2 AmaKhosi 12 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 Amakhosi 12 Ithempeli liyalungiswa

¹ Ngomnyaka wesikhombisa kaJehu uJowashi waba yinkosi; wabusa iminyaka engamashumi amane eJerusalema. Igama likanina lalinguSibiya waseBeri Sheba.

² UJowashi wenza okulungile emehlweni kaJehova zonke izinsuku zakhe uJehoyada umpristi amfundisa ngazo.

³ Kepha izindawo eziphakemeyo azisuswanga; abantu babesahlaba ezindaweni eziphakemeyo, kushunqe umusi.

⁴ UJowashi wathi kubapristi: “Yonke imali yeminikelo yokungcweliswa elethwa endlini kaJehova, imali yabo bonke ababalwayo, nemali okunqunyiwe kuyo yilowo nalowo, nayo yonke imali efikayo.” enhliziyweni yomuntu ukuletha endlini kaJehova.

⁵ Abapristi mabazithathele yona, kube yilowo nalowo ngokwazi kwakhe, balungise izimfa zendlu, lapho kutholwa khona ukubhodloka.

⁶ Kodwa kwathi ngomnyaka wamashumi amabili nantathu wenkosi uJowashi abapristi abalungisanga izimfa zendlu.

⁷ Inkosi uJowashi yasibiza uJehoyada umpristi labanye abapristi, yathi kubo: Kungani lingalungisi izimfa zendlu? khona-ke ningabe nisathatha imali kwabazanayo, kodwa niyinike abaphukile endlini.

⁸ Abapristi basebevuma ukuthi kabasayikuthatha imali ebantwini loba ukulungisa izimfa zendlu.

⁹ Kepha uJehoyada umpristi wathatha umphongolo, wabhoboza imbobo esivalweni sawo, wawubeka eceleni kwe-altare ngakwesokunene lapho umuntu engena endlini kaJehova; abapristi ababelinda umnyango babephethe yonke imali eyayilethwa endlini kaJehova.

¹⁰ Lapho bebona ukuthi imali yayiningi emphongolweni, umbhali wenkosi nompristi omkhulu beza, bahlala emasakeni, babika imali eyayifunyenwe endlini kaJehova.

¹¹ Bayinikela imali emva kokuba isibaliwe esandleni sabenza umsebenzi ababengamele indlu kaJehova; bayinika ababazi nabakhi ababesebenza endlini kaJehova;

¹² nakubakhi nabaqophi bamatshe, nokuthenga izinkuni namatshe abaziweyo ukulungisa izimfa zendlu kaJehova nakho konke okwabe kulungiselelwe ukuba kulungiswe indlu.

¹³ Kodwa izitsha zesiliva, izibane, izitsha, amacilongo, izitsha zegolide kumbe izinto zesiliva ezenziwe ngemali eyayilethwa endlini yeNkosi endlini yeNkosi.

¹⁴ Kodwa bayinika izisebenzi, balungisa ngayo indlu kaJehova.

¹⁵ Ngaphezu kwalokho, abazange babalelane namadoda ayenikele esandleni sawo imali ukuba anike izisebenzi, ngoba ayesebenza ngokwethembeka.

¹⁶ Imali yesikweletu nemali yesono akuzange kulethwe endlini kaJehova; kwakungabapristi.

¹⁷ UHazayeli inkosi yase-Aramu wenyuka walwa neGati, walithatha; uHasayeli wabhekisa ubuso bakhe ukukhuphukela eJerusalema.

¹⁸ UJowashi inkosi yakwaJuda wathatha zonke izipho ezingcwele uJehoshafati noJoramu no-Ahaziya, oyise, amakhosi akwaJuda, ababezingcwelisile, nezipho zakhe ezingcwele, nalo lonke igolide elalisengcebeni yendlu yenkosi. UJehova nasendlini yenkosi, wayithumela kuHazayeli inkosi yase-Aramu, wasuka eJerusalema.

¹⁹ Ezinye izindaba zikaJowashi nakho konke akwenzayo angithi kulotshiwe encwadini yezindaba zemihla ngemihla yamakhosi akwaJuda na?

²⁰ Izinceku zakhe zasukuma zenza ugobe, zambulala uJowashi endlini yaseMilo ehlela eSila.

²¹ UJosagari indodana kaShimeyati noJozabadi indodana kaSomeri, izinceku zakhe, bamehlula, wafa; bammbela koyise emzini kaDavide; u-Amasiya indodana yakhe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.