Ifa likaBaba wethu lika-Efrayimi
Umngcele wakwa-Efrayimi uhanjwa kusukela eJeriko ukhuphuka ezweni lamagquma kuya olwandle, kunezelwa imizi engaphakathi kwesabelo sikaManase. Lokhu kuphetha ngokuvuma: amaKhanani aseGezeri awazange axoshwe, abekwa nje emsebenzini ophoqelelwe.
16 1Inkatho yenzalo kaJosefa yasukela eJordani eduze neJeriko, ngasempumalanga kwamanzi ayo, yangena ehlane ikhuphuka isuka eJeriko idabula izintaba iya eBeteli. 2Yasuka eBeteli yaya eLuzi, yaqhubekela emngceleni wama-Arki e-Ataroti. 3Yehlela ngasentshonalanga emngceleni wamaJafileti, yaya emngceleni waseBeti-Horoni esezansi, yaya eGezeri, yagcina olwandle.
4Ngakho inzalo kaJosefa—uManase no-Efrayimi—yathola ifa layo. 5Inzalo ka-Efrayimi yaba naleli zwe ngokwemindeni yayo: umngcele wayo wasempumalanga wasukela e-Ataroti-Adari waya eBeti-Horoni esenhla. 6Umngcele waya olwandle, iMikhimethati ingasenyakatho; waphendukela ngasempumalanga eThahanati-Shilo, wedlula ngasempumalanga kwayo waya eJanowa. 7Wayesehla usuka eJanowa uya e-Ataroti naseNahara, wafika eJeriko, wagcina eJordani. 8Usuka eThaphuwa umngcele waya ngasentshonalanga eMfuleni iKhana, wagcina olwandle. Yileli ifa lesizwe senzalo ka-Efrayimi, ngokwemindeni yabo. 9Inzalo ka-Efrayimi yaba namadolobha ayehlukaniselwe yona phakathi kwefa lenzalo kaManase—wonke amadolobha nemizana yawo. 10Kodwa abazange baxoshe amaKhanani ayeseGezeri; amaKhanani asahlala phakathi kuka-Efrayimi kuze kube namuhla, ephoqelelwe emsebenzini wokukhonza.
