2 iziKronike 21 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 IziKronike 21 uJoramu inkosi yakwaJuda, inkosi embi

¹ UJehoshafati wayeselala koyise, wembelwa koyise emzini kaDavide. UJehoramu indodana yakhe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.

² Wayenabafowabo, amadodana kaJehoshafati, o-Asariya, noJehiyeli, noZakariya, no-Asariya, noMikayeli, noShefathiya; bonke babengamadodana kaJehoshafati inkosi yakwa-Israyeli.

³ Uyise wabanika izipho ezinkulu zesiliva nezegolide nezinto eziyigugu kanye nemizi ebiyelweyo kwaJuda; kepha ubukhosi wabunika uJoramu; ngoba wayelizibulo.

⁴ UJoramu esesukile embusweni kayise, waziqinisa, wabulala bonke abafowabo ngenkemba, nabanye bezikhulu zakwa-Israyeli.

⁵ UJoramu wayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu nambili ekuqaleni kwakhe ukubusa, wabusa iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili eJerusalema.

⁶ Wahamba ngendlela yamakhosi akwa-Israyeli njengokwenza kwendlu ka-Ahabi, ngokuba wayenendodakazi ka-Ahabi engumkakhe; wenza okubi emehlweni kaJehova.

⁷ Kepha uJehova akathandanga ukuchitha indlu kaDavide ngenxa yesivumelwano asenza noDavide, njengalokho ethembisile ukumnika yena namadodana akhe ukukhanya kuze kube phakade.

⁸ Ezinsukwini zakhe abakwa-Edomi bahlubuka phansi kombuso kaJuda, bazenzela inkosi.

⁹ UJoramu wayesephuma nezikhulu zakhe nazo zonke izinqola zakhe kanye naye; wavuka ebusuku, wabachitha abakwa-Edomi ababemhaqile, nezinduna zezinqola.

¹⁰ Abakwa-Edomi bahlubuka phansi kwesandla sikaJuda kuze kube namuhla. Ngaleso sikhathi iLibina yahlubuka phansi kwesandla sakhe; ngoba wamshiya uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise.

¹¹ Ngaphezu kwalokho, wenza izindawo eziphakemeyo ezintabeni zakwaJuda futhi wenza ukuba abakhileyo eJerusalema baphinge futhi waphoqelela uJuda ukuba enze kanjalo.

¹² Kwase kufika kuye incwadi evela kumprofethi uEliya, yathi: “Usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu kaDavide uyihlo, uthi: Ngokuba awuhambanga ngezindlela zikayihlo uJehoshafati nangezindlela zika-Asa inkosi yakwaJuda, hamba,

¹³ Kepha wena wahamba ngendlela yamakhosi akwa-Israyeli, wenza ukuba uJuda nabakhileyo eJerusalema baphinge, njengezifebe zendlu ka-Ahabi, wabulala nabafowenu bendlu kayihlo ababengcono kunawe;

¹⁴ Bheka, uJehova uyakushaya abantu bakho, nabantwana bakho, nomkakho, nayo yonke impahla yakho, ngesifo esikhulu;

¹⁵ Futhi uyoba nesifo esikhulu ngenxa yokugula kwamathumbu akho, izibilini zakho zize ziphume usuku nosuku ngenxa yokugula.

¹⁶ Ngaphezu kwalokho, uJehova wavusa umoya wamaFilisti nama-Arabiya ayesondelene namaKushe ngokumelene noJoramu.

¹⁷ Bakhuphukela kwaJuda, bafohla khona, bathumba yonke impahla eyatholakala endlini yenkosi, namadodana ayo, nawomkayo; akwaze kwasala ndodana kuye, kuphela uJehowahazi omncane emadodaneni akhe.

¹⁸ Ngemva kwakho konke lokhu uJehova wamshaya emathunjini akhe ngesifo esingelapheki.

¹⁹ Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, emva kokuphela kweminyaka emibili, amathumbu akhe aphuma ngenxa yesifo sakhe, kangangokuthi wafa ngezifo ezinzima. Abantu bakhe abamenzelanga umlilo njengokushiswa kwawoyise.

²⁰ Wayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu nambili ekuqaleni kwakhe ukubusa, wabusa iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili eJerusalema; Kodwa bammbela emzini kaDavide, kodwa hhayi emathuneni amakhosi.