AbAhluleli 21 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

AbaHluleli 21 Isizwe sakwaBenjamini

¹ Abantu bakwa-Israyeli bafunga eMispa, bathi: “Makungabikho kithina oyakunikela ngendodakazi yakhe kuBenjamini, ibe ngumkakho.”

² Abantu base befika endlini kaNkulunkulu, bahlala khona kwaze kwahlwa phambi kukaNkulunkulu; baphakamisa izwi labo, bakhala kakhulu;

³ Wathi: “Jehova Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kwenzekeni kwa-Israyeli ukuthi namuhla kungabikho isizwe esisodwa kwa-Israyeli na?

⁴ Kwathi ngangomuso abantu bavuka ekuseni, bakha khona i-altare, banikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa neminikelo yokubonga.

⁵ Base bethi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli: “Ngubani phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe zakwa-Israyeli ongakhuphukelanga eNkosini kanye nenhlangano na?” Ngokuba benza isifungo esikhulu ngaye ongakhuphukelanga kuJehova eMispa, wathi: “Umelwe ukubulawa nokubulawa.”

⁶ Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baphenduka ngomfowabo uBenjamini, bathi: “Namuhla esinye isizwe sakwa-Israyeli sinqunyiwe.”

⁷ Siyakwenza kanjani ngabafazi kwabaseleyo, thina safunga uJehova ukuthi asiyikuwanika amadodakazi ethu abe ngomkakho?

⁸ Basebesithi: Ngubani ezizweni zakoIsrayeli ongakhuphukelanga eNkosini eMispa? bheka, kwakungekho muntu ekamu laseJabeshi kwaGileyadi emva kokuhlangana.

⁹ Abantu babalwa, bheka, kwakungekho noyedwa kwabakhileyo eJabeshi kwaGileyadi.

¹⁰ Inhlangano yathuma khona amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili kumaqhawe amakhulu, yabayala, yathi: “Hambani nibulale abakhileyo eJabeshi kwaGileyadi ngosiko lwenkemba kanye nabesifazane nabantwana.

¹¹ Nansi into eniyakuyenza: niqalekise bonke abesilisa nabo bonke abesifazane abake balala nendoda;

¹² Bafumana kwabakhileyo eJabeshi kwaGileyadi izintombi ezingamakhulu amane, okwakungaziwa muntu ngokulala nendoda; babayisa ekamu eShilo esezweni laseKhanani.

¹³ Ibandla lonke lathuma ukukhuluma nabantwana bakwaBenjamini ababesedwaleni laseRimoni, ukuba bababizele ukuthula.

¹⁴ UBenjamini wabuya ngaleso sikhathi; babanika abafazi ababebakhulise kubafazi baseJabeshi kwaGileyadi, kepha ababanelanga.

¹⁵ Abantu basebezisola ngoBenjamini, ngoba uJehova wayeqhamuke ezizweni zakoIsrayeli.

¹⁶ Abadala benhlangano bathi: “Siyakwenze njani ngabesifazane kwabaseleyo, kuyilapho abesifazane bakwaBenjamini bebhujiswa?

¹⁷ Bathi: “Kumelwe kube nefa lababaleki bakwaBenjamini, ukuze kungachithwa isizwe kwa-Israyeli.”

¹⁸ Kodwa kasiyikubanika abafazi bamadodakazi ethu, ngoba abantwana bakoIsrayeli bafunga besithi: Uqalekisiwe onika uBhenjamini umfazi.

¹⁹ Base bethi: “Bheka, kukhona umkhosi weNkosi iminyaka ngeminyaka eShilo endaweni esenyakatho yeBethele, ngasempumalanga komgwaqo okhuphuka usuka eBethele uya eShekemi, naseningizimu yeLebona.”

²⁰ Ngalokho bayaleza abantwana bakwaBenjamini, bathi: “Lalani nibheke ezivini;

²¹ Bhekani, bhekani, lapho amadodakazi aseShilo ephuma ukugida, niphume ezivinini, nizithabathele, kube yilowo nalowo umkakhe emadodakazini aseShilo, niye ezweni lakwaBenjamini.

²² Uma oyise noma abafowabo beza kithi bezokhononda, siyakuthi kubo: ‘Yibani umusa ngenxa yethu, ngokuba asigcinanga, kube yilowo nalowo umkakhe empini, ngokuba anibanikanga bona ngalesi sikhathi; ukuthi uzakuba lecala.

²³ Abantwana bakwaBenjamini benza kanjalo, bazithathela abafazi ngokwenani labo kubadansi ababebathumbile; bahamba babuyela efeni labo, bakha imizi, bahlala kuyo.

²⁴ Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli basuka lapho ngaleso sikhathi, kwaba yilowo nalowo waya esizweni sakubo nasemndenini wakhe, baphuma lapho, kwaba yilowo nalowo waya efeni lakhe.

²⁵ Ngalezo zinsuku kwakungekho nkosi kwa-Israyeli; yilowo nalowo wenza okulungile emehlweni akhe.