1Balithwala ibhokisi lesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu bayalingenisa ethenteni uDavida ayelilungiselele lona, banikela ngeminikelo yokutshiswa leyobudlelwano phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
2UDavida eseqedile ukunikela ngeminikelo yokutshiswa langeyobudlelwano, wabusisa abantu ngebizo likaThixo.
3Wababela bonke abako-Israyeli, abesilisa labesifazane, yilowo lalowo isinkwa, lekhekhe lezithelo kanye lekhekhe lamavini awonyisiweyo.
4Wakhetha abanye abaLevi ukukhonza phambi kwebhokisi lesivumelwano sikaThixo bedumisa uThixo, bebonga uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli:
5Induna kwakungu-Asafi, uZakhariya engumsekeli, kulandela uJeyeli, loShemiramothi, loJehiyeli, loMathithiya, lo-Eliyabi, loBhenaya, lo-Obhedi-Edomi kanye loJeyiyeli. Babezatshaya amachacho lemihubhe, u-Asafi etshaya izigubhu,
6abaphristi uBhenaya loJahaziyeli bengabokuvuthela amacilongo phambi kwebhokisi lesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu.
7Ngalolosuku uDavida wamisa ukuba u-Asafi labanye bakhe bahlabelele lelihubo bebonga uThixo:
8Bongani uThixo, memezani ibizo lakhe,
9Hlabelelani kuye, hlabelelani indumiso kuye;
10Jabulani ebizweni lakhe elingcwele;
11Dingani uThixo lamandla akhe,
12Khumbulani izenzo zakhe ezimangalisayo azenzayo,
13lina zizukulwane zika-Israyeli inceku yakhe,
14Yena unguThixo uNkulunkulu wethu;
15Uyakhumbula isivumelwano sakhe nini lanini,
16isivumelwano asenza lo-Abhrahama,
17wasiqinisa kuJakhobe saba yisimiso,
18wathi “Ngizalinika ilizwe laseKhenani
19Kwathi lisesebalutshwana,
20bezula kuzizwe ngezizwe
21Kavumelanga loba ngubani ukubancindezela;
22“Lingabathinti abagcotshiweyo bami;
23Hlabelani kuThixo lina, mhlaba wonke,
24Fakazani ngobukhosi bakhe ezizweni zonke,
25Ngoba umkhulu uThixo, ufanele ukudunyiswa ngokuphindiweyo;
26Ngoba bonke onkulunkulu bezizwe bayizithombe;
27Inkazimulo lobukhosi kuphambi Kwakhe
28Mnikeni uThixo, lina zizukulwane zezizwe.
29Mnikeni uThixo udumo olufanele ibizo lakhe.
30thuthumelani phambi kwakhe mhlaba wonke!
31Amazulu kawathokoze, lomhlaba ujabule,
32Ulwandle kaluhlokome lakho konke okukulo,
33Lapho-ke izihlahla zonke zeganga zizahlabela
34Bongani uThixo ngoba ulungile.
35Celani lithi: “Sisindise, Oh Nkulunkulu Mkhululi wethu,
36Kabongwe uThixo, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli,
37UDavida wasetshiya o-Asafi labakhula bakhe ukuba bagcine ibhokisi lesivumelwano sikaThixo, bakhonze njalo benze konke okufanele kwenziwe lapho ngezinsuku zonke.
38Abanye abatshiya lapho ukuze bakhonze labo ngo-Obhedi-Edomi labakhula bakhe, ababengamatshumi ayisithupha lasificaminwembili. U-Obhedi-Edomi indodana kaJeduthuni, kanye loHosa babengabalindi bamasango.
39UDavida watshiya uZadokhi umphristi kanye labanye abaphristi phambi kwethabanikeli likaThixo endaweni ephakemeyo yokukhonzela eGibhiyoni
40ukunikela kuThixo iminikelo yokutshiswa e-alithareni ngezikhathi zonke, ekuseni lantambama, njengokulotshiweyo eMthethweni kaThixo, awupha abako-Israyeli.
41Abanye abasala labo babengoHemani loJeduthuni labanye bonke balabo ababekhethiwe beqanjwa ngamabizo ukuba badumise uThixo, “ngoba uthando lwakhe lumi kuze kube nininini.”
42UHemani loJeduthuni babengabokuvuthela amacilongo lokutshaya izigubhu lamanye amachacho ezingoma ezingcwele. Amadodana kaJeduthuni ayehlala esangweni.
43Abanye bonke basuka, ngulowo lalowo waqonda emzini wakhe, uDavida wabuyela emzini wakhe ukuyabusisa abendlu yakhe.