Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
16:1 Ngomnyaka wamashumi omathathu anesithandathu wobukumkani buka-Asa, uBhahesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli
wenyuka waya kwaYuda, wayakha iRama, ukuze ayirhole
kungaphumi nokuba kungene uAsa ukumkani wakwaYuda.
16:2 UAsa wayirhola isilivere negolide ebuncwaneni bendlu
kaYehova, neyendlu yokumkani, yathumela kuBhen-hadade ukumkani wakwa-Aram;
obemi eDamasko, esithi,
16:3 Kukho umnqophiso phakathi kwam nawe, njengoko wawuphakathi kobawo
uyabona, ndikuthumele isilivere negolide; hamba, ukwaphule
yenze umnqophiso noBhahesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, ukuba emke kum.
16:4 UBhen-hadade wamphulaphula ukumkani uAsa, wathumela abathetheli bakhe
imikhosi eminqubeni yemizi yakwaSirayeli; ayixabela i-Iyon, noDan, no
neAbhele-mayim nemizi yonke engoovimba yakwaNafetali.
16:5 Kwathi, akuva uBhahesha, wayeka ukwakha
eRama, uyeke umsebenzi wakhe.
16:6 Ke uAsa ukumkani wawathabatha onke amaYuda; bawasusa amatye
iRama nemithi yayo, awayakha ngayo uBhahesha; kwaye yena
wakha ngayo iGebha neMizpa.
16:7 Ngelo xesha uHanani, imboni, weza kuAsa ukumkani wakwaYuda, wathi
wathi kuye, Ngenxa enokuba wayama ngokumkani wakwa-Aram, akwakholosa
ngenxa kaYehova uThixo wakho yasinda impi yokumkani wakwa-Aram
esandleni sakho.
16:8 AmaKushi namaLubhi abengeyeyona impi inzima, inamaninzi kunene?
iinqwelo zokulwa nabamahashe? noko ke wayama ngoYehova yena
uwanikele esandleni sakho.
16:9 Ngokuba amehlo kaYehova asingasinga ehlabathini lonke, ukuze
womelela ngenxa yabo bantliziyo ipheleleyo
yena. Wenze ubudenge ngale nto; ngenxa yoko uthabathela ngoku
kuya kuba neemfazwe.
16:10 UAsa wayiqumbela imboni leyo, wayifaka endlwini yesitokisi; ngokuba yena
waba nomsindo ngakuye ngenxa yale nto. UAsa wabacinezela abanye
abantu ngaxeshanye.
16:11 Yabona, izinto zika-Asa, ezokuqala nezokugqibela, nanzo zibhaliwe phakathi
Incwadi yookumkani bakwaYuda nabakwaSirayeli.
16:12 Ke uAsa, ngomnyaka wamashumi omathathu anesithoba wobukumkani bakhe, waba sisifo esibi
Sada saba sikhulu ngokuncamisileyo isifo sakhe;
akaquqelanga kuYehova, wafuna amagqirha.
16:13 UAsa walala kooyise, wafa ngomnyaka wamashumi omane anamnye.
ulawulo lwakhe.
16:14 bamngcwabela kwelakhe ingcwaba, abezenzele lona
emzini kaDavide, wamlalisa elukhukweni oluzeleyo
amavumba amnandi kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo zeziqholo ezilungiselelwe ngabaqholi'
bamenzela utshiso olukhulu kunene.