangakanani inkosi yakoIsrayeli lamuhla, ezembule lamuhla phambi kwamehlo encekukazi zenceku zayo njengomunye wabayize ezembula lokuzembula ! |
| 21. | UDavida wasesithi kuMikhali: Ngaphambi kwe Nkosi, eyangikhetha phambi kukayihlo laphambi kwendlu yakhe yonke, yangimisa ukuthi ngibe ngumbusi phezu kwabantu be Nkosi, phezu kukaIsrayeli; isibili ngizadlala phambi kwe Nkosi. |
| 22. | Ngisazadeleleka-ke kakhulu kulalokhu, ngehliselwe phansi emehlweni ami; kodwa ngezincekukazi okhulume ngazo, ngizadunyiswa yizo. |
| 23. | Njalo uMikhali indodakazi kaSawuli kabanga lamntwana kwaze kwaba lusuku lokufa kwakhe. |
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