Mhare Dzinoungana kuna Dhavhidhi paZikiragi

Varume vanoramba vachitizira kuna Dhavhidhi achiri mupoteri: vaBhenjamini vaigona kushandisa maoko ose ari maviri vokurudzi rwaSauro chairwo, vaGadhi vane zviso seshumba vakayambuka Jorodhani yakanga yazara, varume vaIsakari vainzwisisa nguva. KuHebhuroni marudzi anosvika ari mazhinji, achiti Baba vavo vanomubatsira, uye Israeri anofara.

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Ava ndivo varume vakauya kuna Dhavhidhi paZikiragi paakanga achiri kudzingwa pamberi paSauro mwanakomana waKishi—mhare dzakamubatsira pakurwa. Vakanga vakapakata uta, vachikwanisa kuposha mabwe kana kupfura miseve noruoko rworudyi kana rworuboshwe—vaBhenjamini, hama dzaSauro. Ahiezeri mukuru, tevere Joashi, vanakomana vaShemaa weGibhea; Jezieri naPereti, vanakomana vaAzimavheti; Bheraka; Jehu weAnatoti; Ishimaya weGibheoni, mhare pakati pamakumi matatu, mutungamiriri wamakumi matatu; Jeremiya, Jahazieri, Johanani, Jozabhadhi weGedhera; Eruzai, Jerimoti, Bhearia, Shemaria, naShefatia muHarufi; Erikana, Ishia, Azareri, Joezeri, naJashobheami, vaKora; naJoera naZebhadhia, vanakomana vaJerohamu weGedhori.

Vamwe vaGadhi vakatizira kuna Dhavhidhi kunhare yomurenje—mhare dzakadzidziselwa kurwa, dzaigona nhoo nepfumo, zviso zvakaita seshumba, dzaimhanya semhara pamakomo. Ezeri ndiye akanga ari mukuru, Obhadhia wechipiri, Eriabhi wechitatu, Mishimana wechina, Jeremiya wechishanu, Atai wechitanhatu, Erieri wechinomwe, Johanani wechisere, Erizabhadhi wechipfumbamwe, Jeremiya wechigumi, Makibhanai wegumi nomumwe. VaGadhi ava vaiva vatungamiriri vehondo; muduku pane vose aienzana ne100, mukuru pane vose ne1 000. Ava ndivo varume vakayambuka Jorodhani mumwedzi wokutanga, parwakanga rwafashukira mahombe arwo ose, vakadzinga vanhu vose vaiva mumipata, kumabvazuva nokumavirira.

Vamwe varume veBhenjamini neJudha vakauyawo kuna Dhavhidhi kunhare. Dhavhidhi akabuda kundosangana navo akati kwavari, “Kana mauya kwandiri norugare kuti mundibatsire, mwoyo wangu uchabatana nemi; asi kana mauya kuzonditengesa kuvavengi vangu, kunyange maoko angu asina chisimba, Mwari wamadzibaba edu ngaazvione akutongei.” Ipapo Mweya waBaba vedu wakafukidza Amasai, mukuru wamakumi matatu, akati, “Tiri venyu, Dhavhidhi! Tinemi, mwanakomana waJese! Rugare, rugare kwamuri, rugare kuvabatsiri venyu, nokuti Baba venyu vanokubatsirai.” Dhavhidhi akavagamuchira, akavaita vatungamiriri veboka rake rokupamba.

Vamwe vaManase vakatizira kuna Dhavhidhi paakafamba navaFiristia kundorwa naSauro. Asi Dhavhidhi navanhu vake havana kubatsira vaFiristia—mushure mokurangana, vatongi vavaFiristia vakaendesa Dhavhidhi, vachiti, “Achatizira kuna tenzi wake Sauro, zvichatipedzera misoro yedu.” Paakaenda kuZikiragi, ava vaManase vakatizira kwaari: Adhina, Jozabhadhi, Jedhiaeri, Mikaeri, Jozabhadhi, Erihu, Ziretai—vatungamiriri vezviuru zvaManase. Vakabatsira Dhavhidhi pakurwa namapoka okupamba, nokuti vose vaiva mhare, vakava vatungamiriri muhondo yake. Zuva nezuva varume vaiuya kuzobatsira Dhavhidhi, kusvikira ava nehondo huru sehondo yaBaba vedu.

Idzi ndidzo nhamba dzavarume vakanga vakashonga nhumbi dzokurwa vakauya kuna Dhavhidhi kuHebhuroni kuti vape umambo hwaSauro kwaari, sezvakanga vataura Baba vedu, kubva kuJudha, vaitakura nhoo nepfumo—6 800 vakashonga nhumbi dzokurwa; kubva kuSimiyoni, mhare dzakagadzirira kurwa—7 100; kubva kuRevhi—4 600, pamwe naJehoyadha, mutungamiriri wemhuri yaAroni, ne3 700 vaaiva navo, naZadhoki, jaya raiva mhare, ane vakuru vmakumi maviri navaviri vaibva mumhuri yake. Kubva kuBhenjamini, hama dzaSauro—3 000; vazhinji vavo vakanga vachiri kurinda imba yaSauro, kubva kuEfuremu—20 800, mhare, varume vane mukurumbira mumhuri dzavo; kubva kuhafu yorudzi rwaManase—18 000, vakanyorwa namazita avo kuti vauye kuzogadza Dhavhidhi kuva mambo; kubva kuIsakari: vakuru 200 vainzwisisa nguva, vaiziva zvaifanira kuitwa navaIsraeri, nehama dzavo dzose dziri pasi pavo. Kubva kuZebhuruni: mauto 50 000 akanga akarovedzeka, akashonga nhumbi dzokurwa nezvombo zvose, akagadzirira kubatsira Dhavhidhi nomwoyo wose, kubva kuNafutari—vakuru 1 000, uye pamwe navo varume 37 000 vaitakura nhoo nepfumo; kubva kuDhani—varume 28 600 vakagadzirira kurwa; kubva kuAsheri—mauto 40 000 akarovedzeka akagadzirira kurwa; kubva mabvazuva kweJorodhani—Rubheni, Gadhi, hafu yorudzi rwaManase—120 000, vakashonga nezvombo zvose zvehondo.

Vose ava vaiva varwi vakagadzirira kurwa vakauya kuHebhuroni nomwoyo wose kuzogadza Dhavhidhi kuva mambo pamusoro pavaIsraeri vose; vamwe vaIsraeri vose vakanga vane mwoyo mumwe wokugadza Dhavhidhi kuva mambo. Vakagara ipapo mazuva matatu naDhavhidhi, vachidya nokunwa; nokuti hama dzavo dzakanga dzavagadzirira zvokudya. Vavakidzani vavo kusvikira kuIsakari, Zebhuruni, neNafutari vakauya nezvokudya pamusoro pembongoro, ngamera, manyurusi, nenzombe—upfu, makeke amaonde, makeke amazambiringa akaoma, waini, mafuta, mombe, namakwai zvakawanda, nokuti maiva nomufaro muIsraeri.