2 IziKronike
19:1 UJehoshafati, inkosi yakwaJuda, wabuyela endlini yakhe ngokuthula
eJerusalema.
19:2 UJehu, indodana kaHanani, umboni, waphuma ukumhlangabeza, futhi wathi kuye
Inkosi uJehoshafati, kufanele usize abangamesabi uNkulunkulu, futhi ubathande lokho
uzonda uJehova? ngalokho intukuthelo iphezu kwakho ivela phambi kukaJehova.
19:3 Nokho kukhona izinto ezinhle ezitholakala kuwe, njengoba onakho
wasusa o-Ashera ezweni, walungisa inhliziyo yakho
funani uNkulunkulu.
19:4 UJehoshafati wahlala eJerusalema;
abantu kusukela eBeri Sheba kuze kufike ezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi, wababuyisela kuJehova
uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise.
19:5 Wamisa abahluleli ezweni emizini yonke ebiyelweyo yakwaJuda.
idolobha nedolobha,
19:6 Wathi kubahluleli: Qaphelani enikwenzayo, ngoba anihluleli umuntu.
kodwa ngekaJehova olawe ekwahluleleni.
19:7 Ngalokho ukumesaba uJehova makube phezu kwenu; qaphela futhi ukwenze:
ngokuba akukho bubi kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, nokukhetha abantu;
noma ukwamukela izipho.
19:8 Futhi eJerusalema, uJehoshafati wamisa amaLevi, futhi
abapristi, nezinhloko zawoyise bakwa-Israyeli, ukuze bahlulele
uJehova, namacala, ekubuyeleni kwabo eJerusalema.
19:9 Wabayala, wathi: "Niyakwenza kanje ngokumesaba uJehova.
ngokwethembeka, nangenhliziyo epheleleyo.
19:10 Futhi noma yisiphi isizathu esiyofika kini phakathi kwabafowenu abahlala
imizi yabo, phakathi kwegazi negazi, phakathi komthetho nomyalo,
izimiso nezahlulelo, niyakubaxwayisa ukuba bangaphambuki
ngokumelene noJehova, kanjalo ulaka phezu kwenu naphezu kwabafowenu.
yenzani lokhu, njalo aniyikweqa.
19:11 Futhi, bheka, u-Amariya umpristi omkhulu phezu kwenu kuzo zonke izindaba zezwe
NKOSI; noZebadiya indodana ka-Ishmayeli, umbusi wendlu yakwaJuda,
kuzo zonke izindaba zenkosi, namaLevi ayakuba yizinduna ngaphambili
wena. Yenzani isibindi, futhi uJehova uyakuba nabahle.