Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
10:1 URehabheham waya kwaShekem; ngokuba amaSirayeli onke abeye kwaShekem
menze ukumkani.
10:2 Kwathi, uYarobheham, unyana kaNebhati, eseYiputa,
weva apho wayebalekela khona ebusweni bukaSolomon ukumkani.
uYarobheham wabuya eYiputa;
10:3 Bathumela ke, bambiza. Beza ke ooYarobheham namaSirayeli onke, bathetha
kuRehabheham, esithi,
10:4 Uyihlo wayenza nzima idyokhwe yethu;
ebukhobokeni kayihlo, nedyokhwe yakhe enzima awayibekayo
thina, sikukhonze.
10:5 Wathi kubo, Khanindikhwelele iintsuku zibe ntathu, nibuye nize kum. Kwaye i
bemka abantu.
10:6 Ukumkani uRehabheham wacebisana namadoda amakhulu abemi phambi kwawo
USolomon uyise oko ubesadla ubomi, wathi, Ninika cebo lini na kuni?
ukuba ndibanike impendulo aba bantu?
10:7 Athetha ke kuye, esithi, Ukuba uthe wanobubele kwaba bantu, wabasikelela
Uze ubakholise, uthethe kubo amazwi amahle, babe ngabakhonzi bakho
ngonaphakade.
10:8 Walishiya icebo abemnike lona amadoda amakhulu, wacebisana
kunye namadodana aziintanga zakhe, abemi phambi kwakhe.
10:9 Wathi kubo, Ninika cebo lini na nina, ukuze siphendule?
aba bantu bathethileyo kum, besithi, Yenza lula idyokhwe
ukuba uyihlo wasibeka phezu kwethu?
10:10 Athetha kuye ke amadodana aziintanga zakhe, esithi,
Uze ubaphendule abantu abathethe kuwe, besithi, Ngowakho
Ubawo wayenza nzima idyokhwe yethu, wena yenze lula kuthi;
wothi kubo, Umnwe wam omncinane uya kuba mkhulu kunowam
isinqe sikatata.
10:11 Ke, ekubeni ubawo ebenithwalise idyokhwe enzima, mna ke ndiya kongeza kuni
dyokhwe:ubawo ebenibetha ngesabhokhwe mna ndiya kunibetha
oonomadudwane.
10:12 Beza ke ooYarobheham nabantu bonke kuRehabheham ngomhla wesithathu, beza kuRehabheham.
Wathi ukumkani, Nobuya nize kum ngomhla wesithathu.
10:13 Ukumkani wabaphendula kalukhuni; ukumkani uRehabheham wawulahla uYehova
icebo lamadoda amakhulu;
10:14 Wabaphendula ngokwecebo lamadodana, esithi, Bawo!
yanzima idyokhwe yenu, mna ke ndiya kongeza kuyo; ubawo ubeya kunibetha
Ndiya kunibetha ngeekatsi, ke mna ndiya kunibetha ngeekatsi.
10:15 Akabaphulaphulanga ke abantu ukumkani; ngokuba indawo leyo ibiphuma kuThixo.
ukuze alimise uYehova ilizwi lakhe, awalithethayo ngesandla sakhe
uAhiya waseShilo kuYarobheham unyana kaNebhati.
10:16 Akubona ke onke amaSirayeli ukuba ukumkani akawaphulaphuli, wasuka wathula
abantu bamphendula ukumkani, bathi, Sinasabelo sini na kuDavide? kwaye thina
ningabi nalifa kunyana kaYese; yiyani elowo ententeni yakhe, Yehova;
Zikhangelele ngoku, Davide, indlu yakho. Ahamba ke onke amaSirayeli
iintente zabo.
10:17 Ke bona oonyana bakaSirayeli, ababehleli emizini yakwaYuda.
URehabheham waba ngukumkani kubo.
10:18 Ukumkani uRehabheham wathuma uHadoram, obephethe abafakwa uviko; kwaye i
oonyana bakaSirayeli bamxuluba ngamatye, wafa. Kodwa ukumkani
URehabheham wakhawuleza waya kukhwela enqwelweni yakhe, ukuba asabele eYerusalem.
10:19 Akreqa ke amaSirayeli kwindlu kaDavide, unanamhla.