Ngelilanga lesitsatfu kwefika indvodza iphuma enkambu yaSawula, inetimphahla tayo letidzabukile kanye nelutfuli enhloko. Yatsi nayifika kuDavide, yawa phansi, yakhotsama, imhlonipha.
Nehemiya 9:1 - Siswati 1996 Bible Kwatsi ngelilanga lema-24 kuleyo nyanga ema-Israyeli ahlangana ndzawonye, azila, embatsa emasaka, atitsela ngelutfuli etinhloko, akhalela tono tawo. |
Ngelilanga lesitsatfu kwefika indvodza iphuma enkambu yaSawula, inetimphahla tayo letidzabukile kanye nelutfuli enhloko. Yatsi nayifika kuDavide, yawa phansi, yakhotsama, imhlonipha.
Jehoshafati wetfuka, wase uyawuthandaza kuSimakadze acela kucondziswa nguye, wamemetela kuzila kudla kulo lonkhe lakaJuda.
Kwatsi ngelilanga lema-23 ngenyanga yesikhombisa Solomoni wase uyabacitsa bantfu, babuyela emakhaya abo bajabule kakhulu batsakasile etinhlitiyweni tabo ngaloko lokuhle Simakadze labekwentele Davide naSolomoni kanye naso sive sakhe sema-Israyeli.
Ngakhona lapho emseleni i-Ahava ngamemetela kutsi akuzilwe, khona sitewutitfoba embikwaNkulunkulu wetfu sicela kutsi asiphephise endleleni yetfu, nebantfwabetfu kanye nato tonkhe timphahla tetfu.
Ngako sase siyazila, sancusa kuNkulunkulu wetfu ngaloku, wawuphendvula umthandazo wetfu.
Kwatsi ngelilanga lekucala enyangeni yesikhombisa Ezra, umphristi, wabeka umtsetfo embikwawo wonkhe umhlangano, lapho kwakunemadvodza nebafati khona kanye nabo bonkhe lababekhona kuwucondzisisa.
“Hamba uhlanganise onkhe emaJuda laseSusa, nizile ningithandazele. Ningadli kudla, ninganatsi nemanti kuze kube ngemalanga lamatsatfu nebusuku bawo. Nami netincekukati tami sitawuzila njengani. Emvakwaloko ngitawuvele ngitidzikele, ngingene enkhosini, nome loko kuphambene nemtsetfo. Nangabe ngiyafa, ngife kube kanye.”
Kwesuka sililo lesikhulu semaJuda kuto tonkhe tifundza letatingaphansi kwalowo mbuso, yonkhe indzawo lapho kwafika khona lesimemetelo. EmaJuda azila, akhala, alila kwatsi linyenti lawo lembatsa emasaka latitsela ngemlotsa.
Batsi nabambona basesekhashane, bangete bambona kutsi nguye; bacala bakhala kakhulu, baklebhula imijiva yabo, batitsela ngelutfuli etinhloko tabo.
INkhosi Simakadze lenguSomandla yanibita ngalelo langa kutsi nitewukhala nilile, kutsi nitewuhhula tinwele tenu, nembatse emasaka.
Simakadze uyakhuluma utsi: “Namanje phendvukani, nibuye kimi ngenhlitiyo yenu yonkhe, ngekuzila, nangekukhala kanye nangekulila.”
“Shano kubantfwana baka-Israyeli utsi: ‘Ngelilanga leli-15 kulenyanga yesikhombisa, emalanga lasikhombisa ngeweMkhosi Wemadlangala kuSimakadze wenu.
“ ‘Ngelilanga leli-15 lenyanga yesikhombisa, nase nibutse sonkhe sivuno selive lenu, niyawugcina lomkhosi waSimakadze emalanga lasikhombisa. Lilanga lekucala liyawuba lekuphumula, kodvwa nangelilanga lesiphohlongo ningenti lutfo.
Joshuwa wadzabula tembatfo takhe, wawa ngebuso phansi embikwelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze, kwaze kwaba kusihlwa. Nebaholi baka-Israyeli benta njalo, batitsela ngelutfuli enhloko.
Bofakazi bami lababili labembetse emasaka ngiyawubanika emandla ekuphrofetha emalanga layi-1 260.”
Ngako ema-Israyeli, sonkhe sive, akhuphukela eBetheli, afika lapho ahlala, akhala embikwaSimakadze. Ngalelo langa azila lilanga lonkhe laze layawushona, etfula iminikelo yekushiswa neyebudlelwane kuSimakadze.
Ngalelo langa lomunye wesive sakaBhenjamini wabaleka emphini waphutfuma eShilo, timphahla takhe asatidzabulile anelutfuli enhloko.
Batsi kube bahlanganele eMispa, bakhelela emanti, bawatsela embikwaSimakadze. Ngalona lelo langa bazila khona lapho, bavuma tono tabo, batsi: “Sonile kuSimakadze.” Samuweli wehlulela sive sema-Israyeli eMispa.