Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
11:1 Weza uRehabheham eYerusalem, wahlanganisana nendlu kakumkani
AmaYuda namaBhenjamin ikhulu elinamanci asibhozo amawaka amadoda anyuliweyo;
baba ngamagorha okulwa noSirayeli, ukuze buziswe ubukumkani
kwakhona kuRehabheham.
11:2 Ke lafika ilizwi likaYehova kuShemaya umfo wakwaThixo, lisithi,
11:3 Thetha kuRehabheham unyana kaSolomon, ukumkani wakwaYuda, nakumaSirayeli onke
kwaYuda nakwaBhenjamin, besithi,
11:4 Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Ize ninganyuki, ize ningalwi nani;
bazalwana, buyelani elowo endlwini yakhe; ngokuba iphume kum le nto.
Bawaphulaphula ke amazwi kaYehova, babuya ekulweni
uYarobheham.
11:5 Wahlala uRehabheham eYerusalem, wakha imizi yokunqabisa kwaYuda.
11:6 Wayakha iBhetelehem, ne-Etam, neTekowa;
11:7 neBhete-tsure, neShoko, neAdulam;
11:8 neGati, neMaresha, neZifi;
11:9 neAdoraim, neLakishe, neAzeka;
11:10 neTsora, neAyalon, neHebron, ekwaYuda nakwaBhenjamin
izixeko ezibiyelweyo.
11:11 Wazomeleza iinqaba zazo, wabeka abathetheli kunye noovimba
nezokutya, nezeoli, nezewayini.
11:12 Kwimizi ngemizi yonke wabeka iingweletshetshe nemikhonto, wayenza
eqinile kunene, enoYuda noBhenjamin.
11:13 Bathelela kuye ababingeleli nabaLevi ababekumaSirayeli onke
emideni yabo yonke.
11:14 Ke abaLevi bawashiya amadlelo abo, nempahla yabo, beza
kumaYuda neYerusalem; ngokuba uYarobheham noonyana bakhe babebagxothile
besenza ububingeleli kuYehova;
11:15 Wammisela ababingeleli beziganga, nabamademoni, nababingeleli
ngenxa yamathole awawenzayo.
11:16 Emva kwabo ezizweni zonke zakwaSirayeli, abo bazinikelayo iintliziyo zabo
ukuza kufuna uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, weza eYerusalem, ukuze abingelele kuYehova
UYehova uThixo wooyise.
11:17 Babuzinzisa ubukumkani bukaYuda, bamenza uRehabheham unyana ka
USolomon womelela, iminyaka emithathu; ngokuba bahamba ngendlela yaseHashe iminyaka emithathu
UDavide noSolomon.
11:18 URehabheham wazeka uMahalati, intombi kaYerimoti, unyana kaDavide
ngumkakhe, noAbhihayili intombi kaEliyabhi, unyana kaYese;
11:19 owamzalela abantwana; uYehushe, noShamariya, noZaham.
11:20 Emva kwakhe wazeka uMahaka intombi ka-Abhisalom; owamzalayo
uAbhiya, noAtayi, noZiza, noShelomoti.
11:21 URehabheham wathanda uMahaka, intombi ka-Abhisalom, ngaphezu kwabafazi bakhe bonke
namashweshwe akhe (kuba ubenabafazi abalishumi elinesibhozo, namashumi amathandathu).
amashweshwe; wazala oonyana abamashumi mabini anesibhozo, neentombi ezimashumi mathandathu.
11:22 URehabheham wamisa uAbhiya unyana kaMahaka ukuba abe yinkulu, abe yinganga phakathi.
abazalwana bakhe; ngokuba ubecinga ukumenza ukumkani.
11:23 Wenza ngengqiqo, wabathi saa oonyana bakhe bonke
nelizwe lakwaYuda nelakwaBhenjamin, emizini yonke enqatyisiweyo, wayinika
batyekele ekutyeni. Wafuna abafazi abaninzi.