Lawa ngamagama amadodana ka-Ishmayeli ngokwelamana kwawo: izibulo kwakunguNebhayothi, kulandele uKheda, u-Adibhiyeli, uMibhisamu,
AbAhluleli 8:6 - IsiZulu 2020 Kodwa izikhulu zaseSukhothi zathi: “Ngabe senibabambile yini oZebha noZalima ukuthi sesiyinganika impi yakho izinkwa, na?” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Izikhulu zaseSukoti zathi: “Izandla zikaZeba noSalimuna sezisesandleni sakho ukuba siphe impi yakho isinkwa na?” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Izikhulu zaseSukoti zathi: “Isandla sikaSheba noSalimuna manje sisesandleni sakho ukuba sinike impi yakho isinkwa na?” |
Lawa ngamagama amadodana ka-Ishmayeli ngokwelamana kwawo: izibulo kwakunguNebhayothi, kulandele uKheda, u-Adibhiyeli, uMibhisamu,
Bahlala phansi, badla; kuthe bephakamisa amehlo, babona ihele labakwa-Ishmayeli liqhamuka kwaGileyadi, amakameli abo ethwele inhlaka, nebhalisamu, nemure, bekwehlisela eGibhithe.
Kwathi lapho kwedlula abahwebi bakwaMidiyani, bamkhipha uJosefa emgodini, bamthengisa kwabakwa-Ishmayeli ngezinhlamvu zesiliva ezingama-20, ababe sebemthatha bahamba, baya naye eGibhithe.
Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphendula, yathi: “Mtsheleni nithi: ‘Obhinca izikhali makangazigabisi njengalowo ozikhumulayo.’ ”
UJehowashi, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli, yathumela ku-Amaziya, inkosi yakwaJuda, ithi: “Isihlahla somkhaya eLebhanoni sathumela kwesomsedari naso esiseLebhanoni, sathi kuso: ‘Ganisela indodana yami, indodakazi yakho, ibe ngumkayo.’ “Kwase kwedlula isilwane sasendle eLebhanoni, sasifihliza isihlahla somkhaya.
‘Qalekisani iMerozi,’ kusho ingelosi kaSimakade; ‘ziqalekiseni kabi izakhamuzi zalo, ngoba azizanga ukuzosiza uSimakade, ukuzosiza uSimakade elwa nesiqhwaga.’
Wafika kubantu baseSukhothi, wathi kubo: “Nampa oZebha, noZalimuna enangichukuluza ngabo, nithi: ‘Usubathumbile yini oZebha noZalimuna, ukuba singanika amabutho akho akhathele izinkwa, na?’ ”
Wayesethi kubantu baseSukhothi: “Ngiyanicela, ake ninike laba abangilandelayo izinkwa, ngokuba bakhathele, futhi ngisalandela uZebha noZalimuna, amakhosi akwaMidiyani.”