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1 Kwathi uDavida esehambe ibanga elifitshane ngale kwenqongo, wabona uZibha, isikhonzi sikaMefibhoshethi, elindele ukumhlangabeza, elodwendwe lwabobabhemi ababotshelwe izihlalo bethwele izinkwa ezingamakhulu amabili, ikhulu lamakhekhe ezithelo ezonyisiweyo, ikhulu lamakhekhe omkhiwa kanye lomgodla wewayini.
Pea ʻi heʻene tuku ki mui siʻi ʻe Tevita ʻae tumutumu [ʻoe moʻunga], vakai, naʻe fakafetaulaki mai kiate ia ʻa Sipa ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Mifiposeti, pea [kuo ʻomi ]mo ia ʻae fanga ʻasi ʻe ua naʻe fua kavenga, pea naʻe fakaheka ki ai ʻae mā ʻe uangeau, mo e fuhinga kālepi mōmoa ʻe teau, mo e fuaʻi ʻakau ʻe teau ʻoe faʻahitaʻu mafana, pea mo e hina ʻoe uaine.
2 Inkosi yabuza uZibha yathi, “Ukuletheleni lokhu na?” UZibha waphendula wathi, “Obabhemi ngabendlu yenkosi ukuba bagade, izinkwa lezithelo ngokwabantu ukuba badle, iwayini ngelokuqaqabula labo abaphela amandla enkangala.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia Sipa, “Ko e hā hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ni?” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sipa, “Ko e ongo ʻasi ʻoku maʻae kakai ʻoe fale ʻoe tuʻi ke heka ki ai; pea ko e mā mo e fuaʻi ʻakau ʻoe faʻahitaʻu mafana, ko e meʻa ia ke kai ʻe he kau talavou; pea ko e uaine, ko e meʻa ia ke inu ai ʻakinautolu ʻe vaivai ʻi he toafa.”
3 Inkosi yasibuza yathi, “Indodana yendodana yenkosi yakho ingaphi na?” UZibha wathi kuyo, “Ihlezi eJerusalema, ngoba icabanga ithi, ‘Lamhla indlu ka-Israyeli izangibuyisela umbuso kababamkhulu.’”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “Pea kofaʻā ʻae foha ʻo hoʻo ʻeiki?” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sipa ki he tuʻi, “Vakai, ʻoku nofo ai pe ia ʻi Selūsalema: he naʻa ne pehē, Ko e ʻaho eni ʻe toe ʻomi kiate au ʻe he fale ʻo ʻIsileli ʻae puleʻanga ʻo ʻeku tamai.”
4 Inkosi yasisithi kuZibha, “Konke okwakungokuka Mefibhoshethi khathesi sekungokwakho.” UZibha wathi, “Ngikhothama ngokuzithoba. Sengathi ngingathola umusa emehlweni akho mhlekazi wami, nkosi.”
Pea naʻe toki pehē ai ʻe he tuʻi kia Sipa, “Vakai, ʻoku ʻaʻau ʻaia kotoa pē naʻe ʻia Mifiposeti.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sipa, “ʻOku ou fakaʻapaʻapa kiate koe, pea tuku, ʻe tuʻi, ke ʻofeina au ʻi ho ʻao.”
5 Kwathi Inkosi uDavida efika eBhahurimi, umuntu wosendo lunye labendlu kaSawuli, waphuma evela lapho. Ibizo lakhe lalinguShimeyi indodana kaGera, njalo waphuma esethuka.
Pea ʻi heʻene hoko mai ʻae tuʻi ko Tevita ki Pahulimi, vakai, naʻe haʻu mei ai ha tangata mei he faʻahinga mo e fale ʻo Saula, ʻaia naʻe hingoa ko Simi, ko e foha ʻo Kela: pea naʻe haʻu pe ia, pea kape mai pe ʻi heʻene haʻu.
6 Wajikijela uDavida lezikhulu zonke zenkosi ngamatshe, lanxa amabutho wonke labalindi abakhethiweyo babengakwesokudla lakwesokhohlo kukaDavida.
Pea naʻa ne lisingi ʻae ngaahi maka kia Tevita, pea ki he kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē ʻa Tevita ko e tuʻi: ka naʻe tutuʻu ʻae kakai kotoa pē, mo e kau tangata toʻa kotoa pē, ki hono nima toʻomataʻu mo hono toʻohema.
7 Ekuthukeni kwakhe uShimeyi wathi, “Phuma, phuma, wena wegazi, wena sixhwali!
Pea naʻe pehē ʻae lea ʻa Simi ʻi heʻene kape, “Hū mai, hū mai, ʻa koe ko e tangata pani toto, pea ko koe ko e tangata ʻoe angakovi:
8 UThixo usephindisele kuwe ngenxa yegazi lonke owalichithayo kwabendlu kaSawuli, wena osubusa esikhundleni sakhe. UThixo umbuso usewunike indodana yakho u-Abhisalomu. Wena usudilikile ngoba ungumuntu wegazi!”
Kuo toe totongi kiate koe ʻe Sihova ʻae toto kotoa pē ʻoe fale ʻo Saula, ʻaia kuo ke fetongi ʻi he pule; pea kuo tuku ʻe Sihova ʻae puleʻanga ki he nima ʻo ʻApisalomi ko ho foha: pea vakai, kuo moʻua koe ʻi hoʻo kovi, koeʻuhi ko e tangata pani toto koe.”
9 Lapho-ke u-Abhishayi indodana kaZeruya wathi enkosini, “Kungani inja efileyo le ithuka inkosi yami? Ngivumelani ngiyequma ikhanda layo.”
Pea naʻe toki pehē ai ʻe ʻApisai ko e tama ʻo Seluia ki he tuʻi, “Ko e hā ʻe tuku ke kape ai ʻae kulī mate ni ki hoku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi? ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tuku au ke u ʻalu atu ʻo tuʻusi ʻa hono ʻulu.”
10 Kodwa inkosi yathi, “Kuyini okulihlanganisa lami, lina madodana kaZeruya? Nxa ethuka ngenxa yokuthi uThixo uthe kuye, ‘Mthuke uDavida,’ ngubani ongabuza ukuthi, ‘Lokhu ukwenzelani na?’”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “Ko e hā au kiate kimoutolu, ʻae ngaahi tama ʻo Seluia? Tuku pe ke ne kape mai, he kuo pehē ʻe Sihova kiate ia, Kape kia Tevita. Pea ka kuo pehē, ko hai ʻe pehē [atu], Ko e hā kuo ke fai pehē ai?”
11 UDavida wasesithi ku-Abhishayi lakuzo zonke izikhulu zakhe, “Indodana yami, eyinyama yami, izama ukungibulala. Pho umBhenjamini lo-ke! Myekeleni enjalo; yekelani athuke, ngoba uThixo umtshele ukuba enze njalo.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia ʻApisai, “Pea mo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē, Vakai, ko hoku foha ʻaia naʻe haʻu mei hoku fatu, ʻoku kumi ki heʻeku moʻui: pea ka kuo pehē ʻikai ʻe ngofua hake ke fai ia ʻe he tangata Penisimani ni? Tuku noa ai pe ia, pea tuku pe ke ne kape he kuo fekau ia ʻe Sihova.
12 Engxenye uThixo uzalubona usizi lwami angibuyisele okuhle ngenxa yokuthukwa engikwenziwayo lamhla.”
Heiʻilo ʻe ʻafio ʻe Sihova ki heʻeku mamahi, pea totongi lelei au ʻe Sihova koeʻuhi ko ʻene kape kiate au he ʻaho ni.”
13 Ngakho uDavida labantu bonke waqhubeka elandela umgwaqo uShimeyi yena ehamba eyame intaba maqondana laye, ehamba elokhu ethuka njalo emjikijela ngamatshe emthela langengcekeza.
Pea ʻi heʻene ʻalu atu ʻa Tevita pea mo ʻene kau tangata ʻi he hala, naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Simi ʻi he tahifohifo ʻoe moʻunga, ʻo feʻunga atu mo ia, pea naʻa ne kape pe mo ʻalu, pea ne lisi ʻae ngaahi maka kiate ia, mo ne laku ʻae efu [kiate ia].
14 Inkosi labantu bayo bafika lapho ababesiya khona sebediniwe. Kulapho abaphumula khona.
Pea ko e tuʻi, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē naʻe ʻiate ia, naʻa nau omi ki he potu ko ia, ke mālōlō ai, he kuo nau ongosia.
15 Ngalesosikhathi, u-Abhisalomu labantu bonke bako-Israyeli bafika eJerusalema, lo-Ahithofeli wayelaye.
Pea naʻe hoko mai ki Selūsalema, ʻa ʻApisalomi pea mo e kakai tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, pea naʻe [ʻalu ]mo ia ʻa ʻAhitofeli.
16 Lapho-ke uHushayi umʼArikhi, umngane kaDavida, waya ku-Abhisalomu wathi kuye, “Impilo ende nkosi! Impilo ende nkosi!”
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene hoko mai kia ʻApisalomi ʻa Husai ko e tangata ʻAliki, ko e kāinga ʻo Tevita, naʻe pehē ʻe Husai kia ʻApisalomi, “Ke moʻui ʻae tuʻi, ke moʻui ʻae tuʻi.”
17 U-Abhisalomu wabuza uHushayi wathi, “Lolu yilo uthando olutshengisa umngane wakho na? Kungani ungahambanga lomngane wakho na?”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi kia Husai, “Ko hoʻo ʻofa eni ki ho kāinga? Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai te ke ʻalu ai mo ho kāinga?”
18 UHushayi wathi ku-Abhisalomu, “Hayi, lowo okhethwe nguThixo, langabantu laba, labantu bonke bako-Israyeli ngizakuba ngowakhe, njalo ngizahlala laye.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Husai kia ʻApisalomi, “ʻIkai; ka ko ia ʻoku fili ʻe Sihova, pea mo e kakai ni, pea mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, te u kau mo ia, pea ko ia pe te u nofo ki ai.
19 Phezu kwalokho, ngubani engingamkhonza na? Akumelanga ngikhonze indodana na? Njengoba ngakhonza uyihlo, kanjalo ngizakukhonza.”
Pea ko hai foki ʻoku totonu ke u tauhi ki ai? ʻIkai ʻi he ʻao ʻo hono foha? ʻO hangē ko ʻeku tauhi ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoʻo tamai, te u pehē foki au ʻi ho ʻao ʻoʻou.”
20 U-Abhisalomu wasesithi ku-Ahithofeli, “Ake useluleke. Kuyini esingakwenza na?”
Hili ia naʻe pehē ʻe ʻApisalomi kia ʻAhitofeli, “Mou fakakaukau ʻiate kimoutolu pe ko e hā te tau fai.”
21 U-Ahithofeli waphendula wathi, “Lala labafazi bakayihlo abaseceleni abatshiya belinde isigodlo. Lapho-ke u-Israyeli wonke uzakuzwa ukuthi wena usuzenze waba liphunga elibi emakhaleni kayihlo, njalo izandla zabantu bonke abalawe zizaqiniswa.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAhitofeli kia ʻApisalomi, “ʻAlu atu koe ki he sinifu ʻo hoʻo tamai, ʻaia kuo ne tuku ke leʻohi ʻae fale; pea ʻe fanongo ʻe ʻIsileli kotoa pē kuo fehiʻanekina ʻaupito koe ʻe hoʻo tamai: pea ʻe toki mālohi ai ʻae nima ʻokinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku kau mo koe.”
22 Ngakho u-Abhisalomu bamisela ithente phezu kophahla lwendlu, walala labafazi bakayise beceleni u-Israyeli wonke ekhangele.
Ko ia naʻa nau folahi atu ai ha fale tupenu ʻi he tuʻa fale ki ʻolunga: pea naʻe hū atu ki ai ʻa ʻApisalomi ki he sinifu ʻo ʻene tamai ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻIsileli kotoa pē.
23 Ngalezonsuku iseluleko sika-Ahithofeli, sasifana lesalowo obuze uNkulunkulu. Lokho kwaba yiyo indlela uDavida lo-Abhisalomu abakhangela ngayo zonke izeluleko zika-Ahithofeli.
Pea ko e fakakaukau ʻa ʻAhitofeli ʻaia naʻa ne fai ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, naʻe hangē ko e ʻeke ʻe ha tangata ki he folofola ʻae ʻOtua: naʻe pehē pe ʻae fakakaukau ʻa ʻAhitofeli kia Tevita pea mo ʻApisalomi fakatouʻosi.
