Sabelo sakaManase sasenshonalanga
1Nali-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.
3Selofehadi, 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, 6ngobe 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. 9Lomnyele 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.
12Noko 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.”
16Sive 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.”
