Bahamba, babiza abalindisango bomuzi, babatshela, bathi: “Sihambile saya enkanjini yabase-Aramu; bekukhala ibhungane, kungekho muntu, kungekho ngisho umsindo wodwa lo, kuphela amahhashi, nezimbongolo okuboshiweyo, namathende enjengalokhu enjalo.”
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Bahamba, babiza abalindisango bomuzi, babatshela, bathi: “Sihambile saya enkanjini yabase-Aramu; bekukhala ibhungane, kungekho muntu, kungekho ngisho umsindo wodwa lo, kuphela amahhashi, nezimbongolo okuboshiweyo, namathende enjengalokhu enjalo.”
UHezekiya wabeka abaphristi nabaLevi ngezigaba zabo, kwaba yilowo nalowo ngokomsebenzi wakhe, njengabaphristi nabaLevi beminikelo yokushiswa neyokuthula, ukuba bakhonze, babonge, badumise emasangweni enkambu kaSimakade.
Ngenyanga yesibili, ngonyaka wesibili bebuyele endlini kaNkulunkulu eJerusalema, uZerubhabhele, indodana kaSheyalitiyeli noJeshuwa, indodana kaJozadakhi, nabo bonke abafowabo nabaphristi nabaLevi nabo bonke ababeseJerusalema bebuya ekuthunjweni, bawuqala umsebenzi. Baqoka abaLevi, ababeneminyaka engaphezu kwama-25 ukuba bengamele izisebenzi ezazisebenza endlini kaSimakade.
Abakwa-Israyeli nabaLevi bayoletha okweshumi kokusanhlamvu, okwewayini namafutha omnqumo emagunjini lapho kugcinwe khona izitsha zendlu engcwele, nalapho kuhlala khona abaphristi, abalindisango nabaculi. Asiyukuyishiya indlu kaNkulunkulu wethu.”
Nazi izinhloko zezifundazwe ezazihlala eJerusalema, kodwa emizini yakwaJuda bonke babehlala ezindaweni zabo: abakwa-Israyeli, abaphristi, abaLevi, izisebenzi zasethempelini, nabozalo lwezinceku zikaSolomoni.
Izinhloko zabaLevi nazi: uHashabhiya, uSherebhiya noJeshuwa, indodana kaKadimiyeli, nabafowabo bebhekene nabo bedumisa, bebonga njengemiyalo kaDavide, umuntu kaNkulunkulu, isigaba sibhekene nesigaba.
Kwathi ukuba bezwe oSanibhalathi, uThobiya, uGeshemi umArabhu, nazo zonke izitha zethu ukuthi sengilwakhile ugange, futhi akusasele sikhala kulo, noma-ke ngaleso sikhathi ngangingakazifaki izicabha emasangweni,
Umsebenzi wokwakhiwa kabusha kogange waphela mhla zingama-25 ngenyanga u-Eluli, wathatha izinsuku ezingama-52.
Phambi kwami, babehlale betusa izenzo zakhe ezinhle; bembikela ngakho konke engangikusho. UThobiya wayengithumelela izincwadi zokungesabisa.