11:1 |
Manje kwenzeka lokho, ekuqaleni konyaka, esikhathini lapho amakhosi evame ukuphuma ukuya empini, UDavide wathuma uJowabe, lezinceku zakhe kanye laye, kanye no-Israyeli wonke, bachitha abantwana bakwa-Amoni, bavimbezela iRaba. Kodwa uDavida wahlala eJerusalema. |
11:2 |
Ngenkathi kwenzeka lezi zinto, UDavide wavuka embhedeni emini enkulu;, wahamba phezu kothango lwendlu yenkosi. Futhi wabona, ngaphesheya kwethala lakhe, umfazi ezigeza. Owesifazane wayemuhle kakhulu. |
11:3 |
Ngakho-ke, inkosi yathuma yabuza ukuthi ungubani lowo wesifazane. Futhi kwabikwa kuye ukuthi unguBati Sheba, indodakazi ka-Eliyamu, umkaUriya, umHeti. |
11:4 |
Manje, UDavide wathuma izithunywa, wamthatha. Kwathi esengenile kuye, walala naye. Futhi okwamanje, wahlanjululwa ekungcoleni kwakhe. |
11:5 |
Wabuyela endlini yakhe, esekhulelwe ingane engakazalwa. Futhi ukuthumela, watshela uDavida, wasesithi, “Ngikhulelwe.” |
11:6 |
UDavide wayesethumela kuJowabe, ethi, “Ngithumele u-Uriya, umHeti.” UJowabe wayesethuma u-Uriya kuDavide. |
11:7 |
U-Uriya waya kuDavide. UDavide wabuza ukuthi uJowabe wenza kahle yini, futhi ngabantu, nokuthi impi yayiqhutshwa kanjani. |
11:8 |
UDavida wasesithi kuUriya, “Ngena endlini yakho, futhi ugeze izinyawo zakho. U-Uriya wayesesuka endlini yenkosi. Kwalandela ukudla kwenkosi emva kwakhe. |
11:9 |
Kodwa u-Uriya walala phambi kwesango lendlu yenkosi, nezinye izinceku zenkosi yakhe, futhi akehlelanga endlini yakhe. |
11:10 |
Futhi kwabikwa kuDavide ngabanye, ethi, “U-Uriya akangenanga endlini yakhe.” UDavida wasesithi kuUriya: “Awufikanga yini usohambweni? Kungani ungehlelanga endlini yakho?” |
11:13 |
UDavida wasembiza, ukuze adle, aphuze phambi kwakhe, futhi wamenza wadakwa. Futhi bahamba ebusuku, walala embhedeni wakhe, kanye nezinceku zenkosi yakhe, futhi akehlelanga endlini yakhe. |
11:14 |
Ngakho-ke, lapho kufika ukusa, UDavide wabhala incwadi kuJowabe. Futhi wayithumela ngesandla sika-Uriya, |
11:15 |
ebhala encwadini: Beka u-Uriya phambi kwempi, lapho impi inamandla khona, bese bemshiya, ukuze, belimele, angase afe.” |
11:16 |
Manje, lapho uJowabe evimbezela umuzi, wamisa u-Uriya endaweni ayeyazi ukuthi kwakungamadoda anamandla. |
11:17 |
Namadoda, esuka emzini, walwa noJowabe. Kwawa abanye abantu phakathi kwezinceku zikaDavide, wafa naye u-Uriya umHeti. |
shiya impendulo
Kufanele ube ungene ngemvume ukuthumela amazwana.