Abimelekhe
1Abimelekhe ṅwana wa Jerubaali a ya muḓini wa Shikheme, he ha vha hu tshi dzula mashaka a mme awe, a vha vhudza 2uri vha vhudzise vhanna vha Shikheme vha ri, “Tshine na tshi nanga ndi tshifhio? Ni funa u vhuswa nga vhana vhoṱhe vha 70 vha Gidioni kana ni funa u vhuswa nga munna muthihi? Hafhu ni elelwe uri Abimelekhe ndi shaka ḽaṋu.”
3Mashaka a mme awe vha mu ambela na vhanna vha Shikheme nga ayo mafhungo, vhanna vha Shikheme vha nanga u ima na Abimelekhe ngauri o vha e shaka ḽavho. 4Vha mu ṋea mangwende a siliva a 70 a no bva thembeleni ya Baali wa Mulanga. Nga tshelede yeneyo a thola mahwarahwara a sa ḓivhalekani uri vha baḓekane nae. 5A ya nḓuni ya khotsi awe muḓini wa Ofra, henefho kha tombo ḽithihi a vhulaha vhakomana vhawe vha 70, vhana vha Gidioni. Ho tou dzumbama Jothamu, mutuka wa Gidioni wa phedzi, a si vhulawe. 6Vhanna vhoṱhe vha Shikheme na Bethe Milo vha kuvhangana vha livha murini muhulu henefho Shikheme, vha mu vhumba khosi henefho.
Lungano lwa Jothamu lwa u sola zwa vhuhosi
7Musi Jothamu a tshi zwi pfa, a ṱuwa a yo ima nṱha ha thavha ya Gerisimu, a huwelela a ri,
“Edzonu nthetshelesa, inwi vhanna vha Shikheme,
na ralo Mudzimu u ḓo ni thetshelesa!
8Miri yo vhuya ya kuvhangana i tshi ri i ḓinangele khosi.
Ya amba na muolivi ya ri, ‘Ivha khosi yashu.’
9Muolivi wa nyadza wa fhindula wa ri,
‘Kani-ha ndi litshe u ita mapfura anga
ane vha hulisa ngao midzimu na vhathu,
nda yo vhusa miri?’
10Ndi hone miri i tshi humbela muhuyu
ya ri, ‘Iwe ivha khosi yashu!’
11Muhuyu wa nyadza wa fhindula wa ri,
‘Kani-ha ndi litshe u aṋwa mahuyu anga
avhuḓi a ḓifhaho, nda yo vhusa miri?’
12Ndi hone miri i tshi humbela munḓirivhe
ya ri, ‘Iwe ivha khosi yashu!’
13Munḓirivhe wa nyadza wa ri,
‘Kani-ha ndi litshe u ita waini yanga
i takadzaho midzimu na vhathu nda yo vhusa miri?’
14Ndi hone miri yoṱhe i tshi humbela murenzhe
ya ri, ‘Iwe ivha khosi yashu!’
15Murenzhe wa tenda wa ri,
‘Arali nangoho ni tshi funa u nnyita khosi,
iḓani-ha ni dzule murunzini wanga;
na sa ralo hu ḓo bva mulilo kha nṋe
wa fhisa mikedara ya Libanoni.’ ”
16Jothamu a isa phanḓa a ri, “Zwino-ha, ni tshi vhumba Abimelekhe khosi ho vha hu u fulufhedzea naa? A zwi solisei naa? Zwe na ita Jerubaali na muṱa wawe zwo vha fanela naa? 17Hufha khotsi anga o ni lwela a sa ofhi na lufu a ni lamukisa kha Vhamidiani. 18Huno ṋamusi no shandukela muṱa wa khotsi anga. No vhulaha vhana vhawe vha vhatuka, vhanna vha 70, kha tombo ḽithihi, ni tshi zwi ita fhedzi nga u vhona Abimelekhe ṅwana wa mufarakano wawe e shaka ḽaṋu, na mu vhumba khosi ya Shikheme. 19Zwino-ha, zwe na zwi ita Gidioni na muṱa wawe arali zwi sa solisei, arali hu hone u fulufhedzea, zwenezwo Abimelekhe mu takaleleni-ha, ene-vho a ni takalele. 20Hone arali zwi tshi solisea, ngavhe hu tshi duga mulilo u tshi bva kha Abimelekhe wa fhisa vhanna vha Shikheme na Bethe Milo, hu bve mulilo kha vhanna vha Shikheme na vha Bethe Milo wa fhisa Abimelekhe e lore.” 21Zwino nge Jothamu a vha a tshi ofha mukomana wawe Abimelekhe, a shavha a yo dzula Bieri.
U luṱana ha Abimelekhe na vhanna vha Shikheme
22Abimelekhe o vhusa Vhaisraele miṅwaha miraru. 23Ndi hone Mudzimu a tshi luṱanya Abimelekhe na vhanna vha Shikheme, vha mu shandukela. 24Hezwo zwo ḓela u lifhedza tshiṱuhu tsha Abimelekhe tsha u vhulaha vhana vha 70 vha Jerubaali khotsi awe, ha lifhedzwa na vhanna vha Shikheme vhe vha mu farisa u vhulaha vhakomana vhawe. 25Vhanna vha Shikheme vha vhea vhanna uri vha lalele vhathu miṱumbani ya dzithavha, vha ṱangula muṅwe na muṅwe we a fhira nga nḓila yeneyo, nga u ralo vha huvhadza Abimelekhe. Mafhungo ayo a ḓivhadzwa Abimelekhe.
26Ndi hone Gaali ṅwana na Ebede a tshi ḓa Shikheme na vharathu vhawe, vhanna vha Shikheme vha mbo fulufhela ene. 27Vhoṱhe vha bva vha ya masimuni avho a minḓirivhe vha yo fula nḓirivhe, vha ita waini ngadzo, vha ita vhuṱambo. Vha ṱuwa vha ya thembeleni ya mudzimu wavho, vha ḽa, vha nwa, vha teketela Abimelekhe. 28Gaali ṅwana wa Ebede a ri, “Riṋe vhanna vha Shikheme ri vhathu-ḓe? Ndi mini ri tshi shumela Abimelekhe? Ene ndi nnyi? A si ṅwana wa Jerubaali wa Muisraele naa? O dovha a vhea uyu Zebulu uri a vhe gota ḽawe fhano! Ni songo luvha ene, luvhani vhaḓuhulu vha Hamoro ṅwana wa Shikheme mutei wa muḓi, Jerubaali ri ḓo mu luvhelani? 29Ngavhe ndi murangaphanḓa wa havha vhathu! Ndo vha ndi tshi ḓo pandela Abimelekhe! Ndo vha ndi tshi ḓo mu vhudza nda ri, ‘Iḓa na mmbi yau yoṱhe ri lwe!’ ”
30Zebulu, muvhusi wa uyo muḓi, a sinyuwa a tshi pfa zwe Gaali a amba. 31A ruma vhaḓinḓa ha Abimelekhe muḓini wa Aruma vha ri, “Gaali ṅwana wa Ebede na vharathu vhawe vho ḓa Shikheme, vha khou fhiriṱanya vhathu vha muḓi uri vha vha shandukele. 32Zwino-ha, vhone na vhanna vhavho vha ḓe vhusiku vha mu lalele ḓakani. 33Vha fhinduwe nga matsheloni ḽi tshi bvisa mulomo, vha mbo ḓi tshoṱhela uyo muḓi. Hu ḓo ri Gaali na vhanna vhawe vha tshi bvela nnḓa u ḓa u lwa navho, vha vha ite zwine vha vhona zwo tea!”
34Ndi hone Abimelekhe na vhanna vhawe vhoṱhe vha tshi tshimbila vhusiku, vha dzumbama nnḓa ha Shikheme vhó ita zwigwada zwiṋa. 35Musi Abimelekhe na vhanna vhawe vha tshi vhona Gaali a tshi bvela nnḓa a ima khoroni ya muḓi, vha vuwa he vha vha vho mu lalela hone. 36Gaali a vha vhona, a vhudza Zebulu a ri, “Vhathu ngevhaḽaa vha khou tsa nga thavha!”
Zebulu a fhindula a ri, “A si vhathu, ndi mirunzi ya dzithavha.”
37Gaali a dovha a ri, “Vhathu ngevhaḽaa vha khou tsa Gerisimu Mukomboni wa shango, tshiṅwe tshigwada ngetshiḽaa, tshi khou ḓa nga gondo ḽi no bva murini muhulu wa vhabvumbi!”
38Ndi hone Zebulu a tshi mu vhudza a ri, “Mulomo uḽa wavho u ngafhi zwino? Ndi vhone vhe vha vhudzisa uri ndi mini ri tshi nga shumela uyo munna Abimelekhe. Havha ndi vhaḽa vhanna vhe vha vha nyefula. Nga vha bve-ha zwino vha yo lwa navho.”
39Gaali a ranga vhanna vha Shikheme phanḓa vha bvela nnḓa vha lwa na Abimelekhe. 40Gaali a shavha, Abimelekhe a mu pandamedza. Ha huvhala vhathu vhanzhi, na henefho khoroni ya muḓi. 41Abimelekhe a dzula Aruma, Zebulu a thatha Gaali na vharathu vhawe afho Shikheme, uri vha si tsha dzula hone.
Abimelekhe a tshi phusukanya Shikheme
42Nga matshelo Abimelekhe a pfa uri vhathu vha Shikheme vho dovha vha bva muḓini u yo lalela vhathu, 43a dzhia vhanna vhawe a vha khethekanya nga zwigwada zwiraru a dzumbama masimuni, a vha lalela. Musi a tshi vhona vhathu vha tshi bva muḓini, a dzumbuluwa uri a vha vhulahe. 44Abimelekhe na tshigwada tshawe vha gidimela phanḓa uri vha linde khoro ya muḓi, vhaṅwe vha zwiḽa zwigwada zwiṅwe zwivhili vha tshoṱhela vhathu masimuni vha vha vhulaha vhoṱhe. 45Ha lwiwa ḓuvha ḽoṱhe, Abimelekhe a thuba uyo muḓi, a vhulaha vhathu vhawo, a u phusukanya, a tibedza mavu nga muṋo.
46Musi vhanna vhoṱhe vha vhaḓivhalea vha re ngomu mutsheṱoni wa Shikheme vha tshi zwi pfa vha shavhela vhudzumbamoni ha thembele ya Baali wa Mulanga, 47Abimelekhe a vhudzwa uri vho kuvhangana henefho. 48Ndi hone a tshi gonya thavha ya Tsalimoni na vhanna vhawe vhoṱhe. Henefho a dzhia mbaḓo, a rema davhi ḽa muri, a ḽi vhea kha shaḓa ḽawe. A vhudza vhanna vhaṅwe uri na vhone vha ṱavhanye vha ite zwenezwo. 49Munna muṅwe na muṅwe a rema davhi ḽa muri. Vha tevhela Abimelekhe, vha khokha matanda a vala vhushavhelo. Vha funga mulilo vhathu vhe nga ngomu, vhathu vhoṱhe afho mutsheṱoni vha fa – vhane vha nga vha tshigidi tsha vhanna na vhasadzi.
Lufu lwa Abimelekhe
50Ndi hone Abimelekhe a tshi ya Thebetse, a govhela uyo muḓi, a u thuba. 51Ho vha hu na mutsheṱo mulapfu wo khwaṱhaho henefho, vhoṱhe vha re muḓini, vhanna na vhasadzi, khathihi na vharangaphanḓa, vha shavhela hone. Vha ḓihoṋela ngomu, vha gonya ṱhangani. 52Musi Abimelekhe a tshi ḓa u dia uyo mutsheṱo, a ya vothini uri a u funge nga mulilo. 53Hone muṅwe musadzi a posa tombo ḽa guyo fhasi ḽa wela nṱha ha ṱhoho ya Abimelekhe, ḽa mu devha ṱhoho. 54Ndi hone ene a tshi mbo ḓi ṱavhanya a vhidza muṱhannga we a vha o hwala zwihali zwawe, a mu vhudza a ri, “Ṱomola banga ḽau u mmbulahe, vha sa ḓo ri ndo vhulawa nga musadzi.” Ndi hone uyo muṱhannga a tshi mu runga, a fa. 55Musi Vhaisraele vha tshi vhona uri Abimelekhe o fa, vhoṱhe vha humela hayani.
56Ngauralo Mudzimu a vha o lifhedza Abimelekhe zwe a khakhela khotsi awe nga u vhulaha vhakomana vhawe vha 70. 57Mudzimu a dovha a lifhedza na vhanna vha Shikheme nga mulandu wa vhutshinyi havho, nga he Jothamu ṅwana wa Jerubaali a amba musi a tshi vha teketela.
