Kodvwa tsine silungele kutsi sihlome sihambe embili kwema-Israyeli, size siwafikise eveni lawo. Ngaleso sikhatsi bafati betfu nebantfwabetfu batawube bahleti emadolobheni lavikelekile, kuze bavikeleke baphephe kulabantfu balelive.
Numeri 32:29 - Siswati 1996 Bible Wakhuluma watsi kubo: “Nangabe emaGadi nemaRubeni, onkhe emadvodza lahlomele imphi, ewelela nani ngesheya kweJordane embikwaSimakadze, nitawutsi lelive nase nilitfumbile, bese nibanika live lakaGileyadi kutsi libe labo. |
Kodvwa tsine silungele kutsi sihlome sihambe embili kwema-Israyeli, size siwafikise eveni lawo. Ngaleso sikhatsi bafati betfu nebantfwabetfu batawube bahleti emadolobheni lavikelekile, kuze bavikeleke baphephe kulabantfu balelive.
Ngako-ke Mosi wanika imiyalo ngabo ku-Eleyazare, umphristi, nakuJoshuwa, umsa waNuni, nakubaholi betive tema-Israyeli.
Kodvwa nabangaweli kanye nani bahlomile, kufanele bemukele sabelo sabo kanye nani eKhenani.”
BoMosi, inceku yaSimakadze, kanye nema-Israyeli bawancoba lawo makhosi lamabili. Mosi, inceku yaSimakadze, live walinika sive sakaRubeni, nesakaGadi kanye nencenye yesive sakaManase kutsi kube sabelo sato.
Laliphindze lifake ekhatsi iGileyadi, nelive lesive sakaGeshuri nesakaMakha, nayo yonkhe iNtsaba iHemoni, nalo lonkhe laseBhashani, kuze kuyewufika eSalekha;
Mosi letive letimbili nencenye abesatabele lifa lato ngasemphumalanga neJordane; kodvwa akazange emaLevi awabele lifa emkhatsini wato,
EmaLevi wona, angeke asitfole sabelo emkhatsini wenu, ngobe kukhonta kwabo kwebuphristi embikwaSimakadze kusabelo sabo. BakaGadi nebakaRubeni nencenye yesive sakaManase bona sebalemukele lifa labo ngasemphumalanga neJordane. Mosi, inceku yaSimakadze, wabanika lona.”
Ngako sive sakaRubeni, nesakaGadi, nencenye yesive sakaManase tashiya ema-Israyeli eShilo eKhenani, tabuyela eGileyadi, eveni lato, letatilitfole ngekwemyalo waSimakadze ngaMosi.
Thola walandzelwa nguJayire wakaGileyadi, lowahola sive sema-Israyeli iminyaka lengema-22.
Sawula wakhuluma kuDavide, watsi: “Nansi indvodzakati yami yematubulo, Merabi. Ngitakwendzisela yona, nawungamane nje uhlehle lapha kimi, ulwe timphi taSimakadze.” Sawula abecabange watsi: “Ngingeke ngisibeke sandla sami etikwakhe. Akabulawe ngemaFilisti.”