UJoshuwa 3:10 - IsiZulu 2020 UJoshuwa wayesethi: “Niyokwazi ngalokhu ukuthi uNkulunkulu ophilayo uphakathi kwenu, ongayikwehluleka ukuxosha phambi kwenu amaKhanani, amaHithi, amaHivi, amaPherizi, amaGirigashi, ama-Amori, namaJebusi. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Wathi uJoshuwa: “Niyakwazi ngalokhu ukuthi uNkulunkulu ophilayo uphakathi kwenu nokuthi uyakuxosha nokuxosha phambi kwenu amaKhanani, namaHeti, namaHivi, namaPherizi, namaGirigashi, nama-Amori, namaJebusi. Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 UJoshuwa wasesithi: Ngalokhu lizakwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ophilayo uphakathi kwenu, lokuthi uzaxotsha amaKhanani, lamaHethi, lamaHivi, lamaPerizi, lamaGirigashi, lamaAmori phambi kwenu, kanye lamaJebusi. |
Wayesethi uMikhaya: “Uma uyobuya ngempela uphephile, uyakube engakhulumanga ngami uSimakade.” Wathi futhi: “Yizwani nina bantu bonke.”
Mhlawumbe uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho uwezwile wonke amazwi kaRabi Shake othunywe yinkosi yakhe, inkosi yase-Asiriya, ukuzokwedelela ngawo uNkulunkulu ophilayo. USimakade uNkulunkulu wakho athi angawezwa, awasole lawo mazwi, bese kuthi ngenxa yensali, awuzwe umkhuleko wakho.’ ”
Umphefumulo wami womele uNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu ophilayo, ngiyakufika nini ngibonakale phambi kukaNkulunkulu na?
USimakade uzibonakalisile, wenzile ukwehlulela ngezandla zakhe, ngokucekela phansi ababi. Sela
Leyo ndawo wayibiza ngokuthi kuseMasa neMeribha, ngenxa yokuphikisana kwabantu bakwa-Israyeli, nangenxa yokuba bamvivinya uSimakade lapho, bethi: “Ngabe uSimakade ukhona yini phakathi kwethu noma qha?”
Ngehlile ukuzobakhulula esandleni sabaseGibhithe, nokubakhuphula kuleli lizwe, ngibayise ezweni elihle nelibanzi, izwe elichichima ubisi noju, izwe lamaKhanani, amaHithi, ama-Amori, amaPherizi, amaHivi, namaJebusi.
Ngizothuma ingelosi phambi kwakho, ngiwaxoshe amaKhanani, ama-Amori, amaHithi, amaPherizi, amaHivi, namaJebusi.
Ngakho-ke iNkosi uqobo izokunika isibonakaliso: intombi izakukhulelwa, izale indodana, iyiqambe ngokuthi ngu-Imanuweli.
Kepha uSimakade unguNkulunkulu weqiniso, uNkulunkulu ophilayo neNkosi yaphakade; ngentukuthelo yakhe, umhlaba uyazamazama; izizwe azinakumelana nolaka lwakhe.
“Kepha abantu bakwa-Israyeli bayakuba ngangesihlabathi solwandle esingenakulinganiswa nakubalwa. Lapho bekuthiwa khona kubo: ‘Aniseyibo abantu bami,’ kuyakuthiwa kubo: ‘Ningamadodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo.’
Ama-Amaleki ahlala ngaseningizimu; amaHithi, amaJebusi nama-Amori akhe kwelezintaba; kuthi amaKhanani ahlale ngasolwandle olukhulu, agudle iJordani.”
USimoni Phethro waphendula wathi: “Wena unguKhristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo.”
Intukuthelo yami iyakubavuthela ngalolo lusuku, ngiyakubashiya, ngibafulathele; bayakudliwa, behlelwe yizinhlekelele nezinhlupheko eziningi, baze bathi ngalolo lusuku: ‘Lezi zinhlupheko azisehlelanga yini ngoba uNkulunkulu wethu engekho phakathi kwethu na?’
ngokuba ngubani kubantu owake wezwa izwi likaNkulunkulu ophilayo njengathi, likhuluma livela emlilweni, waphila, na?
“Kuyothi lapho uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho ekungenisa ezweni oya kulo ukuba ulidle, axoshe izizwe eziningi phambi kwakho, amaHithi, amaGirigashi, ama-Amori, amaKhanani, amaPherizi, amaHivi, namaJebusi; izizwe eziyisikhombisa ezinkulu nezinamandla kunawe,
Ngalokho-ke ungazesabi, ngokuba uSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho, uNkulunkulu omkhulu nowesabekayo, uphakathi kwakho.
Ngokuba bona luqobo babika ngathi ukuthi nasemukela kanjani, nokuthi naphendukela kanjani kuNkulunkulu nashiya izithombe, ukuze nikhonze uNkulunkulu ophilayo noweqiniso;
nakumaKhanani empumalanga, nasentshonalanga, nakuma-Amori, amaHithi, amaPherizi, amaJebusi kwelezintaba, nakumaHivi phansi kweHermoni eMizpha.
elisezintabeni, emathafeni, elise-Araba, elemithambeka, elisehlane, naseNegevu, izwe lamaHithi, elama-Amori, elamaKhanani, elamaPherizi, elamaHivi, nelamaJebusi:
Akukho nasinye kulezo zithembiso ezinhle uSimakade ayezethembise indlu ka-Israyeli esingafezekanga; zonke zafezeka.
Umphristi uFinehasi, indodana ka-Eleyazare, wathi kwabakwaRubeni nabakwaGadi nabakwaManase: “Namuhla sesiyazi ukuthi uSimakade uphakathi kwethu, ngokuba anisenzanga lesi siphambeko kuSimakade; namuhla nibasindisile abakwa-Israyeli esandleni sikaSimakade.”
“ ‘Lapho niwela iJordani, nafika eJerikho; izakhamuzi zalo zalwa nani, kanjalo nama-Amori, amaPherizi, amaKhanani, amaHithi, amaGirigashi, amaHivi, namaJebusi, ngabanikela esandleni senu.
UJoshuwa wayesethi kubantu bakwa-Israyeli: “Sondelani nizwe amazwi kaSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu.”
Kwathi ukuba wonke amakhosi ayengaphesheya kweJordani kwelezintaba, nalawo ayesemathafeni agudle ugu loLwande Olukhulu kuya ngaseLebhanoni: amaHithi, ama-Amori, amaKhanani, amaPherizi, amaHivi namaJebusi, ezwe ngalokhu,
UDavide wakhuluma kubantu ababemi naye, wathi: “Uyokwenzelwani umuntu oyobulala lowo mFilisti, asuse ihlazo kwa-Israyeli na? Ungubani nje lowo mFilisti ongasokile ukuba ayeyise kanje impi kaNkulunkulu ophilayo?”
UDavide wakhuluma ku-Ahimelekhi, umHethi, naku-Abhishayi, indodana kaZeruya, umfowabo kaJowabe, wathi: “Ngubani ozokwehla nami siye kuSawule enkanjini na?” U-Abhishayi wathi: “Ngizokwehla nawe.”