2 Amakhosi
11:1 Futhi lapho u-Athaliya, unina ka-Ahaziya, ebona ukuthi indodana yakhe ifile, yena
yavuka yabhubhisa yonke inzalo yobukhosi.
11:2 Kodwa uJehosheba, indodakazi yenkosi uJoramu, udadewabo ka-Ahaziya, wamthatha uJowashi
indodana ka-Ahaziya, wameba phakathi kwamadodana enkosi ayekhona
ababulewe; bamthukusa, yena nomzanyana wakhe ekamelweni lokulala
u-Athaliya, kangangokuthi akazange abulawe.
11:3 Wayenaye, ethukusiwe endlini kaJehova, iminyaka eyisithupha. Futhi u-Athaliya
wabusa phezu kwezwe.
11:4 Ngomnyaka wesikhombisa uJehoyada wathumela, walanda izinduna zamakhulu.
kanye nezinduna nabalindi, babangenisa kuye endlini
kaJehova, wenza isivumelwano nabo, wafunga kubo
endlini kaJehova, wababonisa indodana yenkosi.
11:5 Wabayala, wathi: "Nansi into eniyakuyenza; A
ingxenye yesithathu yenu engena ngesabatha iyakuba ngabagcini
umlindo wendlu yenkosi;
11:6 Ingxenye yesithathu iyakuba sesangweni laseSuri; nengxenye yesithathu endaweni
isango emva kwabalindi; nizakugcina umlindo wendlu ukuba ube yona
ungabhidlizwa.
11:7 Futhi izingxenye ezimbili kubo bonke abaphuma ngesabatha, ngisho bayohlala
gcina umlindo wendlu kaJehova ngasenkosini.
11:8 Niyakuzungeza inkosi nxazonke, yilowo nalowo ephethe izikhali zakhe
isandla sakhe: futhi lowo ongena phakathi kwezigaba makabulawe: futhi abe
nina nenkosi ekuphumeni kwayo nasekungeneni kwayo.
11:9 Futhi izinduna zamakhulu benza ngokuvumelana nazo zonke izinto
Wayala uJehoyada umpristi, bathatha, kwaba yilowo nalowo abantu bakhe
ukungena ngesabatha kanye nabazophuma ngesabatha.
weza kuJehoyada umpristi.
11:10 Futhi izinduna zamakhulu umpristi wanika inkosi uDavide
imikhonto nezihlangu ezazisethempelini likaJehova.
11:11 Futhi abalindi bema, yilowo nalowo ephethe izikhali zakhe esandleni sakhe, nxazonke
inkosi, kusukela ekhoneni lokunene lethempeli kuze kube sekhoneni lesinxele lethempeli
ithempeli, eduze kwe-altare nethempeli.
11:12 Futhi wayikhipha indodana yenkosi, futhi wabeka umqhele phezu kwayo, futhi
wamnika ubufakazi; bambeka inkosi, bamgcoba; futhi
bashaya ihlombe, bathi: "Mana njalo, nkosi."
11:13 Futhi lapho u-Athaliya ezwa umsindo wabalindi kanye labantu, yena
weza kubantu ethempelini likaJehova.
11:14 Futhi lapho ebheka, bheka, inkosi imi eduze kwensika, njengomthetho
kwakukhona, nezikhulu nabamacilongo ngasenkosini, nabo bonke abantu
izwe lajabula, labetha amacilongo; u-Athaliya wamklebhula
izingubo, futhi wakhala, Ukuvukela umbuso, Ukuvukela umbuso.
11:15 Kodwa uJehoyada umpristi wayala izinduna zamakhulu
izikhulu zebutho, wathi kuzo: "Mkhipheni ngaphandle."
omlandelayo mbulale ngenkemba. Okompristi
wayethe: Kangabulawelwa endlini yeNKOSI.
11:16 Basebembamba izandla; wahamba ngendlela ababehamba ngayo
amahhashi angena endlini yenkosi, wabulawa khona.
11:17 UJehoyada wenza isivumelwano phakathi kukaJehova nenkosi nenkosi
abantu, ukuthi babe ngabantu bakaJehova; phakathi kwenkosi futhi
abantu.
11:18 Futhi bonke abantu bezwe bangena endlini kaBhali, futhi wayibhidliza
phansi; ama-altare akhe nemifanekiso yakhe bakuphahlaza, futhi
wabulala uMathani umpristi kaBali phambi kwama-altare. Nompristi
wamisa izinduna phezu kwendlu kaJehova.
11:19 Futhi wathatha izinduna zamakhulu, nezinduna, nabalindi.
nabo bonke abantu bezwe; bamehlisa inkosi esandleni
endlini kaJehova, weza ngendlela yesango labalindi
indlu yenkosi. Wahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi samakhosi.
11:20 Futhi bonke abantu bezwe bajabula, futhi umuzi wathula
bambulala u-Athaliya ngenkemba endlini yenkosi.
11:21 UJehowashi wayeneminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala lapho eqala ukubusa.