2 ImiLando 28 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

Ukubusa kukaAhazi

¹ UAhazi wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lapho eqalisa ukubusa; wabusa iminyaka elitshumi lesithupha eJerusalema. Kenzanga okulungileyo phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe, njengokwenza kukakhokho wakhe uDavida.

² Kodwa walandela indlela zamakhosi akoIsrayeli, wenza lezithombe zaboBali ezibunjiweyo,

³ watshisa impepha esihotsheni saseBeni‐Hinomu, watshisa lamadodana akhe aba ngumnikelo, elingisa amanyala enziwa yizizwe iNkosi eyazixotsha phambi kwabakoIsrayeli.

⁴ Wanikela imihlatshelo, watshisa impepha endaweni eziphakemeyo zokukhonzela laphezu kwamaqaqa langaphansi kwazo zonke izihlahla ezinkulu.

⁵ Ngakho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe yamnikela esandleni senkosi yaseSiriya eyamnqobayo, yathumba abantu bakhe abanengi kakhulu, yabasa eDamaseko. Futhi wanikelwa esandleni senkosi yakoIsrayeli eyamnqobayo, yabulala abantu abanengi kakhulu.

⁶ Ngoba uPeka indodana kaRemaliya wabulala koJuda abantu abazinkulungwane ezilikhulu lamatshumi amabili ngasuku lunye, bonke bengamaqhawe, ngoba babeyidelile iNkosi, uNkulunkulu wabokhokho babo.

⁷ UZikiri iqhawe lakoEfrayimi wabulala uMahaseya indodana yenkosi loAzirikamu umphathi wesigodlo loElkana induna enkulu yenkosi.

⁸ AbakoIsrayeli bathumba ezihlotsheni zabo abantu abazinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili, abesifazana lamadodana lamadodakazi; babutha kibo impango enengi, bayiletha eSamariya.

⁹ Kwakukhona lapho umprofethi weNkosi uOdedi; waphuma ukuyihlangabeza impi eyayisiza eSamariya, wathi kiyo: Ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wabokhokho benu ibibathukuthelele abakoJuda, ibanikele ezandleni zenu; lina libabulele ngolunya olufinyelele ezulwini.

¹⁰ Seliqonde ukubanqoba abakoJuda labaseJerusalema abesilisa labesifazana, libenze izigqili zenu. Lina kalilasono yini phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu na?

¹¹ Ngilalelani; buyiselani abathunjiweyo bonke elibathumbe ezihlotsheni zenu, ngoba ulaka oluvuthayo lweNkosi luzakwehlela phezu kwenu.

¹² Lezinduna ezithile zabakoEfrayimi, oAzariya indodana kaJohanani loBerekiya indodana kaMeshilemothi loJehizikiya indodana kaShaluma loAmasa indodana kaHadilayi, bamelana lalabo ababevela empini,

¹³ bathi kibo: Kaliyikubangenisa abathunjiweyo lapha; ngoba lifuna ukwenza lokho okuzasilethela icala phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu, kwengezelele izono zethu leziphambeko zethu. Ngoba icala lethu livele selilikhulu, lolaka lweNkosi seluphezu kukaIsrayeli.

¹⁴ Ngakho amadoda ahlomileyo asebatshiya abathunjiweyo kanye lempango phambi kwezikhulu laphambi kwebandla lonke.

¹⁵ Labo abakhethiweyo basuka bathatha abathunjiweyo, babadingela izigqoko phakathi kwempango bonke ababehambaze; babagqokisa, babafaka lamanyathelo, babanika ukudla lokunathwayo, babagcoba ngamagcobo, bathwala bonke ababuthakathaka ngabobabhemi, babasa ezihlotsheni zabo eJeriko, umuzi wamalala; basebebuyela eSamariya.

¹⁶ Ngalesosikhathi inkosi uAhazi wathumela enkosini yaseAsiriya ukucela usizo.

¹⁷ Ngoba amaEdoma ayesebuye abahlasela abahlula abakoJuda, abathumba abanye babo.

¹⁸ LamaFilistiya ayehlasele imizi yaseShefela laseNegebi lakoJuda, athumba iBeti‐Shemeshi leAjaloni leGederothi, leSoko lemizana yalo, leTimina lemizana yalo, leGimizo lemizana yalo; ahlala khona.

¹⁹ INkosi yamehlisela phansi uJuda ngenxa kaAhazi inkosi yakoJuda, ngoba wayengazithintanga koJuda, wona kakhulu eNkosini.

²⁰ Ngakho uTiligathi‐Pileseri inkosi yaseAsiriya yamhlasela, yamhlupha endaweni yokumqinisa,

²¹ lanxa uAhazi wayethethe impahla ethempelini lasesigodlweni lakuzikhulu, wathela ngayo enkosini yaseAsiriya; kodwa lokhu kakumsizanga.

²² Linkosi uAhazi isithwele nzima yandisa ukona kwayo eNkosini uNkulunkulu,

²³ ngoba yahlabela onkulunkulu baseDamaseko elalimnqobile, wathi: Ngoba onkulunkulu bamakhosi aseSiriya babasiza, ngizahlabela bona ukuze lami bangisize. Kodwa bambangela ukuchitheka yena labo bonke abakoIsrayeli.

²⁴ Waseqoqa izitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu, wazibulala, wavala iminyango yendlu; wazenzela ama‐altare kulo lonke iJerusalema.

²⁵ Emizini yonke yakoJuda wamisa indawo eziphakemeyo zokukhonzela ukuba atshisele abanye onkulunkulu impepha, eyithukuthelisa iNkosi uNkulunkulu wabokhokho bakhe.

²⁶ Ezinye izindaba zakhe lakho konke ukwenza kwakhe, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekucineni, kulotshiwe ogwalweni lwamakhosi akoJuda lawakoIsrayeli.

²⁷ UAhazi waya kwabaphansi, bamngcwabela phakathi komuzi eJerusalema, ngoba kabamlethanga emalibeni amakhosi akoJuda. UHezekiya indodana yakhe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.