2 iziKronike 17 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

UJehoshafati uyinkosi kwaJuda. Amandla akhe

¹ UJehoshafati indodana yakhe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe, waziqinisa ukulwa no-Israyeli.

² Wabeka amabutho emizini yonke ebiyelweyo yakwaJuda, wabeka amakhanda ezweni lakwaJuda, nasemizini yakwa-Efrayimi u-Asa uyise ayithathileyo.

³ UJehova wayenaye uJehoshafati, ngokuba wahamba ngezindlela zokuqala zikayise uDavide, akafunanga oBali,

⁴ kepha wafuna uNkulunkulu kayise, wahamba ngemiyalo yakhe, kungengakwenza kuka-Israyeli.

⁵ Ngalokho uJehova wawuqinisa umbuso esandleni sakhe; wonke uJuda wathela intela kuJehoshafati, wayenengcebo nodumo olukhulu.

⁶ Inhliziyo yakhe yaphakanyiswa ezindleleni zikaJehova; futhi wasusa izindawo eziphakemeyo nawo-Ashera* kwaJuda.

⁷ Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwakhe wathuma izikhulu zakhe oBeni Hayili, no-Obadiya, noZakariya, noNethaneli, noMikhaya ukuba zifundise emizini yakwaJuda,

⁸ zinamaLevi oShemaya, noNethaniya, noZebadiya, no-Asaheli, noShemiramoti, noJehonathani, no-Adoniya, noThobiya, noThobi Adoniya, amaLevi, beno-Elishama noJehoramu, abapristi.

⁹ Base befundisa kwaJuda benencwadi yomthetho kaJehova; bazungeza baya emizini yonke yakwaJuda, bafundisa phakathi kwabantu.

¹⁰ Kwehlela ingebhe ngoJehova phezu kwayo yonke imibuso yamazwe eyayinxazonke zakwaJuda, ayilwanga noJehoshafati.

¹¹ AmaFilisti athile aletha izipho kuJehoshafati, nesiliva lentela; nabase-Arabiya baletha kuye imihlambi, izinqama eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa namakhulu ayisikhombisa nezimpongo eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa namakhulu ayisikhombisa.

¹² UJehoshafati wayelokhu ekhula njalo, waze waba mkhulu kakhulu; wakha izinqaba nemizi yokubekelela kwaJuda.

¹³ Wayenemisebenzi eminingi emizini yakwaJuda kanye namadoda empi, amaqhawe anamandla, eJerusalema.

¹⁴ Nakhu ukubalwa kwabo njengezindlu zawoyise: kwaJuda: izinduna zezinkulungwane: ngu-Adina induna, enamaqhawe anamandla ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amathathu;

¹⁵ emva kwakhe kwakunguJehohanani induna, enezinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihiyagalombili;

¹⁶ emva kwakhe kwakungu-Amasiya indodana kaZikiri, owazinikela ngenhliziyo kuJehova, enamaqhawe anamandla ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili;

¹⁷ kwaBenjamini: ngu-Eliyada, iqhawe elinamandla, enabahlome iminsalo nezihlangu abayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili;

¹⁸ emva kwakhe kwakunguJehozabadi, enabahlomele impi abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili.

¹⁹ Yilabo ababekhonza inkosi ngaphandle kwalabo inkosi eyababeka emizini ebiyelweyo kulo lonke lakwaJuda.