UNumeri 13 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UNumeri 13 UJehova wamyala uMose, wathi: “Thuma amadoda akho ukuba ahlole izwe laseKhanani;

¹ UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

² Thumani amadoda enu ukuze ahlole ilizwe laseKhanani engilinika abantwana bakoIsrayeli; kuzo zonke izizwe zoyise wothuma indoda ibe nye, kube yilowo nalowo abe yisikhulu phakathi kwabo.

³ UMose wabathuma besuka ehlane lasePharanu ngesiyalezo sikaJehova; wonke lawo madoda ayezinhloko zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

⁴ Lawa angamagama abo: esizweni sakwaRubeni: nguShamuwa indodana kaSakuri.

⁵ Owesizwe sakwaSimeyoni: uShafati indodana kaHori.

⁶ Owesizwe sakwaJuda, uKalebi indodana kaJefune.

⁷ Owesizwe sakwa-Isakare: u-Igali indodana kaJosefa.

⁸ Owesizwe sakwa-Efrayimi: uHoseya indodana kaNuni.

⁹ Owesizwe sakwaBenjamini: uPhaliti indodana kaRafu.

¹⁰ Owesizwe sakwaZebuloni: uGadiyeli indodana kaSodi.

¹¹ Owesizwe sakwaJosefa, owesizwe sakwaManase, uGadi indodana kaSusi.

¹² Owesizwe sakwaDani, u-Amiyeli indodana kaGemali.

¹³ Owesizwe sakwa-Asheri: uSethuri indodana kaMikayeli.

¹⁴ Owesizwe sakwaNafetali: uNagibi indodana kaWofi.

¹⁵ Owesizwe sakwaGadi: uGewuweli indodana kaMagi.

¹⁶ Lawa angamagama amadoda uMose awathuma ukuba ahlole izwe. UMose wabiza uHoseya, indodana kaNuni, ngokuthi uJoshuwa.

¹⁷ UMose wabathuma ukuhlola izwe laseKhanani, wathi kubo: “Hambani ngale ndlela ngaseningizimu, nikhuphuke intaba;

¹⁸ Bheka, izwe elikulo; nabantu abahlala khona, noma banamandla, noma bebuthakathaka, bayingcosana noma baningi;

¹⁹ Liyini izwe abahlala kulo, noma lihle noma libi; nokuthi miphi imizi abahlala kuyo, noma basematendeni noma basezinqabeni;

²⁰ nokuthi izwe linjani, noma livundile noma lizolile, noma kukhona izinkuni kulo noma lingekho. Futhi yimani isibindi niveze izithelo zomhlaba. Manje kwakuyisikhathi sezithelo zomvini ezivuthiwe.

²¹ Base benyuka, balihlola izwe kusukela ehlane laseSini kuze kube seRehobe, lapho abantu befika eHamati.

²² Bakhuphukela eningizimu, bafika eHebroni; lapho kwakukhona o-Ahimani, noSheshayi, noTalimayi, amadodana ka-Anaki. (IHebroni lakhiwa iminyaka eyisikhombisa ngaphambi kweSowani laseGibithe.)

²³ Bafika emfudlaneni i-Eshikoli, bagawula khona isithende ngehlukuzo lezithelo zomvini, balithwala ngodondolo phakathi kwababili; baletha namapomegranati namakhiwane.

²⁴ Le ndawo yabizwa ngokuthi isifufula sase-Eshikoli ngenxa yesithunjana sezithelo zomvini abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababesinqumile lapho.

²⁵ Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezingamashumi amane babuya ekuhloleni izwe.

²⁶ Ahamba afika kuMose naku-Aroni nakuyo yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ehlane lasePharanu eKadeshi; wababikela kanye nebandla lonke, wabazisa izithelo zezwe.

²⁷ Bamtshela bathi: “Sifikile ezweni owasithuma kulo, futhi lichichima ubisi nezinyosi; lesi yisithelo sawo.

²⁸ Kodwa abantu abahlala kulelo zwe baba namandla, nemizi ibiyelwe ngezindonga, mikhulu kakhulu; futhi sabona nabantwana bakwa-Enaki lapho.

²⁹ Ama-Amaleki ahlala ezweni laseningizimu, amaHeti, namaJebusi, nama-Amori ahlala ezintabeni, namaKhanani ahlala ngaselwandle ngasogwini lweJordani.

³⁰ UKalebi wabathulisa abantu phambi kukaMose, wathi: “Masikhuphuke masinyane, silidle; ngokuba sinamandla okukunqoba.

³¹ Kodwa amadoda akhuphuka naye athi: “Asinakukhuphukela kubantu; ngoba banamandla kunathi.

³² Baletha umbiko omubi ngezwe abalihlola kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, bathi: “Izwe esadabula kulo ukulihlola liyizwe elidla abakhileyo kulo; futhi bonke abantu esababona kulo bangabantu abade.

³³ Sabona lapho amaRefa, amadodana ka-Enaki, evela emaRefa; sasinjengezinkumbi emehlweni ethu, futhi sasinjalo nasemehlweni abo.