2 Tikhronike 25 - Siswati 1996 Bible

Amasiya, inkhosi yakaJuda

¹ Amasiya abeneminyaka lengema-25 budzala ngesikhatsi abekwa kuba yinkhosi. Wabusela eJerusalema iminyaka lengema-29. Libito lenina bekunguJehoyadini waseJerusalema.

² Wenta lokuhle emehlweni aSimakadze, kodvwa, hhayi ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yakhe.

³ Kwatsi umbuso nase ucinile esandleni sakhe, wase ubulala letindvuna letatisontse uyise labeyinkhosi.

⁴ Noko akazange awabulale emadvodzana ato, kodvwa wenta njengobe kubhaliwe emtsetfweni, encwadzini yaMosi, lapho Simakadze ayala khona, watsi: “Boyise abayikubulawa ngenca yebantfwababo, kanjalo nebantfwana abayikubulawa ngenca yaboyise; nguloyo muntfu uyawufela takhe tono.”

Kulwa kwa-Amasiya nebaka-Edomu

⁵ Amasiya wabita sonkhe sive sakaJuda, wasimisa njengekwetindlu taso, phansi kwetindvuna tetinkhulungwane netemakhulu kulo lonkhe lakaJuda nelakaBhenjamini. Wase ubala bonkhe lababeneminyaka lengema-20 nalengetulu, wakhandza kutsi babengemadvodza lati-300 000, emajaha labengalungela kulwa imphi, labengakhona kuhloma ngesikhali nangelihawu.

⁶ Wachubeka wacasha letinye tingwazi taka-Israyeli letatiti-100 000, waticasha ngesiliva lengemakhilogremu lati-3 400.

⁷ Kodvwa kwefika umuntfu waNkulunkulu kuye, watsi: “Awu, nkhosi, lamabutfo aka-Israyeli akukafaneli kutsi ashuce kanye nawe, ngobe Simakadze akasekho ka-Israyeli, akasekho nakumunye webantfwana baka-Efrayimu.

⁸ Nome bewungahamba uyewuhlasela ngesibindzi emphini, Nkulunkulu uyawukwehlula embikwetitsa takho, ngobe Nkulunkulu unemandla ekusita newekwehlulekisa.”

⁹ Amasiya wabuta lomuntfu waNkulunkulu, watsi: “Kepha sekutakwentiwa njani ngalesiliva lengemakhilogremu lati-3 400 lesengiyikhokhele lamabutfo ema-Israyeli?” Lomuntfu waNkulunkulu waphendvula watsi: “Simakadze angakunika lokunyenti kakhulu kunaloko.”

¹⁰ Ngako Amasiya wase uyawacitsa lamabutfo emphi labesabutsene lapha kuye esuka kulaka-Efrayimu, watsi akabuyele emakhaya. Emabutfo abatfukutselela bakaJuda, ahamba atsetsa asabuyela emakhaya.

¹¹ Amasiya waticinisa emandla, wahola emabutfo akhe wacondza eSigodzini Seluswayi, lapho afike wabulala emadvodza aseSeyiri lati-10 000.

¹² Emabutfo akaJuda nawo atfumba emadvodza lati-10 000, awatsatsa aphila, enyuka nawo intsaba, aze efika esicongweni, ase awajikijela phansi, aye asaphateka aba ticucu.

¹³ Ngaleso sikhatsi lamabutfo labesacitfwe ngu-Amasiya, awalela kutsi nawo ayilwe lemphi yabo, abese asuse lolukhulu lutfuli abhidlita emadolobha akaJuda kusukela eSamariya kuyewuma ngeBhethi Horoni. Lamabutfo abulala labati-3 000, abutsa imphango lenyenti ahamba nayo.

¹⁴ Watsi Amasiya nakabuya kuyawubulala baka-Edomu, wabuya netithico tebantfu baseSeyiri, wafike watimisa taba tithico takhe, wakhotsama embikwato, washisa imihlatjelo embikwato.

¹⁵ Lulaka lwaSimakadze lwamvutsela Amasiya, Simakadze watfumela umphrofethi ku-Amasiya, wafike watsi: “Utifunelani letithico talabantfu letehluleke nekusindzisa bantfu bato esandleni sakho?”

¹⁶ Watsi asakhuluma lomphrofethi, inkhosi yamjuba lulwimi yatsi: “Sesikubeke kutsi ube ngumeluleki wenkhosi yini wena? Thula! Ulahleka phansi khona nyalo!” Lomphrofethi wathula, kodvwa waloyela watsi: “Manje ngiyati kutsi Nkulunkulu sewumise kutsi akubulale, ngobe wente loku, wangete wasitsatsa seluleko sami.”

Kulwa kwa-Amasiya na-Israyeli

¹⁷ Emvakwekuba Amasiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, asatsintsene nebeluleki bakhe, wacela insayeya kuJehoyashi, umsa waJehoyahazi, umsa waJehu, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, watsi: “Wota sitewubhekana buso nebuso.”

¹⁸ Kodvwa Jehoyashi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, waphendvula Amasiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, watsi: “Sihlahla sesitfwetfwe saseLebanoni satfumela umlayeto kumsedari waseLebanoni, lotsi: ‘Yendzisela umsa wami lentfombi yakakho.’ Kwase kusuka silwane sesiganga saseLebanoni seta satawugcobagcoba lesihlahla sesitfwetfwe ngetinselo taso.

¹⁹ Utitjela kutsi njengobe wehlule baka-Edomu nje, sewulutfo, sewuyatigabatisa. Wena hlala phansi lapho kakho. Utibitelelani kuhlupheka, utidvonsele wena kuwa kwakho, kanye nekwesive sonkhe sakaJuda?”

²⁰ Kodvwa Amasiya akazange atsandze kulalela, Nkulunkulu abesakulungisile kutsi abanikele etandleni tetitsa tabo, ngobe babefune lusito etithicweni tase-Edomu.

²¹ Ngako Jehoyashi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, wahlasela. Jehoyashi na-Amasiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, babhekana buso nebuso emphini yaseBhethi Shemeshi kulakaJuda.

²² Juda weyiswa baka-Israyeli, kwaba nguleyo naleyo ndvodza yabalekela ekhaya kayo.

²³ Jehoyashi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, wabamba Amasiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, umsa waJowashi, labetalwa ngu-Ahaziya, wamtfumba eBhethi Shemeshi. Jehoyashi wase umyisa eJerusalema, wafike wadzilita lubondza lolwalutungelete iJerusalema kusukela eSangweni laka-Efrayimu kuze kuyewufika eSangweni Lelikona, indzawo leyayingemamitha labengaba li-180 budze.

²⁴ Watsatsa yonkhe igolide nesiliva, nato tonkhe timphahla latikhandza ethempelini laNkulunkulu, letatisesandleni sa-Obedi Edomu kanye nengcebo yasesigodlweni, watfumba nebatfunjwa lababetibambiso, wabuyela nako eSamariya.

²⁵ Amasiya, umsa waJowashi, inkhosi yakaJuda, waphila iminyaka leli-15 emvakwekufa kwaJehoyashi, umsa waJehoyahazi, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli.

²⁶ Leminye imininingwane ngekubusa kwa-Amasiya kusukela ekucaleni kuye ekugcineni, ibhaliwe encwadzini yemilandvo yemakhosi akaJuda newaka-Israyeli.

²⁷ Kusukela ngesikhatsi lajika ngaso Amasiya ekulandzeleni Simakadze, bakha luzungu ngaye eJerusalema, wase uyabaleka waya eLakhishi, kodvwa batfumela emadvodza amcosha, afike ambulalela khona eLakhishi.

²⁸ Wabuya asetfwelwe ngelihhashi watawufihlwa emadlizeni aboyisemkhulu eDolobheni lakaJuda.