1 IZikhronike 5

5 ¹Amadodana kaRubeni, izibulo lika-Israyeli—wayeyizibulo ngempela, kodwa njengoba wangcolisa umbhede kayise, ilungelo lakhe lobuzibulo ladluliselwa emadodaneni kaJosefa indodana ka-Israyeli, ngakho wayengeke abhalwe njengezibulo oluhlwini lozalo. ²Nakuba uJuda waba namandla phakathi kwabafowabo futhi umbusi waphuma kuye, ilungelo lobuzibulo lalilikaJosefa. ³Amadodana kaRubeni izibulo lika-Israyeli: uHanoki, uPhalu, uHesroni, noKarmi. ⁴Amadodana kaJoweli: uShemaya indodana yakhe, uGogi indodana yakhe, uShimeyi indodana yakhe, ⁵uMika indodana yakhe, uReya indodana yakhe, uBhali indodana yakhe, ⁶noBheyera indodana yakhe, athunjwa uThigilati-Phileseri inkosi yase-Asiriya—wayeyinduna yamaRubeni. ⁷Izihlobo zakhe ngemindeni yazo, njengoba zabhalwa oluhlwini lozalo: uJeyiyeli induna, uZakariya, ⁸noBhela indodana ka-Azazi, indodana kaShema, indodana kaJoweli. Bahlala e-Aroweri, kuze kufike eNebo naseBhali-Meyoni. ⁹Baphinde bahlala ngasempumalanga kuze kufike onqenqemeni lwehlane olufinyelela emfuleni i-Ewufrathe, ngokuba imfuyo yabo yayandile eGileyadi.

¹⁰Ezinsukwini zikaSawule balwa namaHagari, awela ezandleni zabo; bahlala ematendeni amaHagari kuyo yonke indawo esempumalanga yeGileyadi.

Inzalo kaGadi ezweni laseBhashani

¹¹Amadodana kaGadi ayehlala eduze kwabo ezweni laseBhashani kuze kufike eSaleka: ¹²uJoweli induna, uShafamu owesibili ngokuphatha, bese kulandela uJanayi noShafati eBhashani. ¹³Izihlobo zabo, ngezindlu zoyise, kwakunguMikhayeli, uMeshulamu, uSheba, uJorayi, uJakani, uZiya, no-Eberi—beyisikhombisa. ¹⁴Laba babengamadodana ka-Abihayili indodana kaHuri, indodana kaJaroya, indodana kaGileyadi, indodana kaMikhayeli, indodana kaJeshishayi, indodana kaJahido, indodana kaBhuzi. ¹⁵U-Ahi indodana ka-Abidiyeli, indodana kaGuni, wayeyinhloko yezindlu zoyise. ¹⁶Babehlala eGileyadi, eBhashani nasemizaneni yayo, nakuwo wonke amadlelo aseSharoni kuze kufike emikhawulweni yawo. ¹⁷Bonke laba babhalwa oluhlwini lozalo ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaJothamu inkosi yakwaJuda noJerobowamu inkosi yakwa-Israyeli.

¹⁸AmaRubeni, amaGadi, nohlangothi lwesizwe sakwaManase ayenamadoda anamandla, aphatha isihlangu nenkemba, adonsa umnsalo, aqeqeshelwe impi—angu-44 760, elungele ukuya empini. ¹⁹Alwa impi namaHagari, noJeturi, noNafishi, noNodabi. ²⁰Asizwa ekulweni nawo; amaHagari nabo bonke ababelekelela nawo banikelwa ezandleni zabo, ngokuba akhala kuBaba wethu empini. Wawaphendula, ngokuba ayethembele kuye. ²¹Athumba imfuyo yamaHagari: amakamela angu-50 000, izimvu ezingu-250 000, izimbongolo ezingu-2 000, nabantu abangu-100 000. ²²Abaningi bawa befile, ngokuba impi yayingekaBaba wethu; bahlala khona kwaze kwaba yisikhathi sokuthunjwa.

Uhlangothi lwesizwe sakwaManase: Amandla awo nokuwa kwawo

²³Uhlangothi lwesizwe sakwaManase lwahlala ezweni, lwanda lusuka eBhashani luya eBhali-Herimoni, eSeniri, nasentabeni iHerimoni. ²⁴Izinhloko zezindlu zoyise: u-Eferi, u-Ishi, u-Eliyeli, u-Azriyeli, uJeremiya, uHodaviya, noJahidiyeli—amaqhawe anamandla, amadoda adumile, izinhloko zezindlu zoyise. ²⁵Kodwa awathembeka kuNkulunkulu wokhokho bawo, azenza izifebe ngokulandela onkulunkulu bezizwe zalelo zwe, uBaba wethu ayezibhubhisile phambi kwawo. ²⁶Ngakho uBaba wethu ka-Israyeli wavusa umoya kaPhuli inkosi yase-Asiriya—uThigilati-Phileseri inkosi yase-Asiriya—wathumba amaRubeni, amaGadi, nohlangothi lwesizwe sakwaManase wawayisa eHala, eHabori, eHara, nasemfuleni iGozani, lapho esekhona khona kuze kube namuhla.