IiNkokheli 11 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

11 ¹UYifeta umGiliyadi wayeligorha elinobukroti, kodwa engunyana wehenyukazi. Uyise wayenguGiliyadi. ²Umka-Giliyadi naye wamzalela oonyana. Bathi bakukhula, bamgxotha uYifeta, besithi: “Akuyi kudla lifa endlwini kabawo, ungunyana womnye umfazi.” ³Wabaleka uYifeta kubakhuluwa bakhe, wahlala ezweni laseTobhi, apho kwahlanganisana khona amatshijolo kuye, aphuma naye.

⁴Emva kwethutyana, oonyana baka-Amon balwa namaSirayeli. ⁵Kuthe xa oonyana baka-Amon besilwa namaSirayeli, amadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi anduluka esiya kulanda uYifeta elizweni laseTobhi. ⁶Athi kuYifeta: “Yiza, ube ngumthetheli wethu, ukuze silwe noonyana baka-Amon.”

⁷Wathi uYifeta kumadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi: “Benindithiyile na nindigxotha endlwini kabawo? Yini na ukuba nize kum ngoku, xa nisebunzimeni?”

⁸Aphendula amadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi athi: “Kungako ke le nto sibuyele kuwe ngoku: yiza silwe noonyana baka-Amon, ube yintloko yethu phezu kwabo bonke abahleli eGiliyadi.”

⁹Wathi uYifeta kumadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi: “Ukuba nithe nandibuyisela ukuba ndilwe noonyana baka-Amon, waza uBawo wethu wabanikela kum, ndoba yintloko yenu.”

¹⁰Athi amadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi kuYifeta: “UBawo wethu ulingqina phakathi kwethu, ukuba asenzi kanye njengoko utshoyo.”

¹¹Wemka uYifeta kunye namadoda amakhulu akwaGiliyadi, baza abantu bammisela ukuba abe yintloko nomthetheli wabo. Wona onke amazwi akhe wawavakalisa phambi koBawo wethu eMizpa.

¹²Waza uYifeta wathuma izigidimi kukumkani woonyana baka-Amon: “Yintoni na phakathi kwethu, ukuba uze kulwa nelizwe lam?”

¹³Wathi ukumkani woonyana baka-Amon kwizigidimi zikaYifeta: “Ngenxa yokuba amaSirayeli alithabatha ilizwe lam, ethabathela eArnon, esa eYabhoki naseYordan, oko eza evela eYiputa; ngoko ke libuyise ngoxolo.”

¹⁴Waphinda uYifeta wathuma izigidimi kukumkani woonyana baka-Amon, ¹⁵wathetha naye esithi: “Utsho uYifeta: Ilizwe lakwaMowabhi nelakoonyana baka-Amon amaSirayeli akazange alithabathe. ¹⁶Kuba, ekunyukeni kwawo eYiputa, amaSirayeli acanda entlango, aya eLwandle oluBomvu, afika eKadeshe. ¹⁷AmaSirayeli athuma izigidimi kukumkani wakwaEdom: ‘Mandicande ezweni lakho,’ kodwa akeva. Athuma nakukumkani wakwaMowabhi, kodwa wala. Ngoko ke amaSirayeli ahlala eKadeshe. ¹⁸Acanda entlango, awujikeleza amazwe akwaEdom nakwaMowabhi, afika ngasempumalanga kwelakwaMowabhi. Amisa ngaphesheya kweArnon, engangeni emdeni wakwaMowabhi, kuba iArnon yayingumda wakhe. ¹⁹Waza amaSirayeli athuma izigidimi kuSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, ukumkani waseHeshbhon: ‘Mandicande ezweni lakho, ndise endaweni yam.’ ²⁰Kodwa akavuma uSihon ukubathemba amaSirayeli ukuba adlule kwelakhe ilizwe; waqokelela abantu bakhe bonke, wamisa eYatsa, waza walwa nawo. ²¹Waza uBawo wethu, uThixo wamaSirayeli, wanikela esandleni samaSirayeli uSihon kunye nabo bonke abantu bakhe; awaxabela, athabatha lonke ilizwe lama-Amori awayehlala kulo. ²²Alithabatha lonke ilizwe lama-Amori, ethabathela eArnon, esa eYabhoki, nasentlango, esa eYordan. ²³Ngoku ke uBawo wethu, uThixo wamaSirayeli, uwagqogqile ama-Amori phambi kwabantu bakhe amaSirayeli, ube wena ulidla ilifa na? ²⁴Akuyi kudla ilifa na into akunika yona uKemoshe uthixo wakho? Sodla ilifa thina konke akugqogqileyo uBawo wethu phambi kwethu. ²⁵Ulungile na wena ngaphezu kukaBhalaki unyana kaTsipore, ukumkani wakwaMowabhi? Wakha waphikisana na namaSirayeli, nokuba walwa nawo na? ²⁶Iminyaka engamakhulu amathathu amaSirayeli ehleli eHeshbhon nemizana yayo, eArohere nemizana yayo, nemizi yonke eseceleni kweArnon. Yini na ukuba ningayihlangulanga ngelo xesha? ²⁷Mna andikonanga, kodwa wena undenza okubi ngokulwa nam. UBawo wethu, uMgwebi, makagwebe namhlanje phakathi koonyana bakaSirayeli noonyana baka-Amon.”

²⁸Kodwa akaliphulaphula ukumkani woonyana baka-Amon ilizwi awalithuma kuye uYifeta.

UMoya kaBawo Wethu Nesibhambathiso Esibuhlungu

²⁹Waza uMoya kaBawo wethu weza phezu kukaYifeta. Wacanda eGiliyadi nakwaManase, wacanda eMizpa yaseGiliyadi, waza esuka eMizpa yaseGiliyadi wasondela koonyana baka-Amon.

³⁰Waza uYifeta wabhambathisa ngesibhambathiso kuBawo wethu, esithi: “Ukuba uthe wabanikela oonyana baka-Amon esandleni sam, ³¹nantoni na ephuma eminyango yendlu yam, ize kundihlangabeza ekubuyeni kwam ndinoxolo koonyana baka-Amon, yoba yekaBawo wethu, ndiyinyuse ibe lidini elitshiswayo.”

³²Wawela uYifeta ukuya kulwa noonyana baka-Amon, waza uBawo wethu wabanikela esandleni sakhe. ³³Wabaxabela, ethabathela eArohere, esa kufuphi neMinati—imizi engamashumi amabini—esa eAbhele-keramim, kwaba luxabelo olukhulu kunene. Athotywa oonyana baka-Amon phambi kwamaSirayeli.

³⁴Wafika uYifeta ekhaya eMizpa; yaphuma intombi yakhe ukuza kumhlangabeza ineengqongqo ingqungqa—yaba yiyo yodwa inkwenkwana yakhe, wayengenaye omnye unyana nantombi. ³⁵Kwathi, akuyibona, wazikrazula iingubo zakhe wathi: “Owu, ntombi yam, undithobile—usuke waba yinkathazo kum. Ndiwuvule umlomo wam kuBawo wethu; andinakubuya ndibuye.”

³⁶Yathi kuye: “Bawo, uthe wena wabhambathisa kuBawo wethu; yenza kum njengoko utshilo, njengokuba uBawo wethu ekuphindezelele ezintshabeni zakho, koonyana baka-Amon.” ³⁷Yathi kuyise: “Mandenzelwe le nto inye: ndinike iinyanga ezimbini, ndikhululeke ndehle ndiye ezintabeni, mna nabalingane bam, ndilile ngenxa yobuntombi bam.”

³⁸Wathi: “Hamba,” wayindulula iinyanga zabambini. Yahamba ke nabahlobo bayo, yabulilela ubuntombi bayo ezintabeni. ³⁹Ekupheleni kweenyanga ezimbini yabuyela kuyise, owasizalisayo kuyo isibhambathiso sakhe. Yona yayingayazi ndoda; kwaba lisiko ke kwaSirayeli, ⁴⁰lokuba minyaka le, iintombi zakwaSirayeli ziphume ziyikhumbule intombi kaYifeta umGiliyadi, iintsuku zibe ne ngomnyaka.