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1 Naba, abeza kuDavide eTsikelage, esavingcelekile ngenxa kaSawule unyana kaKishe; bona bekumagorha, bencedisa emfazweni,2 bexhobe izaphetha, besawula ngamatye ngesokunene nangesokhohlo isandla, betola ngeentolo, bengabakubazalwana bakaSawule, bengabakumaBhenjamin.3 Intloko ibinguAhiyezere noYowashe, oonyana bakaShemaha waseGibheha; noYeziyeli noPelete, oonyana baka-Azemavete; noBheraka, noYehu waseAnatoti;4 noIshmaya waseGibheyon, igorha kula mashumi mathathu, elaliphethe amashumi amathathu; noYeremiya, noYahaziyeli, noYohanan, noYozabhadi waseGedere;5 uEluzayi, noYerimoti, noBhehaliya, noShemariya, noShefatiya umHarufi;6 uElikana, noYeshiya, noAzarele, noYohezere, noYashobheham, amaKora;7 noYohela noZebhadiya oonyana bakaYeroham waseGedore.8 KumaGadi awazahlulela ukuya kuDavide emboniselweni, asinga entlango, ngamadoda anobukroti, amadoda omkhosi okulwa, exhobe ikhaka nomkhonto; ubuso bawo bunjengobengonyama, enjengamabhadi asezintabeni ukukhawuleza kwawo.9 NguEzere owokuqala; nguObhadiya owesibini; nguEliyabhi owesithathu;10 nguMishemana owesine; nguYeremiya owesihlanu;11 nguAtayi owesithandathu; nguEliyeli owesixhenxe;12 nguYohanan owesibhozo; nguElizabhadi owesithoba;13 nguYeremiya oweshumi; nguMakebhanayi oweshumi elinanye.14 Abo, koonyana bakaGadi, ibiziintloko zomkhosi. Emnye kubo engomncinane ubelilingene ikhulu; omkhulu kubo ubelilingene iwaka.15 Ngabo abo bayiwelayo iYordan ngenyanga yokuqala, izele, ihamba phezu kweendonga zayo; bagxotha bonke abasezintilini empumalanga nasentshonalanga.16 Kwaya aboonyana bakaBhenjamin bakaYuda emboniselweni kuDavide.17 Waphuma uDavide, waya kubakhawulela, wathi kubo, Ukuba niza kum ninoxolo, ukuba nindincede, intliziyo yam yoba nye neyenu; ke ukuba nize kundikhohlisa, nindinikele kubabandezeli bam, kungekho lugonyamelo esandleni sam, wobona uThixo woobawo bethu, ohlwaye.18 Umoya wamthi gqubuthu uAmasayi, intloko yabaphathi-mikhosi, wathi, Singabakho, Davide; singakuwe, nyana kaYese. Uxolo, uxolo lube kuwe, uxolo lube kubancedi bakho; ngokuba uya kunceda uThixo wakho. Wabamkela ke uDavide, wabamisa baziintloko zamaqela.19 KumaManase kwabakho abaphambela kuDavide, ekuyeni kwakhe namaFilisti ukuba kuliwe noSawule, baza abawanceda; ngokuba zacebisana zamndulula izikhulu zamaFilisti, zisithi, Wophambela kuSawule inkosi yakhe, senzakale ke.20 Ekuyeni kwakhe eTsikelage, wathelelwa ngabakwaManase, uAdena, noYozabhadi, noYedihayeli, noMikayeli, noYozabhadi, noElihu, noTsiletayi, iintloko zamawaka akwaManase.21 Bona bancedisana noDavide kuloo matutu; ngokuba babengamagorha anobukroti bonke, babengabathetheli emkhosini.22 Ngokuba ngelo xesha babesiya iimini ngeemini kuDavide ukumnceda, yada yangumkhosi omkhulu, njengomkhosi kaThixo.

23 Ngawo la amanani eentloko ezaxhobela imfazwe, zeza kuDavide eHebron, ukuba buguqulelwe kuye ubukumkani bukaSawule, ngokomlomo kaYehova.24 Oonyana bakaYuda ababephethe amakhaka nezikhali ngamawaka amathandathu anamakhulu asibhozo, exhobele imfazwe.25 Koonyana bakaSimon, amagorha angamakroti emfazweni ngamawaka asixhenxe anekhulu.26 Koonyana bakaLevi ngamawaka amane, anamakhulu mathandathu.27 Ke uYehoyada waye eyinganga yama-Aron; wayenamawaka amathathu anamakhulu asixhenxe.28 Utsadoki, indodana eligorha elinobukroti, nendlu kayise, ngabathetheli abamashumi mabini anababini.29 Koonyana bakaBhenjamin, abazalwana bakaSawule, ngamawaka amathathu; kwada kwaba ngoku uninzi lwabo lugcina isigxina sendlu kaSawule.30 Koonyana bakaEfrayim ngamawaka amashumi mabini, anamakhulu asibhozo amagorha anobukroti, amadoda anegama ezindlwini zooyise.31 Kwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase lishumi elinesibhozo lamawaka, ababalulwa ngamagama, ukuba baye kumenza ukumkani uDavide.32 Koonyana bakaIsakare, abawaziyo abawaqondayo amaxesha, ukwazela ange ekwenza amaSirayeli, babengamakhulu amabini, iintloko zabo. Bonke abazalwana babo benza ngokomlomo wabo.33 KwaZebhulon, abaphuma umkhosi, abaxhobela ukulwa, beneentonga zonke zemfazwe, ngamashumi omahlanu amawaka, behlohla uluhlu, bengenazintliziyo zimbaxa.34 KwaNafetali, yaba ngabathetheli abaliwaka, benamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe amawaka, aphethe amakhaka neentshuntshe.35 KwaDan, abaxhobele imfazwe yangamashumi amabini anesibhozo amawaka, anamakhulu mathandathu.36 Kwa-Ashere, abaphuma umkhosi, bexhobele ukulwa, yangamashumi omane amawaka.37 Phesheya kweYordan, kwaRubhen nakwaGadi, nakwisiqingatha sesizwe sakwaManase, beneentonga zonke zomkhosi wokulwa, yalikhulu elinamanci mabini amawaka.38 Onke loo madoda okulwa ahlohla uluhlu, aya enentliziyo ephelelisekileyo eHebron, ukuba amenze ukumkani uDavide kumaSirayeli onke. Kananjalo namanye amaSirayeli onke ayenantliziyo-nye yokumenza ukumkani uDavide.39 AyenoDavide apho iintsuku ezintathu, esidla esela; ngokuba abazalwana bawo baye bewalungiselele.40 Kananjalo abakufuphi nabo, kwada kwesa kwaIsakare, nakwaZebhulon, nakwaNafetali, bazisa izonka ngamaesile, nangeenkamela, nangoondlebende, nangamaqegu, ukudla okungumgubo, nezicumba zamakhiwane nezeerasintyisi, newayini, neoli, neenkomo, nempahla emfutshane, into eninzi; ngokuba bekuvuywa kwaSirayeli.