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| 1. | Kwasekusithi emva kwalezizinto uNabothi umJizereyeli wayelesivini esasiseJizereyeli phansi kwesigodlo sikaAhabi inkosi yeSamariya. |
| 2. | UAhabi wasekhuluma loNabothi esithi: Ngipha isivini sakho ukuze sibe kimi yisivande semibhida, ngoba siseduze phansi kwendlu yami; ngizakunika isivini esingcono kulaso esikhundleni saso; uba kukuhle emehlweni akho, ngizakunika imali ngentengo yaso. |
| 3. | Kodwa uNabothi wathi kuAhabi: Kakube khatshana lami nge Nkosi ukuthi ngikunike ilifa labobaba. |
| 4. | UAhabi wasengena endlini yakhe enyukumele ethukuthele ngenxa yelizwi uNabothi umJizereyeli ayelikhulume kuye, ngoba wayethe: Kangiyikukunika ilifa labobaba. Wasecambalala embhedeni wakhe, waphendula ubuso bakhe, kadlanga ukudla. |
| 5. | UJezebeli umkakhe wasesiza kuye wathi kuye: Kungani umoya wakho usineme ukuze ungadli ukudla? |
| 6. | Wasesithi kuye: Ngoba ngikhulume loNabothi umJizereyeli ngithe kuye: Nginike isivini sakho ngemali, loba uba uthanda ngizakunika isivini esikhundleni saso; wasesithi: Kangiyikukunika isivini sami. |
| 7. | UJezebeli umkakhe wasesithi kuye: Khathesi nguwe obusa umbuso wakoIsrayeli? Vuka udle isinkwa, lenhliziyo yakho ithokoze; ngizakunika mina isivini sikaNabothi umJizereyeli. |
| 8. | Wasebhala izincwadi ngebizo likaAhabi, wazidinda ngophawu lwakhe, wazithumela izincwadi ebadaleni lakuzikhulu, ababesemzini wakhe, behlala loNabothi. |
| 9. | Wasebhala ezincwadini esithi: Memezelani izilo lokudla, limhlalise uNabothi ngaphezulu kwabantu; |
| 10. | beselihlalisa amadoda amabili, amadodana kaBheliyali, maqondana laye ukuthi afakaze emelene laye esithi: Uthuke uNkulunkulu lenkosi. Beselimkhuphela phandle limkhande ngamatshe aze afe. |
| 11. | Lamadoda alumuzi wakhe, abadala lezikhulu ababehlala emzini wakhe, benza njengokuthumela kukaJezebeli kuwo, njengokubhalwe ezincwadini ayewathumele zona. |
| 12. | Amemezela izilo lokudla, ahlalisa uNabothi phezulu kwabantu. |
| 13. | Asengena amadoda amabili, amadodana kaBheliyali, ahlala maqondana laye; lamadoda kaBheliyali afakaza emelene laye, emelene loNabothi, phambi kwabantu, esithi: UNabothi uthuke uNkulunkulu lenkosi. Basebemkhuphela ngaphandle komuzi, bamkhanda ngamatshe waze wafa. |
| 14. | Basebethumela kuJezebeli besithi: UNabothi usekhandwe ngamatshe wafa. |
| 15. | Kwasekusithi uJezebeli esezwile ukuthi uNabothi usekhandwe ngamatshe wafa, uJezebeli wathi kuAhabi: Vuka uthathe isivini sikaNabothi umJizereyeli sibe ngesakho, ala ukukunika sona ngemali, ngoba uNabothi kaphili, kodwa ufile. |
| 16. | Kwasekusithi uAhabi esezwile ukuthi uNabothi ufile, uAhabi wasukuma ukwehlela esivinini sikaNabothi umJizereyeli, ukusithatha sibe ngesakhe. |
| 17. | Kwasekufika ilizwi le Nkosi kuElija umTishibi lisithi: |
| 18. | Sukuma wehle ukuhlangabeza uAhabi inkosi yakoIsrayeli, oseSamariya; khangela, usesivinini sikaNabothi, ehlele khona ukuze asithathe sibe ngesakhe. |
| 19. | Uzakhuluma kuye uthi: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Ubulele futhi wathatha yini kwaba ngokwakho? Njalo uzakhuluma kuye uthi: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Endaweni lapho izinja ezikhothe khona igazi likaNabothi, izinja zizakhotha igazi lakho, ngitsho elakho. |
| 20. | UAhabi wasesithi kuElija: Ungificile yini, sitha sami? Wasesithi: Ngi ku tholile, ngoba uzithengisile ukwenza okubi emehlweni e Nkosi. |
| 21. | Khangela, ngizakwehlisela ububi, ngiqothule inzalo yakho, ngiqume asuke kuAhabi ochamela emdulini, lovalelweyo lokhululekileyo koIsrayeli. |
| 22. | Njalo ngizakwenza indlu yakho ibe njengendlu kaJerobowamu indodana kaNebati lanjengendlu kaBahasha indodana kaAhiya, ngenxa yesicunulo o ngi cunule ngaso, wenza uIsrayeli one. |
| 23. | LangoJezebeli laye i Nkosi yakhuluma isithi: Izinja zizamudla uJezebeli emthangaleni weJizereyeli. |
| 24. | OkaJerobowamu ofela phakathi komuzi zizamudla izinja, lofela egangeni zizamudla inyoni zamazulu. |
| 25. | Kodwa kakubanga khona onjengoAhabi owazithengisa ukwenza okubi emehlweni e Nkosi, uJezebeli umkakhe amkhuthazayo. |
| 26. | Wenza amanyala kakhulu ngokulandela izithombe, njengakho konke amaAmori akwenzayo, i Nkosi eyawaxotsha elifeni phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli. |
| 27. | Kwasekusithi uAhabi esizwa lamazwi wadabula izigqoko zakhe, wafaka ilembu lesaka phezu komzimba wakhe, wazila ukudla, walala ngelembu lesaka, wahamba buthakathaka. |
| 28. | Ilizwi le Nkosi laselifika kuElija umTishibi lisithi: |
| 29. | Ubonile yini ukuthi uAhabi uzithobe phambi kwami? Ngenxa yokuthi ezithobile phambi kwami kangiyikuletha ububi ensukwini zakhe; ensukwini zendodana yakhe ngizaletha lobububi endlini yakhe. |
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