Khona kwafika enkosini abesifazane ababili abayizif ebe, bema phambi kwayo.

Bema phakathi nesiqephu sezwe , basophula, bawabulala amaFilisti ; uJehova wabasindisa ngokusindisa okukhulu.

Bakhonza ngokuhlabelela phambi kwetabernakele letende lokuhlangana , uSolomoni waze wakha indlu kaJehova eJerusalema . Bema emse benzini wabo njengomthetho wabo.

Abalindi bema , kwaba yilowo nalowo enezikhali zakhe esandleni sakhe , kusukela ohlangothini lokunene lwendlu kuze kube sohlangothini lwesokhohlo lwendlu, ngase-altare nasendlini nxazonke zenkosi.

Inkosi yase -Asiriya yathuma oTharithani , noRabi Sarisi , noRabi Shake ukuba basuke eLakishi , baye enkosini uHezekiya eJerusalema , benempi enkulu. Benyuka bafika eJerusalema. Sebenyukile bafika, bema ngasemseleni wechibi lasenhla elingasendleleni yeNsimu yoMhlanzi.

Abantu abangamashumi ayisihlanu bamadodana abaprofethi baya bema khashana maqondana nabo; bona bobabili bema ngaseJordani.

Sebezwile bonke abakwaMowabi ukuthi amakhosi enyukile ukulwa nabo , babuthana bonke abaqale ukubhinca izikhali kuya phezulu , bema emkhawulweni.

Bema ezindaweni zabo njengehlelo labo ngokomthetho kaMose , umuntu kaNkulunkulu; abapristi bafafaza ngegazi elalisesandleni samaLevi.

Yayisilungiswa-ke inkonzo ; abapristi bema ezindaweni zabo namaLevi ngezigaba zawo njengesiyalezo senkosi.

Abapristi bema njengezikhundla zabo kanye namaLev i, benezinto zokubethwa ayezenzile uDavide inkosi ukuba babonge uJehova , ngokuba umusa wakhe umi phakade , lapho uDavide edumisa ngezandla zabo ; abapristi bakhalisa amacilongo ngaphambi kwabo, esemi wonke u-Israyeli.

U-Amasa wahuquzela egazini lakhe phakathi nomendo . Lapho lo muntu ebona ukuthi bonke abantu bema , wamgudluza u -Amasa emendweni , wamyisa ensimini , waphonsa ingubo phezu kwakhe , lapho ebona ukuthi bonke abadlula ngakuye bema.

Wala nokho ukuchezuka ; ngalokho u -Abineri wamgwaza esiswini ngesidunu somkhonto , waze waphuma emuva umkhont o; wawela khona , wafela khona lapho ; kwathi bonke abafika endaweni u -Asaheli awele kuy o wafa, bema.

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

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

Abantu abangamakhulu ayisithupha bebhince izikhali zokulwa abangabantwana bakwaDani bema ngasesikhaleni sesango.

Kwathi emva kwalezo zinsuku ezintathu nenxenye umoya wokuphila ovela kuNkulunkulu wangena kubo ; base bema ngezinyawo zabo , nabababonayo behlelwa ngukwesaba okukhulu.

Esefikile yena, abaJuda ababehlile eJerusalema bema bemhaqile , bembeka amacala amaningi anzima, abangenakuwaqinisa,

Base bema isibindi bonke, badla nabo.

Abantu bema , bebukela; nababusi bamklolodela bathi : Wasindisa abanye; kazisindise yena, uma enguKristu okhethiweyo kaNkulunkulu.

Bonke abazana naye nabesifazane ababemlandela bevela eGalile bema kude, bebuka lezo zinto. Ukumbelwa kukaJesu (Math. 27:57; Mark. 15:42; Joh. 19:38)

Wathi kubo : Zindaba zini lezi enikhuluma ngazo omunye nomunye nihamba na? Base bema benyukumele.

Yasondela, yathinta uhlaka ; abaluthweleyo base bema . Yayisithi: Nsizwa, ngithi kuwe: Vuka!

Kwase kufika unina nabafowabo , bema ngaphandle , bathumela kuye bembiza.

UMose wayesebakhipha abantu ekamu ukuba bahlangane noN kulunkulu; bema phansi kwentaba.

Bonke abantu babona ukuduma nokunyazima kombani , nezwi lecilongo , nentaba ithunqa; kwathi abantu sebebonile, bathuthumela, bema kude.

Abantu bema kude ; uMose wasondela ebumnyameni obunzima , lapho ekhona uNkulunkulu. Umthetho we-altare

Kwathi uMose ephuma eya etendeni , bonke abantu basukuma bema , kwaba yilowo nalowo ngasemnyango wetende lakhe , bambuka uMose waze wangena etendeni.

Base bethatha umlotha waseziko , bema phambi kukaFaro ; uMose wawusakazela ngasezulwini, waphenduka amathumba aqhamuka nezilonda kubantu nasezinkomeni.

Base bema uJeshuwa namadodana akhe nabafowabo , noKadimiyeli namadodana akhe , amadodana akwaJuda , njengomuntu munye ukuba babonise izisebenzi endlini kaJehova , kanye namadodana kaH enadadi namadodana awo nabafowabo amaLevi.

Yayisiyaleza inkosi ukuba kubizwe izanusi , nabathwebulayo, nabalumbi, namaKaledi ukuba bachazele inkosi amaphupho ayo . Bangena, bema phambi kwenkosi.

Khona izikhulu , nababusi, nezinduna, nabahluleli, nabaphathizikhwama, nabomkhandlu, nabameli, nabo bonke abaphathizifunda babuthelwa ukwahlukaniselwa kwesithombe uNebukadinesari inkosi abesimisile , bema phambi kwesithombe uNebukadinesari asimisileyo.

UJehova wathi kuMose : Bheka, izinsuku zakho sezisondele zokuba ufe ; mbize uJoshuwa, nime etendeni lokuhlangana ukuba ngimyale . OMose noJoshuwa base behamba, bema etendeni lokuhlangana.

Kwasezinsukwini zaseGibeya wonile , Israyeli; bema khona ; impi nabo abobubi ayiyikubafica eGibeya na?

UJoshuwa wab utha zonke izizwe zakwa -Israyeli eShekemi , wabiza amalunga akwa -Israyeli, nezinhloko zakhe , nabahluleli bakhe , nezinduna zakhe, bema phambi kukaNkulunkulu.

Abapristi abathwala umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova bema baqi na emhlabathini owomileyo nga phakathi neJordani , abantu bonke bawela emhlabathini owomileyo, saze sawela iJordani isizwe sonke saphelela.

nangenhla kweSango lakwa -Efrayimi, naseSangweni Elidala, naseSangweni Lezinhlanzi, naseMbhoshongweni KaHananeli naseMbhoshongwe ni KaHameya, kwaze kwaba seSangweni Lezimvu; bema eSangweni Letilongo.

Base bethatha , kwaba yilowo nalowo umcengezi wakhe womlilo , bafaka kuyo umlilo , babeka impepho ngaphezulu , bema ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana kanye noMose no-Aroni.

Base bekhuphuka ekamu likaKora nelikaDathani nelika Abiramu nxazonke ; oDathani no-Abiramu baphuma, bema ngasemnyango wamatende abo kanye nawomkabo, namadodana abo, nezingane zabo.