Abagwebi
18:1 Ngaloo mihla kube kungekho kumkani kwaSirayeli;
koonyana bakaDan babafunela ilifa lendawo yokuhlala; kude kube yiloo mini
lonke ilifa labo lalingababelanga phakathi kwezizwe zakwaSirayeli
Sirayeli.
18:2 Oonyana bakaDan besusa kumlibo wakowabo amadoda amahlanu emideni yawo.
amadoda anobukroti avela eTsora nase-Eshtawoli, ukuba alihlole ilizwe, alihlole
yiphendle; bathi kuwo, Hambani niligocagoce ilizwe;
bafika kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim endlwini kaMika, balala khona.
18:3 Akuba engasendlwini kaMika, alifanisa ilizwi lendodana;
baphambukela khona, bathi kuye, Ngubani na?
Ukuzise apha? Wenza ntoni na kule ndawo? kwaye yintoni na
ulapha?
18:4 Wathi kuwo, Wenjenje, wenjenje uMika kum, wenjenjalo
undiqeshe, ndingumbingeleli wakhe.
18:5 Bathi kuye, Khawubuze kuThixo, ukuba siphendule
yazi ukuba iya kuba nempumelelo indlela yethu esihamba ngayo.
18:6 Wathi umbingeleli kuwo, Hambani ninoxolo, iphambi koYehova indlela yenu
apho nihamba khona.
18:7 Ahamba ke amadoda amahlanu afika eLayishe, ababona abantu ukuba bekunjalo
ababekuyo, ukuhlala kwabo bengakhathali, ngokwesiko lababingeleli
maTsidon, bezolile, bekholosile; bekungekho bani elizweni.
ukuze badane entwenini; baye bekude nelizwe
babengamaTsidon, ababengenanto yakwenza namntu.
18:8 Afika kubazalwana bawo eTsora nase-Eshtawoli, nabazalwana babo
Bathi abazalwana kubo, Nithini na?
18:9 Athi, Sukani, sinyuke siye kuwo; ngokuba sibonile
ilizwe, yabonani, lihle kunene; nithi cwaka na? hayi
linqen' ukuhamba, lingena kulihlutha ilizwe.
18:10 Xa nithe nafika, nofika kubantu abonwabileyo, ezweni elibanzi ngeenxa zombini;
UThixo ulinikele ezandleni zenu; indawo ekungaswelekiyo kuyo
into esehlabathini.
18:11 Kwaye bemka apho bentsapho yakwaDan, ukusuka eTsora
nase-Eshtawoli, amakhulu amathandathu amadoda axhobe ukulwa.
18:12 Enyuka ke, amisa eKiriyati-yeharim yakwaYuda.
wathi loo ndawo yiMahane yakwaDan unanamhla;
eKiriyati-yeharim.
18:13 Agqitha aya kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim, afika endlwini kaEfrayim
UMika.
18:14 Aphendula ke aphendula amadoda amahlanu, abeze kulihlola ilizwe laseLayishe, athi,
bathi kubazalwana babo, Niyazi na ukuba kukho ezi zindlu?
iefodi, nemilonde-khaya, nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo, nomtyhido? ngoku
Yiqondeni ke into eniya kuyenza.
18:15 Aphambukela khona, afika endlwini yendodana
UmLevi, wesa endlwini kaMika, wambulisa.
18:16 namadoda angamakhulu amathandathu axhotyiswe beneempahla zawo zemfazwe
koonyana bakaDan bema ekungeneni kwesango.
18:17 Anyuka ke amadoda amahlanu abeye kuhlola ilizwe, eza
wawuthabatha khona umfanekiso oqingqiweyo, ne-efodi, nemilonde-khaya, kwanemilonde-khaya;
umfanekiso otyhidiweyo: wema umbingeleli ekungeneni kwesango ngawo
amadoda angamakhulu amathandathu axhobe iimpahla zemfazwe.
18:18 Angena lawa endlwini kaMika, awuthabathile umfanekiso oqingqiweyo
iefodi, nemilonde-khaya, nomfanekiso otyhidiweyo. Wathi umbingeleli kuye
wathi kubo, Nenza ntoni na?
18:19 Bathi kuye, Yithi tu, ubeke isandla emlonyeni;
uhambe nathi, ube ngubawo nombingeleli kuthi;
ube ngumbingeleli wendlu yamntu-nye, nokuba ube ngumbingeleli
kwisizwe nakwintsapho yakwaSirayeli?
18:20 Yachwayitha intliziyo yombingeleli, wayithabatha iefodi nengubo yentsimbi
zangena phakathi kwabantu.
18:21 Bajika ke, bemka, bazibeka iintsapho neemfuyo kunye
inqwelo phambi kwabo.
18:22 Athe ukuba kude nendlu kaMika, amadoda abekho
ezindlwini ezikufuphi nendlu kaMika zahlanganisana, zafunyanwa
oonyana bakaDan.
18:23 Bakhala koonyana bakaDan. Kwaye bajika ubuso babo,
Wathi kuMika, Uhlelwe yintoni na, ukuba uze nento enjalo?
inkampani?
18:24 Wathi, Oothixo bam endabenzayo nibathabathile, nombingeleli wam;
nimkile ke; ndisenantoni na? Yintoni na le niyithethayo?
wathi kum, Uhlelwe yintoni na?
18:25 Bathi kuye oonyana bakaDan, Musa ukulivakalisa ilizwi lakho phakathi
nathi, hleze akugqibele amadoda anomsindo, uphulukane nobomi bakho
ubomi bendlu yakho.
18:26 Bahamba ngendlela yabo oonyana bakaDan. Wabona uMika ukuba baye
wamoyisa, wajika wabuyela endlwini yakhe.
18:27 Bazithabatha ke izinto abezenzile uMika, nombingeleli abemenzele
Ndaya kufika eLayishe kubantu abazolileyo, abonwabileyo;
abaxabela ngohlangothi lwekrele, bawutshisa umzi
umlilo.
18:28 akwabakho mhlanguli, ngokuba ibikude neTsidon;
akukho shishini namntu; kwaye ke entilini apho elele khona
eBhete-rehobhi. Bakha umzi, bahlala kuwo.
18:29 Bathi igama laloo mzi ngowakwaDan, ngegama likaDan wabo
Uyise owazalelwa uSirayeli; kodwa igama laloo mzi beliyiLayishe
ekuqaleni.
18:30 Baza oonyana bakaDan bazimisela umfanekiso oqingqiweyo lowo, noYonatan unyana
kuGershom, unyana kaManase, yena noonyana bakhe baba ngababingeleli bebandla
kwada kwayimini yokuthinjwa kwelizwe.
18:31 Bazimisela ke umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaMika abewenzile, yonke imihla
ukuba indlu kaThixo yayiseShilo.