2 iziKronike 28 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 IziKronike 28 u-Ahazi njengenkosi

¹ U-Ahazi wayeneminyaka engamashumi amabili ekuqaleni kwakhe ukubusa, wabusa iminyaka eyishumi nesithupha eJerusalema; kepha akenzanga okulungile emehlweni kaJehova njengoDavide uyise.

² Wahamba ezindleleni zamakhosi akwa-Israyeli, wenzela noBali izithombe ezibunjiweyo.

³ Ngaphezu kwalokho, wabangela ukuba kushunqe umusi esigodini sendodana kaHinomu futhi washisa abantwana bakhe ngomlilo njengezinengiso zezizwe uJehova azixosha phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

⁴ Wanikela ngomhlatshelo, washunqisa umusi ezindaweni eziphakemeyo, nasemagqumeni, naphansi kwayo yonke imithi eluhlaza.

⁵ Ngakho uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe wamnikela esandleni senkosi yase-Aramu; bamehlula, bathumba kubo isixuku esikhulu, babayisa eDamaseku. Naye wanikelwa esandleni senkosi yakwa-Israyeli, yamshaya ngokuceka okukhulu.

⁶ UPheka indodana kaRemaliya wabulala kwaJuda izinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amabili ngalusuku lunye, bonke bengamadoda anamandla; ngoba bamshiya uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise.

⁷ USigri, iqhawe lakwa-Efrayimi, wabulala uMahaseya, indodana yenkosi, no-Ashirikamu umbusi wendlu, no-Elkana owayelandela inkosi.

⁸ Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bathumba abesifazane abayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili, amadodana namadodakazi abafowabo, bathatha nempango eningi kubo, bayiletha impango eSamariya.

⁹ Kepha kwakukhona umprofethi kaJehova ogama lakhe lingu-Odedi; waphuma phambi kwempi eyafika eSamariya, wathi kuyo: “Bhekani, ngokuba uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyihlo wayethukuthelele uJuda, wabanikela esandleni senu, nababulala ngokufutheka kwenu ifinyelela ezulwini.

¹⁰ Manje nihlose ukuhlala phakathi kwabantwana bakwaJuda naseJerusalema njengezigqila nezigqilakazi zenu; kepha phakathi kwenu akukho sono kuJehova uNkulunkulu wenu na?

¹¹ Ngilaleleni manje, nisindise abathunjwa enabathumba kubafowenu, ngokuba ulaka lukaJehova luphezu kwenu.

¹² Kwasekusukuma abathile ezikhulwini zabantwana bakwaEfrayimi, u-Azariya indodana kaJohanani, noBerekiya indodana kaMeshilemoti, noJishikiya indodana kaShalumi, no-Amasa indodana kaHadilayi, bamelana nabaphuma impi;

¹³ wasesithi kubo: Lingalethi izibotshwa lapha; ngoba njengoba sesonile kuJehova, lina lihlose ukwengezelela ezonweni zethu leziphambeko zethu; ngoba isiphambeko sethu sikhulu futhi kukhona intukuthelo evuthayo ngokumelene no-Israyeli.

¹⁴ Khona-ke amadoda ahlomile ashiya iziboshwa nempango kubabusi nalo lonke ibandla.

¹⁵ Asukuma amadoda ayebiziwe, athatha iziboshwa, agqokisa bonke ababenqunu phakathi kwabo, abembathisa, abagqokisa izicathulo, abanika ukuba badle, baphuze, abagcoba, abaphulukisa bonke ababuthakathaka babathwala ngezimbongolo, abaletha. EJeriko, umuzi wamasundu, kubafowabo; ngemva kwalokho babuyela eSamariya.

¹⁶ Ngaleso sikhathi inkosi u-Ahazi yathumela emakhosini ase-Asiriya ukuba ayisize.

¹⁷ Ngokuba abakwa-Edomi baphinda beza, banqoba uJuda, bathumba abathunjwa.

¹⁸ AmaFilisti ahlasela imizi yasethafeni neningizimu yakwaJuda, athumba iBeti Shemeshi, ne-Ajaloni, neGederoti, neSogo namaduka ayo, neThimna namadlelo ayo, neGimizo nemizana yalo bahlala khona.

¹⁹ Ngokuba uJehova wathobisa uJuda ngenxa ka-Ahazi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli; ngoba wamhlubula uJuda, waphambuka ngokubi kuJehova.

²⁰ UThiligati Philineseri inkosi yase-Asiriya weza kuye, wamcindezela, kepha akamqinisanga.

²¹ Ngoba u-Ahazi wathatha isabelo sendlu kaJehova lendlu yenkosi lezikhulu wasinika inkosi yeAsiriya, kodwa kayimsizanga.

²² Ngesikhathi sokucindezeleka kwakhe wabuye waphambuka kuJehova; yiyo leyo nkosi u-Ahazi.

²³ Wahlabela onkulunkulu baseDamaseku ababemehlulile, wathi: “Ngokuba onkulunkulu bamakhosi ase-Aramu bayawasiza, ngiyakuhlabela wona ukuba angisize.” Kodwa zaba incithakalo kuye nakuye wonke u-Israyeli.

²⁴ U-Ahazi wabutha izitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu, waphihliza izitsha zendlu kaNkulunkulu, wavala iminyango yendlu kaJehova, wazenzela ama-altare emagumbini onke eJerusalema.

²⁵ Kuyo yonke imizi yakwaJuda wenza izindawo eziphakemeyo zokushunqisela abanye onkulunkulu umusi, wamthukuthelisa uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise.

²⁶ Ezinye izindaba zakhe nazo zonke izindlela zakhe, ezokuqala nezokugcina, bheka, zilotshiwe encwadini yamakhosi akwaJuda nakwa-Israyeli.

²⁷ U-Ahazi wayeselala koyise, bammbela emzini, eJerusalema; kepha abamyisanga emathuneni amakhosi akwa-Israyeli; uHezekiya indodana yakhe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.