Eyesi-2 yeziKronike
36:1 Abantu belizwe bathabatha uYehowahazi, unyana kaYosiya, benza
waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sikayise eYerusalem.
36:2 UYehowahazi ubeminyaka imashumi mabini anamithathu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
waba neenyanga ezintathu engukumkani eYerusalem.
36:3 Ukumkani waseYiputa wamguzula eYerusalem, waligweba ilizwe
ngekhulu leetalente zesilivere, netalente yegolide.
36:4 Ukumkani waseYiputa wamenza uEliyakim, umkhuluwa wakhe, ukuba abe ngukumkani kwaYuda
eYerusalem, waliguqula igama lakhe laba nguYehoyakim. UNeko wamthabatha uYehowahazi owakhe
umzalwana wakhe, wamsa eYiputa.
36:5 UYehoyakim ubeminyaka imashumi mabini anamihlanu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
waba neminyaka elishumi elinamnye engukumkani eYerusalem; wenza okubi kulo
emehlweni kaYehova uThixo wakhe.
36:6 wenyuka uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli, wamchasa, wamkhonkxa
amakhamandela, ukuba amse eBhabheli.
36:7 Kananjalo uNebhukadenetsare wayithabatha impahla yendlu kaYehova, waya nayo
eBhabheli, wazibeka etempileni yakhe eBhabheli.
36:8 Ezinye izinto zikaYehoyakim, namasikizi akhe awawenzayo
nako oko kwafunyanwayo kuye, nanko kubhaliwe encwadini
Incwadi yookumkani bakwaSirayeli nabakwaYuda; waba ngukumkani uYehoyakin, unyana wakhe
indawo yakhe.
36:9 UYehoyakin ubeminyaka isibhozo ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
iinyanga ezintathu ezineshumi leentsuku eYerusalem, esenza okubi
emehlweni kaYehova.
36:10 Ekuzalisekeni komnyaka, ukumkani uNebhukadenetsare wathumela wamzisa.
wazisa eBhabheli, kunye neempahla ezinqwenelekayo zendlu kaYehova, wenza
uZedekiya umninawa wakhe ukumkani wakwaYuda neYerusalem.
36:11 UZedekiya ubeminyaka imashumi mabini anamnye ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe;
waba neminyaka elishumi elinamnye engukumkani eYerusalem.
36:12 Wenza okubi emehlweni kaYehova uThixo wakhe;
akazange azithobe kuYeremiya umprofeti owayethetha ngomlomo
kaYehova.
36:13 Kananjalo wagwilika kukumkani, kuNebhukadenetsare, obemfungise.
wayenza lukhuni intamo yakhe, wayenza ingqoshomba intliziyo yakhe, ukuze angajiki
kuYehova uThixo kaSirayeli.
36:14 Kananjalo bonke abathetheli bababingeleli, nabantu, bakreqa kakhulu
ngenxa yamasikizi onke eentlanga; yangcolisa indlu
kaYehova, awayeyingcwalisile eYerusalem.
36:15 UYehova, uThixo wooyise, wathumela kubo ngabathunywa bakhe, wesuka
nyusa kwangethuba, kwaye uthumele; ngokuba wayenemfesane ngabantu bakhe, kwananjalo
indawo yakhe yokuhlala:
36:16 Baye bebagculela abathunywa bakaThixo, bewadela amazwi akhe;
Wabaphatha kakubi abaprofeti bakhe, bada benyuka ubushushu bukaYehova, beza kuye
abantu, kwada akwabikho ncedo.
36:17 Wabazisa ukumkani wamaKaledi, wababulala
amadodana aphethe ikrele endlwini yengcwele yawo, engenanto
imfesane kumfana okanye intombi, ixhego, okanye lowo ugobileyo
ubudala: wabanikela bonke esandleni sakhe.
36:18 nazo zonke iimpahla zendlu kaThixo, ezinkulu nezincinane, nezinkulu
nobuncwane bendlu kaYehova, nobuncwane bokumkani, nobutyebi
kubathetheli bakhe; zonke ezo nto wazisa eBhabheli.
36:19 Bayitshisa indlu kaThixo, baludiliza udonga lwaseYerusalem;
zonke iingxande zayo ezinde wazitshisa ngomlilo, wazitshabalalisa zonke
izitya zayo ezintle.
36:20 Wabafudusela eBhabheli abasindileyo ekreleni;
apho baba ngabakhonzi bakhe noonyana bakhe, kwada kwabakho ubukumkani bukaYehova
ubukumkani basePersi:
36:21 ukuba lizaliseke ilizwi likaYehova ngomlomo kaYeremiya, lide ilizwe
ubeziyolisa ngeesabatha zakhe;
Isabatha, ukuba kuzaliseke iminyaka emashumi asixhenxe.
36:22 Ke kaloku, ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi, ukumkani wasePersi, lafika ilizwi likaYehova
Kuza kwenzeka okuthethwe ngomlomo kaYeremiya, uYehova waxhokonxa
Wawuphakamisa umoya kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, ukuba akhuphe ilizwi
ebukumkanini bakhe bonke, wayibhala kananjalo, esithi,
36:23 Utsho uKoreshi, ukumkani wasePersi, ukuthi, Zonke izikumkani zehlabathi zinobukhosi
Undinike uYehova, uThixo wamazulu; Yena undiyalele ukuba ndimakhele
eseYerusalem, ekwaYuda. Ngubani na phakathi kwenu kubo bonke abakhe
abantu? UYehova uThixo wakhe makabe naye, anyuke.