Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
15:1 UMoya kaThixo wamfikela uAzariya, unyana kaOdedi;
15:2 Waphuma, esiya kukhawulela uAsa, wathi kuye, Ndiphulaphuleni, Asa nani nonke
uYuda noBhenjamin; uYehova unani ekubeni ninaye; kwaye ukuba
enimfunayo, nomfumana; ukuba nithe namshiya, wobuya
ndikushiye.
15:3 Yaba lithuba elide amaSirayeli engenaye uThixo oyinyaniso, engenaye yena
umbingeleli ofundisayo, ongenamthetho.
15:4 Bathi ke ekubandezelekeni kwabo, babuyela kuYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, baza
wamfuna, wafunyanwa kubo.
15:5 Ngaloo maxesha bekungekho luxolo kophumayo nakuye
bangena, bafikelwa ziimbandezelo ezinkulu kubemi bonke
amazwe.
15:6 Uhlanga lwatshatyalaliswa luhlanga, umzi ngumzi;
nabo bonke ubunzima.
15:7 Yomelelani ngoko; mazingawi izandla zenu ngenxa yomsebenzi wenu
uya kuvuzwa.
15:8 Waweva uAsa la mazwi, nesiprofeto sikaOdedi umprofeti, weva
Wazomeleza, wazisusa izithixo ezinezothe ezweni lonke
kwaYuda nakwaBhenjamin, nakwimizi awayeyithabathe ezintabeni
Wasihlaziya isibingelelo sikaYehova, esiphambi kwevaranda
iNkosi.
15:9 Wawahlanganisa onke amaYuda namaBhenjamin, nabasemzini ababekunye nawo
bakwaEfrayim, nakwaManase, nakwaSimon; ngokuba bawela kuye bevela kuye
AmaSirayeli ayemaninzi, akubona ukuba uYehova uThixo wakhe unaye.
15:10 Bahlanganisana ke eYerusalem ngenyanga yesithathu
ngumnyaka weshumi elinesihlanu wobukumkani buka-Asa.
15:11 Babingelela ke kuYehova ngelo xesha, bethabatha amaxhoba ababenawo
bezise amakhulu asixhenxe eenkomo, namawaka asixhenxe empahla emfutshane.
15:12 Benza umnqophiso wokumquqela uYehova, uThixo wooyise
ngentliziyo yabo yonke, nangomphefumlo wabo wonke;
15:13 ukuze bonke abasukuba bengamquqeli uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, baphoswe
ukufa, nokuba kuncinane nokuba kukhulu, nokuba yindoda nokuba ngumfazi.
15:14 Bafunga kuYehova ngezwi elikhulu, nangokuduma, nango
ngezigodlo, nangamaxilongo.
15:15 Asivuyela onke amaYuda isifungo eso;
Bamfuna ngentliziyo yabo yonke, bamquqele ngokomnqweno wabo wonke; wafunyanwa kubo.
uYehova wabaphumza ngeenxa zonke.
15:16 Kananjalo ngoMahaka unina ka-Asa ukumkani, wamsusa
ekubeni wayeyinkosikazi, ngenxa yokuba eyenze isithixo sika-Ashera
isigodo sakhe, wasinyathela, wasitshisela emlanjaneni oyiKidron.
15:17 Kodwa iziganga azisuswanga kwaSirayeli;
Intliziyo ka-Asa ibigqibelele yonke imihla yakhe.
15:18 Wazingenisa endlwini kaThixo iimpahla zikayise
Isilivere negolide, nesilivere, negolide, nento awayezingcwalisile ngokwakhe
izitya.
15:19 Akubanga sabakho mfazwe, kwada kwaba ngumnyaka wamashumi amathathu anesihlanu wobukumkani
ka-Asa.