¹ Emva komnyaka ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwamakhosi uDavide wamthuma uJowabe nezinceku zakhe zinaye kanye no -Israyeli wonke , babachitha abantwana bakwa-Amoni, bavimbezela iRaba ; kepha uDavide wahlala eJerusalema. ² Kwathi kusihlwa uDavide wavuka embhedeni , wahamba ophahleni lwendlu yenkosi, wabona esesophahleni owesifazane egeza ; owesifazane wayemuhle kakhulu, ebukeka. ³ UDavide wathuma wabuza ngalowo wesifazane . Omunye wathi : Lowo akasiye uBati Sheba yini, indodakazi ka-Eliyamu, umka-Uriya umHeti, na? ⁴ UDavide wathuma izithunywa , wamthatha; wangena kuye , walala naye , ngokuba wayesehlambulukile yena ekungcoleni kwakhe; wabuyela ekhaya. ⁵ Owesifazane wamitha, wathuma wamtshela uDavide, wathi: Ngikhulelwe. ⁶ UDavide wayesethumela kuJowabe ngokuthi : Thuma kimi u -Uriya umHeti. UJowabe wamthuma u-Uriya kuDavide. ⁷ Esefikile kuye u -Uriya, uDavide wabuza kuye impilo yakhe , nempilo yabantu, nokuthi impi ihamba kanjani. ⁸ UDavide wayesethi ku -Uriya: Yehla uye endlini yakho, ugeze izinyawo zakho. U-Uriya waphuma endlini yenkosi , kwamlandela isipho sokudla esivela enkosini. ⁹ Kepha u -Uriya walala ngasemnyango wendlu yenkosi kanye nazo zonke izinceku zenkosi yakhe, akehlelanga endlini yakhe. ¹⁰ UDavide esetsheliwe ukuthi u -Uriya akehlelanga endlini yakhe , uDavide wathi ku-Uriya: Awubuyi ekuhambeni yini? Awehlelanga ngani endlini yakho na? ¹¹ U-Uriya wathi kuDavide : Umphongolo, no-Israyeli, noJuda bahlezi emadokodweni; inkosi yami uJowabe nezinceku zenkosi yami zimisile endle ; mina-ke, pho, ngingene endlini yami, ngidle, ngiphuze, ngilale nomkami na? Kuphila kwakho nokuphila komphefumulo wakho, angiyikuyenza leyo nto. ¹² Wayesethi uDavide ku -Uriya: Hlala lapha nanamuhla ; kusasa ngiyakukuvumela ukuba uhambe. U-Uriya wayesehlala eJerusalema lolo suku nolulandelayo. ¹³ Esebiziwe nguDavide wadla waphuza phambi kwakhe ; wamdakisa; kusihlwa waphuma ukuyolala embhedeni wakhe kanye nezinceku zenkosi , kepha akehlelanga endlini yakhe. ¹⁴ Kwathi ekuseni uDavide wamlobela uJowabe incwadi , wayithuma ngesandla sika-Uriya. ¹⁵ Waloba encwadini ukuthi : Misani u -Uriya ngaphambili, lapho impi ishisa khona, nihlehle kuye ukuba ashaywe, afe. ¹⁶ Kwathi uJowabe esahlozinga umuzi , wammisa u-Uriya endaweni lapho azi ukuthi kukhona amadoda anamandla. ¹⁷ Abantu bomuzi baphuma balwa noJowabe ; kwawa abantu abathile ezincekwini zikaDavide; wafa naye u-Uriya umHeti. ¹⁸ UJowabe wayesethuma wamtshela uDavide zonke izindaba zempi; ¹⁹ wasiyala isithunywa ngokuthi : Lapho uqedile ukuyitshela inkosi zonke izindaba zempi, ²⁰ kuyakuthi uma kuvuka intukuthelo yenkosi , ithi kuwe : Nisondeleleni kangako emzini ukulwa na ? Beningazi yini ukuthi bebeyakucibishela besogangeni na? ²¹ Ngubani owabulala u -Abimeleki indodana kaJerubesheti na ? Angithi owesifazane esogangeni wamphonsa ngemboko dwe, wafa eThebesi , na? Nisondeleleni kangako ogangeni na ? uthi: Inceku yakho u-Uriya umHeti ifile nayo. ²² Sase sihamba isithunywa , safika samtshela uDavide konke esasikuthunyelwe nguJowabe. ²³ Isithunywa sathi kuDavide : Amadoda ayesehlula, asiphumela endle, kepha sawaficezela kwaze kwaba sesikhaleni sesango. ²⁴ Abacibishelayo bacibishela izinceku zakho besogangeni; ezinye izinceku zenkosi zifile, nenceku yakho u-Uriya umHeti ifile nayo. ²⁵ UDavide wayesethi kuso isithunywa : Uyakusho kanje kuJowabe , uthi: Le nto mayingabi mbi emehlweni akho , ngokuba inkemba idla omunye njengomunye; qinisa impi yakho ngasemzini, uwuchithe; bese wumqunga isibindi. ²⁶ Umka-Uriya esezwa ukuthi u -Uriya indoda yakhe ufile wayililela indoda yakhe. ²⁷ Sekuphelile ukulila , uDavide wathum a wamletha endlini yakhe ; waba ngumkakhe, wamzalela indodana . Kepha leyo nto eyenziwe nguDavide yayimbi emehlweni kaJehova.