Baphuma bahamba, kodwa abantu bezigodi ezazibazungezile, uNkulunkulu wabafaka ingebhe abaze bawaxosha amadodana kaJakobe.
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Baphuma bahamba, kodwa abantu bezigodi ezazibazungezile, uNkulunkulu wabafaka ingebhe abaze bawaxosha amadodana kaJakobe.
Ngisho nonesibindi, onenhliziyo enjengeyengonyama, uyophelelwa ngamandla ngenxa yokwesaba, ngokuba wonke u-Israyeli uyazi ukuthi uyihlo uyiqhawe, nabantu ahamba nabo bangamaqhawe anamandla.
Wayesebuyela kumuntu kaNkulunkulu, yena nabantu bakhe bonke, weza, wema phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Uyabona-ke, sengiyazi ukuthi akekho uNkulunkulu emhlabeni wonke, kodwa kwa-Israyeli kuphela, ngakho-ke ake wamukele isipho encekwini yakho.”
INkosi yenza ukuba impi yabase-Aramu izwe umsindo wezinqola, umsindo wamahhashi, nomsindo wempi enkulu baze bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: “Uyabona, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli iqashe amakhosi amaHithi namakhosi aseGibhithe ukuba eze kithi.”
Kwathi lapho zonke izitha zethu zizwa ngalokho, nazo zonke izizwe esasakhelene nazo, zesaba kakhulu, zadikibala, ngokuba zabona ukuthi lowo msebenzi waphumelela ngosizo lukaNkulunkulu wethu.
Kulowo nalowo muzi, nakuleso sifundazwe, lapho izwi lenkosi nomthetho wayo kwase kufinyelele khona, kwaba nenjabulo nentokozo, abaJuda benedili, nosuku oluhle, bejabulile. Abantu abaningi bendawo baphenduka baba ngabaJuda, ngoba base bebesaba abaJuda.
Isikhohlakali siyokubona lokho, sicasuke, siququde imihlathi, sidangale; isifiso sababi siyobhuntsha.
Manje ngiyazi ukuthi uSimakade mkhulu kunabo bonke onkulunkulu, ngoba ukhulule abantu bakhe kwabaseGibhithe, lapho bebebaphethe khona ngokubaqonela.”
“Ngiyokwenza abantu abamelene nawe bangesabe; ngilethe ukudideka phakathi kwabantu olwa nabo, ngenze zonke izitha zakho zikubalekele.
Noma isoni singona kaningi, siphile isikhathi eside, nokho ngiyazi ukuthi kuzobahambela kahle abamesabayo uNkulunkulu, ngoba bahamba ngokwesaba phambi kwakhe.
Isiphrofetho ngeGibhithe. Bheka, uSimakade ugibele efini elisheshayo, uyeza eGibhithe; onkulunkulu baseGibhithe bazothuthumela phambi kwakhe, nezinhliziyo zabaseGibhithe ziphele amandla phakathi kwabo.
Mina ngenzile umhlaba, abantu nezilwane; okusebusweni bomhlaba; ngamandla ami amakhulu, nangezikhwepha zami, futhi ngikunika noma ngubani othandekayo emehlweni ami.
Alisenalutho, kukhala ibhungane, futhi liyincithakalo, inhliziyo iyancibilika, kushayana amadolo, izinhlungu zikhungethe lonke ukhalo, nobuso babo bonke buphaphathekile.
UMose eseKadeshi wathumela izithunywa enkosini yakwa-Edomi, wathi: “Usho kanje umfowenu u-Israyeli: ‘Uyabazi bonke ubunzima esihlangabezane nabo,
“U-Aroni uzokufa, akayukungena ezweni engibanike lona abantu bakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba naphambuka ezwini lami emanzini eMeribha.
Angivunyelwe yini ukwenza engikuthandayo ngokungokwami na? Ngabe iso lakho libi, ngenxa yokuba ngiyephana na?’
Akuyukuba bikho muntu oyoma phambi kwenu. USimakade uNkulunkulu wenu uyakufaka uvalo nokwesaba ngani ezweni lonke eniyakunyathela kulo, njengalokhu akhuluma kini.
Namuhla ngiyakuqala ukufaka uvalo nokukwesaba phezu kwezizwe zonke eziphansi kwezulu, lapho zizwa imibiko ngawe, ziyakuthuthumela, ziqhaqhazele ngenxa yakho.’
Bonke abantu bomhlaba bayakubona ukuthi ubizwe ngegama likaSimakade, bakwesabe.
OPhezukonke lapho abela izizwe ifa lazo, lapho ehlukanisela abantwana babantu, wamisa imingcele yezizwe ngokwenani labantu bakwa-Israyeli.
Ngokukholwa, uRahabi isifebe, akabhubhanga nalabo ababengalalelanga, ngokuba wemukela izinhloli ngokuthula.
Sithe ukuba sizwe ngalokho izinhliziyo zangenwa yingebhe, kwangaba bikho muntu onesibindi sokuma phambi kwenu, ngokuba uSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu, unguNkulunkulu ezulwini phezulu nasemhlabeni phansi.
Athi kuJoshuwa: “Ngempela, uSimakade ulinikele lonke izwe ezandleni zethu; ngaphezu kwalokho zonke izakhamuzi zezwe ziyagedezela wuvalo lokusesaba.”
Kwathi lapho wonke amakhosi ama-Amori ayengaphesheya kweJordani ngasentshonalanga, nawo wonke amakhosi amaKhanani ayegudle ulwandle, ezwa ukuthi uSimakade womise amanzi eJordani baze bawela bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli, angenwa ngamanzi emadolweni, aphelelwa yisibindi ngenxa yabantu bakwa-Israyeli.
USimakade wathi kuJoshuwa: “Bheka, ngilinikele kuwe iJerikho, lona kanye nenkosi yalo namaqhawe alo anamandla.
nasemakhosini amabili ama-Amori ayengaphesheya kweJordani, uSihoni inkosi yaseHeshibhoni no-Ogi inkosi yaseBhashani, owayehlala e-Ashitharothi.
Bamphendula uJoshuwa, bathi: “Lokho kwenziwe ngukuthi izinceku zakho zezwa ngokweqiniso ukuthi uSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu wayiyala inceku yakhe uMose ukuba ininike izwe, nokuba ibhubhise zonke izakhamuzi zezwe eziphambi kwenu. Besinovalo olukhulu lokuthi nizosibulala, yingakho senze le nto.
Zathi kuye: “Izinceku zakho zivela ezweni elikude kakhulu ngenxa yegama likaSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu, ngokuba sizwile ngaye nangakho konke akwenza eGibhithe,
Umngani wayo waphendula wathi: “Lokhu akusho lutho ngaphandle kokuthi inkemba kaGideyoni, indodana kaJowashi, indoda yakwa-Israyeli, uNkulunkulu unikele esandleni sayo uMidiyani nempi yakhe yonke.”