25 Bahlala phansi badla. Batsi basadla babona ludvwendvwe lwema-Ishmayeli luchamuka kaGileyadi lwehlela eGibhithe. Emakamela abo abetfwele tinandzisi tekudla nemakha.
Wabaleka nako konkhe labenako, wewela umfula iYufrathe, emabombo awabhekise ngasetintsabeni takaGileyadi.
watsatsa bomnakabo wamlandzela amcosha ngemuva, kwadzimate kwaphela emalanga lasikhombisa, waze wamkhandza etintsabeni takaGileyadi.
Bambamba bamhholokoshisela emgodzini lowawute emanti.
Kwatsi nase kwendlula bahwebi bemaMidiyani, Josefa bamkhipha kulomgodzi, bamtsengisa kulama-Ishmayeli ngetinhlavu tesiliva letatingemashumi lamabili. Ema-Ishmayeli ahamba naye aya eGibhithe.
Lena eGibhithe, emaMidiyani afike atsengisa Josefa kuPhotifari, lomunye wetiphatsimandla taFaro; loPhotifari abeyindvuna yetingadzi tesigodlo.
Ema-Ishmayeli ehla naye Josefa aya eGibhithe, efike amtsengisa kuPhotifari, siphatsimandla saFaro lesasiyindvuna yetingadzi tesigodlo.
Israyeli, uyise, wakhuluma kubo watsi: “Nangabe kufanele kube njalo-ke, hambani netipho letititselo telikhetselo talelive, nitifake emasakeni enu, nifike nitiphe lendvodza leniyishoko: nitsatse litsantana lebhalisamu, neleluju lwetinyosi, nelemakha, nelemure, nelemaphisitakhiwo, nelema-alimondi.
Ngekuyala kwenkhosi leso simemetelo sakhishwa eSusa inhlokodolobha yalowo mbuso; emancusa aphutfumisa lesimemetelo kuwo onkhe emave. Inkhosi naHamani bona bahlala phansi banatsa ngesikhatsi lidolobha lonkhe laseSusa lidzidzekile ngekumangala.
Pho, bate yini lwati bonkhe labantfu labenta lokubi? Badla emandla ebantfu bami shangatsi badla sinkhwa, bangathandazi kuSomandla.
Kuhlangene bonkhe baka-Edomu labasemathendeni, nebaka-Ishmayeli, nebakaMowabi, nebakaHagari,
Lena-ke yindlela yemfati loyingwadla: Udla esule umlomo, bese utsi: “Angikenti lutfo mine lolubi.”
Sengifikile engadzeni yami, dzadzewetfu, mntfwanaketfu, ngibutse imure yami nemakha ami. Ngiludlile luhlanga lwami lwetinyosi neluju; sengilinatsile liwayini lami nelubisi lwami. Dlanini, bomngami, ninatse; natsisisani lutsandvo, nine titsandzani.
Ngobe naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze ngesigodlo senkhosi yakaJuda, utsi: “Nome ufanana neGileyadi kimi, ufanana nesicongo saseLebanoni, impela ngiyakukwenta ufanane nelihlane, ufanane nemadolobha langahlalwa ngumuntfu.
“Khuphukela kaGileyadi uyewutfola ibhalisamu, awu, wena ntfombi, Ndvodzakati yaseGibhithe. Kodvwa wandzisa imitsi yakho yekwelapha, wayandzisa mahhala. Yeka, solo awelapheki.
Sekute yini ibhalisamu kulakaGileyadi? Sekute yini inyanga lapho? Kepha sekute leni kuphiliswa kwemanceba ebantfu bami?
“Ngasemphumalanga umnyele uyawudzabula emkhatsini weHawurani neDamaseko, ugudle iJordani, emkhatsini weGileyadi nelive laka-Israyeli, ucondze elwandle lwasemphumalanga, uze uyewufika eThamari. Lowo-ke kuyawuba ngumnyele wangasemphumalanga.
Nilala emibhedzeni lehlotjiswe ngematinyo etindlovu, nicambalale etihlalweni tenu tekuphumula, nititika ngenyama yemawundlu elikhetselo nangeyematfokati lakhuluphalisiwe.
Ninatsa liwayini ngetitja letigcwele, nitigcobise ngemafutsa lanuka kamnandzi, kodvwa anidzabuki ngekucitfwa kwaJosefa.
Laliphindze lifake ekhatsi iGileyadi, nelive lesive sakaGeshuri nesakaMakha, nayo yonkhe iNtsaba iHemoni, nalo lonkhe laseBhashani, kuze kuyewufika eSalekha;