2 IINKRONIKE 12 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

IGibhide lisahlela uJuda

¹ Kuthe bona umbuso kaRerhobhowamu unzinze nokobana sele alawula, yena naye woke u-Israyeli beqisa umthetho kaZimu amehlo.

² Emnyakeni wesihlanu wokubusa kwekosi uRerhobhowamu uTjhitjhakhi ikosi yeGibhide warhwantela eJerusalema. Lokhu kwenzeka ngebanga lokungathembeki kwabo kuSomnini uZimabo.

³ UTjhitjhakhi weza akhamba neenkarana eziyikulungwana namatjhumi amabili, abakhweli beenjomani abaziinkulungwana ezimatjhumi asithandathu kanye nesinyokotho samajoni wamaLibhiya, amaSuki kanye namaKutjhe awathatha eGibhide.

⁴ Wathumba amadorobho wakwaJuda anemithangala bewayokufika ngitjho neJerusalema.

⁵ Khonapho kwafika umphorofidi uTjhemaya kuRerhobhowamu kanye nabarholi bakwaJuda ebegade babuthene eJerusalema ngokwesaba uTjhitjhakhi, wathi kibo: “Nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini, ‘Angithi ningilahlile! Nami-ke nginilahlela ezandleni zakaTjhitjhakhi.’ ”

⁶ Abarholi bakwa-Israyeli kanye nekosi uRerhobhowamu bazithoba bathi: “USomnini uqinisile!”

⁷ Lokha uZimu nabona bonyana bazithobile, wathi kuTjhemaya: “Ngombana nakhu bazithobile angeze ngisabarhayila kodwana ngizabatjhaphulula msinyazana. Itukuthelwami angeze isaba phezu kweJerusalema ngesandla sakaTjhitjhakhi.

⁸ Nanyana kunjalo, bazakuba ziinceku zakhe ukuze bafunde ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokulotjha mina nokulotjha amakhosi weenarha ezinye.”

⁹ Lokha uTjhitjhakhi ikosi yeGibhide nasahlela iJerusalema, wathumba umnotho wethempeli lakaSomnini nowesigodlweni. Wathanyela yoke into, wathatha ngitjho neenhlangu zegolide ezenziwa nguSolomoni.

¹⁰ Yeke ikosi uRerhobhowamu yenza iinhlangu zekoporo ukujamiselela ezithethweko yazibeka esandleni seenduna zamavulandlela agade agada isango lesigodlo.

¹¹ Bekuthi njalo lokha ikosi nayiya ethempelini lakaSomnini, amavulandlela gade athwala iinhlangu bese ngemva kwalokho azibuyisele endlwaneni esesangweni lesigodlo.

¹² Ngebanga lokuzithoba kwakaRerhobhowamu, itukuthelo kaSomnini yasuka kuye; yeke azange arhayileke nya. Nokho bekusesekhona okuhle kwaJuda.

Ukubusa nokufa kwakaRerhobhowamu

¹³ Ikosi uRerhobhowamu yaqinisa ubukhosi bayo eJerusalema begodu yaragela phambili nokubusa. Gade ineminyaka ematjhumi amane nanye lokha nayithatha ubukhosi. Yabusa iminyaka elitjhumi nalikhomba eJerusalema, idorobho uSomnini alikhetha hlangana nazo zoke iinkoro zakwa-Israyeli kobana ajamise ibizo lakhe lapho. UNoRerhobhowamu gade kunguNama umAmoni.

¹⁴ URerhobhowamu wenza ubumbi ngombana azange abeke ihliziywakhe ekufuneni uSomnini uZimu.

¹⁵ Izehlakalo zokubusa kwakaRerhobhowamu, ukusuka ekuthomeni bekube sekupheleni kanye neenzukulwana zakhe, zitlolwe emitlolweni kaTjhemaya umphorofidi no-Ido umboni. Kwahlala sekulwiwa njalo phakathi kwakaRerhobhowamu noJerobhowamu.

¹⁶ URerhobhowamu wahlongakala wabulungwa kiboyisemkhulu eMzini kaDavida. U-Abiya indodanakhe wathatha iintambo zobukhosi emva kwakhe.