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.