Bayekeni; bangabaholi abayizimpumputhe; kepha nxa impumputhe ihola impumputhe, ziyakuyela emgodini zombili.

Bamthatha, bamphonsa emgodini ; umgodi wawungenalutho , kungekho manzi kuwo.

Kwase kudlula abathengi bakwaMidiyani ; bamdonsa uJosefa , bamkhuphula emgodini , bathengisa ngoJosefa kwabakwa -Ishmayeli ngezinhlamvu ezingamashumi amabili ze siliva. Labo-ke bamusa uJosefa eGibithe.

URubeni wabuyela emgodini ; bheka, uJosefa wayengasekho emgodini ; waklebhula izingubo zakhe.

Ngokuba ngebiwa nokwebiwa ezweni lamaHeberu , nalapha futhi angenzanga lutho ukuba bangifake emgodini.

UFaro wayesethuma wambiza uJosefa ; bashesha bamkhipha emgodini ; waphucula, waphendulela ezinye izingubo, wangena kuFaro.

Banqume ukuphila kwami emgodini, bangiphonsa ngetshe.

Bheka, manje ucashile emgodini noma kwenye indawo ; kuyakuthi lapho esebafikela ekuqaleni nje , okuzwayo athi : Abantu abalandela u -Abisalomu banqotshiwe;

Bamthatha u -Abisalomu, bamlahla emgodini omkhulu ehlathini , babeka phezu kwakhe inqwaba enkulu kakhulu yamatshe ; bonke abakwa -Israyeli, kwaba yilowo nalowo, babalekela ematendeni abo.

Odukisela abaqotho endleleni emb i uyakuwela emgodini wakhe, kepha abapheleleyo bayakudla ifa lokuhle.

uyakungicwilisa nokho emgodini, izingubo zami zinengwe yimi.

Ngikhala kuwe Jehova; Dwala lami, ungabi yisithulu kimi, funa kuthi, uma uthula kimi, ngifane nabashona emgodini.

Jehova, umphefumulo wami uwukhuphulile endaweni yabafileyo , wangiphilisa phakathi kwabashona emgodini.

Wangikhipha emgodini wokubhujiswa odakeni lobishi , wamisa izinyawo zami edwaleni, waqinisa izinyathelo zami.

Ngibalwa kanye nabashona emgodini, nginjengomuntu ofileyo.

Ungibekile emgodini ojulile kunayo yonke, ebumnyameni, otweni.

Phuza amanzi emgodini wakho, amanzi agobhozayo emthonjeni wakho.

Ngokuba kule ntaba isandla sikaJehova siyakuphumula, noMowabi uyakunyathelwa phansi endaweni yakhe njengotshani bunyathelwa emgodini womquba.

Kuyakuthi obalekela umsindo wokwesab a awele emg odini; okhuphuka emgodini uyakubanjwa lugibe , ngokuba amafasitele aphezulu avuliwe , nezisekelo zomhlaba ziyazamazama.

Bayakubuthelwa ndawony e njengeziboshwa zibuthelwa emgodini , bavalelwe etilongweni, bajeziswe emva kwezinsuku eziningi.

Luyabhidlizwa njengokuphahlazwa kwesitsha sombumbi , esichotshozwa singahawukelwa, kungabe kusatholakala phakathi kwezihleph u nodengezi lokuthatha umlilo eziko, nolokucakula amanzi emgodini.

Zase zimthatha uJeremiya , zamphonsa emgodini kaMalikhiya indodana yenkosi owawusegcekeni letilongo , bamehlisa uJeremiya ngezintambo . Emgodini kwakungekho manzi, udaka lodwa; uJeremiya washona odakeni.

U-Ebedi Meleki umKushe , umthenwa, owayesendlini yenkosi , esezwile ukuthi bamfake uJeremiya emgodini , inkosi ihlezi esangweni lakwaBenjamini,

Nkosi yami , nkosi, laba bantu benzile okubi ngakho konke abakwenzile kuJeremiya umprofethi, abamphonsile emgodini; uyakufela endaweni lapho ekhona ngokulamba, ngokuba akusekho ukudla emzini.

Inkosi yayisimyala u -Ebedi Meleki umKushe , ithi: Thatha lapha abantu abangamashumi amathathu, uhambe nabo, umkhiphe uJeremiya umprofethi emgodini, engakafi.

U-Ebedi Meleki wabathatha abantu , wahamba nabo, waya endlini yenkosi phansi kwendlu yengcebo , wakhipha khona amadlephudlephu amadala namanikiniki abolileyo, wawehlisela kuJeremiya emgodini ngezintambo.

Base bemdonsa uJeremiya ngezintambo , bamkhipha emgodini; uJeremiya wahlala egcekeni letilongo. UJeremiya uhlangana ngasese noSedekiya

Kwathi sebengenile phakathi komuzi , u-Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya wababulala, wabalahla emgodini, yena namadoda ayenaye.

Obalekela ukwesaba uyakuwela emgodini , okhuphuka emgodini uyakubanjwa ogibeni , ngokuba ngiyakw ehlisela phezu kwabo , phezu kukaMowabi, umnyaka wokujeziswa kwabo, usho uJehova.

Izizwe zezwa ngalo , labanjwa emgodini wazo ; zaliyisa ngezingwegwe ezweni laseGibithe.

Izizwe zase zilihlelela nxazonke , zivela emazweni , zeneka phezu kwalo inetha, labanjwa emgodini wazo.

Nawe, ngenxa yegazi lesivumelwano sakho , ngikhiphile iziboshwa zakho emgodini okungekho kuwo amanzi.

Kepha wathi kubo : Ngumuphi umuntu kini enemvu eyodwa , uma iyele emgodini ngesabatha, ongayikuyibamba, ayikhiphe, na?

Wabatshela nomfanekiso wokuthi : Impumputhe ingahola impumputhe na ? Aziyikukhalakathela emgodini zombili na?

Wathi kubo: Ngumuphi kini ongathi indodana noma inkabi iyele emgodini , angayikhiphi masinyane ngosuku lwesabatha, na?

Umthombo uyakhipha yini amnandi nababayo emgodini munye na?

Yayisivula umgodi wakwalasha ; kwenyuka umusi emgodini njengomusi weziko elikhulu, kwafiphazwa ilanga nomkhathi ngomusi womgodi.