Rubheni: Baba Vanoendesa Udangwe Kune Mumwe

Rubheni akarasikirwa nekodzero yedangwe nokuti akasvibisa mubhedha wababa vake. Rudzi rwake naGadhi nehafu yaManase vanokunda hondo yavanoti kukunda kwacho kwakabva kuna Baba vedu, ipapo vanozviita pfambi kuvamwari venyika iyoyo. Zvinyorwa zvimwe chete zvinoverenga varwi vavo zvinonyorawo kutapwa kwavo.

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Vanakomana vaRubheni, dangwe raIsraeri—zvirokwazvo iye akanga ari dangwe, asi sezvo akasvibisa mubhedha wababa vake, udangwe hwake hwakaenda kuvanakomana vaJosefa mwanakomana waIsraeri, saka haana kunyorwa sedangwe munhoroondo yemadzinza. Kunyange Judha akava nesimba pakati pehama dzake uye mutongi akabva kwaari, udangwe hwaiva hwaJosefa. Vanakomana vaRubheni dangwe raIsraeri: Hanoki, Paru, Hezironi, naKarimi. Vanakomana vaJoeri: Shemaya mwanakomana wake, Gogi mwanakomana wake, Shimei mwanakomana wake, Mika mwanakomana wake, Reaya mwanakomana wake, Bhaari mwanakomana wake, naBheera mwanakomana wake, uyo Tigirati-pireseri mambo weAsiria akamutapa—akanga ari mutungamiri wavaRubheni. Hama dzake maererano nemhuri dzavo, sezvakanyorwa munhoroondo yemadzinza: Jeyeri mukuru, Zekariya, naBhera mwanakomana waAzazi, mwanakomana waShema, mwanakomana waJoeri. Vakagara muAroeri, kusvika kuNebho neBhaari-meoni. Vakagarawo kurutivi rwokumabvazuva kusvika kumucheto werenje rinosvika kuRwizi rwaYufuratesi, nokuti zvipfuwo zvavo zvakanga zvawanda muGiriyedhi.

Pamazuva aSauro vakarwa navaHagiri, vakakundwa navo; vakagara mumatende avaHagiri munyika yose iri kumabvazuva kweGiriyedhi.

Zvizvarwa zvaGadhi muNyika yeBhashani

Vanakomana vaGadhi vakagara pedyo navo munyika yeBhashani kusvika kuSareka: Joeri mukuru, Shafami mukuru wechipiri, tevere Janai naShafati muBhashani. Hama dzavo, maererano nedzimba dzamadzibaba avo, vaiva Mikaeri, Meshurami, Shebha, Jorai, Jakani, Ziya, naEbheri—vanomwe. Ava vaiva vanakomana vaAbhihairi mwanakomana waHuri, mwanakomana waJaroa, mwanakomana waGiriyedhi, mwanakomana waMikaeri, mwanakomana waJeshishai, mwanakomana waJadho, mwanakomana waBhuzi. Ahi mwanakomana waAbhidhieri, mwanakomana waGuni, akanga ari mukuru wedzimba dzamadzibaba avo. Vakagara muGiriyedhi, muBhashani nemisha yaro, nomumafuro ose eSharoni kusvika kumiganhu yawo. Vose ava vakanyorwa munhoroondo yemadzinza pamazuva okutonga kwaJotamu mambo weJudha naJerobhoamu mambo weIsraeri.

VaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase vaiva navarume vane simba vaitakura nhoo nomunondo, vaidhonza uta, vakadzidziswa kurwa hondo—zviuru makumi mana nezvina, mazana manomwe namakumi matanhatu, vakagadzirira kurwa hondo. Vakarwa hondo navaHagiri, naJeturi, naNafishi, naNodhabhi. Vakabatsirwa pakurwa navo; vaHagiri navabatsiri vavo vose vakaiswa mumaoko avo, nokuti vakachemera kuna Baba vedu panguva yehondo. Ivo vakavapindura, nokuti vakavimba naivo. Vakatapa zvipfuwo zvavaHagiri: ngamera zviuru makumi mashanu, makwai zviuru mazana maviri namakumi mashanu, mbongoro zviuru zviviri, navanhu zviuru zana. Vazhinji vakafa, nokuti hondo yaiva yaBaba vedu; vakagara ipapo kusvika panguva yokutapwa.

Hafu Yorudzi rwaManase: Simba Ravo Nokuwa Kwavo

Hafu yorudzi rwaManase yakagara munyika, ichiwanda kubva kuBhashani kusvika kuBhaari-herimoni, Seniri, neGomo reHerimoni. Vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba avo: Eferi, Ishi, Erieri, Aziryeri, Jeremiya, Hodhaviya, naJadhieri—mhare dzesimba, varume vane mukurumbira, vakuru vedzimba dzamadzibaba avo. Asi vakasatendeka kuna Mwari wamadzitateguru avo uye vakapfambuka vachitevera vamwari vavanhu venyika iyo, avo Baba vedu vakanga vaparadza pamberi pavo. Saka Baba vedu vaIsraeri vakamutsa mweya waPuri mambo weAsiria—Tigirati-pireseri mambo weAsiria—akatapa vaRubheni, vaGadhi, nehafu yorudzi rwaManase akavaendesa kuHara, kuHabhori, kuHara, nokurwizi rweGozani, uko vachiripo kusvikira nhasi.