2 Amakhosi
25:1 Kwathi ngomnyaka wesishiyagalolunye wokubusa kwakhe, ngenyanga yeshumi,
ngosuku lweshumi lwenyanga uNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele wafika.
yena nebutho lakhe lonke bamelana neJerusalema, bamisa ngakulo; futhi
bakha izinqaba ngakulo nxazonke.
25:2 Futhi umuzi wavinjezelwa kwaze kwaba unyaka weshumi nanye wenkosi uZedekiya.
25:3 Futhi ngosuku lwesishiyagalolunye lwenyanga yesine indlala yaba namandla ezweni
umuzi, kwakungekho sinkwa sabantu bezwe.
25:4 Futhi umuzi wabhidlizwa, futhi wonke amadoda empi abaleka ebusuku
indlela yesango phakathi kwezingange ezimbili, elingasensimini yenkosi: (manje
amaKaledi ayemelene nomuzi nxazonke;) inkosi yahamba
indlela ebheke ethafeni.
25:5 Ibutho lamaKaledi layisukela inkosi, layifica phakathi
emathafeni aseJeriko; yonke impi yakhe yahlakazeka isuka kuye.
25:6 Ngakho bayibamba inkosi, futhi bakhuphukela kuye enkosini yaseBhabhiloni
I-Riblah; basebemahlulela.
25:7 Futhi babulala amadodana kaZedekiya phambi kwamehlo akhe, futhi bakhipha amehlo
kaZedekiya, bambopha ngezibopho zethusi, bamyisa
iBhabhiloni.
25:8 Futhi ngenyanga yesihlanu, ngosuku lwesikhombisa lwenyanga, okungukuthi
Kwafika umnyaka weshumi nesishiyagalolunye wenkosi uNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele
uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi, inceku yenkosi yaseBabele,
eJerusalema:
25:9 Futhi washisa indlu yeNkosi, nendlu yenkosi, futhi konke
izindlu zaseJerusalema, nayo yonke indlu yabantu abakhulu wayishisa ngomlilo.
25:10 Futhi yonke impi yamaKaledi, ababekanye induna
qaphelani, zidilizeni izingange zaseJerusalema nxazonke.
25:11 Manje bonke abanye abantu ababesele emzini, kanye ababaleki
eyahlubuka enkosini yaseBabele kanye nensali yenkosi
uNebuzaradani induna yabalindi wayisusa.
25:12 Kodwa induna yabalindi washiya abampofu bezwe ukuba
balimi nabalimi.
25:13 Futhi izinsika zethusi ezazisendlini yeNkosi, futhi
nezisekelo, nolwandle lwethusi olwalusendlini kaJehova
AmaKaledi awachoboza, alithwala ithusi lawo aliyisa eBabele.
25:14 namabhodwe, namafosholo, nezindlawu, nezinkezo, nakho konke.
izitsha zethusi ababekhonza ngazo bazithatha.
25:15 Nemicengezi yomlilo, nezitsha, nezinto ezifana negolide, phakathi
igolide nesiliva, induna yabalindi yalithatha.
16 Izinsika ezimbili, nolwandle olulodwa, nezinqe uSolomoni ayezenzele uJehova
indlu kaJehova; ithusi lazo zonke lezi zitsha lalingenakulinganiswa.
25:17 Ukuphakama kwensika eyodwa kwakuyizingalo eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili, futhi isihloko phezu
laliyithusi, nokuphakama kwesihloko kwakuyizingalo ezintathu; kanye ne
umsebenzi womnaki, namapomegranati phezu kwesihloko nxazonke, konke
nethusi, futhi insika yesibili yayinezinda ezifana nalezi.
25:18 Futhi induna yabalindi wathatha uSeraya, umpristi omkhulu, futhi
uZefaniya umpristi wesibili, nabalindi bomnyango abathathu;
25:19 Futhi emzini wathatha induna eyayimiswe phezu kwamadoda empi.
namadoda ayisihlanu kwababephambi kwenkosi afunyanwa
emzini, nombhali omkhulu webutho, owabutha abazalwane
abantu bezwe, namadoda angamashumi ayisithupha kubantu bezwe ukuthi
zatholakala edolobheni:
25:20 Futhi uNebuzaradani, induna yabalindi, wawathatha, wawaletha phambi
inkosi yaseBabele eRibila;
25:21 Inkosi yaseBabele yabashaya, yababulala eRibila ezweni.
weHamati. Ngakho uJuda wasuswa elizweni labo.
25:22 Futhi ngokuqondene nabantu abasala ezweni lakwaJuda, ngubani
UNebukadinesari inkosi yaseBabele wayeseshiyile, wamisa uGedaliya phezu kwabo
indodana ka-Ahikamu, indodana kaShafani, umbusi.
25:23 Futhi lapho zonke izinduna zempi, bona namadoda abo, bezwa lokho
inkosi yaseBabele yayimisile uGedaliya umbusi, lapho weza kuGedaliya
eMispa, u-Ishmayeli indodana kaNethaniya, noJohanani indodana ka
noKhareya, noSeraya, indodana kaThanumeti waseNethofa, noJahazaniya
indodana yomMahakha, bona namadoda abo.
25:24 UGedaliya wafunga kubo nakubantu babo, wathi kubo: "Yesabani."
angabi yizigqila zamaKaledi; hlalani ezweni, nikhonze uJehova
inkosi yaseBabele; kuyakuba kuhle kuwe.
25:25 Kodwa kwathi ngenyanga yesikhombisa, Ishmayeli indodana ka
Kwasekufika uNethaniya indodana kaElishama wozalo lwenkosi elamadoda alitshumi
naye, wamshaya uGedaliya, wafa, nabaJuda nabaJuda
amaKaledi ayenaye eMispa.
25:26 Futhi bonke abantu, kusukela komncane kuya komkhulu, kanye nezinduna
asuka, afika eGibithe, ngokuba ayewesaba amaKaledi.
25:27 Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ngonyaka wamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa wokuthunjwa kuka
uJehoyakini inkosi yakwaJuda, ngenyanga yeshumi nambili, ngosuku lwesikhombisa na
ngosuku lwamashumi amabili lwenyanga ka-Evili-merodaki inkosi yaseBabele
ngomnyaka aqale ukubusa ngawo, waliphakamisa ikhanda likaJehoyakini inkosi yase-Araba
uJuda etilongweni;
25:28 Wakhuluma kahle kuye, wabeka isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi phezu kwesihlalo sobukhosi.
amakhosi ayenaye eBhabhiloni;
25:29 Futhi washintsha izingubo zakhe zasetilongweni, futhi wayedla isinkwa njalo ngaphambili
kuye zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe.
25:30 Isabelo sakhe sasiyisabelo saphakade asinikwa yinkosi, a
isilinganiso sansuku zonke sosuku ngalunye, zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakhe.