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