UJudith
15:1 Bakuva ke ababesententeni, bakhwankqiswa yiloo nto
into eyenziwe.
15:2 Kwabakho ukoyika nokungcangcazela, akwabakho bani unjalo
Wafuna ukuhlala phambi kommelwane wakhe, kodwa aphume ngokungxama kunye.
asaba, ahamba ngendlela yonke yeArabha neyeentaba.
15:3 Ke kaloku nabo babemise ezintabeni ngeenxa zonke eBhethuliya basaba
kude. Ke oonyana bakaSirayeli, onke amakroti phakathi
baphuma bebaleka phezu kwabo.
15:4 U-Uziya wathumela eBhetemastem, naseBhebhayi, naseKobhayi, naseKhola
kuyo yonke imida yakwaSirayeli, abo baxela izinto ezibe zikho
kwenziwe, nokokuba bonke bangxamele phambili kwiintshaba zabo ukuba babatshabalalise.
15:5 Beva ke oonyana bakaSirayeli, babawela bonke
bavumelana naye, wababulala eHobhayi, kwangokunjalo nabo bezayo
eYerusalem, nakulo lonke eleentaba, ngokuba babebaxelele
nezinto ezenziwayo eminqubeni yeentshaba zabo) nababekho
kwelaseGalili nakwelaseGalili, abasukela ngobulo olukhulu, kwada kwayiwa
badlula eDamasko nemida yayo.
15:6 Amasalela abehleli eBhethuliya awela eminqubeni yaseAsiriya, alwa.
baphanga, batyeba kakhulu.
15:7 Ke kaloku oonyana bakaSirayeli ababebuyile ekuxhelweni baba nayo
eyasalayo; nemizana nemizi ekuyo
ezintabeni nasemathafeni aba amaxhoba amaninzi;
kakhulu.
15:8 noYowakim umbingeleli omkhulu, namadoda amakhulu oonyana bakaSirayeli
ababemi eYerusalem, beza kuzibona izinto ezilungileyo anazo uThixo
Wabonisa uSirayeli, nokumbona uYuditi, nokumbulisa.
15:9 Beza ke kuye, bamsikelela ngamxhelo mnye, bathi
bathi kuyo, Wena uyingxonde yeYerusalem, ubungangamsha obukhulu
Sirayeli, wena uyimihlali emikhulu yesizwe sethu;
15:10 Zonke ezo zinto uzenze ngesandla sakho; kuninzi kokulungileyo okwenzileyo
kuSirayeli, uThixo wakholiswa kuko;
Nkosi ngonaphakade. Bathi bonke abantu, Makube njalo.
15:11 Abantu bayiphanga iminquba imihla emashumi mathathu, banikela
nentente yakhe, nepleyiti yakhe yonke, nezingqengqelo, nezingqengqelo
nempahla yakhe, nempahla yakhe yonke. Wayithabatha, wayikhwelisa kundlebende wakhe; kwaye
walungisa iinqwelo zakhe, wazibeka phezu kwazo.
15:12 Bagidima kunye bonke abafazi bakwaSirayeli, beza kumbona, basikelela;
wamngqungqa phakathi kwawo, waphatha amasebe ngesandla sakhe.
wanika nabafazi ababenaye.
15:13 Bamthwesa ke yena nomkhonzazana wakhe obenaye isidanga sezinquma;
wahamba phambi kwabantu bonke ekungqungqeni, ekhokela abafazi bonke.
alandela onke amadoda akwaSirayeli enxibe izikrweqe zawo, enezidanga
ngeengoma emlonyeni.