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¹Kwathi gaxa khona indoda elitshijolo, egama linguShebha, unyana kaBhikri, umBhenjamin. Yavuthela isigodlo, yathi, Asinasabelo thina kuDavide, asinalifa kunyana kaYese; yiyani elowo ezintenteni zenu, maSirayeli.

²Enyuka ke onke amadoda akwaSirayeli, emka ekumlandeleni uDavide, alandela uShebha unyana kaBhikri; ke amadoda akwaYuda anamathela kukumkani wawo, ethabathela eYordan esa eYerusalem.

³Weza uDavide endlwini yakhe eYerusalem; ukumkani wabathabatha abafazi bakhe abalishumi abangamashweshwe, abebashiyile ukuba bagcine indlu, wababeka endlwini yogcino, wabaxhasa, akangena kubo. Bavalelwa ke yada yaba yimini yokufa kwabo, behleli bengabahlolokazi.

⁴Wathi ukumkani kuAmasa, Ndihlabele umkhosi kumadoda akwaYuda ngemihla emithathu, ubekho nawe apha.

⁵UAmasa waya kuwahlabela umkhosi amaYuda, walibala ngaphezu kwexesha abemiselwe lona.

⁶Wathi uDavide kuAbhishayi, Kungokunje uShebha, unyana kaBhikri, uya kusenzela ububi ngaphezu koAbhisalom; bathabathe wena abakhonzi benkosi yakho, umsukele, hleze afumane imizi enqatyisiweyo, asizimele.

⁷Aphuma amlandela amadoda kaYowabhi, nabancinithi, nezigidimi, namagorha onke; baphuma ke eYerusalem, baya kumsukela uShebha unyana kaBhikri.

⁸UAmasa weza kubo besetyeni elikhulu eliseGibheyon. Ke uYowabhi ubeyibhinqile ingubo yakhe yokulwa, umbinqo wekrele unxitywe ngaphezu kwayo esinqeni sakhe, lisesingxobeni salo; sancothuka ke, lawa ikrele.

⁹Wathi uYowabhi kuAmasa, Usahleli kakuhle na, mzalwana wam? UYowabhi wambamba uAmasa ngeendevu ngesandla sokunene, ukuba amange.

¹⁰Ke uAmasa ubengalilumkele ikrele elibe lisesandleni sikaYowabhi. Wamhlaba ngalo esiswini, wamphalaza izibilini emhlabeni, akaphinda amhlabe; wafa. UYowabhi noAbhishayi umzalwana wakhe bamsukela uShebha, unyana kaBhikri.

¹¹Kwema enye kumadodana akwaYowabhi ngakuye, yathi, Ubani ononelele uYowabhi, nongakuDavide, makalandele uYowabhi.

¹²UAmasa watyikatyikeka egazini emendweni. Yabona indoda leyo, ukuba abantu bonke bathe nqumama, yamsusa uAmasa emendweni, yamshenxisela ecaleni, yaphosa ingubo phezu kwakhe; ngokokuba ibibona bemana ukuthi nqumama bonke abafika kuye.

¹³Akususwa ke emendweni, onke amadoda egqitha, alandela uYowabhi, asukela uShebha, unyana kaBhikri.

¹⁴Wacanda ezizweni zonke zakwaSirayeli, waya eAbhele naseBhete-mahaka; namadodana onke abizelwa ndawonye, eza amlandela nawo.

¹⁵Bafika bamngqinga eAbhele-bhete-mahaka, bawufumbela udonga lokungqinga umzi lowo, lwema phezu komsele wongqameko; baye bonke abantu ababenoYowabhi beluqhuqha, ukuze udonga lomzi luwe.

¹⁶Kwamemeza intokazi elumkileyo ikuloo mzi, yathi, Yivani, yivani; khanithi kuYowabhi, Sondela apha, ndithethe nawe.

¹⁷Wasondela ke kuyo; yathi loo ntokazi, UnguYowabhi na? Wathi, Ndinguye. Yathi kuye, Phulaphula amazwi omkhonzazana wakho. Wathi, Ndiyeva.

¹⁸Yatsho yathi, Kwakufudula kusithiwa, Ukubuza makubuzwe eAbhele, benjenjalo ukuyifeza into.

¹⁹Ndingowabaxolileyo, abathembekileyo kwaSirayeli; ke ufuna ukubulala umzi ongunozala kwaSirayeli. Yini na ukuba uliginye ilifa likaYehova?

²⁰Waphendula uYowabhi, wathi, Makube lee, makube lee kum, ukuba ndiginye nokuba ndonakalise.

²¹Hayi, akunjalo; kusuke indoda yasezintabeni zakwaEfrayim, enguShebha ngegama, unyana kaBhikri, yasiphakamisa isandla sayo kukumkani, kuDavide; khuphani yona yodwa, ndomka kulo mzi. Yathi loo ntokazi kuYowabhi, Yabona, intloko yayo iya kugityiselwa kuwe phezu kodonga.

²²Yaya loo ntokazi kubantu bonke ngobulumko bayo. Bayinqumla ke intloko kaShebha, unyana kaBhikri, bayigibisela kuYowabhi. Wavuthela isigodlo, baphangalala bemka kuloo mzi, elowo waya ententeni yakhe. UYowabhi wabuyela eYerusalem kukumkani.

²³Ke kaloku uYowabhi wawuphatha wonke umkhosi wakwaSirayeli; uBhenaya, unyana kaYehoyada, waphatha abancinithi nezigidimi.

²⁴UAdoram waphatha abafakwa uviko; uYehoshafati, unyana ka-Ahiludi, ubengumkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu.

²⁵USheva ubengumbhali; uTsadoki noAbhiyatare baye bengababingeleli.

²⁶Kananjalo uIra waseYahire ubengumbingeleli kuDavide.