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1 Ke kaloku wabuya wabahlanganisa uDavide bonke abahleliweyo bakwaSirayeli: amashumi amathathu amawaka.2 Wesuka ke, wahamba uDavide nabantu bonke abenabo, esiya eBhahali yakwaYuda, esiya kunyusa khona ityeya kaThixo, ebizwa ngalo igama, igama likaYehova wemikhosi ohleli phezu kweekerubhi.3 Bayikhwelisa enqwelweni entsha ityeya kaThixo, bayithabatha endlwini ka-Abhinadabhi ebisendulini; u-Uza nonoAhiyo, oonyana baka-Abhinadabhi, beyiqhuba inqwelo entsha leyo.4 Bayithabatha endlwini ka-Abhinadabhi esendulini, inetyeya kaThixo, uAhiyo ehamba phambi kwetyeya.5 UDavide nendlu yonke kaSirayeli baqamba phambi koYehova, bebetha imithi yonke yesipres, neehadi, nemirhubhe, neengqongqo, namakhenkcekhenkce, namacangci.

6 Bafika esandeni sikaNakon; wesa isandla sakhe u-Uza etyeyeni kaThixo, wayibamba; ngokuba iinkomo zibe ziyigungqisa.7 Wavutha umsindo kaYehova ku-Uza; uThixo wambetha khona, ngenxa yemasi elo, wafela khona ngasetyeyeni kaThixo.8 UDavide wavutha ngumsindo ngenxa enokuba uYehova wamtyhobozela ngotyhobozo u-Uza, wathi loo ndawo yiPerets-uza unanamhla.9 UDavide wamoyika uYehova ngaloo mini, wathi, Yothini na ukuza kum ityeya kaYehova?10 Akavuma ke uDavide ukuyisusa ize kuye emzini kaDavide ityeya kaYehova; uDavide wayisonga, wayiphambukisela endlwini kaObhedi-edom waseGati.11 Yahlala ityeya kaYehova endlwini kaObhedi-edom waseGati iinyanga zantathu; uYehova wamsikelela uObhedi-edom, nendlu yakhe yonke.

12 Kwaxelwa kukumkani uDavide, kwathiwa, Uyisikelele uYehova indlu kaObhedi-edom nezinto zonke anazo, ngenxa yetyeya kaThixo. Waya uDavide, wayinyusa ityeya kaThixo endlwini kaObhedi-edom, wayizisa emzini kaDavide evuya.13 Kwathi, bakunyathela amabanga amathandathu abathwali betyeya kaYehova, wabingelela inkomo nethole elityetyisiweyo.14 Waye uDavide esina ngamandla onke phambi koYehova, uDavide ebhinqe iefodi yelinen emhlophe.15 OoDavide nendlu yonke kaSirayeli babeyinyusa ke ityeya kaYehova, beduma, behlokomisa isigodlo.16 Kwathi, yakufika ityeya kaYehova emzini kaDavide, uMikali, intombi kaSawule, wavela ngefestile, wambona ukumkani uDavide exhuma esina phambi koYehova, wamcekisa entliziyweni yakhe.17 Bayingenisa ityeya kaYehova, bayimisa endaweni yayo phakathi kwentente, abeyitwabululele yona uDavide; uDavide wenyusa amadini anyukayo phambi koYehova, nemibingelelo yoxolo.18 Wagqiba uDavide ukunyusa amadini anyukayo nemibingelelo yoxolo, wabasikelela abantu, egameni likaYehova wemikhosi,19 wababela bonke abantu, yonke ingxokolo yamaSirayeli, kwathabathela kwindoda kwesa nakumfazi; elowo wamnika umqhathane wesonka, nomlinganiso wewayini, nesicumba seerasintyisi. Baya ke bonke abantu elowo endlwini yakhe.

20 Wabuya uDavide, eza kusikelela indlu yakhe. Waphuma uMikali intombi kaSawule, eya kukhawulela uDavide, wathi, Hayi, ukuzizukisa kokumkani wamaSirayeli namhla, ozihlubileyo namhla phambi kwabakhonzazana babakhonzi bakhe, njengoko azihlubayo umntu ongenabuntu.21 Wathi uDavide kuMikali, Kube kusebusweni bukaYehova, owandinyulayo phambi koyihlo, naphambi kwendlu yakhe yonke, ukuba andimise ndibe yinganga yabantu bakaYehova, amaSirayeli; bekusebusweni bukaYehova ukuqamba kwam;22 ndisaya kudeleka kunoko, ndithobeke emehlweni am; ke abakhonzazana othethe ngabo, ndisaya kuzukiswa ngabo.23 Ke uMikali intombi kaSawule akabanga namntwana kwada kwangumhla wokufa kwakhe.