Abagwebi Abagwebi 18
Abagwebi 18
AbakwaDan bafuna ilifa labo
1Ngelo xesha kube kungekho kumkani kwaSirayeli. Ngelo xesha abantu besizwe sakwaDan babefuna ilifa lokwakha; ngenxa yokuba kwada kwayiloo mini babengekalifumani lonke ilifa labo phakathi kwezizwe zakwaSirayeli. 2Oonyana bakaDan bathumela amadoda amahlanu emizalwaneni yawo endaweni yawo, amadoda angamakroti aseTsora nase-Eshtawoli ukuba aye kuhlola ilizwe nokulihlola; athi kuwo, Hambani ninyuke emhlabeni. 3Akubona ukuba besendlwini kaMika, alifanisa ilizwi lendodana engumLevi; Bangena khona, bathi kuye, Uziswe ngubani na apha? wenza ntoni kulendawo? kwaye unantoni apho? 4Wathi kuwo, Wenjenje uMikaya, wandithabatha, ndaba ngumbingeleli wakhe; 5Bathi kuye, Cela icebo kuThixo, sazi ukuba le ndlela siyihambayo yosikeleleka na. 6Wathi umbingeleli kubo, Hambani ninoxolo, phambi koYehova, nihambe apho nihamba khona. 7Ahamba ke amadoda amahlanu afika eLayishe, ababona abantu behleli khona, bezolile njengamaTsidon; kwaye bekungekho ukhozo lwemostade ezweni lam olwalubahlazisa nakuwuphi na umcimbi; babekude namaTsidon, bengahlangani namntu. 8Afika kubazalwana bawo eTsora nase-Eshtawoli; bathi abazalwana bawo kuwo, Nithini na? 9Athi, Vukani, sibaxabele; kuba silibonile ihlabathi, kwaye qaphelani, lilunge kakhulu; kanti uselapho? ungalibazisi ukuya kwaye ungene ukuze ulidle ilifa ilizwe. 10Ukuba nithe nahamba, nofika ezweni elikhuselekileyo, ezweni elibanzi ngeenxa zombini; indawo apho kungekho nto emhlabeni. 11Kwaphuma khona amadoda angamakhulu amathandathu esizwe sakwaBhadan, evela eTsora nase-Eshtawoli, exhobe izixhobo zemfazwe. 12Enyuka ke, amisa eKiriyati-yeharim yakwaYuda; ke ngoko, bayibiza loo ndawo ngokuba yiMahanehadan kude kube namhla; nantso isemva kweKiriyati-yarim. 13Anduluka apho aya kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim, afika endlwini kaMika. 14Aphendula ke amadoda amahlanu, abeze kulihlola ilizwe laseLayishe, athi kubazalwana bawo, Niyazi na ukuba kwezi zindlu kukho umfanekiso oqingqiweyo noqingqiweyo? ngoku ke yigqale into omelwe kukuyenza. 15Ajika ke apho, afika endlwini yendodana engumLevi, endlwini kaMika, aza ayibulisa. 16Amakhulu amathandathu amadoda axhobe ukulwa, akoonyana bakaDan, ema ekungeneni kwesango. 17Amadoda amahlanu awayeye kuhlola ilizwe, enyuka angena apho, awuthabatha umfanekiso oqingqiweyo nesambatho esisemagxeni noothixo bendlu nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo; umbingeleli wema ekungeneni kwesango namadoda angamakhulu amathandathu axhobe iimpahla zemfazwe. 18Emva koko bangena endlwini kaMika baza bathabatha umfanekiso oqingqiweyo ne-efodi noothixo bendlu nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo. Wathi umbingeleli kubo, Nenza ntoni na? 19Bathi kuye, Yithi tu, ubeke isandla emlonyeni, uhambe nathi, ube ngubawo nombingeleli wethu; Kulungile na kuwe, ukuba ube ngumbingeleli wendlu yamntu mnye, ungumbingeleli wesizwe, nesizwe sakwaSirayeli na? 20Yaba nemihlali intliziyo yombingeleli, wayithabatha iefodi noothixo bendlu nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo waza wangena phakathi kwabantu. 21Bajika ke, bahamba, babeka abantwana neenkomo nenqwelo phambi kwabo. 22Akuba kude nendlu kaMika, amadoda abesezindlwini ezikufuphi nendlu kaMika ahlanganisana, ababamba oonyana bakaDan. 23Babiza oonyana bakaDan. Ajika ke athi kuMika, Uhlelwe yintoni na, ukufika kwakho unesihlwele esingaka? 24Wathi yena, Oothixo bam endabenzayo nibathabathile, nemka naye nombingeleli wam; kwaye yintoni enye endinayo? Sathi kum, Yintoni na ingxaki yakho? 25Bathi kuye oonyana bakaDan, Musa ukulivakalisa ilizwi lakho kuthi, hleze akusukele amadoda anomsindo, uphulukane nomphefumlo wakho nowendlu yakho. 26Bahamba ke oonyana bakaDan. Wabona uMika ukuba bomelele kunaye, wajika wabuyela endlwini yakhe. 27Bayithabatha impahla awayeyenzile uMika, nombingeleli lowo wayenaye, beza eLayishe nabantu ababehleli ngoxolo nabahleli bekhuselekile; ababulala ngohlangothi lwekrele, bawutshisa umzi ngomlilo. 28Bekungekho msindisi, ngokuba bekukude eTsidon, kungekho kuzala; yaye isentilini ekufuphi neBhete-hobhe. Kwaye bakha isixeko baza bahlala kuso. 29Bathi loo mzi ngowakwaDan, ngegama likaDan, owazalelwa kwaSirayeli; kodwa ngaphambili, igama lesixeko laliyiLayishe. 30Oonyana bakaDan bazimisela umfanekiso oqingqiweyo, yaye uYonatan unyana kaGershom, unyana kaManase, yena noonyana bakhe baba ngababingeleli besizwe sakwaDan de kwangumhla wokuthinjwa kwelo lizwe. 31Yaye balungiselela umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaMika awayewenzile ngayo yonke imihla yendlu yoTHIXO oyinyaniso eyayiseShilo.
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