“Ukumkani uNowa noKumkani uLimhayi,” Amabali eNcwadi kaMormoni (2023)
UKumkani uNowa noKumkani uLimhayi
Ukusaba kumaLeymenayithi
Ukumkani uNowa wayelawula iqela lamaNifayithi. Yena wenza izinto ezininzi ezingalunganga, kwaye abanye abantu babenomsindo kuye. Indoda egama linguGidiyon yalwa noNowa ngekrele. UNowa waye wabaleka kwaye wakhwela kwinqaba. Epha kwinqaba, yena wabona umkhosi wamaLeymenayithi usiza. UNowa wenza ngathi wayesoyikisela abantu bakhe, ngoko uGidiyon waphela emyeka ukuba aphile.
UNowa kunye nabantu bakhe babaleka. Kodwa amaLeymenayithi abaleqa kwaye aqalisa ukubahlasela. UNowa waxelela amadoda ukuba ashiye iintsapho zawo ngasemva aze ahambe naye.
Amanye amadoda ahamba noNowa. Kodwa uninzi lwamadoda lwakhetha ukuhlala neentsapho zawo. Unyana kaNowa uLimhayi naye wakhetha ukuhlala.
Iintombi ezininzi zema phambi komkhosi zaze zawacela amaLeymenayithi ukuba angonzakalisi iintsapho zazo. AmaLeymenayithi azimamela iintombi ezo aze awayeka amaNifayithi ukuba aphile. Endaweni yoko, amaLeymenayithi awathimba amaNifayithi.
Amadoda awayebalekile ayefuna ukubuyela kwiintsapho zawo. UNowa wazama ukuwanqanda, ngoko lamadoda aye ambulala. Ngoko ke aye abuyela kwiintsapho zawo.
La madoda ayonwabe kakhulu kuba iintsapho zawo zazikhuselekile. Aye amxelela uGidiyon ngoko kwenzeka kuNowa.
Abantu bakhetha ukuba uLimhayi abe ngukumkani wabo omtsha. ULimhayi wathembisa ukumkani wamaLeymenayithi ukuba babeza kuhlawula isiqingatha sento yonke eyayiyeyabo kumaLeymenayithi. Ukubuyisela oko, ukumkani wamaLeymenayithi wathembisa ukuba wayengazi kubonzakalisa abantu bakaLimhayi.
Bahlala ngoxolo iminyaka emininzi. Aze amaLeymenayithi aqalisa ukuphatha abantu bakaLimhayi kakubi. Abantu babefuna ukukhululeka kwakhona. Bazama ukulwa namaLeymenayithi, kodwa boyiswa. Abantu bathandezela uncedo kuThixo.
Ngenye imini, umNifayithi ogama lingu-Amon watyelela uLimhayi nabantu bakhe. U-Amon wayesuka kwilizwe elalibizwa ngokuba yiZarahemla. UKumkani uLimhayi wavuya akumbona u-Amon.
U-Amon wayesenako ukukhokela abantu bakaLimhayi eZarahemla, kodwa kwakumele baqhweshe kumaLeymenayithi kuqala. UGidiyon wayenalo icebo.
Ebusuku, uGidiyon wabanika iwayini eyongezelelweyo abalindi bamaLeymenayithi ukwenzela ukuba balale. Ngelilixa abalindi babesalele, uLimhayi kunye nabo bonke abantu bakhe baqhwesha kwisixeko.
Bona baya eZarahemla kwaye bamanyana namaNifayithi phaya. ULimhayi nabantu bakhe baye bafunda ngakumbi ngoThixo. Baye benza umnqophiso, okanye isithembiso esikhethekileyo, sokukhonza uThixo nokuthobela imiyalelo yaKhe. Bona baye babhaptizwa baze baba yinxalenye yeBandla likaThixo. Bona babekhumbula ukuba uThixo wabanceda baqhwesha kumaLeymenayithi.