a2:19
bGen 25:2, 37:28; Eks 2:15,16, 18:1; Nani 22:4,7, 25:15,17,18, 31:2,3,7-9; Hlu 7:1,2, 8:1; 1 Kho 11:18; Hlab 83:9; Isa 9:4, 10:26, 60:6; Hab 3:7
cGen 25:2, 37:28; Eks 2:15,16, 18:1; Nani 22:4,7, 25:15,17,18, 31:2,3,7-9; Hlu 7:1,2, 8:1; 1 Kho 11:18; Hlab 83:9; Isa 9:4, 10:26, 60:6; Hab 3:7
d1 Sam 13:6; Heb 11:38
eGen 25:2, 37:28; Eks 2:15,16, 18:1; Nani 22:4,7, 25:15,17,18, 31:2,3,7-9; Hlu 7:1,2, 8:1; 1 Kho 11:18; Hlab 83:9; Isa 9:4, 10:26, 60:6; Hab 3:7
f3:13
gGen 29:1; Hlu 6:33, 7:12, 8:10; 1 Kho 4:30; Jobe 1:3; Gen 25:6
hLevi 26:16
iJosh 15:47
j7:12
k3:9; Hos 5:15
l3:9; Hos 5:15
mGen 25:2, 37:28; Eks 2:15,16, 18:1; Nani 22:4,7, 25:15,17,18, 31:2,3,7-9; Hlu 7:1,2, 8:1; 1 Kho 11:18; Hlab 83:9; Isa 9:4, 10:26, 60:6; Hab 3:7
n1 Sam 10:18; Hlab 44:2,3
o1 Sam 10:18; Hlab 44:2,3
pJosh 24:15; 2 Kho 17:35-38; Jer 10:2
qJosh 17:2
r6:4
s13:3; Luka 1:11; Seb 10:3
tJosh 1:5
uDute 31:17
vHlab 89:49; Isa 59:1, 63:15
wHlab 44:1
xGen 25:2, 37:28; Eks 2:15,16, 18:1; Nani 22:4,7, 25:15,17,18, 31:2,3,7-9; Hlu 7:1,2, 8:1; 1 Kho 11:18; Hlab 83:9; Isa 9:4, 10:26, 60:6; Hab 3:7
y1 Sam 12:11; Heb 11:32,34
zGen 25:2, 37:28; Eks 2:15,16, 18:1; Nani 22:4,7, 25:15,17,18, 31:2,3,7-9; Hlu 7:1,2, 8:1; 1 Kho 11:18; Hlab 83:9; Isa 9:4, 10:26, 60:6; Hab 3:7
aaJosh 1:9; Hlu 4:6
ab1 Sam 9:21
acEks 3:12; Josh 1:5
adGen 25:2, 37:28; Eks 2:15,16, 18:1; Nani 22:4,7, 25:15,17,18, 31:2,3,7-9; Hlu 7:1,2, 8:1; 1 Kho 11:18; Hlab 83:9; Isa 9:4, 10:26, 60:6; Hab 3:7
aeEks 33:13
afHlab 86:17; Eks 4:1-8; Hlu 6:36,37; 1 Sam 10:7; 2 Kho 20:8,9; Isa 7:11
agGen 18:3,5; Hlu 13:15
ahGen 18:6-8
ai6:21, 13:19
aj1 Kho 18:33,34
akLevi 9:24
al13:21
amGen 32:30; Eks 33:20; Hlu 13:22; Dute 34:10
anDan 10:19
ao6:11, 8:27,32
apEks 34:13; Hlu 3:7
aq6:3
arJosh 17:16
as3:10
at3:27
auEks 4:1-7
av5:25
awGen 18:32

Judges 6

Ubizo lukaGidiyoni

1Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesenza okubi emehlweni eNkosi a; iNkosi yasibanikela esandleni sikaMidiyani b iminyaka eyisikhombisa. 2Lesandla sikaMidiyani saba lamandla phezu kukaIsrayeli. Ngenxa kaMidiyani c abantwana bakoIsrayeli bazenzela imihume esezintabeni, lembalu d, lezinqaba. 3Kwasekusithi uIsrayeli esehlanyele, enyuka amaMidiyani e lamaAmaleki f labantwana bempumalanga g, benyuka bamelana labo, 4bamisa inkamba maqondana labo, bachitha izithelo zelizwe h, uze ufike eGaza i, njalo kabatshiyanga okondlayo koIsrayeli loba imvu loba inkabi loba ubabhemi. 5Ngoba bona benyuka lezifuyo zabo lamathente abo, bafika njengokugcwala kwentethe ngobunengi j, okokuthi bona lamakamela abo babengelanani; basebengena elizweni ukulichitha. 6UIsrayeli wasesiba ngumyanga kakhulu ngenxa yamaMidiyani, labantwana bakoIsrayeli bakhala eNkosini k.

7Kwasekusithi lapho abantwana bakoIsrayeli bekhala eNkosini l ngenxa yamaMidiyani m, 8iNkosi yathuma umprofethi kubantwana bakoIsrayeli, owathi kibo: Itsho njalo iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wakoIsrayeli: Mina ngalenyusa lisuka eGibhithe n ngalikhupha endlini yobugqili, 9ngalihluthuna esandleni samaGibhithe, lesandleni sabo bonke abalicindezelayo, ngabaxotsha phambi kwenu o, ngalinika ilizwe labo, 10ngathi kini: NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu; lingesabi onkulunkulu bamaAmori p elihlala elizweni lawo. Kodwa kalililalelanga ilizwi lami.

11Kwasekufika ingilosi yeNkosi, yahlala ngaphansi kwesihlahla se-okhi esiseOfira, esasingesikaJowashi umAbiyezeri q, lendodana yakhe uGidiyoni yayibhula ingqoloyi esikhamelweni sewayini, ukuze iyifihlele amaMidiyani r. 12Ingilosi yeNkosi yasibonakala kuye s, yathi kuye: INkosi ilawe t, qhawe elilamandla. 13UGidiyoni wasesithi kuyo: Hawu Nkosi yami, uba iNkosi ilathi, kungani konke lokhu kusehlele u? Kanti zingaphi zonke izimangaliso v zayo abasitshela zona obaba w besithi: INkosi kayisenyusanga siphuma eGibhithe yini? Kodwa khathesi iNkosi isidelile, yasinikela esandleni samaMidiyani x. 14INkosi yasiphendukela kuye yathi: Hamba ngalamandla akho y, ukhulule uIsrayeli esandleni samaMidiyani z. Kangikuthumanga yini aa? 15Wasesithi kuyo: Hawu Nkosi yami, ngizamkhulula ngani uIsrayeli? Khangela, usendo lwami lungumyanga koManase ab, njalo ngingomncinyane endlini kababa. 16INkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngoba ngizakuba lawe ac, uzawatshaya-ke amaMidiyani ad njengendodanye. 17Wasesithi kuyo: Uba khathesi ngithole umusa emehlweni akho ae, ngenzela isibonakaliso af sokuthi nguwe okhuluma lami. 18Ake ungasuki ag lapha, ngize ngibuye kuwe, ngikhuphe isipho sami, ngisibeke phambi kwakho. Yasisithi: Mina ngizahlala uze uphenduke.

19UGidiyoni wasengena ah, walungisa izinyane lembuzi, lezinkwa ezingelamvubelo nge-efa* lempuphu, inyama wayifaka esitsheni, lomhluzi wawufaka embizeni, wakukhuphela kuyo ngaphansi kwesihlahla se-okhi, wakusondeza. 20Ingilosi kaNkulunkulu yasisithi kuye: Thatha inyama lezinkwa ezingelamvubelo, ukubeke phezu kwalelidwala ai, ubusuthela umhluzi aj. Wasesenza njalo. 21Ingilosi yeNkosi yasiselula isihloko somqwayi owawusesandleni sayo, yathinta inyama lezinkwa ezingelamvubelo; kwasekusenyuka umlilo uphuma edwaleni ak, wadla inyama lezinkwa ezingelamvubelo. Lengilosi yeNkosi yasuka emehlweni akhe. 22UGidiyoni wasebona ukuthi yayiyingilosi yeNkosi al. UGidiyoni wathi: Maye, Nkosi Jehova! Ngenxa yokuthi ngibone ingilosi yeNkosi ubuso ngobuso am. 23Kodwa iNkosi yathi kuye: Ukuthula kakube kuwe an, ungesabi, kawuyikufa. 24UGidiyoni waseyakhela iNkosi ilathi lapho, walibiza ngokuthi uJehova-shalomi. Kuze kube lamuhla lisesekhona eOfira lamaAbiyezeri ao.

25Kwasekusithi ngalobobusuku iNkosi yathi kuye: Thatha ijongosi lenkunzi engekayihlo, ngitsho ijongosi lesibili elileminyaka eyisikhombisa, udilize ilathi likaBhali elingelikayihlo, lesixuku esiphansi kwalo usigamule ap; 26wakhele iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ilathi phezu kwengqonga yalinqaba, njengokwejwayelekileyo; ubusuthatha ijongosi lesibili, unikele umnikelo wokutshiswa ngenkuni zesixuku ozasigamula. 27UGidiyoni wasethatha amadoda alitshumi ezincekwini zakhe, wenza njengokutsho kweNkosi kuye; kodwa kwathi ngenxa yokuthi wayesesaba indlu kayise lamadoda omuzi ukukwenza emini, wakwenza ebusuku.

28Lapho amadoda omuzi evuka ekuseni kakhulu, khangela, ilathi likaBhali lalidiliziwe, lesixuku esasiphansi kwalo sesiganyuliwe, lejongosi lesibili lanikelwa phezu kwelathi elaselakhiwe. 29Basebesithi omunye komunye: Ngubani owenze loludaba? Nxa sebedingile bebuza bathi: UGidiyoni indodana kaJowashi wenze loludaba. 30Amadoda omuzi asesithi kuJowashi: Khupha indodana yakho ukuze ife, ngoba idilizile ilathi likaBhali, langoba igamule isixuku esasiphansi kwalo. 31Kodwa uJowashi wathi kubo bonke ababemi ngakuye: Lina lizamlwela uBhali yini, kumbe lina limsindise? Omlwelayo uzabulawa kusesekuseni. Uba engunkulunkulu, kazilwele, ngoba ilathi lakhe lidiliziwe. 32Ngakho ngalolosuku wambiza ngokuthi nguJerubali, esithi: UBhali kalwe laye, ngoba ulidilizile ilathi lakhe.

33Lawo wonke amaMidiyani lamaAmaleki labantwana bempumalanga aq babuthana ndawonye, bachapha, bamisa inkamba esigodini seJizereyeli ar. 34LoMoya weNkosi wembesa uGidiyoni as; wavuthela uphondo at, lamaAbiyezeri abizwa emva kwakhe. 35Wasethuma izithunywa kuye wonke uManase, labo futhi babizwa emva kwakhe. Wasethuma izithunywa koAsheri lakoZebuluni lakoNafithali; basebesiza ukubahlangabeza.

36UGidiyoni wasesithi kuNkulunkulu: Uba uzasindisa uIsrayeli ngesandla sami njengokutsho kwakho, 37khangela au, ngizabeka uboya bezimvu obugundiweyo ebaleni lokubhulela; uba amazolo ezakuba phezu koboya obugundiweyo kuphela, lokoma emhlabathini wonke, ngizakwazi-ke ukuthi uzamsindisa uIsrayeli ngesandla sami, njengokutsho kwakho. 38Kwasekusiba njalo. Lapho evuka ngovivi kusisa, wacindezela uboya obugundiweyo, wakhama amazolo eboyeni obugundiweyo, umganu ogcwele amanzi av. 39UGidiyoni wasesithi kuNkulunkulu: Ulaka lwakho lungangivutheli aw, ngizakhuluma khathesi kuphela; ake ngihlole khathesi kuphela ngoboya obugundiweyo; ake kube lokoma eboyeni obugundiweyo kuphela, lemhlabathini wonke kakube lamazolo. 40UNkulunkulu wasesenza njalo ngalobobusuku; ngoba kwaba lokoma eboyeni obugundiweyo kuphela, kodwa emhlabathini wonke kwaba lamazolo.

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