Abahluleli 11
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AbaHluleli 11
uJefta
1UJefta wakwaGileyadi wayeliqhawe elinamandla, wayeyindodana yesifebe; uGileyadi wazala uJefta.
2UmkaGileyadi wamzalela amadodana; amadodana omkakhe akhula, amxosha uJefta, athi kuye: “Awuyikudla ifa endlini kababa; ngokuba uyindodana yowesifazane ongaziwa.
3UJefta wayesebaleka phambi kwabafowabo, waya wahlala ezweni laseThobi; kwabuthela kuJefta amadoda ayize, aphuma naye.
4Ngemva kwesikhathi abantwana bakwa-Amoni balwa no-Israyeli.
5Kwathi lapho abantwana bakwa-Amoni belwa no-Israyeli, amalunga akwaGileyadi aya ukumlanda uJefta ezweni laseThobi.
6Bathi kuJefta: “Woza ube yinhloko yethu, ukuze silwe nabantwana bakwa-Amoni.”
7UJefta wathi kumalunga akwaGileyadi: “Aningizondanga na, nangixosha endlini kababa na? futhi kungani niza Kimi manje nisenkingeni?
8Abadala bakwaGileyadi base bethi kuJefta: “Ngalokho siyabuyela kuwe manje, ukuze uhambe nathi, ulwe nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, ube ngumbusi wethu phezu kwabo bonke abakhileyo kwaGileyadi.
9Wayesethi uJefta kumalunga akwaGileyadi: “Uma ningibuyisela ukulwa nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, uJehova abanikele phambi kwami, ngiyakuba ngumholi wenu na?
10Abadala bakwaGileyadi base bethi kuJefta: “UJehova ungufakazi phakathi kwethu, uma singenzi njengokusho kwakho.
11UJefta wayesehamba namalunga akwaGileyadi, abantu bammisa waba yinhloko nombusi phezu kwabo; uJefta wakhuluma onke amazwi akhe phambi kukaJehova eMispa.
12UJefta wayesethuma izithunywa enkosini yabantwana bakwa-Amoni ukuthi: “Nginamsebenzi muni nawe ukuba uze kimi ukulwa ezweni lami na?”
13Inkosi yabantwana bakwa-Amoni yasiphendula izithunywa zikaJefta, yathi: “Ngokuba u-Israyeli walithatha izwe lami ekukhuphukeni kwabo eGibithe, kusukela e-Arinoni kuze kube seJabhoki naseJordani; manje-ke buyisela lawo mazwe ekuthuleni.
14UJefta waphinda wathuma izithunywa enkosini yabantwana bakwa-Amoni.
15Wathi kuye: “Usho kanje uJefta, uthi: ‘U-Israyeli akalithathanga izwe lakwaMowabi nezwe labantwana bakwa-Amoni.
16Kodwa lapho u-Israyeli ekhuphuka ephuma eGibhithe, wadabula ihlane waze wafika eLwandle LwaseShelefu, wafika eKadeshi;
17U-Israyeli wayesethuma izithunywa enkosini yakwa-Edomi ukuthi: ‘Mangidabule izwe lakho, kepha inkosi yakwa-Edomi ayilalelanga. Kanjalo bathumela enkosini yakwaMowabi, kepha ayivumanga; u-Israyeli wahlala eKadeshi.
18Base bedabula ihlane, balihaqa izwe lakwa-Edomi nezwe lakwaMowabi, bafika ngasempumalanga kwezwe lakwaMowabi, bamisa ngaphesheya kwe-Arinoni, kepha abangenanga emkhawulweni wakwaMowabi. Ngokuba i-Arinoni lalingumkhawulo wakwaMowabi.
19U-Israyeli wathuma izithunywa kuSihon, ukumkani wama-Amori, ukumkani waseHeshbhon; u-Israyeli wathi kuye: “Sivumele sidabule ezweni lakho, siye endaweni yami.”
20Kepha uSihoni akamethembanga u-Israyeli ukuba adabule umkhawulo wakhe, kepha uSihoni wabutha bonke abantu bakhe, wamisa eJahazi, walwa no-Israyeli.
21UJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli wamnikela uSihoni nabo bonke abantu bakhe esandleni sika-Israyeli, babanqoba; u-Israyeli walidla lonke ilizwe lama-Amori, abemi balelo zwe.
22Badla izwe lonke lama-Amori, kusukela e-Arinoni kuze kube seJabhoki, kusukela ehlane kuze kube seJordani.
23Manje uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli uwaxoshile ama-Amori phambi kwabantu bakhe u-Israyeli;
24Aniyikuthatha yini lokho unkulunkulu wenu uKamose akunika khona ukuba ukudle? Yilowo nalowo uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu amxoshayo phambi kwethu, siyakumdla.
25Manje wena ungcono yini kunoBalaki indodana kaSipori, inkosi yakwaMowabi? Wake walwa no-Israyeli, noma wake walwa nabo na?
26Lapho u-Israyeli ehlala eHeshiboni nasezindaweni ezingaphansi kwalo nase-Aroweri nemizila yayo nasemizini yonke engaseceleni kogu lwase-Arinoni iminyaka engamakhulu amathathu na? pho kungani ungawabuyisanga phakathi naleso sikhathi?
27Ngakho mina kangonanga kuwe, kodwa wena wenza okubi kimi ngokulwa lami; uJehova uMahluleli uzakwahlulela lamuhla phakathi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli labantwana bakoAmoni.
28Kodwa inkosi yabantwana bakoAmoni kayilalelanga amazwi kaJefitha eyayiwathumile.
29UMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kukaJefta, wadabula kwaGileyadi noManase, wadabula eMispa kwaGileyadi, wadlula eMispa kwaGileyadi, waya kubantwana bakwa-Amoni.
30UJefta wenza isithembiso kuJehova, wathi: “Uma unikela abantwana bakwa-Amoni esandleni sami ngaphandle kokulibala,
31Khona-ke konke okuphuma eminyango yendlu yami kuyakungihlangabeza, lapho ngibuya ngokuthula ngivela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni, kungokukaJehova ngempela, futhi ngizokunikela njengomnikelo wokushiswa.
32UJefta wayesedlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni ukuba alwe nabo; uJehova wabanikela esandleni sakhe.
33Wabachitha kusukela e-Aroweri kwaze kwaba seMiniti, imizi engamashumi amabili nasethafeni lezivini, ngokuceka okukhulu kakhulu. Bathotshiswa kanjalo abantwana bakwa-Amoni phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
34UJefta wafika endlini yakhe eMispa; futhi wayezelwe yedwa; ngaye wayengenandodana nandodakazi.
35Kwathi embona, waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wathi: “Awu, ndodakazi yami! Ungithobise kakhulu, ungomunye wabangithusayo, ngokuba ngivulile umlomo wami kuJehova, anginakubuyela emuva.
36Wathi kuye: “Baba, uma uvule umlomo wakho kuJehova, yenza kimi njengokuphuma emlonyeni wakho; ngoba uJehova ukuphindisele ezitheni zenu, abantwana bakoAmoni.
37Wathi kuyise: “Makube kimi lokhu: Ake ngime izinyanga ezimbili, ngehle ngehle ezintabeni, ngililele ubuntombi bami, mina nabangane bami.”
38Wathi: “Hamba!” Wayimukisa izinyanga ezimbili, yahamba nabangane bayo, yakhalela ubuntombi bayo ezintabeni.
39Kwathi ekupheleni kwezinyanga ezimbili yabuyela kuyise, owenza kuyo njengesithembiso sakhe asithembisayo; futhi wayengazi muntu. Futhi kwaba umkhuba kwa-Israyeli,
40ukuthi amadodakazi akwa-Israyeli ayehamba iminyaka ngeminyaka ukuyililela indodakazi kaJefta wakwaGileyadi izinsuku ezine ngomnyaka.
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