¹ Kwakukhona umuntu omubi ogama lakhe lalinguSheba indodana kaBikri umBenjamini; wabetha icilongo , wathi: Asinasabelo kuDavide , asinafa endodaneni kaJese; yiyani nonke ematendeni enu, Israyeli. ² Bonke abantu bakwa -Israyeli base benyuka bengasamlandeli uDavide , bamlandela uSheba indodana kaBikri; kepha abantu bakwaJuda babambelela enkosini yabo kusukela eJordani kuze kube seJerusalema. ³ UDavide wafika endlini yakhe eJerusalema ; inkosi yathatha abesifazane abayishumi, izancinza zayo, eyayibashiyile ukuba bayilinde indlu , yababeka endlini yokulindela , yabapha uk udla, kepha ayingenanga kubo . Base bevalelwe kwaze kwaba sosukwini lokufa kwabo, behlezi njengabafelokazi. ⁴ Yayisithi inkosi ku -Amasa: Ngibuthele abantu bakwaJuda ngezinsuku ezintathu, ube khona nawe. ⁵ Wayesehamba u-Amasa ukubutha uJuda, kepha walibala phezu kwesikhathi asinqunyelweyo. ⁶ Wayesethi uDavide ku-Abishayi: Manje uSheba indodana kaBikri uyakwenza okubi kakhulu kithi kuno -Abisalomu; thatha wena izinceku zenkosi yakho , umxoshe, funa azitholele imizi ebiyelweyo, asiphunyuke. ⁷ Emva kwakhe kwaphuma amadoda kaJowabe , namaKhereti namaPheleti , namaqhawe onke; baphuma eJerusalema ukuba ba mxoshe uSheba indodana kaBikri. ⁸ Besesetsheni elikhulu eliseGibeyoni , u-Amasa wafika ukubahlangabeza . UJowabe wayebhince isambatho sakhe sokulwa ayelokhu esigqoka; kusona lalikhona ibhande elinenkemba emgodleni wayo elaligaxwe okhalweni lwakhe; yawa esehamba. ⁹ UJowabe wayesethi ku -Amasa: Usaphila, mfowethu, na? UJowabe wambamba u-Amasa ngesilevu ngesandla sakhe sokunene ukuba amange. ¹⁰ Kodwa u-Amasa akayinakanga inkemba eyayisesandleni sikaJowabe ; wamgwaza ngayo esiswini , wachithela izibilini zakhe emhlaba thini; wafa engamphindanga. OJowabe no -Abishayi umfowabo bamxosha uSheba indodana kaBikri. ¹¹ Kwema ngakuye enye yezinsizwa zikaJowabe, yathi: Omthanda uJowabe nongokaDavide mabamlandele uJowabe. ¹² U-Amasa wahuquzela egazini lakhe phakathi nomendo . Lapho lo muntu ebona ukuthi bonke abantu bema , wamgudluza u -Amasa emendweni , wamyisa ensimini , waphonsa ingubo phezu kwakhe , lapho ebona ukuthi bonke abadlula ngakuye bema. ¹³ Esesusiwe emendweni, abantu bonke badlula bamlandela uJowabe ukuba bamxoshe uSheba indodana kaBikri. ¹⁴ Wadabula izizwe zonke zakwa -Israyeli, waze wafika e -Abela, naseBeti Mahakha, nakuwo onke amaBeri; babuthana bamxosha nakhona. ¹⁵ Bafika bamvimbezela e -Abela laseBeti Mahakha , banqwabela iduli ngasemzini elema ngasodongeni ; abantu bonke ababe n oJowabe babhidliza ugange ukuba luwe. ¹⁶ Kwase kumemeza owesifazane ohlakaniphileyo esemzini , wathi: Zwanini! Zwanini! Ake nithi kuJowabe: Sondela lapho ukuba ngikhulume nawe. ¹⁷ Wasondela kuye ; owesifazane wayesethi : Wena unguJowabe na ? Wathi: Nginguye. Wayesethi kuye : Yizwa amazwi encekukazi yakho . Wathi: Ngiyezwa. ¹⁸ Wathi-ke: Endulo babevama ukukhuluma ngokuthi : Kuyakubuzwa nokubuzwa e-Abela. Base beqeda. ¹⁹ Mina ngingowokuthula nothembekileyo kwa-Israyeli; wena ufuna ukuchitha umuzi nonina kwa-Israyeli; uyakuligwinyelani ifa likaJehova na? ²⁰ UJowabe waphendula wathi : Makube kude , makube kude nami ukuba ngigwinye noma ngichithe. ²¹ Akunjalo, kepha umuntu wasezintabeni zakwa -Efrayimi, nguSheba indodana kaBikri igama lakhe , uphakamisele isandla sakhe ngasenkos ini, kuDavide; nginikeni yena kuphela , khona ngiyakusuka emzini . Wayesethi owesifazane kuJowabe : Bheka, ikhanda lakhe liyakuphonswa kuwe ngaphandle kogange. ²² Owesifazane wayeseya ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe kubantu bonke . Bamnquma uSheba indodana kaBikri ikhan da, baliphonsa kuJowabe . Yena wabetha icilongo , bahlakazeka kulowo muzi , baya, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe. UJowabe wabuyela eJerusalema enkosini. ²³ UJowabe wayesephezu kwempi yonke yakwa -Israyeli; uBenaya indodana kaJehoyada wayephezu kwamaKhereti namaPheleti; ²⁴ u-Adoramu wayephethe imali ; uJehoshafati indodana ka-Ahiludi wayengumabhalana. ²⁵ USheva wayengumbhali; oSadoki no-Abiyathara babe ngabapristi; ²⁶ u-Ira umJayiri wayengumpristi kaDavide.