Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
26:1 Bonke abantu bakwaYuda bamthabatha u-Uziya, ominyaka ilishumi elinamithandathu ezelwe, bamthabatha
wamenza ukumkani esikhundleni sika-Amatsiya uyise.
26:2 Yakhiwa nguye iEloti, wayibuyisela kumaYuda, emveni kokulala kokumkani
ooyise.
26:3 U-Uziya ubeminyaka ilishumi elinamithandathu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
iminyaka emashumi mahlanu anamibini eYerusalem. Igama lonina belinguYekoliya waseJikoliya
iYerusalem.
26:4 Wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaYehova, njengoko
konke awakwenzayo uAmatsiya uyise.
26:5 Wamquqela uThixo ngemihla kaZekariya, owayiqiqayo endlwini kaYehova
Ngemihla yokumquqela kwakhe uYehova, uThixo wamenza
nempumelelo.
26:6 Waphuma walwa namaFilisti, wayidiliza imikhosi yawo
nodonga lwaseGati, nodonga lwaseYabhene, nodonga lwaseAshdode;
Izixeko zaseAshdode naphakathi kwamaFilisti.
26:7 Kwaye uThixo wamnceda nxamnye namaFilisti, kunye nama-Arabhi
ababehlala eGurbhahali namaMehuni.
26:8 Oonyana baka-Amon bampha izipho u-Uziya;
ekungeneni kweYiputa; ngokuba wayomelela ngokuncamisileyo.
26:9 U-Uziya wakha iinqaba ezinde eYerusalem ngasesangweni lembombo, nangasemnyango
Ekujikeni kodonga, waliqinisa.
26:10 Wenza iimboniselo entlango, wemba amaqula amaninzi;
imfuyo eninzi kwelasezihlanjeni nasezintilini;
kwanabasebenzi bemidiliya ezintabeni naseKarmele, ngokuba ebethanda
ukulima.
26:11 Kananjalo u-Uziya ubenempi elwayo, ephuma umkhosi ngayo;
amaqela, ngokwenani lokubalwa kwawo ngesandla sikaYehiyeli
umbhali noMahaseya umphathi, phantsi kwesandla sikaHananiya, omnye wabaphathi
abathetheli bokumkani.
26:12 Lonke inani leentloko zezindlu zooyise, amagorha anobukroti
ibingamawaka amabini anamakhulu amathandathu.
26:13 Kwaye phantsi kwesandla sabo umkhosi, amakhulu amathathu amawaka, anesixhenxe
amawaka anamakhulu mahlanu, awaphuma umkhosi ngamandla amakhulu ukuba awancede
ukumkani nxamnye notshaba.
26:14 U-Uziya wawalungiselela, emkhosini wonke, iingweletshetshe
imikhonto, nezigcina-ntloko, neengubo zentsimbi, nezaphetha, nezawula.
amatye.
26:15 Wenza eYerusalem oomashini, abeyilwe ngamagcisa, ukuba abe phezu kwawo
neenqaba ezinde naphezu koqoqo, ukuba kutolwe ngeentolo, namatye amakhulu.
Laduma igama lakhe; kuba wancedwa ngokubalulekileyo, wada
womelele.
26:16 Uthe ke akomelela, yaphakama intliziyo yakhe, wada wenza ububi
wenza ubumenemene kuYehova uThixo wakhe, wangena endlwini ka
uYehova aqhumisele esibingelelweni sesiqhumiso.
26:17 Wangena uAzariya umbingeleli emva kwakhe, enababingeleli abamashumi asibhozo
kaYehova, amadoda anobukroti.
26:18 Bammela u-Uziya ukumkani, bathi kuye, Makube njalo
ayikuwe, Uziya, ukuqhumisela kuYehova; ikubabingeleli
oonyana baka-Aron, abangcwaliselwe ukuqhumisela, phumani kuYehova
indawo engcwele; ngokuba wenze ubumenemene; ingabi yeyakho
luzuko oluvela kuYehova uThixo.
26:19 Wavutha ngumsindo u-Uziya, ephethe ngesandla isiqhumiselo sokuqhumisela.
ekubajaleleni ababingeleli, lathi qwele iqhenqa kuye
ibunzi phambi kwababingeleli endlwini kaYehova, ecaleni kwesibingelelo
isibingelelo sesiqhumiso.
26:20 UAzariya umbingeleli omkhulu nababingeleli bonke babheka kuye, bamkhangela.
nanko eneqhenqa ebunzi, bamgxotha ebusweni bakhe
apho; naye wangxama ukuphuma, ngokuba uYehova ebebetha
yena.
26:21 Waye u-Uziya ukumkani eneqhenqa, kwada kwayimini yokufa kwakhe, wahlala ezweni.
indlu eliqela, ineqhenqa; ngokuba wanqanyulwa endlwini kaYehova
UYehova: uYotam, unyana wakhe, wayiphatha indlu yokumkani, ebalawula abantu
zomhlaba.
26:22 Ezinye izinto zikaUziya, ezokuqala nezokugqibela, wazenza uIsaya umprofeti
*umprofeti, unyana ka-Amotsi, bhala.
26:23 U-Uziya walala kooyise, bamngcwabela kooyise
entsimini yokungcwaba ookumkani; kuba bathi,
UYotam, unyana wakhe, waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.