Joshuwa 17
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Sabelo sakaManase sasenshonalanga
1 Nali-ke live lelabelwa sive sakaManase, labelitubulo laJosefa; lelabelwa Makhire, litubulo laManase. Makhire abengukhokho webakaGileyadi, labemukele iGileyadi neBhashani, ngobe Makhire abeyingwazi ledvumile.
2Ngako lesabelo saba salabanye besive sakaManase, lusendvo ngelusendvo: lwaka-Abiyezeri, nelwakaHeleki, nelwaka-Asriyeli, nelwakaShekhemu, nelwakaHeferi, nelwakaShemida. Leti-ke bekunguletinye titukulwane letidvuna takaManase, umsa waJosefa, lusendvo ngelusendvo.
3 Selofehadi, umsa waHeferi, umsa waGileyadi, umsa waMakhire, umsa waManase, abete emadvodzana anemadvodzakati kuphela, emabito awo kuboMahala, naNowa, naHogla, naMilkha, naThisa. 4Lamadvodzakati ahamba aya ku-Eleyazare, umphristi, naJoshuwa, umsa waNuni, nalabanye baholi, afike atsi: “Simakadze wayala Mosi kutsi asinike sabelo setfu emkhatsini walabomnaketfu.” Ngako Joshuwa wawanika lifa lawo kanye nabomnakaboyise, njengokuyalwa nguSimakadze. 5Sabelo saManase saba tindzima letilishumi, ngaphandle kweGileyadi neBhashani emphumalanga neJordane, 6 ngobe emadvodzakati esive sakaManase emukela sabelo kanye nemadvodzana akhe. Live lakaGileyadi bekulalawa lamanye emadvodzana akaManase.
7Live lakaManase laliksuka e-Asheri licondze eMikmethathi emphumalanga neShekhemu. Umnyele walo wawusuka lapho ucondze ngaseningizimu, ufake ekhatsi sive lesasihlala e-Eni Thaphuwa. 8Live laseThaphuwa laba laManase, kodvwa iThaphuwa yona ngekwayo emnyeleni waManase bekungeyesive saka-Efrayimu. 9 Lomnyele wawuchubeka wehlele ngaseningizimu emfudlaneni iKhana. Ngaseningizimu nalomfudlana bekunemadolobha aka-Efrayimu labesemkhatsini wemadolobha akaManase; kodvwa umnyele wakaManase wawuhamba ngenhla kwalomfudlana ngasenyakatho, uze uyekuma elwandle. 10Live lelalingaseningizimu bekungelaka-Efrayimu, bese kutsi ngasenyakatfo kube lakaManase. Live lakaManase lalihamba ligcine ngelwandle, lisikelane nelaka-Asheri ngasenyakatfo, laka-Isakhari libe ngasemphumalanga.
11Emkhatsini welaka-Isakhari nelaka-Asheri lakaManase lalineBhethi Shani, neJibleyamu, nesive saseDori, nase-Eni Dori, naseThanaki, naseMegido, ndzawonye kanye nemiti leyayitungelete lawo madolobha.
12 Noko sive sakaManase asizange sikhone kuwadla lamadolobha, ngobe emaKhenani abetimisele kuhlala kuleso sifundza. 13Noko kwatsi kube ema-Israyeli akhule acine ngemandla, awehlula lamaKhenani, ase ayawacindzetela kutsi awasebentele, kodvwa akazange awakhiphe onkhe.
Baka-Efrayimu nebakaManase labasenshongalanga bacela kwengetelwa sabelo selive
14Sive sakaJosefa sakhuluma kuJoshuwa, satsi: “Tsine usisikeleleni sabelo sinye, lekuyindzawo yinye, kutsi kube lifa letfu? Tsine sisive lesinyenti kakhulu, naSimakadze usibusise kakhulu wasenta saba banyenti.”
15Joshuwa wabaphendvula, watsi: “Nangabe nibanyenti kakhulu, nangabe futsi nalelive letintsaba laka-Efrayimu lilincane kini, yenyukelani ehlatsini nilihhehle lonkhe, khona nitewutitfolela indzawo khona eveni lemaPheresi nelemaRefa.”
16 Sive sakaJosefa saphendvula, satsi: “Lelive letintsaba aliseneli, nemaKhenani onkhe lahlala kulelo tsafa anetincola tetinsimbi, bonkhe lababeseBhethi Shani netabelo tayo kanye nalabaseSigodzini saseJezreyeli.”
17Kodvwa Joshuwa wakhuluma emndenini waJosefa, kubo-Efrayimu naManase, watsi: “Vele, nibanyenti, kantsi futsi ninemandla. Ningeke nibe nesabelo sinye kuphela, 18kodvwa ninikwa nalelive letintsaba lelinemahlatsi. Lihhehleni lonkhe lelihlatsi nitsatse yonkhe leyo ndzawo ibe yenu, kuze kuyewufika lapho ligcina khona; nome emaKhenani anetincola tetinsimbi kantsi acinile, kodvwa nine ningawadvungulula niwacitse.”
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