Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
18:1 Ke uYehoshafati ube enobutyebi nozuko ngokukhulu, wazekelana
kunye noAhabhi.
18:2 Ke kaloku, ekupheleni kweminyaka ethile, wehla waya kuAhabhi kwaSamari. Wabulala ke uAhabhi
yakhe impahla emfutshane neenkomo ezininzi, nakubantu abenabo
+ waza wamcenga ukuba anyuke naye aye eRamoti yaseGiliyadi.
18:3 Wathi ke uAhabhi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli kuYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda, Ndiya kuthini na?
Hamba nam siye eRamoti yaseGiliyadi? Wathi yena kuye, Ndinjengawe;
abantu bam banjengabantu bakho; yaye siya kuba nawe emfazweni.
18:4 Wathi uYehoshafati kukumkani wakwaSirayeli, Khawukhe ubuze endaweni.
ilizwi likaYehova namhla.
18:5 Wabahlanganisa ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli abaprofeti abangamakhulu amane
bathi kuwo, siye na eRamoti yaseGiliyadi ukuba silwe, okanye siye kulwa na?
Ndiyakuyeka? Athi, Nyuka; ngokuba uThixo uya kuyinikela esandleni sokumkani
isandla.
18:6 Wathi uYehoshafati, Akukho mprofeti kaYehova na apha?
ukuze sibuzise kuye?
18:7 Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli kuYehoshafati, Kusekho indoda enye ecaleni kwayo
esingamquqela kuYehova, ke mna ndimthiyile; kuba akazange aprofete
okulungileyo kum, kodwa kubi ngamaxesha onke; nguMikaya, unyana kaImla. Kwaye
Wathi uYehoshafati, Makangatsho ukumkani.
18:8 Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabiza umbusi wakhe, wathi, Zithabathe
ngokukhawuleza uMikaya unyana kaImla.
18:9 Ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli noYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda babehleli bobabini
etroneni yakhe, bambethe iingubo zabo, behleli endaweni engenanto
ekungeneni kwesango lakwaSamari; nabo bonke abaprofeti baprofeta
phambi kwabo.
18:10 UZedekiya, unyana kaKenahana, wazenzela iimpondo zesinyithi, wathi,
Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Ngezo zinto uya kuwahlaba ama-Aram, ude abe
idliwe.
18:11 Bonke abaprofeti benjenjalo ukuprofeta, besithi, Nyuka, uye eRamoti yaseGiliyadi, uye kuma.
ngokuba uYehova uya kuyinikela esandleni sokumkani.
18:12 Ke umthunywa obeye kubiza uMikaya, wathetha kuye esithi,
Yabona, amazwi abaprofeti athetha okulungileyo kukumkani nganto-nye
imvume ilizwi lakho malibe njengelabo, libe njengelabo
Thetha kakuhle.
18:13 Wathi uMikaya, Ehleli nje uYehova, athe wakuthetha uThixo wam, kuya kuzaliseka.
Ndiyathetha.
18:14 Kwathi, ekufikeni kwakhe kukumkani, wathi ukumkani kuye, Makwenziwe uMikaya
siye eRamoti yaseGiliyadi ukuba silwe, ndiyeke, kusini na? Wathi, Hambani
nyuka, ube nempumelelo, kwaye aya kunikelwa esandleni sakho.
18:15 Wathi ukumkani kuye, Makube zizihlandlo ezingaphi na ndikufungisa?
yithetha nyaniso na kum egameni likaYehova?
18:16 Wathi yena, Ndibone amaSirayeli onke elusali ezintabeni, njenge
izimvu ezingenamalusi, wathi uYehova, Aba abanankosi;
mababuyele ke elowo endlwini yakhe enoxolo.
18:17 Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli kuYehoshafati, Bendingathethanga na kuwe na?
aniyi kuprofeta okulungileyo kum, iprofeta okubi kodwa?
18:18 Wathi, Ngako oko liveni ilizwi likaYehova. Ndambona uYehova
ehleli etroneni yakhe, umi wonke umkhosi wezulu phezu kwakhe
ekunene nangasekhohlo.
18:19 Wathi uYehova, Ngubani na oya kulukuhla uAhabhi, ukumkani wamaSirayeli, ahambe?
unyuke, uwe eRamoti yaseGiliyadi? Wathetha omnye wathetha ngolu hlobo
omnye esithi ngolo hlobo.
18:20 Kwaphuma ke umoya, wema phambi koYehova, wathi, Mna
uya kumrhwebesha. Wathi uYehova kuye, Ngantoni na?
18:21 Wathi yena, Ndophuma ndiye, ndibe ngumoya wobuxoki emlonyeni wabo bonke
abaprofeti bakhe. Wathi ke uYehova, Wòmrhwebesha, wothi
phuma, wenjenjalo;
18:22 Uyabona kaloku uYehova ungenise umoya wobuxoki emlonyeni wendoda;
abo baprofeti bakho, uYehova uthethe okubi ngawe.
18:23 Weza uZedekiya, unyana kaKenahana, wamxabela uMikaya eludongeni.
wathi, Ugqithe ngayiphi indlela uMoya kaYehova kum, ukuba aye kuthetha
kuwe?
18:24 Wathi uMikaya, Khangela, uya kubona ngaloo mini uya kuhamba.
kwigumbi elingaphakathi ukuze uzifihle.
18:25 Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, Mthabatheni uMikaya, nimbuyisele kuye
uAmon ibamba lomzi, nakuYowashe unyana wokumkani;
18:26 nithi, Utsho ukumkani ukuthi, Mfakeni entolongweni lo, adle;
ngesonka soxiniweyo, namanzi oxiniweyo, ndide ndifike
buya ngoxolo.
18:27 Wathi uMikaya, Ukuba uthe wabuya wabuya unoxolo, woba akanakubuya
UYehova wathetha ngam. Wathi, Bazani iindlebe, nonke zizwe.
18:28 Wenyuka ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli noYehoshafati, ukumkani wakwaYuda, baya kuye
iRamoti yaseGiliyadi.
18:29 Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli kuYehoshafati, Ndiya kuzenza mntu wumbi.
kwaye baya kuya edabini; yambatha iingubo zakho wena. Ngoko ukumkani we
USirayeli wazenza mntu wumbi; baya ekulweni.
18:30 Ke kaloku ukumkani wakwa-Aram wabawisela umthetho abathetheli beenqwelo zokulwa
babenaye besithi, Ze ningalwi nomncinane nomkhulu;
ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.
18:31 Kwathi, bakumbona uYehoshafati abathetheli beenqwelo zokulwa.
bathi, Ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli. Barhawula ke;
Wakhala uYehoshafati; uYehova wamnceda; kwaye
UThixo wabashukumisela ukuba bemke kuye.
18:32 Kwathi, bakubona abathetheli beenqwelo zokulwa.
+ kuba ibingengukumkani wakwaSirayeli, + babuya ekusukeleni
yena.
18:33 Wathi umntu watyeda isaphetha efunisela, watsho kukumkani wakwaSirayeli.
Wathi yena kumqhubi wenqwelo yakhe yokulwa.
Jika isandla sakho, undikhuphe emkhosini; ngokuba ndinguye
benzakele.
18:34 Ukulwa kwenyuka ngaloo mini; kodwa ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wayema
Wakhwela enqwelweni yakhe, waya kulwa nama-Aram, kwada kwahlwa;
wafa ngexesha lokutshona kwelanga.