Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
25:1 UAmatsiya ubeminyaka imashumi mabini anamihlanu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
waba neminyaka emashumi mabini anesithoba engukumkani eYerusalem. Kwaye igama likanina lalingu
uYehowadan waseYerusalem.
25:2 Wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaYehova;
intliziyo epheleleyo.
25:3 Kwathi, bakuba buzinzile ubukumkani kuye, wesuka yena
wababulala abakhonzi bakhe abambulalayo ukumkani uyise.
25:4 Akababulalanga abantwana babo, wesuka wenza njengoko kubhaliweyo emthethweni
Incwadi kaMoses, apho uYehova wawisa umthetho, esithi, Ooyise mabaze
bangafi ngenxa yabantwana, noonyana mabangafi ngenxa yakhe
kodwa elowo uya kufa ngesakhe isono.
25:5 UAmatsiya wawahlanganisa ndawonye amaYuda, wawamisa abathetheli
amawaka, nabathetheli-makhulu ngokwezindlu zabo
kooyise kuwo onke amaYuda namaBhenjamin;
abaminyaka imashumi mabini ezelwe, banyuse, babafumana bengabakhethiweyo abangamakhulu amathathu amawaka
amadoda anobukroti ephuma umkhosi, exhobe umkhonto nekhaka.
25:6 Waqesha kwaSirayeli ikhulu lamawaka amagorha anobukroti
ikhulu leetalente zesilivere.
25:7 Kweza kuye umfo wakwaThixo, esithi, Kumkani, mawungawuvumeli umkhosi welizwe
Sirayeli uhambe nawe; ngokuba uYehova akakho kuSirayeli, nakubantu bonke
oonyana bakaEfrayim.
25:8 Ke ukuba uthe wahamba, yenza, yomelela ekulweni; uThixo uya kwenza
uya kuwa phambi kotshaba; ngokuba uThixo unamandla okunceda nawokuwisa
phantsi.
25:9 Wathi uAmatsiya kumfo wakwaThixo, Liya kuthiwani na ngekhulu elo?
iitalente endazinika umkhosi wamaSirayeli? Kwaye umfo wakwaThixo
Wathi, UYehova unako ukukunika okuninzi kunoko.
25:10 UAmatsiya ke wabahlula, impi leyo ifike kuye
bakwaEfrayim, ukuba babuyele endaweni yabo; ngenxa yoko wavutha umsindo wabo kunene
babuyela ekhaya bevutha ngumsindo.
25:11 UAmatsiya wazomeleza, wabakhokela abantu bakhe, waya
Wabulala koonyana bakaSehire ishumi lamawaka.
25:12 Kwasala ishumi lamawaka esaphila oonyana bakaYuda
wathimba, wabazisa encotsheni yengxondorha, wabaphosa phantsi
encotsheni yengxondorha, batyumka bonke.
25:13 Ke amadoda omkhosi awawabuyisela emva uAmatsiya, ukuba baye
Akayi naye ekulweni, wayiwela imizi yakwaYuda, kwaSamari
wada wesa eBhete-horon, wabulala kuwo amawaka amathathu, wathimba okuninzi
konakalisa.
25:14 Kwathi, emva kokubuya kuka-Amatsiya ekubulaweni kuka-Amatsiya
amaEdom, wazisa izithixo zoonyana bakaSehire, wabamisa
wabaphakamisa, ukuba babe ngoothixo bakhe, waqubuda kubo, watshisa
isiqhumiso kuzo.
25:15 Wavutha ke umsindo kaYehova kuAmatsiya, wathumela
kuye umprofeti owathi kuye, Yini na ukuba ubufune wena?
oothixo babantu, ababengenako ukubahlangula abantu babo kubo
Sisandla sakho?
25:16 Kwathi, esathetha naye, wathi ukumkani kuye,
Ngaba umiselwe ngukumkani? nyamezela; kutheni ufanele ube
ubethiwe? Wemka umprofeti lowo, wathi, Ndiyazi ukuba uThixo usivile
uzimisele ukukutshabalalisa, ngenxa yokuba uyenzile le nto, akwaba nam
Libazele indlebe icebo lam.
25:17 UAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda wathabatha icebo, wathumela kuYowashe unyana ka
uYehowahazi, unyana kaYehu, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, wathi, Yiza sibone;
omnye ebusweni.
25:18 UYowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathumela kuAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, wathi, Inkosi
umthana waseLebhanon wathunyelwa kumsedare oseLebhanon;
esithi, Mnike unyana wam intombi yakho ibe ngumfazi. Kwadlula endle
irhamncwa laseLebhanon, lalinyathela inkunzane.
25:19 Uthi, Yabona, uwabulele amaEdom; yaphakama intliziyo yakho
khawuhlale ke ekhaya; Yini na ukuba uziphathe kakubi
wenze ivila, uwe, wena namaYuda anawe?
25:20 Akaphulaphula uAmatsiya; ngokuba oko kwaphuma kuThixo, ukuze abahlangule
babanikela esandleni seentshaba zabo, ngokuba babequqele izithixo zabo
kwaEdom.
25:21 Wenyuka ke uYowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli; babonana ke omnye komnye
yena noAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, eBhete-shemeshe yakwaYuda
kuYuda.
25:22 Oyiswa ke amaYuda phambi kwamaSirayeli, asaba ke elowo
intente yakhe.
25:23 UYowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wambamba uAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, unyana ka-Amon
uYowashe, unyana kaYehowahazi, eBhete-shemeshe, wamzisa khona
iYerusalem, yaludiliza udonga lweYerusalem, phambi kwesango lakwaEfrayim
esangweni lembombo iikubhite ezimakhulu mane.
25:24 Wayithabatha yonke igolide, nesilivere, neempahla zonke ezibe zikho
kwafunyanwa endlwini kaThixo, ino-Obhedi-edom, nobuncwane bokumkani
nabathinjwa, babuyela kwaSamari.
25:25 Wahlala uAmatsiya unyana kaYowashe, ukumkani wakwaYuda, emveni kokufa kukaYowashe
UYowashe unyana kaYehowahazi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu.
25:26 Ezinye izinto zika-Amatsiya, ezokuqala nezokugqibela, nazi
Ayibhalwanga na encwadini yookumkani bakwaYuda nabakwaSirayeli?
25:27 Ke kaloku, emveni kwexesha awatyeka ngalo uAmatsiya ekumlandeleni uYehova
Bamceba eYerusalem; wabalekela eLakishe.
bathumela emva kwakhe eLakishe, bambulalela khona.
25:28 Bamthwala ngamahashe, bamngcwabela kooyise apho
isixeko sakwaYuda.