Abagwebi
11:1 Ke kaloku uYifeta, umGiliyadi, ebeligorha elinobukroti;
uGiliyadi wazala uYifeta.
11:2 UmkaGiliyadi wamzalela oonyana; bakhula oonyana bomkakhe, bazala
wamgxotha uYifeta, wathi kuye, Akuyi kudla lifa ezweni lakowethu
indlu kayise; ngokuba ungunyana womphambukeli.
11:3 Wasaba uYifeta kubazalwana bakhe, wahlala ezweni laseTobhi.
kwabuthana kuYifeta amadoda angenabuntu, aphuma naye.
11:4 Kwathi, ekuhambeni kwexesha, oonyana baka-Amon benza
imfazwe noSirayeli.
11:5 Kwathi, balwa oonyana baka-Amon namaSirayeli.
Amadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi aya kumthabatha uYifeta ezweni laseTobhi.
11:6 Athi kuYifeta, Yiza ube ngumphathi wethu, silwe
kunye noonyana baka-Amon.
11:7 Wathi uYifeta kumadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi, Asinini na abandithiyayo na?
ndigxothe emzini kabawo? yini na ukuba nize kum ngoku?
nibandezelekile na?
11:8 Athi amadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi kuYifeta, Makhe sibuyele apha
ke wena ngoku, ukuba uhambe nathi, ulwe noonyana baka
Amoni, ube yintloko kuthi, kubemi bonke baseGiliyadi.
11:9 Wathi uYifeta kumadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi, Ukuba nithe nandibuyisa;
ukuba aye kulwa noonyana baka-Amon, uYehova wabanikela esandleni sakhe
mna, ndibe yintloko yakho?
11:10 Athi amadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi kuYifeta, UYehova makabe lingqina phakathi kwakho
thina, ukuba asithanga senze ngokwelizwi lakho.
11:11 Wahamba uYifeta namadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi;
Wawathetha uYifeta onke amazwi akhe ngenxa engaphambili
uYehova eMizpa.
11:12 UYifeta wathumela abathunywa kukumkani woonyana baka-Amon;
esithi, Yintoni na enam nawe, ukuba uze kum nje?
ukulwa emhlabeni wam?
11:13 Wathi ukumkani woonyana baka-Amon wabaphendula abathunywa
Yifeta, ngenxa enokuba amaSirayeli alithabathayo ilizwe lam, ekunyukeni kwawo
IYiputa, ithabathele eArnon, ise eYabhoki, yesa eYordan; ke ngoku
buyisela loo mazwe kwakhona ngoxolo.
11:14 UYifeta waphinda wathuma abathunywa, kukumkani woonyana bakaYifeta
uAmon:
11:15 Wathi kuye, Utsho uYifeta ukuthi, AmaSirayeli akalithabathanga ilizwe lakwaSirayeli
kwaMowabhi, nelizwe loonyana baka-Amon;
11:16 ke ekunyukeni kwamaSirayeli eYiputa, ahamba entlango
eLwandle oluBomvu, beza eKadeshe;
11:17 AmaSirayeli athumela abathunywa kukumkani wakwaEdom, esithi, Ndivumele ndife
khawucande ezweni lakho, akaphulaphula ukumkani wakwaEdom
apho. Bathumela ngokunjalo kukumkani wakwaMowabhi; naye ke
akavuma; wahlala uSirayeli eKadeshe.
11:18 Bahamba ke entlango, balijikeleza ilizwe lakwaKanan
kwaEdom nelizwe lakwaMowabhi, beza ngasempuma yelizwe lakwaMowabhi
UMowabhi wamisa iintente phesheya kweArnon, akangena phakathi kwawo
Umda wakwaMowabhi, ngokuba iArnon ngumda wakwaMowabhi.
11:19 AmaSirayeli athumela abathunywa kuSihon, ukumkani wama-Amori, ukumkani wama-Amori
eHeshbhon; wathi uSirayeli kuye, Makhe sicande
umhlaba wakho endaweni yam.
11:20 USihon akakholwanga ngamaSirayeli, ukuba acande emdeni wakhe;
Wabahlanganisa bonke abantu bakhe, wamisa eYatsa, walwa
nxamnye noSirayeli.
11:21 UYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, wamnikela esandleni uSihon nabantu bakhe bonke
Bawaxabela ke amaSirayeli, walihlutha lonke ilizwe lakwaSirayeli
ama-Amori, abemi belo zwe.
11:22 Awuhlutha wonke umda wama-Amori, kwathabathela eArnon kwesa
eYabhoki, ethabathela entlango esa eYordan.
11:23 Kaloku ke uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, uwagqogqale ama-Amori phambi kwawo
Ngaba uya kubahlutha abantu bakhe amaSirayeli?
11:24 Akuhluthi na, akuhluthileyo uKemoshe uthixo wakho?
Bonke abasukuba uYehova uThixo wethu ayabagqogqa phambi kwethu, boba nabo
sinazo.
11:25 Ngoku wena ulunge ngaphezu koBhalaki unyana kaTsipore, ukumkani waseJiputa
kwaMowabhi? wakha wabambana namaSirayeli, wakha walwa na yena na?
bona,
11:26 Wahlala amaSirayeli eHeshbhon nasemagxamesini ayo, naseArohere nasemagxamesini ayo;
nakwimizi yonke engaselunxwemeni lwaseArnon yaba mithathu
iminyaka elikhulu? ibiyini na ke ukuba ningabahlanguli ngelo xesha?
11:27 Mna andikonanga; nguwe ondenza into embi ngokulwa
ngam: UYehova uMgwebi makagwebe namhla phakathi koonyana baka-Aron
amaSirayeli kunye noonyana baka-Amon.
11:28 Akawaphulaphula ukumkani woonyana baka-Amon
kaYifeta awamthumayo.
11:29 UMoya kaYehova wamfikela uYifeta, wawela
nelaseGiliyadi nelakwaManase, bawela neMizpa yaseGiliyadi, naseMizpa
waseGiliyadi wawelela koonyana baka-Amon.
11:30 UYifeta wabhambathisa isibhambathiso kuYehova, wathi, Ukuba uthe wayikhulula,
Hayi, ukubanikela oonyana baka-Amon esandleni sam;
11:31 Kuya kuthi ke, bonke abathe baphuma ngeengcango zendlu yam
andihlangabeze ekubuyeni kwam ndinoxolo, ndivela koonyana baka-Amon
inene, yekaYehova; ndiya kuyinyusa ibe lidini elinyukayo.
11:32 Wagqitha ke uYifeta, waya koonyana baka-Amon, ukuba alwe nabo
bona; uYehova wabanikela esandleni sakhe.
11:33 Wabaxabela kwathabathela eArohere kwada kwaya eMiniti;
imizi emashumi mabini, kwesa eSikreni sezidiliya, inkulu kunene
ukuxhela. Bathotywa oonyana baka-Amon phambi koonyana
kwaSirayeli.
11:34 Wafika uYifeta eMizpa endlwini yakhe, nantso intombi yakhe ingena eMizpa.
waphuma, esiya kumkhawulela ngeengqongqo engqungqa; yaye inguye yedwa
umntwana; ngaphandle kwakhe ebengenanyana nantombi.
11:35 Kwathi, akuyibona, wazikrazula iingubo zakhe;
wathi, Yeha, ntombi yam! Undithobe kakhulu, ùmnye wena
Ngokuba ndiwuvulile umlomo wam kuYehova, ndaza ke mna
andinakubuyela umva.
11:36 Wathi yena kuye, Bawo, ukuba uwuvulile umlomo wakho kuwe
Yehova, yenza kum njengoko kuphume emlonyeni wakho;
ngenxa enokuba uYehova ephindezele impindezelo ezintshabeni zakho;
nakoonyana baka-Amon.
11:37 Wathi kuyise, Mandenzelwe le nto;
iinyanga ezimbini ndedwa, ukuze ndinyuke ndihle ndiye ezintabeni, ndize
khala ubuntombi bam, mna nabalingane bam.
11:38 Wathi, Hamba. Wayindulula, yaya iinyanga ezimbini; yahamba nayo
abalingane bakhe, babulilela ubuntombi bakhe ezintabeni.
11:39 Kwathi, ekupheleni kweenyanga ezimbini, yabuyela kuyo
uyise, owenza kuyo ngokwesibhambathiso sakhe, awayesibhambathisile;
wayengazi ndoda. Yaye yaba lisiko kwaSirayeli,
11:40 iminyaka ngeminyaka iintombi zakwaSirayeli ziye ziyibonge intombi ka-Amon
UYifeta waseGiliyadi iintsuku ezine ngomnyaka.