| NdebeleTeam 1 Samuel « 6 » |
Umtshokotsho wesivumelwano ubuyiselwa koIsrayeli
6Lomtshokotsho weNkosi wawuselizweni lamaFilisti inyanga eziyisikhombisa. 2 AmaFilisti asebiza abapristi labavumisia, esithi: Sizawenzelani umtshokotsho weNkosi? Saziseni ukuthi singawuthumeza lani endaweni yawo. 3 Basebesithi: Uba lingawuthumeza umtshokotsho kaNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli, lingawuthumezi uzeb, kodwa libuyisele lokubuyisela kuye umnikelo wecalac. Khona-ke lizasiliswa, njalo kuzakwaziwa kini ukuthi kungani isandla sakhe singasuki kinid. 4 Basebesithi: Uzakuba yini umnikelo wecala esizawubuyisela kuye? Basebesithi: Amathumba ophayo egolide amahlanu lamagundwane amahlanu egolidee, njengokwenani leziphathamandla zamaFilistif; ngoba bekulenhlupheko eyodwa kini lonke lakuziphathamandla zenu. 5 Ngakho lizakwenza imifanekiso yamathumba enu ophayo lemifanekiso yamagundwane enu alonayo ilizweg, limnike udumo uNkulunkulu kaIsrayelih; mhlawumbe angenza lula isandla sakhe sisuke phezu kwenui sisuke laphezu kwabonkulunkulu benu sisuke laphezu kwelizwe lenuj. 6 Lenzelani-ke inhliziyo zenu zibe lukhuni njengamaGibhithe loFaro benza inhliziyo zabo zaba lukhunik? Emva kokuthi esenze kabuhlungu kubo kabavumelanga yini ukuthi bahambe, basebehambal? 7 Ngakho-ke thathani lilungise inqola entsha lamankomokazi amabili amunyisayom okungezanga jogwe phezu kwawo, liwabophele amankomokazi enqoleni, liwabuyisele ekhaya amankonyana awo asuke emva kwawon. 8 Lithathe umtshokotsho weNkosi, liwubeke enqoleni, lempahla zegolide elizibuyisela kuye zibe ngumnikelo wecala, lizifake ebhokisini eceleni kwawo; liyithumeze ihambeo. 9 Libone aluba isenyuka ngendlela yomngcele wawo eya eBeti-Shemeship, yiyo esenzele lobububi obukhulu; kodwa uba kungenjalo, sizakwazi ukuthi kakusiso isandla sayo esisitshayileyo, sehlelwe yingozi njeq.
10 Abantu basebesenza njalo, bathatha amankomokazi amabili amunyisayo, bawabophela enqoleni, bawavalela amankonyana awo ekhaya. 11 Bawubeka umtshokotsho weNkosi enqoleni lebhokisi elilamagundwane egolide lezithombe zamathumba abo ophayo. 12 Amankomokazi aseqonda endleleni, ngendlela eya eBeti-Shemeshir, ahamba ngomgwaqo omkhulus ehamba ebhonsa, engaphambukeli ngakwesokunene loba ngakwesokhohlo, leziphathamandla zamaFilisti zawalandela kwaze kwaba semngceleni weBeti-Shemeshi. 13 AbeBeti-Shemeshi babevuna isivuno sengqoloyi esigodini; lapho bephakamisa amehlo abo, bawubona umtshokotsho, bathokoza ukuwubona. 14 Inqola yasingena ensimini kaJoshuwa weBeti-Shemeshi, yema khona, lapho okwakulelitshe elikhulu khona; basebebanda izigodo zenqola, basebenikela amankomokazi aba ngumnikelo wokutshiswa eNkosini. 15 AmaLevi asewethula umtshokotsho weNkosi lebhokisi elalilawot, okwakukulo impahla zegolide, akubeka phezu kwelitshe elikhulu. Labantu beBeti-Shemeshi banikela iminikelo yokutshiswa, bayihlabela iNkosi imihlatshelo ngalolosuku. 16 Iziphathamandla ezinhlanu zamaFilisti sezikubonileu, zabuyela eEkhironi ngalolosukuv.
17 Lala ngamathumba ophayo egolide amaFilisti awabuyisela abe ngumnikelo wecala eNkosini, eleAshidodi elilodwaw, eleGaza elilodwax, eleAshikeloni elilodway, eleGathi elilodwaz, eleEkhironi elilodwaa. 18 Lamagundwane egolide njengokwenani lemizi yonke yamaFilisti yeziphathamandla ezinhlanu, kusukela emizini ebiyelweyo kuze kube semizaneni yemaphandlenib kuze kube selitsheni elikhulu likaAbeli, lapho ababeka khona umtshokotsho weNkosi, elisensimini kaJoshuwa umBeti-Shemeshi kuze kube lamuhlac.
19 Yasitshaya amadoda eBeti-Shemeshi ngoba ayekhangele phakathi komtshokotsho weNkosi; yebo, yatshaya phakathi kwabantu amadoda azinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amahlanu lamatshumi ayisikhombisad. Abantu basebelila ngoba iNkosi yayitshaye ngokutshaya okukhulu phakathi kwabantue. 20 Ngakho abantu beBeti-Shemeshi bathi: Ngubani olakho ukumaf phambi kweNkosi, lo uNkulunkulu ongcweleg? Uzakwenyukela kubani esuka kithi?
21 Basebethuma izithunywa kubahlali beKiriyathi-Jeyarimi besithi: AmaFilisti asewubuyisile umtshokotsho weNkosi; yehlani liwenyusele kinih.
a Dute. 18.10. Gen. 41.8. Eks. 7.11. Dan. 2.2. 5.7.
b Eks. 23.15.
c Levi 5.15,16.
d 6.9.
e Levi 11.29.
f 6.17,18. Josh. 13.3.
g 5.6.
h Josh. 7.19.
i 5.6,9,11.
j 5.3,4,7.
k Eks. 8.15,32. 9.7,34. 10.1. Eks. 7.13.
l Eks. 12.31.
m 2 Sam. 6.3. Nani 7.3,6.
n Nani 19.2.
o 6.4,5.
p Josh. 15.10.
q 6.3.
r Josh. 15.10.
s Nani 20.19.
t Josh. 21.16.
u 6.4.
v Josh. 15.11.
w 5.1.
x Josh. 15.47.
y Hlu. 1.18.
z 17.4.
a Josh. 15.11.
b Dute. 3.5.
c 6.19. Gen. 50.11. Hlu. 11.33.
d Eks. 19.21. Nani 4.5,15,20. 2 Sam. 6.7.
e 6.19. Gen. 50.11. Hlu. 11.33.
f 2 Sam. 6.9.
g Josh. 24.19.
h Josh. 9.17.