makangaphathwa ngesandla , kepha impela uyakukhandwa ngamatshe nokuba ahlatshwe ngemicibisholo ; noma kuyinkomo noma kungumuntu , akuyikuphila. Nxa icilongo likhala linganqamuki , bayakukhuphukela entabeni.

Kwathi esefikile , wabetha icilongo ezintabeni zakwa -Efrayimi, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli behla naye ezintabeni, yena ephambi kwabo.

Kepha uMoya kaJehova wammboza uGideyoni , wabetha icilongo , kwabuthana ama-Abiyezeri, amlandela.

Nxa ngibetha icilongo, mina nabo bonke abanami, bethani nani amacilongo nxazonke zekamu, nithi: EkaJehova nekaGideyoni!

UJonathani wachitha ikhanda lamaFilisti elaliseGeba , amaFilisti akuzwa . USawule wabetha icilongo ezweni lonke, wathi: Makezwe amaHeberu.

UJowabe wayesebetha icilongo; bonke abantu bema, ababe besamxosha u- Israyeli, futhi ababe besalwa.

UJowabe wayesebetha icilongo , abantu babuya ekumxosheni u -Israyeli, ngokuba uJowabe wabagodla abantu.

Kwakukhona umuntu omubi ogama lakhe lalinguSheba indodana kaBikri umBenjamini; wabetha icilongo , wathi: Asinasabelo kuDavide , asinafa endodaneni kaJese; yiyani nonke ematendeni enu, Israyeli.

Owesifazane wayeseya ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe kubantu bonke . Bamnquma uSheba indodana kaBikri ikhan da, baliphonsa kuJowabe . Yena wabetha icilongo , bahlakazeka kulowo muzi , baya, kwaba yilowo nalowo etendeni lakhe. UJowabe wabuyela eJerusalema enkosini.

Zase zishesha, zathatha, kwaba yileyo naleyo ingubo yayo, zazibeka phansi kwakhe esikhwelweni, zabetha icilongo, zathi: UJehu uyinkosi.

Beka icilongo emlonyeni wakho ; onjengokhozi wehlela indlu kaJehova ; ngokuba beqile isivumelwano sami, baphambuka emthethweni wami.

Bethani icilongo eSiyoni , nihlabe umkhosi entabeni yami engcwele; mabathuthumele bonke abakhe ezweni , ngokuba luyeza usuku lukaJehova , ngokuba lusondele;

nabakhi bonke babe nenkemba ibhincwe ezinkalweni zabo , bakha kanjalo. Owabetha icilongo wayengaseceleni kwami.

Bethani icilongo ekwethwaseni kwenyang a nasekuhlanganeni kwenyanga ngosuku lomkhosi wethu.

Nonke nina enakhileyo ezweni nani nonke enihlezi emhlaben i bhekani, lapho ibhanela liphakanyiswa ezintabeni; zwanini, lapho icilongo libethwa.

Kuyakuthi ngalolo suku libethwe icilongo elikhulu , kufike ababelahlekile ezweni lase-Asiriya nabaxoshiweyo ezweni laseGibithe, bakhuleke kuJehova entabeni engcwele eJerusalema.

Babethile icilongo, balungisile konke, kepha akakho ophuma impi, ngokuba ukufutheka kwami kuphezu kwaso sonke isixuku sabo.

nalapho yena esebona inkemba yehla phezu kwezwe , abethe icilongo , axwayise abantu,

Kepha uma umlindi ebona inkemba yehla , angabethi icilongo , abantu bangaxwayi, bese yehla inkemba, isuse umuntu kubo , uyasuswa ngenxa yobubi bakhe kepha igazi lakhe ngiyakulibiza esandleni somlindi.

Bethani icilongo eSiyoni, ningcwelise ukuzila ukudla, nibize umhlangano;

Kungabethwa icilongo emzini , bangesabi abantu , na? Umuzi ungehlelwa ngokubi, engakwenzamga uJehova, na?

UJehova abesebonakala phezu kwabo , umcibisholo wakhe uphume njengonyazi; iNkosi uJehova iyakubetha icilongo , ihambe ngezivunguvungu zaseningizimu.

Ngakho-ke nxa wabela isipho , ungakhalisi icilongo phambi kwakho , njengalokhu kwenza abazenzisi emasinagogeni nasemigwaqweni ukuba badunyiswe ngabantu. Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Sebewamukele umvuzo wabo.

Ngokuba um a icilongo likhala ngezwi elingaqondakaliyo , ngubani oyakuzilungiselela ukulwa na?

ngesikhashanyana, ngokuphazima kweso , ngecilongo lokugcina ; ngokuba icilongo liyakukhala, abafileyo bavuswe bengenakubola, thina siguqulwe.

kepha ngezinsuku zezwi lengelosi yesikhombisa , lapho isizakubetha icilongo, imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu isiyakube ifeziwe , njengalokho azazisa izinceku zakhe abaprofethi ngezindaba ezijabulisayo.

Kwadlula uMaye wesibili; bheka, uMaye wesithathu uyeza masinyane. Icilongo lesikhombisa