Kwatsi ebusuku wahlelembisa libutfo lakhe ngeticheme talo. Wawahlasela wawehlula, wawacosha waze wawabeka eHoba, enyakatfo neDamaseko.
Jeremiya 49:23 - Siswati 1996 Bible Macondzana neDamaseko: “IHamathi ne-Aphadi kujabhile, ngobe kuve tindzaba letimbi. Kuphelelwe tinhlitiyo, kugubhutele njengemagagasi elwandle. |
Kwatsi ebusuku wahlelembisa libutfo lakhe ngeticheme talo. Wawahlasela wawehlula, wawacosha waze wawabeka eHoba, enyakatfo neDamaseko.
Kodvwa Abrama watsi: “Awu, Simakadze Nkulunkulu, utangiphani, ngobe seloku anginamntfwana? Indlalifa yami kutawuba ngu-Eliyezeri waseDamaseko.”
Lapho-ke ngisho nengwazi lenenhlitiyo lenjengeyelibhubesi itawuncibilika ngenca yekwesaba, ngobe wonkhe um-Israyeli uyati kutsi babe wakho yingwazi yelucobo, nekutsi laba labanaye ngemadvodza sibili, anesibindzi.
Kwatsi kube Thoyi, inkhosi yaseHamathi, eve kutsi Davide ubhubhise yonkhe imphi yakaHadadezeri,
Wabutsa emadvodza amsingatsa, waba ngumholi welicembu lemavukelambuso. Ngesikhatsi Davide abhubhisa emabutfo aseSobha, lamavukelambuso ehlela eDamaseko, lapho efika ahlala khona aba baholi.
Inkhosi yase-Asiriya yaletsa bantfu baseBhabhulona nebaseKutha, nebase-Ava, nebaseHamathi, nebaseSefavayimu, yabahlalisa emadolobheni aseSamariya, esikhundleni sema-Israyeli. Bayitsatsa-ke iSamariya, bahlala emadolobheni ayo.
Baphi bonkulunkulu baseHamathi ne-Aphadi? Baphi bonkulunkulu baseSefavayimu, neHena, nebase-Ava? Bayisindzisile yini iSamariya esandleni sami?
Iphi inkhosi yaseHamathi, nenkhosi yase-Aphadi, nenkhosi yelidolobha laseSefavayimu, neyaseHena, neyase-Ava?’ ”
Bo-Abana naboPhaphari akusiyo yini imifula yaseDamaseko lencono kunayo yonkhe imifula yaka-Israyeli? Bengingeke yini ngigeze kuyo, bese ngiyahlambuluka?” Ngako wancandzeka atfukutsele abila.
Asa wase ukhipha yonkhe isiliva negolide leyayibekwe engcebeni yasethempelini laSimakadze nasesigodlweni sakhe, wakutfumela kuBheni Hadadi, inkhosi yaseSiriya, leyayihlala eDamaseko.
Tikhulu taka-Edomu tiyakwesaba, tichwaga takaMowabi titfutfumele, takhamiti taseKhenani tiphele emandla,
IKhalno ayikafanani yini neKhakhemishi? IHamathi ayifanani yini ne-Aphadi? ISamariya yona ayifanani yini neDamaseko?
Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyakwelula sandla sakhe kwesibili atibutsele imisalela yesive sakhe leyawube isasele e-Asiriya, naseGibhithe Lengentansi, neGibhithe Lengenhla, naseKushe, nase-Elamu, naseBhabhulona, naseHamathi, nasemaveni langaselwandle.
Ngenca yaloko, tonkhe tandla tiyawujikita, inhlitiyo yabo bonkhe bantfu iphelelwe ngemandla,
Baphi nje bonkulunkulu baseHamathi, nebase-Aphadi? Baphi bonkulunkulu baseSefavayimu? Bayisindzisile yini iSamariya esandleni sami?
Iphi inkhosi yaseHamathi, nenkhosi yase-Aphadi, nenkhosi yelidolobha laseSefavayimu, neyaseHena, neyase-Ava?’ ”
Kodvwa lababi banjengelwandle loluyalutelako, lwandle lolute kuphumula, lolumagagasi alo akhephuta ludzaka nelubishi.
Ngobe inhloko yaseSiriya yiDamaseko, nenhloko yeDamaseko nguResini kuphela. Kusengakapheli iminyaka lengema-65, baka-Efrayimu bayawube sebahlakateke kakhulu, sebangasesiso sive.
Kodvwa lamabutfo aseBhabhulona abacosha, akhandza Sedekiya etsafeni laseJerikho. Ambamba ammikisa kuNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, labeseRibla, eveni laseHamathi, lapho akhipha khona sigwebo sakhe kuye.
“ ‘BaseDamaseko nabo babekutsengisela kakhulu ngemikhitsito yakho nangebunjinga bakho lobukhulu betinhlobonhlobo tetimphahla letitsengiswako, bona-ke babekutsengisela tona ngeliwayini laseHelboni nangensontfo yaseSahari.
Kutsiwa: “Hambani niye eKhalne, niye kuyibuka. Nibosuka lapho nicondze eHamathi lenkhulu, nisuke lapho nehlele eGathi yaseFilistiya! Nine nincono yini kunaleyo mibuso? Live labo lalilikhulu yini kunelenu?”
INineve seyiyabhujiswa, iphangiwe, ihlutjuliwe. Tinhlitiyo tiyancibilika, emadvolo ayaceka, imitimba iyatfutfumela, bonkhe buso buyaphaphatseka.
Benyuka, bafike balihlola lonkhe lelo live kusukela eHlane laseSini kuze kuyewufika eRehobu, edvute nemsaho, iHamathi.
Kwaba ngemalanga lamanyenti singaliboni lilanga netinkhanyeti, nesiphepho sachubeka nekucinisa kuhhusha, saze saphelelwa nalitsemba lekutsi singaphindze siphile.
Wafike wacela tincwadzi tekumetfula emasinagogeni emaJuda aseDamaseko, kuze atsi nakakhandza lapho nobe bobani lababalandzeli baleNdlela yeNkhosi, abe nemandla ekubabopha, labadvuna nalabasikati, abatsatse abamikise eJerusalema.
EDamaseko Lusibalukhulu labengaphansi kwenkhosi Arethasi wagadza lidolobha lonkhe afuna kungibamba angibophe,
“Baholi batawuchubeka bakhulume, batsi: ‘Kukhona yini indvodza leyesabako nome lenebugwala? Leyo ayincandzeke ibuyele ekhaya, khona bomnakabo bangetiwungenelwa bugwala nabo.’
kodvwa bomnaketfu lengangenyuke nabo benta tinhlitiyo tesive tatfutfumela, tashona phansi ngenca yekwesaba. Noko, mine ngalandzela Simakadze Nkulunkulu wami ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yami.
Satsi kube sikuve loko, tinhlitiyo tetfu tashona phansi, kwabate namunye lowasala anesibindzi emkhatsini wetfu ngenca yenu, ngobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu nguye longuNkulunkulu ezulwini etulu, nasemhlabeni phansi.