OMose no-Aroni bangena etendeni lok uhlangana, babuye baphuma , bababusisa abantu; yayisibonakala inkazimulo kaJehova kubantu bonke.

Ingxubevange eyayiphakathi kwabo yaqala ukufisa nokufisa ; nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli babuye bakhala , bathi: Ngubani oyakusipha inyama ukuba sidle na?

Wathi kuwo: Khuphukelani entabeni, funa abanixoshayo banifice , nicashe khona izinsuk u ezintathu , ukuze abanixoshayo babuye , andukuba nihambe indlela yenu.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli babuye benza okubi emehlweni kaJehova; uJehova wamnika u -Egiloni inkosi yakwaMowabi amandla phezu kuka - Israyeli, lokhu benze okubi emehlweni kaJehova.

Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babuye benza okubi emehlweni kaJehova , esefile u-Ehudi.

Kwathi esefile uGideyoni , abantwana bakwa -Israyeli babuye baphinga nawoBali, bamenza uBali Beriti unkulunkulu wabo.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli babuye benza okubi emehlweni kaJehova , babakhonza oBali , no-Ashitaroti, nawonkulunkulu base -Aramu, nawonkulunkulu baseSidoni , nawonkulunkulu bakwaMowabi , nawonkulunkulu babantwana bakwa -Amoni, nawonkulunkulu bamaFilisti , bamshiya uJehova, kabamkhonza.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli babuye benza okubi emehlweni kaJehova ; uJehova wabanikela esandleni samaFilisti iminyaka engamashumi amane.

Babuye bafika kubafowabo eSora nase -Eshitawoli; abafowabo bathi kubo : Nithini na?

Abantu, amadoda akwa-Israyeli, baziqinisa, babuye bahlela impi endaweni abazihlela kuyo ngosuku lokuqala.

Babuye babuza uJehova ukuthi : Usezakufika lowo muntu na ? UJehova waphendula wathi: Bheka, ucashile empahleni.

USawule wathi : Babuye nazo kuma -Amaleki, ngokuba abantu bayeka ezinhle zezimvu nezezinkabi ukuba bahlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ; ezinye siziqedile nya.

U-Abineri wayesememeza kuJowabe , wathi: Inkemba iyakudla njalonjalo na? Awazi yini ukuthi kuyakuba khona umunyu ekugcineni na ? Koze kube nini ungabayali abantu ukuba babuye ekubalandeleni abafowabo na?

Yenza inhliziyo yalaba bantu ukuba ikhuluphale , nezindlebe zabo zibe buthuntu, ufiphaze amehlo abo , funa babone ngamehlo abo , bezwe ngezindlebe zabo, baqonde ngenhliziyo yabo, babuye, baphiliswe.

Bayakubuya, bahlale emthunzini wakhe , babuye baphile njengamabele , bakhahlele njengomvini, igama lakhe lodumo libe njengomvini waseLebanoni.

Kepha sebephumulile , babuye benza okubi ebusweni bakho ; wawusubashiya esandleni sezitha zabo , zaze zabusa phezu kwabo ; kodwa lapho bebuye bekhala kuwe , wena wabezwa usezulwini , wabophula kaningi ngomusa wakho omkhulu,

Uyavulela izindlebe zabo ukulaywa, asho ukuba babuye ebubini.

Lapho ebabulala, bamfuna; babuye bamfunisisa uNkulunkulu.

Babuye bamlinga uNkulunkulu, bamdabukisa oNgcwele ka-Israyeli.

Bakhuphukela ezulwini , babuye behlela kuzo izintwa ; umphefumulo wancibilika ngosizi.

Babuye bancipha, bathotshiswa ngokucindezelwa, nangobubi, nangosizi.

Usho kanje uJehova , uthi: Bamba izwi lakho , ungakhali, amehlo akho angabi nazinyembezi , ngokuba umsebenzi wakho uyakuba nomvuzo , usho uJehova, babuye ezweni lesitha.

Mhlawumbe ukunxusa kwabo kuyakufika phambi kukaJehova, babuye, kube yilowo nalowo endleleni yakhe embi , ngokuba inkulu intukuthel o nokufutheka akukhulumileyo uJehova ngalaba bantu.

Kepha abalalelanga, ababekanga izindlebe zabo ukuba babuye ebubini babo, bangashiseli abanye onkulunkulu impepho.

Wathi kimi: Uyakubona lokhu wena ndodana yomuntu na ? Kuyinto elula kuyo indlu yakwaJuda ukwenza izinengiso abazenzayo lapho na ? Ngokuba sebeligcwalisile izwe ngobudlova , babuye bangicunula . Bhekani, babeka amagatsha emakhaleni abo.

Nalapho ngibahlwanyela phakathi kwabantu , bayakungikhumbula ezindaweni ezikude, baphile kanye nabantwana babo, babuye.

Besendlini abafundi babuye bambuza ngalokho.

Babuye bafika eJerusalema ; kwathi ehamba ethempelini , beza kuye abapristi abakhulu, nababhali, namalunga,

Babuye bamemeza, bathi: Mbethele esiphambanweni!

Wathi nakommemileyo : Uma wenza isidlo sasemini noma esakusihlwa , ungabizi abahlobo bakho , nabafowenu, nomndeni wakho , nabakhelwane bakho abacebileyo, funa nabo babuye bakumeme, kube khona ukwenanana.

Khona babuye bamemeza bonke , bathi: Qha lona, kodwa uBaraba. Kepha uBaraba wayengumphangi.

abathi besazi isimiso sokulunga sikaNkulunkulu sokuthi a benza okunjalo bafanele ukufa , abenzi lokho kuphela , kodwa babuye bavumelana nabakwenzayo.

babuye bahlubuka -- akunakwenzeka ukuba babuye bavuswe , baphenduke, lokhu sebezibethelela iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, bayithela ngehlazo obala.