Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
12:1 Kwathi, bakubon' ukuba uRehabheham ubuzinzile ubukumkani, waba naye
wazomelela, wawushiya umyalelo kaYehova, namaSirayeli onke
naye.
12:2 Kwathi, ngomnyaka wesihlanu wokumkani uRehabheham, uShishaki
ukumkani waseYiputa wenyuka wayifikela iYerusalem, ngokuba ibikreqile
nxamnye noYehova,
12:3 neenqwelo zokulwa ishumi elinesibini lamakhulu, namashumi amathandathu amawaka amahashe;
abantu abangenakubalwa abephuma naye eYiputa; iiLubim,
amaSuki, namaKushi.
12:4 Wayithimba imizi enqatyisiweyo ekwaYuda, wafika kuyo
iYerusalem.
12:5 Weza uShemaya umprofeti kuRehabheham, nakubathetheli bakwaYuda;
ababebuthelene eYerusalem ngenxa kaShishaki, bathi
kubo, Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Nina nindishiyile, naza ngenxa yoko
Nam ndakushiya esandleni sikaShishaki.
12:6 Bazithoba abathetheli bakwaSirayeli nokumkani; kwaye
bathi, Ulilungisa uYehova.
12:7 Wabona uYehova ukuba bazithobile, ilizwi likaYehova
weza kuShemaya, esithi, Bazithobile; ngoko ke ndiya kwenza
ndingabatshabalalisi, kodwa ndiya kubanika usindiso oluthile; nobushushu bam
aliyi kugalelwa eYerusalem ngesandla sikaShishaki.
12:8 Noko baya kuba ngabakhonzi bakhe; ukuze bayazi inkonzo yam;
nenkonzo yezikumkani zamazwe.
12:9 Wenyuka ke uShishaki ukumkani waseYiputa, wayingenela iYerusalem, wayithimba
ubuncwane bendlu kaYehova, nobuncwane bokumkani
indlu; wazithabatha zonke, wathabatha namakhaka egolide awayenawo
Wayenza uSolomon.
12:10 Ukumkani uRehabheham wenza iingweletshetshe zobhedu esikhundleni sazo, wazimisa
esandleni somthetheli wabasiki, abagcini bomnyango wendlu kaThixo
indlu yokumkani.
12:11 Kwathi, ekungeneni kokumkani endlwini kaYehova, zeza izigidimi
wawathabatha, wawabuyisela egumbini lezigidimi.
12:12 Wathi akuzithoba, umsindo kaYehova wemka kuye
akavuma ukumtshabalalisa kwaphela; kananjalo kwaYuda izinto zazihamba kakuhle.
12:13 Ukumkani uRehabheham wazomeleza eYerusalem, waba ngukumkani;
URehabheham ubeminyaka imashumi mane anamnye ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
waba neminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe engukumkani eYerusalem, umzi lowo wawunyulileyo uYehova
ezizweni zonke zakwaSirayeli, ukuba alibeke khona igama lakhe. Kunye nonina
Igama lalinguNahama umAmon.
12:14 Wenza okubi, ngokuba ebengayibhekisanga intliziyo yakhe ukumquqela uYehova.
12:15 Izinto zikaRehabheham, ezokuqala nezokugqibela, azibhalwanga encwadini
Incwadi kaShemaya umprofeti, noIdo imboni malunga nayo
imilibo yokuzalwa? Kwabakho iimfazwe phakathi koRehabheham noYarobheham
rhoqo.
12:16 URehabheham walala kooyise, wangcwatyelwa emzini waseNtabeni
UAbhiya, unyana wakhe, waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.