no-Ithayi indodana kaRibayi waseGibeya labantwana bakwaBenjamini, noBenaya wasePirathoni,

Kwafika nabantwana bakwaBenjamini noJuda enqabeni kuDavide.

Kubantwana bakwaBenjamini , abafowabo bakaSawule , yizinkulungwane ezintathu, ngokuba kuze kube manje imvama yabo yayithembekile endlini kaSawule.

Banika ngenkatho leyo mizi ebizwe ngamagama esizweni sabantwana bakwaJuda, nasesizweni sabantwana bakwaSimeyoni , nasesizweni sabantwana bakwaBenjamini.

EJerusalema kwahlala kubantwana bakwaJuda , nakubantwana bakwaBenjamini, nakubantwana bakwa-Efrayimi noManase:

USawule wathi ezincekwini zakhe ezazimi ngakuye : Yizwani nina bakwaBenjamini; indodana kaJese iyakuninika nonke amasimu nezivini , inenze nonke nibe yizinduna zezinkulungwane nezinduna zamakhulu,

Kweza naye abantu abayinkulungwane bakwaBenjamini , noSiba inceku yendlu kaSawule , namadodana akhe ayishumi nanhlanu , nezinceku zakhe ezingamashumi amabili zinaye; bawela iJordani phambi kwenkosi.

noHelevi indodana kaBahana waseNethofa , no-Ithayi indodana kaRibayi waseGibeya labantwana bakwaBenjamini,

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini babuthana emva kuka -Abineri, baba yiviyo linye, bema esiqongweni segquma elithile.

Indodana kaSawule yayinamadoda amabili ayeyizinduna zamaviyo ; igama lenye lalinguBahana negama lenye lal inguRekabi, amadodana kaRimoni waseBeyeroti wabantwana bakwaBenjamini , ngokuba iBeyeroti libalelwa kuBenjamini.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini abawaxoshanga amaJebusi ayakhe eJerusalema, kepha amaJebusi ahlala nabantwana bakwaBenjamini eJerusalema kuze kube namuhla.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini babuthana eGibeya , bevela emizini , ukuba baphume balwe nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini abavela emizini babalwa ngalolo suku baba ngamadoda ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili n esithupha ahlome inkemba ngaphandle kwabakhileyo eGibeya ababalwa baba ngamakhulu ayisikhombisa, amadoda akhethiweyo.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bavuka , bakhuphukela eBethele , babuza kuNkulunkulu, bathi: Ngubani oyakusik huphukelela kuqala ukulwa nabantwana bakwaBenjamini na? UJehova wathi: NguJuda kuqala.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini baphuma eGibeya , babulala kwabakwa - Israyeli ngalolo suku amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nambili.

Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bakhuphuka, bakhala phambi kukaNkulunkulu kwaze kwahlwa ; babuza kuJehova , bathi: Siyakuphinda sisondele ukulwa nabantwana bakwaBenjamini umfowethu na ? UJehova wathi : Yenyukelani kuye.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli basondela kubantwana bakwaBenjamini ngosuku lwesibili.

uFinehasi indodana ka -Eleyazare ka -Aroni wema phambi kwawo ngalezo zinsuku bathi: Siyakuphinda siphume ukuba silwe nabantwana bakwaBenjamini umfowethu, nokuba siyeke na? UJehova wathi: Khuphukani, ngokuba kusasa ngiyakubanikela esandleni sakho.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini bezwa ukuthi abantwana bakwa -Israyeli babenyukele eMispa. Bathi abantwana bakwa-Israyeli: Sitsheleni ukuthi lobu bubi benziwa kanjani na?

Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bakhuphuka ukulwa nabantwana bakwaBenjamini ngosuku lwesithathu , bazihlelela ukulwa neGibeya njengakwezinye izikhathi.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini baphuma ukulwa nabantu , badonswa, baphuma emzini ; baqala ukubulala nokuceka abantu njengakwezinye izikhathi emendweni, omunye okhuphukela eBethele , omunye oya eGibeya ensimini, kungathi amadoda angamashumi amathathu kwa-Israyeli.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini bathi: Babulewe phambi kwethu njengakuqala. Kepha abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bathi : Masibaleke, sibadonse, baphume emzini, baye emendweni.

Base bebona abantwana bakwaBenjamini u kuthi banqotshiwe ; abantu bakwa-Israyeli bamdela uBenjamini lokhu bebebethemba abaqamekeli ababebabekile ngaseGibeya.

Base bephenduka abantu bakwa -Israyeli, nabantu bakwaBenjamini bashaywa luvalo, ngokuba babona ukuthi behlelwe ngububi.

Kwawa abantu bakwaBenjamini abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili; bonke labo babe ngamaqhawe.

Abantu bakwa-Israyeli babuyela kubantwana bakwaBenjamini , bababulala ngosiko lwenkemba ababesaphila emzini , nezinkomo, yebo, konke okwafunyaniswayo; futhi yonke imizi abayifumanisayo bayithungela ngomlilo.

Yonke inhlangano yathuma yakhuluma kubantwana bakwaBenjamini ababesedwaleni lakwaRimoni, yamemezela ukuthula kubo.

Athi: Nga liba khona ifa labaphunyukileyo bakwaBenjamini , ukuze kungesulwa sizwe kwa-Israyeli.

Abayala abantwana bakwaBenjamini, athi: Hambani niqamekele ezivinini,

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini benze njalo , bazithathela abafazi njeng enani labo kwabasinayo , ababaqhwagayo; bahamba, babuyela efeni labo , bakha imizi, bahlala kuyo.

Thuthani impahla eJerusalem a nina bantwana bakwaBenjamini, nibethe amacilongo eThekhowa, niphakamise insika yomusi eBeti Hakeremi, ngokuba ububi bulunguza ngasenyakatho nokuchitha okukhulu.

Inkatho yadla isizwe sabantwana bakwaBenjamini ngemindeni yabo ; umkhawulo wesabelo sabo waphuma phakathi kwabantwana bakwaJuda nabantwana bakwaJosefa.

IJordani lalingumkhawulo wal o ngasohlangothini lwasempumalanga . Lokho kwakuyifa labantwana bakwaBenjamini njengemikhawulo yabo nxazonke ngemindeni yabo.

Imizi yesizwe sabantwana bakwaBenjamini ngemi ndeni yabo yayiyiJeriko , neBeti Hogila, ne-Emeki Kesisi,

neSela, ne-Elefi, neJebusi eliyiJerus alema, neGibeyati, neKiriyati, imizi iyishumi nane nemizana yayo. Lokho kwakuyifa labantwana bakwaBenjamini ngemindeni yabo.

Abantwana bakwaBenjamini bahlala kusukela eGeba kuze kube seMikimasi, nase-Aja, naseBethele nasemizaneni yalo,

Nampa abantwana bakwaBenjamini : uSalu kaMeshulamu , kaJohedi, kaPhedaya, kaKholaya, kaMahaseya, ka-Ithiyeli, kaJeshaya.

Phezu kwebandla lesizwe sabantwana bakwaBenjamini kwakungu -Abidani indodana kaGideyoni.

Kubantwana bakwaBenjamini , izizukulwane zabo ngemindeni yabo nangezindlu zawoyise njengokomumo wamagama , kusukela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu , bonke abangaphuma impi:

Nesizwe sakwaBenjamini ; isikhulu sabantwana bakwaBenjamini siyakuba ngu-Abidani indodana kaGideyoni.

Ngosuku lwesishiyagalolunye ngu -Abidani indodana kaGide yoni, isikhulu sabantwana bakwaBenjamini.