1 IziKronike 21
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1 IziKronike 21
U-Israyeli ubalwa kusukela eBeri Sheba kuze kufike kwaDani
1USathane wavukela u-Israyeli, wamlinga uDavide ukuba abale u-Israyeli.
2UDavide wathi kuJowabe nasezinduneni zabantu: “Hambani nibale u-Israyeli kusukela eBeri Sheba kuze kube kwaDani; nilethe kimi inani labo, ukuze ngilazi.
3Wathi uJowabe: “UJehova makenze abantu bakhe ngokuphindwe kayikhulu kunabo; kodwa, nkosi yami, nkosi, zonke azizona izinceku zenkosi yami na? pho, inkosi yami ifunelani lokhu na? izakuba yisiphambeko sikaIsrayeli ngani?
4Kepha izwi lenkosi lamahlula uJowabe. UJowabe wayesesuka, wadabula u-Israyeli wonke, wafika eJerusalema.
5UJowabe wasemnika uDavida inani lenani labantu. Bonke kwa-Israyeli babeyinkulungwane nekhulu lamadoda ahloma inkemba, futhi uJuda babe yizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amane namashumi ayisithupha abahlome inkemba.
6Kepha uLevi noBenjamini akababalanga phakathi kwabo, ngokuba izwi lenkosi lalinengekile kuJowabe.
7Kwaba kubi kuNkulunkulu ngale ndaba; ngalokho wamnqoba u-Israyeli.
8UDavide wayesethi kuNkulunkulu: “Ngonile kakhulu, ngokuba ngenze lokho; kepha manje susa ububi benceku yakho; ngoba ngenze izinto ezinengi zobuthutha.
9UJehova wakhuluma kuGadi, umboni kaDavide, wathi:
10Hamba utshele uDavida uthi: Itsho njalo iNkosi: Ngikubekela izinto ezintathu: zikhethele eyodwa kuzo, ukuze ngiyenze kuwe.
11UGadi wayesefika kuDavide, wathi kuye: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Zikhethele;
12Noma iminyaka emithathu yendlala; noma izinyanga ezintathu ukuchithwa phambi kwezitha zakho, inkemba yezitha zakho ikufice; noma izinsuku ezintathu inkemba kaJehova, isifo esiwumshayabhuqe ezweni, ingelosi kaJehova ichitha kuzo zonke izifunda zakwa-Israyeli. Ake nginitshele ukuthi yizwi lini engiyakulibuyisela kongithumileyo.
13UDavida wasesithi kuGadi: Ngisosizini olukhulu; mangiwele esandleni sikaJehova; ngokuba umusa wakhe mkhulu kakhulu, kepha mangingaweli esandleni somuntu.
14UJehova wayesethuma isifo kwa-Israyeli, kwawa abantu bakwa-Israyeli abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa.
15UNkulunkulu wathuma ingelosi eJerusalema ukuba ilichithe; kwathi esachitha, uJehova wakubona, wazisola ngobubi, wathi engelosini echithayo: “Kwanele, bamba isandla sakho.” Ingelosi kaJehova yayimi esibuyeni sika-Orinani umJebusi.
16UDavide waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wayibona ingelosi kaJehova imi phakathi komhlaba nezulu inenkemba yayo ehoshiweyo esandleni sayo yelulelwe phezu kweJerusalema. UDavide namalunga akwa-Israyeli, abembethe izingubo zokulila, bawa ngobuso.
17UDavida wasesithi kuNkulunkulu: Kakusimi yini owalaya ukuthi abantu babalwe? mina yimi ngonile ngenza okubi impela; kodwa lezi zimvu zenzeni? isandla sakho, Jehova Nkulunkulu wami, masibe phezu kwami naphezu kwendlu kababa; kodwa hhayi kubantu bakho, ukuze bahlushwe.
18Khona-ke ingelosi kaJehova yayala uGadi ukuba atshele uDavide ukuba uDavide akhuphuke ayokwakhela uJehova i-altare esibuyeni sika-Orinani umJebusi.
19UDavide wenyuka njengezwi likaGadi alikhuluma egameni likaJehova.
20U-Orinani waphenduka wayibona ingelosi; amadodana akhe amane ayenaye acasha. U-Orinani wayebhula ukolweni.
21Lapho uDavide efika ku-Orinani, u-Orinani wabheka futhi wambona uDavide, waphuma esibuyeni wakhothama phambi kukaDavide ubuso bakhe bubheke phansi.
22UDavide wayesethi ku-Orinani: “Nginike indawo yalesi sibuya ukuba ngakhele uJehova i-altare phezu kwayo; kumelwe unginike yona ngenani eliphelele, ukuze inhlupho yabantu ivinjwe.
23U-Orinani wayesethi kuDavide: “Zithathele, inkosi yami, inkosi, yenze okuhle emehlweni ayo; bhekani, ngininika izinkomo zomnikelo wokushiswa, nezibhulo zibe yizinkuni, nokolweni womnikelo wempuphu; Nginikela ngakho konke.
24Khona-ke inkosi uDavide yathi ku-Orinani: “Qha! kodwa ngokuqinisekile ngizokuthenga ngenani eliphelele, ngoba ngeke ngithathele uJehova okungokwakho, futhi angiyikunikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa ngaphandle kwezindleko.
25UDavide wamnika u-Orinani amashekeli angamakhulu ayisithupha egolide ngesisindo saleyo ndawo.
26UDavide wamakhela khona uJehova i-altare, wanikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa neyokubonga, wakhuleka kuJehova; wamphendula ngomlilo ovela ezulwini phezu kwe-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa.
27UJehova wayiyala ingelosi; wayesehosha inkemba yakhe futhi.
28Ngaleso sikhathi lapho uDavide ebona ukuthi uJehova wayemphendulile esibuyeni sika-Orinani umJebusi, wanikela khona.
29Ngokuba itabernakele likaJehova uMose alenza ehlane ne-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa ngaleso sikhathi kwakusendaweni ephakeme yaseGibeyoni.
30Kepha uDavide wayengenakuhamba phambi kwakhe ukubuza kuNkulunkulu, ngokuba wayesaba inkemba yengelosi kaJehova.
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