2 Phambili phaya, ngokuya uSawule ebesengukumkani, amaSirayeli ayekhokelwa nguwe xa aya emfazweni. *UNdikhoyo wathi kuwe: ‘Wena uya kuba ngumalusi wabantu bam amaSirayeli, ube ngumlawuli wabo.’ ”
3 Aya kufika ke onke amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli kukumkani uDavide eHebron, waza ukumkani wanqophisana nawo phaya eHebron phambi koNdikhoyo, aza ke amthambisa uDavide waba ngukumkani wamaSirayeli.
4 Ukuqala kwakhe ukulawula uDavide wayemashumi mathathu ubudala. Ulawule iminyaka engamashumi amane.
5 Waba minyaka isixhenxe neenyanga ezintandathu ephethe kwaJuda, ehlala eHebron. Waphatha kwaSirayeli nakwaJuda ehlala eJerusalem iminyaka engamashumi mathathu anantathu.
6 Ke kaloku ukumkani uDavide wanduluka nomkhosi wakhe ukuya kuhlasela amaJebhusi awayemi eJerusalem. AmaJebhusi athi kuDavide: “Akunakuze ungene apha wena! Kwaiimfama neziqhwala ezi zingakujika!” Kaloku ayesithi: “UDavide akangeke abe nako ukutyhoboza.”
7 Kambe ke uDavide wasuka wayithimba inqaba iZiyon, isixeko sikaDavide.
8 Wavakala esithi uDavide ngaloo mini: “Ukuba kukho umntu ozimisele ukuwoyisa la maJebhusi aziintshaba zam makanyuke ngalaa msele wamanzi ungaphantsi komhlaba, aye kubulala eziya ‘ziqhwala neemfama’!” (Savela apho isaci esithi: “Iimfama neziqhwala azinakungena endlwini kaNdikhoyo.”)