AbAhluleli 8 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

AbaHluleli 8 Ukuxabana kwabantu bakwa-Efrayimi

¹ Abantu bakwa-Efrayimi bathi kuye: “Usikhonzeleni, ungasibizanga ekulweni kwakho nabakwaMidiyani na? Base bexabana kakhulu naye.

² Wathi kubo: “Ngenzeni manje uma kuqhathaniswa nani na?” Ulibo lwezithelo zomvini zakwa-Efrayimi alungcono yini kunokuvuna umvini wase-Abiyezeri na?

³ UNkulunkulu wanikela izikhulu zakwaMidiyani, o-Orebi noZebi esandleni senu; futhi ngingenzani uma ngiqhathaniswa nawe? Intukuthelo yabo yehla kuye lapho esho lokhu.

⁴ UGideyoni wafika eJordani, wawela, yena namadoda angamakhulu amathathu ayenaye bekhathele, kepha babaxosha.

⁵ Wayesethi kubantu baseSukoti: “Nikani abantu abangilandelayo izinkwa; ngoba bakhathele futhi ngibaxosha oSheba noSalimuna amakhosi akwaMidiyani.

⁶ Izikhulu zaseSukoti zathi: “Isandla sikaSheba noSalimuna manje sisesandleni sakho ukuba sinike impi yakho isinkwa na?”

⁷ Wayesethi uGideyoni: “Ngakho-ke, uma uJehova enikela oSheba noSalimuna esandleni sami, ngiyakudwengula inyama yenu nameva asehlane nangamakhakhasi.

⁸ Wenyuka lapho, waya ePhenuweli, wakhuluma kubo ngokunjalo; abantu basePhenuweli bamphendula njengalokho bamphendula abantu baseSukoti.

⁹ Futhi wakhuluma emadodeni asePhenuweli wathi: Uba ngibuya ngokuthula, ngizawudiliza lombhoshongo.

¹⁰ USeba noSalimuna baseKarkori, namabutho abo kanye nabo, kungathi amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nanhlanu, bonke abaseleyo kuwo wonke amakamu abantwana basempumalanga; ngoba kwawa amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili ahloma inkemba.

¹¹ UGideyoni wakhuphuka ngendlela yabahlala ematendeni ngasempumalanga kwaseNoba naseJogibeha, wachitha impi, ngokuba impi yayihlezi.

¹² Lapho uSeba loSalimuna bebaleka, wabaxotsha, wathatha amakhosi amabili akwaMidiyani, uSheba loSalimuna, wayiduba impi yonke.

¹³ UGideyoni indodana kaJowashi wabuya empini lingakaphumi ilanga;

¹⁴ Wabamba insizwa yamadoda aseSukoti, wacebisana nayo; wamlobela izikhulu zaseSukoti namalunga alo, amadoda angamashumi ayisikhombisa.

¹⁵ Wayesefika kubantu baseSukoti, wathi: “Nango oSeba noSalimuna enangithuka ngabo ngokuthi: ‘Isandla sikaSeba noSalimuna manje sisesandleni sakho ukuba siphe amadoda akho akhatheleyo isinkwa na?’

¹⁶ Wathatha amalunga omuzi nameva asehlane namakhakhasi, wafundisa amadoda aseSukoti kanye nawo.

¹⁷ Wabhidliza umbhoshongo wasePhenuweli, wabulala abantu bomuzi.

¹⁸ Wayesethi kuSeba noSalimuna: “Babengobani laba enababulala eThabori na? Base bephendula bathi: “Njengoba unjalo, babenjalo; ngamunye wayebukeka njengabantwana benkosi.

¹⁹ Wathi: “Babengabafowethu, amadodana kamame; Kuphila kukaJehova, uma benibasindisile, bengingeke nginibulale.

²⁰ Wathi kuJetheri izibulo lakhe: “Vuka, ubabulale.” Kodwa le nsizwa ayihoshanga inkemba ngoba yesaba, ngoba iseyinsizwa.

²¹ Base bethi oSeba noSalimuna: “Sukumani, nisihlasele, ngokuba anjalo umuntu amandla akhe.” UGideyoni wasukuma, wabulala oSheba noSalimuna, wathatha imihlobiso eyayisezintanyeni zamakamela abo.

²² Amadoda akwa-Israyeli athi kuGideyoni: “Sibuse, wena nendodana yakho, nendodana yendodana yakho, ngokuba usisindisile esandleni sakwaMidiyani;

²³ Wayesethi uGideyoni kubo: “Angiyikunibusa, nendodana yami ayiyikunibusa; uJehova uyakubusa phezu kwenu.

²⁴ UGideyoni wasesithi kubo: Ngizacela isicelo kini ukuthi linginike, ngulowo lalowo ecicini lempango yakhe. (Ngokuba babenamacici egolide, ngokuba babengama-Ishmayeli.)

²⁵ Base bephendula bathi: “Sizakunika ngokuthokoza.” Bendlala indwangu, yilowo nalowo waphonsa khona amasongo empango yakhe.

²⁶ Isisindo samacici egolide awawacelayo sasingamashekeli ayinkulungwane namakhulu ayisikhombisa egolide; ngaphandle kwemihlobiso, namakholomu, nezingubo ezibubende ezaziphezu kwamakhosi akwaMidiyani, namaketanga asezintanyeni zamakamela awo.

²⁷ UGideyoni wenza ngayo ingubo, walibeka emzini wakhe e-Ofira; wonke u-Israyeli waphinga khona, yaba lugibe kuGideyoni nendlu yakhe.

²⁸ Kanjalo amaMidiyani athotshiswa phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, kangangokuthi abazange baphinde baphakamise amakhanda abo. Izwe lathula iminyaka engamashumi amane emihleni kaGideyoni.

²⁹ UJerubali, indodana kaJowashi, wahamba wahlala endlini yakhe.

³⁰ UGideyoni wayenamadodana angamashumi ayisithupha esinqeni sakhe, ngokuba wayenabafazi abaningi.

³¹ Nesancinza sakhe esasiseShekemi naso samzalela indodana, igama layo laqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Abimeleki.

³² UGideyoni indodana kaJowashi wafa esemdala, wembelwa ethuneni likaJowashi uyise e-Ofira lama-Abiyezeri.

³³ Kwathi lapho uGideyoni efa, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baphenduka baphinga ngokulandela oBhali, benza uBhali-bheriti unkulunkulu wabo.

³⁴ Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli abamkhumbulanga uJehova uNkulunkulu wabo owabakhulula esandleni sezitha zabo zonke nxazonke.

³⁵ Futhi ababonisanga umusa endlini kaJerubali, uGideyoni, njengakho konke okuhle abenzela u-Israyeli.