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| 1. | Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesuka, bamisa inkamba emagcekeni akoMowabi, nganeno kweJordani, eJeriko. |
| 2. | UBalaki indodana kaZipori wasebona konke uIsrayeli ayekwenze kumaAmori. |
| 3. | UMowabi wasesesaba kakhulu ubuso babantu, ngoba babebanengi. UMowabi wasetshaywa luvalo ngenxa yabantwana bakoIsrayeli. |
| 4. | UMowabi wasesithi ebadaleni beMidiyani: Khathesi lelibandla lizakhotha konke okusihanqileyo, njengenkabi ikhotha utshani bedlelo. Njalo uBalaki indodana kaZipori wayeyinkosi yakoMowabi ngalesosikhathi. |
| 5. | Wasethuma izithunywa kuBalami indodana kaBeyori ePethori eliseduze lomfula welizwe labantwana babantu bakhe, ukumbiza, esithi: Khangela, abantu baphumile eGibhithe. Khangela, basibekele ubuso bomhlaba, futhi sebehlala maqondana lami. |
| 6. | Khathesi-ke, ake uze, ngiqalekisela lababantu, ngoba balamandla kulami; mhlawumbe ngingaba lamandla okuthi sibatshaye, lokuthi ngibaxotshe elizweni, ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi lowo ombusisayo ubusisiwe, lalowo omqalekisayo uqalekisiwe. |
| 7. | Abadala beMowabi labadala beMidiyani basebehamba belembadalo yokuvumisa esandleni sabo; bafika kuBalami, bakhuluma kuye amazwi kaBalaki. |
| 8. | Wasesithi kubo: Lalani lapha lobubusuku, njalo ngizalilethela ilizwi, njengalokhu i Nkosi ezakutsho kimi. Iziphathamandla zakoMowabi zasezihlala loBalami. |
| 9. | UNkulunkulu wasefika kuBalami, wathi: Ngobani lamadoda alawe? |
| 10. | UBalami wasesithi kuNkulunkulu: UBalaki, indodana kaZipori, inkosi yakoMowabi, ungithumele esithi: |
| 11. | Khangela, abantu baphumile eGibhithe basibekele ubuso bomhlaba; woza khathesi, ungiqalekisele bona; mhlawumbe ngingaba lamandla okulwa labo, ngibaxotshe. |
| 12. | UNkulunkulu wasesithi kuBalami: Ungahambi labo; ungabaqalekisi labobantu, ngoba babusisiwe. |
| 13. | UBalami wasevuka ekuseni, wathi kuziphathamandla zikaBalaki: Yanini elizweni lakini, ngoba i Nkosi iyala ukungivumela ukuhamba lani. |
| 14. | Ngakho iziphathamandla zakoMowabi zasukuma, zaya kuBalaki, zathi: UBalami uyala ukuhamba lathi. |
| 15. | UBalaki wasebuya wathuma njalo iziphathamandla, ezinengi ezidumileyo kulalezo. |
| 16. | Zasezifika kuBalami zathi kuye: Utsho njalo uBalaki indodana kaZipori uthi: Ake ungavinjwa yilutho ukuza kimi. |
| 17. | Ngoba ngizakuhlonipha lokukuhlonipha kakhulu, lakho konke ongitshela khona ngizakwenza. Ngakho ake uze, ngiqalekisela lababantu. |
| 18. | Kodwa uBalami waphendula wathi encekwini zikaBalaki: Uba uBalaki ebezangipha indlu yakhe igcwele isiliva legolide, bengingayikweqa umlayo we Nkosi uNkulunkulu wami ukwenza okukhulu kumbe okuncinyane. |
| 19. | Khathesi-ke, ake lihlale lapha lani lobubusuku, ukuze ngazi ukuthi i Nkosi izakuthini kimi futhi. |
| 20. | UNkulunkulu wasesiza kuBalami ebusuku wathi kuye: Uba amadoda efika ukukubiza, sukuma uhambe lawo; kodwa kuphela lelolizwi engizalikhuluma kuwe, lona uzalenza. |
| 21. | UBalami wasesukuma ekuseni, wabophela isihlalo kubabhemi wakhe, wahamba leziphathamandla zakoMowabi. |
| 22. | Ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwavutha ngoba wahamba; ingilosi ye Nkosi yayakuma endleleni ukuba yisitha esimelane laye. Njalo wayegade ubabhemi wakhe, lenceku zakhe ezimbili zilaye. |
| 23. | Ubabhemi waseyibona ingilosi ye Nkosi imi endleleni, lenkemba ehwatshiweyo isesandleni sayo; lobabhemi waphambuka endleleni, wangena ensimini. UBalami wasemtshaya ubabhemi ukumphendulela endleleni. |
| 24. | Ingilosi ye Nkosi yasisima endleleni eminyeneyo yezivini, umduli ngapha lomduli ngapha. |
| 25. | Lapho ubabhemi ebona ingilosi ye Nkosi wazibandezela emdulini, wabandezela unyawo lukaBalami emdulini; wasemtshaya futhi. |
| 26. | Ingilosi ye Nkosi yasiqhubeka, yema endaweni eminyeneyo, lapho okwakungelandlela yokuphendukela ngakwesokunene kumbe ngakwesokhohlo. |
| 27. | Lapho ubabhemi ebona ingilosi ye Nkosi, walala ngaphansi kukaBalami. Ulaka lukaBalami lwaseluvutha, wasemtshaya ubabhemi ngenduku. |
| 28. | I Nkosi yasivula umlomo kababhemi, wasesithi kuBalami: Ngenzeni kuwe ukuthi ungitshaye okwalezizikhathi ezintathu? |
| 29. | UBalami wasesithi kubabhemi: Ngoba ungenze inhlekisa. Kungathi ngabe kulenkemba esandleni sami, ngoba bengizakubulala khathesi. |
| 30. | Ubabhemi wasesithi kuBalami: Angisuye yini ubabhemi wakho omgade kusukela ngi sengowakho kuze kube lamuhla? Ngake ngejwayela ukwenza kanje kuwe yini? Wasesithi: Hatshi. |
| 31. | I Nkosi yasivula amehlo kaBalami, wasebona ingilosi ye Nkosi imi endleleni, lenkemba yayo ihwatshiwe isesandleni sayo; wakhothama wathi mbo ngobuso bakhe phansi. |
| 32. | Ingilosi ye Nkosi yasisithi kuye: Umtshayeleni ubabhemi wakho okwalezizikhathi ezintathu? Khangela, mina ngiphumile ukumelana lawe, ngoba indlela yakho iphambukile kimi; |
| 33. | njalo ubabhemi wangibona, waphambuka phambi kwami lezizikhathi ezintathu. Ngaphandle kokuthi ephambukile phambi kwami, ngeqiniso khathesi ngabe ngikubulele lawe, ngamgcina yena ephila. |
| 34. | UBalami wasesithi engilosini ye Nkosi: Ngonile, ngoba bengingazi ukuthi umi endleleni ukumelana lami. Ngakho-ke uba kukubi emehlweni akho, ngizabuyela futhi. |
| 35. | Ingilosi ye Nkosi yasisithi kuBalami: Hamba lalawomadoda; kodwa kuphela ilizwi engizalikhuluma kuwe, yilo ozalikhuluma. UBalami wasehamba leziphathamandla zikaBalaki. |
| 36. | UBalaki esezwile ukuthi uBalami uyeza, waphuma ukuyamhlangabeza emzini wakoMowabi, osemngceleni weArinoni, osekucineni komngcele. |
| 37. | UBalaki wasesithi kuBalami: Kangithumanga yini lokuthuma kuwe ukukubiza? Kungani ungafikanga kimi? Isibili kangilamandla okukunika udumo yini? |
| 38. | UBalami wasesithi kuBalaki: Khangela, ngifikile kuwe. Khathesi ngilamandla isibili okukhuluma loba yini na? Ilizwi uNkulunkulu alifaka emlonyeni wami, yilo engizalikhuluma. |
| 39. | UBalami wasehamba loBalaki, basebefika eKiriyathi-Huzothi. |
| 40. | UBalaki wasehlaba izinkabi lezimvu, wathumela kuBalami lakuziphathamandla ezazilaye. |
| 41. | Kwasekusithi ekuseni uBalaki wamthatha uBalami, wamenyusela endaweni eziphakemeyo zikaBhali, ukuthi abone elapho ukucina kwabantu. |
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