2 iziKronike 29 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

2 IziKronike 29 uHezekiya njengenkosi

¹ UHezekiya waba yinkosi eneminyaka engamashumi amabili nanhlanu, wabusa iminyaka engamashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye eJerusalema. Igama likanina lalingu-Abiya indodakazi kaZakariya.

² Wenza okulungile emehlweni kaJehova, njengalokho enzile uDavide uyise.

³ Ngomnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe, ngenyanga yokuqala, wavula iminyango yendlu kaJehova, wayilungisa.

⁴ Wabangenisa abapristi namaLevi, wababutha esigcawini sasempumalanga;

⁵ Wathi kubo: “Ngizweni, maLevi, zingcweliseni, niyingcwelise indlu kaJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyihlo, nikhiphe ukungcola kwendlu engcwele.”

⁶ Ngokuba obaba benza ngokungathembeki, benza okubi emehlweni kaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, bamshiya, basusa ubuso babo endlini kaJehova, bafulathela.

⁷ Bahluthulela izivalo zekhulusi, bacima izibani, kabazange batshise impepha, kabanikelanga iminikelo yokutshiswa endaweni engcwele kuNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli.

⁸ Ngalokho intukuthelo kaJehova yaba phezu kukaJuda neJerusalema, wabanikela osizini, into eyisimanga, nenhlekiso, njengokuba nibona ngamehlo enu.

⁹ Ngokuba bhekani, obaba bawile ngenkemba, namadodana ethu namadodakazi ethu nawomkethu basekuthunjweni ngenxa yalokhu.

¹⁰ Manje sekusenhliziyweni yami ukwenza isivumelwano noJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ukuze ulaka lwakhe lusuke kithi.

¹¹ Madodana ami, ningadeleli manje, ngokuba uJehova unikhethile ukuba nime phambi kwakhe, nimkhonze, nimkhonze, kusuke umusi.

¹² Ayesesuka amaLevi, oMahati indodana ka-Amasayi, noJoweli indodana ka-Azariya emadodaneni amaKohati; emadodaneni kaMerari: nguKishi indodana ka-Abidi, no-Azariya indodana kaJehaleli kumaGereshoni; uJowa, indodana kaSima, no-Edene indodana kaJowa;

¹³ Kumadodana ka-Elishafani; uZimri noJehiyeli; emadodaneni ka-Asafa; UZakariya noMathaniya:

¹⁴ emadodaneni kaHemani; uJehiyeli noSimeyi; emadodaneni kaJeduthuni; uShemaya no-Uziyeli.

¹⁵ Babutha abafowabo, babangcwelisa, beza ngokomyalo wenkosi njengokwamazwi kaJehova, ukuhlanza indlu kaJehova.

¹⁶ Abapristi bangena endlini kaJehova ukuba bayihlanze, baletha konke ukungcola abakufumana ethempelini likaJehova egcekeni lendlu kaJehova. AmaLevi akuthatha ukuba akukhiphele emfudlaneni iKidroni.

¹⁷ Baqala ukungcwelisa ngolokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala, kwathi ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili lwenyanga bafika emphemeni kaJehova; bayingcwelisa indlu kaJehova ngezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili; baqeda ngosuku lweshumi nesithupha lwenyanga yokuqala.

¹⁸ Khona-ke zangena enkosini uHezekiya zathi: “Siyihlambulule yonke indlu kaJehova ne-altare lomnikelo wokushiswa nazo zonke izinto zalo kanye netafula lezinkwa zokubukwa nazo zonke izinto zalo.

¹⁹ Ngaphezu kwalokho, sizilungisile sazingcwelisa zonke izitsha inkosi u-Ahazi eyazilahla ekubuseni kwayo ngesiphambeko sayo, futhi bheka, ziphambi kwe-altare likaJehova.

²⁰ Khona-ke inkosi uHezekiya yavuka ekuseni kakhulu yabiza ababusi bomuzi yakhuphukela endlini kaJehova.

²¹ Baletha izinkunzi eziyisikhombisa nezinqama eziyisikhombisa namawundlu ayisikhombisa nezimpongo eziyisikhombisa njengomnikelo wesono wombuso nowendlu engcwele noJuda. Wayala abapristi, amadodana ka-Aroni, ukuba banikele ngazo e-altare likaJehova.

²² Bazihlaba izinkunzi, abapristi bathatha igazi, bafafaza ngalo e-altare; kanjalo, sebezihlabe izinqama, bafafaza i-altare ngegazi; bawahlaba amawundlu, bafafaza ngegazi e-altare i-altare.

²³ Basebeletha izimpongo phambi kwenkosi lebandla; basebebeka izandla phezu kwabo.

²⁴ Abapristi bazihlaba, benza ukubuyisana ngegazi lazo e-altare ukwenza ukubuyisana ngo-Israyeli wonke; ngoba inkosi yalaya ukuthi umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wesono kumele unikelelwe wonke uIsrayeli.

²⁵ Wawamisa amaLevi endlini kaJehova ephethe amasimbali, namahabhu nezihabhu, njengesiyalezo sikaDavide noGadi umboni wenkosi noNathani umprofethi; ngokuba kwakunjalo ngomyalo kaJehova ngomyalo wakhe abaprofethi.

²⁶ AmaLevi ayemi enezinto zomculo zikaDavide, nabapristi bephethe amacilongo.

²⁷ UHezekiya wayala ukuba kulethwe umnikelo wokushiswa e-altare. Kwathi lapho umnikelo wokushiswa usuqalile, isihlabelelo sikaJehova saqala ngamacilongo nezinto zokubethwa uDavide, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli, abezimisile.

²⁸ Ibandla lonke lakhuleka, abahlabeleli bahlabelela, nabamacilongo babetha; konke lokhu kwaqhubeka waze waphela umnikelo wokushiswa.

²⁹ Kwathi sebeqedile ukunikela, inkosi nabo bonke ababe nayo bakhothama, bakhuleka;

³⁰ Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkosi uHezekiya nezikhulu bayala amaLevi ukuba ahlabelelele uJehova ngamazwi kaDavide naka-Asafa umboni. Bahlabelela izingoma zokudumisa ngentokozo, bagebisa amakhanda abo, bakhuleka.

³¹ UHezekiya waphendula wathi: “Senizinikezele kuJehova, sondelani ninikele imihlatshelo nemihlatshelo yokudumisa endlini kaJehova. Ibandla laletha izisulu neminikelo yokubonga; futhi bonke abanhliziyo zikhululekile, iminikelo yokushiswa.

³² Inani leminikelo yokushiswa elayiletha ibandla laliyizinkunzi ezingamashumi ayisithupha, nezinqama eziyikhulu, namawundlu angamakhulu amabili; konke lokhu kwakungumnikelo wokushiswa kuJehova.

³³ Izinto ezingcwele zaziyizinkomo ezingamakhulu ayisithupha nezimvu eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu.

³⁴ Kodwa abapristi babembalwa kakhulu, kangangokuthi babengenakuyiwisa yonke iminikelo yokushiswa; ngalokho abafowabo amaLevi babasiza waze waphela umsebenzi, baze bazingcwelisa abanye abapristi; ngoba amaLevi ayeqotho ngenhliziyo ukuze azingcwelise kunabapristi.

³⁵ Iminikelo yokushiswa nayo yayiminingi kanye namanoni eminikelo yokuthula neminikelo yokuphuzwa yomnikelo ngamunye wokushiswa. Yayalwa kanjalo inkonzo yendlu kaJehova.

³⁶ UHezekiya nabo bonke abantu bajabula ngokuthi uNkulunkulu wabalungisela abantu, ngokuba le nto yenzeka ngokuzumayo.