Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
35:1 UYosiya wenza ipasika kuYehova eYerusalem;
wayixhela ipasika ngomhla weshumi elinesine wenyanga yokuqala.
35:2 Wabamisa ababingeleli kwizigxina zabo, wabakhuthaza ukuba bakhonze
inkonzo yendlu kaYehova,
35:3 Wathi kubaLevi ababefundisa amaSirayeli onke, ababengcwele kubo
Yehova, yibeke ityeya engcwele endlwini kaSolomon unyana kaDavide
wakha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli; ayiyi kuba luxanduva emagxeni enu.
khonzani kaloku uYehova uThixo wenu, nabantu bakhe amaSirayeli;
35:4 Zilungiseni ngokwezindlu zooyihlo, ngokwezindlu zenu
amacandelo, ngokombhalo kaDavide ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, nangokwesibhalo
nakwincwadi kaSolomon unyana wakhe.
35:5 nize nimele engcweleni, ngokwezahlulo zezindlu zooyise
kooyise babazalwana benu, abantu, nangokwesahlulo senu
iintsapho zabaLevi.
35:6 Yixheleni ke ipasika, nizingcwalise, nilungiselele nina
bazalwana, ukuze benze ngokwelizwi likaYehova ngesandla
kaMoses.
35:7 UYosiya wabarhumela abantu impahla emfutshane, iimvana, neenkunzi zeebhokhwe, zonke ngenxa yemiphefumlo yabo
amadini epasika, kubo bonke ababakho khona, aba ngangamashumi omathathu inani
amawakawaka amathathu eenkomo; ezo bezizezokumkani
into.
35:8 Abathetheli bakhe babanikela ngokuqhutywa yintliziyo abantu, nababingeleli, nakubantu
abaLevi: nguHilekiya, noZekariya, noYehiyeli, abaphathi bendlu
UThixo wabanika ababingeleli amawaka amabini aneepasika
amakhulu amathandathu eenkomo, namakhulu amathathu eenkomo.
35:9 noKonaniya, noShemaya, noNataniyeli, abazalwana bakhe, noHashabhiya.
uYehiyeli noYozabhadi, abathetheli babaLevi, babarhumela abaLevi
amadini epasika angamawaka amahlanu amatakane, namakhulu amahlanu eenkomo.
35:10 Yalungiswa ke inkonzo leyo, bema ababingeleli ezindaweni zabo
nabaLevi ngokwamaqela abo, ngokomthetho wokumkani.
35:11 Bayixhela ipasika, ababingeleli balitshiza igazi layo
izandla zabo, abaLevi bazihlinza.
35:12 Bawasusa amadini anyukayo, ukuze banike ngokwesiko lawo
nezahlulo zemizalwane yabantu, ukuba isondeze kuYehova, njengoko
kubhaliwe encwadini kaMoses. Benjenjalo neenkomo.
35:13 Bayosa ipasika emlilweni ngokwesiko;
ezinye izinto ezingcwele bazipheka ngeembiza, nangongxawu, nangeepani.
wakhawuleza, wababela abantu bonke.
35:14 Emveni koko bazilungisela ngokwabo kwanababingeleli;
ngokuba ababingeleli, oonyana baka-Aron, babenyusa amadini anyukayo
umnikelo namanqatha kude kube sebusuku; balungiselela ke abaLevi
bona nababingeleli, oonyana baka-Aron.
35:15 Iimvumi, oonyana baka-Asafu, zibe zisezindaweni zazo ngokomthetho ka-Asafu
umthetho kaDavide, noAsafu, noHeman, noYedutun wokumkani
imboni nabamasango bema esangweni ngesango; basenokungemki kubo
inkonzo yabo; ngokuba abazalwana babo abaLevi babalungisela.
35:16 Yalungiswa ke yonke inkonzo kaYehova, ukuba kugcinwe ngaloo mini
ipasika, nokunyusa amadini anyukayo esibingelelweni sikaYehova;
ngokomthetho wokumkani uYosiya.
35:17 Oonyana bakaSirayeli ababekho bayenza ipasika ngaloo mini
ixesha, nomthendeleko wezonka ezingenagwele iintsuku ezisixhenxe.
35:18 Bekungazanga kwenziwe pasika ngokwaleyo kwaSirayeli, kususela kwimini
USamuweli umprofeti; Ookumkani bonke bakwaSirayeli abalugcinanga olo hlobo
ipasika awayenzayo uYosiya, nababingeleli, nabaLevi, namaYuda onke
namaSirayeli akhoyo, nabemi baseYerusalem.
35:19 Kwenziwa ke le pasika ngomnyaka weshumi elinesibhozo wobukumkani bukaYosiya.
35:20 Emveni kwako konke ukuyilungisa kukaYosiya indlu, uNeko ukumkani waseYiputa
wenyuka waya kulwa neKarkemishe ngase-Efrati; waphuma uYosiya
ngokuchasene naye.
35:21 Wathuma abathunywa kuye, esithi, Yintoni na enam nawe?
Wena kumkani wakwaYuda? Andize kulwa nawe namhla, ndize kulwa nawe
Yindlu endilwa nayo, ngokuba uThixo undiwisele umthetho wokuba ndikhawuleze;
ungabambezeli kuThixo, ongakum, ukuba angakutshabalalisi.
35:22 Ke uYosiya akabusonganga ubuso bakhe kuye, wazenza mntu wumbi
yena ngokwakhe, ukuze alwe naye, akawaphulaphula amazwi akhe
kaNeko emlonyeni kaThixo, weza kulwa entilini yelizwe
eMegido.
35:23 Abatoli bamtola ukumkani uYosiya; Wathi ukumkani kubakhonzi bakhe.
Ndikhuphe; ngokuba ndingxwelerhiwe.
35:24 Abakhonzi bakhe bamthula enqwelweni, bamkhwelisa enqwelweni
inqwelo yesibini abenayo; Bamsa eYerusalem, yena
Wafa, wangcwatyelwa kwelinye lamangcwaba ooyise. Kwaye konke
UYuda neYerusalem bamzilela uYosiya.
35:25 UYeremiya wamenzela isimbonono uYosiya, neemvumi zonke, neemvumi zonke
zathetha iimvumi ezimbononweni zazo ngoYosiya, unanamhla
wazenza ummiselo kwaSirayeli; nanzo zibhaliwe encwadini
izililo.
35:26 Ke kaloku ezinye izinto zikaYosiya, nokulunga kwakhe, njengoko kunjalo
ebhaliweyo emyalelweni kaYehova;
35:27 Nezenzo zakhe, ezokuqala nezokugqibela, nanzo zibhaliwe encwadini
ookumkani bakwaSirayeli nabakwaYuda.