Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
17:1 UYehoshafati, unyana wakhe, waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe, wazomeleza
nxamnye noSirayeli.
17:2 Wamisa imikhosi emizini yonke enqatyisiweyo yakwaYuda, wamisa
iinkampu zomkhosi ezweni lakwaYuda, nasemizini yakwaEfrayim, nguAsa lowo
uyise wayethathile.
17:3 UYehova waba noYehoshafati, ngokuba ubehamba ngeendlela zokuqala
kuDavide uyise, akaquqela kooBhahali;
17:4 ke yena wamquqela uYehova, uThixo kayise, wahamba ngeendlela zakhe
kungabi ngokwezenzo zamaSirayeli.
17:5 UYehova ubuzinzisile ke ubukumkani esandleni sakhe; namaYuda onke
bazisa izipho kuYehoshafati; waye enobutyebi nozuko
ubuninzi.
17:6 Yaphakama intliziyo yakhe ezindleleni zikaYehova;
zisuse iziganga nooAshera kwaYuda.
17:7 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wobukumkani bakhe, wathumela kubathetheli bakhe
uBhen-hayili, uObhadiya, uZekariya, noNataniyeli, kunye
uMikaya, ukuba afundise emizini yakwaYuda.
17:8 Kwaye kunye nabo wathumela abaLevi, uShemaya, noNetaniya, kunye
uZebhadiya, noAsaheli, noShemiramoti, noYehonatan, noAdoniya,
uTobhiya noTobhadoniya, abaLevi; bekunye noElishama noYehoram;
ababingeleli.
17:9 Bafundisa kwaYuda, benencwadi yomyalelo kaYehova
wayijikeleza imizi yonke yakwaYuda, efundisa
abantu.
17:10 Ukoyikwa kukaYehova kwazifikela zonke izikumkani zamazwe
macala onke amaYuda, akwabakho mfazwe kuYehoshafati.
17:11 NakumaFilisti amanye azisa iminikelo kuYehoshafati, neminikelo
isilivere; ama-Arabhi amzisela imihlambi engamawaka asixhenxe anesixhenxe
ikhulu leenkunzi zeegusha, namawaka asixhenxe anamakhulu asixhenxe eenkunzi zeebhokhwe.
17:12 UYoshafati waya esomelela ngokomelela; wakha iinqaba kwaYuda;
kunye nezixeko ezingoovimba.
17:13 Wayenemisebenzi eninzi emizini yakwaYuda, namadoda okulwa;
kwakukho amagorha anobukroti eYerusalem.
17:14 Ngawo la amanani abo ngokwezindlu zabo
Koonyana bakaYuda, iintloko zamawaka; uAdena intloko, bekunye
kuye amakhulu amathathu amawaka amagorha anobukroti.
17:15 ngakuye nguYohanan umthetheli, enamakhulu amabini anamanci mabini
amashumi asibhozo amawaka.
17:16 Ngaphantsi kwakhe nguAmasiya unyana kaZikri, owanikela ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo
yena ngokwakhe kuYehova; kunye naye amakhulu amabini amawaka amadoda anamandla
ubugorha.
17:17 nakuBhenjamin; uEliyada, igorha elinobukroti, enamadoda axhobileyo;
ngesaphetha namakhaka amakhulu amabini amawaka.
17:18 ecaleni kwakhe nguYozabhadi, enekhulu elinamanci asibhozo;
amawaka axhotyiselwe imfazwe.
17:19 Lawa ebelungiselela kukumkani, ngaphandle kwabo ukumkani abebabekile eluthangweni
imizi kulo lonke elakwaYuda.