UBaba wethu uqinisa indlu kaDavide
UHiramu wakhela uDavide isigodlo, umndeni wakhe uyakhula, futhi amaFilisti eza ezingela inkosi esanda kugcotshwa. Kabili uDavide ubuza kuBaba wethu kuqala; kabili uyaphendulwa, futhi ngokwesibili utshelwa ukuthi alinde umsindo wokumasha eziqongweni zezihlahla.
14 1UHiramu inkosi yaseThire wathumela izithunywa kuDavide, kanye nezingodo zomsedari, ababazi bamatshe, nababazi bezingodo, ukuze bamakhele indlu. 2UDavide wazi ukuthi uBaba wethu wayemenze inkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli, ngokuba umbuso wakhe waphakanyiselwa phezulu ngenxa yabantu bakhe u-Israyeli.
3UDavide wathatha abanye abafazi eJerusalema, wazala namanye amadodana namadodakazi. 4Yilawa amagama abantwana abazalelwa yena eJerusalema: uShamuwa, uShobabi, uNathani, noSolomoni, 5u-Ibhari, u-Elishuwa, u-Elpeleti, 6uNoga, uNefegi, uJafiya, 7u-Elishama, uBheeliyada, no-Elifeleti.
UBaba wethu ufohlela amaFilisti
8Kwathi amaFilisti esezwile ukuthi uDavide ugcotshiwe waba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke, bonke benyukela ukuyofuna uDavide. UDavide wezwa, waphuma ukuyobhekana nabo. 9AmaFilisti ayesefikile ahlasela isiGodi saseRefayimi.
10UDavide wabuza kuBaba wethu, wathi: “Ngikhuphukele yini amaFilisti? Uzawanikela yini esandleni sami?” UBaba wethu wathi kuye: “Khuphuka, ngizawanikela esandleni sakho.”
11Benyukela eBhali Pherasimi; uDavide wawabulala khona. UDavide wathi: “UBaba wethu ufohlele izitha zami ngesandla sami njengokufohla kwesikhukhula samanzi.” Ngakho leyo ndawo bayiqamba ngokuthi iBhali Pherasimi. a a v11 IBhali Pherasimi lisho ukuthi “iNkosi efohlayo.” 12AmaFilisti ashiya onkulunkulu bawo khona, uDavide wakhipha umyalo, bashiswa ngomlilo.
13AmaFilisti aphinda futhi ahlasela isiGodi.
14UDavide waphinda wabuza kuBaba wethu, uBaba wethu wathi: “Ungakhuphuki ubalandele. Bazungeze, ubahlasele uvela maqondana nezihlahla zebhalsamu. 15Kuyothi lapho uzwa umsindo wokuhamba ezihlokweni zezihlahla zebhalsamu, ube usuphuma uyokulwa—ngokuba uYihlo usephumile phambi kwakho ukuyobulala impi yamaFilisti.”
16UDavide wenza njengokuba uBaba wethu wayemyalile, bayibulala impi yamaFilisti kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kufike eGezeri. 17Udumo lukaDavide lwanda emazweni onke, uBaba wethu wenza ukuba zonke izizwe zimesabe.
