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Abahluleli 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰USeba 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.

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

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

¹³UGideyoni indodana kaJowashi wabuya empini lingakaphumi ilanga;

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

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

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

¹⁷Wabhidliza umbhoshongo wasePhenuweli, wabulala abantu bomuzi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²⁹UJerubali, indodana kaJowashi, wahamba wahlala endlini yakhe.

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

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

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

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

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

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