IiNkokheli 9 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

9 ¹UAbhimeleki unyana kaYerubhahali waya eShekem, koomalume bakhe, wathetha kubo nakwintsapho yonke yendlu kayisemkhulu, esithi: ²Buzani kubemi bonke baseShekem, nithi: Yintoni na elungileyo kuni, ukuba anilawule amadoda angamashumi asixhenxe, onke angoonyana bakaYerubhahali, nokuba inilawule indoda-nye? Khumbulani ukuba ndilithambo lenu negazi lenu.

³Boomalume bakhe bawathetha onke la mazwi ezindlebeni zabemi baseShekem, zaya iintliziyo zabo kuAbhimeleki; ngokuba babesithi: Ungumzalwana wethu. ⁴Bamnika amashumi asixhenxe esilivere etempileni kaBhahalibheriti; ngayo uAbhimeleki waqesha amadoda angamampunge nalitshijolo, amlandela. ⁵Waya eOfra, endlwini kayise, wababulala oonyana bakaYerubhahali abamashumi asixhenxe, abazalwana bakhe, phezu kwelitye-linye; kwasala uYotam unyana kaYerubhahali omncinane, ngokuba wayezifihlile. ⁶Bahlanganisana bonke abemi baseShekem, nendlu yonke yakwaMilo, baya bammisa uAbhimeleki waba ngukumkani, ngasemokini wentsika eShekem.

⁷Bamxelela ke uYotam; waza wenyuka, waya kuma phezu kwentaba yeGerizim, waphakamisa ilizwi lakhe, wadanduluka, wathi: Ndiphulaphuleni, bemi baseShekem, ukuze uBawo wethu aniphulaphule. ⁸Ngenye imini yaphuma imithi iya kuzithambisela ukumkani. Yathi emnqumeni: Siphathe wena. ⁹Waphendula umnquma, wathi: Ndingabuyeka na ioli yam, ekuzukiswa ngayo uBawo wethu nabantu, ndihambe ndiye kujinga phezu kwemithi? ¹⁰Yathi imithi emkhiwaneni: Yiza wena usiphathe. ¹¹Waphendula umkhiwane, wathi: Ndingabuyeka na ubumnandi bam nesiqhamo sam esilungileyo, ndihambe ndiye kujinga phezu kwemithi? ¹²Yathi imithi emdiliyeni: Yiza wena usiphathe. ¹³Waphendula umdiliya, wathi: Ndingabuyeka na iwayini yam entsha, evuyisa uBawo wethu nabantu, ndihambe ndiye kujinga phezu kwemithi? ¹⁴Yaza yonke imithi yathi eliveni: Yiza wena usiphathe. ¹⁵Lathi iliva emithini: Ukuba inene nifuna ukundithambisela ukumkani phezu kwenu, yizani nizimele emthunzini wam; kodwa ukuba akunjalo, makuphume umlilo eliveni, uyidle imisedare yaseLebhanon.

¹⁶Ngoku ke ukuba nenze ngenyaniso nangokugqibeleleyo ekummiseni uAbhimeleki abe ngukumkani, nokuba nimenzele okulungileyo uYerubhahali nendlu yakhe, nambuyekeza ngokwezenzo zezandla zakhe, ¹⁷kuba ubawo wanilwela, wawenza isichenge umphefumlo wakhe, ukuze anihlangule esandleni samaMidiyan; ¹⁸nina ke namvukela namhla ubawo nendlu yakhe, nababulala oonyana bakhe, amadoda angamashumi asixhenxe, phezu kwelitye-linye, nammisa uAbhimeleki, unyana wesicakakazi sakhe, ukuba abe ngukumkani phezu kwabemi baseShekem, ngokuba engumzalwana wenu. ¹⁹Ukuba ke nenze ngenyaniso nangokugqibeleleyo kuYerubhahali nasendlwini yakhe namhla, vuyani ngoAbhimeleki, naye avuye ngani. ²⁰Kodwa ukuba akunjalo, makuphume umlilo kuAbhimeleki, uwadle abemi baseShekem nendlu yakwaMilo; kuphume nomlilo kubemi baseShekem nakwindlu yakwaMilo, umdle uAbhimeleki.

²¹Wasaba uYotam, waphuncuka, waya eBhere, wahlala khona, ngenxa yokoyika uAbhimeleki umzalwana wakhe.

UBawo Wethu Ubuyekeza Igazi Eliphalaziweyo

²²Akuba uAbhimeleki eyilawule iminyaka emithathu amaSirayeli, ²³uBawo wethu wathuma umoya ombi phakathi koAbhimeleki nabemi baseShekem, bamgwenxela uAbhimeleki; ^a a v23 UBawo wethu akazityalanga iintliziyweni zabo ububi; wabanikela uAbhimeleki namadoda aseShekem enkohlisweni ababeyinyulile kade, ukuze igazi labazalwana ababulawayo lifumane ubulungisa balo. ²⁴ukuze kubuyekezwe ulugonyamelo olwenzelwa oonyana bakaYerubhahali abamashumi asixhenxe, negazi labo libekwe phezu komzalwana wabo uAbhimeleki obabulalayo, kananjalo naphezu kwabemi baseShekem abomeleza izandla zakhe ukubulala abazalwana bakhe. ²⁵Abemi baseShekem bammisela abalaleli ezincotsheni zeentaba, baphanga bonke abadlulayo endleleni ngakubo; waxelelwa ke uAbhimeleki.

²⁶Weza uGahali unyana ka-Ebhede nabazalwana bakhe, bagqitha baya eShekem; bakholosa ngaye abemi baseShekem. ²⁷Baphumela emasimini, bavuna iidiliya ezidiliyeni zabo, bazixovula, benza umthendeleko, bangena endlwini kathixo wabo, badla basela, bamqalekisa uAbhimeleki.

²⁸Wathi uGahali unyana ka-Ebhede: Ngubani na uAbhimeleki, ngubani na uShekem, ukuba simkhonze? Akangonyana kaYerubhahali na? UZebhule akangobamba wakhe na? Khonzani amadoda kaHamore uyise kaShekem! Yini na ukuba simkhonze uAbhimeleki? ²⁹Akwaba bekusesandleni sam aba bantu! Ngendimsusa uAbhimeleki; ndithi kuye: Wandise umkhosi wakho, uphume!

³⁰Waweva uZebhule, umphathi walowo mzi, amazwi kaGahali unyana ka-Ebhede, wavutha umsindo wakhe. ³¹Wathuma abathunywa kuAbhimeleki ngasese, esithi: Yabona, uGahali unyana ka-Ebhede nabazalwana bakhe bafikile eShekem; nabo bawuvusa umzi ukuba ukuchase. ³²Ngoko ke suka ebusuku, wena nabantu onabo, ulalele endle. ³³Kuthi kusasa, lakuphuma ilanga, uvuke kwangovivi, uwuhlasele umzi; wothi akuphuma uGahali namadoda anaye ukuza kukuchasa, wenze kubo ngoko sithe sakufumana isandla sakho.

³⁴Wasuka ke uAbhimeleki nabantu bakhe bonke ebusuku, bawulalela umzi waseShekem bengamaqela amane. ³⁵Waphuma uGahali unyana ka-Ebhede, wema ekungeneni kwesango lomzi; wavuka uAbhimeleki nabantu ababenaye besuka ekulaleleni.

³⁶Wababona uGahali abantu, wathi kuZebhule: “Khangela, nanga abantu besihla ezincotsheni zeentaba!” Wathi uZebhule: “Ubona isithunzi sentaba ngokungathi ngabantu.”

³⁷Waphinda wathetha uGahali: “Khangela, nanga abantu besihla besuka esazulwini selizwe, neqela elinye livela ngendlela yoMoki wabavumisi.”

³⁸Wandula wathi uZebhule kuye: “Uphi na ngoku umlomo wakho obuthetha kangaka, wena obuthe, ‘Ngubani na uAbhimeleki, ukuze simkhonze?’ Asingabo na aba bantu obuwadela? Phuma ke ulwe nabo!”

³⁹Waphuma ke uGahali ephambi kwabemi beShekem, walwa noAbhimeleki. ⁴⁰Wamsukela ke uAbhimeleki, wasaba uGahali phambi kwakhe; baninzi abawayo bengxwelerhiwe, kwesa ekungeneni kwesango. ⁴¹Wahlala uAbhimeleki eAruma; uZebhule wamgxotha uGahali nabazalwana bakhe eShekem, ukuze bangabi nakuhlala apho. ⁴²Kwathi ngengomso, abantu baphuma baya emasimini, waxelelwa uAbhimeleki. ⁴³Wabathabatha abantu bakhe, wabahlula ngamaqela amathathu, walalela emasimini. Uthe akubona abantu bephuma emzini, wavuka kubo, wababulala. ⁴⁴UAbhimeleki namaqela anaye bakhawuleza, baya kuma ekungeneni kwesango lomzi; amaqela amabini atsalela kubo bonke ababesemasimini, awababulala. ⁴⁵Walwa uAbhimeleki naloo mzi yonke loo mini, wawuthimba, wababulala abantu bawo, wawudiliza umzi, wawuhlwayela ngetyuwa. ^b b v45 Ukuhlwayela ngetyuwa umzi othinjiweyo yayisisenzo samandulo sokuqalekisa—umqondiso wokuba umhlaba umele uhlale uyinkangala, naloo ndawo ingaphindi yakhiwe.

⁴⁶Bakukuva oku, bonke abaphathi beNqaba yaseShekem bangena emboniselweni yetempile ka-Elibheriti. ⁴⁷Waxelelwa uAbhimeleki ukuba bonke abaphathi beNqaba yaseShekem babehlanganisene apho, ⁴⁸wenyuka ke waya entabeni yeTsalimon, yena nabantu bakhe bonke. Wathabatha izembe esandleni sakhe, wanqumla isebe lamahlahla, walifukula, walibeka egxalabeni lakhe, wathi kubantu bakhe: “Khawulezani, nenze oko nindibone ndikwenza!” ⁴⁹Banqumla ke bonke abantu amasebe, bamlandela uAbhimeleki, bawafumba emboniselweni, bayitshisa ngomlilo phezu kwabo babephakathi. Bafa nabo abantu beNqaba yaseShekem—amadoda nabafazi abamalunga newaka.

⁵⁰Waya ke uAbhimeleki eTebhetse, wayingqinga, wayithimba. ⁵¹Kwakukho inqaba eyomeleleyo phakathi komzi, baza bonke amadoda nabafazi—bonke abaphathi bomzi—basabela kuyo, bazivalela, benyuka baya phezu kophahla lwenqaba. ⁵²Wafika uAbhimeleki enqabeni, walwa nayo, wasondela emnyango wayo ukuze ayitshise. ⁵³Kodwa inkazana yamgityisela uAbhimeleki ngelitye lokusila entloko, yaluqhekeza ukhakhayi lwakhe. ⁵⁴Wambiza ngokukhawuleza umphathi weentonga zakhe, wathi kuye: “Rhola ikrele lakho undibulale, ukuze bangatsho ngam ukuthi, ‘Ubulewe yinkazana.’” Wamhlaba ke umfana, wafa.

⁵⁵Bakubona amadoda akwaSirayeli ukuba ufile uAbhimeleki, bemka bonke, elowo waya endlwini yakhe. ⁵⁶Wabuyekeza ngoko uBawo wethu ububi awabenzayo uAbhimeleki kuyise, ekubeni wabulala abazalwana bakhe abamashumi asixhenxe. ⁵⁷UBawo wethu wabubuyisela bonke ububi babantu baseShekem phezu kweentloko zabo; sabafikela isiqalekiso sikaYotam unyana kaYerubhahali.