5 Lendvodza lenguMikha beyinendumba, ngako yenta sidziya sebaphristi, yabumba tithico, yase ibeka lomunye wemadvodzana ayo kutsi abe ngumphristi wayo.
Labani abengekho ayewuhhula timvu takhe, Rakheli weba tithico takabo.
Nyalo-ke njengobe sewuhamba ukhumbule bakini, utebeleni letithico tami?”
Jerobowamu wabumba tithico etindzaweni letiphakeme, wabeka nebaphristi labebavela kuto tonkhe tinhlobonhlobo tetive, ngisho nakuleto letatingasesiwo nemaLevi.
Jerobowamu wasungula umkhosi welilanga leli-15 lenyanga yesiphohlongo njengalowa lowawentiwa kaJuda, wanikela nangemihlatjelo elatini. Loko abekwentela eBetheli, anikela kulamatfole labewabumbile. EBetheli nakhona waphindza wabeka baphristi etindzaweni letiphakeme labesatakhile.
Ngetulu kwaloko Khuresi, inkhosi, watikhipha tonkhe leto timphahla betitelithempeli laSimakadze, letatitfunjwe nguNebukhadnezari eJerusalema, asatibeke ethempelini lankulunkulu wakhe.
Watfuma emajaha etive tema-Israyeli, anikela iminikelo yekushiswa, ngemihlatjelo ngetinkunzana taba ngiminikelo yekuthula kuSimakadze.
“Ubenta sembatfo sesifuba ngebungcweti lobukhulu, sibe ngesekwehlulela kwemPhristi Lomkhulu; njengesidziya sibe nalokuyigolide, nalokubukhwebeletane, nalokuluhlata njengesibhakabhaka, nalokubovu ngalokutopele kanye nemitiya yelineni lecolisakele.
Tembatfo lekumele batente ngunati: sembatfo sesifuba, sidziya, nemjiva, nengubo lete umkhono lehlotjisiwe, nemshuculo wenhloko, nelucotfo. Letembatfo letingcwele batawutentela umnakenu Aroni kanye nemadvodzana akhe, kuze bangikhonte njengebaphristi.
uwabophe ngemabhande etinkhalweni tawo, uwafake nemishuculo etinhloko. Utamgcoba kanjalo-ke Aroni kanye nemadvodzana akhe. Bona netitukulwane tabo bayawuba baphristi bami phakadze naphakadze.
Umbati ulinganisa ngentsambo, ente luhlaka ngelutsi lwekubhala; akucandvule ngemashizolo, abekise ngemakhampasi. Ukubumba kube nesimo semuntfu, kufanane nemuntfu ngebunjalo bakhe bonkhe, entele kutsi kutewuhlaliswa endlini yetithico.
Ngobe inkhosi yaseBhabhulona itakuma lapho lomgwaco wehlukana khona, esiphambanweni semigwaco lemibili, bese iyaphengula: Itakwenta inkatho ngemicibisholo, ibute etithicweni tayo, ihlole nasesibindzini sesilwane.
naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Khumula lomshuculo wenhloko, ususe lomchele. Kungeke kube njengaloko kwakunjalo: Lotfobekile uyawuphakanyiswa, lophakeme ehliswe.
Ngako ema-Israyeli asetawuhlala emalanga lamanyenti angenambusi, angenankhosi, angenamhlatjelo nome ematje langcwele, angenasidziya sebaphristi nome sithico.
Israyeli sewumkhohliwe uMenti wakhe, wakha tigodlo; Juda sewubiyele emadolobha lamanyenti. Kodvwa ngitawutfumela umlilo etikwalamadolobha abo, loyawushisa letinqaba tabo uticedze.”
Uyawubeka Aroni nemadvodzana akhe kutsi bente imisebenti yebuphristi. Wonkhe umuntfu, ngaphandle kwabo, loyawusondzela eceleni kwalendzawo lengcwele uyawubulawa.”
Kute umuntfu lotitsatsela lesikhundla ngaphandle kwekutsi abitwe nguNkulunkulu, njengobe na-Aroni abitwa.
Ngako lendvodza yayibuyisela lesiliva kunina, unina watsatsa emakhilogremu langaba mabili nesigamu esiliva wawaniketela kumbumbi wetinsimbi, lowabumba wenta ngayo sitfombe nesithico. Kwatsatfwa, kwafakwa endlini kaMikha.
Lamadvodza lasihlanu labetewuhlola lelive laseLayishi akhuluma kulabomnakabo atsi: “Niyati nje kutsi kulenye yaletindlu kunesidziya semphristi kanye nabonkulunkulu bemindeni, nesitfombe lesibatiwe, nesithico lesibunjiwe? Nine-ke seniyati kutsi nitakwentani.”
Mikha wabaphendvula, watsi: “Nitsetse bonkulunkulu lengatentela bona, nemphristi wami nahamba naye. Ngisasele nani-ke? Ningangibuta kanjani nitsi: ‘Kwenteke njani?’ ”
Ngulapho-ke lapho bakaDani bafike batimisela khona letithico tabo. BoJonathani, umsa waGeshomu, labetalwa nguMosi, kanye nemadvodzana akhe babebaphristi besive sakaDani, kwaze kwaba sikhatsi sekutfunjwa kwelive.
Gideyoni wenta sidziya segolide, wasibeka edolobheni lakubo i-Ofra. Onkhe ema-Israyeli eta aphinga ngekukhonta sona; loko kwaba lugibe kuGideyoni kanye nemndeni wakhe.
Mikhali wabe sewutsatsa sithico semndeni wakhe wasilalisa embhedzeni, enhloko yaso wasimbonya ngengutjana leyayakhiwe ngeboya bembuti, wasembesa ngengubo.
Abiyatha, umsa wa Ahimeleki, abete nesidziya sebaphristi ngesikhatsi abalekela kuDavide eKheyila.