AbAhluleli 12:8 - IsiZulu 2020 Emva kukaJeftha kwalandela u-Ibizani waseBhethlehema ukwehlulela u-Israyeli. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Emva kwakhe u-Ibisani waseBetlehema wahlulela u-Israyeli. Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Emva kwakhe u-Ibisani waseBetlehema waqondisa u-Israyeli. |
“Kepha wena Bhethlehema Efratha, nakuba ungomncinyane emindenini yakwaJuda, ngiyakuvusa oyakuvela kuwe, uyakuba ngumbusi kwa-Israyeli, ondabuko yakhe ngeyasemandulo, ezinsukwini zaphakade.”
UJesu esezelwe eBhethlehema eJudiya ngezinsuku zokubusa kukaHerode inkosi; bheka, kwafika izazi eJerusalema, zivela empumalanga, zathi:
naseKhatha, eNahalali, eShimroni, eJidala, naseBhethlehema, leyo mizi ili-12 nemizana yayo.
Emva kuka-Abhimelekhi kwavela uThola, indodana kaPhuwa kaDodo, umuntu wakwa-Isakhare ukuba akhulule u-Israyeli, owayehlala eShamiri kwelezintaba kwa-Efrayimi.
UJeftha wehlulela u-Israyeli iminyaka eyisithupha. UJeftha, umGileyadi, wayesefa wangcwatshwa emzini kwaGileyadi.
Wayenamadodana angama-30. Amadodakazi angama-30 wawaganisa ngaphandle kwesizwe sakhe, wathathela amadodana akhe izintombi ezingama-30 ngaphandle kwesizwe sakhe. Wehlulela u-Israyeli iminyaka eyisikhombisa.
Kwakukhona insizwa eBhethlehema kwaJuda, ingeyesizwana sakwaJuda. YayingumLevi, igogobele lapho.
Ngalezo zinsuku, kwakungekho nkosi kwa-Israyeli. Kwasuka umLevi othile owayegogobele endaweni ekude kwelezintaba kwa-Efrayimi, wazithathela isancinza eBhethlehema kwaJuda.
USimakade wathi kuSamuweli: “Uyakumkhalela kuze kube nina uSawule na? Ngimlahlile, ngeke esaba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli. Gcwalisa uphondo lwakho ngamafutha, uhambe; ngikuthuma kuJese waseBhethlehema, ngokuba ngizibonele inkosi phakathi kwamadodana akhe.”