Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
21:1 UYehoshafati walala kooyise, wangcwatyelwa kooyise
kwisixeko sikaDavide. UYehoram, unyana wakhe, waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.
21:2 Wayenabazalwana, oonyana bakaYehoshafati, uAzariya, noYehiyeli, noAzariya, noYehiyeli, noAzariya.
ngooZekariya, noAzariya, noMikayeli, noShefatiya;
oonyana bakaYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.
21:3 Uyise wabanika izipho ezininzi zesilivere, nezegolide, nezegolide
izinto ezinqwenelekayo, nemizi enqatyisiweyo kwaYuda, wabunika ubukumkani
uYehoram; ngokuba ebengowamazibulo.
21:4 Wesuka uYehoram ebukumkanini bukayise;
wazomeleza, wababulala bonke abazalwana bakhe ngekrele
nenxenye yezikhulu zakwaSirayeli.
21:5 UYehoram ubeminyaka imashumi mathathu anamibini ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
waba neminyaka esibhozo engukumkani eYerusalem.
21:6 Wahamba ngendlela yookumkani bakwaSirayeli, njengoko yenza ngako indlu;
ka-Ahabhi: ngokuba ubezeke intombi ka-Ahabhi; wayenza loo nto
oko kwakubi emehlweni kaYehova.
21:7 Ke akavumanga uYehova ukuyonakalisa indlu kaDavide, ngenxa kaNdikhoyo
umnqophiso awawenza noDavide, njengoko wathembisayo ukunika isibane
kuye nakoonyana bakhe kude kuse ephakadeni.
21:8 Ngemihla yakhe akreqa amaEdom, aphuma phantsi kwesandla samaYuda;
bazenza ukumkani.
21:9 Waphuma uYehoram, enabathetheli bakhe, eneenqwelo zakhe zonke zokulwa.
wavuka ebusuku, wawaxabela amaEdom awayemrhawule;
nabathetheli beenqwelo zokulwa.
21:10 Akreqa ke amaEdom, aphuma phantsi kwesandla samaYuda, unanamhla. I
Yaza yakreqa iLibhena esandleni sakhe kwangelo xesha; kuba wayenayo
Wamlahla uYehova, uThixo wooyise.
21:11 Kananjalo wenza iziganga ezintabeni zakwaYuda, wabamisa
abemi baseYerusalem ukuba bahenyuze, bawalukuhla amaYuda
apho.
21:12 Kwafika incwadi kuye, ivela kuEliya umprofeti, isithi, Kwenjenje
utsho uYehova, uThixo kaDavide uyihlo, ngenxa enokuba ungahambanga wena
nangeendlela zikaYehoshafati uyihlo, nangeendlela zika-Asa ukumkani waseAsiriya
Yuda,
21:13 ke wahamba ngendlela yookumkani bakwaSirayeli, wawenza amaYuda;
abemi baseYerusalem bahenyuze ngokuhenyuzayo
wendlu ka-Ahabhi, wababulala nabantakwenu bakayihlo
indlu, yona ibilungile kunawe;
21:14 Yabona, uYehova uya kubabetha ngesibetho esikhulu abantu bakho, kwanabakho;
nabantwana, nabafazi bakho, nezinto zakho zonke;
21:15 uya kuba sisifo esikhulu sisifo sezibilini zakho, ude ubekho
izibilini ziyaphuma ngenxa yokugula imihla ngemihla.
21:16 Ke uYehova wamxhokonxela kuYehoram uMoya weNkosi
amaFilisti, nama-Arabhi, abekufuphi namaKushi;
21:17 Enyuka eza kwelakwaYuda, atyhoboza, angena kulo, azithimba zonke iintente zawo
Eyafunyanwa endlwini yokumkani, kwanoonyana bakhe, nendlu yakhe
abafazi; akwasala nanyana, ingenguye uYehowahazi, ukumkani
omncinane koonyana bakhe.
21:18 Emveni kwako konke oko, uYehova wambetha esiswini sakhe ngesifo esinganyangekiyo
isifo.
21:19 Kwathi, ekuhambeni kwexesha, ekupheleni ezimbini
iminyaka yakhe, izibilini zakhe zaphuma ngenxa yesifo sakhe; wafa ke sisifo
izifo. Abantu bakhe abamenzelanga mlilo njengokutshisa kwakhe
ooyise.
21:20 Ubeminyaka imashumi mathathu anamibini ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
eYerusalem iminyaka esibhozo, wemka enganqwenelwa nto. Nangona kunjalo
bamngcwabela emzini kaDavide, kodwa kungekhona emangcwabeni kaYehova
ookumkani.