2 IziKronike
31:1 Manje lapho konke lokhu sekuphelile, wonke u-Israyeli owayekhona waphuma
imizi yakwaJuda, waziphahlaza izinsika, wazigawula
izindawo eziphakemeyo nama-altare, wadiliza kuye wonke uJuda
noBenjamini kwa-Efrayimi noManase, baze baqedwa
wababhubhisa bonke. Base bebuya bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, kwaba yilowo nalowo
efeni lakhe, emizini yabo.
31:2 UHezekiya wamisa izigaba zabapristi namaLevi ngemva
izigaba zabo, yilowo nalowo ngokwenkonzo yakhe, abapristi kanye
amaLevi eminikelo yokushiswa neyomnikelo wokuthula, awokukhonza, nawo
bongani, nidumise emasangweni etende likaJehova.
31:3 Futhi wamisa isabelo senkosi empahleni yayo ukuze ashiswe
iminikelo yokushiswa yasekuseni neyakusihlwa, neyeminikelo yokushiswa
iminikelo yokushiswa yamasabatha, neyokwethwasa kwenyanga, neyemihlangano
imikhosi, njengokulotshiweyo emthethweni weNkosi.
31:4 Futhi wayala abantu ababehlala eJerusalema ukuba banikele
ingxenye yabapristi namaLevi, ukuze baqiniswe
umthetho kaJehova.
31:5 Futhi ngokushesha nje lapho umyalo uphuma, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli
baletha inala yolibo lwamabele, newayini, namafutha, nezinyosi;
nakuzo zonke izithelo zensimu; nokweshumi kwakho konke
baletha ngobunengi.
31:6 Futhi ngokuphathelene abantwana bakwa-Israyeli noJuda, ababehlala ezweni
kwaJuda baletha nokweshumi kwezinkomo nokwezimvu
okweshumi kwezinto ezingcwele ezazingcweliselwe uJehova uNkulunkulu wabo,
wazibeka izinqwaba.
31:7 Ngenyanga yesithathu baqala ukubeka isisekelo izinqwaba, futhi
wawaqeda ngenyanga yesikhombisa.
31:8 Futhi lapho uHezekiya nezikhulu beza futhi wabona izinqwaba, babusisa
uJehova, nabantu bakhe u-Israyeli.
31:9 UHezekiya wabuza abapristi namaLevi mayelana noJehova
izinqwaba.
31:10 U-Azariya, umpristi omkhulu wendlu kaSadoki, wamphendula, futhi
wathi: Kusukela abantu baqala ukuletha iminikelo endlini ka
Jehova, sesisuthe ukudla, sesishiyile inala, ngokuba uJehova
ubusise abantu bakhe; futhi okusele yilesi sitolo esikhulu.
31:11 UHezekiya wayala ukuba kulungiswe amakamelo endlini kaJehova.
basebelungisa.
31:12 Bangenisa iminikelo, nokweshumi, nezinto ezingcwele
uKhoniya umLevi wayengumbusi phezu kwakhe, uShimeyi engowakhe
umfowethu kwaba olandelayo.
31:13 noJehiyeli, no-Azaziya, noNahati, no-Asaheli, noJerimoti,
ngoJozabadi, no-Eliyeli, no-Ismakiya, noMahati, noBenaya
ababonisi ngaphansi kwesandla sikaKonaniya noShimeyi umfowabo, ethempelini
umyalo kaHezekiya inkosi no-Azariya umbusi wendlu ka-Azariya
uNkulunkulu.
31:14 UKore, indodana kaImna, umLevi, umlindisango ngasempumalanga,
phezu kweminikelo yesihle kaNkulunkulu, ukwaba iminikelo yeminikelo kaNkulunkulu
Jehova, nezinto ezingcwelengcwele.
31:15 Eceleni kwakhe kwakukhona u-Edene, noMiniamini, noJeshuwa, noShemaya, no-Amariya,
noShekaniya, emizini yabapristi, esikhundleni sabo esimisiwe, ukuze
abele abafowabo ngezabelo, abakhulu nabancane;
31:16 ngaphandle kwabo abesilisa, kusukela kwabaneminyaka emithathu kuya phezulu, ngisho
yilowo nalowo ongena endlini kaJehova imihla ngemihla
isabelo senkonzo yabo ezimpahleni zabo ngokwezigaba zabo;
31:17 Kokubili ebhalweni lozalo lwabapristi ngezindlu zawoyise, futhi
amaLevi kusukela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu ngezimfanelo zawo ngokwemfanelo yawo
izifundo;
31:18 Futhi ngokohlu lozalo lwabo bonke abancane babo, abafazi babo, futhi abo
amadodana namadodakazi awo ebandleni lonke, ngokuba phakathi kwawo
bazingcwelisa ngobungcwele;
31:19 Futhi emadodaneni ka-Aroni, abapristi, ababesemasimini
amadlelo emizi yabo, emizini yonke ngemizi, amadoda ayekhona
eshiwo ngegama, ukubanika izabelo bonke abesilisa phakathi kwabapristi;
nakubo bonke ababhalwa ngezizukulwane zamaLevi.
31:20 Wenze njalo uHezekiya kulo lonke elakwaJuda, futhi wenza lokho okwakukhona
okuhle nokulungile neqiniso phambi kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe.
31:21 Futhi kuwo wonke umsebenzi awuqala enkonzweni yendlu kaNkulunkulu, futhi
emthethweni, nasemiyalweni, ukuba afune uNkulunkulu wakhe, wakwenza ngakho konke
inhliziyo yakhe, futhi yaphumelela.