Ngesikhatsi Josaya ayinkhosi, Faro Nekho, inkhosi yaseGibhithe, wenyuka wayawusita inkhosi yase-Asiriya ngasemfuleni iYufrathe. Inkhosi Josaya yamhlangabeta, imphi yabambana etulu, kodvwa Nekho wabhekana naJosaya, wambulalela eMegido.
Jeremiya 46:6 - Siswati 1996 Bible “Labanematubane bangeke bakhone kubaleka, nalabanemandla bangeke baphunyule. Bayakhubatela bawe, enyakatfo, ngasemfuleni iYufrathe. |
Ngesikhatsi Josaya ayinkhosi, Faro Nekho, inkhosi yaseGibhithe, wenyuka wayawusita inkhosi yase-Asiriya ngasemfuleni iYufrathe. Inkhosi Josaya yamhlangabeta, imphi yabambana etulu, kodvwa Nekho wabhekana naJosaya, wambulalela eMegido.
Inkhosi yaseGibhithe nemabutfo ayo ayizange iphindze ivive iyewuhlasela ngephandle kwelive layo, ngobe phela inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yase ilitsetse lonkhe live layo, kusukela emfudlaneni waseGibhithe kuze kufike emfuleni iYufrathe.
Nangihlaselwa ngulababi betama kungimita bangibulale, ngihlaselwe titsa nalabamelene nami, bayawukhubeka, bawele phansi.
Kukhona lokunye lengikubonile lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga: Ematubane lamakhulu akusiwo lenta umuntfu aphumelele emncintiswaneni, nemandla akusiwo lenta uncobe ekulweni, kantsi nekudla akutfolwa ngulabahlakaniphile bodvwa, nebunjinga abusibo balabakhaliphe ngengcondvo kuphela, nemphumelelo ayisiyo yalabanelikhono; kodvwa sikhatsi nematfuba kubehlela bonkhe.
“Labanyenti babo bayawukhubatela; bayakuwa bephuke nekwephuka, bayakwetsiywa baze babanjwe.”
Simakadze wakhuluma kimi, watsi: “Kusukela ngasenyakatfo kutawutfululwa inhlekelele, itseleke kubo bonkhe labahlala kulelive.
Kodvwa Simakadze ume ngakimi njengelichawe lemphi lelinemandla; ngako-ke bahluphi bami bayawukhubatela, ngeke baphumelele. Batakwehluleka batseleke ngalelikhulu lihlazo, badliwe ngemahloni langayiwuphindze akhohlakale.
ngitawubita tonkhe tive tangasenyakatfo kanye nenceku yami Nebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, ngibaletse batekulwa nalelive kanye netakhamiti talo nato tonkhe tive letibomakhelwane,” kusho Simakadze. “Ngiyawubabhubhisa ngibacedze nya, ngibente intfo yekwesabisa, nenhlekisa, nencitsakalo yaphakadze.
Hlabani inyandzaleyo kuyiwe eSiyoni! Balekani nitewusindza, ningephutisi. Ngobe ngiletsa inhlekelele lechamuka ngasenyakatfo, yebo, imbhubhiso leyesabekako.”
Kodvwa lelo langa ngilo lilanga laSimakadze, Simakadze longuSomandla, lilanga lemphindziselo, lekutiphindzisela etitseni takhe. Inkemba itawudla idzimate yesutse, idzimate ikucedze ngekudla ingati koma kwayo. Ngobe Simakadze, Simakadze longuSomandla, utawunikela ngemhlatjelo eveni lasenyakatfo, ngasemfuleni iYufrathe.
Tive tiyawuva ngelihlazo lakho, kukhala kwakho kuyawugcwalisa wonkhe umhlaba. Ingwazi lenye iyawugilwa ngulenye, tikhubatele tiwe tonkhe kanyekanye.”
Bayawukhubatela njalo nje; bawe lomunye etikwalomunye. Bayawutsi: ‘Vukani, sibuyele emuva kubantfu bakitsi nasemaveni etfu, sibaleke kulenkemba yemcindzeteli.’
“Lotiphakamisako utawukhubatela awe, kute namunye lotamsita amsukumise; ngiyawulumeka umlilo emadolobheni akhe, umlilo loyawudla bonkhe labakhelene naye.”
“Balekani niyewubhaca, sive sakaBhenjamini! Sukani eJerusalema nibaleke! Shayani impalampala eThekhowa! Phakamisani siboniso semlilo eBhethi Hakheremu! Ngobe kulunguta inhlekelele, ichamuka ngasenyakatfo, yebo, imbhubhiso lenkhulu.
Emvakwaloko uyawujikela ngasetinqabeni taseveni lakhe, kodvwa uyawukhubatela awe, angasayiwuphindza abonwe.
Sikhukhula semphi lenkhulu siyawukhukhuleka sisuswe embikwakhe; kokubili, imphi kanye nesikhulu sesivumelwane, kuyawubhujiswa.