1 Amakhosi
20:1 UBenihadadi, inkosi yase-Aramu, wabutha yonke impi yakhe, futhi lapho
wayenamakhosi angamashumi amathathu nambili kanye naye, namahhashi, nezinqola; futhi yena
wenyuka wavimbezela iSamariya, walwa nalo.
2 Wathuma izithunywa ku-Ahabi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli emzini, wathi
kuye, Usho kanje uBeni Hadadi,
20:3 Isiliva lakho negolide lakho kungokwami; omkekho nabantwana bakho, yebo
okuhle kunakho konke, kungokwami.
20:4 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphendula, yathi: "Ngokwenkosi yami, nkosi
izwi lakho, Ngingowakho, nakho konke enginakho.
20:5 Izithunywa zabuya, zathi: "Usho kanje uBeni Hadadi, ethi:
Noma ngithumele kuwe, ngithi: 'Uyakungikhulula okwakho.'
isiliva, negolide lakho, nabafazi bakho, nabantwana bakho;
20:6 Nokho ngizothumela izinceku zami kuwe kusasa ngalesi sikhathi, futhi
bayakuphenya indlu yakho nezindlu zezinceku zakho; futhi
kuyakuthi konke okuthandekayo emehlweni akho bakubeke
esandleni sabo, bayisuse.
20:7 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yayisibiza onke amalunga ezwe, yathi:
Ake nibheke, nibone ukuthi lo ufuna okubi, ngokuba uthumile
mina ngibe ngabafazi bami, nabantwana bami, nesiliva lami, nelami
igolide; futhi angimphikanga.
" 20:8 Futhi bonke abadala futhi bonke abantu bathi kuye: "Ungalaleli
naye, noma avume.
20:9 Wayesethi kuzo izithunywa zikaBeni Hadadi: "Tshelani enkosini yami
nkosi, konke owakuthumela encekwini yakho ekuqaleni ngizakwenza
kwenzeni: kodwa lokhu anginakuyenza. Zahamba izithunywa, futhi
wambuyisela izwi.
20:10 UBenihadadi wathumela kuye, wathi: "Onkulunkulu mabenze njalo kimi, futhi enezele
futhi, uma uthuli lwaseSamariya luyokwanela ukugcwala kwezandla kubo bonke
abantu abangilandelayo.
20:11 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphendula yathi: "Mtsheleni: 'Ungamvumeli
obhinca ihhanisi lakhe azigabise njengalowo olikhumulayo.
20:12 Kwathi, lapho uBeni-Hadadi ezwa lo mbiko, njengoba wayenjalo
ephuza, yena namakhosi emadokodweni, wathi kweyakhe
izinceku, zihleleni. Basebezihlela
ngokumelene nomuzi.
" 20:13 Futhi, bheka, kwafika umprofethi ku-Ahabi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli, wathi: "Kanjalo
usho uJehova, “Usibonile sonke lesi sixuku esikhulu na? bheka, ngiyakwenza
nikela esandleni sakho namuhla; lizakwazi ukuthi mina nginguJehova
NKOSI.
20:14 Wathi u-Ahabi: "Ngobani?" Wathi: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi:
izinsizwa zezikhulu zezifunda. Wasesithi: Ngubani ozalaya
impi? Wasesithi: Wena.
20:15 Khona-ke wabala izinsizwa zezikhulu zezifunda, futhi bona
babengamakhulu amabili namashumi amathathu nambili; wababala emva kwabo bonke
abantu, bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, izinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa.
20:16 Baphuma emini. Kodwa uBhenihadadi wayeziphuzela edakiwe
amadokodo, yena namakhosi, amakhosi angamashumi amathathu nambili ayesiza
yena.
20:17 Izinsizwa zezikhulu zezifunda zaphuma kuqala; futhi
UBenihadadi wathuma, bamtshela ukuthi, Kuphume amadoda
iSamariya.
20:18 Wathi: "Noma bephumele ukuthula, babambeni bephila; noma
noma bephumele ukulwa, babambeni bephila.
20:19 Ngakho lezi zinsizwa zezikhulu zezifunda zaphuma emzini.
nebutho elalibalandela.
20:20 Futhi babulala, kwaba yilowo nalowo umuntu wakhe, futhi ama-Aramu abaleka; kanye no-Israyeli
uBeni Hadadi inkosi yase-Aramu waphunyuka ngehhashi
abamahhashi.
20:21 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphuma, yabulala amahhashi nezinqola,
wabulala amaSiriya ngokuceka okukhulu.
20:22 Umprofethi wayesefika enkosini yakwa-Israyeli, wathi kuyo: "Hamba!
ziqinise, uqaphele, futhi ubone okwenzayo, ngoba ekubuyeni
wonyaka inkosi yase-Aramu iyakukhuphuka ukulwa nawe.
20:23 Izinceku zenkosi yase-Aramu zathi kuye: "Onkulunkulu babo bangonkulunkulu."
kwamagquma; ngakho-ke babenamandla kunathi; kodwa asilwe
ngokumelene nabo ethafeni, futhi ngokuqinisekile siyoba namandla kunabo.
20:24 Futhi wenze lokhu: Thatha amakhosi, yilowo nalowo endaweni yakhe, futhi
ubeke izinduna emakamelweni azo.
20:25 Futhi ubale wena ibutho, njengebutho ukuthi ulahlekelwe, ihhashi ngenxa
ihhashi, nenqola ngenqola, silwe nabo empini
sobala, futhi ngokuqinisekile siyoba namandla kunabo. Futhi walalela
izwi labo, benze njalo.
20:26 Kwathi, ekupheleni konyaka, ukuthi uBenihadadi wabala
ama-Aramu, akhuphukela e-Afeki ukulwa no-Israyeli.
20:27 Futhi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababalwayo, futhi bonke batholakala, bahamba
ngokumelene nabo; abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bamisa phambi kwabo njengababili
imihlambi emincane yezingane; kodwa amaSiriya agcwalisa ilizwe.
20:28 Futhi kwafika umuntu kaNkulunkulu, futhi wakhuluma enkosini yakwa-Israyeli, futhi
wathi: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: ‘Ngokuba ama-Aramu athe: ‘UJehova
UNkulunkulu wasezintabeni, kepha akasiye uNkulunkulu wezigodi, ngakho-ke ngizokwenza
nikela esandleni sakho sonke lesi sixuku esikhulu, nikwazi lokho
nginguJehova.
20:29 Futhi bamisa omunye phambi komunye izinsuku eziyisikhombisa. Kwaba njalo,
ukuthi ngosuku lwesikhombisa impi yahlangana: nabantwana bakwa
U-Israyeli wabulala kuma-Aramu izinkulungwane eziyikhulu eziyimigundatshani ngalusuku lunye.
20:30 Kodwa abanye babalekela e-Afeki, emzini; kwasekuwela ugange
amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nesikhombisa asele. UBeni Hadadi wabaleka,
wangena emzini, ekamelweni elingaphakathi.
20:31 Futhi izinceku zakhe zathi kuye: "Bheka, manje sizwile ukuthi amakhosi
endlini yakwa-Israyeli angamakhosi anomusa; ake sibeke
indwangu yamasaka ezinkalweni zethu, nezintambo emakhanda ethu, siphumele enkosini
ka-Israyeli; mhlawumbe ingasindisa ukuphila kwakho.
20:32 Babhinca indwangu yamasaka ezinkalweni zabo, bafaka izintambo emakhanda abo.
waya enkosini yakwa-Israyeli, wathi: “Inceku yakho uBeni Hadadi ithi: Mina
ngicela ungiyeke ngiphile. Wathi: “Usaphila na? ungumfowethu.
20:33 Manje amadoda aqaphelisisa ukuthi kukhona into evelayo
yena, washesha ukulibamba, bathi: "Umfowenu uBeni Hadadi." Khona-ke
wathi: Hambani nimlethe. UBenihadadi wayesephumela kuye; futhi yena
wamkhwelisa enqoleni.
20:34 UBenihadadi wathi kuye: "Imizi, ubaba ayithatha esandleni sakho
baba, ngiyakubuyisela; uyakuzenzela izitaladi
iDamaseku njengoba ubaba enza eSamariya. Wayesethi u-Ahabi: "Ngiyakukuthuma."
kude nalesi sivumelwano. Ngakho wenza isivumelwano naye, wamthuma
kude.
20:35 Futhi umuntu othile wamadodana abaprofethi wathi kumakhelwane wakhe phakathi
izwi likaJehova: Ake ungishaye. Yala indoda
mshaye.
20:36 Wathi kuye: "Ngokuba ungalalelanga izwi likaJehova."
Jehova, bheka, ekusukeni kwakho kimi, ingonyama iyakubulala
wena. Esesukile kuye, ingonyama yamfumana, futhi
wambulala.
20:37 Khona-ke wathola enye indoda, futhi wathi, "Ngishaye, ngicela ungishaye. Futhi indoda
wamshaya, waze wamlimaza ngokumshaya.
20:38 Ngakho umprofethi wahamba, futhi walinda inkosi endleleni, futhi
wazifihla ngomlotha ebusweni bakhe.
" 20:39 Futhi njengoba inkosi idlula, wamemeza enkosini
inceku yaphuma phakathi kokulwa; bheka, kwaphenduka umuntu
eceleni, laletha umuntu kimi, lathi: Lindela lo muntu;
kusho ukuthi ulahlekile, khona-ke ukuphila kwakho kuyakuba sesikhundleni sokuphila kwakhe, noma wena
uyakukhokha italenta lesiliva.
20:40 Futhi njengoba inceku yakho imatasa lapha nalaphaya, yena wahamba. Nenkosi yase
U-Israyeli wathi kuye: “Kuyakuba njalo ukwahlulelwa kwakho; uzinqumele wena.
20:41 Futhi washesha, wasusa umlotha ebusweni bakhe; kanye nenkosi ye
UIsrayeli wambona ukuthi ungowabaprofethi.
" 20:42 Wathi kuye, "Usho kanje uJehova, 'Ngenxa yokuthi uvumele ukuphuma
esandleni sakho umuntu engimmisile ukuba abhubhise;
ukuphila kuyakuba sesikhundleni sokuphila kwakhe, nabantu bakho esikhundleni sabantu bakhe.
20:43 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaya endlini yayo ibuhlungu futhi ithukuthele, yeza
eSamariya.