AbAhluleli 18 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

AbaHluleli 18 AbakwaDani bafuna ifa labo

¹ Ngalezo zinsuku kwakungekho nkosi kwa-Israyeli; ngalezo zinsuku isizwe sakwaDani sazifunela ifa lokuhlala; ngoba kwaze kwaba yilolosuku babengalitholanga lonke ilifa labo phakathi kwezizwe zakoIsrayeli.

² Abantwana bakwaDani bathuma emindenini yabo amadoda ayisihlanu, amadoda anamandla, evela eSora nase-Eshitawoli, ukuba ahlole izwe, alihlole; bathi kubo: “Hambani nihlole izwe.”

³ Sebesendlini kaMika balazi izwi lensizwa engumLevi; bangena khona, bathi kuye: “Ulethwe ngubani lapha na?” kanti wenzani kulendawo? futhi unani lapha?

⁴ Wathi kubo: “Wenze njalo uMika kimi, wangiqasha, ngase ngingumpristi wakhe.

⁵ Basebesithi kuye: Cela iseluleko kuNkulunkulu, ukuze sazi ukuthi indlela esihamba ngayo izaphumelela yini.

⁶ Umpristi wasesithi kubo: Hambani ngokuthula, phambi kweNkosi, lizahamba lapho eliya khona.

⁷ Asuka amadoda ayisihlanu, afika eLayishi, abona abantu ababekulo ukuthi babehlezi ngokulondeka njengamaSidoni, benokuthula, belondekile; futhi kwakungekho mantshi ezweni owayengabahlazisa kunoma iyiphi indaba; babekude nabaseSidoni, bengahlangene namuntu.

⁸ Bafika kubafowabo eSora nase-Eshitawoli; abafowabo bathi kubo: “Nithini na?

⁹ Base bethi: “Sukumani, sihambe silwe nabo; ngokuba silibonile izwe, futhi bheka, lihle kakhulu; kanti usekhona? ningalibali ukuhamba ningene ukulidla izwe.

¹⁰ Uma nihamba niyofika kubantu abalondekile nasezweni elikhulu, ngokuba uNkulunkulu ulinikele esandleni senu; indawo lapho okungekho lutho okungekho emhlabeni.

¹¹ Kwaphuma lapho amadoda angamakhulu ayisithupha esizwe sakwaDani, evela eZora nase-Eshitawoli, ehlome izikhali zempi.

¹² Bakhuphuka, bamisa eKiriyati Jeharimi kwaJuda; ngalokho babiza leyo ndawo ngokuthi iMahane-dani kuze kube namuhla; bheka, lingasemva kweKiriyati Jeharimi.

¹³ Basuka lapho, baya ezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi, bafika endlini kaMika.

¹⁴ Amadoda ayisihlanu abeye ukuhlola izwe laseLayishe aphendula, athi kubafowabo: “Niyazi yini ukuthi kulezi zindlu kukhona onkulunkulu bamatshe nendlu, nesithombe esibaziweyo, nesithombe esibunjiweyo na? manje-ke qaphelani okufanele nikwenze.

¹⁵ Aphambukela khona, afika endlini yensizwa, umLevi, endlini kaMika, ayibingelela.

¹⁶ Amadoda angamakhulu ayisithupha, ayehlome izikhali zempi, angabantwana bakwaDani, ayemi ekungeneni kwesango.

¹⁷ Amadoda amahlanu ayehambile ukuhlola izwe akhuphuka angena khona athatha isithombe esibaziweyo nesembatho sasemahlombe nezithixo zendlu nesithombe esibunjiweyo; umpristi wema ekungeneni kwesango namadoda angamakhulu ayisithupha ahlome izikhali zempi.

¹⁸ Angena endlini kaMika, athatha isithombe esibaziweyo, nengubo yamahlombe, nezithixo zendlu, nesithombe esibunjiweyo. Wayesethi umpristi kubo: “Nenzani na?

¹⁹ Bathi kuye: “Thula, ubeke isandla sakho emlonyeni wakho, uhambe nathi, ube ngubaba nompristi wethu; kungcono yini kuwe ukuba ube ngumpristi wendlu yomuntu oyedwa, noma ube ngumpristi wesizwe nesizukulwane sakwa-Israyeli na?

²⁰ Inhliziyo yompristi yathokoza, wathatha ingubo yamahlombe, nezithixo, nesithombe esibaziweyo, wangena phakathi kwabantu.

²¹ Khona-ke baphenduka bahamba babeka phambi kwabo abantwana abancane nezinkomo nenqola.

²² Kwathi sebekude nendlu kaMika, amadoda ayesezindlini eziseduze nendlu kaMika abuthana, abafica abantwana bakwaDani.

²³ Babiza abantwana bakwaDani. Base bephendula ubuso babo, bathi kuMika: “Kuyini kuwe ukuthi uze nesixuku esingaka na?

²⁴ Wathi: “Nithathile onkulunkulu bami engabenzayo, nompristi, namuka; futhi yini enye enginayo? futhi uthini kimi: Uyini inkinga yakho?

²⁵ Abantwana bakwaDani base bethi kuye: “Izwi lakho malingezwakali phakathi kwethu, funa amadoda athukuthele akugijimele, ulahlekelwe umphefumulo wakho kanye nomphefumulo wendlu yakho.”

²⁶ Abantwana bakwaDani basuka, uMika ebona ukuthi banamandla kunaye, waphenduka, wabuyela endlini yakhe.

²⁷ Base bethatha impahla uMika abeyenzile, nompristi abenaye, bafika eLayishi nabantu abanokuthula nabalondekile; bababulala ngosiko lwenkemba, bashisa umuzi ngomlilo.

²⁸ Kwakungekho msindisi, ngokuba kwakukude neSidoni, bengahlangene namuntu; kwakusesigodini esingaseBetrehobe. Bakha umuzi, bahlala kuwo.

²⁹ Bawubiza umuzi ngokuthi uDani ngegama likayise uDani owazalelwa u-Israyeli; kodwa igama lomuzi ekuqaleni laliyiLayisi.

³⁰ Abantwana bakwaDani bazimisela isithombe esibaziweyo; uJonathani, indodana kaGereshomu, indodana kaManase, yena namadodana akhe baba ngabapristi besizwe sakwaDani kwaze kwafika usuku lokuthunjwa kwezwe.

³¹ Bazimisela isithombe esibaziweyo sikaMika abesenze ngaso sonke isikhathi indlu kaNkulunkulu iseShilo.