Abahluleli
9:1 U-Abimeleki, indodana kaJerubali, waya eShekemi kunina
wakhuluma nabo kanye nawo wonke umndeni wendlu
kuyise kanina, ethi:
9:2 Ake ukhulume ezindlebeni zabo bonke abantu baseShekemi ukuthi:
kungcono kini, nokuba wonke amadodana kaJerubali, okuyinto
abantu abangamashumi ayisikhombisa bayakubusa phezu kwenu, noma lowo abuse phezu kwenu na?
khumbulani ukuthi mina ngiyithambo lenu lenyama yenu.
9:3 Abafowabo bakanina bakhuluma ngaye ezindlebeni zabo bonke abantu
UShekemi onke lawo mazwi; inhliziyo yabo yathandela ukumlandela u-Abimeleki;
ngoba bathi: Ungumfowethu.
9:4 Futhi bamnika izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa ezivela endlini
yaseBali Beriti, u-Abimeleki aqasha ngayo abantu abayize nabalulazayo
amlandele.
9:5 Waya endlini kayise e-Ofira, wabulala abafowabo,
abantwana bakwaJerubali, abantu abangamashumi ayisikhombisa, phezu kwetshe linye;
kodwa kwasala uJothamu indodana encinyane kaJerubali; okwe
wazifihla.
9:6 Futhi bonke abantu bakwaShekemi babuthana ndawonye, futhi yonke indlu ka
Milo, wahamba, wambeka u-Abimeleki inkosi ngase-okini lensika
okwakuseShekemi.
9:7 Futhi lapho bemtshela uJothamu, wahamba wema esiqongweni sentaba
iGerizimu, waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wamemeza, wathi kubo: Lalelani
kimi, nina bantu baseShekemi, ukuze uNkulunkulu anizwe.
9:8 Izihlahla zaphuma ukugcoba inkosi phezu kwazo; bathi
emthini womnqumo, Busa phezu kwethu.
9:9 Kodwa umnqumo wathi kuzo, "Ingabe ngiyeke amanoni ami, okuyinto."
ngami bayadumisa uNkulunkulu nabantu, bahambe bayekwe phezu kwemithi?
9:10 Futhi imithi yathi emkhiwaneni, "Woza wena, futhi ube yinkosi phezu kwethu."
9:11 Kodwa umkhiwane wathi kuzo: "Ingabe ngiyeke ubumnandi bami, futhi yami?"
izithelo ezinhle, nihambe niyokhushulelwa phezu kwezihlahla?
9:12 Izihlahla zathi emvinini, "Woza wena, ube yinkosi phezu kwethu."
9:13 Futhi umvini wathi kuzo, "Ingabe ngishiye iwayini lami, okuyinto ejabulisa uNkulunkulu
nomuntu, nihambe niyokukhungathwa phezu kwezihlahla?
9:14 Khona-ke yonke imithi yathi kuso iqunube: "Woza wena, ube yinkosi phezu kwethu."
9:15 Futhi iqunube lathi ezihlahleni: "Uma ngempela ungigcoba ngibe yinkosi phezu."
woza, ubeke ithemba lakho emthunzini wami; uma kungenjalo, makuvuthe umlilo
phumani eququbeni, nidle imisedari yaseLebanoni.
9:16 Manje, uma nenze ngeqiniso nangobuqotho, kulokho enikwenzile
u-Abimeleki inkosi, uma nenze okuhle kuJerubali nendlu yakhe;
futhi wenze kuye njengokufanele izandla zakhe;
9:17 (Ngokuba ubaba wanilwela, futhi adventured ukuphila kwakhe kude, futhi
wanikhulula esandleni sakwaMidiyani;
9:18 Futhi niyivukele indlu kababa namuhla, futhi niye wabulala
amadodana akhe, abantu abangamashumi ayisikhombisa, phezu kwetshe linye, abenze
u-Abimeleki, indodana yencekukazi yakhe, inkosi yamadoda aseShekemi,
ngoba ungumfowenu;)
9:19 Uma-ke nenzile ngeqiniso nangobuqotho kuJerubali kanye naye
hlalani endlini namuhla, thokozani ngo-Abimeleki, naye ajabule
kuwe:
9:20 Kodwa uma kungenjalo, makuphume umlilo ku-Abimeleki, futhi ushwabadele amadoda
uShekemi, nendlu kaMilo; futhi makuphume umlilo emadodeni ase
noShekemi nasendlini yeMilo, nidle u-Abimeleki.
9:21 UJothamu wabaleka, wabaleka, waya eBeri, wahlala khona.
ukwesaba u-Abimeleki umfowabo.
9:22 Kwathi u-Abimeleki esebuse iminyaka emithathu kwa-Israyeli.
9:23 UNkulunkulu wathuma umoya omubi phakathi kuka-Abimeleki nabemi baseShekemi;
abantu baseShekemi bamkhohlisa u-Abimeleki;
9:24 Ukuze isihluku esenziwa amadodana angamashumi ayisikhombisa kaJerubali anamandla
woza, igazi labo libekwe phezu kuka-Abimeleki umfowabo owambulalayo
bona; naphezu kwamadoda akwaShekemi, amsiza ekubulaweni kwakhe
bazalwane.
9:25 Futhi abantu bakwaShekemi bammisela abaqamekeli esiqongweni sentaba
izintaba, futhi baphanga bonke ababedlula kubo ngaleyo ndlela: futhi
watshelwa u-Abimeleki.
9:26 Futhi uGali, indodana ka-Ebhedi, weza nabafowabo, futhi bawela
uShekemi; abantu bakwaShekem bathembela kuye.
9:27 Baphuma baya emasimini, bakha izivini zabo, futhi
banyathela izithelo zomvini, bajabula, bangena endlini kankulunkulu wabo;
wadla, waphuza, wamqalekisa u-Abimeleki.
9:28 UGali indodana ka-Ebhedi wathi: "Ngubani u-Abimeleki, futhi ngubani uShekemi?
ukuze simkhonze? akayona indodana kaJerubali na? noZebhule eyakhe
isikhulu? khonzani amadoda kaHamori uyise kaShekemi;
simkhonze?
9:29 Futhi sengathi uNkulunkulu laba bantu bebengaphansi kwesandla sami! ngabe ngisusa
Abimeleki. Wathi ku-Abimeleki: "Yandisa impi yakho, uphume."
9:30 Futhi lapho uZebhule, umbusi womuzi, wezwa amazwi kaGali, indodana ka
U-Ebhedi, ulaka lwakhe lwavutha.
9:31 Wathuma izithunywa ku-Abimeleki ngasese, wathi: “Bheka, uGali umbusi.
indodana ka-Ebhedi nabafowabo sebefikile eShekemi; futhi, bheka, bona
qinisa umuzi ngokumelene nawe.
9:32 Manje vuka ebusuku, wena nabantu okanye nawe, futhi
lalela endle;
9:33 Futhi kuyoba, ukuthi ekuseni, ngokushesha nje lapho ilanga seliphumile, wena
uyavuka ekuseni, uhlasele umuzi;
abantu abanaye baphumele ukulwa nawe, ungenza kanjalo kubo
njengoba uzothola ithuba.
9:34 U-Abimeleki wavuka ebusuku, nabo bonke abantu ababenaye.
baqamekela iShekemi ngamaviyo amane.
9:35 UGali, indodana ka-Ebhedi, waphuma, wema esikhaleni sesango
emzini; u-Abimeleki wasukuma nabantu ababe naye;
ekuqamekeleni.
9:36 Futhi lapho uGali ebona abantu, wathi kuZebhule, "Bheka, laphaya
abantu phansi esiqongweni sezintaba. UZebhule wasesithi kuye: Wena
bheka umthunzi wezintaba sengathi ngabantu.
9:37 UGali wabuye wakhuluma, wathi, Bheka, abantu behla phakathi
kwezwe, elinye iqembu lafika ngasethafeni laseMeonenimi.
9:38 Wayesethi uZebhule kuye, "Manje uphi umlomo wakho, owasho ngayo?
Ungubani u-Abimeleki ukuba simkhonze na? akusibo abantu laba
udelile? phuma manje, ulwe nabo.
9:39 UGali waphuma phambi kwamadoda aseShekemi, walwa no-Abimeleki.
9:40 U-Abimeleki wamjaha, futhi wabaleka phambi kwakhe, futhi abaningi baba
igumbuqelwe, ilimele, kwaze kwaba sekungeneni kwesango.
9:41 U-Abimeleki wahlala e-Aruma; uZebhule wamxosha uGali nomkakhe.
abazalwane, ukuze bangahlali eShekemi.
9:42 Kwathi ngangomuso abantu baphuma baya endlini
inkambu; bamtshela u-Abimeleki.
9:43 Futhi wathatha abantu, futhi wabahlukanisa izigaba ezintathu, futhi wabeka
linda endle, wabheka, bheka, abantu sebephuma
ngaphandle kwedolobha; wabavukela, wababulala.
9:44 Futhi u-Abimeleki, futhi iviyo elalinaye, bagijimela phambili, futhi
bema ekungeneni kwesango lomuzi, nabanye ababili
amaviyo agijimela bonke abantu ababesemasimini, abulala
bona.
9:45 U-Abimeleki walwa nomuzi lonke lolo suku; wathatha
umuzi, wabulala abantu ababekuwo, wawuchitha umuzi, futhi
yahlwanyela ngosawoti.
9:46 Futhi lapho bonke abasembhoshongweni kaShekemi bezwa lokho, bangena
enqabeni yendlu kankulunkulu uBeriti.
9:47 U-Abimeleki watshelwa ukuthi bonke abantu bombhoshongo waseShekemi babe
babuthana ndawonye.
9:48 U-Abimeleki wakhuphukela entabeni yaseTsalimoni, yena nabo bonke abantu ukuthi
babenaye; u-Abimeleki waphatha imbazo ngesandla sakhe, wagawula a
igatsha lezihlahla, walithatha, walibeka ehlombe lakhe, wathi
kubantu ababenaye: Enibone ngikwenza, sheshani;
futhi nenze njengoba ngenzile.
9:49 Futhi bonke abantu ngokufanayo bagawula, kwaba yilowo nalowo igatsha lakhe, balandela
u-Abimeleki, wawabeka enqabeni, wafaka isikhuni phezu kwawo;
bafa nabo bonke abantu bombhoshongo waseShekemi, ngathi iwaka
amadoda nabesifazane.
9:50 Khona-ke u-Abimeleki waya eThebezi, futhi wamisa ngokumelene iThebezi, futhi wayithumba.
9:51 Kodwa kwakukhona umbhoshongo oqinile phakathi komuzi, futhi lapho bonke babalekela
abesilisa nabesifazane, nabo bonke bomuzi, babavalela, bangena
bakhuphuke baze bafike esiqongweni sombhoshongo.
9:52 U-Abimeleki wafika embhoshongweni, walwa nawo, wahamba kanzima
emnyango wombhoshongo ukuze awushise ngomlilo.
9:53 Owesifazane othile waphonsa itshe lokuchola ekhanda lika-Abimeleki.
futhi konke ukuhlephula ugebhezi lwakhe.
9:54 Khona-ke ngokushesha wabiza udibi lwezikhali zakhe, futhi wathi
kuye: Hosha inkemba yakho, ungibulale, ukuze bangasho ngami ukuthi: Ngowesifazane
wambulala. Insizwa yakhe yamgwaza, yafa.
9:55 Futhi lapho amadoda akwa-Israyeli ebona ukuthi u-Abhimeleki ufile, bahamba
yilowo nalowo endaweni yakhe.
9:56 Kanjalo uNkulunkulu wabuyisela ububi buka-Abimeleki, okuyinto abenza kuye
uyise, ngokubulala abafowabo abangamashumi ayisikhombisa;
9:57 Futhi bonke ububi babantu baseShekemi uNkulunkulu wabuyisela phezu kwamakhanda abo.
phezu kwabo kwehlela isiqalekiso sikaJothamu indodana kaJerubali.