AbAhluleli 11 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

AbaHluleli 11 uJefta

¹ UJefta wakwaGileyadi wayeliqhawe elinamandla, wayeyindodana yesifebe; uGileyadi wazala uJefta.

² UmkaGileyadi wamzalela amadodana; amadodana omkakhe akhula, amxosha uJefta, athi kuye: “Awuyikudla ifa endlini kababa; ngokuba uyindodana yowesifazane ongaziwa.

³ UJefta wayesebaleka phambi kwabafowabo, waya wahlala ezweni laseThobi; kwabuthela kuJefta amadoda ayize, aphuma naye.

⁴ Ngemva kwesikhathi abantwana bakwa-Amoni balwa no-Israyeli.

⁵ Kwathi lapho abantwana bakwa-Amoni belwa no-Israyeli, amalunga akwaGileyadi aya ukumlanda uJefta ezweni laseThobi.

⁶ Bathi kuJefta: “Woza ube yinhloko yethu, ukuze silwe nabantwana bakwa-Amoni.”

⁷ UJefta wathi kumalunga akwaGileyadi: “Aningizondanga na, nangixosha endlini kababa na? futhi kungani niza Kimi manje nisenkingeni?

⁸ Abadala bakwaGileyadi base bethi kuJefta: “Ngalokho siyabuyela kuwe manje, ukuze uhambe nathi, ulwe nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, ube ngumbusi wethu phezu kwabo bonke abakhileyo kwaGileyadi.

⁹ Wayesethi uJefta kumalunga akwaGileyadi: “Uma ningibuyisela ukulwa nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, uJehova abanikele phambi kwami, ngiyakuba ngumholi wenu na?

¹⁰ Abadala bakwaGileyadi base bethi kuJefta: “UJehova ungufakazi phakathi kwethu, uma singenzi njengokusho kwakho.

¹¹ UJefta wayesehamba namalunga akwaGileyadi, abantu bammisa waba yinhloko nombusi phezu kwabo; uJefta wakhuluma onke amazwi akhe phambi kukaJehova eMispa.

¹² UJefta wayesethuma izithunywa enkosini yabantwana bakwa-Amoni ukuthi: “Nginamsebenzi muni nawe ukuba uze kimi ukulwa ezweni lami na?”

¹³ Inkosi yabantwana bakwa-Amoni yasiphendula izithunywa zikaJefta, yathi: “Ngokuba u-Israyeli walithatha izwe lami ekukhuphukeni kwabo eGibithe, kusukela e-Arinoni kuze kube seJabhoki naseJordani; manje-ke buyisela lawo mazwe ekuthuleni.

¹⁴ UJefta waphinda wathuma izithunywa enkosini yabantwana bakwa-Amoni.

¹⁵ Wathi kuye: “Usho kanje uJefta, uthi: ‘U-Israyeli akalithathanga izwe lakwaMowabi nezwe labantwana bakwa-Amoni.

¹⁶ Kodwa lapho u-Israyeli ekhuphuka ephuma eGibhithe, wadabula ihlane waze wafika eLwandle LwaseShelefu, wafika eKadeshi;

¹⁷ U-Israyeli wayesethuma izithunywa enkosini yakwa-Edomi ukuthi: ‘Mangidabule izwe lakho, kepha inkosi yakwa-Edomi ayilalelanga. Kanjalo bathumela enkosini yakwaMowabi, kepha ayivumanga; u-Israyeli wahlala eKadeshi.

¹⁸ Base bedabula ihlane, balihaqa izwe lakwa-Edomi nezwe lakwaMowabi, bafika ngasempumalanga kwezwe lakwaMowabi, bamisa ngaphesheya kwe-Arinoni, kepha abangenanga emkhawulweni wakwaMowabi. Ngokuba i-Arinoni lalingumkhawulo wakwaMowabi.

¹⁹ U-Israyeli wathuma izithunywa kuSihon, ukumkani wama-Amori, ukumkani waseHeshbhon; u-Israyeli wathi kuye: “Sivumele sidabule ezweni lakho, siye endaweni yami.”

²⁰ Kepha uSihoni akamethembanga u-Israyeli ukuba adabule umkhawulo wakhe, kepha uSihoni wabutha bonke abantu bakhe, wamisa eJahazi, walwa no-Israyeli.

²¹ UJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli wamnikela uSihoni nabo bonke abantu bakhe esandleni sika-Israyeli, babanqoba; u-Israyeli walidla lonke ilizwe lama-Amori, abemi balelo zwe.

²² Badla izwe lonke lama-Amori, kusukela e-Arinoni kuze kube seJabhoki, kusukela ehlane kuze kube seJordani.

²³ Manje uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uwaxoshile ama-Amori phambi kwabantu bakhe u-Israyeli;

²⁴ Aniyikuthatha yini lokho unkulunkulu wenu uKamose akunika khona ukuba ukudle? Yilowo nalowo uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu amxoshayo phambi kwethu, siyakumdla.

²⁵ Manje wena ungcono yini kunoBalaki indodana kaSipori, inkosi yakwaMowabi? Wake walwa no-Israyeli, noma wake walwa nabo na?

²⁶ Lapho u-Israyeli ehlala eHeshiboni nasezindaweni ezingaphansi kwalo nase-Aroweri nemizila yayo nasemizini yonke engaseceleni kogu lwase-Arinoni iminyaka engamakhulu amathathu na? pho kungani ungawabuyisanga phakathi naleso sikhathi?

²⁷ Ngakho mina kangonanga kuwe, kodwa wena wenza okubi kimi ngokulwa lami; uJehova uMahluleli uzakwahlulela lamuhla phakathi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli labantwana bakoAmoni.

²⁸ Kodwa inkosi yabantwana bakoAmoni kayilalelanga amazwi kaJefitha eyayiwathumile.

²⁹ UMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kukaJefta, wadabula kwaGileyadi noManase, wadabula eMispa kwaGileyadi, wadlula eMispa kwaGileyadi, waya kubantwana bakwa-Amoni.

³⁰ UJefta wenza isithembiso kuJehova, wathi: “Uma unikela abantwana bakwa-Amoni esandleni sami ngaphandle kokulibala,

³¹ Khona-ke konke okuphuma eminyango yendlu yami kuyakungihlangabeza, lapho ngibuya ngokuthula ngivela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni, kungokukaJehova ngempela, futhi ngizokunikela njengomnikelo wokushiswa.

³² UJefta wayesedlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni ukuba alwe nabo; uJehova wabanikela esandleni sakhe.

³³ Wabachitha kusukela e-Aroweri kwaze kwaba seMiniti, imizi engamashumi amabili nasethafeni lezivini, ngokuceka okukhulu kakhulu. Bathotshiswa kanjalo abantwana bakwa-Amoni phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

³⁴ UJefta wafika endlini yakhe eMispa; futhi wayezelwe yedwa; ngaye wayengenandodana nandodakazi.

³⁵ Kwathi embona, waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wathi: “Awu, ndodakazi yami! Ungithobise kakhulu, ungomunye wabangithusayo, ngokuba ngivulile umlomo wami kuJehova, anginakubuyela emuva.

³⁶ Wathi kuye: “Baba, uma uvule umlomo wakho kuJehova, yenza kimi njengokuphuma emlonyeni wakho; ngoba uJehova ukuphindisele ezitheni zenu, abantwana bakoAmoni.

³⁷ Wathi kuyise: “Makube kimi lokhu: Ake ngime izinyanga ezimbili, ngehle ngehle ezintabeni, ngililele ubuntombi bami, mina nabangane bami.”

³⁸ Wathi: “Hamba!” Wayimukisa izinyanga ezimbili, yahamba nabangane bayo, yakhalela ubuntombi bayo ezintabeni.

³⁹ Kwathi ekupheleni kwezinyanga ezimbili yabuyela kuyise, owenza kuyo njengesithembiso sakhe asithembisayo; futhi wayengazi muntu. Futhi kwaba umkhuba kwa-Israyeli,

⁴⁰ ukuthi amadodakazi akwa-Israyeli ayehamba iminyaka ngeminyaka ukuyililela indodakazi kaJefta wakwaGileyadi izinsuku ezine ngomnyaka.