Ingelosi kaJehova yathi kuye: “Bheka, ukhulelwe, futhi uzozala indodana, uyiqambe ngokuthi u-Ishmayeli; ngokuba uJehova uzwile ukuhlupheka kwakho.
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Ingelosi kaJehova yathi kuye: “Bheka, ukhulelwe, futhi uzozala indodana, uyiqambe ngokuthi u-Ishmayeli; ngokuba uJehova uzwile ukuhlupheka kwakho.
Futhi salubona usizi lokhokho bethu eGibhithe futhi sezwa ukukhala kwabo oLwandle iSchelf;
Umkhuleko wosizi lapho ecindezelekile ethulula ukukhononda kwakhe phambi kukaJehova. Yizwa umkhuleko wami, Jehova, ukukhala kwami kufike kuwe.
Ungangifihleli ubuso bakho ngosuku lokuhlupheka kwami; beka indlebe yakho kimi; ngosuku engibiza ngalo, ungiphendule masinyane.
Ngenxa yokucindezelwa kwabampofu, ngenxa yokububula kwabampofu, ngiyakuvuka manje,” usho uJehova; ngizambeka ekuphepheni komqhuqhayo.
Ekuhluphekeni kwami ngambiza uJehova, ngambiza uNkulunkulu wami; Wezwa izwi lami ethempelini lakhe, nokukhala kwami kwaphumela ezindlebeni zakhe phambi kwakhe.
Bazenza zaba muncu ukuphila kwabo ngobugqila obulukhuni, ngokunameka, nangokufaka izitini, nangayo yonke imisebenzi yasensimini; yonke inkonzo yabo ababekhonza kuyo yayilukhuni.
INkosi yasisithi kuMozisi kwaMidiyani: Hamba, ubuyele eGibhithe, ngoba bonke abantu ababedinga impilo yakho bafile.
Futhi ngezwa ukububula kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, abaseGibhithe abagqilazayo; ngakhumbula isivumelwano sami.
UMose wakhuluma kanje kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, kepha abamlalelanga uMose ngenxa yobuhlungu bomoya nangenxa yobugqila obunzima.
UMose wayeneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ubudala, u-Aroni eneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nantathu lapho bekhuluma kuFaro.
Kuyakuba yisibonakaliso nobufakazi kuJehova Sebawoti ezweni laseGibithe; ngoba bayombiza uJehova ngenxa yabacindezeli, futhi uyobathumelela umsindisi nomkhulu, futhi uyobakhulula.
Ngokuba isivini sikaJehova Sebawoti siyindlu ka-Israyeli, nabantu bakwaJuda yisithombo sakhe esimnandi; funa ubulungisa, kepha bheka, ukukhala.
Kwathi lapho simbiza uJehova, walizwa izwi lethu, wathuma ingelosi, yasikhipha eGibithe; bheka, siseKadeshi, umuzi osekugcineni komkhawulo wakho.
Kwathi isiphelile iminyaka engamashumi amane, kwabonakala kuye ehlane lentaba yaseSinayi ingelosi yeNkosi elangabini lomlilo esihlahleni.
Ngosuku lwakhe uyakumnika inkokhelo yakhe, ilanga lingashoni kuwo; ngokuba umpofu, ubeka inhliziyo yakhe kukho;
Bhekani, inkokhelo yezisebenzi ezivune amasimu enu, eniyigodlile ngobuqili, iyakhala; nokukhala kwabavuniyo kungene ezindlebeni zeNkosi yamabandla.
Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bakhuleka kuJehova, ngokuba wayenezinqola zensimbi ezingamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye; iminyaka engamashumi amabili wabacindezela kakhulu abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
Kwathi uJakobe engena eGibithe, oyihlo bakhuleka kuJehova, uJehova wathuma oMose no-Aroni, bakhipha oyihlo eGibithe, babahlalisa kule ndawo.
Kusasa ngalesi sikhathi ngiyakuthuma kuwe umuntu wasezweni lakwaBenjamini, umgcobe abe ngumbusi phezu kwabantu bami u-Israyeli, ukuze asindise abantu bami esandleni samaFilisti; ngoba ngikubonile.