Wesuka waya etintsabeni tangasemphumalanga neBetheli, wafike wemisa lithende lakhe khona; iBetheli beyingasenshonalanga, i-Ayi beyingasemphumalanga. Nakhona lapho wafike wakhela Simakadze lilati; wakhuleka kuSimakadze.
Genesisi 28:19 - Siswati 1996 Bible Lendzawo wayetsa libito watsi yiBetheli, kodvwa ekucaleni lelidolobha lalibitwa ngekutsi yiLuzi. |
Wesuka waya etintsabeni tangasemphumalanga neBetheli, wafike wemisa lithende lakhe khona; iBetheli beyingasenshonalanga, i-Ayi beyingasemphumalanga. Nakhona lapho wafike wakhela Simakadze lilati; wakhuleka kuSimakadze.
Wefika endzaweni lengcwele wahlala khona busuku, ngobe lilanga lase lishonile. Watsatsa lelinye lematje akuleyo ndzawo wacamela etikwalo, walala.
NginguNkulunkulu waseBetheli, lapho wagcoba khona litje ngemafutsa, walenta sikhumbuto, wafunga kimi. Sukuma-ke manje, utfutse kulelive, ubuyele eveni lakini, lapho kunenkhaba yakho khona.’ ”
Nkulunkulu wakhuluma kuJakobe watsi: “Suka lapha, ukhuphuke uye eBetheli uyewuhlala khona; ungakhele lilati lapho mine Nkulunkulu ngabonakala kuwe ngesikhatsi ubalekela Esawu, umnakenu.”
Kwase kutsi lapho akhuluma khona naNkulunkulu Jakobe wemisa litje lesikhumbuto, walitsela ngeliwayini nangemafutsa.
Jakobe nabo bonkhe bantfu labehamba nabo wefika eLuzi, leseyatiwa ngekutsi yiBetheli eveni laseKhenani.
Wafike wakha lilati lapho. Lendzawo wayetsa libito watsi yi-Eli Betheli ngobe ngukhona lapho Nkulunkulu atibonakalisa kuye ngesikhatsi abalekela umnakabo.
Jakobe wakhuluma kuJosefa watsi: “Nkulunkulu Somandla wabonakala kimi eLuzi, eveni laseKhenani wangibusisa,
Elija wakhuluma ku-Elisha, watsi: “Sala lapha; Simakadze usangitfumele eBetheli.” Kodvwa Elisha waphendvula, watsi: “Ngifunga ngekuphila kwaSimakadze nangekwakho, ngitsi ngingeke ngikushiye.” Ngako bavele bewuka baya eBetheli.
Abiya wacosha Jerobowamu, wadzimate watfumba emadolobha iBetheli, neJeshana, ne-Efroni kanye nemiti yawo.
“Awu Israyeli, nome sewuphinga kangaka nje, ningamenti Juda abe nelicala naye. “Ningayi eGilgali; ningayi eBhethi Aveni. Ningafungi futsi nitsi: ‘Kuphila kwaSimakadze!’
Lelive lalisuka eBetheli, licondze eLuzi, lewelele ngesheya kwelive lema-Akhi, e-Atharothe,
Kusuka lapho wawewelela eceleni lelingaseningizimu yeLuzi, lekuyiBetheli, wehlele e-Atharothi Adari egcumeni leningizimu yeBhethi Horoni Lengentansi.
Joshuwa abetsetse emadvodza labengaba ti-5 000, wawabhacisa emkhatsini weBetheli ne-Ayi, kuya ngasenshonalanga nelidolobha.
Ngako ema-Israyeli, sonkhe sive, akhuphukela eBetheli, afika lapho ahlala, akhala embikwaSimakadze. Ngalelo langa azila lilanga lonkhe laze layawushona, etfula iminikelo yekushiswa neyebudlelwane kuSimakadze.
“Utawusuka-ke lapho uchubeke uhambe, uze ufike esihlahleni lesikhulu sem-okhi saseThabori. Utawuhlangana nemadvodza lamatsatfu lapho, akhuphukela kuNkulunkulu eBetheli. Lenye itabe iphetse emazinyane lamatsatfu etimbuti, lena lenye iphetse imikhama yetinkhwa letintsatfu, lenye iphetse sikhumbasikhwama lesigcwele liwayini.
Njalo nje ngemnyaka abehamba ajikelete kusukela eBetheli kuye eGilgali naseMispa, ahamba ehlulela ema-Israyeli kuto tonkhe leto tindzawo.