IiNkokheli 19 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

19 ¹Ngaloo mihla kwakungekho kumkani kwaSirayeli. Kwakukho umntu ongumLevi owayephambukele kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim ngaphaya, owathabatha ishweshwe laseBhetelehem yakwaYuda. ²Ishweshwe lakhe lanxaxha kuye, lamshiya laya endlwini kayise eBhetelehem yakwaYuda, lahlala khona iinyanga ezine. ³Yesuka indoda yalo yaya emva kwalo, ukuze ithethe entliziyweni yalo, ilibuyise, inomkhonzi wayo namaesile amabini. Lamngenisa endlwini kayise, waza uyise wentombazana wambona wavuya ukuhlangana naye. ⁴Uyisezala, uyise wentombazana, wamcenga ukuba ahlale, waza wahlala naye iintsuku ezintathu; badla, basela, balala khona.

⁵Kwathi ngomhla wesine bavuka kusasa, waza wesuka ukuba ahambe. Kodwa uyise wentombazana wathi kumkhwenyana wakhe: “Khe udle intwana yesonka, uze uhambe.” ⁶Bahlala phantsi bobabini, badla, basela kunye. Wathi uyise wentombazana kuloo ndoda: “Khawuhlale apha ngobu busuku, ichwayite intliziyo yakho.” ⁷Yesuka indoda ukuba ihambe, kodwa uyisezala wayicenga, yaza yabuya yalala khona kwakhona. ⁸Kwathi ngomhla wesihlanu wavuka kusasa ukuba ahambe; wathi uyise wentombazana: “Khawuzixhase, ulinde kude kube semva kwemini.” Badla bobabini. ⁹Yakuba indoda ivukile ukuba ihambe, ineshweshwe layo nomkhonzi wayo, wathi uyisezala, uyise wentombazana: “Khangela, imini sele iya ngasekuhlweni; khawulale apha. Uyabona, ilanga seliyatshona; lalisa apha, uzonwabise. Ngomso wovuka kusasa, uhambe indlela yakho, ugoduke.” ¹⁰Kodwa indoda ayivumanga ukulala khona; yesuka, yemka, yaya yafika malunga neYebhus (eyiYerusalem), inamaesile amabini ebotshiwe neshweshwe layo. ¹¹Bakuba besondele eYebhus, imini seyihambile, wathi umkhonzi enkosini yakhe: “Khawuze, masiphambukele kulo mzi wamaYebhusi, silale khona.”

¹²Yaphendula inkosi yakhe yathi: “Asiyi kuphambukela kumzi wolunye uhlanga, ongewona owamaSirayeli; siya kuqhubela phambili siye eGibheha.” ¹³Wathi kumkhonzi wakhe: “Yiza, masifikelele kwenye yezi ndawo, silalise eGibheha nokuba seRama.” ¹⁴Bahamba ke indlela yabo, latshona ilanga kubo bekufuphi neGibheha yakwaBhenjamin. ¹⁵Baphambukela ngakuyo ukuba balalise eGibheha. Wangena wahlala ebaleni lomzi, kodwa akwabakho namnye owabangenisayo endlwini yakhe ukuba balalise.

¹⁶Kwathi ngokuhlwa, kweza indoda endala ivela emsebenzini wayo wasentsimini. Yayivela kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim, iphambukele eGibheha; ke abantu baloo ndawo babengamaBhenjamin. ¹⁷Yaphakamisa amehlo ayo indoda endala, yambona umhambi ebaleni lomzi, yabuza yathi: “Uya ngaphi na? Uvela ngaphi na?”

¹⁸Wathi kuyo: “Sisuka eBhetelehem yakwaYuda, sisinga kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim ngaphaya—kulapho likhaya lam. Bendiye eBhetelehem yakwaYuda, ngoku ndisinga endlwini kaBawo wethu, kodwa akukho mntu undingenisayo endlwini yakhe. ¹⁹Sinawo umququ kwaneendiza zamaesile ethu, kananjalo nesonka newayini okwam, nokomkhonzazana wakho, nokomfana okhoyo nabakhonzi bakho. Asisweli nto.”

²⁰Yathi indoda endala: “Uxolo malube kuwe. Konke okusweleyo ndiya kukunika; kodwa musa ukulala ebaleni.” ²¹Wamngenisa endlwini yakhe, wawapha iindiza amaesile, baza bahlamba iinyawo zabo, badla, basela.

²²Bathe besachwayita, nanko amadoda angamatshijolo omzi eyirhawula indlu, enkqonkqoza emnyango. Amemeza kuloo ndoda indala, umninindlu, athi: “Yikhuphele loo ndoda ingene endlwini yakho, siyazi.”

²³Waphuma umninindlu waya kuwo, wathi: “Hayi, bazalwana bam, musani ukwenza ububi, ngokuba lo mntu engene nje endlwini yam; musani ukwenza eli nyala. ²⁴Nantsi intombi yam eyintombi, neshweshwe lakhe—mandizikhuphele kuni. Zidlwenguleni, nenze kuzo konke okulungileyo emehlweni enu, kodwa kule ndoda ningenzi eli nyala.”

²⁵Kodwa amadoda akavuma ukumphulaphula. Yaza indoda yalibamba ishweshwe layo, yalikhuphela phandle kuwo; alidlwengula, alona ubusuku bonke kwada kwasa, aza alindulula ekuseni. ²⁶Kuthe kusasa, weza umfazi lowo, wawa emnyango wendlu yaloo ndoda, apho yayikhona inkosi yakhe, kwada kwakhanya. ²⁷Yavuka inkosi yakhe kusasa, yazivula iingcango zendlu, yaphuma ukuze ihambe indlela yayo—nanko ishweshwe layo liwile emnyango wendlu, izandla zalo zisembundwini womnyango. ²⁸Yathi kulo: “Vuka, sihambe.” Akwabikho mpendulo. Yaza yalikhwelisa e-esileni, yesuka yagoduka.

²⁹Yakufika endlwini yayo, yathabatha isitshetshe, yalibamba ishweshwe layo, yalinqumla ilungu nelungu, laba ngamaqhekeza alishumi elinamabini, yaza yawathumela kuyo yonke imida yakwaSirayeli. ³⁰Baza bonke ababona oko bathi: “Akuzange kwenzeke, kungazange kubonwe into enje, kususela kwenyuka amaSirayeli eYiputa kuza kuthi ga namhlanje. Yiqwalaseleni, niyixoxe, nithethe.”