AmaSirayeli Akhala, aza uBawo wethu Awaphendula
Bekruqukile yindlela, abantu bathetha nxamnye noBawo wabo noMoses, baza balunywa ziinyoka; unyango lube yinyoka yobhedu ephakanyiswe entongeni ukuba bakhangele kuyo. Kwaza kweza ingoma equleni noloyiso phezu kukaSihon noOg.
21 1Xa umKanan, ukumkani waseAradi, owayehleli kwelasezantsi, eva ukuba amaSirayeli afikile ngendlela yaseAtarim, walwa namaSirayeli, wathimba kuwo abathinjwa. 2AmaSirayeli abhambathisa kuBawo wethu isibhambathiso, athi: “Ukuba uthe wabanikela kanye aba bantu kum, ndoyitshabalalisa imizi yabo iphele.” 3UBawo wethu waliva izwi lamaSirayeli, wawanikela amaKanan; awasingela phantsi wona nemizi yawo yaphela. Yathiywa ke loo ndawo ngokuba yiHorma.
Inyoka Yobhedu
4Anduluka entabeni yeHore, abheka eLwandle oluBomvu, ukuze ajikeleze ilizwe lakwaEdom; kodwa abantu bancwina endleleni. 5Abantu bathetha noBawo wethu nakuMoses, bathi: “Yini na ukuba usikhuphe eYiputa ukuba sifele entlango? Akukho sonka, akukho manzi, kananjalo sikruqukile kukudla oku kungenamsebenzi.”
6Waza uBawo wethu wathumela iinyoka ezinobuhlungu phakathi kwabantu; zabaluma abantu, bafa abaninzi kumaSirayeli. 7Abantu beza kuMoses, bathi: “Sonile ngokuthetha noBawo wethu nangawe. Mthandaze, azisuse kuthi iinyoka.” Wabathandazela ke uMoses abantu.
8UBawo wethu wathi kuMoses: “Yenza inyoka enobuhlungu, uyibeke entongeni; wonke olunyiweyo othi akuyikhangela aphile.”
9UMoses wenza inyoka yobhedu, wayibeka entongeni; kwaye kwakuthi, xa inyoka ithe yaluma umntu, ayikhangele inyoka yobhedu, aphile. a a v9 UYesu wayalatha kule meko njengomfanekiso wakhe: njengokuba inyoka yobhedu yaphakanyiswa ukuze abo bafayo bakhangele baphile, kwaphakanyiswa ngokunjalo uNyana ukuze bonke abakhangela kuye ngokholo baphile (uYohane 3:14-15).
Uhambo Oluya KwaMowabhi
10AmaSirayeli anduluka, amisa eObhoti. 11Anduluka eObhoti, amisa eIye-abharim, entlango ekhangelene naseMowabhi, ngasempumalanga. 12Anduluka khona apho, amisa esihlanjeni saseZerede. 13Anduluka khona apho, amisa phesheya kweArnon, entlango ephuma emdeni wama-Amori; kuba iArnon ingumda wakwaMowabhi, phakathi kwawo nama-Amori. 14Ngako oko incwadi yeemfazwe zikaBawo wethu ithi: “IWahebhi eseSufa, nezihlambo zeArnon, 15nexandeka lezihlambo elithi gu libheke endaweni yaseAre, lise emdeni wakwaMowabhi.”
16Anduluka khona apho, aya eBhere, iqula apho uBawo wethu wathi kuMoses: “Hlanganisa abantu, ndibanike amanzi.”
17Aza amaSirayeli avuma le ngoma: “Phuphuma, qulandini! Vumani kulo! 18Iqula abalemba abathetheli, abaligrumbayo izinhanha zabantu ngeentonga zokulawula nangeentonga zabo.” Aza esuka entlango aya eMatana, 19esuka eMatana aya eNahaliyeli, esuka eNahaliyeli aya eBhamoti, 20esuka eBhamoti, aya esihlanjeni esisezinkqantosini zakwaMowabhi, encotsheni yePisga ekhangele enkangala.
UBawo wethu Umnikela uSihon Esandleni Sabo
21Aza amaSirayeli athumela abathunywa kuSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, esithi: 22“Makhe ndicande ezweni lakho. Asiyi kuphambukela emasimini nasezidiliyeni, singaseli namanzi amaqula akho. Siya kuhamba ngendlela yenkosi, side sidlule emdeni wakho.”
23Kodwa uSihon akavuma ukuba amaSirayeli adlule kummandla wakhe. Wababutha abantu bakhe bonke, wangena entlango esiya kuhlangabeza amaSirayeli, akufika eYatsa walwa nawo. 24AmaSirayeli ambulala ngekrele, alithabatha ilizwe lakhe, lithabathela eArnon lise eYabhoki, lada lesa koonyana baka-Amon, ekubeni umda wabo wawunqatyisiwe. 25AmaSirayeli ayithimba yonke loo mizi, ahlala kuyo yonke imizi yama-Amori, iHeshbhon nemizana yayo yonke ejikelezileyo. 26Kuba iHeshbhon yayingumzi kaSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, owalwa nokumkani wakwaMowabhi wangaphambili, walithabatha lonke ilizwe lakhe esandleni sakhe, lesa eArnon. 27Ngako oko abo bavuma iingoma bathi: “Yizani eHeshbhon, ibuye yakhiwe; mawumiselwe umzi kaSihon. 28Kuba kwaphuma umlilo eHeshbhon, ilangatye emzini kaSihon. Wadla iAre yakwaMowabhi, iinkosana zemimango yeArnon. 29Yeha, wena Mowabhi! Utshabalale, bantu bakaKemoshe! Ubenze oonyana bakhe baba ngabasabileyo, neentombi zakhe zaba ngabathinjwa kuSihon ukumkani wama-Amori. 30Kodwa thina sababulala; iHeshbhon yaphela yesa eDibhon. Saphanzisa yesa eNofa, kwada kwesa eMedebha.”
31AmaSirayeli ke ahlala ezweni lama-Amori. 32UMoses wathuma amadoda ukuba aye kuhlola iYazere; ayithimba imizana yayo, awagqogqa ama-Amori ayelapho. 33Aza ajika anyuka ngendlela yaseBhashan, waphuma uOgi ukumkani waseBhashan ukuza kuwahlangabeza, yena nabantu bakhe bonke, ukuba kuliwe e-Edreyi.
34Kodwa uBawo wethu wathi kuMoses: “Musa ukumoyika; ndimnikele esandleni sakho, yena nabantu bakhe bonke, nelizwe lakhe. Wenze kuye njengoko wenzayo kuSihon ukumkani wama-Amori, owayehleli eHeshbhon.”
35Ambulala ke, yena noonyana bakhe, nabantu bakhe bonke, kwada akwasala namnye usindayo, alithabatha ilizwe lakhe.
