AbAhluleli 7 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

AbaHluleli 7

¹ UJerubali, onguGideyoni, namadoda onke ayenaye, bavuka ekuseni, bamisa ngasemthonjeni waseHarodi; impi yamaMidiyani yayisenyakatho yabo ngasegqumeni laseMore esigodini.

² UJehova wathi kuGideyoni: “Abantu abanawe baningi kakhulu ukuba nginikele abakwaMidiyani esandleni sabo, ukuze u-Israyeli angangiphakamiseli, athi: ‘Isandla sami singisindisile.

³ Hamba manje, umemeze ezindlebeni zabantu, uthi: Wonke owesabayo owesabayo makabuye, asuke entabeni yakwaGileyadi. Kwabuya kubantu abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nambili; kwasala izinkulungwane eziyishumi.

⁴ UJehova wathi kuGideyoni: “Abantu basebaningi kakhulu; behlisele emanzini, ngikuvivinye khona. Futhi noma ubani engizothi kini kuwe: Akuyikuhamba nawe, makangahambi.

⁵ Wayesethi abantu behlela emanzini; uJehova wathi kuGideyoni: “Yilowo nalowo okhotha amanzi ngolimi lwakhe njengokukhotha kwenja, makamyeke; kanjalo wonke oguqa ngamadolo ukuze aphuze.

⁶ Inani labakhothayo babeka isandla emlonyeni wabo lalingamakhulu amathathu; kepha bonke abanye abantu baguqa ngamadolo ukuba baphuze amanzi.

⁷ UJehova wayesethi kuGideyoni: “Ngala madoda angamakhulu amathathu akhothayo, ngiyakunikhulula, nginikele amaMidiyani esandleni sakho; zonke ezinye izizwe mazihambe, kube yilowo nalowo endaweni yakhe.

⁸ Abantu badla ukudla namacilongo abo esandleni sabo, wabathuma bonke abanye bakwa-Israyeli, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe, wagcina lawo madoda angamakhulu amathathu; impi yakwaMidiyani yayiphansi kwakhe esigodini.

⁹ Kwathi ngalobo busuku uJehova wathi kuye: “Vuka, wehlele empini; ngoba ngiyinikele esandleni sakho.

¹⁰ Kodwa uma wesaba ukwehla, yehla uye empini kanye nenceku yakho uFura;

¹¹ Futhi kumelwe uzwe lokho abakushoyo; ngasemuva izandla zakho ziyakuqiniswa ukuba wehlele empini. Wayesehla noPhura inceku yakhe, baya ngaphandle kwabahlomile ababesempini.

¹² AbakwaMidiyani nama-Amaleki nabo bonke abantwana basempumalanga babelele esigodini njengesikhonyane ngobuningi; namakamela abo ayengenakubalwa ngangesihlabathi solwandle ngobuningi.

¹³ Lapho uGideyoni efika, bheka, kwakukhona umuntu owaxoxela umngane wakhe iphupho, wathi: “Bheka, ngiphuphe iphupho, bheka, iqebelengwane lesinkwa sebhali liwela phakathi kwebutho lakwaMidiyani nasetendeni, layishaya. Yawa, yawugumbuqela, kwaze kwalala itende ngohlangothi lwayo.

¹⁴ Umngane wakhe waphendula wathi: “Akusilutho ngaphandle kwenkemba kaGideyoni, indodana kaJowashi, indoda yakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wanikela esandleni sakhe abakwaMidiyani nayo yonke impi.”

¹⁵ Kwathi uGideyoni esizwa indaba yephupho nokuchazwa kwalo, wakhuleka, wabuyela ebuthweni lakwa-Israyeli, wathi: “Sukumani! ngokuba uJehova unikele impi yakwaMidiyani esandleni sakho.

¹⁶ Wasehlukanisa abantu abangamakhulu amathathu aba izingxenye ezintathu, wabeka icilongo esandleni ngasinye, nezimbiza ezingenalutho nezibani phakathi kwezimbiza.

¹⁷ Wathi kubo: “Ngibhekeni, nenze ngokunjalo; bhekani, lapho ngifika eceleni kwekamu, nenze njengalokho ngenza.

¹⁸ Lapho ngibetha icilongo, mina nabo bonke abanami, nani nivuthele izimpondo zenqama nxazonke zekamu, nithi: ‘Inkemba kaJehova nekaGideyoni!

¹⁹ UGideyoni namadoda ayikhulu ayenaye bafika emaphethelweni ekamu ekuqaleni kwabalindi abaphakathi; sebemise umlindi, bavuthela izimpondo zenqama, baphahlaza izimbiza ezazisezandleni zabo.

²⁰ Amalungu amathathu abetha amacilongo, aphihliza izitsha, aphatha izibani ngesandla sobunxele namacilongo ngezandla zokunene ukuba awashaye; bamemeza bathi: “Inkemba kaJehova nekaGideyoni!”

²¹ Bema, kwaba yilowo nalowo endaweni yakhe nxazonke zekamu; yonke impi yagijima, yamemeza, yabaleka.

²² Abangamakhulu amathathu bavuthela izimpondo, uJehova wabeka inkemba yalowo nalowo kumngane wakhe nakuyo yonke impi;

²³ Amadoda akwa-Israyeli abuthana kwaNafetali, nakwa-Asheri, nakuManase wonke, abaxosha abakwaMidiyani.

²⁴ UGideyoni wathuma izithunywa ezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi, wathi: “Yehlani niye kwabakwaMidiyani, niwathumbe amanzi phambi kwabo kuze kube seBeti Bara naseJordani; Khona-ke bonke abantu bakwa-Efrayimi babuthana ndawonye, bathatha amanzi kwaze kwaba seBeti Bara naseJordani.

²⁵ Athumba izikhulu ezimbili zakwaMidiyani, o-Orebi noZebi; bambulala u-Orebi edwaleni lika-Orebi, uZebi wababulala esikhamweni sewayini sikaZebi, wabaxosha abakwaMidiyani, baletha ikhanda lika-Orebi nelikaZebi kuGideyoni phesheya kweJordani.