Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
31:1 Ke kaloku, yakuzaliseka yonke loo nto, aphuma onke amaSirayeli awayekho
nemizi yakwaYuda, wayiqhekeza imifanekiso eqingqiweyo, wayigawula imilonde-khaya
Wazidiliza iziganga nezibingelelo kumaYuda onke
namaBhenjamin kwaEfrayim nakwaManase, ada agqitywa;
wabatshabalalisa bonke. Babuya ke bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli, elowo
kwilifa lakhe, emizini yabo.
31:2 Wawamisela uHezekiya amaqela ababingeleli nabaLevi
ngokwamaqela abo, elowo ngokomsebenzi wakhe, nababingeleli, nababingeleli
abaLevi, bengamadini anyukayo, nowombingelelo woxolo, ukuba balungiselele, babe ngababingeleli
bulelani, nidumise emasangweni eminquba kaYehova.
31:3 Kananjalo isabelo sokumkani sempahla yakhe wasimisela ukuba sitshiswe
namadini anyukayo akusasa nangokuhlwa, namadini anyukayo akusasa nangokuhlwa
amadini anyukayo eesabatha, nawokuthwasa kwenyanga, nangawo amisiweyo
imithendeleko, njengoko kubhaliweyo emyalelweni kaYehova.
31:4 Wabawisela umthetho abantu, abemi eYerusalem, ukuba bayinike
inxalenye yababingeleli nabaLevi, ukuze bakhuthazeke
umthetho kaYehova.
31:5 Kwathi, lakuphuma ilizwi elo, oonyana bakaSirayeli
bazisa into eninzi yeziqhamo zokuqala zengqolowa, newayini, neoli, nobusi;
nongeniselo lonke lwamasimi; nesishumi sezinto zonke
bezisa kakhulu.
31:6 Ke oonyana bakaSirayeli nakwaYuda, ababehleli kulo
Kwanakwimizi yakwaYuda, nesishumi seenkomo, nesempahla emfutshane, nesishumi sempahla emfutshane, asizisa
isishumi sezinto ezingcwele, ezingcwaliselwe uYehova uThixo wabo;
bazibeka iimfumba ngeemfumba.
31:7 Baqala ngenyanga yesithathu, babeka iziseko zeemfumba;
agqiba ngenyanga yesixhenxe.
31:8 Beza ooHezekiya nabathetheli, bazibona iimfumba ezo, basikelela
uYehova, nabantu bakhe amaSirayeli.
31:9 Wababuza uHezekiya ababingeleli nabaLevi ngokuphathelele uYehova
iimfumba.
31:10 Waphendula uAzariya, umbingeleli oyintloko wendlu kaTsadoki, wathi kuye
Wathi, Kususela oko abantu baqala ukuzisa imirhumo endlwini ka
Yehova, siye sahlutha, sakushiya kakhulu, ngokuba uYehova
ubasikelele abantu bakhe; okuseleyo kule ndyebo inkulu.
31:11 Wathi uHezekiya, makulungiswe amagumbi endlwini kaYehova;
balungisa ke.
31:12 bawungenisa umrhumo, nezishumi, nezinto ezingcwalisiweyo
Umphathi wayo ubenguKonaniya umLevi, noShimehi eyakhe
ubhuti waba ngolandelayo.
31:13 noYehiyeli, noAzaziya, noNahati, noAsaheli, noYerimoti, noNahati.
ngooYozabhadi, noEliyeli, noIsmakiya, noMahati, noBhenaya
abaveleli phantsi kwesandla sikaKonaniya noShimehi umninawa wakhe, emkhosini
umthetho kaHezekiya ukumkani, noAzariya umphathi wendlu
uThixo.
31:14 UKore unyana kaImna, umLevi, ongowesango lasempumalanga, ubenesango elilingeneyo.
phezu kweminikelo yokuqhutywa yintliziyo kaThixo, ukuba ibe iminikelo kaYehova
Yehova, nezinto eziyingcwele kangcwele.
31:15 Ngaphantsi kwakhe nguEden, noMinyamin, noYeshuwa, noShemaya, noAmariya;
noShekaniya, emizini yababingeleli, ngokwesigxina sabo, ukuba
nibele abazalwana babo ngokwamaqela, abakhulu nabancinane;
31:16 iyodwa into eyindoda emilibeni yokuzalwa, ethabathela kominyaka mithathu ezelwe kwenyusa
kubo bonke abangenayo endlwini kaYehova, imini yemini yabo
isahlulo senkonzo yabo ezigxineni zabo ngokwamaqela abo;
31:17 nokubhala emilibeni yokuzalwa kwababingeleli ngokwezindlu zooyise, no
abaLevi, bethabathela kominyaka imashumi mabini ezelwe, banyuse, ezigxineni zabo
izifundo;
31:18 ubhalwe emilibeni yokuzalwa iintsana zabo zonke, nabafazi babo, nabafazi babo
oonyana neentombi zabo kwibandla lonke;
bazingcwalisa bona ngobungcwele;
31:19 nakoonyana baka-Aron, ababingeleli, ababesentsimini
namadlelo emizi yabo, emizini ngemizi, amadoda lawo
echazwe ngegama, ukuba anike izabelo zonke izinto eziyindoda phakathi kwababingeleli;
kubo bonke ababhalwe emilibeni yokuzalwa kubaLevi.
31:20 Wenjenjalo uHezekiya kumaYuda onke;
okulungileyo, nokuthe tye, nenyaniso, phambi koYehova uThixo wakhe.
31:21 nasemsebenzini wonke, awawuqalayo wenkonzo yendlu kaThixo, ne
ngomyalelo nangomthetho, ukuba amquqele uThixo wakhe, ukuba enze ngako konke
intliziyo yakhe, yaphumelela.