Eyesibili EkaSamuyeli 13:1-39
13 U-Abhisalomu indodana kaDavida wayelodadewabo owayemuhle okwakuthiwa nguThamari.+ U-Amnoni+ indodana kaDavida wayemthanda kakhulu uThamari.
2 U-Amnoni wakhathazeka kakhulu waze wagula ngenxa kadadewabo uThamari, ngoba wayeyintombi egcweleyo futhi kukhanya kungelanto ayengayenza kuye.
3 U-Amnoni wayelomngane okwakuthiwa nguJehonadabi+ owayeyindodana kaShimeya+ umfowabo kaDavida. UJehonadabi wayehlakaniphe kakhulu.
4 Yikho wathi ku-Amnoni: “Kungani indodana yenkosi ivuka idanile nsuku zonke? Ngicela ungitshele.” U-Amnoni wamphendula wathi: “Ngiyamthanda kakhulu uThamari udadewabo+ ka-Abhisalomu umfowethu.”
5 UJehonadabi wasesithi kuye: “Wena lala embhedeni wakho wenze angathi uyagula. Nxa uyihlo angabuya ezokubona uthi kuye, ‘Ngicela udadewethu uThamari abuye azongipha ukudla. Nxa angalungisa ukudla phambi kwami, angiphe khona ngesandla sakhe ngizakudla.’”
6 Ngakho u-Amnoni walala wazenza ogulayo, inkosi yasibuya yazombona. U-Amnoni wathi enkosini: “Ngicela udadewethu uThamari abuye azongiphekela izinkwa ezimbili ezibunjwe njengenhliziyo, abesengipha zona ngesandla sakhe.”
7 UDavida wasethumela ilizwi kuThamari owayesendlini wathi: “Ngicela uye endlini yomfowenu u-Amnoni ufike umlungisele ukudla.”
8 U-Amnoni wayelele endlini yakhe yikho uThamari waya khona, wafika wathatha ifulawa wayivuba phambi komfowabo wasepheka izinkwa.
9 Ngemva kwalokho wathatha ipani wasenika u-Amnoni izinkwa, kodwa wala ukudla wathi: “Bonke abantu abaphume endlini!” Ngakho bonke baphuma.
10 U-Amnoni wasesithi kuThamari: “Letha ukudla ngapha endlini yokulala, ungiphe khona ngesandla sakho ngidle.” Yikho uThamari wathatha izinkwa ayeziphekile ezazibunjwe njengenhliziyo, wangena lazo lapho okwakulele khona umfowabo.
11 Wathi emqhubela zona ukuthi adle, u-Amnoni wambamba wathi kuye: “Lala lami dadewethu.”
12 Kodwa yena wathi: “Hatshi mfowethu ungangenzi ihlazo elinjalo ngoba lokho akwenziwa ko-Israyeli!+ Ungenzi into embi kangaka.+
13 Kambe ihlazo elingaka ngizalithini? Lawe kuzathiwa ungomunye wamadoda angelangqondo ko-Israyeli. Ngicela uyekhuluma lenkosi, ungicele kuyo ngoba ayisoze yale.”
14 Kodwa u-Amnoni wala ukumlalela, wamehlula wasemenza ihlazo wambamba iganyavu.
15 Wathi eqeda lokho wamzonda wamenyanya. Wamzonda kakhulu ukwedlula indlela ayemthanda ngayo kuqala. U-Amnoni wathi kuye: “Vuka uhambe!”
16 UThamari wamphendula wathi: “Hatshi mfowethu, ukungixotsha kubi kakhulu ukwedlula lokho osungenze khona!” Kodwa u-Amnoni kazange amlalele.
17 Wabiza ijaha elaliyisisebenzi sakhe wathi kulo: “Susa umuntu lo lapha ubusukhiya umnyango.”
18 Isisebenzi sika-Amnoni samkhiphela phandle kwendlu sasesikhiya. (UThamari wayegqoke ijazi elihle kakhulu* elaligqokwa ngamadodakazi enkosi ayezintombi ezigcweleyo.)
19 Wazithela ngomlotha ekhanda,+ wadabula ijazi lakhe elihle ayeligqokile. Wahamba ekhala ethwele imikhono ekhanda.
20 Umfowabo u-Abhisalomu+ wathi embona wambuza wathi: “Ngumfowenu u-Amnoni obelawe yini? Zithulele dadewethu, ungumfowenu,+ ungazikhathazi ngendaba le.” Ngakho uThamari wahlala endlini yomfowabo u-Abhisalomu engabonani labantu.
21 UDavida inkosi wathi esizwa ngakho konke lokhu wazonda kakhulu.+ Kodwa wayengafuni ukuyizwisa ubuhlungu indodana yakhe u-Amnoni ngoba wayeyithanda njengoba yayilizibulo lakhe.
22 U-Abhisalomu wayesemzonda+ kakhulu u-Amnoni ngoba wayenze ihlazo kudadewabo uThamari.+ Kodwa kazange akhulume lutho olubi loba oluhle ku-Amnoni.
23 Kwathi ngemva kweminyaka emibili egcweleyo izisebenzi zika-Abhisalomu zahamba zayagela izimvu zakhe eBhali-hazori duze lako-Efrayimi.+ U-Abhisalomu wanxusa wonke amadodana enkosi.+
24 Waya enkosini wafika wathi: “Inceku yakho igela izimvu zayo. Yikho ngicela inkosi lezinceku zayo bahambe lami.”
25 Kodwa inkosi yathi ku-Abhisalomu: “Hatshi ndodana yami, nxa sonke singahamba sizakuba ngumthwalo kuwe.” Lanxa u-Abhisalomu wayelokhu encenga, inkosi yala ukuhamba kodwa yambusisa.
26 U-Abhisalomu wasesithi: “Nxa wena ungasoze uhambe, ngicela usivumele sihambe lo-Amnoni umfowethu.”+ Inkosi yasiphendula yathi: “Kungani kumele ahambe lawe?”
27 Kodwa u-Abhisalomu waqhubeka encenga, inkosi yacina isithi u-Amnoni lawo wonke amadodana ayo bahambe laye.
28 U-Abhisalomu watshela izisebenzi zakhe wathi: “Likhangele u-Amnoni. Nxa inhliziyo yakhe isithokoza ngenxa yewayini ngizathi kini, ‘Bulalani u-Amnoni!’ Lina kumele lihle limbulale. Lingesabi, angithi yimi engilitshela ukuthi lenzeni. Qinani libe lesibindi.”
29 Izisebenzi zika-Abhisalomu zenza lokho ayezitshele khona, zambulala u-Amnoni. Amanye amadodana enkosi ahle asukuma eqela phezu kwembongolo* zawo abaleka.
30 Athi esasendleleni kwafika umbiko kuDavida owawusithi: “U-Abhisalomu usebulele wonke amadodana enkosi. Akula ngitsho leyodwa eseleyo.”
31 Inkosi yathi ikuzwa lokhu yasukuma yadabula izembatho zayo yalala phansi. Zonke izinceku zayo zadabula izembatho zazo zama eceleni kwayo.
32 Kodwa uJehonadabi+ indodana kaShimeya+ umfowabo kaDavida wathi: “Inkosi kayingacabangi ukuthi kubulewe wonke amadodana ayo, u-Amnoni nguye yedwa obuleweyo.+ U-Abhisalomu nguye othe abulawe+ njalo ubehlala ekucabanga lokhu kusukela ngesikhathi u-Amnoni esenza ihlazo kudadewabo+ uThamari.+
33 Yikho inkosi yami kayingakhathazwa ngumbiko othi, ‘Wonke amadodana enkosi afile,’ ngoba u-Amnoni nguye yedwa ofileyo.”
34 Kuthe sekunjalo u-Abhisalomu yena wahle wabaleka.+ Ngemva kwesikhathi umuntu owayelindile wathi uthi mehlo suka wabona kulabantu abanengi ababethutsha ngomgwaqo owawungemva kwakhe owawudlula eceleni kwentaba.
35 Ngakho uJehonadabi+ wathi enkosini: “Khangela! Amadodana enkosi asephendukile, kwenzakale njengoba inceku yakho itshilo.”
36 Wathi eqeda nje ukukhuluma, amadodana enkosi afika eqhinqa isililo. Inkosi lazo zonke izinceku zayo labo bakhala okuzwisa usizi.
37 U-Abhisalomu yena wabaleka waya kuThalimayi+ indodana ka-Amihudi inkosi yeGeshuri. UDavida walilela indodana yakhe okwensuku ezinengi.
38 U-Abhisalomu wathi esebalekele eGeshuri+ wahlala khona okweminyaka emithathu.
39 Ngemva kwesikhathi iNkosi uDavida yafisa ukuyabona u-Abhisalomu ngoba yayisiduduzekile ngokufa kuka-Amnoni.
