UMika Ushiya Ukunqulwa kukaBawo
UMika uvuma ukuba ebe isilivere kanina; umsikelela, ayingcwalise kuBawo wethu—ngokwenza imifanekiso ngayo. Wakha indlu kaThixo, amisele unyana wakhe, aqeshe umLevi ohambahambayo, aze agqibe ngelithi uBawo wethu umele ukuba uyamthanda. Umntu ngamnye wayesenza oko kwakulungile emehlweni akhe.
17 1Kwakukho indoda yakweleentaba lakwaEfrayim egama linguMika. 2Yathi kunina: “Lee waka elinekhulu leesilivere ezathatyathwa kuwe, owaziqalekisayo, ndakuva usitsho, khangela, isilivere ndinayo mna; yethatyathwa ndim.” Wathi unina: “Makasikelelwe nguBawo wethu unyana wam.”
3Yabuyisela ke lee waka elinekhulu leesilivere kunina, waza wathi yena: “Ndiyayingcwalisa ngokupheleleyo le silivere kuBawo wethu isuka esandleni sam, ngenxa yonyana wam, ukuba kwenziwe umfanekiso oqingqiweyo nomtyhido. Ngoku ndiyayibuyisela kuwe.”
4Yayibuyisela isilivere kunina; wathabatha amakhulu amabini, wawanika umkhandi wesilivere, owenza umfanekiso oqingqiweyo nomtyhido; wema endlwini kaMika.
5Le ndoda inguMika yayinendlu kaThixo, yenza iefodi nemilonde-khaya, yamisela omnye woonyana bayo ukuba abe ngumbingeleli wayo. 6Kwelo xesha amaSirayeli ayengenakumkani; umntu ngamnye wayesenza oko kwakulungile emehlweni akhe. 7Kwakukho indodana yaseBhetelehem yakwaYuda, eyomzalwane wakwaYuda, eyayingumLevi ihleli khona. 8Le ndoda yemka eBhetelehem yakwaYuda, isiya kufuna enye indawo yokuhlala, yathi isahamba, yafika kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim, endlwini kaMika. 9Wabuza uMika: “Uvela phi na?” Yathi: “NdingumLevi waseBhetelehem yakwaYuda; ndifuna indawo yokuhlala.”
10Wathi uMika: “Hlala nam; ube ngubawo nombingeleli kum, ndokunika ishumi leesilivere ngomnyaka, nesinxibo seengubo, nokudla kwakho.” Wangena ke umLevi. 11UmLevi wakholwa kukuhlala naloo ndoda, yaza le ndodana yaba kuyo njengomnye woonyana bayo. 12UMika wammisela umLevi, yaza le ndodana yaba ngumbingeleli wakhe, yahlala endlwini kaMika. 13Wathi uMika: “Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba uBawo wethu uya kundenzela okulungileyo, ngokuba ndinomLevi ongumbingeleli wam.” a a v13 UMika uqinisekile ukuba uBawo wethu uya kumsikelela ngenxa yokuba eqeshe umLevi ukuba agcine izithixo zakhe—intlekele yokubanga igama likaBawo wethu ekunquleni esiziqambele kona ngokwethu.
