8 Yeke uDavida wathi kuZimu weqiniso: “Ngone khulu+ ngokwenza lokhu. Nje-ke ngibawa ulibalele umtjhapho wencekwakho+ ngombana budlhadlha obukhulu engibenzileko.”+ 9 Yeke uJehova wakhuluma noGadi,+ umboni kaDavida, wathi: 10 “Iya kuDavida uthi kuye, ‘UJehova uthi: “Ngikunikela izinto ezintathu okufuze ukhethe kizo. Khetha leyo okufuze ngiyilethe kuwe.”’” 11 Ngalokho uGadi wangena ngakuDavida wathi kuye: “UJehova uthi, ‘Khetha 12 ukuthi kube neminyaka emithathu yendlala,+ namkha iinyanga ezintathu zokuthanyelwa manabakho kukulapho isabula yamanabakho ikufikela,+ namkha amalanga amathathu wesabula kaJehova, ukugula okutjhabalalisako enarheni,+ lapho ingilozi kaJehova izabe itjhabalalisa+ kwa-Israyeli woke.’ Nje-ke cabangisisa ngokuthi ngimphendule ngithini ongithumileko.” 13 UDavida wathi kuGadi: “Ngibuhlungu khulu. Ngibawa ukuwela esandleni sakaJehova ngombana isirhawu sakhe sikhulu khulu;+ kodwana ngibawa ungangivumeli ngiwele esandleni somuntu.”+