U-Efroni wayehlezi phakathi kwamanye amaHithi. U-Efroni umHithi wamphendula u-Abhrahama kuzwa wonke amaHithi ayelapho esangweni lomuzi, wathi:
URuthe 4:11 - IsiZulu 2020 Bonke abantu ababelapho esangweni, namalunga, basho ngazwi linye bathi: “Singofakazi. Sengathi uSimakade angamenza lona wesifazane ozohlala endlini yakho abe njengoRaheli noLeya, bobabili abayakha indlu ka-Israyeli. Sengathi ungaba nempumelelo e-Efratha ube nodumo eBhethlehema. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Bonke abantu ababesesangweni namalunga bathi: “Singofakazi; uJehova makenze lowo wesifazane ongene endlini yakho abe njengoRaheli noLeya abakha bobabili indlu yakwa-Israyeli, ucebe e-Efratha, ube nodumo eBetlehema; Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Bonke abantu ababesesangweni namadoda amakhulu bathi: “Singofakazi.” UJehova makenze owesifazane ongene endlini yakho abe njengoRaheli nanjengoLeya abakha indlu yakwa-Israyeli bobabili; wenza kahle e-Efrati, waduma eBetlehema. |
U-Efroni wayehlezi phakathi kwamanye amaHithi. U-Efroni umHithi wamphendula u-Abhrahama kuzwa wonke amaHithi ayelapho esangweni lomuzi, wathi:
Bambusisa uRibheka bathi: “Dadewethu, sengathi ungakhula ube ngukhokho wezizukulwane eziyizinkulungwane zezigidi, izizukulwane zakho zinqobe amasango ezitha zazo.”
ULabani wayenamadodakazi amabili, igama lenkosazana kwakunguLeya, elikathunjana kunguRaheli.
Ekuseni wabona ukuthi ubelele noLeya. UJakobe waya kuLabani wathi kuye: “Yini lena oyenze kimi na? Angikusebenzelanga yini ukuze ngithole uRaheli na? Ungikhohliseleni na?”
ULeya wakhulelwa, wazibula ngendodana, wayiqamba igama wathi nguRubeni, ngokuba wathi: “Kungoba uSimakade ulubonile usizi lwami. Impela umyeni wami usezongithanda manje.”
Amadodana kaLeya kwakunguRubeni, izibulo likaJakobe, kulandele uSimeyoni, uLevi, uJuda, u-Isakhare noZabuloni.
UJezebheli wayeseloba izincwadi egameni lika-Ahabi, wazinamathelisa ngophawu lwakhe, wazithumela kumalunga, ezikhulwini ezazisemzini, ababakhe noNabothi.
Owesifazane ohlakaniphileyo uyayakha indlu yakhe, kodwa oyisiwula uyibhidliza ngezandla zakhe.
Ngaloba incwadi, ngayisicilela, ngenza ukuba kube nofakazi, ngamkalela isiliva ngesilinganiso.
“Kepha wena Bhethlehema Efratha, nakuba ungomncinyane emindenini yakwaJuda, ngiyakuvusa oyakuvela kuwe, uyakuba ngumbusi kwa-Israyeli, ondabuko yakhe ngeyasemandulo, ezinsukwini zaphakade.”
“ ‘Nawe Bhethlehema, lizwe lakwaJuda awumncinyane kubabusi bakwaJuda, ngokuba kuwe kuyakuvela umbusi oyakwelusa isizwe sami u-Israyeli.’ ”
“Uma indoda ingathandi ukumthatha umkamfowabo, umkamfowabo uyakukhuphukela kumalunga esangweni, athi: ‘Umfowabo wendoda yami uyala ukuvusela umfowabo umuzi kwa-Israyeli; akathandi ukungingena.’
umkamfowabo uyosondela kuye phambi kwamalunga, akhumule isicathulo onyaweni lwakhe, amkhafulele ebusweni bakhe, athi kuye: ‘Makwenziwe kanje endodeni engayakhi indlu kamfowabo.’
Igama laleyo ndoda kwakungu-Elimelekhi, umkayo kunguNawomi, amadodana ayo amabili kunguMahaloni noKhiliyoni; babengama-Efratha aseBhethlehema kwaJuda. Bafika kwaMowabi bahlala khona.