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1 UIsrayeli wonke wasebuthana kuDavida eHebroni esithi: Khangela, thina silithambo lakho lenyama yakho.
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.
2 Ngitsho mandulo, ngitsho uSawuli eyinkosi, nguwe owakhupha lowangenisa uIsrayeli; iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho yasisithi kuwe: Wena uzakwelusa abantu bami uIsrayeli, njalo wena uzakuba ngumbusi phezu kwabantu bami uIsrayeli.
Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt; be ruler over them.
3 Kwasekufika bonke abadala bakoIsrayeli enkosini eHebroni. UDavida wasesenza isivumelwano labo eHebroni phambi kweNkosi. Basebemgcoba uDavida ukuba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli, njengelizwi leNkosi ngesandla sikaSamuweli.
So all the ancients of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the Lord: and they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke in the hand of Samuel.
4 UDavida loIsrayeli wonke basebesiya eJerusalema, eyiJebusi, ngoba lapho kwakulamaJebusi, abahlali balelolizwe.
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.
5 Abahlali beJebusi basebesithi kuDavida: Kawuyikungena lapha. Kodwa uDavida wayithumba inqaba yeZiyoni, engumuzi kaDavida.
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is the city of David.
6 UDavida wasesithi: Loba ngubani ozatshaya amaJebusi kuqala uzakuba yinhloko lenduna. Ngakho uJowabi indodana kaZeruya wenyuka kuqala, waba yinhloko.
And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the general.
7 UDavida wasehlala enqabeni; ngalokho-ke bayibiza ngokuthi ngumuzi kaDavida.
And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called the city of David.
8 Wasewakha umuzi inhlangothi zonke, kusukela eMilo waze wawuhlanganisa. UJowabi wasevuselela okuseleyo komuzi.
And he built the city round about from Mello all round, and Joab built the rest of the city.
9 UDavida wasesiya eqhubeka esiba mkhulu, ngoba iNkosi yamabandla yayilaye.
And David went on growing and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him.
10 Lalezi zinhloko zamaqhawe uDavida ayelazo, ezaziqinisa kanye laye embusweni wakhe, loIsrayeli wonke, ukumenza inkosi, njengelizwi leNkosi mayelana loIsrayeli.
These are the chief of the valiant men of David, who helped him to be made king over all Israel, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Israel.
11 Laleli linani lamaqhawe uDavida ayelawo: UJashobeyamu indodana yomHakimoni inhloko yamatshumi amathathu; yena waphakamisa umkhonto wakhe emelene labangamakhulu amathathu, wababulala ngasikhathi sinye.
And this is the number of the heroes of David: Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni the chief among the thirty: he lifted up his spear against three hundred wounded by him at one time.
12 Lemva kwakhe kwakuloEleyazare indodana kaDodo umAhohi; wayephakathi kwamaqhawe amathathu.
And after him was Eleazar his uncle’s son the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
13 Yena wayeloDavida ePasi-Damimi lapho amaFilisti ayebuthanele impi khona. Lesiqinti sensimu sasigcwele ibhali; abantu basebebaleka phambi kwamaFilisti.
He was with David in Phesdomim, when the Philistines were gathered to that place to battle: and the field of that country was full of barley, and the people fled from before the Philistines.
14 Bona bazimisa phakathi kwesiqinti, basikhulula, batshaya amaFilisti, iNkosi yasisindisa ngokukhulula okukhulu.
But these men stood in the midst of the field, and defended it: and they slew the Philistines, and the Lord gave a great deliverance to his people.
15 Abathathu ezinduneni ezingamatshumi amathathu basebesehlela edwaleni kuDavida, ebhalwini lweAdulamu; lebutho lamaFilisti lalimise inkamba esihotsheni seRefayimi.
And three of the thirty captains went down to the rock, wherein David was, to the cave of Odollam, when the Philistines encamped in the valley of Raphaim.
16 UDavida ngalesosikhathi wayesenqabeni, lebutho lenqaba lamaFilisti ngalesosikhathi laliseBhethelehema.
And David was in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines in Bethlehem.
17 UDavida waselangatha wathi: Hawu, kungathi omunye ubenganginathisa amanzi omthombo weBhethelehema osesangweni!
And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.
18 Labo abathathu bafohlela enkambeni yamaFilisti, bakha amanzi emthonjeni weBhethelehema owawusesangweni, bawathwala bawaletha kuDavida; kodwa uDavida kafunanga ukuwanatha, kodwa wawathululela iNkosi.
And these three broke through the midst of the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the cistern of Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and brought it to David to drink: and he would not drink of it, but rather offered it to the Lord,
19 Wasesithi: Kakube khatshana lami, ngoNkulunkulu wami, ukwenza lokho. Nginganatha yini igazi lalamadoda abeke impilo yawo engozini? Ngoba ngokubeka impilo yawo engozini, awalethile. Ngakho kafunanga ukuwanatha. Lezizinto azenza lawomaqhawe amathathu.
Saying: God forbid that I should do this in the sight of my God, and should drink the blood of these men: for with the danger of their lives they have brought me the water. And therefore he would not drink. These things did the three most valiant.
20 UAbishayi umfowabo kaJowabi, yena-ke wayeyinhloko yabathathu. Yena ephakamisa umkhonto wakhe emelene labangamakhulu amathathu wababulala; wasesiba lebizo phakathi kwabathathu.
And Abisai the brother of Joab, he was chief of three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew, and he was renowned among the three,
21 Kwabathathu wayehlonitshwa kulababili, wasesiba yinduna yabo; kodwa kafinyelelanga kwabathathu abokuqala.
And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three.
22 UBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada, indodana yeqhawe leKabhiseyeli, wayemkhulu ngezenzo: Nguye owatshaya abakoMowabi ababili ababenjengezilwane; futhi yena wehla wabulala isilwane phakathi komgodi mhla weliqhwa elikhithikileyo.
Banaias the son of Joiada, a most valiant man, of Cabseel, who had done many acts: he slew the two ariels of Moab: and he went down, and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of snow.
23 Yena wasetshaya indoda engumGibhithe, umuntu omude, ozingalo ezinhlanu. Lesandleni somGibhithe kwakulomkhonto onjengogodo lomeluki; kodwa wehlela kuye ngenduku, wahluthuna umkhonto esandleni somGibhithe, wambulala ngowakhe umkhonto.
And he slew an Egyptian, whose stature was of five cubits, and who had a spear like a weaver’s beam: and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked away the spear, that he held in his hand, and slew him with his own spear.
24 Lezizinto wazenza uBhenaya indodana kaJehoyada, waba lebizo phakathi kwamaqhawe amathathu.
These things did Banaias the son of Joiada, who was renowned among the three valiant ones,
25 Khangela, wahlonitshwa phakathi kwabangamatshumi amathathu, kodwa kafinyelelanga kwabathathu. UDavida wasembeka phezu kwabalindi bakhe.
And the first among the thirty, but yet to the three he attained not: and David made him of his council.
26 Lamaqhawe amabutho: OAsaheli umfowabo kaJowabi, uElihanani indodana kaDodo weBhethelehema,
Moreover the most valiant men of the army, were Asahel brother of Joab, and Elchanan the son of his uncle of Bethlehem,
27 uShamothi umHarodi, uHelezi umPheloni,
Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Phalonite,
28 uIra indodana kaIkheshi umThekhowa, uAbiyezeri umAnathothi,
Ira the son of Acces a Thecuite, Abiezer an Anathothite,
29 uSibekayi umHushathi, uIlayi umAhohi,
Sobbochai a Husathite, Ilai an Ahohite,
30 uMaharayi umNetofa, uHelebi indodana kaBahana umNetofa,
Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the son of Baana a Netophathite,
31 uIthayi indodana kaRibayi weGibeya yabantwana bakoBhenjamini, uBhenaya umPirathoni,
Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath of the sons of Benjamin, Banal a Pharathonite,
32 uHurayi wezifula zeGahashi, uAbiyeli umArba,
Hurai of the torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite,
33 uAzimavethi umBaharumi, uEliyabha umShahaliboni,
The sons of Assem a, Gezonite, Jonathan the son of Sage an Ararite,
34 amadodana kaHashema umGizoni, uJonathani indodana kaShage umHarari,
Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite,
35 uAhiyamu indodana kaSakari umHarari, uElifali indodana kaUri,
Eliphal the son of Ur,
36 uHeferi umMekera, uAhiya umPheloni,
Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia a Phelonite,
37 uHeziro umKharmeli, uNaharayi indodana kaEzibayi,
Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of Azbai,
38 uJoweli umfowabo kaNathani, uMibhari indodana kaHagiri,
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the son of Agarai.
39 uZeleki umAmoni, uNaharayi umBherothi, umthwali wezikhali zikaJowabi indodana kaZeruya,
Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Sarvia.
40 uIra umIthiri, uGarebi umIthiri,
Ira a Jethrite, Gareb a Jethrite,
41 uUriya umHethi, uZabadi indodana kaAhilayi,
Urias a Hethite, Zabad the son of Oholi,
42 uAdina indodana kaShiza umRubeni, inhloko kwabakoRubeni, labangamatshumi amathathu belaye,
Adina the son of Siza a Rubenite the prince of the Rubenites, and thirty with him:
43 uHanani indodana kaMahaka, loJoshafati umMithini,
Hanan the son of Maacha, and Josaphat a Mathanite,
44 uUziya umAshiterathi, uShama loJehiyeli amadodana kaHothamu umAroweri,
Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and Jehiel the sons of Hotham an Arorite,
45 uJediyayeli indodana kaShimri, loJoha umfowabo umTizi,
Jedihel the son of Zamri, and Jobs his brother a Thosaite,
46 uEliyeli umMahavi, loJeribayi loJoshaviya amadodana kaElinahamu, loIthima umMowabi,
Eliel a Mithumite, and Jeribai, and Josaia the sons of Elnaim, and Jethma a Moabite,
47 loEliyeli, loObedi, loJahasiyeli umMezobaya.
Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel of Masobia.
