Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
29:1 UHezekiya waba ngukumkani eminyaka imashumi mabini anamihlanu ezelwe;
waba neminyaka emashumi mabini anesithoba engukumkani eYerusalem. Kwaye igama likanina lalingu
nguAbhiya intombi kaZekariya.
29:2 Wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaYehova, njengoko
konke awakwenzayo uDavide uyise.
29:3 Yena, ngomnyaka wokuqala wobukumkani bakhe, ngenyanga yokuqala, wazivula iingcango
wendlu kaYehova, wawalungisa.
29:4 Wabangenisa ababingeleli nabaLevi, wabahlanganisa
kunye kwisitrato sasempumalanga,
29:5 Wathi kubo, Ndiphulaphuleni, baLevi; zingcwaliseni kaloku;
yingcwaliseni indlu kaYehova uThixo wooyihlo, niphume nayo
ubunqambi bendawo engcwele.
29:6 Kuba oobawo benza ubumenemene, benza okubi emehlweni abo
amehlo kaYehova uThixo wethu, samshiya, sabuya umva
ubuso babo emnqubeni kaYehova, bawunikela ikhosi.
29:7 bazivala iingcango zevaranda, bazicima izibane.
aniqhumiselanga siqhumiso, ninganyusi namadini anyukayo engcweleni
indawo kaThixo kaSirayeli.
29:8 Ngoko ke wafikelwa buburhalarhume uYehova phezu koYuda neYerusalem, yaye yena
wabanikela ekubandezelweni, nasekukhwankqisweni, nasentweni yomsondlo, njengani
ubone ngamehlo akho.
29:9 Ngokuba, yabonani, bawile oobawo likrele, noonyana bethu, nezethu
iintombi nabafazi bethu basekuthinjweni ngenxa yoko.
29:10 Ngoku ke kusentliziyweni yam ukwenza umnqophiso noYehova uThixo kaSirayeli;
ukuze ukuvutha komsindo wakhe kubuye kuthi.
29:11 Nyana bam, kungokunje musani ukuhiliza; ngokuba uYehova uninyule ukuba nime
phambi kwakhe, ukuze nimkhonze, nilungiselele kuye, nitshise
isiqhumiso.
29:12 Basuka ke abaLevi, ooMahati unyana ka-Amasayi, noYoweli unyana ka-Amasayi;
nguAzariya koonyana bakaKehati; koonyana bakaMerari, nguKishe;
unyana ka-Abhedi, noAzariya unyana kaYehaleli;
abakwaGershon; uYowa unyana kaZima, noEden unyana kaYowa;
29:13 nakoonyana bakaElitsafan yanguShela; koonyana bakaShimri, noYehiyeli;
uAsafu; uZekariya, noMataniya;
29:14 nakoonyana bakaHeman; nakoonyana bakaYehiyeli noShimehi;
uYedutun; uShemaya noUziyeli.
29:15 Babahlanganisa ke abazalwana babo, bazingcwalisa, beza;
ngokomthetho wokumkani, ngokwelizwi likaYehova, ukuba
yihlambulule indlu kaYehova.
29:16 Bangena ke ababingeleli egumbini elingaphakathi lendlu kaYehova
lihlambulule, babukhuphe bonke ubunqambi ababufumanayo phakathi kwenu
indlu kaYehova entendelezweni yendlu kaYehova. Kwaye i
AbaLevi bayithabatha, ukuze bayikhuphele ngaphandle emlanjaneni oyiKidron.
29:17 Baqala ke ukungcwalisa ngomhla wokuqala, ngenyanga yokuqala, kwanamhla
Ngomhla wesibhozo wenyanga leyo bafika evarandeni kaYehova
bayingcwalisa indlu kaYehova iintsuku ezisibhozo; nangomhla weshumi elinesithandathu
bayigqiba ngenyanga yokuqala.
29:18 Bangena ke kuHezekiya ukumkani, bathi, Sizihlambulule zonke
indlu kaYehova, nesibingelelo sedini elinyukayo, nezinto zonke
neempahla zayo, netafile yezonka zokubonisa, neempahla zayo zonke.
29:19 Kananjalo zonke iimpahla awazilahlayo ukumkani uAhazi ngexesha lobukumkani bakhe
silulungisile ukreqo lwakhe, sangcwalisa, yabona, bona
ziphambi kwesibingelelo sikaYehova.
29:20 Wavuka kusasa uHezekiya ukumkani, wabahlanganisa abathetheli bawo umzi.
wenyuka waya endlwini kaYehova.
29:21 Bazisa iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo zasixhenxe, neenkunzi zeegusha zasixhenxe, neemvana zasixhenxe, kunye
iinkunzi zeebhokhwe zedini lesono zasixhenxe ngenxa yobukumkani, nangenxa yeNkosi
indawo engcwele nakwaYuda. Wabawisela umthetho ababingeleli, oonyana baka-Aron
ukuze anikele ngazo esibingelelweni sikaYehova.
29:22 Bazixhela iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo, balithabatha ababingeleli igazi;
Baxhela iinkunzi zeegusha, bafefa ngayo esibingelelweni
Balitshiza igazi esibingelelweni, baxhela neemvana
igazi litshize esibingelelweni.
29:23 Bazizisa iinkunzi zeebhokhwe zedini lesono phambi kokumkani
kunye nebandla; bazibeka izandla phezu kwabo.
29:24 Bawabulala ababingeleli, baxolelanisa nowabo
igazi eliphezu kwesibingelelo, ukucamagushela amaSirayeli onke: ngenxa kakumkani
wathi makwenziwe idini elinyukayo nedini lesono
kumaSirayeli onke.
29:25 Wabamisa abaLevi endlwini kaYehova, benamacangci, benamacangci
imirhubhe, neehadi, ngokomthetho kaDavide, nangeehadi
ekaGadi imboni yokumkani, noNatan umprofeti; ngokuba bekunjalo
umthetho kaYehova ngabaprofeti bakhe.
29:26 Bema ke abaLevi beneempahla zikaDavide, nababingeleli
ngamaxilongo.
29:27 Wathi uHezekiya, makunyuswe idini elinyukayo esibingelelweni. Kwaye
Lithe lakuqalwa idini elinyukayo, yaqala nengoma kaYehova
neempahla zokubethwa zikaDavide ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.
29:28 Lonke ibandla laqubuda, iimvumi zivuma, nengoma
abavutheli-maxilongo bavuthela; oko konke kwenziwa lada lenziwa idini elinyukayo
igqitywe tu.
29:29 Bagqiba ke ukubingelela, ukumkani nabo bonke ababekho
ababekho kunye naye, baqubuda, baqubuda.
29:30 Bathi uHezekiya ukumkani nabathetheli, mabavume abaLevi
bulelani kuYehova ngamazwi kaDavide, naka-Asafu imboni. Kwaye
bavuma iingoma ngovuyo, baqubuda, baqubuda
banqulwa.
29:31 Waphendula uHezekiya wathi, Kungokunje nizingcwalisile
Yehova, sondela, uzise imibingelelo neyombulelo kuYehova
indlu kaYehova. Layizisa ke ibandla imibingelelo, labulela
iminikelo; nabo bonke ababeqhutywa yintliziyo, banikela amadini anyukayo.
29:32 nenani lamadini anyukayo elawazisayo ibandla,
ngamashumi asixhenxe eenkomo, nekhulu leenkunzi zeegusha, namakhulu amabini eemvana.
zonke zaba zezedini elinyukayo kuYehova.
29:33 Izinto ezingcwalisiweyo zaba ngamakhulu amathandathu eenkomo, namawaka amathathu
iigusha.
29:34 Ke ababingeleli babembalwa, kangangokuba ababa nakuyihlinza yonke into etshisiweyo
babancedisa abazalwana babo, abaLevi, kwada kwayimini kaYehova
wagqitywa ke umsebenzi, bada bazingcwalisa ababingeleli;
ngokuba abaLevi babentliziyo zithe tye ekuzingcwaliseni kunabo
ababingeleli.
29:35 Kananjalo amadini anyukayo aba maninzi, enamanqatha;
nemibingelelo yoxolo, neminikelo ethululwayo yawo amadini anyukayo; Ngoko
yalungiswa ke inkonzo yendlu kaYehova.
29:36 Ke uHezekiya nabantu bonke bakuvuyela oko uThixo akulungisele uYehova
ngokuba le nto yenzeka ngesiquphe.