Abagwebi
9:1 UAbhimeleki, unyana kaYerubhahali, waya kwaShekem kunina
Wathetha nabazalwana bakhe, nawo wonke umzalwane wendlu yakhe
kuyise kanina, esithi,
9:2 Khanithethe ezindlebeni zabemi bakwaShekem bonke, nithi, Niphi na.
kulunge kuni, kunoonyana bonke bakaYerubhahali abakhoyo
Niya kunilawula ngamadoda amashumi asixhenxe, kusini na?
nikhumbule ukuba ndilithambo lenu nenyama yenu.
9:3 Bathetha abazalwana bonina ngaye, ezindlebeni zabantu bonke
UShekem onke loo mazwi, intliziyo yabo yakuthobela ukumlandela uAbhimeleki;
ngokuba bebesithi, Ngumzalwana wethu.
9:4 Bamnika ke endlwini leyo yesilivere emashumi asixhenxe
yaseBhahali-bheriti, awathi uAbhimeleki waqesha ngayo amadoda angenabuntu, agasileyo;
bamlandela.
9:5 Wesuka waya endlwini kayise eOfra, wababulala abazalwana bakhe.
oonyana bakaYerubhahali, amadoda amashumi asixhenxe, phezu kwelitye linye.
kwasala uYotam, unyana omncinane kaYerubhahali; ngenxa
wazimela.
9:6 Babizelwa ndawonye bonke abemi bakwaShekem nendlu yonke kaShekem
Waya kuMilo, wamenza ukumkani uAbhimeleki ngasemokini wesimiso
yayikwaShekem.
9:7 Waxelelwa uYotam, waya wema encotsheni yentaba
waseGerizim, waliphakamisa izwi lakhe, wadanduluka, wathi kubo, Phulaphulani
yizani kum, nina bemi bakwaShekem, ukuze uYehova anive nina.
9:8 Yaya imithi ukuya kuthambisa ukumkani ukuba abe phezu kwayo. bathi
nakumnquma, Silawule wena.
9:9 Wathi umnquma kuyo, Ndingade ndikuncame na ukutyeba kwam?
ngam bazukisa uThixo nabantu, bahambe bejinga phezu kwemithi?
9:10 Yathi imithi kumkhiwane, Yiza wena, ube ngukumkani phezu kwethu.
9:11 Wathi umkhiwane kuyo, Ndingabushiya na ubumnandi bam nobumnandi bam?
iziqhamo ezihle, niye kuphakanyiswa phezu kwemithi?
9:12 Yathi imithi kumdiliya, Yiza wena, ube ngukumkani phezu kwethu.
9:13 Wathi umdiliya kuyo, Ndingade ndiyincame na iwayini yam, evuyisa uThixo?
nabantu, baye kujingamela phezu kwemithi?
9:14 Yathi yonke imithi kwiqunube, Yiza wena, ube ngukumkani wethu.
9:15 Lathi iqunube kuyo imithi, Ukuba okunene niyandithambisa ndibe ngukumkani wayo
yiza ke, nizimele ngomthunzi wam; ukuba akunjalo, makutsha umlilo
phumani equnubeni, niyidle imisedare yaseLebhanon.
9:16 Ngoku ke, ukuba nenze ngenyaniso nangokunyanisekileyo, oko nikwenzileyo;
Abhimeleki ukumkani, ukuba nenze okulungileyo kuYerubhahali nakwindlu yakhe;
nenze kuye ngokwempatho yezandla zakhe;
9:17 (Ngokuba ubawo wanilwela, waza wabubeka kude ubomi bakhe, kwaye
wanihlangula esandleni samaMidiyan;
9:18 Ke nina nivukele indlu kabawo namhla, nabulala;
oonyana bakhe, imiphefumlo emashumi asixhenxe, lityeni linye;
uAbhimeleki, unyana womkhonzazana wakhe, ukumkani wabemi bakwaShekem;
ngokuba engumzalwana wakho;)
9:19 ukuba ke nenze ngenyaniso nangokugqibeleleyo kuYerubhahali nowakhe
hlalani nivuye namhla kuAbhimeleki, avuye naye
kuwe:
9:20 ukuba akunjalo, makuphume umlilo kuAbhimeleki, ubadle abantu bakwa-Abhimeleki
uShekem nendlu yeMilo; kwaye makuphume umlilo ebantwini
kwaShekem nakwindlu yeMilo, nimdle uAbhimeleki.
9:21 Wabaleka ke uYotam, wasaba, waya eBhere, wahlala khona.
woyika uAbhimeleki umninawa wakhe.
9:22 Ke kaloku uAbhimeleki wayengukumkani kwaSirayeli iminyaka emithathu.
9:23 UThixo wathuma umoya ombi phakathi koAbhimeleki nabemi bakwaShekem;
Abemi bakwaShekem bamkhohlisa uAbhimeleki.
9:24 ukuze ukunyangwa koonyana abamashumi asixhenxe bakaYerubhahali
amagazi abo abekwe phezu koAbhimeleki umninawa wabo owambulalayo
bona; naphezu kwabemi bakwaShekem, abamncedayo ekubulaweni kwakhe
bazalwana.
9:25 Abemi bakwaShekem bammisela abalaleli encotsheni yentaba
ezintabeni, babaphanga bonke ababedlula kubo ngendlela;
waxelelwa uAbhimeleki.
9:26 Waya uGahali unyana kaEbhede, nabazalwana bakhe, bawela
kwaShekem: Abemi bakwaShekem bakholosa ngaye.
9:27 Baphuma baya emasimini, bavuna izidiliya zabo;
Bazixovula iidiliya, bavuya, bangena endlwini yothixo wabo.
wadla, wasela, wamqalekisa uAbhimeleki.
9:28 Wathi uGahali unyana kaEbhede, Ngubani na yena uAbhimeleki, engubani na yena uShekem?
ukuze simkhonze? Akanyana kaYerubhahali na? noZebhule owakhe
igosa? khonzani oonyana bakaHamore, uyise kaShekem;
simkhonze?
9:29 Akwaba aba bantu bebesesandleni sam! ndiye ndasusa
uAbhimeleki. Wathi kuAbhimeleki, Wandise impi yakho, uphume.
9:30 Waweva uZebhule, umphathi womzi, amazwi kaGahali unyana ka
UEbhedi wavutha umsindo wakhe.
9:31 Wathuma abathunywa kuAbhimeleki ngasese, wathi, Nanko uGahali umthetheli.
Unyana kaEbhede nabazalwana bakhe bafika kwaShekem. nantso ke
siqinise isixeko nxamnye nawe.
9:32 Vuka ke ngoko ebusuku, wena nabantu onabo, udle;
lalela entsimini;
9:33 Kothi, kusasa, ukuphuma kwelanga, wena
uvuke kusasa, awumise phezu komzi; nanko yena nabasemzini
abantu abanaye baphume besiza kuwe;
njengoko ufumana ithuba.
9:34 Wavuka ebusuku uAbhimeleki nabantu bonke anabo;
bamlalela uShekem bengamaqela amane.
9:35 Waphuma uGahali unyana kaEbhede, wema ekungeneni kwesango
Wesuka ke uAbhimeleki nabantu ababenaye;
ekulaleleni.
9:36 UGahali wababona abantu, wathi kuZebhule, Nankuya!
abantu ezantsi encotsheni yeentaba. Wathi uZebhule kuye, Wena
Ubona umthunzi weentaba ngathi ngabantu.
9:37 Waphinda waqokela uGahali, wathi, Yabona, kusihla abantu esazulwini
kweza elinye iqela ethafeni laseMeonenim.
9:38 Wathi uZebhule kuye, Uphi na ngoku umlomo wakho, owathi?
Ngubani na uAbhimeleki, ukuba simkhonze? ayingobantu aba
Udelile? khawuphume ke, ulwe nabo.
9:39 Waphuma uGahali phambi kwabemi bakwaShekem, walwa noAbhimeleki.
9:40 UAbhimeleki wamsukela, wasaba yena phambi kwakhe, baba baninzi
ibhukuqiwe, ingxwelerhiwe, kwada kwesa ekungeneni kwesango.
9:41 UAbhimeleki wahlala eAruma; uZebhule wamgxotha uGahali nomkhosi wakhe.
Bazalwana, ukuba mabangahlali kwaShekem.
9:42 Kwathi ngengomso, baphuma abantu baya ententeni
ibala wamxelela uAbhimeleki.
9:43 Wabathabatha abantu, wabahlula bangamaqela omathathu, wababeka
linda entsimini, wakhangela, nango abantu bephuma
ngaphandle kwesixeko; wabasukela, wabaxabela.
9:44 Wagxalathelana uAbhimeleki neqela abenaye
bema ekungeneni kwesango lomzi, bema nabanye bobabini
Abalekela abantu bonke ababesemadlelweni, ababulala
bona.
9:45 Walwa ke uAbhimeleki kuloo mzi yonke loo mini; wayithabatha ke
umzi, wababulala abantu ababekuwo, wawudiliza umzi, wababulala
wahlwayela ngetyuwa.
9:46 Beva bonke abasenqabeni ende yakwaShekem, bangena
kwinqaba yendlu yothixo onguBheriti.
9:47 Waxelelwa uAbhimeleki, ukuba bakho bonke abasenqabeni ende yakwaShekem
bahlanganiselwa ndawonye.
9:48 Wayinyuka uAbhimeleki intaba yaseTsalimon, yena nabantu bonke ababelapho
babenaye; uAbhimeleki waphatha izembe ngesandla sakhe, wagawula a
isebe lemithi, walithabatha, walibeka egxalabeni lakhe, wathi
wathi ebantwini ababenaye, Loo nto niyibone ndiyenza, khawulezani;
wenze njengoko ndenze ngako.
9:49 Bagawula ngokunjalo abantu bonke elowo isebe lakhe, balandela
UAbhimeleki wawabeka engontsini, wafaka isikhuni phezu kwawo;
bafa nabo bonke abantu benqaba ende yakwaShekem, ngathi liwaka
amadoda nabafazi.
9:50 UAbhimeleki waya eTebhetse, wayingqinga iTebhetse, wayithimba.
9:51 Kwaye kukho inqaba ende eliqele phakathi komzi, ababalekela khona bonke
amadoda, nabafazi, nabemi bonke bomzi, bazivalela, bangena
bawanyuse bada baya kutsho encotsheni yenqaba.
9:52 Wafika uAbhimeleki enqabeni ende, walwa nayo, wahamba nzima
emnyango wenqaba, ukuze bayitshise ngomlilo.
9:53 Yasuka inkazana yaphosa ilitye lokusila entlokweni ka-Abhimeleki.
kwaye bonke ukuba baqhekeze ukakayi lwakhe.
9:54 Wabiza kamsinya umfana wakwakhe obephethe iintonga zakhe, wathi
Wathi kuye, Rhola ikrele lakho, undibulale, hleze kuthiwe ndim, Ndingumfazi
wambulala. Umfana wakhe wamgwaza, wafa.
9:55 Abona amadoda akwaSirayeli ukuba ufile uAbhimeleki, ahamba
elowo endaweni yakhe.
9:56 UThixo wabubuyisela ububi buka-Abhimeleki, abenzile kunyana wakhe
uyise, ekubulaleni abazalwana bakhe abamashumi asixhenxe.
9:57 nobubi bonke bamadoda akwaShekem uThixo wabubuyisela ezintlokweni zawo;
afikelwa sisiqalekiso sikaYotam unyana kaYerubhahali.