Eyesi-2 yeziKronike 24:1 UYowashe ubeminyaka isixhenxe ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba neminyaka emashumi mane engukumkani iminyaka eYerusalem. Igama lonina belinguTsibhiya waseBher-shebha. 24:2 UYowashe wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaYehova yonke imihla kaYehoyada umbingeleli. 24:3 UYehoyada wamzekela abafazi ababini; wazala oonyana neentombi. 24:4 Kwathi, emva koko, uYowashe wacinga ukulihlaziya indlu kaYehova. 24:5 Wabahlanganisa ababingeleli nabaLevi, wathi kubo, Phuma uye ezixekweni zakwaYuda, ubuthe imali kumaSirayeli onke lungisani indlu kaThixo wenu iminyaka ngeminyaka, niphuthume umcimbi. Ke abaLevi abayingxamanga; 24:6 Ukumkani wambiza uYehoyada umthetheli, wathi kuye, Yini na? akwabiza kubaLevi, ukuba kuziswe kwaYuda nakuzo IYerusalem, iqokelelweyo, ngokomthetho kaMoses, uYehova umkhonzi kaYehova, nowebandla lamaSirayeli, ngenxa yomphefumlo umnquba wesingqino? 24:7 Ngokuba oonyana baka-Ataliya, umfazi ongendawo, babeyiqhekeza indlu ka-Ataliya uThixo; nazo zonke izinto ezingcwele zendlu kaYehova bazenza beka kooBhahali. 24:8 Ngokomthetho wokumkani makwenziwe ityesi, bayibeka ngaphandle isango lendlu kaYehova. 24:9 Bahambisa ilizwi kwaYuda naseYerusalem, ukuba kuziswe uYehova irhafu, awayimisayo uMoses umkhonzi kaThixo phezu kwamaSirayeli entlango. 24:10 Bavuya ke bonke abathetheli nabantu bonke, bawuzisa baphoswa emkhombeni, bada bagqiba. 24:11 Kwathi ngelo xesha, yaziswa ityeya leyo; nobukumkani ngesandla sabaLevi, bakubona ukuba khona yabe ininzi imali, weza umbhali wokumkani, negosa lombingeleli omkhulu Wayiqongqotha ityesi, wayithabatha, wayibuyisela endaweni yayo. Ngaloo ndlela Benza imihla ngemihla, bahlanganisa imali yaninzi. 24:12 Ukumkani noYehoyada bayinika abenzi bomsebenzi Baqesha indlu kaYehova, baqesha abaxholi bamatye neengcibi zemithi, ukuba bayilungise neempahla zesinyithi, nezobhedu zokuyilungisa indlu kaYehova. 24:13 Basebenza ke abenzi bomsebenzi, wagqitywa ke umsebenzi ngabo; Indlu kaThixo ikwimeko yayo, yazinziswa. 24:14 Bakuba begqibile, bayizisa imali eseleyo ngaphambili ukumkani noYehoyada benza ngazo iimpahla zendlu kaYehova Yehova, iimpahla zokulungiselela, neyomnikelo wokudla, neenkamba, ne iimpahla zegolide nezesilivere. Baye benyusa amadini anyukayo endlwini; indlu kaYehova yonke imihla kaYehoyada. 24:15 Ke uYehoyada wayeseleyingwevu, ehambisekile ebudaleni, ukufa kwakhe; ikhulu ubeminyaka imashumi mathathu ezelwe, ukufa kwakhe. 24:16 Bamngcwabela emzini kaDavide kookumkani; wenza okulungileyo kwaSirayeli, nakuThixo, nakwindlu yakhe. 24:17 Emva kokufa kukaYehoyada, beza abathetheli bakwaYuda, bamisa ukuqubuda kukumkani. Wabaphulaphula ke ukumkani. 24:18 Bayishiya indlu kaYehova, uThixo wooyise, bakhonza Afikelwa buburhalarhume amaYuda neYerusalem ngenxa yoko ityala. 24:19 Wathuma abaprofeti kubo bokubabuyisela kuYehova, babaqononondisa; kwaye bangqina ngabo, abaphulaphula. 24:20 UMoya kaThixo wamfikela uZekariya unyana kaYehoyada Umbingeleli wema phezu kwabantu, wathi kubo, Utsho Thixo, yini na ukuba niyigqithe imithetho kaYehova, nize ningabi nako? ukuphumelela? ngokuba nimshiyile uYehova, wonishiya nani. 24:21 Bamceba, bamxuluba ke ngamatye Umthetho wokumkani entendelezweni yendlu kaYehova. 24:22 Wenjenjalo uYowashe ukumkani, akayikhumbula inceba abenayo uYehoyada Uyise wambulala, kodwa unyana wakhe wambulala. Xa wafayo, wathi, Nguwe UYehova makakhangele, abuze. 24:23 Ke kaloku kwathi ekupheleni konyaka, kwafika umkhosi wama-Aram beza kwaYuda naseYerusalem, bawatshabalalisa onke abathetheli babantu phakathi kwabantu, bawathumela onke amaxhoba kubo kukumkani waseDamasko. 24:24 Ngokuba impi yama-Aram yeza inamadoda ambalwa UYehova wanikela esandleni sawo impi eninzi kunene; ngokuba babenayo bamshiya uYehova, uThixo wooyise. Ngoko basigwebela nxamnye noYowashe. 24:25 Esukile ke kuye, ngokuba amshiya emkhulu ngezifo,) abakhonzi bakhe bamceba ngenxa yamagazi kaYehova oonyana bakaYehoyada umbingeleli, bambulalela esingqengqelweni sakhe, wafa; bamngcwabela emzini kaDavide, kodwa abangcwatyelwa kulo amangcwaba ookumkani. 24:26 Ngabo aba bamcebayo; nguZabhadi unyana kaShimehati umAmon, noYozabhadi, unyana kaShimriti umMowabhikazi. 24:27 Ngokusingisele koonyana bakhe, nobuninzi bemithwalo ephezu kwakhe; nokusekwa kwendlu kaThixo, nanzo kubhaliwe encwadini ibali lencwadi yookumkani. UAmatsiya unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe endaweni.