1 iziKronike 5 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

1 IziKronike 5 Isizwe sakwaRubeni

¹ Oonyana bakaRubeni izibulo lika-Israyeli, ngokuba wayelizibulo; kepha ngenxa yokuthi wangcolisa umbhede kayise, ubuzibulo bakhe banikwa amadodana kaJosefa indodana ka-Israyeli; ubuzibulo.

² Ngokuba uJuda waba namandla phezu kwabafowabo, kwaphuma kuye umbusi; kodwa ubuzibulo babungobukaJosefa.

³ Ngithi amadodana kaRubeni izibulo lika-Israyeli kwakunguHanoki, noPhalu, noHesironi, noKarmi.

⁴ Amadodana kaJoweli; uShemaya indodana yakhe, uGogi indodana yakhe, uShimeyi indodana yakhe,

⁵ uMika indodana yakhe, noReyaya indodana yakhe, noBali indodana yakhe,

⁶ indodana yakhe uBeera, owathunjwa nguThiligati Philineseri, inkosi yase-Asiriya; wayeyinduna yabakwaRubeni.

⁷ Abafowabo ngemindeni yabo, lapho kubalwa izizukulwane zabo, isikhulu sesizwe kwakunguJehiyeli noZakariya,

⁸ noBela indodana ka-Asase indodana kaShema indodana kaJoweli owayehlala e-Aroweri kwaze kwaba seNebo naseBhali-meyoni;

⁹ Ngasempumalanga wayehlala kuze kufike ehlane kusukela emfuleni u-Ewufrathe, ngoba izinkomo zabo zaziziningi ezweni lakwaGileyadi.

¹⁰ Ezinsukwini zikaSawule balwa nabakwaHagari abawa ngesandla sabo, bahlala ematendeni abo ezweni lonke lasempumalanga yakwaGileyadi.

¹¹ Abantwana bakwaGadi bahlala maqondana nabo ezweni laseBashani kwaze kwaba seSaliga.

¹² UJoweli inhloko, noShafamu owesibili, noJanayi, noShafati eBashani.

¹³ Abafowabo bendlu yoyise babe: ngoMikayeli, noMeshulamu, noSheba, noJorayi, noJagani, noSiya, noHebhere, beyisikhombisa.

¹⁴ Laba babengamadodana ka-Abihayili indodana kaHuri indodana kaJarowa indodana kaGileyadi indodana kaMikayeli indodana kaJesayi indodana kaJagido indodana kaBusi;

¹⁵ u-Ahi indodana ka-Abidiyeli indodana kaGuni, inhloko yemindeni yabo.

¹⁶ Bahlala kwaGileyadi eBashani nasemadlelweni alo nasemadlelweni onke aseSharoni emideni yabo.

¹⁷ Bonke laba babalwa ngezizukulwane emihleni kaJothamu inkosi yakwaJuda nasemihleni kaJerobowamu inkosi yakwa-Israyeli.

¹⁸ Abantwana bakwaRubeni nabakwaGadi nengxenye yesizwe sakwaManase, emadodeni anamandla, ahloma izikhali nezinkemba, acibishela idandili, anekhono lokulwa, babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane nane namakhulu ayisikhombisa namashumi ayisithupha, abaphuma umkhosi empini.

¹⁹ Futhi balwa nabakwaHagari, ngokumelene noJethuri noNefisi kanye noNodabi.

²⁰ Basizwa phezu kwabo, amaHagari anikelwa esandleni sabo nabo bonke ababe nabo; ngoba babethembele kuye.

²¹ Basebethatha imfuyo yabo; amakamela abo abe yimihlambi eyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu, nezimbongolo eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili, namadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu.

²² Ngokuba baningi ababulewe, ngokuba impi yayingekaNkulunkulu. Bahlala endaweni yabo kwaze kwaba sekuthunjweni.

²³ Abantwana benxenye yesizwe sakwaManase bahlala ezweni; banda kusukela eBashani kuze kufike eBali Hermoni naseSeniri naseNtabeni iHermoni.

²⁴ Laba babeyizinhloko zezindlu zawoyise: u-Eferi, no-Ishi, no-Eliyeli, no-Asiriyeli, noJeremiya, noHodawa, noJagidiyeli, amaqhawe anamandla, amadoda adumileyo nezinhloko zezindlu zawoyise.

²⁵ Baphambuka kuNkulunkulu wawoyise, baphinga onkulunkulu babantu bezwe uNkulunkulu abachitha phambi kwabo.

²⁶ UNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli wawuvusa umoya kaPhuli inkosi yase-Asiriya nomoya kaThiligati Philineseri inkosi yase-Asiriya, wabahola, abakwaRubeni nabakwaGadi nengxenye yesizwe sakwaManase, wabayisa eHala, naseHabori, naseHara, nasemfuleni iGoshani, kuze kube namuhla.