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.