Eyasentlango 13 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

13 ¹Wathi uBawo wethu kuMoses:

²“Thumela amadoda aye kuhlola ilizwe lamaKanan, endiya kulinika oonyana bakaSirayeli. Thumela indoda enye kwisizwe ngasinye sooyise, iyileyo ibe sisikhulu phakathi kwabo.”

³Wabathuma ke uMoses besuka entlango yaseParan ngokomyalelo kaBawo wethu; bonke babezizikhulu zoonyana bakaSirayeli. ⁴Ngawo la amagama abo: esizweni sakwaRubhen, nguShamuwa unyana kaZakure;

⁵esizweni sakwaSimon, nguShafati unyana kaHori;

⁶esizweni sakwaYuda, nguKalebhi unyana kaYefune;

⁷esizweni sakwaIsakare, nguIgali unyana kaYosefu;

⁸esizweni sakwaEfrayim, nguHoshiya unyana kaNun;

⁹esizweni sakwaBhenjamin, nguPalti unyana kaRafu;

¹⁰esizweni sakwaZebhulon, nguGadiyeli unyana kaSodi;

¹¹esizweni sakwaYosefu (oko kukuthi, esizweni sakwaManase), nguGadi unyana kaSusi;

¹²esizweni sakwaDan, nguAmiyeli unyana kaGemali;

¹³esizweni sakwa-Ashere, nguSethure unyana kaMikayeli;

¹⁴esizweni sakwaNafetali, nguNabhi unyana kaVofsi;

¹⁵esizweni sakwaGadi, nguGehuweli unyana kaMaki.

¹⁶Ngawo la amagama amadoda uMoses awawathumayo ukuya kulihlola ilizwe. Waza uMoses wamthiya uHoshiya unyana kaNun igama elinguYoshuwa. ^a a v16 UMoses walitshintsha igama likaHoshiya waba nguYoshuwa, okuthetha ukuthi “uBawo wethu uyasindisa” — kwaligama elinye kamva awanikwa lona uYesu, athi ngaye uBawo wethu abangenise abantu bakhe elifeni labo lokwenene. ¹⁷UMoses wabathuma ukuba baye kuhlola ilizwe lamaKanan, wathi kubo: “Nyukani ngale ndlela niye kwelasezantsi, ninyuke niye ezintabeni, ¹⁸nibone ukuba linjani na ilizwe, nokuba abantu abahlala kulo banamandla na okanye babuthathaka, bambalwa na okanye baninzi, ¹⁹nokuba imizi abahlala kuyo iyimizi evulekileyo na okanye enqatyisiweyo, nokuba ilizwe lihle na okanye libi, ²⁰nokuba ilizwe linendyebo na okanye alinayo, nokuba linemithi na okanye alinamithi. Yomelelani, nize nibuye neziqhamo zelizwe elo.” Yayilixesha lediliya zokuqala ezivuthiweyo.

²¹Benyuka ke, balihlola ilizwe bethabathela entlango yeTsin, besa eRehobhi, kufuphi nasekungeneni kweHamati. ²²Benyuka bacanda kwelasezantsi baya eHebron, apho kwakuhleli khona uAhiman, noSheshayi, noTalemayi, inzalo ka-Anaki. IHebron yakhiwa kweminyaka esixhenxe phambi kweTsohan eseYiputa. ²³Bafika esihlanjeni saseEshkoli, bagawula isebe elinesihloko seediliya esinye, basithwala ngesibonda phakathi kwamadoda amabini; bazisa neerharnate nemikhiwane. ²⁴Loo ndawo yathiywa igama lokuthi siSihlambo saseEshkoli, ngenxa yesihloko seediliya abasigawulayo khona oonyana bakaSirayeli.

Ilizwe Ledinga Noloyiko

²⁵Ekupheleni kweentsuku ezimashumi mane babuya ekulihloleni ilizwe. ²⁶Bafika kuMoses nakuAron nakwibandla lonke lamaSirayeli eKadeshe, entlango yaseParan; babika kubo nakwibandla lonke, bababonisa iziqhamo zelizwe elo. ²⁷Bamxelela besithi: “Safika kwelo lizwe wasithuma kulo. Okunene libaleka amasi nobusi; nazi iziqhamo zalo. ²⁸Kodwa abantu abakho kwelo lizwe banamandla, imizi inqatyisiwe, mikhulu kunene — kananjalo siyibonile nenzalo ka-Anaki khona. ²⁹Ama-Amaleki ahlala kwelasezantsi. AmaHeti, namaYebhusi, nama-Amori ahlala ezintabeni. AmaKanan ahlala ngaselwandle nangaseYordan.”

³⁰UKalebhi wabathulisa abantu phambi koMoses, wathi: “Masenyuke ngoku silihluthe — okunene sinako ukuliyisa.”

³¹Kodwa amadoda abenyuke naye athi: “Asinako ukunyuka siye kubo abo bantu, kuba bomelele kunathi.” ³²Baza bahambisa udaba olubi koonyana bakaSirayeli ngelizwe abelihlolile, besithi: “Ilizwe esacanda kulo silihlola lidla abemi balo, bonke abantu esababona khona bangabantu abade kunene. ³³Apho sabona iingxilimbela — inzalo ka-Anaki iphuma kwiingxilimbela. Sasinjengemicikwane emehlweni ethu, saba njalo nasemehlweni abo.” ^b b v33 Iingxilimbela yayingamadoda amakhulu adumileyo awaqala ukukhankanywa kwiGenesis 6:4.