Eyesi-2 yooKumkani
12:1 Waba ngukumkani uYowashe ngomnyaka wesixhenxe kaYehu; namashumi amane eminyaka
waye engukumkani eYerusalem. Igama lonina belinguTsibhiya waseBher-shebha.
12:2 UYowashe wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaYehova yonke imisebenzi yakhe
imihla abemyala ngayo uYehoyada umbingeleli.
12:3 Ke iziganga azisuswanga; abantu bebesabingelela bebingelela
baqhumisela ezigangeni.
12:4 Wathi uYowashe kubabingeleli, Yonke imali yezinto ezingcwele
eziswa endlwini kaYehova, imali yomntu wonke
ogqithisa iakhawunti, imali umntu ngamnye abekwe kuyo, nako konke
yimali leyo ethi qatha entliziyweni yomntu, ukuba ayizise endlwini
iNkosi,
12:5 mabayithabathele kubo ababingeleli, elowo kwabazana naye;
Bazitywina iintanda zendlu, apho kukho iintanda
ifunyenwe.
12:6 Kwathi ke, ngomnyaka wamashumi amabini anesithathu wokumkani uYowashe
ababingeleli bebengazitywini iintanda zendlu.
12:7 Ke ukumkani uYowashe wambiza uYehoyada umbingeleli nabanye ababingeleli.
Wathi kubo, Yini na ukuba ningazitywini iintanda zendlu? ngoku
ngoko musani ukuthabatha mali kwabazana nani;
iintanda zendlu.
12:8 Bakuvuma ababingeleli ukungabi sathabatha mali ebantwini.
nelokutywina iintanda zendlu.
12:9 Ke uYehoyada umbingeleli wathabatha umkhombe, wagqobhoza intunja esicikweni sawo.
uyibeke ecaleni lesibingelelo, ngasekunene ekungeneni kwayo
yendlu kaYehova; ababingeleli abagcina umnyango bayifaka yonke
imali leyo ibiziswe endlwini kaYehova.
12:10 Kwathi, bakubona ukuba kukho imali eninzi emkhombeni, bathi,
Weza umbhali wokumkani nombingeleli omkhulu, babeka phantsi
neengxowa zemali efunyenwe endlwini kaYehova.
12:11 Bayinikela ke imali leyo, ezandleni zabenzi bobubi
umsebenzi owawuvelela indlu kaYehova, wayibeka ke
iphumele kwiingcibi zemithi nakubakhi, abo basebenza endlwini kaYehova
Yehova,
12:12 nakubaqingqi bamatye, nakubaxholi bamatye, ukuba bathenge imithi namatye axholiweyo.
valani iintanda zendlu kaYehova, nento yonke edidiweyo
iphume iye endlwini ukuba ilungiswe.
12:13 Ke indlu kaYehova ayenzelwanga zitya zasilivere;
nezitshetshe, nezitya zokutshiza, namaxilongo, nazo zonke iimpahla zegolide, neempahla zesilivere;
kwimali ebiziswe endlwini kaYehova.
12:14 bayinika abenzi bomsebenzi, ukuba bahlaziye ngayo indlu kaYehova
iNkosi.
12:15 Babengabalelani namadoda, ababenikele esandleni sabo
imali inikwe abenzi bomsebenzi; ngokuba bebesebenza benyanisekile;
12:16 Ke yona imali yedini letyala, nemali yesono, ibingaziswa endlwini kaYehova
Yehova: ibiyeyababingeleli.
12:17 UHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram wenyuka waya kulwa neGati, wayithimba.
uHazayeli wabubhekisa ubuso bakhe ukuba enyuke aye eYerusalem.
12:18 Wazithabatha uYehowashe ukumkani wakwaYuda zonke izinto ezingcwele, abenazo uYehoshafati.
Ke uYehoram noAhaziya, ooyise, ookumkani bakwaYuda, babebangcwalisile;
nezakhe izinto ezingcwele, nayo yonke igolide eyafumanekayo kuyo
nobuncwane bendlu kaYehova, nobendlu yokumkani, wazithumela
kuHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram; wemka eYerusalem.
12:19 Ezinye izinto zikaYowashe, nako konke awakwenzayo, asizizo
ebhalwe encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaYuda?
12:20 Besuka abakhonzi bakhe, benza iyelenqe, bambulala uYowashe apho esixekweni.
nendlu yeMilo, eyehla iye eSila.
12:21 ngoYozakare unyana kaShimehati, noYozabhadi unyana kaShomere, umfo wabo.
abakhonzi, bambetha, wafa; bamngcwabela kooyise
emzini kaDavide; uAmatsiya unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.