9 Ngako sive sakaRubeni, nesakaGadi, nencenye yesive sakaManase tashiya ema-Israyeli eShilo eKhenani, tabuyela eGileyadi, eveni lato, letatilitfole ngekwemyalo waSimakadze ngaMosi.
Wafike wambeka inkhosi yakaGileyadi, neyaka-Asheri, neyaseJezreyeli, neyaka-Efrayimu, neyakaBhenjamini, naku-Israyeli wonkhe.
Ngasemphumalanga bebakhe kusukela emnyeleni welihlane kuze kuyewufika emfuleni iYufrathe, ngobe phela netifuyo tabo tase tandze kakhulu kaGileyadi.
Live laGileyadi lami, nelive laManase lami, Efrayimu usivikelo senhloko yami, Juda uyindvuku yami yebukhosi.
EmaRubeni nemaGadi labenemihlambi lemikhulu yetinkhomo, netimvu, netimbuti abona ematsafa aseJazeri naseGileyadi kutsi abelungele kuba ngemadlelo.
Mosi wakhuluma kubo, watsi: “Nangabe nitawukwenta loko, nihlomele imphi embikwaSimakadze,
litawutsi lelive lingatfunjwa embikwaSimakadze, bese niyancandzeka nikhululeke kulesibopho senu naSimakadze nasesiveni sonkhe sema-Israyeli. Lelive-ke seliyawuba sabelo senu embikwaSimakadze.
Bantfwabetfu, nebafati betfu, nemihlambi yetifuyo tetfu kutawusala kulamadolobha aleli lakaGileyadi.
Wakhuluma watsi kubo: “Nangabe emaGadi nemaRubeni, onkhe emadvodza lahlomele imphi, ewelela nani ngesheya kweJordane embikwaSimakadze, nitawutsi lelive nase nilitfumbile, bese nibanika live lakaGileyadi kutsi libe labo.
“Ngaso leso sikhatsi ngabe sengiyaniyala, ngatsi: ‘Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu uniphe lelive kutsi nilidle. Nonkhe nine mabutfo emphi lenihlomele kulwa, hambani embikwetive tema-Israyeli, newelele ngesheya kwemfula.
aze Simakadze anike banakenu lendzawo lesasele, njengobe enta nakini, nabo futsi sebalitsetse lelo live Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu labanika lona lelingesheya kwemfula iJordane. Emvakwaloko-ke nonkhe seningabuyela emuva, nguloyo naloyo aye eveni lakhe lengimabele lona.’
Mosi wesuka ematsafeni akaMowabi, wekhwela iNtsaba iNebo, waya esicongweni sasePhisga macondzana neJerikho. Simakadze wamkhombisa lonkhe live: kusukela kulakaGileyadi kuze kufike kulakaDani,
Laliphindze lifake ekhatsi iGileyadi, nelive lesive sakaGeshuri nesakaMakha, nayo yonkhe iNtsaba iHemoni, nalo lonkhe laseBhashani, kuze kuyewufika eSalekha;
Kwaba live laseJazeri, nawo onkhe emadolobha akaGileyadi, nencenye yelive lema-Amoni kuze kuyewufika e-Aroyeri, eceleni kweRabha;
nencenye yaseGileyadi, ne-Ashtarothe, ne-Edreyi, emadolobha a-Ogi, inkhosi yaseBhashani. Lelo-ke laba ngeletitukulwane taMakhire, umsa waManase, incenye yemadvodzana aMakhire, lusendvo ngelusendvo.
Tatsi kube tifike eGelilothi esifundzeni lesisedvute neJordane eveni laseKhenani, lesive sakaRubeni, nesakaGadi kanye nencenye yesive sakaManase takha lilati lelikhulu eceleni kweJordane.
Ngako sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli kusukela kaDani kuze kuyewufika eBherisheba, nekusukela kulakaGileyadi babophana baba ngumuntfu munye, bashulungana bayawubutsana eMispa embikwaSimakadze.
Gileyadi abehlala ngesheya kweJordane. Kepha Dani abentiwa yini kutsi azulazule ngasemikhunjini? Asheri wasala ngaselusentseni lwelwandle, wahlala akhululekile ematubukweni alo.