Abahluleli 21
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AbaHluleli 21
Isizwe sakwaBenjamini
1Abantu bakwa-Israyeli bafunga eMispa, bathi: “Makungabikho kithina oyakunikela ngendodakazi yakhe kuBenjamini, ibe ngumkakho.”
2Abantu base befika endlini kaNkulunkulu, bahlala khona kwaze kwahlwa phambi kukaNkulunkulu; baphakamisa izwi labo, bakhala kakhulu;
3Wathi: “Jehova Nkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kwenzekeni kwa-Israyeli ukuthi namuhla kungabikho isizwe esisodwa kwa-Israyeli na?
4Kwathi ngangomuso abantu bavuka ekuseni, bakha khona i-altare, banikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa neminikelo yokubonga.
5Base 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.”
6Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli baphenduka ngomfowabo uBenjamini, bathi: “Namuhla esinye isizwe sakwa-Israyeli sinqunyiwe.”
7Siyakwenza kanjani ngabafazi kwabaseleyo, thina safunga uJehova ukuthi asiyikuwanika amadodakazi ethu abe ngomkakho?
8Basebesithi: Ngubani ezizweni zakoIsrayeli ongakhuphukelanga eNkosini eMispa? bheka, kwakungekho muntu ekamu laseJabeshi kwaGileyadi emva kokuhlangana.
9Abantu babalwa, bheka, kwakungekho noyedwa kwabakhileyo eJabeshi kwaGileyadi.
10Inhlangano yathuma khona amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili kumaqhawe amakhulu, yabayala, yathi: “Hambani nibulale abakhileyo eJabeshi kwaGileyadi ngosiko lwenkemba kanye nabesifazane nabantwana.
11Nansi into eniyakuyenza: niqalekise bonke abesilisa nabo bonke abesifazane abake balala nendoda;
12Bafumana kwabakhileyo eJabeshi kwaGileyadi izintombi ezingamakhulu amane, okwakungaziwa muntu ngokulala nendoda; babayisa ekamu eShilo esezweni laseKhanani.
13Ibandla lonke lathuma ukukhuluma nabantwana bakwaBenjamini ababesedwaleni laseRimoni, ukuba bababizele ukuthula.
14UBenjamini wabuya ngaleso sikhathi; babanika abafazi ababebakhulise kubafazi baseJabeshi kwaGileyadi, kepha ababanelanga.
15Abantu basebezisola ngoBenjamini, ngoba uJehova wayeqhamuke ezizweni zakoIsrayeli.
16Abadala benhlangano bathi: “Siyakwenze njani ngabesifazane kwabaseleyo, kuyilapho abesifazane bakwaBenjamini bebhujiswa?
17Bathi: “Kumelwe kube nefa lababaleki bakwaBenjamini, ukuze kungachithwa isizwe kwa-Israyeli.”
18Kodwa kasiyikubanika abafazi bamadodakazi ethu, ngoba abantwana bakoIsrayeli bafunga besithi: Uqalekisiwe onika uBhenjamini umfazi.
19Base bethi: “Bheka, kukhona umkhosi weNkosi iminyaka ngeminyaka eShilo endaweni esenyakatho yeBethele, ngasempumalanga komgwaqo okhuphuka usuka eBethele uya eShekemi, naseningizimu yeLebona.”
20Ngalokho bayaleza abantwana bakwaBenjamini, bathi: “Lalani nibheke ezivini;
21Bhekani, bhekani, lapho amadodakazi aseShilo ephuma ukugida, niphume ezivinini, nizithabathele, kube yilowo nalowo umkakhe emadodakazini aseShilo, niye ezweni lakwaBenjamini.
22Uma 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.
23Abantwana bakwaBenjamini benza kanjalo, bazithathela abafazi ngokwenani labo kubadansi ababebathumbile; bahamba babuyela efeni labo, bakha imizi, bahlala kuyo.
24Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli basuka lapho ngaleso sikhathi, kwaba yilowo nalowo waya esizweni sakubo nasemndenini wakhe, baphuma lapho, kwaba yilowo nalowo waya efeni lakhe.
25Ngalezo zinsuku kwakungekho nkosi kwa-Israyeli; yilowo nalowo wenza okulungile emehlweni akhe.
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