Yeha kwabonwabileyo nabangenaxhala
Yeha kwabo balele ezinkukweni zeempondo zeendlovu, besidla iimvana ezikhethiweyo, beqamba iingoma, bengaxhalatyiswa yintshabalalo kaYosefu. Ukuchulumacha kwabo kusisityholo. UBawo wethu ufungile ngokwakhe: baya kuthinjwa baphambili kwabathinjiweyo, aze avuse uhlanga oluya kubacinezela.
6 1Yeha kwabo bonwabile eZiyon, nakwabo bazibona bekhuselekile entabeni yaseSamari— amadoda adumileyo ohlanga oluphambili, ekuza kuwo indlu yakwaSirayeli! 2Welani eKalene nibone; nisuke apho niye eHamati enkulu; nandule nihle niye eGati yamaFilisti. Ningcono na kunezi zikumkani? Okanye umda wazo mkhulu na kunowenu? 3Niwugxothela kude umhla wobubi, kanti nisondeza ulawulo logonyamelo. 4Balele ezinkukweni zeempondo zeendlovu, bangqengqe ezihlalweni zabo, besidla iimvana zomhlambi namathole asesibayeni sokutyebisa. 5Bayawubetha uhadi, kananjalo njengoDavide, bazenzele izixhobo zomculo. 6Basela iwayini ngezitya ezizele, bazithambise ngeoli ezibalaseleyo, kodwa abazohlwayi ngenxa yokutshabalala kukaYosefu. 7Ngoko ke baya kuthinjwa ngoku phambi kwabathinjiweyo, ize idlule imihlali yabo bangqengqe bonwabile.
8INkosi uBawo ufungile ngokwakhe—utsho uBawo wemikhosi: Ndiyakucekisa ukukhukhumala kukaYakobi, ndizithiyile iimboniselo zakhe, ndiya kuwunikela umzi nako konke okukuwo.
9Kuthi, ukuba kusele amadoda alishumi ndlwini-nye, nawo aya kufa.
10Kuthi xa isihlobo somntu, lowo otshisa imizimba, simfunqula ukuba sithwale amathambo siwakhuphe endlwini, size sibize lowo ukwigumbi elingaphakathi, sithi: “Usekhona na omnye onawe?” aze aphendule athi: “Akukho namnye,” size sithi: “Cwaka! Asimelwe kukulinqula igama likaBawo wethu.”
11Kuba, khangela, uBawo wethu uwisa umyalelo, ize indlu enkulu ibe ngamaqhekeza, nendlu encinane ibe ziingceba. 12Amahashe angabaleka na eliweni? Umntu angalima na elwandle ngeenkomo? Kanti nina okusesikweni nikuguqule kwaba bubuhlungu, nesiqhamo sobulungisa saba bubuhlungu obukrakra. 13Nina nivuya ngenxa yeLo-debhare, nithi: “Asiyithabathanga na ngamandla ethu iKarnayim sayizuzela thina?” a a v13 Le mizi mibini uSirayeli aqhayisa ngokuyithimba inentsingiselo ezigculelayo: iLo-debhare ivakala ngathi ‘yinto engento,’ ize iKarnayim ithethe ‘iimpondo’—umfuziselo wamandla. Ngoko ke ukuqhayisa kwabo kuyafana nokuqhayisa ngento engeyonto.
14Kodwa khangelani—ndivusa uhlanga oluchasene nani, ndlu kaSirayeli, utsho uBawo wemikhosi, lize lunicinezele luthabathela ekuyeni eHamati luye emlanjaneni waseArabha.
