U-Abhineri wayesememeza uJowabe, wathi: “Inkemba iyakubhubhisa njalo njalo yini na? Awazi yini ukuthi kuyakuba khona umunyu ekugcineni? Kuyoze kube nini ngaphambi kokuba ubayale abantu ukuba babuye ekuhubheni abafowabo na?”
AbAhluleli 21:6 - IsiZulu 2020 Kepha abakwa-Israyeli babenozwelo ngabakwaBhenjamini, abafowabo, bathi: “Isizwana esisodwa sinqunyiwe, sakhishwa kwa-Israyeli namuhla. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamhawukela uBenjamini umfowabo, bathi: “Kunqunyiwe namuhla esinye isizwe kwa-Israyeli. Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baphenduka ngomfowabo uBenjamini, bathi: “Namuhla esinye isizwe sakwa-Israyeli sinqunyiwe.” |
U-Abhineri wayesememeza uJowabe, wathi: “Inkemba iyakubhubhisa njalo njalo yini na? Awazi yini ukuthi kuyakuba khona umunyu ekugcineni? Kuyoze kube nini ngaphambi kokuba ubayale abantu ukuba babuye ekuhubheni abafowabo na?”
“Ngingakuyekela kanjani, Efrayimi, ngikukhaphele kanjani, Israyeli na? Ngingakwenza kanjani ube njenge-Adima, ngikwenze kanjani ube njengeZebhoyimi na? Inhliziyo yami iyaphenduka ngaphakathi kimi, sonke isihawu sami sivusiwe.
Lapho eyibona, waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wathi: “Hawu, ndodakazi yami, waze wangilaya, wangibangela ukuhlupheka okukhulu. Phela ngivule umlomo wami ngakhuluma kuSimakade, manje angisakwazi ukusihoxisa isifungo sami.”
Abakwa-Israyeli bakhuphuka, bayokhala phambi kukaSimakade kwaze kwaba kusihlwa; babuza kuSimakade, bathi: “Siphinde yini sisondele kubafowethu bakwaBhenjamini siyolwa nabo, na?” USimakade wathi: “Khuphukani, nilwe nabo.”
Abantu babenozwela ngabakwaBhenjamini, ngokuba uSimakade wayenze kwaba noqhekeko ezizwaneni zakwa-Israyeli.
Abakwa-Israyeli base bethi: “Yisiphi isizwana phakathi kwezizwana zonke zakwa-Israyeli esingakhuphukanga ukuzoba yingxenye yenhlangano kaSimakade, na?” Ngokuba kwenziwe isifungo esinqala ngalabo abangakhuphukelanga kuSimakade eMizpha, esithi: “Lowo uyakubulawa.”
Sizokwenzenjani ukuba abaseleyo bathole abafazi, njengoba sifungile kuSimakade ukuthi asizukubaganisela amadodakazi ethu abe ngomkabo, na?”