Kodvwa ubohamba uye elusendvweni lwaketfu esiveni sakitsi, uyitsatsele khona indvodzana yami umfati.’
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Kodvwa ubohamba uye elusendvweni lwaketfu esiveni sakitsi, uyitsatsele khona indvodzana yami umfati.’
Kodvwa lowo loyawukhandza tithico takho kuye akafe nekufa. Phenya la emkhatsini wetfu ukhombe lokukwakho lokukimi ukutsatse bonkhe bantfu babuka.” Phela Jakobe abengati kutsi letithico tatebiwe nguRakheli.
Rakheli bekatsetse letithico watifihla ngaphansi kwesihlalo selikamela, wahlala etikwato. Labani, watiphumphutsa lonkhe lithende laRakheli, wangete watitfola.
Rakheli watsi kuyise: “Shangatsi inkhosi yami ingete yangitfukutselela ngekutsi ngingeke ngiphakame embikwayo, ngobe ngisesikhatsini.” Labani waphenya, wanyakulula, kodvwa akazange atitfole letithico.
Ngako-ke Jakobe wakhuluma emndenini wakhe nakubo bonkhe lababekakhe, watsi: “Lahlani tonkhe tithico tebetive leninato, nitihlambulule, nembatse tingubo letihlobile.
Lomunye watjela Thamari watsi: “Uyihlotala uyakhuphuka uya eThimna kuyewugundza timvu takhe.”
Emvakweminyaka lemibili, batsi bahhuli betimvu baka-Absalomu baseseBhali Hasori, edvute nemnyele waka-Efrayimu, Absalomu wamema onkhe emadvodzana enkhosi.
Ngetulu kwaloko Josaya wabucitsa bonkhe bungoma, nemandzawe, netithico temindeni, netitfombe kanye nato tonkhe tintfo letisinengiso kaJuda naseJerusalema. Loko wakwentela kugcwalisa nekuhlangabetana naloko lokwakufunwa ngumtsetfo lowawubhalwe encwadzini leyatfolwa nguHilkiya, umphristi, ethempelini laSimakadze.
Ngobe inkhosi yaseBhabhulona itakuma lapho lomgwaco wehlukana khona, esiphambanweni semigwaco lemibili, bese iyaphengula: Itakwenta inkatho ngemicibisholo, ibute etithicweni tayo, ihlole nasesibindzini sesilwane.
Ngako ema-Israyeli asetawuhlala emalanga lamanyenti angenambusi, angenankhosi, angenamhlatjelo nome ematje langcwele, angenasidziya sebaphristi nome sithico.
Joshuwa wakhuluma kuso sonkhe lesive, watsi: “Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Kadzeni, bokhokho benu, kanye naThera, uyise wa-Abrahama naNahori, babehlala ngesheya kweMfula, bakhonta labanye bonkulunkulu.
Bachubeka kusebentisa lesithico lesasentiwe nguMikha ngaso sonkhe leso sikhatsi indlu yaNkulunkulu iseseShilo.
Ngobe kuhlubuka kufanana nesono sekubhula, nekutigcabha kufanana nekukhonta tithico. Njengobe walile kutsatsa umyalo waSimakadze, naye sewukwalile kutsi uchubeke ube yinkhosi.”
Mikhali wabe sewutsatsa sithico semndeni wakhe wasilalisa embhedzeni, enhloko yaso wasimbonya ngengutjana leyayakhiwe ngeboya bembuti, wasembesa ngengubo.
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