Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
30:1 Wathumela uHezekiya kuwo onke amaSirayeli namaYuda, wabhala iincwadi nawo
uEfrayim noManase, ukuze beze endlwini kaYehova
Yenzela eYerusalem ipasika kuYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli.
30:2 Kuba ukumkani wacebisana, nabathetheli bakhe, nabo bonke
ibandla eYerusalem, ukuze kwenziwe ipasika ngeyesibini inyanga.
30:3 Kuba babengenakuyenza ngelo xesha, ngokuba ababingeleli babengenanto
bazingcwalisa ngokwaneleyo, abantu babengahlanganisanga ndawonye
bahlangana eYerusalem.
30:4 Loo nto yalunga emehlweni okumkani, nasemehlweni ebandla lonke.
30:5 Bamisa umthetho wokuba lihanjiswe ilizwi kumaSirayeli onke,
bethabathela eBher-shebha besa kwaDan, beze kwenza ipasika
kuYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, eYerusalem; ngokuba bebengenzanga ngoku
ixesha elide njengoko kubhaliwe.
30:6 Zahamba ke izigidimi neencwadi ezivela kukumkani nabathetheli bakhe
kumaSirayeli onke nakwaYuda, ngokomthetho kaYehova
esithi, Nina nyana bakaSirayeli, buyelani kuYehova, uThixouThixo wakho
uAbraham, uIsake, noSirayeli, kwaye uya kubuyela emasaleni kuni.
abasindileyo esandleni sookumkani baseAsiriya.
30:7 Kwaye musani ukuba njengooyihlo, nanjengabazalwana benu
bameneza kuYehova uThixo wooyise, owabanikayo
bade baphanziswe, njengoko nibonayo.
30:8 Musani ukuyenza lukhuni ngoku intamo yenu, njengooyihlo;
kuYehova, angene engcweleni yakhe ayingcwalisayo
Nize nikhonze uYehova uThixo wenu ngonaphakade, ngenxa yokuvutha komsindo wakhe
inokumka kuwe.
30:9 Ngokuba, ukuba nibuyele kuYehova, abazalwana benu nabantwana benu
uya kufumana imfesane phambi kwababathimbileyo, ukuze bathimbe
uya kubuyela kweli lizwe; ngokuba unobabalo uYehova uThixo wakho
onenceba, akayi kubususa ubuso bakhe kuni, ukuba nithe nabuyela kuye
yena.
30:10 Izigidimi zatyhutyha imizi ngemizi, zatyhutyha ilizwe lakwaEfrayim
KwaManase bada besa kwaZebhulon;
bona.
30:11 Noko ke inxenye yakwa-Ashere neyakwaManase neyakwaZebhulon yathoba
beza eYerusalem.
30:12 Kananjalo isandla sikaThixo sabakho kwaYuda, ukuba abanike ntliziyo-nye yokwenza uYehova
nomthetho wokumkani nabathetheli, ngokwelizwi likaYehova.
30:13 Kwahlangana eYerusalem abantu abaninzi, ukuze benze umthendeleko
izonka ezingenagwele ngenyanga yesibini yaba libandla elikhulu kakhulu.
30:14 besuka ke, bazisusa izibingelelo eziseYerusalem, nazo zonke
bazisusa izibingelelo zeziqhumiso, baziphosa emlanjeni
Kidron.
30:15 Bayixhela ipasika ngosuku lweshumi elinesine lwenyanga yesibini.
badana ababingeleli nabaLevi, bazingcwalisa;
bawazisa amadini anyukayo endlwini kaYehova.
30:16 Bema ezindaweni zabo ngokwesiko labo, ngokomthetho
kaMoses, umfo wakwaThixo; ababingeleli balitshiza igazi, balitshiza
efunyenwe esandleni sabaLevi.
30:17 Kuba babebaninzi ebandleni ababengangcwaliswanga;
Ngoko ke abaLevi babephethe isigxina sepasika
bonke ababengahlambulukile, babangcwalisela uYehova.
30:18 ngokuba baninzi abantu, abaninzi bakwaEfrayim nabakwaManase;
uIsakare noZebhulon bebengazihlambululanga;
ipasika eyenye kunokuba ibibhaliwe. Kodwa uHezekiya wabathandazela,
besithi, UYehova olungileyo makabaxolele bonke abantu
30:19 oyibhekise intliziyo yakhe ekumquqeleni uThixo, uYehova, uThixo wooyise;
nakuba engahlanjululwanga ngokwentlambululo yomthetho
indawo engcwele.
30:20 UYehova wamva uHezekiya, wabaphilisa abantu.
30:21 Bawenza ke umthendeleko oonyana bakaSirayeli abafunyanwayo eYerusalem
zezonka ezingenagwele iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngovuyo olukhulu;
ababingeleli bemdumisa uYehova iimini ngeemini, ngeempahla ezivakalayo
kuYehova.
30:22 UHezekiya wathetha kakuhle nabo abaLevi bonke, ababefundisa okulungileyo
ukumazi uYehova; badla ke umthendeleko iintsuku zasixhenxe.
benze imibingelelo yoxolo, bebulela kuYehova uThixo wabo
ootata.
30:23 Ibandla lonke lacebisana ukwenza nesinye isixhenxe semihla;
sisenza isixhenxe seentsuku, sivuya.
30:24 Ngokuba uHezekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda walirhumela ibandla iwaka
iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo namawaka asixhenxe empahla emfutshane; zaza izikhulu zanika uYehova
ibandla iwaka leenkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo, namawaka alishumi empahla emfutshane;
inani lababingeleli bazingcwalisa.
30:25 Lonke ibandla lakwaYuda, nababingeleli, nabaLevi, kunye
lonke ibandla elaphuma kwaSirayeli, nabasemzini
baphuma elizweni lakwaSirayeli, ababehleli kwaYuda, bevuya.
30:26 Kwabakho uvuyo olukhulu ke eYerusalem; ngokuba kususela kwimihla kaSolomon ukumkani
Unyana kaDavide, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, akuzange kubekho nto injalo eYerusalem.
30:27 Besuka bema ababingeleli, abaLevi, babasikelela abantu;
lavakala ilizwi labo, wenyuka umthandazo wabo waya ekhayeni lakhe elingcwele;
kude kuse ezulwini.