2 iziKronike 11 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 IziKronike 11

¹ URehobowamu esefikile eJerusalema, wabutha endlini yakwaJuda nakwaBenjamini amadoda akhethiweyo ayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili, ukuba alwe no-Israyeli, abuyisele ubukhosi kuRehobowamu.

² Kepha izwi likaJehova lafika kuShemaya, umuntu kaNkulunkulu, lathi:

³ Khuluma kuRehobowamu indodana kaSolomoni, inkosi yakwaJuda, nakuye wonke u-Israyeli kwaJuda nakwaBenjamini, uthi:

⁴ Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Aniyikukhuphuka niyokulwa nabafowenu; buyelani, kube yilowo nalowo endlini yakhe, ngokuba lokhu kwenziwe kimi. Bawalalela amazwi kaJehova, babuya ekulweni noJerobowamu.

⁵ URehobowamu wahlala eJerusalema, wakha imizi eyinqaba kwaJuda.

⁶ Wakha neBetlehema, ne-Etamu, neThekhowa,

⁷ noBetsuri noSoko no-Adulamu,

⁸ neGati, neMaresha, neZifi,

⁹ no-Adoraim, neLakishi, no-Aseka,

¹⁰ neSoreya, ne-Ajaloni, neHebroni, imizi ebiyelweyo kwaJuda nakwaBenjamini.

¹¹ Waziqinisa izinqaba, wabeka ababusi kuzo, nezitolo zokudla, namafutha, newayini.

¹² Emizini yonke wabeka izihlangu nemikhonto, wakwenza kwaba namandla kakhulu, uJuda noBenjamini beseduze kwakhe.

¹³ Abapristi namaLevi ababe ko-Israyeli wonke beza kuye bevela kuzo zonke izindawo zabo.

¹⁴ Ngokuba amaLevi ashiya amadlelo awo nempahla yawo, eza kwaJuda naseJerusalema, ngokuba uJerobowamu namadodana akhe babalahlile ukuba bangabe besaba ubupristi bukaJehova.

¹⁵ Wazimisela abapristi bezindawo eziphakemeyo nabamademoni nabamathole abewenzile.

¹⁶ Ngemva kwabo bevela ezizweni zonke zakwa-Israyeli beza eJerusalema labo ababebeke izinhliziyo zabo ekufuneni uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ukuze bahlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise.

¹⁷ Bawuqinisa umbuso wakwaJuda, baqinisa uRehobowamu indodana kaSolomoni iminyaka emithathu; iminyaka emithathu bahamba ngendlela kaDavide noSolomoni.

¹⁸ URehobowamu wazithathela uMahalati, indodakazi kaJerimoti, indodana kaDavide, no-Abihayili indodakazi ka-Eliyabe indodana kaJese;

¹⁹ owamzalela abantwana; Jeus kanye neSamariya kanye noSaham.

²⁰ Emva kwakhe wathatha uMaga, indodakazi ka-Abisalomu; owamzalela uAbhiya, no-Athayi, noSisa, noShelomiti.

²¹ URehobowamu wathanda uMahaga indodakazi ka-Abisalomu ngaphezu kwabo bonke abafazi bakhe nezancinza zakhe;

²² URehobowamu wabeka u-Abiya, indodana kaMahakha, inhloko, abe yinhloko phakathi kwabafowabo, ngokuba wayecabanga ukumbeka inkosi.

²³ Wenza ngokuhlakanipha, wabahlakazela bonke abantwana bakhe emazweni onke akwaJuda nakwaBenjamini, emizini yonke ebiyelweyo; wabanika ukudla okuningi. Futhi wafisa abesifazane abaningi.