Bhekani, uNkulunkulu unathi ukuba abe ngumbusi wethu, nabapristi bakhe namacilongo ahlaba umkhosi ukuba banihlabe umkhosi; Nina bantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ningalwi noJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyihlo; ngoba kawuyikuphumelela.
AbAhluleli 12:3 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Lapho ngibona ukuthi aningikhululanga, ngabeka ukuphila kwami esandleni sami, ngadlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni, uJehova wabanikela esandleni sami; ngalokho nikhuphukele kimi namuhla ukulwa nami. Mina? IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Nxa sengibonile ukuthi aningisindisanga, ngabeka ukuphila kwami esandleni sami, ngadlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni, uJehova wabanikela esandleni sami; ngalokho nikhuphukeleni kimi namuhla ukulwa nami na?” IsiZulu 2020 Lapho ngibona ukuthi aningihlenganga, ngabeka impilo yami engcupheni, ngawela ngayolwa nabakwa-Amoni, uSimakade wabanikela esandleni sami. Yini-ke enenze manje nikhuphukele kimi namuhla, ukuzokulwa nami, na?” |
Bhekani, uNkulunkulu unathi ukuba abe ngumbusi wethu, nabapristi bakhe namacilongo ahlaba umkhosi ukuba banihlabe umkhosi; Nina bantwana bakwa-Israyeli, ningalwi noJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyihlo; ngoba kawuyikuphumelela.
Ngithathelani inyama yami ngamazinyo ami, nginikele ukuphila kwami esandleni sami, na?
Ababeke phansi izintamo zabo ngenxa yokuphila kwami, engibabongayo, kungeyimi ngedwa, kodwa namabandla onke abezizwe.
Bona bamehlula ngegazi leWundlu langezwi lobufakazi babo; futhi abakuthandanga ukuphila kwabo kwaze kwaba sekufeni.
Ngakho mina kangonanga kuwe, kodwa wena wenza okubi kimi ngokulwa lami; uJehova uMahluleli uzakwahlulela lamuhla phakathi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli labantwana bakoAmoni.
UJefta wathi kubo: “Mina nabantu bami sasinokuxabana okukhulu nabantwana bakwa-Amoni; futhi lapho nginibiza, aningophulanga esandleni sabo.
UJefta wayesebutha onke amadoda akwaGileyadi, walwa no-Efrayimi; amadoda akwaGileyadi amchitha u-Efrayimi, ngokuba athi: “Nina maGileyadi ningababaleki bakwa-Efrayimi phakathi kwabakwa-Efrayimi nabakwaManase.
(Ngokuba ubaba wanilwela, wabeka ukuphila kwakhe engozini kude, wanisindisa esandleni sakwaMidiyani.
Wanikela ukuphila kwakhe esandleni sakhe, wambulala umFilisti, uJehova wenza ukusindisa okukhulu ku-Israyeli wonke; wakubona wathokoza; pho, niyakona ngani egazini elingenacala, nibulale uDavide ngeze, na?
Owesifazana wasesiza kuSawuli, wabona ukuthi ukhathazekile kakhulu, wathi kuye: Khangela, incekukazi yakho ililalele ilizwi lakho, njalo nginikele impilo yami esandleni sami, ngalalela amazwi akho owawakhuluma kimi.