2 AmaKhosi 11 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 Amakhosi 11 UJowashi: Inkosi yakwaJuda

¹ Kwathi u-Athaliya unina ka-Ahasiya ebona ukuthi indodana yakhe ifile, wasuka wachitha yonke indlu yenkosi.

² Kepha uJosheba, indodakazi yenkosi uJoramu, udadewabo ka-Ahaziya, wathatha uJowashi indodana ka-Ahaziya, wameba phakathi kwamadodana enkosi abulawayo; bamfihla, yena nomzanyana wakhe ekamelweni lokulala lika-Athaliya, ukuze angabulawa.

³ Wacatsha kuye endlini kaJehova iminyaka eyisithupha. U-Athaliya wasebusa phezu kwelizwe.

⁴ Kwathi ngomnyaka wesikhombisa uJehoyada wathumela walanda izinduna zamakhulu kanye nezinduna nabalindi, wabaletha kuye endlini kaJehova, wenza isivumelwano nazo, wazingenisa endlini kaJehova, wababonisa ithempeli indodana yenkosi.

⁵ Wabayala wathi: “Nansi into eniyakuyenza; Ingxenye yesithathu yenu engena ngesabatha kumelwe futhi ibe ngabalindi bendlu yenkosi;

⁶ Ingxenye yesithathu iyakuba sesangweni laseShuri; nengxenye yesithathu esangweni emva kwabalindi; ngakho kumelwe uqaphe indlu, ukuze ingabhidliki.

⁷ Futhi izingxenye ezimbili zenu nonke eniphuma ngesabatha, yebo, kumelwe zigcine umlindi wendlu kaJehova phezu kwenkosi.

⁸ Kumelwe nizungeze inkosi, yilowo nalowo ephethe izikhali zakhe esandleni sakhe; futhi lowo ongena emasimini makabulawe; futhi ube nenkosi lapho ephuma futhi engena.

⁹ Izinduna zekhulu zenza njengakho konke umpristi uJehoyada ayala ngakho, zathatha, kwaba yilowo nalowo abantu bakhe okwakumelwe bangene ngesabatha, kanye nalabo okwakumelwe baphume ngesabatha, bafika kuJehoyada umpristi.

¹⁰ Umpristi wanika izinduna zamakhulu imikhonto nezihlangu zenkosi uDavide ezazisethempelini likaJehova.

¹¹ Abalindi bema, kwaba yilowo nalowo ephethe izikhali zakhe esandleni sakhe, enkosini nxazonke, kusukela ohlangothini lokunene lwendlu kuze kube sohlangothini lwesokhohlo lwendlu, eceleni kwe-altare nendlu.

¹² Wayikhipha indodana yenkosi, wayifaka umqhele, wayinika ubufakazi; bambeka inkosi, bamgcoba; futhi bashaya izandla bathi: UNkulunkulu makasindise inkosi!

¹³ Lapho u-Athaliya ezwa umsindo wabalindi nowabantu waya kubantu ethempelini likaJehova.

¹⁴ Lapho ebuka, bheka, inkosi imi ngasetsheni lesikhumbuzo njengokwesimiso, nezikhulu nabamacilongo kanye nenkosi, nabantu bonke bezwe bajabula bebetha amacilongo; u-Athaliya waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wakhala, wathi: “Ngugobe!

¹⁵ Kepha uJehoyada umpristi waziyala izinduna zamakhulu, izinceku zempi, wathi kuzo: “Myekeni aphumele ngaphandle kwamasimu, nibulale omlandelayo ngenkemba. Ngokuba umpristi wathi: “Makangabulawelwa endlini kaJehova.”

¹⁶ Basebembeka izandla; wahamba ngendlela amahhashi angena ngayo endlini yenkosi, wabulawa khona.

¹⁷ UJehoyada wenza isivumelwano phakathi kukaJehova nenkosi nabantu ukuba babe ngabantu bakaJehova; naphakathi kwenkosi nabantu.

¹⁸ Bonke abantu bezwe bangena endlini kaBali, bayidiliza; ama-altare akhe nemifanekiso yakhe bakuphahlaza, bambulala uMathani, umpristi kaBali, phambi kwama-altare. Umpristi wayesebeka ababonisi phezu kwendlu kaJehova.

¹⁹ Wathatha izinduna zamakhulu, nezinduna, nabalindi, nabo bonke abantu bezwe; zayehlisa inkosi endlini kaJehova, zangena ngesango labalindi endlini yenkosi. Wahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi samakhosi.

²⁰ Bonke abantu bezwe bajabula, umuzi waba nokuthula, bambulala u-Athaliya ngenkemba endlini yenkosi.

²¹ UJowashi wayeneminyaka eyisikhombisa lapho eqala ukubusa.