Abagwebi
21:1 Ke kaloku amadoda akwaSirayeli abefungile eMizpa, esithi, Akukho mntu
kuthi ke thina, mnikeni uBhenjamin intombi yakhe, ibe ngumkakhe.
21:2 Beza abantu endlwini kaThixo, bahlala khona kwada kwahlwa
Baliphakamisa ilizwi labo phambi koThixo, balila kakhulu;
21:3 Wathi, Yehova, Thixo kaSirayeli, yini na ukuba kwenzeke oku kwaSirayeli?
kufuneka sisweleke namhla esinye isizwe kwaSirayeli?
21:4 Kwathi ngengomso, bavuka kusasa abantu, bakha
wanikela khona isibingelelo, wanyusa amadini anyukayo nemibingelelo yoxolo.
21:5 Bathi oonyana bakaSirayeli, Ngubani na phakathi kwezizwe zonke?
AmaSirayeli angezanga na ebandleni kuYehova? Kuba bona
wenze isifungo esikhulu ngaye onganyukanga eze kuYehova
eMizpa, esithi, Makabulawe afe.
21:6 Bazohlwaya oonyana bakaSirayeli ngenxa kaBhenjamin umninawa wabo
Wathi, Sinqanyulwe namhla isizwe esinye kwaSirayeli.
21:7 siya kubathini na abaseleyo ngabafazi, ekubeni sifungile ngabo?
uYehova ukuba singabaniki ezintombini zethu zibe ngabafazi?
21:8 Bathi ke, Ngubani na ezizweni zakwaSirayeli ongafikanga?
eMizpa kuYehova? nanko kungaphumi mntu eminqubeni
Yabheshe yaseGiliyadi+ ebandleni.
21:9 Babalwa abantu, nanko ke kungekho namnye
abemi baseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi khona.
21:10 Ibandla lathumela khona ishumi elinamabini lamawaka amadoda angamakroti;
wabawisela umthetho, wathi, Hambani niye kubaxabela abemi baseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi
ngohlangothi lwekrele, abafazi nabantwana.
21:11 Nantsi into eniya kuyenza: noyisingela phantsi into yonke;
indoda, nayo yonke inkazana eyalala nendoda.
21:12 Bafumana kubemi baseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi amakhulu amané amadodana
iintombi ezinyulu, ezingazani nandoda ngokulala nendoda, zezisa
babase emkhosini eShilo, esezweni lakwaKanan.
21:13 Lathuma lonke ibandla, ukuba liye kuthetha koonyana bakhe
kwaBhenjamin ababesengxondorheni yeRimon, bamemeza ngoxolo kubo.
21:14 Abuya ke amaBhenjamin ngelo xesha; babanika abafazi ababanikelayo
abasindisa abafazi baseYabheshe yaseGiliyadi, benjenjalo ke
ababanelanga.
21:15 Abantu bazohlwaya ngenxa kaBhenjamin, ngokuba uYehova ebenoYehova
watyhoboza ezizweni zakwaSirayeli.
21:16 Athi amadoda amakhulu ebandla, Siya kubathini na abafazi?
amasalela, etshatyalalisiwe nje abafazi kwaBhenjamin?
21:17 Bathi ke, Lilifa labasindileyo
Bhenjamin, ukuze kungatshatyalaliswa isizwe kwaSirayeli.
21:18 Ke thina asinakubanika bafazi ezintombini zethu ngenxa yabantwana
Ufungile amaSirayeli esithi, Uqalekisiwe onika umBhenjamin umfazi.
21:19 Bathi ke, Niyabona, kukho umthendeleko kaYehova eShilo iminyaka ngeminyaka.
Indawo engasentla kweBheteli, ngasempumalanga kuyo
umendo onyuka uvela eBheteli, uye kwaShekem, nangasezantsi kwayo
Lebona.
21:20 Abawisela oonyana bakaBhenjamin umthetho, esithi, Hambani niye kulala
linda ezidiliyeni;
21:21 nikhangele, nikhangele, ukuba zithe zaphuma iintombi zaseShilo, zingqungqa;
nize niphume ezidiliyeni, nizibambe elowo eyakhe
ungumfazi weentombi zaseShilo, uye ezweni lakwaBhenjamin.
21:22 Kothi, xa ooyise nabazalwana babo beza kuthi
khalaza, sithi kubo, Sibabaleni ngenxa yethu
ngenxa yokuba singabagcinelanga elowo umkakhe emfazweni, ngenxa yenu
anibanikanga okwangoku, ukuba nibe netyala.
21:23 Benjenjalo oonyana bakaBhenjamin, bazeka abafazi ngokwesiko
inani labo ababengqungqa, abo babaxhakamfulayo;
babuyela elifeni labo, bakha imizi, bahlala kuyo
bona.
21:24 Bemka apho oonyana bakaSirayeli ngelo xesha, elowo waya
Baphuma ke apho elowo waya
ilifa lakhe.
21:25 Ngaloo mihla kube kungekho kumkani kwaSirayeli; elowo wenza njengoko kwakunjalo
kanye kwawakhe amehlo.