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{
"en": "His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, \"Why have you done so?\" and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.",
"xh": "Uyise ebengamenzanga buhlungu nemini enye ngokuthi, Yini na ukuba wenjenje? Kananjalo ubengumfo osiqu sihle; unina wamzala emva koAbhisalom."
} |
{
"en": "He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.",
"xh": "Wacebisana noYowabhi, unyana kaTseruya, noAbhiyatare umbingeleli; bancedisa, balandela uAdoniya."
} |
{
"en": "But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.",
"xh": "Ke bona ooTsadoki umbingeleli, noBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, noNatan umprofeti, noShimehi, noRehi, namagorha abe kuDavide, ababanga ngakuAdoniya."
} |
{
"en": "Adonijah killed sheep and cattle and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants:",
"xh": "UAdoniya wabingelela impahla emfutshane neenkomo ezityetyisiweyo ngasetyeni laseZohelete, elisecaleni le-En-rogele; wamema bonke abazalwana bakhe, oonyana bokumkani, namadoda onke akwaYuda, abakhonzi bokumkani."
} |
{
"en": "but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he didn't call.",
"xh": "Ke bona ooNatan umprofeti, noBhenaya, namagorha, noSolomon umkhuluwa wakhe, akabamema."
} |
{
"en": "Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, \"Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it?",
"xh": "Wathetha uNatan kuBhatshebha, unina kaSolomon, wathi, Akuvanga na ukuba uAdoniya, unyana kaHagiti, ungukumkani; ukanti inkosi yethu uDavide ayiyazi loo nto?"
} |
{
"en": "Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.",
"xh": "Yiza ke ngoko, ndikuphe iqhinga, usize umphefumlo wakho, nomphefumlo wonyana wakho uSolomon."
} |
{
"en": "Go in to king David, and tell him, 'Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign?'",
"xh": "Hamba uye kukumkani uDavide, uthi kuye, Wawungamfungelanga na umkhonzazana wakho, wena nkosi yam, kumkani, wathi, USolomon unyana wakho uya kuba ngukumkani emveni kwam, kuhlale yena etroneni yam? Kungani na ke ukuba abe ngukumkani uAdoniya?"
} |
{
"en": "Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.\"",
"xh": "Uyabona, ndothi, usathetha apho nokumkani, ndingene nam emva kwakho, ndiwazalise amazwi akho."
} |
{
"en": "Bathsheba went in to the king into the room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.",
"xh": "Waya ke uBhatshebha kukumkani egumbini; ke ukumkani ubeseleyindoda enkulu kunene: uAbhishagi waseShunem ubelungiselela ukumkani."
} |
{
"en": "Bathsheba bowed, and showed respect to the king. The king said, \"What would you like?\"",
"xh": "Wathoba uBhatshebha, waqubuda kukumkani. Wathi ukumkani, Unga ntoni na?"
} |
{
"en": "She said to him, \"My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.'",
"xh": "Wathi yena kuye, Nkosi yam, wena wamfungela uYehova uThixo wakho umkhonzazana wakho, wathi, USolomon unyana wakho uya kuba ngukumkani emveni kwam, kuhlale yena etroneni yam."
} |
{
"en": "Now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, don't know it.",
"xh": "Kaloku nanku inguAdoniya ukumkani; kanti akwazi wena, nkosi yam kumkani."
} |
{
"en": "He has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but he hasn't called Solomon your servant.",
"xh": "Ubingelele iinkomo nezinto ezityetyisiweyo, nempahla emfutshane yaninzi, wamema bonke oonyana bokumkani, noAbhiyatare umbingeleli, noYowabhi umthetheli-mkhosi; akammema ke yena uSolomon umkhonzi wakho."
} |
{
"en": "You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.",
"xh": "Wena, nkosi yam kumkani, amehlo amaSirayeli onke akuwe, ukuba uwaxelele, ukuba kuhlale bani na etroneni yenkosi yam ukumkani emveni kwayo."
} |
{
"en": "Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.\"",
"xh": "Kothi, xa ithe yalala kooyise inkosi yam ukumkani, sibe ngaboni, thina noSolomon unyana wam."
} |
{
"en": "Behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.",
"xh": "Uthe esathetha nokumkani, nanko kufika uNatan umprofeti."
} |
{
"en": "They told the king, saying, \"Behold, Nathan the prophet!\" When he had come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.",
"xh": "Waxelelwa ukumkani, kwathiwa, Nanku uNatan umprofeti. Wafika ke phambi kokumkani, waqubuda kukumkani ngobuso emhlabeni;"
} |
{
"en": "Nathan said, \"My lord, king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?'",
"xh": "wathi uNatan, Nkosi yam kumkani, utshilo na wena ukuthi, UAdoniya uya kuba ngukumkani emveni kwam, kuhlale yena etroneni yam?"
} |
{
"en": "For he is gone down this day, and has slain cattle and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest. Behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, 'Long live king Adonijah!'",
"xh": "Ngokuba uhlile namhlanje, wabingelela iinkomo nezinto ezityetyisiweyo, nempahla emfutshane yaninzi, wamema bonke oonyana bokumkani, nabathetheli-mkhosi, noAbhiyatare umbingeleli; nabo ke besidla besela phambi kwakhe, besithi, Makadle ubomi ukumkani uAdoniya."
} |
{
"en": "But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.",
"xh": "Ke akandimemanga mna mkhonzi wakho, noTsadoki umbingeleli, noBhenyana unyana kaYehoyada, noSolomon umkhonzi wakho."
} |
{
"en": "Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?\"",
"xh": "Ingaba ivela kwinkosi yam ukumkani na le nto, waza akwabazisa abakhonzi bakho oya kuhlala etroneni yenkosi yam ukumkani emveni kwayo?"
} |
{
"en": "Then king David answered, \"Call to me Bathsheba.\" She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.",
"xh": "Waphendula ukumkani uDavide, wathi, Bizani uBhatshebha eze kum. Weza ke phambi kokumkani, wema phambi kokumkani."
} |
{
"en": "The king swore, and said, \"As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,",
"xh": "Wafunga ukumkani, wathi, Ehleli nje uYehova, owawukhululayo umphefumlo wam ekubandezelekeni konke;"
} |
{
"en": "most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;' most certainly so will I do this day.\"",
"xh": "inene, njengoko ndakufungela uYehova uThixo kaSirayeli, ndisithi, USolomon unyana wakho uya kuba ngukumkani emveni kwam, kuhlale yena etroneni yam esikhundleni sam: inene, ndiya kwenjenjalo namhla."
} |
{
"en": "Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and showed respect to the king, and said, \"Let my lord king David live forever!\"",
"xh": "Wathoba ke uBhatshebha ngobuso emhlabeni, waqubuda kukumkani, wathi, Mayidle ubomi inkosi yam, ukumkani uDavide, ngonaphakade."
} |
{
"en": "King David said, \"Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.\" They came before the king.",
"xh": "Wathi ukumkani uDavide, Babizeni beze kum apha uTsadoki umbingeleli, noNatan umprofeti, noBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada. Beza ke phambi kokumkani."
} |
{
"en": "The king said to them, \"Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.",
"xh": "Wathi ukumkani kubo, Thabathani abakhonzi benkosi yenu, bahambe nani, nikhwelise uSolomon unyana wam kowam undlebende, nihle naye niye eGihon;"
} |
{
"en": "Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, 'Long live king Solomon!'",
"xh": "bamthambisele khona ooTsadoki umbingeleli noNatan umprofeti, abe ngukumkani kumaSirayeli; nivuthele izigodlo, nithi, Makadle ubomi ukumkani uSolomon."
} |
{
"en": "Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place. I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.\"",
"xh": "Nize ninyuke, nimlandele; eze ahlale etroneni yam; abe ngukumkani yena esikhundleni sam. Ndimmisile ukuba abe yinganga kumaSirayeli nakumaYuda."
} |
{
"en": "Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, \"Amen. May Yahweh, the God of my lord the king, say so.",
"xh": "Waphendula uBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, wathi kukumkani, Amen; makatsho uYehova uThixo wenkosi yam ukumkani."
} |
{
"en": "As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.\"",
"xh": "Njengokuba uYehova wayenenkosi yam ukumkani, ngokunjalo uya kuba noSolomon, ayikhulise itrone yakhe ngaphezu kwetrone yenkosi yam ukumkani uDavide."
} |
{
"en": "So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.",
"xh": "Wehla ke uTsadoki umbingeleli, noNatan umprofeti, noBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, nabancinithi, nezigidimi; bamkhwelisa uSolomon kundlebende wokumkani uDavide, baya naye eGihon."
} |
{
"en": "Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, \"Long live king Solomon!\"",
"xh": "UTsadoki umbingeleli wathabatha isigodlo seoli ententeni, wamthambisa uSolomon, wavuthela izigodlo, bathi bonke abantu, Makadle ubomi ukumkani uSolomon!"
} |
{
"en": "All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with their sound.",
"xh": "Benyuka bonke abantu, bamlandela, abantu bebetha ugwali, bevuya ngemivuyo emikhulu; wathi ndi umhlaba ngesandi sabo."
} |
{
"en": "Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, \"Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?\"",
"xh": "Beva ooAdoniya nabamenywa bakhe bonke, bakukhova ukudla. Wasiva uYowabhi isandi sesigodlo, wathi, Sesani na esi sandi sizamazamisa isixeko?"
} |
{
"en": "While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, \"Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.\"",
"xh": "Uthe esathetha, nanko kufika uYonatan unyana ka-Abhiyatare umbingeleli. Wathi uAdoniya, Ngena, ngokuba ungumfo onesidima, uza neendaba ezilungileyo."
} |
{
"en": "Jonathan answered Adonijah, \"Most certainly our lord king David has made Solomon king.",
"xh": "Waphendula uYonatan, wathi kuAdoniya, Hayi, inkosi yethu ukumkani uDavide imenze ukumkani uSolomon."
} |
{
"en": "The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king's mule.",
"xh": "Ukumkani umkhuphe noTsadoki umbingeleli, noNatan umprofeti, noBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, nabancinithi, nezigidimi, bamkhwelisa kundlebende wokumkani;"
} |
{
"en": "Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.",
"xh": "ooTsadoki umbingeleli noNatan umprofeti bamthambisa ukuba abe ngukumkani eGihon. Benyuka, besuka apho bevuya, sazamazama ke isixeko. Siso ke eso esi sandi nisivayo."
} |
{
"en": "Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.",
"xh": "Kananjalo uSolomon uselehleli etroneni yobukumkani."
} |
{
"en": "Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;' and the king bowed himself on the bed.",
"xh": "Kananjalo bafikile abakhonzi bokumkani, beza kubonga inkosi yethu, ukumkani uDavide, bathi, UThixo wakho makalilungise igama likaSolomon ngaphezu kwegama lakho, ayikhulise itrone yakhe ngaphezu kwetrone yakho; waqubuda ukumkani esililini."
} |
{
"en": "Also thus said the king, 'Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.'\"",
"xh": "Kananjalo wenjenje ukumkani ukuthetha, wathi, Makabongwe uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ondinikileyo namhla owokuhlala etroneni yam, esabona nje amehlo am."
} |
{
"en": "All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and each man went his way.",
"xh": "Bothuka ke bonke abamenywa baka-Adoniya, besuka, bahamba elowo indlela yakhe."
} |
{
"en": "Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.",
"xh": "Woyika uAdoniya ebusweni bukaSolomon, wesuka, waya wabambelela ezimpondweni zesibingelelo."
} |
{
"en": "It was told Solomon, saying, \"Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon; for, behold, he has laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let king Solomon swear to me first that he will not kill his servant with the sword.'\"",
"xh": "Waxelelwa uSolomon, kwathiwa, Nanko uAdoniya esoyika ukumkani uSolomon; nanko ebambelele ezimpondweni zesibingelelo, esithi, Makandifungele namhlanje ukumkani uSolomon, athi, akayi kumbulala ngekrele umkhonzi wakhe."
} |
{
"en": "Solomon said, \"If he shows himself a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die.\"",
"xh": "Wathi ke uSolomon, Ukuba uthe wangumfo onesidima, akusayi kuwa lunwele lwakhe emhlabeni; ke ukuba kuthe kwafunyanwa ububi kuye, uya kufa."
} |
{
"en": "So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, \"Go to your house.\"",
"xh": "Wathumela ukumkani uSolomon, bamhlisa esibingelelweni; waya waqubuda kukumkani uSolomon. Wathi uSolomon kuye, Hamba ugoduke."
} |
{
"en": "Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying,",
"xh": "Yasondela imihla kaDavide yokuba afe; wamwisela umthetho uSolomon unyana wakhe, wathi,"
} |
{
"en": "\"I am going the way of all the earth. You be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;",
"xh": "Ndihamba indlela yehlabathi lonke; yomelela ke ube yindoda,"
} |
{
"en": "and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.",
"xh": "ugcine isigxina sikaYehova uThixo wakho, uhambe ngeendlela zakhe, ugcine imimiselo yakhe, nemithetho yakhe, namasiko akhe, nezingqino zakhe, njengoko kubhaliweyo emyalelweni kaMoses, ukuze ube nengqiqo ezintweni zonke othe wazenza, nasezintweni zonke othe wasinga kuzo;"
} |
{
"en": "That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,' he said, 'a man on the throne of Israel.'",
"xh": "ukuze alimise uYehova ilizwi lakhe awalithethayo ngam, esithi, Ukuba bathe oonyana bakho bayigcina indlela yabo, ukuba bahambe phambi kwam enyanisweni ngentliziyo yabo yonke, nangomphefumlo wabo wonke, (esithi) akuyi kunqunyukelwa ndoda etroneni yakwaSirayeli."
} |
{
"en": "\"Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.",
"xh": "Kananjalo wena uya kwazi awakwenzayo kum uYowabhi unyana kaTseruya, awakwenzayo kubathetheli ababini bemikhosi yakwaSirayeli, kuAbhinere unyana kaNere, nakuAmasa unyana kaYetere, awababulalayo, waphalaza amagazi emfazwe, lixolile, wabeka amagazi emfazwe embhinqweni wakhe obusesinqeni sakhe, nasezimbadadeni zakhe ezisezinyaweni."
} |
{
"en": "Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don't let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.",
"xh": "Yenza ngokobulumko bakho, zingehli izimvi zakhe ziye kwelabafileyo enoxolo."
} |
{
"en": "But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those who eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.",
"xh": "Ke koonyana bakaBharzilayi waseGiliyadi, uze wenze ngenceba, babe kwabadla etafileni yakho; ngokuba benjenjalo ukuza kum ekusabeni kwam ebusweni buka-Abhisalom, umkhuluwa wakho."
} |
{
"en": "\"Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.'",
"xh": "Uyabona, unawe uShimehi unyana kaGera, umBhenjamin, waseBhahurim; yena wanditshabhisa ngotshabhiso olukhulu, mini ndaya eMahanayim. Yena ke wehla weza kundikhawulela eYordan, ndamfungela uYehova, ndathi, Andiyi kukubulala ngekrele."
} |
{
"en": "Now therefore don't hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.\"",
"xh": "Ngoko uze ungamenzi omsulwa, ngokuba uyindoda elumkileyo wena; uze ukwazi oko uya kukwenza kuye; uzihlisele kwelabafileyo zinegazi izimvi zakhe."
} |
{
"en": "David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.",
"xh": "Walala ke uDavide kooyise, wangcwatyelwa emzini kaDavide."
} |
{
"en": "The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.",
"xh": "Ke imihla abengukumkani kumaSirayeli uDavide ibingamashumi omane eminyaka; eHebron wayengukumkani iminyaka esixhenxe; eYerusalem wayengukumkani iminyaka emashumi mathathu anamithathu."
} |
{
"en": "Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.",
"xh": "Wahlala ke uSolomon etroneni kaDavide uyise; baqiniseka kunene ubukumkani bakhe."
} |
{
"en": "Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. She said, \"Do you come peaceably?\" He said, \"Peaceably.",
"xh": "Ke kaloku waya uAdoniya, unyana kaHagiti, kuBhatshebha unina kaSolomon. Wathi yena, Uza ngoxolo na? Wathi, Ngoxolo."
} |
{
"en": "He said moreover, I have something to tell you.\" She said, \"Say on.\"",
"xh": "Wathi, Ndinelizwi nawe. Wathi, Thetha."
} |
{
"en": "He said, \"You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign. However the kingdom is turned around, and has become my brother's; for it was his from Yahweh.",
"xh": "Wathi, Uyazi wena ukuba bebubobam ubukumkani, abe ebubhekise kum ubuso bawo onke amaSirayeli, ukuba ndibe ngukumkani. Bathi guququ ubukumkani, baba bobomninawa wam; ngokuba baba bobakhe, buphuma kuYehova."
} |
{
"en": "Now I ask one petition of you. Don't deny me.\" She said to him, \"Say on.\"",
"xh": "Kungokunje ndicela nto-nye kuwe, uze ungandilanduleli."
} |
{
"en": "He said, \"Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.\"",
"xh": "Wathi kuye, Thetha. Wathi ke, Khawuthethe noSolomon ukumkani, ngokuba akayi kukulandulela, andinike uAbhishagi waseShunem, abe ngumkam."
} |
{
"en": "Bathsheba said, \"Alright. I will speak for you to the king.\"",
"xh": "Wathi uBhatshebha, Kulungile, ndokuthethelela kukumkani."
} |
{
"en": "Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.",
"xh": "Waya ke uBhatshebha kukumkani uSolomon, ukuba athethe naye ngoAdoniya. Wesuka ukumkani waya kumkhawulela, waqubuda kuye, wahlala etroneni yakhe, wammisela itrone unina wokumkani, wahlala ke ngasekunene kwakhe."
} |
{
"en": "Then she said, \"I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me.\" The king said to her, \"Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.\"",
"xh": "Wathi, Ndicela nto-nye kuwe; uze ungandilanduleli. Wathi ke ukumkani kuye, Cela, ma, ngokuba andiyi kukulandulela."
} |
{
"en": "She said, \"Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.\"",
"xh": "Wathi yena, UAbhishagi waseShunem makanikwe uAdoniya, umkhuluwa wakho, abe ngumkakhe."
} |
{
"en": "King Solomon answered his mother, \"Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.\"",
"xh": "Waphendula ukumkani uSolomon, wathi kunina, Yini na ukuba uAdoniya umcelele uAbhishagi waseShunem? Sewumcelela nobukumkani, ngokuba ungumkhuluwa wam; ucelele yena, noAbhiyatare umbingeleli, noYowabhi unyana kaTseruya."
} |
{
"en": "Then king Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, \"God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.",
"xh": "Ukumkani uSolomon wafunga uYehova, wathi, Makenjenje uThixo kum, aqokele ukwenjenje, ukuba uAdoniya akalithethanga elo lizwi elahla umphefumlo wakhe."
} |
{
"en": "Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.\"",
"xh": "Ngoko, ehleli nje uYehova, ondiqinisileyo, wandihlalisa etroneni kaDavide ubawo, wandenzela indlu njengoko wakuthethayo, uya kubulawa namhlanje uAdoniya."
} |
{
"en": "King Solomon sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him, so that he died.",
"xh": "Ukumkani uSolomon wathumela ke ngoBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada; wamgwaza, wafa."
} |
{
"en": "To Abiathar the priest the king said, \"Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all in which my father was afflicted.\"",
"xh": "NakuAbhiyatare umbingeleli wathi ukumkani, Hamba uye eAnatoti, emhlabeni wakho; ngokuba ungumfo wokufa; ke andiyi kukubulala ngale mini; ngokuba wayithwala ityeya yeNkosi uYehova phambi koDavide ubawo, nangokuba ubucinezelwe kuko konke abecinezelwe kuko ubawo."
} |
{
"en": "So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.",
"xh": "USolomon wamgxotha uAbhiyatare ekubeni ngumbingeleli kaYehova; ukuze alizalise ilizwi likaYehova, awalithethayo ngendlu kaEli eShilo."
} |
{
"en": "The news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he didn't turn after Absalom. Joab fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.",
"xh": "Lwafika olu daba kuYowabhi; ngokuba uYowabhi wayethelele kuAdoniya, noko wayengathelelanga kuAbhisalom. UYowabhi wasabela ententeni kaYehova, wabambelela ezimpondweni zesibingelelo."
} |
{
"en": "It was told king Solomon, \"Joab has fled to the Tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is by the altar.\" Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, \"Go, fall on him.\"",
"xh": "Waxelelwa ukumkani uSolomon, ukuba uYowabhi usabele ententeni kaYehova; nanko ecaleni lesibingelelo. USolomon wathuma uBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, wathi, Yiya umgwaze."
} |
{
"en": "Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, \"Thus says the king, 'Come forth!'\" He said, \"No; but I will die here.\" Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, \"Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.\"",
"xh": "Waya uBhenaya ententeni kaYehova, wathi kuye, Uthi ukumkani, Phuma. Wathi yena, Hayi; ndiya kufela apha. UBhenaya wambuyisela ukumkani ilizwi, esithi, Wenjenje ukuthetha uYowabhi, wenjenje ukundiphendula."
} |
{
"en": "The king said to him, \"Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.",
"xh": "Wathi ukumkani kuye, Yenza njengoko athethe ngako, umgwaze, umngcwabe, uwasuse kum nakwindlu kabawo amagazi amsulwa, awawaphalazayo uYowabhi."
} |
{
"en": "Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.",
"xh": "UYehova wolibuyisela entlokweni yakhe igazi lakhe, owawela amadoda amabini angamalungisa, alungileyo kunaye, wawabulala ngekrele, engazi ubawo uDavide, angooAbhinere unyana kaNere, umthetheli-mkhosi wakwaSirayeli, noAmasa unyana kaYetere, umthetheli-mkhosi wakwaYuda."
} |
{
"en": "So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever. But to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace forever from Yahweh.\"",
"xh": "Obuyela amagazi awo entlokweni kaYowabhi, nasentlokweni yembewu yakhe ngonaphakade; kuDavide, nakwimbewu yakhe, nakwindlu yakhe, nakwitrone yakhe, ibe luxolo olungunaphakade, luvela kuYehova."
} |
{
"en": "Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.",
"xh": "Wenyuka ke uBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada, wamgwaza, wambulala; wangcwatyelwa endlwini yakhe entlango."
} |
{
"en": "The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.",
"xh": "Ukumkani wamisa uBhenaya, unyana kaYehoyada, esikhundleni sakhe phezu komkhosi; ukumkani wamisa uTsadoki umbingeleli esikhundleni sika-Abhiyatare."
} |
{
"en": "The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, \"Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and don't go out from there anywhere.",
"xh": "Wathumela ukumkani, wabiza uShimehi, wathi kuye, Zakhele indlu eYerusalem, uhlale khona, ungaphumi khona, uye phi naphi;"
} |
{
"en": "For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head.\"",
"xh": "kothi, mini uthe waphuma, wawela umlanjana oyiKidron, wazi inene ukuba uya kufa; igazi lakho loba phezu kwentloko yakho."
} |
{
"en": "Shimei said to the king, \"The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.\" Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.",
"xh": "Wathi uShimehi kukumkani, Lilungile elo lizwi; njengoko ithethe ngako inkosi yam ukumkani, uya kwenjenjalo umkhonzi wakho. Wahlala ke uShimehi eYerusalem imihla emininzi."
} |
{
"en": "It happened at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. They told Shimei, saying, \"Behold, your servants are in Gath.\"",
"xh": "Kwathi ekupheleni kweminyaka emithathu, kwazimela izicaka ezibini zikaShimehi, zaya kuAkishe unyana kaMahaka, ukumkani waseGati. Waxelelwa uShimehi, kwathiwa, Yabona, izicaka zakho ziseGati."
} |
{
"en": "Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.",
"xh": "Wesuka uShimehi, wabopha iesile lakhe, waya eGati kuAkishe, efuna izicaka zakhe ezo; uShimehi waya eGati, weza nazo izicaka zakhe."
} |
{
"en": "It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.",
"xh": "Waxelelwa uSolomon, ukuba uShimehi uphumile eYerusalem, waya eGati wabuya."
} |
{
"en": "The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, \"Didn't I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, 'Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?' You said to me, 'The saying that I have heard is good.'",
"xh": "Wathumela ke ukumkani, wambiza uShimehi, wathi kuye, Bendingakufungise uYehova yini na, ndakuqononondisa, ndisithi, Mini uthe waphuma waya phi naphi, yazi inene ukuba uya kufa? Wathi ke wena kum, Lilungile elo lizwi, ndilivile."
} |
{
"en": "Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?\"",
"xh": "Kungani na ke ukuba ungasigcini isifungo sikaYehova, nomthetho endakuwiselayo?"
} |
{
"en": "The king said moreover to Shimei, \"You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.",
"xh": "Wathi ukumkani kuShimehi, Uyabazi wena bonke ububi obaziwa yintliziyo yakho, owabenzayo kuDavide ubawo; uya bubuyisela uYehova ububi bakho kwasentlokweni yakho;"
} |
{
"en": "But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.\"",
"xh": "asikelelwe ukumkani uSolomon, iqiniseke itrone kaDavide phambi koYehova, kude kuse ephakadeni."
} |
{
"en": "So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.",
"xh": "Ukumkani wamwisela ke umthetho uBhenaya unyana kaYehoyada; waphuma wamgwaza, wafa. Ubukumkani baqiniseka esandleni sikaSolomon."
} |
{
"en": "Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Yahweh, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.",
"xh": "USolomon ke wakha ubuhlobo noFaro ukumkani wamaYiputa; wazeka intombi kaFaro, wayizisa emzini kaDavide, wada wayigqiba ukuyakha indlu yakhe, nendlu kaYehova, nodonga lwaseYerusalem ngeenxa zonke."
} |
{
"en": "Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Yahweh until those days.",
"xh": "Kodwa ke abantu babebingelela ezigangeni; ngokuba belingekakhelwa ndlu igama likaYehova, kwada kwayiloo mihla."
} |
{
"en": "Solomon loved Yahweh, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.",
"xh": "USolomon ubemthanda uYehova, ehamba emimiselweni kaDavide uyise; kodwa ke ubebingelela eqhumisela ezigangeni yena."
} |
{
"en": "The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.",
"xh": "Ukumkani ubesiya eGibheyon, ukuba abingelele khona; ngokuba ibisiso isiganga esikhulu; uSolomon wenyusa iwaka lamadini anyukayo kweso sibingelelo."
} |
{
"en": "In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, \"Ask what I shall give you.\"",
"xh": "UYehova wabonakala kuSolomon eGibheyon apho ngephupha ebusuku, wathi uThixo, Cela into, ndikuphe."
} |
{
"en": "Solomon said, \"You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.",
"xh": "Wathi uSolomon, Wena wenza inceba enkulu kumkhonzi wakho uDavide ubawo, njengoko abehamba phambi kwakho enyanisweni, nasebulungiseni, nangokuthi tye kwentliziyo kuwe, wamgcinela le nceba inkulu, wamnika unyana ohleli etroneni yakhe, njengokuba kunjalo namhla."
} |