2 Amakhosi
24:1 Ezinsukwini zakhe kwakhuphuka uNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele, uJehoyakimi waba
inceku yakhe iminyaka emithathu; wayesephenduke wayihlubuka.
24:2 UJehova wathumela kuye amaviyo amaKaledi namaviyo amaviyo
ama-Aramu, namaviyo akwaMowabi, namaviyo abantwana bakwa-Amoni,
wabathuma kuJuda ukuyichitha njengezwi likaJehova
uJehova, akukhuluma ngezinceku zakhe abaprofethi.
24:3 Ngokuqinisekile, ngesiyalezo sikaJehova, lokhu kwehlela uJuda, ukususa
awasuse emehlweni akhe ngenxa yezono zikaManase njengakho konke lokho
wenza;
24:4 Futhi ngenxa yegazi elingenacala alichitha, ngoba wagcwalisa iJerusalema
ngegazi elingenacala; uJehova angathandanga ukukuxolela.
24:5 Manje zonke ezinye izenzo uJehoyakimi, futhi konke akwenzayo, akuzona
kulotshiwe encwadini yezindaba zemihla ngemihla yamakhosi akwaJuda na?
24:6 UJehoyakimi wayeselala koyise; uJehoyakini indodana yakhe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.
esikhundleni sakhe.
24:7 Inkosi yaseGibithe ayiphindanga yaphuma ezweni layo;
inkosi yaseBhabhiloni yayithathe kusukela emfuleni waseGibhithe kuze kube semfuleni
i-Ewufrathe konke okungokwenkosi yaseGibithe.
24:8 UJehoyakini wayeneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ekuqaleni kwakhe ukubusa, wabusa.
eJerusalema izinyanga ezintathu. Igama likanina lalinguNehushta
indodakazi ka-Elinathani waseJerusalema.
24:9 Wenza okubi emehlweni kaJehova, ngokuvumelana
konke uyise ayekwenzile.
24:10 Ngaleso sikhathi izinceku zikaNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele, wenyuka
ngokumelene neJerusalema, futhi umuzi wavinjezelwa.
24:11 Futhi uNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele, wahlasela umuzi, kanye neyakhe
izinceku zawuvimbezela.
24:12 UJehoyakini, inkosi yakwaJuda, waphuma waya enkosini yaseBhabhiloni.
nonina, nezinceku zakhe, nezikhulu zakhe, nezinduna zakhe;
inkosi yaseBabele yamthatha ngomnyaka wesishiyagalombili wokubusa kwakhe.
24:13 Wakhipha khona yonke ingcebo yendlu kaJehova.
nengcebo yendlu yenkosi, bahlahlela zonke izitsha
ngegolide uSolomoni inkosi yakwa-Israyeli ayelenzile ethempelini likaJehova;
njengokutsho kukaJehova.
24:14 Futhi wathumba lonke iJerusalema, futhi zonke izikhulu, futhi bonke
amaqhawe anamandla, abathunjwa abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi, nazo zonke izingcweti
nabakhandi bensimbi: akwasala noyedwa, ngaphandle kwabantu abampofu kakhulu
umhlaba.
24:15 Futhi wathumba uJehoyakini eBhabhiloni, kanye nonina wenkosi, futhi
abafazi benkosi, nezinduna zayo, namaqhawe ezwe, labo
wathumba eJerusalema wamusa eBhabhiloni.
24:16 Futhi wonke amadoda anamandla, izinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, futhi izingcweti nabakhandi
abayinkulungwane, bonke ababenamandla nabalungele ukulwa, bona inkosi yase-Araba
IBhabhiloni yathunjwa eBhabhiloni.
24:17 Inkosi yaseBhabhiloni yabeka uMathaniya umfowabo kayise inkosi esikhundleni sakhe
esikhundleni sakhe, waliguqula igama lakhe laba nguZedekiya.
24:18 USedekiya wayeneminyaka engamashumi amabili nanye lapho eqala ukubusa, futhi yena
wabusa iminyaka eyishumi nanye eJerusalema. Igama likanina lalinguHamutali,
indodakazi kaJeremiya waseLibina.
24:19 Wenza okubi emehlweni kaJehova, ngokuvumelana
konke uJehoyakimi ayekwenzile.
24:20 Ngoba ngentukuthelo kaJehova kwenzeka eJerusalema futhi
uJuda, waze wabaxosha ebusweni bakhe, lowo Sedekiya
bayihlubuka inkosi yaseBabele.