UmTopiya angasigucula yini sikhumba sakhe nome ingwe emabala ayo? Nani ningeke nikwente lokuhle, ngobe senetayele kwenta lokubi.
Tikhulu 13:1 - Siswati 1996 Bible Baka-Israyeli baphindza benta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze; ngako Simakadze wabanikela esandleni sema-Filisti iminyaka lengema-40. |
UmTopiya angasigucula yini sikhumba sakhe nome ingwe emabala ayo? Nani ningeke nikwente lokuhle, ngobe senetayele kwenta lokubi.
Ngingachubeka ngitsini nje? Sikhatsi asingivumeli kutsi ngilandze ngaGideyoni, naBharaki, naSamsoni, naJafta, naDavide, naSamuweli, nebaphrofethi.
Baka-Israyeli baphindza benta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze. Bakhonta boBhali, nabo-Ashtarothe, nabonkulunkulu base-Aramu, nabonkulunkulu baseSidoni, nabonkulunkulu baseMowabi, nabonkulunkulu bema-Amoni, nabonkulunkulu bemaFilisti. Baka-Israyeli bafulatsela Simakadze, bamyekela, bangabe basamkhonta,
Abdoni, umsa waHileli, wasePhirathoni, wafa wangcwatjwa ePhirathoni kulaka-Efrayimu, eveni letintsaba lema-Amaleki.
Batali baSamsoni bebangati kutsi loko kwakuvela kuSimakadze labenguyena afunana nelitfuba lekuhlasela emaFilisti, ngobe ngaleso sikhatsi emaFilisti abebusa sive sema-Israyeli.
Ngako kwaphuma emadvodza akaJuda lati-3 000, ehlela kulomgedze welidvwala lase-Etamu, akhuluma kuSamsoni atsi: “Awuboni yini kutsi tsine siphetfwe ngemaFilisti? Yini lena loyente kitsi?” Wawaphendvula lamadvodza watsi: “Mine ngimane nje ngenta loko kubo nabo labakwente kimi.”
Ema-Israyeli enta lokubi embikwaSimakadze; akhohlwa Simakadze Nkulunkulu wawo, akhonta boBhali nabo-Ashera.
Sive sema-Israyeli saphindza futsi senta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze, ngako Simakadze wabayekelela esandleni semaMidiyani iminyaka lesikhombisa.
“Kodvwa bamkhohlwa Simakadze Nkulunkulu wabo; ngako wabaniketela esandleni saSisera, indvuna yemphi yaseHasori, nasesandleni semaFilisti, nasenkhosini yemaMowabi leyalwa nabo.
Cinani-ke, maFilisti! Banini ngemadvodza, ngaphandle kwaloko nitawuba tigcili temaHebheru, njengobe nawo abetigcili tenu. Banini ngemadvodza, nilwe!”
Ehlulwa kanjalo-ke emaFilisti, akazange aphindze ahlasele live lema-Israyeli. Kuwo onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwaSamuweli sandla saSimakadze sasiphambene nemaFilisti.