1Godu ifumbe yabeka umkhawulo wekoro yakwaManase.
UManase gade alizibulo lakaJosefa, uMakiri alizibulo lakaManase nonguyise kaGiliyadi. Ngebanga lokobana uMakiri gade ayingorho bekabelwe iGiliyadi neBhatjhani. 2Inengi lekoro yakwaManase lafumana ilifa ngokwemindeni. Imindeni leyo bekungu-Abiyezeri neenzukulwana zakaRhelekhi, zaka-Asiriyeli, zakaTjhekemu, zakaRheferi nezakaTjhemida. Lezo-ke bekuziinzukulwana eziduna zakaManase umsa kaJosefa ngokwemindenazo.
3UTselofirhadi umsa kaRheferi omsa kaGiliyadi umsa kaMakiri omsa kaManase azange abe namadodana. Waba namadodakazi kwaphela, amabizwawo ngilawa: uMarhila, uNoya, uRhogila, uMilika noTiritsa. 4Wona eza phambi kwaka-Elazara umphristi noJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni nabarholi athi: “USomnini wayala uMosi kobana asiphe ilifa phakathi kwabafowethu.” Yeke ukuya ngokomyalo kaSomnini, wawanikela ilifa phakathi kwabafowabo. 5UManase wabelwa iingcenye ezilitjhumi ngaphandle kwenarha yeGiliyadi neBhatjhani engaphetjheya kweJordani, 6ngombana amadodakazi wekoro yakwaManase afumana ilifa hlangana namadodanakhe. Inarha yeGiliyadi gade yabelwe elinye inengi lekoro yakwaManase.
7Umkhawulo wakwaManase wawusuka e-Atjhera ufike eMikimetathi eseTjhekemu. Umkhawulo lowo bewukhamba ugegele ngesewula ukuyela eJatjhibi nomthombo weTapuwarhi. 8Inarha yeTapuwarhi bekungeyakaManase, kodwana idorobho leTapuwarhi emkhawulweni wakwaManase belingelama-Efrayimu. 9Umkhawulo bewehlela ngesewula yomlanjana iKhana. Amanye wamadorobho asenarheni yakwaManase ngetlhagwini yomlanjana lowo gade kungewaka-Efrayimu. Umkhawulo lowo bewuphelela elwandle. 10Nje-ke inarha engesewula yomlanjana bekungeyaka-Efrayimu bese engetlhagwini kungeyakaManase. Ilwandle belimkhawulo ngetjingalanga yenarha yakwaManase. Ngetlhagwini-tjingalanga beyifika kwa-Atjheri bese ngetlhagwini-pumalanga ifike kwa-Isakari. 11Enarheni yakwa-Isakari neyakwa-Atjheri uManase gade abelwe amadorobho alandelako nemizanawo: iBhethe-Tjhani, iJibiliyamu, iDoro nabahlali bakhona (lokhu kutjho iDoro eentatjaneni zeligu), i-Eni-Doro nabahlali bakhona, iTanaki nabahlali bakhona kanye neMegido nabahlali bakhona. 12Amadodana kaManase azange aphumelele ukuthumba amadorobho lawo, nje-ke amaKanana aragela phambili nokuzihlalela enarhenapho. 13Kodwana kuthe lokha ama-Israyeli naqina amandla, akatelela amaKanana lawo ngomsebenzi. Ngalokho azange awaqotjhe woke emadorobheni lawo.
Isililo sesizukulwana sakaJosefa
14Isizukulwana sakaJosefa sakhuluma noJotjhuwa sathi: “Kubayini uthi usibona sibanengi kangaka ngesibalo, nokobana sibusiswe nguSomnini wena usiphosele ifumbe kanye kobana usabele isabelo sinye kwaphela na?”
15UJotjhuwa wathi kiso: “Nakube nibanengi kangako, kubayini ningakhuphukeli ehlathini bese nizirhulele lapho indawo enarheni yamaPerizi namaRafa nangabe mbala inarha yeentaba zakwa-Efrayimu yincani khulu kini?”
16Isizukulwana sakaJosefa sathi: “Inarha yeentaba nayo ayikasaneli, kanti namaKanana ahlala emirhuleni aneenkarana zepi zesimbi, okutjho lawo ahlala eBhethe-Tjhani nemizanayo nalawo asemrhobeni weJizriyela.”
17UJotjhuwa wathi ekumbeni kaJosefa, okungu-Efrayimu noManase: “Vele nibabantu abanengi begodu ninamandla amakhulu. Ngalokho anikafaneli ukuba nesabelo sinye kwaphela, 18iye, inarha yeentaba ingeyenu begodu nanyana imahlathi, nizayirhula ibe ngeyenu ukuyokufika emathomeni weentaba. Nizakuqotjha amaKanana nanyana anamandla begodu neenkarana zawo zepi zingezesimbi njalo.”
