Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
13:1 Ke kaloku ngomnyaka weshumi elinesibhozo wokumkani uYarobheham, uAbhiya waba ngukumkani
uYuda.
13:2 Waba neminyaka emithathu engukumkani eYerusalem. Igama lonina belinguMikaya
intombi kaUriyeli waseGibheha. Kwabakho imfazwe phakathi koAbhiya noAbhiya
uYarobheham.
13:3 UAbhiya wayikha uluhlu lokulwa enempi yamagorha okulwa;
amadoda ahleliweyo angamakhulu amane amawaka; noYarobheham wawahlalisa umkhosi
16Yena uyakha uluhlu nxamnye naye, bengamakhulu asibhozo amawaka amadoda ahleliweyo, angamagorha
amadoda anobukroti.
13:4 Wesuka wema uAbhiya entabeni yeTsemaraim, ekweleentaba lakwaEfrayim.
wathi, Ndiphulaphuleni, wena Yarobheham, nani maSirayeli nonke;
13:5 Anazi na, ukuba uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ubunikele ubukumkani?
uSirayeli kuDavide kude kuse ephakadeni, kuye noonyana bakhe ngomnqophiso
ityuwa?
13:6 ke uYarobheham unyana kaNebhati, umkhonzi kaSolomon, unyana kaDavide;
Usuke wayiphikisa inkosi yakhe.
13:7 Kwabuthelana kuye amadoda angenabuntu, angamatshijolo, namatshijolo;
bomelela kuRehabheham unyana kaSolomon, xa
URehabheham ubengumfana othambileyo, engenako ukumelana nabo.
13:8 Ngoku ke nithi niya komelela phambi kobukumkani bukaYehova, obusesandleni sikaYehova
oonyana bakaDavide; nibe yingxokolo eninzi, babe nani
amathole egolide, awanenzela wona uYarobheham ukuba abe ngoothixo.
13:9 Anibagxothanga yini na ababingeleli bakaYehova, oonyana baka-Aron, nababingeleli?
abaLevi, nizenzele ababingeleli ngokwesiko leentlanga;
amanye amazwe? ngokokude bonke abasukuba beze kuzingcwalisa benomntwana
inkunzi entsha yenkomo, neenkunzi zezimvu zibe sixhenxe, zibe ngumbingeleli kwabangento
oothixo.
13:10 Ke thina, nguYehova uThixo wethu, asimshiyanga; kwaye
ababingeleli abalungiselela kuYehova ngoonyana baka-Aron, kunye
abaLevi benza umsebenzi wabo;
13:11 Baqhumisela kuYehova imiso ngemiso, ukuhlwa ngokuhlwa
imibingelelo neziqhumiso ezimnandi;
itafile ecocekileyo; nesiphatho sezibane segolide, nezibane zaso, ukuze
kuba thina siyasigcina isigxina sikaYehova uThixo wethu; kodwa nina
ndimshiyile.
13:12 Niyabona, uThixo unathi, engumthetheli wethu, nababingeleli bakhe
ngezigodlo zokuhlaba umkhosi ngani. Owu nyana bakaSirayeli,
ize ningalwi noYehova uThixo wooyihlo; ngokuba aniyi kuba
nempumelelo.
13:13 Ke uYarobheham wazunguleza abalaleli, ukuba baye ngasemva kwawo;
aba phambi kwamaYuda, nabalaleli bengasemva kwawo.
13:14 Abheka amaYuda, ayibona imfazwe ingaphambili nangasemva.
Bakhala kuYehova, ababingeleli bavuthela izigodlo.
13:15 Aduma ke amadoda akwaYuda, kwathi ekudumeni kwamadoda akwaYuda, kwaba njalo
uThixo wabetha uYarobheham namaSirayeli onke phambi koAbhiya
uYuda.
13:16 Basaba oonyana bakaSirayeli phambi kwamaYuda, wabahlangula uThixo
esandleni sabo.
13:17 UAbhiya nabantu bakhe bababulala ngogonyamelo olukhulu;
kwawa ababuleweyo bakwaSirayeli amakhulu amahlanu amawaka amadoda ahleliweyo.
13:18 Bathotywa ke oonyana bakaSirayeli ngelo xesha
oonyana bakaYuda boyisa, ngokuba bayama ngoYehova uThixo wabo
ooyise.
13:19 UAbhiya wamsukela uYarobheham, wathimba kuye imizi yaseBheteli.
namagxamesi ayo, neYeshana namagxamesi ayo, ne-Efrayin ne
iidolophu zakhona.
13:20 UYarobheham akaphinda abe namandla ngemihla ka-Abhiya;
uYehova wambetha, wafa.
13:21 Waya esomelela ngokomelela uAbhiya, wazeka abafazi abalishumi elinabane, wazala amashumi amabini.
noonyana ababini, neentombi ezilishumi elinantandathu.
13:22 Ezinye izinto zika-Abhiya, neendlela zakhe, namazwi akhe.
ebhalwe kwimbali yomprofeti uIdo.