Wayesethi uJakobe kwabendlu yakhe nakubo bonke ababe naye : Lahlani izithixo zabezizwe eziphakathi kwenu , nizihlambulule nina , niziphendulele izingubo zenu,

UJakobe wafika eLuze elisezweni laseKhanani eliyiBethele , yena kanye nabantu bonke ababe naye.

aphuzise owesifazane amanzi ababayo aveza isiqalekiso ; amanzi aveza isiqalekiso ayakungena kuye, ababe.

Nxa esemphuzisile amanzi , kuyakuthi uma engcolisiwe waphambuka endodeni yakhe , amanzi aveza isiqalekiso angene kuye , ababe, isisu sakhe sivuvukale, ithanga lakhe lishwabane , owesifazane aqa lekiswe phakathi kwabantu bakubo.

Imana lanqamuka ngang omuso, nxa sebedla ezithelweni zezwe ; abakwa- Israyeli ababe besaba nemana futhi, kepha base bedla ezithelweni zezwe laseKhanani ngalowo mnyaka. Isikhulu sebandla lasezulwini

Inkatho yadla imindeni yamaKohati; abantwana bakwa-Aroni umpristi ababe ngamaLevi babelwa esizweni sakwaJuda , nasesizweni sakwaSimeyoni , nasesizweni sakwaBenjamini imizi eyishumi nantathu.

Leyo nto yaba nhle emehlweni abantwana bakwa -Israyeli; abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bambonga uNkulunkulu , ababe besasho ukuthi bayakukhuphuka babahlasele, bachithe izwe ababehlala kulo abantwana bakwaRubeni nabantwana bakwaGadi.

Intukuthelo kaJehova yavuthela abakwa -Israyeli, wabanikela esandleni sabaphangi ababaphanga , wathengisa ngabo esandleni sezitha zabo nxazonke. Ababe besaba nakuma phambi kwezitha zabo.

AbakwaMidiyani bathotshiswa kanjalo phambi kwabantwana bakwa - Israyeli, ababe besaphakamisa amakhanda abo . Izwe lathula iminyaka engamashumi amane ezinsukwini zikaGideyoni. Amadodana kaGideyoni nokufa kwakhe

USamsoni wathi: Mangife namaFilisti. Wakhothama ngamandla akhe onke, indlu yawela phezu kwamakhosi naphezu kwabo bonke abantu ababe kuyo . Abafileyo ababulalayo ekufeni kwakhe babebaningi kunabo ababulalayo ekuhambeni kwakhe.

Wathi: Incekukazi yakho mayifumane umusa emehlweni akho. Owesifazane wayesehamba, wadla, ubuso bakhe ababe busanyukumala.

OSawule noJonathani indodana yakhe nabantu ababe naye bahlala eGeba lakwaBenjamini, kepha amaFilisti amisa eMikimashi.

USawule wahlala emaphethelweni aseGibeya phansi kompomegranati oseMigroni; abantu ababe naye babe ngamakhulu ayisithupha;

USawule wayesethi kubantu ababe naye : Balani manje, nibone ukuthi ngubani omukile kithi . Babala, bheka, uJonathani nodibi lwezikhali zakhe babengekho.

USawule nabo bonke abantu ababe naye babuthana, baya ekulweni; bheka, yilowo nalowo washaya omunye ngenkemba , kwaba khona ukungquzuka okukhulu kakhulu.

AmaHeberu ayenamaFilisti kuqala nawo akhuphukela ekamu nxazonke , aphendukela kwabakwa-Israyeli ababe noSawule noJonathani.

USawule wezwa ukuthi uDavide uyaziwa nabantu ababe naye ; uSawule wayehlezi eGibeya phansi komtamariske egqumeni ephethe umkhonto esandleni sakhe, zonke izinceku zimi ngakuye.

Wayesesuka uDavide , wawela, yena nabantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha ababe naye, waya ku-Akhishi indodana kaMahoki, inkosi yaseGati.

athumba abesifazane ababe phakathi , abancane nabakhulu engabulalang a muntu, abamukisa, ahamba indlela yawo.

UDavide nabantu ababe naye base bedazuluka , bekhala, baze bangabe besaba namandla okukhala.

Wayesehamba uDavide , yena nabantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha ababe naye, wafika emfudlaneni iBesori, lapho kwahlala khona amasalela.

Lapho abantu bakwa -Israyeli ababe ngaphesheya kwesigodi nalabo ababe ngaphesheya kweJordani bebona ukuthi abantu bakwa -Israyeli babaleka nokuthi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile, bashiya imizi, babaleka; amaFilisti afika, ahlala kuyo.

Abantu bakhe ababe noDavide wabenyusa , kwaba yilowo nalowo nomuzi wakhe; bahlala emizaneni yaseHebroni.

UJowabe wayesebetha icilongo; bonke abantu bema, ababe besamxosha u- Israyeli, futhi ababe besalwa.

Wayesefika u-Abineri kuDavide eHebroni nabantu abangamashumi amabili bekanye naye. UDavide wamenzela u-Abineri nabantu ababe naye idili.

UDavide wathi kuJowabe nakubantu bonke ababe naye : Klebhulani izingubo zenu , nibhince indwangu yamasaka , nilile phambi kuka -Abineri. Inkosi uDavide yalandela uhlaka.

UDavide wahamba nabo bonke abantu ababe naye , besuka eBali Juda ukwenyusa khona umphongolo kaNkulunkulu obizwa ngeGama , lona igama likaJehova Sebawoti ohlala phezu kwamakherubi.

UJowabe nabantu ababe naye base besondela ukuba balwe nama -Aramu; kepha abaleka phambi kwakhe.

Wakhipha nabantu ababe phakathi kwawo , wababeka emasaheni , nasezibhuqweni zensimbi, nasemazembeni ensimbi, wabasebenzisa kohonela; wenze njalo kuyo yonke imizi yakwa-Amoni. UDavide nabo bonke abantu babuyela eJerusalema.

UDavide wayesesuka nabo bonke abantu ababe naye , bawela iJordani ; ngasekuseni akusalanga noyedwa ongaliwelanga iJordani.

nezinyosi, namangqanga, nezimvu, noshizi wezinkomo kuDavide nabantu ababe naye ukuba badle , ngokuba bathi : Abantu balambile , bakhathele, bomile ehlane.

UDavide wabala abantu ababe naye , wabeka phezu kwabo izinduna zezinkulungwane nezinduna zamakhulu.

Bafika bamvimbezela e -Abela laseBeti Mahakha , banqwabela iduli ngasemzini elema ngasodongeni ; abantu bonke ababe n oJowabe babhidliza ugange ukuba luwe.

U-Adoniya nabo bonke abamenyiweyo ababe naye bawuzwa sebeqedile ukudla. UJowabe esezwa ukukhala kwecilongo wathi : Ngowani lo msindo wokuxokozela emzini na?

kodwa wenzile okubi kunabo bonke ababe phambi kwakho , wahamba wazenzela abanye onkulunkulu nezithombe ezibunjiweyo ukungivusa u kuba ngithukuthele, wangilahla nyovane,

Kepha u -Omri wenza okubi emehlweni kaJehova , wenza kabi kunabo bonke ababe ngaphambi kwakhe.

Kepha u -Ahabi, indodana ka -Omri, wenza okubi emehlweni kaJehova kunabo bonke ababe ngaphambi kwakhe.

Wabulala ema -altare bonke abapristi basezindaweni eziphakemeyo ababe lapho, washisa amathambo abantu phezu kwawo, wabuyela eJerusalema.

noPhenuweli, uyise kaGedori, no-Ezeri, uyise kaHusha . Yilabo ababe ngamadodana kaHure izibulo lika-Efratha, uyise kaBetlehema.

UNahara wamzalela o -Ahuzamu, noHeferi, noThemeni, noHawahashitari. Yilabo ababe ngamadodana kaNahara.

U-Eshitoni wazala uBeti Rafa , noPhaseya, noThehina uyise ka -Iri Nahashi. Yilabo ababe ngamadodana kaRekha.

Asizwa ekulweni nabo , amaHagiri anikelwa ezandleni zawo nabo bonke ababe nawo , ngokuba akhala kuNkulun kulu empini , amncenga, ngokuba ayemethemba.

noBeriya, noShema, ababe yizinhloko zezindlu zawoyise zabakhe e -Ajaloni, abaxosha abakhe eGati;

ngokuba abalindi abane abakhulu ababe ngamaLevi babe sesikhundleni njalo, bephethe amakamelo nengcebo endlini kaNkulunkulu.

Lapho bonke abantu bakwa -Israyeli ababe sesigodini bebona ukuthi babaleka nokuthi uSawule namadodana akhe bafile , bashiya imizi yabo , babaleka; amaFilisti afika, ahlala kuyo.

UNkulunkulu wami makangenqabele ukuba ngenze lokhu ; ngiyakuphuza igazi lalaba bant u ababe sengozini na ? Ngokuba bawaletha besengozini ; akavumanga ukuwaphuza. Lezo zinto zenziwa yilawa maqhawe amathathu.

Babehlomile iminsalo , besebenzisa isandla sokunene nesokhohlo ekuphonseni amatshe nasekucibisheleni imicibisholo ngomnsalo ; ababe kubafowabo bakaSawule kwaBenjamini kwakuyilaba:

Ababe seduze nabo kuze kube kwa -Isakare, nakwaZebuloni, nakwaNafetali baletha isinkwa ngezimbongolo , nangamakamela, nangeminyuzi, nangezinkabi, nokudla kwempuphu, nezigaxa zamakhiwane , nezigaxa zezithelo zomvini ezomileyo , newayini, namafutha, nezinkabi, nezimvu eziningi, ngokuba kwakukhona ukuthokoza kwa-Israyeli.

UJowabe nabantu ababe naye base besondela kuwo ama -Aramu ukuba balwe; kepha abaleka phambi kwakhe.

Wakhipha nabantu ababe phakathi kwawo , wabanquma ngamasaha , nangezibhuqo zensimbi , nangamazembe; wenze njalo uDavide kuyo yonke imizi yabantwana bakwa -Amoni. UDavide nabo bonke abantu babuyela eJerusalema.

UDavide wayala ukuba babuthe bonke abafokazi ababe sezweni lakwa - Israyeli, wabeka abakhi ukubaza amatshe axhoziweyo ukuba bakhe indlu kaNkulunkulu.

Yilabo ababe ngamadodana kaLevi ngezindlu zawoyise, izinhloko zawoyise, bebalwa ngomumo wamaga ma ngezinhloko zabo , abawenza umsebenzi wenkonzo yendlu kaJehova , kusukela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu.

Amadodana kaMushi : ngoMaheli, no-Edere, noJerimoti. Yilabo ababe ngamadodana amaLevi ngezindlu zawoyise.

Amadodana kaShemaya : ngo-Othini, noRefayeli, no-Obede, no-Elizabadi, nabafowabo ababe ngamadoda anamandla, o-Elihu noSemakiya.

kuDani ngu-Azareli indodana kaJerohamu. Yilabo ababe yizinduna zezizwe zakwa-Israyeli.

Ababe namatshe bawanikela engcebeni yendlu kaJehova phansi kwesandla sikaJehiyeli umGereshoni.

Kwathi lapho abapristi seb ephumile endaweni engcwele ngokuba bonke abapristi ababe khona babezingcwelisile bengazigcinanga izigaba zabo,

U-Asa na bantu ababe naye bawaxosha kwaze kwaba seGerari, kwawa amaKushe kwaze kwangasala muntu ophilayo , ngokuba achithwa phambi kukaJehova naphambi kwempi yakhe, bamuka nempango enkulu kakhulu.

Sebeqedile ukunikela , inkosi nabo bonke ababe nayo bakhothama , bakhuleka.

Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababe khona eJerusalema bawugubha umkhosi wesinkwa esingenamvubelo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngokuthokoza okukhulu; amaLevi nabapristi bamdumisa uJehova imihla ngemihla ngezinto zokubethwa ezizwakalayo kuJehova.

Namadodana ka -Aroni, abapristi ababe semasimini amadlelo emizi yabo , imizi ngemizi , ayenamadoda abizwa ngegama ukuba anike bonke abesilisa babapristi nawo onke amaLevi abhaliweyo ngezizukulwane izabelo.

Bamemeza ngezwi elikhulu ngolimi lwabaJuda kubantu baseJerusalema ababe sogangeni ukuba babethuse, babesabise, ukuze bawuthathe umuzi.

Sabuza n amagama abo ukuba sikwazise , sibhale amagama abantu ababe yizinhloko zabo.

Kepha ababusi bokuqala ababe phambi kw ami babebathwesile abantu , bathatha kubo isinkwa n ewayini kanye namashekeli angamashumi amane esiliva; nezinceku zachachaza phezu kwabantu ; kepha mina angenzanga kanjalo ngenxa yokumesaba uNkulunkulu.

U-Ezra, umpristi, wawuletha umthetho phambi kwebandla , abesilisa nabesifazane nabo bonke ababe nengqondo yokuzwa, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesikhombisa.

Abantu abaseleyo , abapristi, namaLevi, nabalindisango, nabahlabeleli, namaNethini, nabo bonke ababezahlukanisile nabantu bezwe ukuba bazihlanganise nomthetho kaNkulunkulu , nawomkabo, namadodana a bo, namadodakazi abo, bonke ababe nolwazi nokuhlakanipha,

ababe seduze naye kwakungoKarishena , noShethari, no-Adimatha, noTharishishi, noMeresi, noMarisena, noMemukhani, izikhulu eziyisikhombisa zasePheresiya naseMediya ezaziphambi k obuso benkosi , zihlala emqoka embusweni

Kwakudelelekile emehlweni akhe ukubeka izandla kuMoridekayi yedwa , ngokuba zase zimtshelile abantu bakaMoridekayi; ngalokho uHamani wafuna ukubulala bonke abaJuda ababe sembusweni wonke ka-Ahashiveroshi, isizwe sikaMoridekayi.

AbaJuda ababe seShushani babuth ana nangosuku lweshumi nane lwenyanga ka-Adari, babulala abantu abangamakhulu amathathu eShushani , kepha ababekanga izandla zabo empangweni.

Abanye abaJuda ababe sezifundeni zenkosi babuthana , bamela ukuphila kwabo, baphumula ezitheni za bo, babulala abay izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa nanhlanu ababazondayo , kepha ababekanga izandla zabo empangweni.

Kepha abaJuda ababe seShushani babuthana ngolweshumi nantathu lwayo nangolweshumi nane lwayo ; ngolweshumi nanhlanu lwayo baphumula , balwenza lwaba lusuku lwedili nolokuthokoza.

UMoridekayi waziloba lezo zindaba , wathuma izincwadi kubo bonke abaJuda ababe sezifundeni zonke zenkosi u -Ahashiveroshi, abaseduze nabakude,

Emva kwamazwi ami ababe besakhuluma ; amazwi ami aconsela phezu kwabo.

Ngase ngikhula ngaba mkhulu kunabo bonke ababe phambi kwami eJerusalema. Nokuhlakanipha kwami kwakumi ngakimi.

Amazwi kaJeremiya , indodana kaHilikiya , wabapristi ababe se -Anathoti ezweni lakwaBenjamini,

U-Ishmayeli wabulala nabo bonke abaJuda ababe naye uGedaliya eMispa , namaKaledi, amadoda empi ayefunyanwa khona.

Kwathi lapho bonke abantu ababe no -Ishmayeli bembona uJohanani indodana kaKhareya nazo zonke izinduna zempi ezazinaye, bathokoza.

Nayo yehlela kanye nawo endaweni yabafileyo kwabagwaziweyo ngenkemba, ababe yingalo yawo , ababehlela emthunzini wawo phakathi kwezizwe.

Mina, Daniyeli, kuphela ngawubona umbono , ngokuba abantu ababe nami abawubonanga umbono , kepha behlelwa ngukuthuthumela okukhulu , babaleka ukuba bacashe.

Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti , uthi: Maziqine izandla zenu nina enizwa kulezi zinsuku lawa mazwi avela emlonyeni wabaprofethi ababe khona mhla sibekwa isisekelo sendlu kaJehova Sebawoti, ithempeli, ukuba yakhiwe.

Wayesefika ekhaya; isixuku sabuthana futhi, ababe besaba nathuba lokudla nasinkwa.

Lapho esengasesitha , ababe naye kanye nabayishumi nambili bambuza ngale mifanekiso.

Kwathi masinyane beqalaza , ababe besabona muntu , kuphela uJesu yedwa enabo.

Yena wahamba wababikela labo ababe naye uJesu, besalila bekhala.

Ukushona kwelanga bonke ababe nabagulayo izif o ngezifo babaletha kuye ; ebeka izandla phezu kwabo ngabanye wabaphulukisa.

Ngokuba ubehlelwa ngukwesaba , yena kanye nabo bonke ababe naye , ngobuningi bezinhlanzi ababezibambile,

KwakungoMariya Magdalena , noJowana, noMariya unina kaJakobe ; nabanye ababe kanye nabo babatshela abaphostoli lokho.

Emva kwalo kho abaningi babafundi bakhe babuyela emuva , ababe besahamba naye.

Wayesethi kubo : Phonsani inetha ngakwesokunene somkhumbi , nizakuthola. Base bephonsa , ababe besaba namandla ukulidonsa ngenxa yobuningi bezinhlanzi.

Kwase kusuka umpristi om khulu nabo bonke ababe naye abangabehlelo labaSadusi, bagcwala umhawu,

Kepha labo ababe nami bakubona ukukhanya , kodwa izwi lowakhuluma nami abalizwanga.

Kepha njengokuba ngangingasaboni ngenxa yenkazimulo yalokho kukhanya, ngaholwa ngesandla yibo ababe nami, ngafika eDamaseku.

Khonzani ko -Anidroniku n oJuniya abayizihlobo zami , ababe yiziboshwa kanye nami, abaqhamileyo kubaphostoli nababe kuKristu ngaphambi kwami.

futhi angenyukelanga eJerusalema kubona ababe ngabaphostoli ngaphambi kwami, kodwa ngamuka ngaya e-Arabiya, ngaphinda ngabuyela eDamaseku.

Nalapho selivula uphawu lwesihlanu , ngabona phansi kwe -altare imiphefumulo yababebulewe ngenxa yezwi likaNkulunkulu nangenxa yobufakazi ababe nabo.