Sengathi abantu bangakukhonza. Izizwe ngezizwe zikukhothamele. Busa phezu kwabafowenu, izizukulwane zikanyoko zikukhothamele. Mabaqalekiswe bonke abakuqalekisayo, babusiswe bonke abakubusisayo.”
UNumeri 22:11 - IsiZulu 2020 ‘Kunoquqaba lwabantu abaphuma eGibhithe asebegcwele ezweni lonke. Manje woza uzongiqalekisela bona, mhlawumbe ngingakwazi ukulwa nabo ngibaxoshe.’ ” IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE ‘Bheka, abantu abaphumile eGibithe basibekela ubuso bomhlaba; woza kalokhu, ungiqalekisele bona; mhlawumbe ngingaze ngibe namandla ukulwa nabo, ngibaxoshe.’ ” Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Bheka, kuphume abantu eGibithe, bembese ubuso bomhlaba; woza, ungiqalekisele bona; mhlawumbe ngizokwazi ukubanqoba ngibaxoshe. |
Sengathi abantu bangakukhonza. Izizwe ngezizwe zikukhothamele. Busa phezu kwabafowenu, izizukulwane zikanyoko zikukhothamele. Mabaqalekiswe bonke abakuqalekisayo, babusiswe bonke abakubusisayo.”
UBhileyamu wathi kuNkulunkulu: “Inkosi uBhalaki, indodana kaZiphori wakwaMowabi, ungithumelele lo myalezo, wathi:
UNkulunkulu wathi kuBhileyamu: “Awunakuhamba, awunakubaqalekisa labo bantu, ngoba babusisiwe.”
UBhalaki wathi kuBhileyamu: “Wenzani kimi na? Ngikulethe lapha ukuba uqalekise izitha zami, kunalokho, bheka uzibusisile.”
UBhileyamu wayesewethula umbiko wakhe, wathi: “UBhalaki ungisuse e-Aramu wangiletha lapha, inkosi yakwaMowabi ngasezintabeni empumalanga. Yathi: ‘Woza, ungiqalekisele uJakobe; woza uzojivaza u-Israyeli.’
UBhalaki wamthukuthelela kakhulu uBhileyamu, wahlanganisa izandla zakhe; wathi kuBhileyamu: “Ngikubize ukuba uzoqalekisa izitha zami, kunalokho, bheka uzibusisile kwaze kwakathathu.
kodwa angimlalelanga uBhileyamu; ngakho-ke wanibusisa, nganikhulula esandleni sakhe.
UmFilisti wathi kuDavide: “Ngiyinja yini ukuba uze kimi uphethe izinduku na?” UmFilisti wamthuka uDavide ngonkulunkulu bakhe.