UBawo Ugweba Aze Alilele uMowabhi
UMowabhi, obekade ezolile ehleli njengewayini phezu kwentsipho yawo, uyathululwa aqhekezwe njengembiza engafunwa mntu, nekratshi lakhe nothixo wakhe uKemoshe kwaphukayo kunye. Isigwebo sithethwa ngezinyembezi, intliziyo kaBawo wethu incwina njengogwali, siphethe ngokubuyiselwa.
48 1NgoMowabhi. Utsho uBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini, uBawo wethu kaSirayeli, ukuthi: Yeha, iNebho—itshatyalalisiwe! IKiriyatayim idanile yathinjwa; inqaba idanile yaqhekezwa. 2Udumo lukaMowabhi alusekho. EHeshbhon bamceba ububi: “Yizani, masimgawule angabi luhlanga!” Nawe, Madmene, uya kuthuliswa; ikrele liya kukusukela. a a v2 Igama lesixeko iHeshbhon livakala ngathi lithi “bacebe” — ngabom lo mdlalo wamagama: le ndawo iba yindawo yelona cebo libizwe ngalo. 3Izwi! Isikhalo esivela eHoronayim: “Imbubho nentshabalalo enkulu!” 4UMowabhi waphukile; abantwana bakhe abancinane baphakamise isikhalo. 5Kuba ekunyukeni kweLuhiti banyuka belila ngokukrakra; kuba ethambekeni leHoronayim beve isikhalo esibuhlungu sentshabalalo. 6Balekani! Sindisani imiphefumlo yenu, nibe njengetyholo entlango! 7Ngenxa yokuba ukholose ngemisebenzi yakho nangobuncwane bakho, nawe uya kuthinjwa; uKemoshe uya kuya ekuthinjweni kunye nababingeleli bakhe neziphathamandla zakhe. b b v7 UKemoshe wayenguthixo wesizwe samaMowabhi; esi siprofeto sivakalisa ukuba nothixo kaMowabhi uya kuthinjwa, engenako ukusindisa abantu bakowabo. 8Umtshabalalisi uya kufika kuyo yonke imizi, akukho namnye umzi uya kusinda; intili iya kutshabalala, nehewu litshatyalaliswe, njengoko wathethayo uBawo wethu. 9Mnikeni amaphiko uMowabhi, kuba umelwe ukuba aphaphazele emke; imizi yakhe iya kuba senkangala, kungabikho namnye ohlala kuyo. 10Uqalekisiwe lowo owenza umsebenzi kaBawo wethu ngokuyekelela, uqalekisiwe nalowo olithintela ikrele lakhe egazini. 11UMowabhi ebonwabile kwasebutsheni bakhe, ehleli kwiintsipho zakhe; akathululwanga ukusuka kwesinye isitya ukuya kwesinye, engazange aye ekuthinjweni. Ngoko ke isongo sakhe sihleli kuye, nevumba lakhe alitshintshanga. 12Ngako oko, nangu imihla isiza, utsho uBawo wethu, endiya kuthumela kuye abathululi abaya kumthulula; baya kuzithulula izitya zakhe, baqhekeze imiphanda yakhe. 13Ngelo xesha uMowabhi uya kudaniswa nguKemoshe, njengokuba indlu kaSirayeli yadaniswa yiBheteli, inkoloseko yabo. 14Ningatsho njani ukuthi: “Singamagorha, amadoda anobukroti edabini”? 15UMowabhi uchithiwe; imizi yakhe ihlaselwe, namadodana akhe ahleliweyo ehle aya kubulawa, utsho uKumkani— igama lakhe nguBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini. 16Intlekele yakwaMowabhi isondele kufuphi, nobubi bakhe buyangxama kakhulu. 17Mlileleni, nonke nina nimjikelezileyo, nonke abalaziyo igama lakhe; yithini: “Hayi, ukwaphuka kwentonga enamandla, umsimelelo ozukileyo!” 18Yihla ebuqaqawulini bakho uhlale emhlabeni owomileyo, wena mmi waseDibhon! Kuba umtshabalalisi wakwaMowabhi wenyukele kuwe; uzidilizile iinqaba zakho. 19Yima endleleni ukhangele, wena mmi waseArohere! Buza lowo obalekayo nalowo usindayo; uthi: “Kwenzeke ntoni na?” 20Lidanisiwe iMowabhi, kuba laphukile. Bhombolozani, nikhale! Kuxeleleni ngaseArnon, ukuba iMowabhi ichithiwe. 21Umgwebo ufikile phezu kwelizwe lehewu—phezu kweHolon, neYahatsa, neMafahati, 22neDibhon, neNebho, neBhete-diblatayim, 23neKiriyatayim, neBhete-gamuli, neBhete-mehon, 24neKeriyoti, neBhotsera, nemizi yonke yelizwe lakwaMowabhi, ekude nekufuphi. 25Uphondo lwaseMowabhi lunqunyuliwe, ingalo yayo yaphukile, utsho uBawo wethu. 26Yinxileni, kuba ungcikive uBawo wethu; ngoko iMowabhi iya kuzibhiliza ehlanzweni layo, nayo ibe yinto yentsini. 27Ibingento yentsini na kuwe iSirayeli? Ibifunyenwe iphakathi kwamasela na, le nto wawuthi xa uthetha ngayo unikine intloko? 28Shiyani imizi, nihlale emaweni, nina bemi baseMowabhi! Yibani njengehobe elakha indlwane yalo emlonyeni wengxondorha. 29Sivile ukukhukhumala kweMowabhi— iphakame kunene— ukuphakama kwayo, ikratshi layo, ubungqola bayo, nokuphakama kwentliziyo yayo. 30Ndiyazi ubukhukhumali bayo, utsho uBawo wethu; ukuqhayisa kwayo akunanto, nezenzo zayo azinanto. 31Ngoko ke ndiyabhombolozela iMowabhi; ndiyayikhalela yonke iMowabhi; ndiyawancwinela amadoda aseKire-heres. 32Ngaphezu kweYazere ndiyakulilela wena, diliya laseSibhema! Amasebe akho afikelele ngaphesheya kolwandle, esa nkqu elwandle lwaseYazere; phezu kweziqhamo zakho zasehlotyeni naphezu kokuvunwa kweediliya zakho, uwele umonakalisi. 33Imihlali nemivuyo zisusiwe kwilizwe lezidiliya laseMowabhi; ndiyiphelisile iwayini ezixovulweni; akukho namnye onyathela edanduluka. Ukudanduluka asikokudanduluka kovuyo. 34Kuthabathela esikhalweni saseHeshbhon kuse e-Elale, kuse nkqu eYatsa, baphakamisa izwi labo, bethabathela eTsohare besa eHoronayim naseEgelate-shelishiya; kuba nkqu namanzi aseNimrim aye asenkangala. 35Ndiya kumphelisa eMowabhi, utsho uBawo wethu, lowo obingelela umbingelelo esigangeni, aqhumisele uthixo wakhe. 36Ngoko ke intliziyo yam iyayincwinela iMowabhi njengemibhombho; intliziyo yam incwina njengemibhombho ngenxa yamadoda aseKire-heres; ngoko ke ubutyebi ababuzuzileyo butshabalele. 37Kuba yonke intloko ichetyiwe, zonke iindevu zinqunyuliwe; kuzo zonke izandla kukho imisarha, nasesinqeni kukho iingubo zokuzila. 38Phezu kweziphahla zonke zezindlu zaseMowabhi nasezindaweni zayo zembutho akukho nto ingaphandle kwesijwili, kuba ndiyaphule iMowabhi njengenkamba engafunwa mntu, utsho uBawo wethu. 39Hayi ukwaphuka kwayo! Hayi ukubhomboloza kwabo! Hayi ukuba iMowabhi ifulathele ngehlazo! Ngoko ke iMowabhi iye yaba yinto yokuhlekwa nento yokothusa kubo bonke abayingqongileyo. 40Kuba utsho ngolu hlobo uBawo wethu: Khangela, ubani uya kutshwebeleza njengokhozi, awolule amaphiko akhe ngakwiMowabhi. 41Imizi ithinjiwe, neenqaba zibanjiwe. Ngaloo mini intliziyo yamagorha akwaMowabhi iya kuba njengentliziyo yomfazi onenimba. 42UMowabhi uya kutshatyalaliswa angabi saluhlanga, ngokuba engcikive uBawo wethu. 43Unkwantyiso, nomhadi, nomgibe ziphezu kwakho, wena mmi wakwaMowabhi! utsho uBawo wethu. 44Obaleka unkwantyiso uya kuwela emhadini, nalowo unyuka ephuma emhadini uya kubanjwa ngumgibe; ngokuba ndiya kuzisa phezu kwamaMowabhi umnyaka wembuyekezo yabo, utsho uBawo wethu. 45Ethunzini laseHeshbhon ababalekileyo bema betyhafile; ngokuba kuphume umlilo eHeshbhon, ilangatye endlwini kaSihon. Wawudla ibunzi lakwaMowabhi, nokakayi lwoonyana bengxolo. 46Yeha wena, Mowabhi! Badakile abantu bakwaKemoshe, ngokuba oonyana bakho bathatyathelwe ekuthinjweni, neentombi zakho ekufuduselweni. 47Kodwa ndiya kukubuyisa ukuthinjwa kwamaMowabhi ngemihla yokugqibela, utsho uBawo wethu. Siphela apha isigwebo samaMowabhi.
