Basuka kwaMidiyani, baya ePharanu; bathatha amadoda ePharanu baya nawo eGibhithe kuFaro, inkosi yakhona. UFaro wamnika indlu, nesabelo sokudla nezwe.
UNumeri 22:4 - IsiZulu 2020 UMowabi wathi ezingwevini zakwaMidiyani: “Manje lolu quqaba luzoqothula konke esinakho nxazonke, njengenkabi iqothula utshani edlelweni.” UBhalaki, indodana kaZiphori, wayeyinkosi yakwaMowabi ngaleso sikhathi. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE UMowabi wathi kumalunga akwaMidiyani: “Manje leli bandla liyakukhotha konke okungakithi nxazonke, njengalokhu inkabi ikhotha utshani bedlelo.” UBalaki indodana kaSipori wayeyinkosi yakwaMowabi ngaleso sikhathi. Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 UMowabi wayesethi kumalunga akwaMidiyani: “Manje leli sixuku liyakuqeda njengezinkomo ezisihaqileyo, lidle utshani basendle; UBalaki indodana kaSipori wayeyinkosi yakwaMowabi ngaleso sikhathi. |
Basuka kwaMidiyani, baya ePharanu; bathatha amadoda ePharanu baya nawo eGibhithe kuFaro, inkosi yakhona. UFaro wamnika indlu, nesabelo sokudla nezwe.
Izikhulu zakwa-Edomi zaba netwetwe; izikhulu zakwaMowabi zathuthumela; zonke izakhamuzi zaseKhanani zaphelelwa ngamandla.
Kukhona isililo phezu kophahla lwakwaMowabi, nasemashashalazini akhona, ngokuba uMowabi ngizakumphohloza njengesitsha esingafunwa muntu,” kusho uSimakade.
Amalunga akwaMowabi nawakwaMidiyani ahamba ephethe ugxa, aya kuBhileyamu, afike akhuluma kuye amazwi kaBhalaki.
“Ngiyambona, kodwa hhayi manje; ngiyambheka, kodwa akekho eduze. Kuyovela inkanyezi kuJakobe; intonga yobukhosi iyovuka kwa-Israyeli, iphohloze uMowabi nxazonke, ichithe amadodana kaSethi;
Bheka, umuntu mumbe kwabakwa-Israyeli waletha owesifazane wakwaMidiyani emndenini wakhe, phambi kukaMose nebandla lonke labakwa-Israyeli, ngesikhathi bekhala emnyango wethende lokuhlangana.
Babulala amakhosi amahlanu akwaMidiyani u-Evi, uRekhemi, uZuri, uHure, noRebha. UBhileyamu, indodana kaBheyori, naye bambulala ngenkemba.
Pho wena ungcono yini kunenkosi uBhalaki, indodana kaZiphori wakwaMowabi, na? Wake wabanga yini nabakwa-Israyeli, noma waya empini nabo, na?
Abantu bakwa-Israyeli benza okubi emehlweni kaSimakade, uSimakade wabanikela esandleni sabakwaMidiyani iminyaka eyisikhombisa.