UBhileyamu Uyaphinda Ubusisa U-Israyeli
1Kuthe lapho uBhileyamu ebona ukuthi kuyamthokozisa uSimakade ukubusisa u-Israyeli, wangabe esahamba njengasemihleni ukuyofuna imilingo, kodwa waphendukela ngasogwadule. 2UBhileyamu waphakamisa amehlo akhe wabona ukuthi u-Israyeli ukanise ngokwezizwe zakhe, uMoya kaNkulunkulu wehlela phezu kwakhe. 3Wayesedlulisa umbiko, wathi:
“Umbiko kaBhileyamu indodana kaBheyori,
ukukhuluma kwalowo muntu
oliso lakhe livulekile,
4ukuphimisela kozwileyo amazwi kaNkulunkulu,
obonile umbono kaSomandla owele phansi,
kodwa amehlo akhe engamboziwe, uthi:
5“Mahle kangakanani amathende akho Jakobe,
namadlangala akho, Israyeli!
6Endlalekise okwemfunda,
nanjengezivande eziseceleni komfula,
njengenhlaba etshalwe nguSimakade,
nanjengemisedari ngaseceleni kwamanzi.
7Amanzi ayakugobhoza,
aphume ezimbizeni zakhe,
imbewu yakhe ibe semanzini amaningi,
inkosi yakhe ibe nkulu kuno-Agagi,
umbuso wakhe uphakame.
8“UNkulunkulu owabakhipha eGibhithe;
unjengezimpondo zenyathi kubo;
uyoqothula izizwe, izitha zakhe,
ephule amathambo azo,
azigwaze ngemicibisholo yakhe.
9Wacutha njengengonyama,
walala phansi njengengonyamakazi,
ngubani oyakumvusa na?
“Mababusiswe bonke abakubusisayo,
baqalekiswe bonke abakuqalekisayo.”
10UBhalaki wamthukuthelela kakhulu uBhileyamu, wahlanganisa izandla zakhe; wathi kuBhileyamu: “Ngikubize ukuba uzoqalekisa izitha zami, kunalokho, bheka uzibusisile kwaze kwakathathu. 11Suka uphele lapha uphindele kini; ngathi ngizakukuhlonipha kakhulu, kodwa uSimakade wenqabile ukuba ngikuhloniphe.”
12UBhileyamu wathi kuBhalaki: “Angizitshelanga yini izithunywa zakho owawuzithume kimi, ngathi: 13‘Noma ngabe uBhalaki ubenganginika isigodlo sakhe sigcwele phama isiliva negolide, anginakuleqa izwi likaSimakade ngenze noma yini, okuhle noma okubi, ngizosho kuphela lokho uSimakade azongitshela ukuthi ngikusho na?’ 14Bheka, manje sengiphindela kwabakithi, kodwa-ke woza ngikweluleke ukuthi laba bantu bazokwenzani kubantu bakho ezinsukwini ezizayo.”
Umbiko Wesine Owethulwa NguBhileyamu
15UBhileyamu wayesethatha ethi:
“Umbiko kaBhileyamu indodana kaBheyori,
umbiko womuntu oso lakhe livuliwe,
16ozwileyo amazwi kaNkulunkulu,
nowazi ukwazi koPhezukonke,
obone umbono ovela kuSomandla,
ewele phansi kodwa amehlo akhe
engemboziwe, uthi:
17“Ngiyambona,
kodwa hhayi manje;
ngiyambheka,
kodwa akekho eduze.
Kuyovela inkanyezi kuJakobe;
intonga yobukhosi iyovuka kwa-Israyeli,
iphohloze uMowabi nxazonke,
ichithe amadodana kaSethi;
18U-Edomi uyakuba yisabelo sakhe
neSeyire izitha zakhe zibe yifa lakhe.
U-Israyeli uyakudlondlobala ngamandla.
19Kuyakuvela umbusi kuJakobe
oyocoboshisa insali emzini.”
20UBhileyamu wabona u-Amaleki, wayesewethula umbiko wakhe, wathi:
“U-Amaleki wayengowokuqala ezizweni,
kodwa isiphetho sakhe ngukubhujiswa.”
21Wabona amaKheni wedlulisa umbiko wakhe, wathi:
“Indawo ohlala kuyo ivikelekile,
isidleke sakho sakhelwe edwaleni,
22kodwa uKhayini uzochithwa;
kuze kube yileso sikhathi
u-Ashuri azonithumba ngaso.”
23UBhileyamu wethula umbiko wakhe, wathi:
“Maye, ngubani oyakuphila
lapho uNkulunkulu enza lokhu na?
24Kuyakuvela imikhumbi eKhithimi
eyakuhlupha u-Ashuri no-Ebhere,
nabo bagcine ngokubhujiswa.”
25UBhileyamu wasuka, wahamba, waphindela kwakhe, noBhalaki wabona eze ngayo.
