UGWA­LO LWE­SI­BI­LI

LWA­MA­KHO­SI

Uku­fa ku­kaA­ha­zi­ya

1UMo­wa­bi wa­se­vu­ke­laa uI­sra­ye­li emva ko­ku­fa ku­kaA­ha­bib.

2 UA­ha­zi­ya wa­se­si­wa emi­nxi­be­ni ye­wi­ndi eka­me­lwe­ni la­khe eli­phe­zu­lu eli­se­Sa­ma­ri­ya, wa­gu­lac. Wa­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa, wa­thi ku­zo: Ha­mba­ni liye­bu­za ku­Bha­li-Ze­bhu­bid unku­lu­nku­lu weE­khi­ro­nie uku­thi ngi­za­si­la yi­ni emkhu­hla­ne­ni lof.

3 Ko­dwa ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­thi kuE­li­ja umTi­shi­big: Su­ku­ma, we­nyu­ke uku­hla­nga­be­za izi­thu­nywa ze­nko­si ye­Sa­ma­ri­ya, uthi ki­zo: Ku­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ka­ku­la­Nku­lu­nku­lu yi­ni koI­sra­ye­li uku­thi li­ha­mbe liye­bu­za ku­Bha­li-Ze­bhu­bih unku­lu­nku­lu weE­khi­ro­nii?

4 Nga­kho-ke itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Umbhe­da owe­nyu­ke­le ku­wo ka­wu­yi­kwe­hla ku­wo, ngo­ba uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa. UE­li­ja wa­se­ha­mba.

5 La­pho izi­thu­nywa se­zi­bu­ye­le ku­yo, wa­thi ku­zo: Ku­nga­ni se­li­bu­yi­le?

6 Za­se­zi­si­thi ku­yo: Umu­ntu we­nyu­ki­le uku­si­hla­nga­be­za, wa­thi ki­thi: Ha­mba­ni li­bu­ye­le enko­si­ni eli­thu­mi­le­yo, li­thi ku­yo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ku­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ka­ku­la­Nku­lu­nku­lu koI­sra­ye­li yi­ni uku­thi uthu­me­le uku­bu­za ku­Bha­li-Ze­bhu­bij unku­lu­nku­lu weE­khi­ro­nik? Nga­kho umbhe­da owe­nyu­ke­le ku­wo ka­wu­yi­kwe­hla ku­wo, ngo­ba si­bi­li uza­ku­fa.

7 Ya­si­si­thi ku­zo: Be­si­nja­ni isi­mo sa­lo­wo­mu­ntu owe­nyu­ke­le uku­li­hla­nga­be­za, wa­khu­lu­ma ki­ni la­ma­zwi?

8 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­yo: Ube­yi­ndo­da elo­bo­ya, ebo­phe ngo­zwe­zwe lwe­si­khu­mba ekha­lwe­ni lwa­yol. Ya­si­si­thi: NguE­li­ja umTi­shi­bim.

9 Inko­si ya­si­thu­ma ku­ye indu­na ya­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ba­yo. Ya­si­se­nyu­ke­la ku­ye; kha­nge­la-ke, wa­ye­hle­zi engqo­nge­ni ye­nta­ba; ya­thi ku­ye: Mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, inko­si ithe: Ye­hlan.

10 UE­li­ja wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi endu­ne­ni ya­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu: Uba-ke ngi­ngu­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­kwe­hle umli­lo ove­la ema­zu­lwi­ni uqo­thu­le we­na la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ba­kho. Wa­su­se­hla umli­lo uve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, wa­yi­qo­thu­la yo­na la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ba­yoo.

11 Ya­si­bu­ya ithu­ma ku­ye enye indu­na ya­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ba­yo. Ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi ku­ye: Mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, itsho nja­lo inko­si: Ye­hla ma­si­nya­ne.

12 UE­li­ja wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­bo: Uba ngi­ngu­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­kwe­hle umli­lo ove­la ema­zu­lwi­ni uqo­thu­le we­na la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ba­kho. Wa­su­se­hla umli­lo ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, wa­yi­qo­thu­la yo­na la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ba­yop.

13 Ya­si­thu­ma fu­thi indu­na ya­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu be­si­tha­thu la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ba­yo. Le­yo­ndu­na ye­si­tha­thu ya­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ya­si­se­nyu­ka ye­za ya­wa nga­ma­do­lo ayo pha­mbi ku­kaE­li­ja, ya­mnce­nga ya­thi ku­ye: Mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ake ibe li­gu­gu impi­lo ya­mi le­mpi­lo ya­le­zi ince­ku za­kho ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu eme­hlwe­ni akhoq.

14 Kha­nge­la, we­hla umli­lo uve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, wa­qo­thu­la indu­na ezi­mbi­li za­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu zo­ku­qa­la la­ba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu azo; nga­kho-ke ka­yi­be li­gu­gu impi­lo ya­mi eme­hlwe­ni akho.

15 Ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­si­si­thi kuE­li­ja: Ye­hla la­ye, unga­me­sa­bi. Wa­se­su­ku­ma, we­hla la­ye wa­ya enko­si­ni;

16 wa­thi ku­yo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi uthu­me izi­thu­nywa uku­ya­bu­za ku­Bha­li-Ze­bhu­bir, unku­lu­nku­lu weE­khi­ro­nis, ku­nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ka­ku­la­Nku­lu­nku­lu koI­sra­ye­li yi­ni, uku­bu­za ili­zwi la­khe? Nga­kho-ke umbhe­da owe­nyu­ke­le ku­wo ka­wu­yi­kwe­hla ku­wo, ngo­ba uza­ku­fa lo­ku­fa.

17 Wa­se­si­fa nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si uE­li­ja aye­li­khu­lu­mi­le. UJe­ho­ra­mu wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe, ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li ka­Jo­ra­mu indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, ngo­ba wa­ye­nge­la­ndo­da­na.

18 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­ha­zi­ya, aze­nza­yo, ka­zi­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

UE­li­ja we­nyu­ke­la ezu­lwi­ni

2Kwa­se­ku­si­thi iNko­si isi­za­me­nyu­se­la uE­li­ja ema­zu­lwi­ni nge­si­vu­ngu­za­nea, uE­li­ja wa­ha­mba loE­li­shab be­ve­la eGi­li­ga­lic.

2 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi kuE­li­sha: Aku­hla­le la­phad, ngo­ba iNko­si ingi­thu­mi­le eBhe­the­lie. Ko­dwa uE­li­sha wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va lo­ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­tshi­yaf. Ba­se­be­se­hle­la eBhe­the­li.

3 La­ma­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thi aye­se­Bhe­the­li aphu­ma eza kuE­li­shag, athi ku­ye: Uya­zi yi­ni uku­thi iNko­si iza­yi­su­sa inko­si ya­kho la­mu­hla ekha­nda la­khoh? Wa­se­si­thi: Ye­bo, mi­na ngi­ya­zi; thu­la­ni.

4 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Eli­sha, aku­hla­le la­pha, ngo­ba iNko­si ingi­thu­mi­le eJe­ri­koi. Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va lo­ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­tshi­yaj. Ba­se­be­fi­ka eJe­ri­ko.

5 Ama­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thi ase­Je­ri­ko ase­so­nde­la kuE­li­sha, athi ku­ye: Uya­zi yi­ni uku­thi la­mu­hla iNko­si iza­su­sa inko­si ya­kho ekha­nda la­khok? Wa­se­si­thi: Ye­bo, mi­na ngi­ya­zi; thu­la­ni.

6 UE­li­ja wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Aku­hla­le la­pha, ngo­ba iNko­si ingi­thu­mi­le eJo­da­ni. Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va lo­ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­tshi­yal. Ba­se­be­ha­mba bo­ba­bi­li.

7 Ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu awa­ma­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thi ase­si­ya­ku­ma kha­tsha­na ma­qo­nda­na la­bo; bo­na bo­ba­bi­li ba­se­be­si­ma eJo­da­ni.

8 UE­li­ja wa­se­tha­tha ise­mba­tho sa­khe, wasi­go­qa, wa­tsha­ya ama­nzim, ase­da­bu­ka nga­pha la­nga­pha; bo­ba­bi­li ba­se­be­cha­pha emhla­ba­thi­ni owo­mi­le­yon.

9 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­cha­phi­le uE­li­ja wa­thi kuE­li­sha: Ce­la engi­za­kwe­nze­la kho­na ngi­nga­ka­su­swa ku­we. UE­li­sha wa­thi: Ake ku­thi isa­be­lo esi­phi­ndwe ka­bi­li so­mo­ya wa­kho si­be phe­zu kwa­mio.

10 Wa­se­si­thi: Uce­le ulu­tho olu­lu­khu­ni; uba ungi­bo­na la­pha ngi­su­swa ku­we, ku­za­ku­ba nja­lo ku­we; ko­dwa uba ku­nge­nja­lo, ka­ku­yi­ku­ba nja­lo.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­sa­ha­mba, be­ha­mba be­khu­lu­ma, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ba le­nqo­la yo­mli­lo la­ma­bhi­za omli­lop, kwa­be­hlu­ka­ni­sa bo­ba­bi­li1. UE­li­ja wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la ema­zu­lwi­ni nge­si­vu­ngu­za­ne.

12 UE­li­sha wa­se­ku­bo­na wa­me­me­za wa­thi: Ba­ba wa­mi! Ba­ba wa­mi! Inqo­la ya­koI­sra­ye­li la­ba­ma­bhi­za ba­yoq! Nja­lo ka­za­be esa­mbo­na. Wa­se­ba­mba izi­gqo­ko za­khe, wa­zi­da­bu­la za­ba yi­zi­qa ezi­mbi­lir.

13 Wa­se­do­bha ise­mba­tho si­kaE­li­ja esa­wa ku­ye, wa­bu­ye­la, we­ma ekhu­nji­ni lwe­Jo­da­ni.

14 Wa­se­tha­tha ise­mba­tho si­kaE­li­ja esa­wa ku­ye, wa­tsha­ya ama­nzi esi­thi: Inga­phi iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaE­li­ja? Ye­na-ke ese­wa­tsha­yi­le ama­nzi, ehlu­ka­na nga­pha la­nga­pha; uE­li­sha wa­se­cha­phas.

15 Kwa­thi ama­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thi aye­se­Je­ri­ko ma­qo­nda­na la­ye embo­na athi: Umo­ya kaE­li­ja uhle­zi phe­zu ku­kaE­li­sha. Ase­si­za uku­mhla­nga­be­za, akho­tha­me­la emhla­ba­thi­ni pha­mbi kwa­khet.

UE­li­sha ungu­mpro­fe­thi

16 Ase­si­thi ku­ye: Kha­nge­la kha­the­si, ku­la­ma­do­da aqi­ni­le­yo anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ka­nye le­nce­ku za­kho; aku­wa­ye­ke­le aha­mbe adi­nge inko­si ya­kho; mhla­wu­mbe uMo­ya we­Nko­si uye­nyu­si­le wa­yi­pho­se­la kwe­nye ye­zi­nta­ba, lo­ba kwe­si­nye se­zi­ho­tsha. Wa­se­si­thi: Li­nga­thu­miu.

17 Se­be­mphi­ke­le­le wa­ze wa­ba le­nhlo­ni, wa­thi: Thu­ma­ni. Ba­se­be­thu­ma ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu; adi­nga insu­ku ezi­nta­thu, ko­dwa awa­mtho­la­ngav.

18 Ase­bu­ye­la ku­ye ehle­zi eJe­ri­ko, wa­thi ku­wo: Ka­ngi­tsho­ngo yi­ni ki­ni uku­thi: Li­nga­ha­mbi?

19 Ama­do­da omu­zi ase­si­thi kuE­li­sha: Ake ukha­nge­le, inda­wo ya­lu­mu­zi inhle nje­ngo­ba inko­si ya­mi ibo­na; ko­dwa ama­nzi ma­bi, lo­mhla­ba­thi ka­wu­vu­nda­nga.

20 Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­le­the­la­ni umga­nu omu­tsha, li­fa­ke itshwa­yi ku­wo. Ba­se­bewu­le­tha ku­ye.

21 Wa­se­phu­ma wa­ya emtho­nje­ni wa­ma­nzi, wa­pho­se­la itshwa­yi ku­wow, wa­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngi­we­la­phi­le ama­nzi la; ka­ku­sa­yi­ku­ba kho­na uku­fa lo­ku­nga­the­li oku­ve­la la­phox.

22 Ama­nzi ase­se­la­tshwa ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla, nje­nge­li­zwi li­kaE­li­sha ali­khu­lu­ma­yo.

23 Wa­se­se­nyu­ka esu­ka la­pho wa­ya eBhe­the­li; kwa­thi ese­nyu­ka endle­le­ni kwa­phu­may aba­ntwa­nya­na emzi­ni, ba­mklo­lo­de­la ba­thi ku­ye: Ye­nyu­ka, mpa­ba­nga ndi­ni! Ye­nyu­ka, mpa­ba­nga ndi­ni!

24 Wa­se­nye­mu­ku­la, wa­ba­bo­na wa­ba­qa­le­ki­sa nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si. Kwa­phu­ma ama­bhe­re ama­bi­li ama­si­ka­zi ehla­thi­ni, ada­bu­la aba­fa­na aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­li ku­bo.

25 Wa­se­su­ka la­pho, wa­ya enta­be­ni iKha­rme­li, esu­ka la­pho wa­bu­ye­la eSa­ma­ri­ya.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­ra­mu koI­sra­ye­li

3UJe­ho­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­ha­bia wa­ba-ke yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li.

2 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, ko­dwa ku­nge­nje­ngo­yi­se la­nje­ngo­ni­na, ngo­ba wa­su­sa insi­ka ka­Bha­li eyi­si­tho­mbe uyi­se aye­ye­nzi­leb.

3 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo wa­na­ma­the­la ezo­nwe­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tic owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li one, ka­su­ka­nga ku­khod.

UE­li­sha uthi uMo­wa­bi uza­nqo­tshwa

4 Nja­lo uMe­sha inko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi wa­ye­ngu­mfu­yi we­zi­mvue, wa­ye­the­la enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li ama­wu­ndlu azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­luf, le­zi­nqa­ma ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu, lo­bo­ya be­zi­mvu.

5 Ko­dwa kwa­thi uA­ha­bi ese­fi­le, inko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi ya­vu­ke­la inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lig.

6 Inko­si uJe­ho­ra­mu ya­si­phu­ma nga­le­so­si­kha­thi eSa­ma­ri­ya, ya­ba­la uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke.

7 Ya­si­ha­mba ya­thu­me­la ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da isi­thi: Inko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi isi­ngi­vu­ke­le; uza­ha­mba la­mi yi­ni si­ye ko­Mo­wa­bi empi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­za­kwe­nyu­ka. Ngi­nje­nga­we, nje­nga­ba­ntu ba­mi ba­nja­lo aba­ntu ba­kho, nje­nga­ma­bhi­za ami anja­lo ama­bhi­za akhoh.

8 Ya­si­si­thi: Si­za­kwe­nyu­ka nga­yi­phi indle­la? Wa­se­si­thi: Nge­ndle­la ye­nka­nga­la yeE­do­ma.

9 Ya­si­ha­mba inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, le­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, le­nko­si yeE­do­mai; se­be­bho­de uha­mbo lwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, kwa­ku­nge­la­ma­nzi ebu­tho la­we­zi­fu­yo ezi­ba­la­nde­la­yo.

10 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi: Ma­ye, ngo­ba uJe­ho­va ubi­ze la ama­kho­si ama­tha­thu uku­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Mo­wa­bij!

11 Ko­dwa uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­thi: Ka­ku­la­mpro­fe­thi we­Nko­si la­pha yi­ni esi­nga­bu­za nga­ye iNko­sik? Enye ye­nce­ku ze­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lil ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Ku­kho­na la­pha uE­li­sha indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­ti owa­the­la ama­nzi eza­ndle­ni zi­kaE­li­jam.

12 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­si­thi: Ili­zwi le­Nko­si li­ku­ye. Nga­kho inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi le­nko­si yeE­do­ma be­hle­la ku­ye.

13 UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li: Ngi­la­ni la­wen? Ha­mba ku­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­yi­hloo la­ku­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­nyo­kop. Ko­dwa inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­thi ku­ye: Ha­tshi, ngo­ba iNko­si ibi­ze la­ma­kho­si ama­tha­thu uku­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Mo­wa­bi.

14 UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va wa­ma­ba­ndla engi­mi pha­mbi kwa­kheq, si­bi­li, uba be­ngi­nga­pha­ka­mi­si ubu­kho­na bu­ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, be­ngi­nga­yi­ku­ku­kha­nge­la nja­lo ngi­nga­ku­bo­nir.

15 Nga­kho-ke ngi­le­the­la­ni umtsha­yi we­cha­chos. Kwa­thi umtsha­yi we­cha­cho ese­li­tsha­ya, isa­ndla se­Nko­si sa­ba phe­zu kwa­khet.

16 Wa­se­si­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ye­nza­ni le­si­si­ho­tsha si­be yi­mi­ge­lo­ge­lou.

17 Ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ka­li­yi­ku­bo­na umo­ya nja­lo ka­li­yi­ku­bo­na izu­lu, ko­dwa le­si­si­ho­tsha si­za­gcwa­li­swa nga­ma­nzi, uku­ze li­na­the li­na, le­nko­mo ze­nu le­zi­fu­yo ze­nu.

18 Ko­dwa lo­khu ku­lu­la eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si: Iza­ni­ke­la la­ma­Mo­wa­bi esa­ndle­ni se­nuv.

19 Nja­lo li­za­tsha­ya wo­nke umu­zi obi­ye­lwe­yo, la­wo wo­nke umu­zi okhe­the­ki­le­yo, li­ga­mu­le so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­hle, li­gqi­be­le yo­nke imi­tho­mbo ya­ma­nzi, lo­ne yo­nke insi­mu enhle nga­ma­tshe.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­se­ni eku­ni­ke­lwe­ni ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­fi­ka ama­nzi eve­le­la endle­le­ni yeE­do­ma, ili­zwe la­se­li­gcwa­li­swa nga­ma­nziw.

21 Wo­nke ama­Mo­wa­bi ese­zwi­le uku­thi ama­kho­si enyu­ki­le uku­lwa eme­le­ne la­wo, abi­ze­lwa nda­wo­nye, ku­su­ke­la ku­ye wo­nke obhi­nca izi­kha­li ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, ase­si­ma emngce­le­ni.

22 Ase­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu; ila­nga se­li­kha­nya phe­zu kwa­ma­nzi, ama­Mo­wa­bi abo­na ama­nzi ema­qo­nda­na la­wo ebo­mvu nje­nge­ga­zi.

23 Ase­si­thi: Li­ga­zi le­li; ama­kho­si achi­thi­we lo­ku­chi­thwa, ase­tsha­ye­ne. Nga­kho-ke, empa­ngwe­ni, Mo­wa­bi!

24 Kwa­thi efi­ka enka­mbe­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li, amaI­sra­ye­li asu­ku­ma atsha­ya ama­Mo­wa­bi, aze aba­le­ka esu­ka pha­mbi kwa­wo; ko­dwa ange­na eli­zwe­ni atsha­ya ama­Mo­wa­bi.

25 Ase­di­li­za imi­zi; ngu­lo­wo wa­se­pho­sa ili­tshe la­khe ku­yo yo­nke insi­mu enhle, ayi­gcwa­li­sa, agqi­be­la yo­nke imi­tho­mbo ya­ma­nzi, aga­mu­la zo­nke izi­hla­hla ezi­nhlex, kwa­ze kwa­sa­la ama­tshe ayo eKi­ri-Ha­re­se­thi ku­phe­lay; ko­dwa aba­pho­sa nge­za­vu­tha ba­yi­go­mbo­lo­ze­la, ba­yi­tsha­ya.

26 Inko­si ya­ko­Mo­wa­bi isi­bo­ni­le uku­thi impi ilu­khu­ni ka­khu­lu ku­yo, ya­tha­tha aba­ntu aba­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa aba­hwa­tsha inke­mba ka­nye la­yo, uku­ze ifo­hle­le enko­si­ni yeE­do­ma, ko­dwa be­hlu­le­kaz.

27 Ya­si­tha­tha indo­da­na ya­yo eli­zi­bu­lo eya­yi­za­ku­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­yo, ya­yi­ni­ke­la ya­ba ngu­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa phe­zu ko­mdu­lia. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba lo­la­ka olu­khu­lu olu­me­le­ne loI­sra­ye­li; ba­se­be­su­ka ku­yo ba­bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni la­ki­bob.

Ama­fu­tha omfe­lo­ka­zi

4Kwa­se­ku­kha­la kuE­li­sha umfa­zi othi­le wa­ba­fa­zi ba­ma­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thia esi­thi: Ince­ku ya­kho umka­mi se­wa­fa; la­we uya­zi uku­thi ince­ku ya­kho ya­yi­ye­sa­ba iNko­si; se­ku­fi­ki­le umkwe­le­di­si uku­zi­tha­the­la aba­ntwa­na ba­mi aba­bi­li ba­be yi­zi­gqi­lib.

2 UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nginga­kwe­nze­la­ni? Ngi­tshe­la, ula­ni endli­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ince­ku­ka­zi ya­kho ka­yi­la­lu­tho endli­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­phi­so sa­ma­fu­tha.

3 Wa­se­si­thi: Ha­mba uye­ze­bo­le­ke­la izi­tsha ezi­ve­la pha­ndle, ko­bo­ma­khe­lwa­ne ba­kho bo­nke, izi­tsha ezi­nge­la­lu­tho, zi­nga­bi nlu­tshwa­nac.

4 Nxa usu­nge­ni­le uzi­va­le­le we­na la­ma­do­da­na akho umnya­ngo, uthe­le ku­le­zi­zi­tsha zo­nke; lo­ku­gcwe­le­yo uku­be­ke ece­le­ni.

5 Wa­se­su­ka-ke ku­ye wa­zi­va­le­la ye­na la­ma­do­da­na akhe umnya­ngo; ba­zi­so­nde­za ku­ye, wa­thu­lu­la.

6 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi izi­tsha se­zi­gcwe­le wa­thi endo­da­ne­ni ya­khe: Ngi­le­the­la nja­lo isi­tsha. Ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ka­ku­se­la­si­tsha. Ama­fu­tha ase­si­ma.

7 Wa­se­si­za wa­ma­zi­sa umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; wa­se­si­thi: Ha­mba uye­the­ngi­sa ama­fu­tha, uhla­wu­le isi­kwe­le­de sa­kho; we­na-ke la­ma­do­da­na akho li­phi­le nga­se­le­yod.

UE­li­sha lo­we­si­fa­za­na we­Shu­ne­mi

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngolu­nye usu­ku uE­li­sha we­dlu­le­la eShu­ne­mie la­pho okwa­ku­lo­we­si­fa­za­na oyi­si­khu­luf owa­mci­nde­ze­la uku­thi adle isi­nkwa. Kwa­ku­si­thi-ke la­ni­ni ese­dlu­la, apha­mbu­ke­le kho­na uku­thi adle isi­nkwa.

9 Wa­se­si­thi ku­mka­khe: Kha­nge­la-ke, ngi­ya­zi uku­thi lo ungu­mu­ntu ongcwe­le ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, owe­dlu­la ki­thi nja­lo­nja­log.

10 Ake se­nze ika­me­lo eli­nci­nya­ne eli­phe­zu­lu emdu­li­nih, si­mfa­ke­le la­pho umbhe­da le­ta­fu­la le­si­hla­lo le­si­qo­ba­ne se­si­ba­ne; ku­za­ku­thi-ke la­pho efi­ka ki­thi apha­mbu­ke­le kho­na.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngolu­nye usu­ku wa­fi­ka kho­na, wa­pha­mbu­ke­la eka­me­lwe­ni eli­phe­zu­lu, wa­la­la kho­nai.

12 Wa­se­si­thi ku­Ge­ha­zi ince­ku ya­khej: Bi­za lo umShu­na­mi­ka­zik. Ese­mbi­zi­le, we­ma pha­mbi kwa­khe.

13 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yo: Tsho­no ku­ye-ke uthi: Kha­nge­la, usi­na­ke­ke­le nga­kho ko­nke lo­khu­ku­na­kal; ku­yi­ni onga­kwe­nze­lwa? Ku­kho­na onga­ku­khu­lu­nye­lwa enko­si­ni ku­mbe endu­ne­ni ye­bu­tho yi­nim? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngi­hla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­ki­thi.

14 Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­yi­ni-ke anga­kwe­nze­lwa? UGe­ha­zi wa­se­si­thi: Qi­ni­so, ka­la­mntwa­na, lo­mka­khe use­mda­la.

15 Wa­se­si­thi: Mbi­ze. Ese­mbi­zi­le, we­ma emnya­ngo.

16 Wa­se­si­thi: Nga­le­si­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo nje­ngo­kwe­si­kha­thi se­mpi­lon uza­go­na umntwa­nao. Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ha­tshi, nko­si ya­mi, mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup, unga­yi­qa­mbe­li ama­nga ince­ku­ka­zi ya­khoq.

17 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­khu­le­lwa, wa­be­le­tha umntwa­na nga­le­so­si­kha­thi esi­mi­si­we­yo nje­ngo­kwe­si­kha­thi se­mpi­lo uE­li­sha aye­si­tshi­lo ku­ye.

18 Ese­khu­li­le umntwa­na, kwa­thi ngo­su­ku olu­thi­le wa­phu­ma wa­ya ku­yi­se ku­ba­vu­ni.

19 Wa­se­si­thi ku­yi­se: Ikha­nda la­mi! Ikha­nda la­mi! Wa­se­si­thi ence­kwi­ni: Mthwa­le umu­se ku­ni­nar.

20 Isi­mthwe­le ya­mu­sa ku­ni­na, wa­hla­la ema­do­lwe­ni akhe kwa­ze kwa­ba se­mi­ni, wa­se­si­fa.

21 Wa­se­se­nyu­ka, wa­mla­li­sa embhe­de­nis wo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut, wa­mva­le­la, wa­phu­mau.

22 Wa­se­me­me­za umka­khe wa­thi: Ake uthu­me ki­mi enye ye­zi­nce­ku lo­mu­nye wa­bo­ba­bhe­mi, uku­ze ngi­gi­ji­me ngi­ye emu­ntwi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ngi­bu­ye fu­thiv.

23 Wa­se­si­thi. Uye­la­ni ku­ye la­mu­hla? Ka­ku­si­ku­thwa­sa kwe­nya­nga nja­lo ka­ku­si­sa­ba­thaw. Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­se­si­thi: Ku­lu­ngi­le.

24 Ese­mbo­phe­le­le isi­hla­lo uba­bhe­mi, wa­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe: Tsha­ya uha­mbe, unga­ngi­ba­mbe­le­li eku­ha­mbe­ni, nga­pha­ndle ngi­ku­tshe­le.

25 Wa­ha­mba-ke, we­za emu­ntwi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu enta­be­ni iKha­rme­lix. Kwa­se­ku­si­thi umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu embo­na esi­zay, wa­thi ku­Ge­ha­zi ince­ku ya­khe: Kha­nge­la, na­ngu­ya­na umShu­na­mi­ka­ziz.

26 Kha­the­si aku­gi­ji­me umhla­nga­be­ze, uthi ku­ye: Ku­lu­ngi­le yi­ni ku­we? Ku­lu­ngi­le yi­ni ngo­mka­kho? Ku­lu­ngi­le yi­ni ngo­mntwa­na? Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­lu­ngi­le.

27 Ese­fi­ki­le enta­be­nia ku­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­mba inya­wo za­khe. Ko­dwa uGe­ha­zi wa­so­nde­la uku­msu­ndu­za asu­keb. Ko­dwa umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­thi: Mye­ke­le, ngo­ba umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­khe umu­nyu ku­ye, le­Nko­si ingi­fi­hle­le lo­khu, ka­yi­ngi­tshe­la­nga.

28 Wa­se­si­thi: Nga­ngi­ce­li­le indo­da­na enko­si­ni ya­mi yi­ni? Ka­ngi­tsho­ngo yi­ni uku­thi: Unga­ngi­kho­hli­sic?

29 UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi ku­Ge­ha­zi: Bo­pha ukha­lo lwa­kho, utha­the udo­ndo­lo lwa­mi esa­ndle­ni sa­kho, uha­mbed. Uba uhla­nga­na lo­mu­ntu unga­mbi­nge­le­li, nja­lo uba umu­ntu eku­bi­nge­le­la unga­mphe­ndu­lie; ube­ke udo­ndo­lo lwa­mi ebu­swe­ni bo­mntwa­naf.

30 Uni­na wo­mntwa­na wa­se­si­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va lo­ku­phi­la ko­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­kho, ka­ngi­yi­ku­ku­tshi­yag. Wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­mla­nde­la.

31 UGe­ha­zi we­dlu­le­la pha­mbi kwa­bo, wa­lu­be­ka udo­ndo­lo ebu­swe­ni bo­mntwa­na, ko­dwa ka­ku­ba­nga kho­na ili­zwi nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­ku­na­ka. Wa­se­bu­ye­la uku­mhla­nga­be­za, wa­mtshe­la esi­thi: Umntwa­na ka­vu­ka­ngah.

32 UE­li­sha ese­nge­ni­le endli­ni, kha­nge­la, umntwa­na wa­ye­fi­le, ela­li­swe embhe­de­ni wa­khe.

33 Wa­se­nge­na, wa­va­la umnya­ngo emva kwa­bo bo­ba­bi­lii, wa­khu­le­ka eNko­si­nij.

34 We­nyu­ka wa­la­la phe­zu ko­mntwa­na, wa­be­ka umlo­mo wa­khe phe­zu ko­mlo­mo wa­khe la­me­hlo akhe phe­zu kwa­me­hlo akhe le­za­ndla za­khe phe­zu kwe­za­ndla za­khe, wa­ca­mba­la­la phe­zu kwa­khe; inya­ma yo­mntwa­na ya­si­khu­du­ma­lak.

35 Wa­se­bu­ye­la, wa­ha­mba­ha­mba endli­ni wa­ya ka­nye nga­pha la­ka­nye le, wa­se­se­nyu­ka wa­ca­mba­la­la phe­zu kwa­khe; umntwa­na wa­se­thi­mu­la kwa­ze kwa­ba ka­si­kho­mbi­sa, umntwa­na wa­se­vu­la ame­hlo akhel.

36 Wa­se­bi­za uGe­ha­zi wa­thi: Mbi­ze lo umShu­na­mi­ka­zim. Wa­se­mbi­za. Ese­fi­ki­le ku­ye, wa­thi ku­ye: Tha­tha umnta­na­kho.

37 Wa­se­nge­na, wa­we­la ezi­nya­we­ni za­khe, wa­kho­tha­me­la emhla­ba­thi­ni, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa umnta­na­khe, wa­phu­man.

Izi­ma­nga­li­so zi­kaE­li­sha

38 UE­li­sha wa­se­bu­ye­la eGi­li­ga­lio, nja­lo kwa­ku­kho­na indla­la eli­zwe­nip, ama­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thiq aye­hle­zi-ke pha­mbi kwa­kher, wa­thi ence­kwi­ni ya­khe: Be­ka imbi­za enku­lu ezi­ko, uphe­ke­le aba­pro­fe­thi uku­dla oku­phe­ki­we­yos.

39 Omu­nye wa­se­phu­ma wa­ya ega­nge­ni uku­kha imi­bhi­da, wa­tho­la inta­nde­la ye­ga­nga, wa­kha ama­jo­dwa­na ayo ega­nga, ise­mba­tho sa­khe sa­gcwa­la, we­za wa­wa­qo­be­le­la embi­ze­ni yo­ku­dla oku­phe­ki­we­yo, ngo­ba aye­nga­wa­zi.

40 Ba­se­be­thu­lu­le­la aba­ntu uku­ze ba­dle; kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­sa­dla oko­ku­dla oku­phe­ki­we­yo bo­na ba­me­me­za ba­thi: Uku­fa embi­ze­ni, mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu! Nja­lo ba­be­nge­la­ku­ku­dla.

41 Wa­se­si­thi: Le­tha­ni-ke impu­phu. Wa­se­yi­the­la embi­ze­ni wa­thi: Thu­lu­le­la aba­ntu, uku­ze ba­dle. Kwa­ku­nga­se­la­lu­tho olu­yi­ngo­zi embi­ze­nit.

42 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka umu­ntu eve­la eBha­li-Sha­li­shau, wa­le­the­la umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­dla kwe­zi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la, izi­nkwa ze­bha­li* ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­liv, le­zi­khwe­bu za­ma­be­le ama­tsha emgo­dle­ni wa­khew. Wa­se­si­thi: Ba­ni­ke aba­ntu uku­ze ba­dlex.

43 Ko­dwa ince­ku ya­khe ya­thi: Ini, ngi­be­ke lo­khu pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu aba­li­khu­luy? Wa­se­si­thi: Ba­ni­ke aba­ntu uku­ze ba­dle, ngo­ba itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ba­za­ku­dla, ba­tshi­yez.

44 Ya­si­ku­be­ka pha­mbi kwa­bo, ba­dla, ba­tshi­ya, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­sia.

UE­li­sha usi­li­sa uNa­ma­ni

5Nja­lo uNa­ma­ni indu­na ye­bu­tho le­nko­si ye­Si­ri­ya wa­ye­ngu­mu­ntu omkhu­lu pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ya­khe, lo­hlo­ni­phe­ka­yo, ngo­ba nga­ye uJe­ho­va wa­ye­ni­ki­le iSi­ri­ya uku­khu­lu­lwa. Nja­lo li­ndo­da ya­yi­li­qha­we eli­la­ma­ndla, ko­dwa ya­yi­ngu­mle­phe­roa.

2 Nja­lo ama­Si­ri­ya aye­phu­mi­le nga­ma­vi­yo athu­mba into­mba­za­na eli­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­lib, eya­yisi­ma pha­mbi ko­mka­Na­ma­ni.

3 Ya­si­si­thi enko­si­ka­zi­ni ya­yo: Se­nga­thi inko­si ya­mi inga­ba pha­mbi ko­mpro­fe­thi ose­Sa­ma­ri­ya; kho­na ube­za­yi­phi­li­sa ku­bu­le­phe­ro ba­yo.

4 Wa­se­nge­na wa­tshe­la inko­si ya­khe esi­thi: Into­mba­za­na eve­la eli­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­li itsho uku­thi lo­ku­thi.

5 Inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya ya­si­si­thi: Su­ka, uha­mbe, ngi­za­thu­me­la incwa­di enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li. Wa­se­ha­mba wa­tha­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­khe ama­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va ali­tshu­mi le­nhla­mvu ze­go­li­dec ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­thu­pha le­zi­gqo­ko zo­ku­ntshi­ntsha ezi­li­tshu­mid.

6 Wa­se­le­tha incwa­di enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li isi­thi: Kha­the­si-ke, la­pho le incwa­di isi­fi­ki­le ku­we, kha­nge­la, ngi­thu­me ku­we uNa­ma­ni ince­ku ya­mi uku­ze umphi­li­se ku­bu­le­phe­ro ba­khee.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li isi­yi­ba­li­le le­yo­ncwa­dif ya­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­yog ya­thi: Ngi­ngu­Nku­lu­nku­lu yi­ni uku­thi ngi­bu­la­le lo­ba ngi­phi­li­se, uku­thi lo athu­me­le ki­mi uku­thi ngi­phi­li­se umu­ntu ku­bu­le­phe­ro ba­kheh? Nga­kho-ke, ake li­na­nze­le­le li­bo­ne uku­thi udi­nga ithu­ba lo­ku­me­la­na la­mii.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uE­li­sha umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu esi­zwa uku­thi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ida­bu­le izi­gqo­ko za­yo, wa­thu­me­la enko­si­ni esi­thi: Uda­bu­le­le­ni izi­gqo­ko za­kho? Ake­ze ki­mi uku­ze azi uku­thi ku­kho­na umpro­fe­thi koI­sra­ye­lij.

9 Nga­kho uNa­ma­ni we­za la­ma­bhi­za akhe le­nqo­la ya­khe, we­ma emnya­ngo we­ndlu kaE­li­sha.

10 UE­li­sha wa­se­thu­ma isi­thu­nywa ku­ye esi­thi: Ha­mba uye­ge­za ka­si­kho­mbi­sa eJo­da­ni, inya­ma ya­kho iza­bu­ye­la ku­we, uhla­mbu­lu­kek.

11 Ko­dwa uNa­ma­ni wa­thu­ku­the­la, wa­ha­mba, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, be­ngi­si­thi uza­phu­ma si­bi­li eze ki­mi, eme, abi­ze ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, aha­mba­ha­mbi­se isa­ndla sa­khe phe­zu kwe­nda­wo, aphi­li­se umle­phe­ro.

12 IA­ba­na le­Fa­ri­pa­ri imi­fu­la ye­Da­ma­se­kol ka­yi­ngco­no yi­ni ku­la­wo wo­nke ama­nzi akoI­sra­ye­li? Be­ngi­nge­ge­ze ki­yo ngi­hla­mbu­lu­ke yi­ni? Wa­se­tshi­bi­li­ka wa­ha­mba ngo­la­ka olu­vu­tha­yo.

13 Ko­dwa ince­ku za­khe za­so­nde­la za­khu­lu­ma la­ye za­thi: Ba­ba, alu­ba umpro­fe­thi ube­khu­lu­me la­we ulu­tho olu­khu­lu, ubu­nga­yi­kulwe­nza yi­ni? Pho, ka­khu­lu ka­nga­ka­na­ni uba ethe ku­we: Ge­za uhla­mbu­lu­kem?

14 Wa­se­se­hla, wa­zi­gxa­mu­za eJo­da­ni ka­si­kho­mbi­sa nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi lo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­nya­ma ya­khe ya­bu­ye­la ya­fa­na­na le­nya­ma yo­mntwa­na omnci­nya­nen, wa­hla­mbu­lu­ka-keo.

15 Wa­se­bu­ye­la ku­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ye­na la­lo lo­nke ixu­ku la­khe, wa­fi­ka we­ma pha­mbi kwa­khe, wa­thi: Kha­nge­la se­ngi­sa­zi uku­thi ka­ku­la­Nku­lu­nku­lu emhla­be­ni wo­nke, nga­pha­ndle kwa­koI­sra­ye­lip; kha­the­si-ke ake we­mu­ke­le isi­pho1 ence­kwi­ni ya­khoq.

16 Ko­dwa wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va engi­mi pha­mbi kwa­kher, ka­ngi­yi­ku­tha­tha lu­thos. Wa­se­mnce­nga uku­thi atha­the, ko­dwa wa­la.

17 UNa­ma­ni wa­se­si­thi: Uba ku­nge­nja­lo, aku­ni­kwe ince­ku ya­kho umthwa­lo we­mbo­ngo­lo ezi­mbi­li we­nhla­ba­thi. Ngo­ba ince­ku ya­kho ka­yi­sa­yi­kwe­nza umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­mhla­tshe­lo kwa­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, ko­dwa eNko­si­ni.

18 Ku­li­nto iNko­si ka­yi­the­the­le­le ince­ku ya­kho: Nxa inko­si ya­mi inge­na endli­ni ka­Ri­mo­ni uku­kho­nza la­phot, ye­ya­me esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, la­mi ngi­kho­nze endli­ni ka­Ri­mo­ni, la­pho ngi­kho­nza endli­ni ka­Ri­mo­ni, iNko­si ake ithe­the­le­le ince­ku ya­kho ku­li­ntou.

19 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba ngo­ku­thu­lav. Wa­se­su­ka ku­ye umma­ngo omfi­tsha­ne.

20 Ko­dwa uGe­ha­zi ince­ku kaE­li­sha umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, inko­si ya­mi imye­ke­le uNa­ma­ni umSi­ri­ya lo ngo­ku­nge­mu­ke­li esa­ndle­ni sa­khe lo­kho aku­le­thi­le­yo. Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­vax, ngi­za­gi­ji­ma ngi­mla­nde­le, ngi­tha­the ku­ye oku­thi­le.

21 UGe­ha­zi wa­se­gi­ji­ma wa­mla­nde­la uNa­ma­ni. Kwa­thi uNa­ma­ni ebo­na ogi­ji­ma­yo emva kwa­khe, we­hla enqo­le­ni uku­ze amhla­nga­be­zey, wa­thi: Ku­lu­ngi­le yi­ni?

22 Wa­se­si­thi: Ku­lu­ngi­le. Inko­si ya­mi ingi­thu­mi­le, isi­thi: Kha­nge­la, ngi­tsho kha­the­si ku­fi­ki­le ki­mi ama­ja­ha ama­bi­li eve­la enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­miz awa­ma­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thia; ake uwa­ni­ke itha­le­nta le­si­li­va le­zi­gqo­ko ezi­mbi­li zo­ku­ntshi­ntsha.

23 UNa­ma­ni wa­se­si­thi: Vu­ma, utha­the ama­tha­le­nta ama­bi­lib. Wa­se­mci­nde­ze­la, wa­bo­phe­la ama­tha­le­nta ama­bi­lic emi­go­dle­ni emi­bi­li, le­ze­mba­tho zo­ku­ntshi­ntsha ezi­mbi­li, waku­ni­ka aba­bi­li be­nce­ku za­khe, ba­ku­thwa­la pha­mbi kwa­khed.

24 Ese­fi­ke oqa­qe­ni, waku­tha­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­zo, waku­be­ka endli­ni; wa­se­ye­ke­la ama­do­da aha­mba, ase­su­ka.

25 Ye­na wa­se­nge­na we­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ya­khe; uE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Uve­la nga­phi, Ge­ha­zi? Wa­se­si­thi: Ince­ku ya­kho ibi­nga­ya­nga le la­le.

26 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ayi­ha­mba­nga yi­ni la­pho lo­wo­mu­ntu etshi­bi­li­ka enqo­le­ni ya­khe uku­ku­hla­nga­be­za? Ku­yi­si­kha­thi so­kwe­mu­ke­la ima­li yi­ni, lo­kwe­mu­ke­la izi­gqo­ko, le­zi­va­nde ze­mi­hlwa­thi, le­zi­vi­ni, le­zi­mvu, le­zi­nka­bi, le­zi­nce­ku, le­zi­nce­ku­ka­zi?

27 Nga­kho ubu­le­phe­ro bu­ka­Na­ma­ni bu­za­na­ma­the­la ku­we le­nza­lwe­ni ya­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni. Wa­se­phu­ma ebu­kho­ne­ni ba­khe engu­mle­phe­ro emhlo­phe nje­nge­li­qhwa eli­khi­thi­ki­le­yoe.

UE­li­sha we­nza isi­ma­nga­li­so nge­hlo­ka

6Ama­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thi ase­si­thi kuE­li­shaa: Kha­nge­la-ke, inda­wo esi­hla­la ki­yo la­we imi­nye­ne ka­khu­lu ki­thi.

2 Aku­si­ye­ke­le si­ha­mbe si­ye eJo­da­ni, si­tha­the kho­na, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo isi­go­do esi­so­dwa, si­ze­nze­le kho­na inda­wo yo­ku­hla­la ki­yo. Wa­se­si­thi: Ha­mba­ni.

3 Omu­nye wa­se­si­thi: Aku­vu­me, uha­mbe le­nce­ku za­kho. Wa­se­si­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­ha­mba.

4 Wa­se­ha­mba la­bo; se­be­fi­ki­le eJo­da­ni ba­ga­mu­la izi­hla­hla.

5 Ko­dwa omu­nye esa­ga­mu­la ugo­do, insi­mbi ya­we­la ema­nzi­ni. Wa­se­me­me­za esi­thi: Ma­ye, nko­si ya­mi! Ngo­ba be­le­bo­le­ki­web.

6 Umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: Iwe­le nga­phi? Wa­se­mtshe­ngi­sa inda­wo. Wa­se­ga­mu­la uswa­zi, walu­pho­se­la kho­na, we­nza insi­mbi ya­nde­ndac.

7 Wa­se­si­thi: Ze­nyu­le­le yo­na. Wa­se­se­lu­la isa­ndla sa­khe, wa­yi­tha­tha.

UE­li­sha le­bu­tho la­ma­Si­ri­ya

8 Kwa­thi inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya isi­lwa loI­sra­ye­li ya­ce­bi­sa­na le­nce­ku za­yo isi­thi: Eku­tha­na­tha­ne­ni iza­ku­ba yi­nka­mba ya­mi.

9 Umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­thu­me­la enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li esi­thi: Qa­phe­la unge­dlu­li ku­li­nda­wo, ngo­ba ama­Si­ri­ya ehle­le kho­nad.

10 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­thu­me­la ku­le­yo­nda­wo umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ayi­tshe­la yo­na wa­yi­xwa­yi­sa nga­yo. Ya­si­zi­lo­ndo­lo­za kho­na, ku­nge­ka­nye, nja­lo ku­nge­ka­bi­lie.

11 Inhli­zi­yo ye­nko­si ye­Si­ri­ya ya­si­kha­tha­ze­ka ka­khu­lu nge­nxa ya­li­nto. Ya­si­bi­za ince­ku za­yo ya­thi ku­zo: Ka­li­yi­ku­ngi­tshe­la yi­ni uku­thi ngu­ba­ni ki­thi ongo­we­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li?

12 Omu­nye we­nce­ku za­khe wa­se­si­thi: Ha­tshi, nko­si ya­mi, nko­si; ko­dwa uE­li­sha umpro­fe­thi okoI­sra­ye­li uya­yi­tshe­la inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ama­zwi owa­khu­lu­ma pha­ka­thi kwe­ka­me­lo la­kho lo­ku­la­la.

13 Ya­si­si­thi: Ha­mba­ni liye­bo­na la­pho akho­na, uku­ze ngi­thu­me ngi­mtha­the. Wa­se­tshe­lwa kwa­thi­wa: Kha­nge­la, use­Do­tha­nif.

14 Ya­si­thu­ma kho­na ama­bhi­za le­zi­nqo­la le­bu­tho eli­nzi­ma; ba­se­be­fi­ka ebu­su­ku, ba­wu­zi­nge­le­ze­la umu­zi.

15 Kwa­thi ince­ku yo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu isi­vu­ki­le ngo­vi­vi ya­phu­ma, kha­nge­la-ke, ibu­tho li­zi­nge­le­ze­le umu­zi ka­nye la­ma­bhi­za le­zi­nqo­la. Ince­ku ya­khe ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ma­ye, nko­si ya­mi! Si­za­kwe­nza nja­ni?

16 Wa­se­si­thi: Unge­sa­bi, ngo­ba la­bo aba­la­thi ba­ne­ngi okwe­dlu­la la­bo aba­la­bog.

17 UE­li­sha wa­se­khu­le­ka wa­thi: Nko­si, aku­vu­le ame­hlo ayo uku­ze ibo­ne. INko­si ya­si­wa­vu­la ame­hlo ale­lo­ja­ha, la­se­li­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, inta­ba igcwe­le ama­bhi­za le­nqo­la zo­mli­lo zi­ha­nqe uE­li­shah.

18 Se­be­hle­le ku­ye, uE­li­sha wa­khu­le­ka eNko­si­ni wa­thi: Aku­tsha­ye la­ba­ba­ntu ngo­bu­pho­fui. Ya­si­ba­tsha­ya ngo­bu­pho­fu nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi li­kaE­li­sha.

19 UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Ka­yi­si­yo le indle­la, fu­thi ka­yi­si­wo lo umu­zi; ngi­la­nde­la­ni, ngi­za­li­sa ku­lo­wo­mu­ntu eli­mdi­nga­yo. Ko­dwa wa­ba­sa eSa­ma­ri­ya.

20 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi se­be­nge­ne eSa­ma­ri­ya, uE­li­sha wa­thi: Nko­si, vu­la ame­hlo ala­ba uku­ze ba­bo­ne. INko­si ya­si­vu­la ame­hlo abo, ba­se­be­bo­na; kha­nge­la-ke, ba­be­pha­ka­thi kwe­Sa­ma­ri­yaj.

21 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi kuE­li­sha iba­bo­na: Ba­ba, ngiba­tsha­ye, ngiba­tsha­ye yi­nik?

22 Wa­se­si­thi: Unga­tsha­yi. Unga­tsha­ya yi­ni la­bo oba­thu­mbe nge­nke­mba ya­kho la­nge­da­ndi­li la­khol? Be­ka isi­nkwa la­ma­nzi pha­mbi kwa­bo uku­ze ba­dle ba­na­the, ba­ye enko­si­ni ya­bom.

23 Ya­si­ba­lu­ngi­se­la idi­li eli­khu­lu; se­be­dli­le ba­na­tha, ya­ba­ye­ke­la ba­ha­mba, ba­ya enko­si­ni ya­bo. Nga­kho ama­vi­yo ama­Si­ri­ya ka­wa­be­sa­phi­nda uku­bu­ya eli­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­lin.

UE­li­sha lo­ku­vi­nje­ze­lwa kwe­Sa­ma­ri­ya

24 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho uBe­ni­ha­da­di inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya wa­bu­tha ibu­tho la­khe lo­nke, we­nyu­ka wa­vi­mbe­ze­la iSa­ma­ri­yao.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba le­ndla­la enku­lu eSa­ma­ri­ya; kha­nge­la-ke, ba­yi­vi­mbe­la, kwa­ze kwa­thi inhlo­ko ka­ba­bhe­mi ya­the­ngi­swa ngenhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, le­ngxe­nye eyo­dwa kwe­zi­ne ye­ga­ja­na lo­bu­do­li­lo be­ju­ba ngenhla­mvu ze­si­li­va ezi­nhla­nu.

26 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li idlu­la phe­zu ko­mdu­li, owe­si­fa­za­na wa­me­me­za ki­yo esi­thi: Si­za, nko­si ya­mi, nko­si!

27 Ya­si­si­thi: Uba iNko­si inga­ku­si­zi, ngi­ku­si­ze ngo­ku­ve­la nga­phi? Eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la ku­mbe esi­kha­me­lwe­ni se­wa­yi­ni yi­nip?

28 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ula­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Lo owe­si­fa­za­na uthe: Le­tha indo­da­na ya­kho uku­ze si­yi­dle la­mu­hla; ku­sa­sa-ke si­za­ku­dla indo­da­na ya­mi.

29 Sa­se­si­yi­phe­ka indo­da­na ya­mi, sa­yi­dla. Nga­se­ngi­si­thi ku­ye ngo­su­ku olu­la­nde­la­yo: Le­tha indo­da­na ya­kho uku­ze si­yi­dle. Ko­dwa wa­yi­fi­hla indo­da­na ya­kheq.

30 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si isi­zwa ama­zwi alo­wo owe­si­fa­za­na ya­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­yor. Ye­dlu­la phe­zu ko­mdu­li; aba­ntu ba­se­be­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­le­sa­ka emzi­mbe­ni wa­yo, nga­pha­ka­this.

31 Ya­si­si­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu ke­nze nja­lo ki­mi la­ngo­ku­nja­lo enge­ze­le­le, uba ikha­nda li­kaE­li­sha indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­ti li­za­hla­la ku­ye la­mu­hlat.

32 Ko­dwa uE­li­sha wa­ye­hle­zi endli­ni ya­khe la­ba­da­la ba­be­hle­zi la­yeu. Inko­si ya­si­thu­ma umu­ntu esu­ka pha­mbi kwa­yo; isi­thu­nywa si­nga­ka­fi­ki ku­ye, ye­na wa­thi ku­ba­da­la: Li­ya­bo­na yi­ni uku­thi indo­da­na le yo­mbu­la­li ithu­me uku­su­sa ikha­nda la­miv? Bo­na­ni, la­pho isi­thu­nywa si­fi­ka, li­va­le umnya­ngo, li­si­ba­nde­ze­le emnya­ngo. Ka­ku­si­zi­si­nde ze­nko­si ya­so yi­ni emva kwa­sow?

33 Kwa­thi esa­khu­lu­ma la­bo, kha­nge­la-ke, inko­si ye­hle­la ku­ye, ya­thi: Kha­nge­la, lo­bu­bu­bi bu­ve­la eNko­si­ni. Ngi­nga­be ngi­sa­yi­li­nde­le­la­ni iNko­six?

7UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi: Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si; itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ku­sa­sa ise­ya* le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo li­za­the­ngi­swa nge­she­ke­li*, la­ma­se­ya ama­bi­li ebha­li* nge­she­ke­li, esa­ngwe­ni le­Sa­ma­ri­yaa.

2 Indu­na inko­si eya­ye­ye­me esa­ndle­ni sa­yob ya­si­phe­ndu­la umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ya­thi: Kha­nge­la, uba iNko­si ibi­nge­nza ama­wi­ndi ema­zu­lwi­ni, ku­nge­nze­ka li­nto yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, uza­ku­bo­na nga­me­hlo akho, ko­dwa ka­wu­yi­ku­dla okwa­khoc.

3 Nja­lo kwa­ku­la­ma­do­da ama­ne aye­nga­ma­le­phe­ro eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­sa­ngod, athi omu­nye ko­mu­nye: Si­hla­le­le­ni la­pha si­ze si­fe?

4 Uba si­si­thi: Si­za­nge­na emzi­ni, le­ndla­la ise­mzi­ni, si­za­fe­la kho­na. Nja­lo uba si­hla­la la­pha, si­za­ku­fa fu­thi. Nga­kho-ke, wo­za­ni, siye­we­la enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­Si­ri­ya; uba esi­ye­ke­la si­phi­le, si­za­phi­la; uba-ke esi­bu­la­la, si­za­ku­fa nje.

5 Ase­su­ku­ma ku­sa­hwa­la­la uku­ya enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­Si­ri­ya; ese­fi­ke eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­nka­mba ya­ma­Si­ri­ya, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu kho­na.

6 Ngo­ba iNko­si ye­nza ibu­tho la­ma­Si­ri­ya li­zwe umsi­ndo we­zi­nqo­la, umsi­ndo wa­ma­bhi­za, umsi­ndo we­bu­tho eli­khu­lu; athi omu­nye ko­mu­nye: Kha­nge­la, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li isi­si­qa­tshe­le ama­kho­si ama­He­thi la­ma­kho­si ama­Gi­bhi­the uku­za­me­la­na la­thi.

7 Ase­su­ku­ma aba­le­ka ku­sa­hwa­la­la, atshi­ya ama­the­nte awo la­ma­bhi­za awo la­bo­ba­bhe­mi ba­wo, inka­mba nje­ngo­ba inja­lo, aba­le­ka nge­nxa ye­mpi­lo ya­wo.

8 Ama­le­phe­ro la ese­fi­ke eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­nka­mba, ange­na kwe­li­nye ithe­nte, adla ana­tha, atha­tha la­pho isi­li­va le­go­li­de le­zi­gqo­ko, aya­ku­fi­hla; abu­ye­la ange­na kwe­li­nye ithe­nte, atha­tha la­pho, aya­ku­fi­hla.

9 Ase­si­thi omu­nye ko­mu­nye: Ka­se­nzi ku­hle. Lo­lu­su­ku lu­su­ku lwe­mi­bi­ko emi­hle, ko­dwa si­zi­thu­le­le thi­na. Uba si­li­nda ku­ze ku­be yi­ku­kha­nya kwe­ku­se­ni, isi­je­zi­so si­za­si­fi­ca. Kha­the­si-ke, wo­za­ni si­ye­bi­ke­la indlu ye­nko­si.

10 Ase­si­za, ame­me­za ku­mli­ndi we­sa­ngo wo­mu­zi, aba­tshe­la esi­thi: Si­fi­ke enka­mbe­ni ya­ma­Si­ri­ya, kha­nge­la-ke, be­ku­nge­la­mu­ntu kho­na ku­mbe ili­zwi lo­mu­ntu, ko­dwa ama­bhi­za ebo­tshe­lwe la­bo­ba­bhe­mi be­bo­tshe­lwe, la­ma­the­nte enje­ngo­ba enja­loe.

11 Wa­se­bi­za aba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo, ba­se­be­bi­ke­la indlu ye­nko­si pha­ka­thi.

12 Inko­si ya­si­vu­ka ebu­su­ku, ya­thi ence­kwi­ni za­yo: Se­ngi­za­li­tshe­la uku­thi ama­Si­ri­ya enze­ni ki­thi. Aya­zi uku­thi si­la­mbi­le, nga­kho aphu­mi­le enka­mbe­ni ukuya­ca­tsha ega­nge­ni esi­thi: Nxa be­phu­ma emzi­ni, si­za­ba­ba­mba be­phi­la, be­se­si­nge­na emzi­ni.

13 Enye ye­nce­ku za­yo ya­si­phe­ndu­la ya­thi: Ake ba­tha­the ama­hla­nu ema­bhi­ze­ni ase­le­yo, ase­le­yo pha­ka­thi komu­zi, (kha­nge­la, afa­na­na le­xu­ku lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li eli­tshi­ywe ku­wo, kha­nge­la, afa­na­na le­xu­ku lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li eli­qo­thu­li­we­yo), ka­si­thu­me, si­bo­ne.

14 Ba­se­be­tha­tha ama­bhi­za ama­bi­li enqo­la; inko­si ya­si­thu­ma emva kwe­bu­tho la­ma­Si­ri­ya isi­thi: Ha­mba­ni, li­bo­ne.

15 Ba­se­be­wa­la­nde­la kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Jo­da­ni; kha­nge­la-ke, indle­la yo­nke ya­yi­gcwe­le ize­mba­tho le­mpa­hla ama­Si­ri­ya aye­ku­la­hli­le eku­pha­ngi­se­ni kwa­wo. Izi­thu­nywa za­se­zi­bu­ye­la, za­yi­bi­ke­la inko­si.

16 Aba­ntu ba­se­be­phu­ma ba­yi­pha­nga inka­mba ya­ma­Si­ri­ya. Nga­kho ise­ya le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo la­se­li­the­ngi­swa nge­she­ke­li, la­ma­se­ya ama­bi­li ebha­li nge­she­ke­li, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­sif.

17 Inko­si ya­si­be­ka indu­na eya­ye­ye­me esa­ndle­ni sa­yo uku­ba ngu­mli­ndi phe­zu kwe­sa­ngo. Aba­ntu ba­yi­nya­the­la esa­ngwe­ni ya­ze ya­fag, nje­ngo­ku­tsho ko­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu owa­khu­lu­ma eku­fi­ke­ni kwe­nko­si ku­yeh.

18 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nje­ngo­ku­tsho ko­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu enko­si­ni esi­thi: Ama­se­ya ama­bi­li ebha­li nge­she­ke­li, le­se­ya le­mpu­phu eco­le­ki­le­yo nge­she­ke­li pho­se nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ku­sa­sa aza­ku­ba se­sa­ngwe­ni le­Sa­ma­ri­yai.

19 Indu­na ya­si­mphe­ndu­la umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ya­thi: Kha­nge­la-ke, uba iNko­si ibi­nge­nza ama­wi­ndi ema­zu­lwi­ni, ku­nge­nze­ka li­nto yi­ni? Ko­dwa wa­thi: Kha­nge­la, uza­ku­bo­na nga­me­hlo akho, ko­dwa ka­wu­yi­ku­dla okwa­kho.

20 Kwa­ba nja­lo-ke ku­ye, ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­mnya­the­la esa­ngwe­ni wa­ze wa­faj.

Inda­ba yo­we­si­fa­za­na we­Shu­ne­mi

8UE­li­sha wa­se­khu­lu­ma ko­we­si­fa­za­na ondo­da­na ya­khe aye­ye­nze ya­phi­laa, esi­thi: Su­ku­ma, uha­mbe we­na le­ndlu ya­kho, uye­hla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe la­pho onga­hla­la kho­na nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe, ngo­ba iNko­si ibi­ze indla­la, eza­fi­ka nja­lo eli­zwe­ni imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sab.

2 Owe­si­fa­za­na wa­su­ku­ma-ke, we­nza nje­ngo­ku­tsho ko­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; wa­ha­mba ye­na le­ndlu ya­khe, wa­hla­la nje­ngo­we­zi­zwe eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti imi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

3 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa, owe­si­fa­za­na wa­phe­ndu­ka eve­la eli­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti; wa­phu­ma ukuya­kha­la enko­si­ni nge­ndlu ya­khe la­nge­nsi­mu ya­khe.

4 Inko­si ya­yi­khu­lu­ma-ke lo­Ge­ha­zi ince­ku yo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luc isi­thi: Aku­ngi­la­ndi­se­le izi­nto zo­nke ezi­nku­lu uE­li­sha ase­ze­nzi­le.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi esa­tshe­la inko­si uku­thi wa­vu­sa nja­ni ofi­le­yod, kha­nge­la-ke, owe­si­fa­za­na ondo­da­na ya­khe aye­yi­vu­se eku­fe­ni wa­kha­la enko­si­ni nge­ndlu ya­khe la­nge­nsi­mu ya­khe. UGe­ha­zi wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si ya­mi, nko­si, ngu­ye lo owe­si­fa­za­na, nja­lo yi­yo le indo­da­na ya­khe uE­li­sha ayi­phi­li­sa­yo.

6 La­pho inko­si ibu­za owe­si­fa­za­na, wa­yi­la­ndi­se­la. Inko­si ya­si­mmi­se­la indu­na ethi­le, isi­thi: Bu­yi­se­la ko­nke okwa­ku­ngo­kwa­khe, la­so so­nke isi­vu­no se­nsi­mu ku­su­ke­la mhla esu­ka eli­zwe­ni ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

UHa­za­ye­li uba yi­nko­si ye­Si­ri­ya

7 UE­li­sha wa­se­fi­ka eDa­ma­se­koe, nja­lo uBe­ni­ha­da­di inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya wa­ye­gu­laf. Wa­se­tshe­lwa kwa­thi­wa: Umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ufi­ki­le la­pha.

8 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Ha­za­ye­lig: Tha­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­kho isi­pho, uye­hla­nga­be­za umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luh, ubu­su­bu­za eNko­si­ni nga­ye usi­thi: Ngi­za­si­la yi­ni ku­lu­mkhu­hla­ne?

9 UHa­za­ye­li wa­se­si­ya­mhla­nga­be­za, wa­tha­tha isi­pho esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, ngi­tsho esa­kho ko­nke oku­hle kwe­Da­ma­se­ko, imi­thwa­lo ya­ma­ka­me­la enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne, we­za we­ma pha­mbi kwa­khe, wa­thi: Indo­da­na ya­kho uBe­ni­ha­da­di inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya ingi­thu­mi­le ku­we isi­thi: Ngi­za­si­la yi­ni ku­lu­mkhu­hla­nei?

10 UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Ha­mba uthi ku­ye: Unga­si­la lo­ku­si­la, ko­dwa iNko­si ingi­bo­ni­si­le uku­thi uza­ku­fa lo­ku­faj.

11 Wa­semjo­lo­zela wa­ze wa­ba le­nhlo­ni. Umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­li­lak.

12 UHa­za­ye­li wa­se­si­thi: Inko­si ya­mi ili­le­la­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ngo­ba ngi­ya­zi ubu­bi oza­be­nza eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li; uza­thu­nge­la inqa­ba za­bo ngo­mli­lo, ubu­la­le ama­ja­ha abo nge­nke­mbal, upha­hla­ze aba­ntwa­nya­na ba­bom, uqha­qhe abe­si­fa­za­na ba­bo aba­khu­le­lwe­yon.

13 Ko­dwa uHa­za­ye­li wa­thi: Ko­dwa iyi­ni ince­ku ya­kho eyi­nja nje, uku­thi ye­nze li­nto enku­luo? UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi: INko­si ingi­bo­ni­si­le uku­thi uza­ku­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwe­Si­ri­yap.

14 Wa­se­su­ka kuE­li­sha we­za enko­si­ni ya­khe eya­thi ku­ye: UE­li­sha uthe­ni ku­we? Wa­se­si­thi: Ungi­tshe­le uku­thi uza­si­la lo­ku­si­laq.

15 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ku­si­sa wa­tha­tha ingu­bo, wa­yi­gxa­mu­za ema­nzi­ni, wa­ye­ndla­la phe­zu ko­bu­so ba­khe wa­ze wa­fa. UHa­za­ye­li wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Jo­ra­mu ko­Ju­da

16 Nja­lo ngo­mnya­ka we­si­hla­nu ka­Jo­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lir, la­pho uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi eyi­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, uJe­ho­ra­mu indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ba yi­nko­sis.

17 Wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eyi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li eJe­ru­sa­le­mat.

18 Wa­se­ha­mba ezi­ndle­le­ni za­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwe­ndlu kaA­ha­bi, ngo­ba indo­da­ka­zi kaA­ha­bi ya­yi­ngu­mka­khe; we­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­siu.

19 Ko­dwa iNko­si ka­yi­tha­nda­nga uku­chi­tha uJu­da nge­nxa ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­yo, nje­ngo­ku­the­mbi­sa kwa­yo ku­ye uku­thi iza­ni­ka isi­ba­ne ku­ye zo­nke izi­nsu­kuv, le­ma­do­da­ne­ni akhew.

20 Ensu­kwi­ni za­khe iE­do­ma ya­hla­mu­ka isu­ka pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­ko­Ju­da, ya­be­ka inko­si phe­zu kwa­yox.

21 UJo­ra­mu wa­se­we­le­la eZa­yi­ri la­zo zo­nke inqo­la zi­la­ye; ye­na wa­vu­ka ebu­su­ku wa­tsha­ya amaE­do­ma aye­mzi­nge­le­ze­le, le­ndu­na ze­zi­nqo­la; la­ba­ntu ba­ba­le­ke­la ema­the­nte­ni aboy.

22 Nga­kho iE­do­ma ya­hla­mu­ka isu­ka pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­ko­Ju­da ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla. Kho­na iLi­bhi­na ya­hla­mu­ka nga­le­so­si­kha­thiz.

23 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Jo­ra­mu, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da?

24 UJo­ra­mu wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­daa. UA­ha­zi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kheb.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­ha­zi­ya ko­Ju­da

25 Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­mbi­li ka­Jo­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li uA­ha­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ra­mu, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, wa­ba yi­nko­sic.

26 UA­ha­zi­ya wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa umnya­ka owo­dwa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­nguA­tha­li­ya, indo­da­ka­zi kaO­mri inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lid.

27 Wa­se­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ye­ndlu kaA­ha­bi, we­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, nje­nge­ndlu kaA­ha­bi, ngo­ba wa­ye­ngu­mkhwe­nya­na we­ndlu kaA­ha­bie.

28 Wa­se­ha­mba lo­Jo­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi uku­lwa lo­Ha­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­yaf eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­dig; ama­Si­ri­ya ase­li­ma­za uJo­ra­mu.

29 UJo­ra­mu inko­si wa­bu­ye­la ukwe­la­tshwah eJi­ze­re­ye­li ama­nxe­ba ama­Si­ri­ya aye­mtsha­ye wo­nai eRa­ma eku­lwe­ni kwa­khe lo­Ha­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya. UA­ha­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ra­mu inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­se­se­hla uku­bo­na uJo­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi eJi­ze­re­ye­li, ngo­ba wa­ye­gu­laj.

UJe­hu ugco­tshwa uku­thi abe yi­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li

9UE­li­sha umpro­fe­thi wa­se­bi­za omu­nye wa­ma­do­da­na aba­pro­fe­thia wa­thi ku­ye: Bo­pha ukha­lo lwa­khob, utha­the lu­mfu­ma wa­ma­fu­tha esa­ndle­ni sa­khoc, uye eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­did.

2 Nxa ufi­ka kho­na udi­nge la­pho uJe­hu indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na ka­Ni­mshie, unge­ne, umsu­ku­mi­se pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bof, umnge­ni­se eka­me­lwe­ni eli­nga­pha­ka­thi.

3 Ubu­su­tha­tha umfu­ma wa­ma­fu­tha, uwa­the­le ekha­nda la­khe uthi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngi­ku­gco­bi­le ube yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li. Ubu­su­vu­la umnya­ngo, uba­le­ke, unga­phu­zig.

4 La­ha­mba-ke ija­ha le­lo, ija­ha umpro­fe­thi, la­ya eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­dih.

5 Eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­lo, kha­nge­la, indu­na ze­bu­tho za­zi­hle­zi, la­thi: Ngi­lo­mbi­ko ku­we, ndu­na. UJe­hu wa­se­si­thi: Ku­ba­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­thu so­nke? La­se­li­si­thi: Ku­we, ndu­na.

6 Wa­se­su­ku­ma, wa­nge­na endli­ni; la­se­li­the­la ama­fu­tha ekha­nda la­khe, la­thi ku­ye: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Ngi­ku­gco­bi­le uku­thi ube yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu be­Nko­si, phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li.

7 Nja­lo uza­tsha­ya indlu kaA­ha­bi inko­si ya­kho, uku­ze ngi­phi­ndi­se­le iga­zi le­nce­ku za­mi aba­pro­fe­thi, le­ga­zi la­zo zo­nke ince­ku ze­Nko­si, esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Je­ze­be­lii.

8 Yo­nke-ke indlu kaA­ha­bi iza­bhu­bha; nja­lo ngi­za­qu­ma asu­ke kuA­ha­bij ocha­me­la emdu­li­nik, lo­va­le­lwe­yo lo­khu­lu­le­ki­le­yo koI­sra­ye­lil.

9 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nza indlu kaA­ha­bi nje­nge­ndlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tim la­nje­nge­ndlu ka­Ba­ha­sha indo­da­na kaA­hi­yan.

10 Le­zi­nja zi­za­ku­dla uJe­ze­be­lio esa­be­lwe­ni se­Ji­ze­re­ye­lip, nja­lo ka­ku­yi­ku­ba lomngcwa­ba­yo. La­se­li­vu­la umnya­ngo, la­ba­le­ka.

11 Kwa­thi uJe­hu ese­phu­me­le ence­kwi­ni ze­nko­si ya­khe, omu­nye wa­thi ku­ye: Ku­lu­ngi­le yi­niq? Lu­ze­le­ni lo­lu­hla­nya ku­wer? Wa­se­si­thi ku­zo: Li­ya­ma­zi lu­mu­ntu le­nku­lu­mo ya­khes.

12 Za­se­zi­si­thi: Ma­nga! Si­tshe­le kha­the­si. Wa­se­si­thi: Ukhu­lu­me uku­thi lo­ku­thi ki­mi esi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ngi­ku­gco­bi­le ube yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li.

13 Za­se­zi­pha­ngi­sa, za­tha­tha, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ise­mba­tho sa­khe, za­zi­be­ka nga­pha­nsi kwa­khe engqo­nge­ni ye­zi­khwe­lot, za­vu­the­la upho­ndo, za­thi: UJe­hu uyi­nko­siu!

UJe­hu ubu­la­la uJe­ho­ra­mu

14 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uJe­hu indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na ka­Ni­mshi wa­me­nze­la ugo­be uJo­ra­mu. (U­Jo­ra­mu wa­gci­na-ke iRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­div, ye­na loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, nge­nxa ka­Ha­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­yaw;

15 ko­dwa uJe­ho­ra­mu inko­si wa­ye­se­bu­ye­le­le ukwe­la­tshwa eJi­ze­re­ye­li nga­ma­nxe­ba ama­Si­ri­ya aye­mtsha­ye wo­na eku­lwe­ni kwa­khe lo­Ha­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­yax.) UJe­hu wa­se­si­thi: Alu­ba ku­yi­nta­ndo ye­nu, ka­ku­nga­phu­mi ophu­nyu­ki­le­yo emzi­ni uku­ya­bi­ka lo­khu eJi­ze­re­ye­liy.

16 UJe­hu wa­se­khwe­la inqo­la, wa­ya eJi­ze­re­ye­li, ngo­ba uJo­ra­mu wa­ye­le­le kho­na, loA­ha­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ye­hle uku­thi abo­ne uJo­ra­muz.

17 Umli­ndi wa­ye­mi-ke empho­tsho­ngwe­ni eJi­ze­re­ye­li, wa­bo­na ixu­ku li­ka­Je­hu, ye­na esi­za, wa­thi: Ngi­bo­na ixu­ku. UJe­ho­ra­mu wa­thi: Tha­tha umga­di we­bhi­za umthu­me uku­ba­hla­nga­be­za, athi: Yi­ku­thu­la yi­ni?

18 Wa­se­ha­mba umga­di we­bhi­za uku­mhla­nga­be­za, wa­thi: Itsho nja­lo inko­si: Yi­ku­thu­la yi­ni? UJe­hu wa­se­si­thi: Ula­ni lo­ku­thu­la? Phe­ndu­ke­la nge­mva kwa­mi. Umli­ndi wa­se­bi­ka esi­thi: Isi­thu­nywa se­si­fi­ki­le ki­bo, ko­dwa ka­si­phe­ndu­ki.

19 Ya­si­thu­ma umga­di we­bhi­za we­si­bi­li, wa­fi­ka ki­bo wa­thi: Itsho nja­lo inko­si: Yi­ku­thu­la yi­ni? UJe­hu wa­se­si­thi: Ula­ni lo­ku­thu­la? Phe­ndu­ke­la nge­mva kwa­mi.

20 Umli­ndi wa­se­bi­ka wa­thi: Use­fi­ki­le ki­bo, ko­dwa ka­phe­ndu­ki. Lo­ku­tsha­ye­la ku­fa­na­na lo­ku­tsha­ye­la ku­ka­Je­hua indo­da­na ka­Ni­mshi, ngo­ba utsha­ye­la oko­hla­nyab.

21 UJe­ho­ra­mu wa­se­si­thi: Bo­phe­la­ni. Ba­se­be­bo­phe­la inqo­la ya­khe. UJe­ho­ra­mu inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li loA­ha­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da ba­se­be­phu­ma, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo enqo­le­ni ya­khe, ba­phu­ma uku­hla­nga­be­za uJe­huc, ba­mtho­la esi­qi­nti­ni si­ka­Na­bo­thi umJi­ze­re­ye­lid.

22 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uJe­ho­ra­mu ebo­na uJe­hu wa­thi: Yi­ku­thu­la yi­ni, Je­hu? Wa­se­si­thi: Uku­thu­la ba­ni, se­lo­khu uku­wu­la ku­ka­Je­ze­be­li unyo­koe lo­ku­tha­ka­tha kwa­khe ku­ku­ne­ngi ka­nga­kaf?

23 UJe­ho­ra­mu wa­se­phe­ndu­la iza­ndla za­khe wa­ba­le­ka, wa­thi kuA­ha­zi­ya: Yi­nko­hli­so, Aha­zi­ya!

24 UJe­hu wa­se­do­nsi­si­sa ida­ndi­li, wa­tsha­ya uJe­ho­ra­mu pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­pha­nga za­khe, lo­mtsho­ko wa­phu­ma enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe, wa­se­kho­tha­ma enqo­le­ni ya­khe.

25 Wa­se­si­thi ku­Bi­di­ka­ri indu­na ya­kheg: Mpha­ka­mi­se, umpho­se­le esi­qi­nti­ni se­nsi­mu ka­Na­bo­thi umJi­ze­re­ye­li; ngo­ba khu­mbu­la mi­na la­we si­ga­de so­ba­bi­li nge­mva ku­kaA­ha­bi uyi­seh, iNko­si ya­me­the­sai lu­mthwa­loj:

26 Ngi­bo­ni­le isi­bi­li izo­lo iga­zi li­ka­Na­bo­thi le­ga­zi la­ma­do­da­na akhe, itsho iNko­si, ngi­za­phi­ndi­se­la ku­we ku­le­si­si­qi­nti, itsho iNko­si. Nga­kho-ke mpha­ka­mi­se umpho­se­le ku­le­si­si­qi­nti, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­sik.

UJe­hu ubu­la­la uA­ha­zi­ya

27 UA­ha­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da ese­bo­ni­le lo­khu wa­ba­le­ka, nge­ndle­la ye­ndlu ye­si­va­nde. UJe­hu wa­se­xo­tsha­na la­ye, wa­thi: Mtsha­ye­ni la­ye enqo­le­ni, emqa­nswe­ni we­Gu­ril eli­nga­seI­bi­le­ya­mum. Wa­se­ba­le­ke­la eMe­gi­do, wa­fe­la kho­na.

28 Ince­ku za­khe za­se­zi­mthwa­la za­mu­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, za­mngcwa­ba engcwa­be­ni la­khe ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­dan.

29 Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nye ka­Jo­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi, uA­ha­zi­ya wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da.

Uku­bu­la­wa ku­ka­Je­ze­be­li

30 UJe­hu ese­fi­ki­le eJi­ze­re­ye­li, uJe­ze­be­li waku­zwa. Wa­se­co­mba ame­hlo akhe, wa­ce­ci­sa ikha­nda la­kheo, wa­lu­ngu­za nge­wi­ndip.

31 La­pho-ke uJe­hu enge­na esa­ngwe­ni, wa­se­si­thi: Yi­ku­thu­la yi­ni, Zi­mri, mbu­la­li we­nko­si ya­khoq?

32 Wa­se­pha­ka­mi­se­la ubu­so ba­khe ewi­ndi­ni, wa­thi: Ngu­ba­ni onga­ki­mi? Ngu­ba­ni? Kwa­se­ku­lu­ngu­za ku­ye aba­the­nwa aba­bi­li, aba­tha­thu.

33 Wa­se­si­thi: Mpho­se­le­ni pha­nsi. Ba­se­be­mpho­se­la pha­nsi; leli­nye le­ga­zi la­khe la­cha­pha­ke­la emdu­li­ni le­ma­bhi­ze­ni; wa­se­mnya­the­le­la pha­nsi.

34 Wa­se­nge­na wa­dla wa­na­tha, wa­thi: Ake li­bo­ne lo umqa­le­ki­swa­ka­zi li­mngcwa­be, ngo­ba uyi­ndo­da­ka­zi ye­nko­sir.

35 Ba­se­be­si­ya­mngcwa­ba, ko­dwa ka­ba­fi­ca­nga lu­tho olwa­khe nga­pha­ndle ko­kha­kha­yi le­nya­wo le­mpa­ma ze­za­ndla.

36 Nga­kho ba­bu­ye­la ba­mtshe­la; wa­se­si­thi: Le­li yi­li­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku ya­yo uE­li­ja umTi­shi­bi li­si­thi: Esi­qi­nti­ni se­Ji­ze­re­ye­li izi­nja zi­za­ku­dla inya­ma ka­Je­ze­be­lis;

37 le­si­du­mbu si­ka­Je­ze­be­li si­za­ku­ba nje­ngo­mqu­ba ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba­thi esi­qi­nti­ni se­Ji­ze­re­ye­li, uku­ze ba­nga­thi: Lo ngu­Je­ze­be­lit.

UJe­hu uchi­tha indlu kaA­ha­bi

10Nja­lo uA­ha­bi wa­ye­la­ma­do­da­na anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa eSa­ma­ri­yaa. UJe­hu wa­se­bha­la izi­ncwa­di, wa­zi­thu­me­la eSa­ma­ri­ya ku­ba­bu­si be­Ji­ze­re­ye­li, aba­da­la, la­ku­bo­ndli bama­do­da­na kaA­ha­bi, esi­thi:

2 Nga­kho-ke nxa li­ncwa­di ifi­ka ki­ni, lo­khu ama­do­da­na enko­si ye­nu aki­ni, fu­thi izi­nqo­la la­ma­bhi­za ku­ki­ni, lo­mu­zi obi­ye­lwe­yo, le­zi­kha­li,

3 zi­bo­ne­le­ni-ke ongco­no ka­khu­lu lo­fa­ne­le­yo ku­la­bo bo­nke eba­ntwa­ne­ni be­nko­si ye­nu, li­mbe­ke esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­ka­yi­se, li­lwe­le indlu ye­nko­si ye­nu.

4 Ko­dwa be­sa­ba ka­khu­lu­ka­zi ba­thi: Kha­nge­la­ni, ama­kho­si ama­bi­li ka­we­ma­nga pha­mbi kwa­khe; thi­na-ke si­za­ku­ma nja­ni?

5 Umpha­thi we­ndlu lo­mpha­thi wo­mu­zi la­ba­da­la la­bo­ndli ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­thu­me­la ku­Je­hu be­si­thi: Si­yi­zi­nce­ku za­kho, si­za­kwe­nza ko­nke oku­tsho­yo ki­thi. Ka­si­yi­ku­be­ka mu­ntu abe yi­nko­si. Ye­nza oku­hle eme­hlwe­ni akhob.

6 Wa­se­ba­bha­le­la incwa­di okwe­si­bi­li esi­thi: Uba li­nga­ba­mi, li­la­le­la ili­zwi la­mi, tha­tha­ni ama­kha­nda ala­wo­ma­do­da, ama­do­da­na enko­si ye­nu, li­ze ki­mi eJi­ze­re­ye­li nga­le­si­si­kha­thi ku­sa­sa. La­ma­do­da­na enko­si, aba­ntu aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, aye­le­zi­khu­lu zo­mu­zi eza­zi­wa­khu­li­sa.

7 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­fi­ke­ni kwe­ncwa­di ku­bo, ba­tha­tha ama­do­da­na enko­si, ba­bu­la­la aba­ntu aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, ba­fa­ka ama­kha­nda awo ezi­tshe­ni, bawe­sa ku­ye eJi­ze­re­ye­lic.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­za isi­thu­nywa sa­mbi­ke­la si­si­thi: Se­be­wa­le­thi­le ama­kha­nda ama­do­da­na enko­si. Wa­se­si­thi: Abe­ke­ni abe zi­nqu­mbi ezi­mbi­li eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­sa­ngo ku­ze ku­be se­ku­se­ni.

9 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­se­ni wa­phu­ma we­ma wa­thi eba­ntwi­ni bo­nke: Li­na li­lu­ngi­le. Kha­nge­la­ni, mi­na nge­nze­la inko­si ya­mi ugo­be, nga­yi­bu­la­la; pho, ngu­ba­ni obu­le­le bo­nke la­bad?

10 Ya­zi­ni kha­the­si uku­thi ka­ku­yi­ku­we­la lu­tho emhla­ba­thi­ni okwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si, iNko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma nge­ndlu kaA­ha­bie, ngo­ba iNko­si ye­nzi­le eya­ku­khu­lu­ma­yo nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku ya­yo uE­li­jaf.

11 UJe­hu wa­se­tsha­ya bo­nke aba­be­se­le endli­ni kaA­ha­bi eJi­ze­re­ye­li, la­zo zo­nke izi­khu­lu za­khe, la­ba­za­na la­ye, la­ba­pri­sti ba­kheg, aka­ze amtshi­ye­la ose­le­yoh.

12 Wa­se­su­ku­ma wa­ha­mba wa­ya eSa­ma­ri­ya. Endli­ni yo­ku­gu­nda ya­be­lu­si endle­le­ni,

13 uJe­hu wa­hla­nga­na la­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­kaA­ha­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dai, wa­thi: Li­ngo­ba­ni? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Si­nga­ba­fo­wa­bo ba­kaA­ha­zi­ya, se­hle­la uku­bi­nge­le­la aba­ntwa­na be­nko­si, la­ba­ntwa­na be­ndlo­vu­ka­zij.

14 Wa­se­si­thi: Ba­ba­mbe­ni be­phi­la. Ba­se­be­ba­ba­mba be­phi­la, ba­ba­bu­la­le­la emgo­di­ni we­Be­ti-E­ke­di, ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­li, ka­tshi­ya­nga lo­ye­dwa wa­bo.

15 Ese­su­ki­le la­pho wa­hla­nga­na lo­Je­ho­na­da­bik indo­da­na ka­Re­ka­bi eze­mhla­nga­be­zal; wa­mbi­nge­le­la wa­thi ku­ye: Inhli­zi­yo ya­kho iqo­ndi­le yi­ni, nje­ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­mi ika­nye le­nhli­zi­yo ya­kho? UJe­ho­na­da­bi wa­se­si­thi: Inja­lo. Uba ku­nja­lo, ngi­pha isa­ndla sa­kho. Wa­semni­ka isa­ndla sa­khe; wa­se­mkhwe­za enqo­le­ni ku­yem.

16 Wa­se­si­thi: Ha­mba la­mi, ubo­ne uku­yi­tshi­se­ke­la kwa­mi iNko­sin. Ba­se­be­mga­di­sa enqo­le­ni ya­khe.

17 Eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­khe eSa­ma­ri­ya wa­ba­tsha­ya bo­nke aba­be­se­le kuA­ha­bi eSa­ma­ri­ya wa­ze wa­mqe­da, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­sio eya­li­khu­lu­ma kuE­li­jap.

UJe­hu uqe­da inko­nzo ka­Bha­li koI­sra­ye­li

18 UJe­hu wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa bo­nke aba­ntu, wa­thi ki­bo: UA­ha­bi wa­kho­nza ka­nci­nya­ne uBha­li: UJe­hu uza­mkho­nza ka­khu­luq.

19 Nga­kho-ke ngi­bi­ze­la­ni aba­pro­fe­thi ba­ka­Bha­li bo­nke, izi­nce­ku za­khe zo­nke la­bo bo­nke aba­pri­sti ba­khe, ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntu onge­kho, ngo­ba ngi­lo­mhla­tshe­lo omkhu­lu ku­Bha­li; lo­ba ngu­ba­ni onga­yi­ku­ba kho­na ka­yi­ku­phi­la. Ko­dwa uJe­hu wa­kwe­nza ngo­bu­qi­li uku­ze abu­la­le izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Bha­lir.

20 UJe­hu wa­se­si­thi: Me­hlu­ka­ni­se­le­ni umhla­nga­no onzu­lu uBha­lis. Ba­se­be­wu­me­me­ze­lat.

21 UJe­hu wa­se­thu­me­la ku­ye wo­nke uI­sra­ye­li; zo­nke izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Bha­li za­se­zi­si­za, ka­kwa­ze kwa­sa­la lo­ye­dwa onga­bu­ya­nga. Ba­nge­na endli­ni ka­Bha­li, ya­ze ya­gcwa­la indlu ka­Bha­li ku­su­ke­la emsa­mo ku­si­ya emnya­ngou.

22 Wa­se­si­thi ku­lo­wo owa­ye­phe­the indlu ye­ze­mba­tho: Khu­phe­la bo­nke aba­kho­nzi ba­ka­Bha­li ize­mba­tho. Wa­se­ba­khu­phe­la ize­mba­thov.

23 Wa­se­nge­na uJe­hu elo­Je­ho­na­da­bi indo­da­na ka­Re­ka­bi endli­ni ka­Bha­li, wa­thi ku­zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Bha­li: Hlo­la­ni li­bo­ne uku­thi ka­ku­kho ki­ni abe­zi­nce­ku ze­Nko­si la­pha, ko­dwa izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Bha­li ku­phe­la.

24 Se­be­nge­ne ukwe­nza imi­hla­tshe­lo le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, uJe­hu wa­zi­mi­se­la ama­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li nga­pha­ndle, wa­se­si­thi: Umu­ntu oye­ke­la ku­ma­do­da engi­wa­be­ka eza­ndle­ni ze­nu iphu­nyu­ke, impi­lo ya­khe iza­ku­ba se­nda­we­ni ye­mpi­lo ya­yow.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ese­qe­di­le ukwe­nza imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, uJe­hu wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­li­ndi le­zi­ndu­ne­nix: Nge­na­ni li­ba­tsha­ye, ku­nga­phu­mi mu­ntu. Ba­se­be­ba­tsha­ya ngo­bu­kha­li be­nke­mbay; aba­li­ndi le­zi­ndu­na ba­se­beba­pho­se­la pha­ndle, ba­ya emzi­ni we­ndlu ka­Bha­liz.

26 Ba­khu­pha endli­ni ka­Bha­li insi­ka ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbe, ba­zi­tshi­sa.

27 Ba­di­li­za insi­ka ka­Bha­li eyi­si­tho­mbe, ba­di­li­za indlu ka­Bha­li, ba­ye­nza ya­ba yi­ndlu yo­ku­ye­la nga­pha­ndle ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlaa.

28 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uJe­hu wa­chi­tha uBha­li wa­mkhu­pha koI­sra­ye­li.

29 Ko­dwa e­zo­nweni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li one, uJe­hu ka­su­ka­nga eku­zi­la­nde­le­nib, ama­tho­le ego­li­de aye­se­Bhe­the­li la­wa­ye­ko­Da­nic.

30 INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­Je­hu: Ngo­ba we­nze ku­hle ngo­kwe­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni ami, we­nza endli­ni kaA­ha­bi nje­nga­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mi, ama­do­da­na akho ku­ze ku­be se­si­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni se­si­ne aza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si sa­koI­sra­ye­lid.

31 Ko­dwa uJe­hu ka­qa­phe­li­sa­nga uku­ha­mba emla­ywe­ni we­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe yo­nke; ka­su­ka­nga ezo­nwe­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li onee.

32 Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku iNko­si ya­qa­la uku­qu­ma isu­sa koI­sra­ye­lif. UHa­za­ye­li wa­se­ba­tsha­ya ku­yo yo­nke imi­ngce­le ya­koI­sra­ye­lig,

33 ku­su­ke­la eJo­da­ni empu­ma­la­nga, ili­zwe lo­nke le­Gi­le­ya­di, aba­ko­Ga­di la­ba­ko­Ru­be­ni la­ba­ko­Ma­na­se, ku­su­ke­la eA­ro­we­ri enga­se­si­fu­le­ni seA­ri­no­nih, le­Gi­le­ya­di le­Ba­sha­nii.

34 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­hu, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, la­ma­ndla akhe wo­nke, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­lij?

35 UJe­hu wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ba­mngcwa­be­la eSa­ma­ri­ya. UJe­ho­wa­ha­zi indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

36 Le­si­kha­thi uJe­hu abu­sa nga­so phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya sa­si­yi­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li.

UA­tha­li­ya uzi­be­ka abe ngu­mbu­si

11UA­tha­li­ya uni­na kaA­ha­zi­yaa ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi indo­da­na ya­khe ifi­le, wa­su­ku­ma wa­chi­tha yo­nke inza­lo ye­si­kho­si­nib.

2 Ko­dwa uJe­ho­she­ba indo­da­ka­zi ye­nko­si uJo­ra­mu, uda­de­wa­bo kaA­ha­zi­ya, wa­tha­tha uJo­wa­shi indo­da­na kaA­ha­zi­ya, wa­me­ba pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­na enko­si abu­la­wa­yo, ye­na lo­mli­za­ne wa­khe eka­me­lwe­ni lo­ku­la­la. Ba­se­be­mfi­hla ebu­swe­ni bu­kaA­tha­li­ya uku­ze anga­bu­la­wa.

3 Wa­ye­la­ye-ke efi­hli­we endli­ni ye­Nko­si imi­nya­ka eyi­si­thu­pha; uA­tha­li­ya wa­se­bu­sa phe­zu kwe­li­zwe.

4 Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa uJe­ho­ya­da wa­se­thu­ma wa­tha­tha izi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­luc, la­ma­Ka­ri­tid ka­nye la­ba­li­ndie, wa­ba­le­tha ku­ye endli­ni ye­Nko­si. We­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­bo, wa­ba­fu­ngi­sa endli­ni ye­Nko­si, wa­ba­tshe­ngi­sa indo­da­na ye­nko­si.

5 Wa­se­ba­la­ya esi­thi: Na­nsi into eli­za­ye­nza: Ingxe­nye eyo­dwa kwe­zi­nta­thu ye­nu eli­nge­na nge­sa­ba­tha iza­ku­ba nga­ba­li­ndi bo­mli­ndo we­ndlu ye­nko­sif,

6 le­ngxe­nye eyo­dwa kwe­zi­nta­thu iza­ku­ba se­sa­ngwe­ni le­Su­rig, le­ngxe­nye eyo­dwa kwe­zi­nta­thu esa­ngwe­ni nge­mva kwa­ba­li­ndih; ngo­ku­nja­lo li­za­li­nda umli­ndo we­ndlu, inga­fo­hle­lwa.

7 Le­ngxe­nye ezi­mbi­li ze­nu lo­nke eli­phu­ma nge­sa­ba­tha, bo­na ba­za­gci­na umli­ndo we­ndlu ye­Nko­si ma­ye­la­na le­nko­sii.

8 Li­za­zi­nge­le­ze­la inko­si inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ele­zi­kha­li esa­ndle­ni sa­khej; lo­za­nge­na ko­ku­hle­li­we­yo uza­bu­la­wak. Li­be le­nko­si eku­phu­me­ni kwa­yo le­ku­nge­ne­ni kwa­yol.

9 Indu­na za­ma­khu­lu za­se­zi­se­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke uJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti aku­la­ya­yo; za­tha­tha, yi­le­yo la­le­yo aba­ntu ba­yo aba­nge­na nge­sa­ba­tha la­la­bo aba­phu­ma nge­sa­ba­tha, za­fi­ka ku­Je­ho­ya­da umpri­stim.

10 Umpri­sti wa­se­ni­ka izi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu imi­kho­nto le­zi­hla­ngu eza­zi­nge­ze­nko­si uDa­vi­da eza­zi­se­ndli­ni ye­Nko­sin.

11 Aba­li­ndi ba­se­be­si­ma, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ele­zi­kha­li esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, ku­su­ke­la kwe­so­ku­ne­ne se­ndlu ku­si­ya kwe­so­kho­hlo se­ndlu, nga­se­la­thi­ni la­nga­se­ndli­ni, enko­si­ni inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkeo.

12 Wa­se­yi­khu­pha indo­da­na ye­nko­si, wa­ye­the­sa umqhe­lep, wa­yi­ni­ka ubu­fa­ka­zi; ba­yi­be­ka ya­ba yi­nko­si, ba­yi­gco­ba, ba­tsha­ya iza­ndla, ba­se­be­si­thi: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­siq!

13 UA­tha­li­ya esi­zwa umsi­ndo wa­ba­li­ndi lo­wa­ba­ntu wa­ya eba­ntwi­ni endli­ni ye­Nko­si;

14 wa­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, inko­si ya­yi­mi nga­se­nsi­ke­ni nje­ngo­mkhu­ba, le­zi­ndu­na la­ba­vu­the­li be­zi­mpo­ndo be­nga­se­nko­si­nir, la­ba­ntu bo­nke be­li­zwe be­tho­ko­za ba­vu­the­la izi­mpo­ndos. UA­tha­li­ya wa­se­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­khe, wa­me­me­za wa­thi: Ugo­be! Ugo­bet!

15 UJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti wa­se­la­ya indu­na za­ma­khu­lu, aba­pha­thi be­bu­thou, wa­thi ku­bo: Mkhu­phe­le­ni nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­hle­li­we­yov, lo­mla­nde­la­yo li­mbu­la­le nge­nke­mba. Ngo­ba umpri­sti wa­thi: Ka­nga­bu­la­we­lwa endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va.

16 Ba­se­be­mba­mba nge­za­ndla, wa­se­ha­mba nge­ndle­la yo­ku­nge­na kwa­ma­bhi­za endli­ni ye­nko­si, wa­bu­la­we­lwa kho­na­phow.

17 UJe­ho­ya­da wa­se­se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no pha­ka­thi ku­ka­Je­ho­va le­nko­si la­ba­ntu uku­thi ba­be nga­ba­ntu ba­ka­Je­ho­vax; la­pha­ka­thi kwe­nko­si la­ba­ntuy.

18 Bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­se­be­nge­na endli­ni ka­Bha­li, ba­yi­di­li­ze­la pha­nsiz; ama­la­thi akhe le­zi­tho­mbe za­khe ba­zi­pha­hla­za ngo­ku­phe­le­le­yo, lo­Ma­tha­ni umpri­sti ka­Bha­li ba­mbu­la­la pha­mbi kwa­ma­la­thia. Umpri­sti wa­se­be­ka aba­pha­thi phe­zu kwe­ndlu ye­Nko­si.

19 Wa­se­tha­tha izi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu la­ma­Ka­ri­ti la­ba­li­ndi la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwe, ba­ye­hli­sa inko­si isu­ka endli­ni ka­Je­ho­vab, be­za nge­ndle­la ye­sa­ngo la­ba­li­ndi endli­ni ye­nko­si. Ya­si­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si sa­ma­kho­sic.

20 Bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­se­be­tho­ko­za. Umu­zi wa­su­si­ba lo­ku­thu­la, se­be­mbu­le­le uA­tha­li­ya nge­nke­mba nga­se­ndlini ye­nko­si.

21 UJe­ho­wa­shi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Jo­wa­shi ko­Ju­da

12Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­Je­hu uJe­ho­wa­shi wa­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne eJe­ru­sa­le­maa. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Zi­bi­ya we­Bhe­ri­she­bhab.

2 UJe­ho­wa­shi wa­se­se­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­khe uJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti amfu­ndi­sa nga­zo.

3 Ko­dwa inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­zi­su­swa­nga; aba­ntu ba­be­lo­khu be­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo be­tshi­sa impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yoc.

4 UJe­ho­wa­shi wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­pri­sti: Yo­nke ima­li ye­zi­nto eze­hlu­ka­ni­si­we­yo ele­thwa endli­ni ka­Je­ho­vad, ima­li ya­lo­wo la­lo­wo odlu­la­yo kwa­ba­ba­li­we­yo, ima­li ya­lo­wo la­lo­wo umu­ntu ayi­li­nga­ni­si­le­yo, yo­nke ima­li, oku­ve­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­lo­ba ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu uku­yi­le­tha endli­ni ye­Nko­sie;

5 aba­pri­sti ka­ba­yi­tha­the ku­bo, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ko­me­jwa­ye­le­yo, ba­lu­ngi­se izi­kha­la ze­ndluf, lo­ba ku­nga­phi la­pho oku­tho­lwa kho­na izi­kha­lag.

6 Ko­dwa kwa­thi ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu we­nko­si uJe­ho­wa­shi aba­pri­sti ba­be­ngaka­lu­ngi­si izi­kha­la ze­ndluh.

7 Inko­si uJe­ho­wa­shi ya­si­bi­za uJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti la­ba­pri­sti, ya­thi ki­bo: Ku­nga­ni li­nga­lu­ngi­si izi­kha­la ze­ndlu? Nga­kho-ke li­nga­tha­thi ima­li kwe­li­be­jwa­ye­le­yo ko­dwa li­yi­ni­ke­le izi­kha­la ze­ndlu.

8 Aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­vu­ma uku­thi ka­basa­yi­ku­tha­tha ima­li eba­ntwi­ni lo­ku­thi ka­ba­yi­ku­lu­ngi­sa izi­kha­la ze­ndlu.

9 UJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti wa­se­tha­tha ibho­ki­si eli­lo­dwa, wa­bho­bo­za isi­kha­la esi­va­lwe­ni sa­lo, wa­li­be­ka ece­le­ni kwe­la­thi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne nxa umu­ntu enge­na endli­ni ye­Nko­si. Aba­pri­sti-ke aba­li­nda umbu­ndu ba­fa­ka ku­lo yo­nke ima­li eya­le­thwa endli­ni ye­Nko­sii.

10 Kwa­ku­si­thi se­be­bo­na uku­thi ima­li isi­ne­ngi ebho­ki­si­ni, uma­bha­la­ne we­nko­si, lo­mpri­sti omkhu­lu be­nyu­kej, ba­yi­bo­phe ba­yi­ba­le ima­li eya­tho­lwa endli­ni ye­Nko­sik.

11 Ba­se­be­ni­ke­la ima­li eli­nga­ni­si­we­yo eza­ndle­ni za­be­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi, za­ba­bo­ni­si be­ndlu ye­Nko­si, ba­yi­khu­phe­la ku­ba­ba­zi be­zi­go­do la­ku­ba­khi aba­be­se­be­nza endli­ni ye­Nko­sil,

12 la­kwa­ba­kha nga­ma­tshe la­ku­ba­ba­zi ba­ma­tshe, lo­ku­the­nga izi­go­do la­ma­tshe aba­zi­we­yo uku­lu­ngi­sa izi­kha­la ze­ndlu ye­Nko­si, la­ku­kho ko­nke okwa­khu­tshe­lwa indlu uku­yi­lu­ngi­sam.

13 Ko­dwa ka­ye­nze­lwa­nga indlu ye­Nko­sin imi­ga­nu ye­si­li­va, izi­ndla­wu, imi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­za, izi­mpo­ndo zo­ku­kha­li­swa, la­zi­phi izi­tsha ze­go­li­de le­zi­tsha ze­si­li­va ze­ma­li eya­le­thwa endli­ni ye­Nko­sio,

14 ko­dwa ba­yi­ni­ka abe­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi, ba­se­be­lu­ngi­sa nga­yo indlu ye­Nko­si.

15 Nja­lo ka­ba­ba­le­la­na­nga la­ba­ntu aba­ni­ke­la ima­li esa­ndle­ni sa­bo, uku­pha abe­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi, ngo­ba be­nza ngo­ku­the­mbe­kap.

16 Ima­li yo­mni­ke­lo we­ca­laq le­ma­li ye­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­so­no ka­yi­le­thwa­nga endli­ni ye­Nko­sir; ya­yi­nge­ya­ba­pri­stis.

17 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uHa­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­yat we­nyu­ka wa­lwa eme­le­ne le­Ga­thiu, wa­yi­thu­mba. UHa­za­ye­li wa­se­kha­nge­li­sa ubu­so ba­khe ukwe­nyu­ka ame­la­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­mav.

18 Ko­dwa uJe­ho­wa­shi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­tha­tha zo­nke izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi lo­Jo­ra­mu loA­ha­zi­ya oyi­se, ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da, aba­be­zi­ngcwe­li­si­lew, le­za­khe izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo, le­go­li­de lo­nke ela­tho­lwa eno­thwe­ni ye­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va le­ndlu ye­nko­si, wa­ku­thu­me­la ku­Ha­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­yax. Wa­se­se­nyu­ka wa­su­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­may.

19 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Jo­wa­shi, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da?

20 Ince­ku za­khe za­se­zi­su­ku­ma ze­nza ugo­be, za­mtsha­ya uJo­wa­shi endli­ni ye­Mi­loz eye­hle­la eSi­laa.

21 Ngo­ba oJo­za­ka­ri indo­da­na ka­Shi­me­ya­thi lo­Je­ho­za­ba­di indo­da­na ka­Sho­me­ri, ince­ku za­khe, ba­mtsha­ya, wa­fa; ba­se­be­mngcwa­ba ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da. UA­ma­zi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi

13Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu ka­Jo­wa­shi indo­da­na kaA­ha­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uJe­ho­wa­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Je­hu wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa.

2 We­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, wa­la­nde­la izo­no zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li one, ka­su­ka­nga ku­zoa.

3 Ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­se­lu­mvu­the­la uI­sra­ye­lib, ya­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Ha­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­yac le­sa­ndle­ni si­ka­Be­ni­ha­da­di indo­da­na ka­Ha­za­ye­lid, zo­nke le­zo­nsu­kue.

4 UJe­ho­wa­ha­zi wa­se­nce­nga ubu­so be­Nko­si, iNko­si ya­mu­zwaf, ngo­ba ya­bo­na inci­nde­ze­lo kaI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya ya­ba­ci­nde­ze­lag.

5 (I­Nko­si ya­si­si­pha uI­sra­ye­lih umsi­ndi­si uku­ze ba­phu­me nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­ma­Si­ri­yai; aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­hla­la ema­the­nte­ni abo nje­nga­ku­qa­laj.

6 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ka­ba­su­ka­nga ezo­nwe­ni ze­ndlu ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li one, ba­ha­mba ku­zok; le­si­xu­ku la­so sa­si­lo­khu si­se­Sa­ma­ri­yal.)

7 Ngo­ba ka­yi­mtshi­ye­la­nga uJe­ho­wa­ha­zi aba­ntu, ku­phe­la aba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, le­nqo­la ezi­li­tshu­mi, la­ba­ha­mba nge­nya­wo aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi; ngo­ba inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya ya­yi­ba­bhu­bhi­si­le, ya­be­nza ba­ba nje­ngo­thu­li ngo­ku­bhu­lam.

8 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, la­ma­ndla akhe, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

9 UJe­ho­wa­ha­zi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ba­mngcwa­be­la eSa­ma­ri­ya; uJo­wa­shi indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Jo­wa­shi koI­sra­ye­li

10 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­Jo­wa­shi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uJe­ho­wa­shi indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha.

11 La­ye we­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, ka­su­ka­nga ezo­nwe­ni zo­nke zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li one; wa­ha­mba ku­zon.

12 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Jo­wa­shio, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yop, la­ma­ndla akhe alwa nga­wo loA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­liq?

13 UJo­wa­shi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si. UJo­wa­shi wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa eSa­ma­ri­ya la­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li.

Uku­gu­la lo­ku­fa ku­kaE­li­sha

14 UE­li­sha wa­se­gu­la umkhu­hla­ne wa­khe afa nga­wor; uJo­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­se­se­hle­la ku­ye, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi phe­zu ko­bu­so ba­khe, wa­thi: Ba­ba wa­mi! Ba­ba wa­mi! Nqo­la ya­koI­sra­ye­li la­ma­bhi­za ayos!

15 UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Tha­tha ida­ndi­li le­mi­tsho­ko. Wa­se­zi­tha­the­la ida­ndi­li le­mi­tsho­ko.

16 Wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li: Be­ka isa­ndla sa­kho eda­ndi­li­ni. Wa­se­si­be­ka isa­ndla sa­khe. UE­li­sha wa­se­be­ka iza­ndla za­khe phe­zu kwe­za­ndla ze­nko­si.

17 Wa­se­si­thi: Vu­la iwi­ndi nge­mpu­ma­la­nga. Ya­sili­vu­la. UE­li­sha wa­se­si­thi: Tsho­ka! Ya­si­tsho­ka. Wa­se­si­thi: Umtsho­ko we­nku­lu­le­ko ye­Nko­si, lo­mtsho­ko we­nku­lu­le­ko ku­Si­ri­ya. Ngo­ba uza­tsha­ya ama­Si­ri­ya eA­fe­ki uze uwa­qe­det.

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Tha­tha imi­tsho­ko. Ya­si­yi­tha­tha. Wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li: Tsha­ya emhla­ba­thi­ni. Ya­si­tsha­ya ka­tha­thu, ya­si­si­ma.

19 Umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­yi­thu­ku­the­le­lau, wa­thi: Nga­be utsha­ye ka­hla­nu ku­mbe ka­si­thu­pha, nga­kho ubu­za­yi­tsha­ya iSi­ri­ya uze uyi­qe­de; kha­the­si-ke uza­tsha­ya iSi­ri­ya ka­tha­thu ku­phe­lav.

20 UE­li­sha wa­se­si­fa, ba­se­be­mngcwa­ba. Ama­vi­yo ama­Mo­wa­bi ase­nge­na eli­zwe­ni eku­thwa­se­ni ko­mnya­kaw.

21 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­ngcwa­ba umu­ntu, kha­nge­la-ke, ba­bo­na ivi­yo, ba­pho­se­la lo­wo­mu­ntu engcwa­be­ni li­kaE­li­sha. Kwa­thi umu­ntu esi­ya­thi­nta ama­tha­mbo kaE­li­sha wa­phi­la, wa­su­ku­ma we­ma nge­nya­wo.

22 UHa­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya wa­se­ci­nde­ze­la uI­sra­ye­li insu­ku zo­nke zi­ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zix.

23 INko­si ya­si­si­ba lo­mu­sa ki­bo, ya­ba le­si­ha­wu ku­boy, ya­phe­ndu­ke­la ki­boz nge­nxa ye­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo loA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka, lo­Ja­ko­be, ka­yi­tha­nda­nga uku­ba­bhu­bhi­sa, ka­yi­ba­xo­tsha­nga ebu­swe­ni ba­yo ku­ze ku­be kha­the­sia.

24 UHa­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya wa­se­si­fa; uBe­ni­ha­da­di indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

25 UJe­ho­wa­shi indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi wa­se­bu­ya wa­tha­tha imi­zi esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Be­ni­ha­da­di indo­da­na ka­Ha­za­ye­li owa­ye­yi­the­the esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi uyi­se nge­mpi. UJo­wa­shi wa­mtsha­ya ka­tha­thu, wa­se­yi­bu­yi­se­la imi­zi ya­koI­sra­ye­lib.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­ma­zi­ya

14Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li ka­Jo­wa­shi indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­zi, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lia, uA­ma­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­shi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ba yi­nko­sib.

2 Wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Je­ho­wa­da­ni we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

3 Wa­se­se­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, ko­dwa ku­nge­nje­ngo­Da­vi­da uyi­se; we­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke uJo­wa­shi uyi­se akwe­nza­yo.

4 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­zi­su­swa­nga; aba­ntu ba­be­lo­khu be­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo be­tshi­sa impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yoc.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi umbu­so wa­khe usu­qi­ni­si­we esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, wa­tsha­ya ince­ku za­khe eza­zi­tsha­ye inko­si uyi­sed.

6 Ko­dwa aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­bu­la­li ka­ba­bu­la­la­nga, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo ogwa­lwe­ni lo­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­si la­pho iNko­si eya­la­ya kho­na isi­thi: Oyi­se ka­ba­yi­ku­bu­la­wa nge­nxa ya­ba­ntwa­na, la­ba­ntwa­na ka­ba­yi­ku­bu­la­wa nge­nxa ya­bo­yi­se, ko­dwa wo­nke umu­ntu uza­bu­la­we­lwa iso­no sa­khee.

7 Ye­na wa­se­tsha­ya amaE­do­maf azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi esi­ho­tshe­ni se­tshwa­yi, wa­thu­mba iSe­la nge­mpig, wa­bi­za ibi­zo la­yo ngo­ku­thi yi­Jo­khi­the­ye­li, ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlah.

8 Kho­na uA­ma­zi­ya wa­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Je­ho­wa­shi indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Je­hu, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lii, esi­thi: Wo­za si­kha­nge­la­ne ubu­so ngo­bu­soj.

9 UJe­ho­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­se­thu­me­la kuA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da esi­thi: Ukhu­la olu­hla­ba­yo olu­se­Le­bha­no­nik lwa­thu­me­la emse­da­ri­ni ose­Le­bha­no­nil lu­si­thi: Ni­ka indo­da­ka­zi ya­kho endo­da­ne­ni ya­mi ibe ngu­mkayo; kwa­se­ku­se­dlu­la isi­lo se­ga­nga esi­se­Le­bha­no­ni, sa­lu­gxo­ba ukhu­la olu­hla­ba­yo.

10 Uyi­tsha­yi­le lo­ku­yi­tsha­ya iE­do­ma, inhli­zi­yo ya­kho isi­ku­pha­ka­mi­si­lem; du­mi­se­ka, uhla­le endli­ni ya­kho; ngo­ba ku­nga­ni uzi­vu­se­la ubu­bi uku­ze uwe we­na lo­Ju­da ka­nye la­wen?

11 Ko­dwa uA­ma­zi­ya ke­zwa­nga. Nga­kho uJe­ho­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li we­nyu­ka, ye­na-ke loA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da ba­kha­nge­la­na ubu­so ngo­bu­so eBe­ti-She­me­shi eya­ko­Ju­dao.

12 UJu­da wa­se­tsha­ywa pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li; ba­se­be­ba­le­ka, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo wa­ya ethe­nte­ni la­khep.

13 UJe­ho­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­se­mba­mba uA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­shi indo­da­na kaA­ha­zi­ya, eBe­ti-She­me­shiq; wa­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­di­li­ze­la pha­nsi umdu­li we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ku­su­ke­la esa­ngwe­ni la­koE­fra­yi­mir ku­si­ya esa­ngwe­ni le­ngo­nsi, inga­lo ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­nes.

14 Wa­se­tha­tha lo­nke igo­li­de le­si­li­va, le­zi­tsha zo­nke eza­tho­la­ka­la endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va le­ze­ndli­ni ze­no­tho ze­ndlu ye­nko­si, ka­nye la­ba­yi­si­ba­mbi­so, wa­se­bu­ye­la eSa­ma­ri­yat.

15 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­ho­wa­shi aze­nza­yo, la­ma­ndla akhe, lo­ku­thi wa­lwa nja­ni loA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­liu?

16 UJe­ho­wa­shi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa eSa­ma­ri­ya ema­kho­si­ni akoI­sra­ye­li. UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

17 UA­ma­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­shi, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu emva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­Je­ho­wa­shi indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­liv.

18 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­ma­zi­ya, ka­zi­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da?

19 Ba­se­be­me­nze­la ugo­be eJe­ru­sa­le­maw, wa­ba­le­ke­la eLa­ki­shi; ko­dwa ba­thu­ma ba­mla­nde­la eLa­ki­shi, ba­mbu­la­le­la kho­nax.

20 Ba­se­be­mthwa­la nga­ma­bhi­za, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da.

21 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da ba­se­be­tha­tha uA­za­ri­ya, owa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha, ba­mbe­ka wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­yi­se uA­ma­zi­ya.

22 Ye­na wa­kha iE­la­thiy, wa­yi­bu­yi­se­la ko­Ju­da emva ko­ku­la­la kwe­nko­si la­bo­yi­se.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu

23 Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu kaA­ma­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­shi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­ba yi­nko­si eSa­ma­ri­ya; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nye.

24 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si; ka­su­ka­nga ezo­nwe­ni zo­nke zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li onez.

25 Ye­na wa­bu­yi­se­la umngce­le wa­koI­sra­ye­li ku­su­ke­la eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­Ha­ma­thia ku­ze ku­fi­ke elwa­ndle lwa­ma­gce­ke, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lib, eya­li­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku ya­yo uJo­na indo­da­na kaA­mi­tha­yi umpro­fe­thic, owa­ye­ve­la eGa­thi-He­fe­rid.

26 Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­bo­na uku­hlu­phe­ka ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, kwa­ku­ba­ba ka­khu­lue, ngo­ba kwa­ku­nge­kho ova­le­lwe­yo, nja­lo enge­kho okhu­lu­le­ki­le­yo, nja­lo ku­nge­la­msi­zi kaI­sra­ye­lif.

27 INko­si ya­yi­nga­tsho­ngo-ke uku­thi iza­le­su­la ibi­zo li­kaI­sra­ye­li nga­pha­nsi kwa­ma­zu­lu; ko­dwa ya­ba­si­ndi­sa nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­shig.

28 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, la­ma­ndla akhe, uku­thi wa­lwa nja­ni, lo­ku­thi wa­yi­bu­yi­se­la nja­ni koI­sra­ye­li iDa­ma­se­ko le­Ha­ma­thih, enge­ye­Ju­dai, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

29 UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ema­kho­si­ni akoI­sra­ye­li. UZe­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­za­ri­ya

15Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, uA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na kaA­ma­zi­ya, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, wa­ba yi­nko­sia.

2 Wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­li eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Je­ko­li­ya we­Je­ru­sa­le­mab.

3 Wa­se­se­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­nga­kho ko­nke uA­ma­zi­ya uyi­se akwe­nza­yoc.

4 Ko­dwa inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­zi­su­swa­nga; aba­ntu ba­be­lo­khu be­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo be­tshi­sa impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yod.

5 UJe­ho­va wa­yi­tsha­ya inko­si, ya­si­si­ba ngu­mle­phe­ro kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­fa kwa­yoe. Ya­hla­la endli­ni eye­hlu­ka­ni­si­we­yof. UJo­tha­mu indo­da­na ye­nko­si wa­se­pha­tha indlu, esa­hlu­le­la aba­ntu be­li­zwe.

6 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­za­ri­ya, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da?

7 UA­za­ri­ya wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ba­mngcwa­ba ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da. UJo­tha­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kheg.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ze­kha­ri­ya

8 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li kaA­za­ri­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uZe­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­bu­sa phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya inya­nga ezi­yi­si­thu­pha.

9 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­bo­yi­se; ka­su­ka­nga ezo­nwe­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li oneh.

10 USha­lu­ma indo­da­na ka­Ja­be­shi wa­se­me­nze­la ugo­be, wa­mtsha­ya pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu wa­mbu­la­la, wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

11 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Ze­kha­ri­ya, kha­nge­la, zi­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li.

12 Le­li yi­li­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma ku­Je­hu isi­thi: Ama­do­da­na akho aza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­kaI­sra­ye­li ku­ze ku­be sesi­zu­ku­lwa­ne­ni se­si­ne. Kwa­ba nja­lo-kei.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Sha­lu­ma

13 USha­lu­ma indo­da­na ka­Ja­be­shi wa­ba yi­nko­si ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye kaU­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da; wa­bu­sa inya­nga egcwe­le­yo eSa­ma­ri­ya.

14 Ngo­ba uMe­na­he­ma indo­da­na ka­Ga­di we­nyu­ka esu­ka eTi­ri­zaj, we­za eSa­ma­ri­ya, wa­mtsha­ya uSha­lu­ma indo­da­na ka­Ja­be­shi eSa­ma­ri­ya wa­mbu­la­la; wa­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

15 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Sha­lu­ma, lo­go­be lwa­khe alwe­nza­yo, kha­nge­la, ku­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Me­na­he­ma

16 Kho­na uMe­na­he­ma wa­se­tsha­ya iThi­fi­sak, la­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­ki­yo, le­mi­ngce­le ya­yo ku­su­ke­la eTi­ri­zal, ngo­ba be­ngamvu­lela­nga. Nga­kho wayi­tsha­ya; bo­nke abe­si­fa­za­na ba­yo aba­khu­le­lwe­yo wa­ba­qha­qham.

17 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye kaA­za­ri­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uMe­na­he­ma indo­da­na ka­Ga­di wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi eSa­ma­ri­ya.

18 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si; ka­su­ka­nga ezo­nwe­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li onen, insu­ku za­khe zo­nke.

19 UPhu­lio inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya we­za wa­me­la­na le­li­zwep; uMe­na­he­ma wa­se­ni­ka uPhu­li ama­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va ayi­nku­lu­ngwa­neq uku­ze isa­ndla sa­khe si­be la­ye uku­qi­ni­sa umbu­so esa­ndle­ni sa­kher.

20 UMe­na­he­ma wa­se­khu­phi­sa uI­sra­ye­li ima­li, ya­bo bo­nke aba­ntu aba­la­ma­ndla eno­thwe­nis, uku­pha inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya; ama­she­ke­li esi­li­va anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ku­le­yo la­le­yo­ndo­dat. Inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­si­bu­ye­la, ka­ya­ze ya­hla­la la­pho eli­zwe­ni.

21 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Me­na­he­ma, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li?

22 UMe­na­he­ma wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se; uPhe­ka­hi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Phe­ka­hi­ya

23 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu kaA­za­ri­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uPhe­ka­hi­ya indo­da­na ka­Me­na­he­ma wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li.

24 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si; ka­su­ka­nga ezo­nwe­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li oneu.

25 Ko­dwa uPhe­ka indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­ya, indu­na ya­khe, wa­me­nze­la ugo­be wa­mtsha­ya eSa­ma­ri­yav enqa­be­ni ye­ndlu ye­nko­si, ka­nye loA­ri­go­bi loA­ri­ye, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye aba­ntu aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu ba­ma­Gi­le­ya­di. Wa­mbu­la­la, wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khew.

26 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Phe­ka­hi­ya, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, kha­nge­la, ku­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Phe­ka

27 Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­li kaA­za­ri­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uPhe­ka indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­ya wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li eSa­ma­ri­ya; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

28 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si; ka­su­ka­nga ezo­nwe­ni zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li onex.

29 Ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Phe­ka inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li kwa­fi­ka uTi­gi­la­thi Pi­le­se­ri inko­si yeA­si­ri­yay, wa­tha­tha iI­jo­niz, leA­be­li-Be­ti-Ma­ha­kaab, le­Ja­no­wac, le­Ke­de­shid, le­Ha­zo­ri, le­Gi­le­ya­di, le­Ga­li­li, ili­zwe lo­nke la­ko­Na­fi­tha­li; wa­ba­thu­mbe­la eA­si­ri­yae.

30 UHo­she­ya indo­da­na kaE­la wa­se­se­nza ugo­be eme­le­ne lo­Phe­ka indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­ya, wa­mtsha­ya wa­mbu­la­la, wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ka­Jo­tha­mu, indo­da­na kaU­zi­ya.

31 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Phe­ka, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, kha­nge­la, ku­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Jo­tha­mu

32 Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li ka­Phe­ka indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­ya inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li uJo­tha­mu indo­da­na kaU­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ba yi­nko­sif.

33 Wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Je­ru­sha indo­da­ka­zi ka­Za­do­ki.

34 Wa­se­se­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si; we­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke uU­zi­ya uyi­se aye­kwe­nzi­leg.

35 Ko­dwa inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­zi­su­swa­nga; aba­ntu ba­be­lo­khu be­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo be­tshi­sa impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yoh. Ye­na wa­kha isa­ngo eli­nga­phe­zu­lu endli­ni ye­Nko­sii.

36 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Jo­tha­mu, aze­nza­yo, ka­zi­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­daj?

37 Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku iNko­si ya­qa­la uku­thu­me­la ko­Ju­da uRe­zi­ni inko­si ye­Si­ri­yak lo­Phe­ka indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­yal.

38 UJo­tha­mu wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se. UA­ha­zi indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khem.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­ha­zi

16Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­Phe­ka indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­ya uA­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Jo­tha­mu inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ba yi­nko­si.

2 UA­ha­zi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Ke­nza­nga-ke oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, nje­ngo­Da­vi­da uyi­sea.

3 Ko­dwa wa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li, ye­bo, fu­thi we­nza indo­da­na ya­khe ida­bu­le emli­lwe­nib, nje­nge­zi­ne­ngi­so ze­zi­zwe iNko­si eya­zi­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lic.

4 Wa­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo wa­tshi­sa impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yod la­phe­zu kwa­ma­qa­qa la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­zae.

5 Kho­na uRe­zi­ni inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya lo­Phe­ka indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­ya, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, be­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­lwa, ba­mvi­mbe­ze­la uA­ha­zif ko­dwa ka­ba­ba­nga la­kho uku­nqo­bag.

6 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uRe­zi­ni inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya wa­bu­yi­se­la iE­la­thi eSi­ri­ya, wa­xo­tsha ama­Ju­da eE­la­thi; ama­Si­ri­ya ase­si­za eE­la­thi ahla­la kho­na ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

7 UA­ha­zi wa­se­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­Ti­gi­la­thi Pi­le­se­ri inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya esi­thi: Ngi­yi­nce­ku ya­kho le­ndo­da­na ya­kho; ye­nyu­ka ungi­si­ndi­se esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Si­ri­ya le­sa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li aba­ngi­vu­ke­la­yoh.

8 UA­ha­zii wa­se­tha­tha isi­li­va le­go­li­de okwa­ku­tho­lwa endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va le­no­thwe­ni ye­ndlu ye­nko­sij, wa­thu­me­la isi­pho enko­si­ni yeA­si­ri­yak.

9 Inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­si­mla­le­la, ngo­ba inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ye­nyu­ka ime­le­ne le­Da­ma­se­ko ya­yi­thu­mba, yaba­thu­mbe­la eKi­ri aba­ntu ba­yo, ya­bu­la­la uRe­zi­nil.

10 Inko­si uA­ha­zi ya­si­si­ya eDa­ma­se­ko uku­hla­nga­na lo­Ti­gi­la­thi Pi­le­se­ri inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya, ya­bo­na ila­thi ela­li­se­Da­ma­se­ko. Inko­si uA­ha­zi ya­si­thu­me­la kuU­ri­ya umpri­stim isi­mo se­la­thi lo­mfa­ne­ki­so wa­lo nje­ngo­kwe­nzi­wa kwa­lo ko­nke.

11 U-U­ri­ya umpri­sti wa­se­sa­kha ila­thi nje­nga­kho ko­nke uA­ha­zi aku­thu­me­la ku­ve­la eDa­ma­se­ko; uU­ri­ya umpri­sti we­nza nja­lo, ya­ze ya­fi­ka inko­si uA­ha­zi ive­la eDa­ma­se­ko.

12 Inko­si isi­bu­yi­le eDa­ma­se­ko inko­si ya­li­bo­na ila­thi. Inko­si ya­so­nde­la ela­thi­ni, ya­ni­ke­la phe­zu kwa­lon.

13 Ya­si­tshi­sa umni­ke­lo wa­yo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­mni­ke­lo wa­yo wo­ku­dla, ya­the­la umni­ke­lo wa­yo wo­ku­na­thwa­yo, ya­fa­fa­za iga­zi le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la eya­yi­la­yo phe­zu kwe­la­thi.

14 Ko­dwa ila­thi le­thu­si ela­li­pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sio ya­li­le­tha li­su­ka pha­mbi kwe­ndlup, li­su­ka pha­ka­thi kwe­la­thi le­ndlu ye­Nko­siq, ya­li­fa­ka ehla­ngo­thi­ni lwe­nya­ka­tho lwe­la­thir.

15 Inko­si uA­ha­zi ya­si­mla­ya uU­ri­ya umpri­sti isi­thi: Phe­zu kwe­la­thi eli­khu­lus tshi­sa umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­ku­se­ni, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla wa­nta­mba­ma, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa we­nko­si, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­yo wo­ku­dla, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa wa­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwe, lo­mni­ke­lo wa­bo wo­ku­dla, le­mi­ni­ke­lo ya­bo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo; ufa­fa­ze phe­zu kwa­lo lo­nke iga­zi lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa la­lo lo­nke iga­zi lo­mhla­tshe­lot. Ko­dwa ila­thi le­thu­si li­za­ku­ba nge­la­mi uku­bu­za nga­lou.

16 U-U­ri­ya umpri­sti wa­se­se­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke inko­si uA­ha­zi eya­yi­ku­la­yi­le.

17 Inko­si uA­ha­zi ya­si­qu­mav imi­phe­tho ye­zi­se­ke­lo, ya­su­sa indi­tshi yo­ku­ge­ze­la ku­zow, ye­thu­la ulwa­ndle phe­zu kwe­nka­bi ze­thu­si eza­zi­nga­pha­nsi kwa­lox, ya­lu­be­ka phe­zu ko­ku­ga­nde­lwe nga­ma­tshe.

18 Lo­kwe­mbe­si­we­yo kwe­sa­ba­tha aba­be­kwa­khe endli­ni, le­ntu­ba ye­nko­si pha­ndle, ya­ku­su­sa endli­ni ye­Nko­si, nge­nxa ye­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya.

19 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­ha­zi aze­nza­yo, ka­zi­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­day?

20 UA­ha­zi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da. UHe­ze­khi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khez.

Uku­nqo­tshwa kwe­Sa­ma­ri­ya lo­ku­chi­thwa kwe­la­koI­sra­ye­li

17Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­mbi­li kaA­ha­zi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da uHo­she­ya indo­da­na kaE­la wa­ba yi­nko­si eSa­ma­ri­ya phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eyi­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye.

2 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, lo­ba ku­nja­lo ku­nge­nje­nga­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li aye­nga­pha­mbi kwa­khe.

3 USha­li­ma­ne­se­ri inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya we­nyu­ka wa­me­la­na la­ye; uHo­she­ya wa­se­si­ba yi­nce­ku ya­khe, wa­the­la umthe­lo ku­ye.

4 Ko­dwa inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­fi­ca ugo­be ku­Ho­she­ya, ngo­ba wa­ye­thu­me izi­thu­nywa ku­So inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the, kaza­be ese­nyu­sa umthe­lo enko­si­ni yeA­si­ri­ya umnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka. Nga­kho inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­mva­le­la ya­mbo­pha ento­lo­ngwe­ni.

5 Inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­si­se­nyu­ke­la ku­lo lo­nke ili­zwe, ye­nyu­ke­la eSa­ma­ri­ya, ya­yi­vi­mbe­ze­la imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu.

6 Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye ka­Ho­she­ya, inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­thu­mba iSa­ma­ri­ya ya­thu­mbe­la uI­sra­ye­li eA­si­ri­ya, ya­ba­hla­li­sa eHa­la le­Ha­bo­ri, umfu­la we­Go­za­ni, le­mi­zi­ni ya­ma­Me­de.

7 Lo­khu-ke kwe­nze­ka ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­bo­ni­le eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo eya­yi­be­nyu­se eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the iba­su­sa nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­ka­Fa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the, ba­be­sa­be aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu,

8 ba­ha­mba ezi­mi­swe­ni ze­zi­zwe iNko­si eya­yi­zi­xo­tshe eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, le­za­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li, aye­ze­nzi­le.

9 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­nza ensi­tha izi­nto ezi­nga­lu­nga­nga be­me­le­ne le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo. Ba­be­za­khe­le inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­bo, ku­su­ke­la enqa­be­ni ya­ba­li­ndi ku­ze ku­be se­mzi­ni obi­ye­lwe­yo.

10 Ba­se­be­zi­mi­se­la insi­ka ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbe le­zi­xu­ku phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke ama­qa­qa apha­ke­me­yo la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­za.

11 Ba­se­be­tshi­sa la­pho impe­pha enda­we­ni zo­nke ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, nje­nge­zi­zwe iNko­si eya­zi­kho­khe­le­la eku­thu­njwe­ni pha­mbi kwa­bo; be­nza izi­nto ezi­mbi uku­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si.

12 Ngo­ba ba­kho­nza izi­tho­mbe, iNko­si eya­yi­the nga­zo ku­bo: Ka­li­yi­ku­ye­nza li­nto.

13 Ka­nti iNko­si ya­fa­ka­za ime­le­ne loI­sra­ye­li nja­lo ime­le­ne lo­Ju­da nge­sa­ndla sa­bo bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi la­ba­bo­ni bo­nke isi­thi: Phe­ndu­ka­ni endle­le­ni ze­nu ezi­mbi, li­gci­ne imi­the­tho ya­mi, izi­mi­so za­mi, nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo wo­nke enga­wu­la­ya oyi­hlo le­nga­wu­thu­me­la ki­ni nge­sa­ndla se­nce­ku za­mi aba­pro­fe­thi.

14 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ka­ba­la­le­la­nga, ko­dwa be­nza lu­khu­ni inta­mo ya­bo, nje­nge­nta­mo ya­bo­yi­se, aba­nga­kho­lwa­nga eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo.

15 Nja­lo ba­la izi­mi­so za­yo le­si­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo eya­se­nza la­bo­yi­se le­zi­fa­ka­ze­lo za­yo eya­zi­fa­ka­za ime­le­ne la­bo, ba­la­nde­la ize, ba­ba yi­ze, ba­la­nde­la izi­zwe eza­zi­ba­ha­nqi­le, iNko­si eya­yi­ba­la­ye nga­zo uku­thi ba­nge­nzi nje­nga­zo.

16 Ba­yi­tshi­ya yo­nke imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, ba­ze­nze­la izi­tho­mbe ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa, ama­tho­le ama­bi­li, be­nza isi­xu­ku, ba­kho­tha­me­la lo­nke ibu­tho la­ma­zu­lu, ba­kho­nza uBha­li.

17 Be­nza ama­do­da­na abo la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo ada­bu­le emli­lwe­ni, be­nza uku­vu­mi­sa, be­nza imi­li­ngo, ba­zi­the­ngi­se­la ukwe­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uku­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa.

18 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­mthu­ku­the­le­la ka­khu­lu uI­sra­ye­li, ya­ba­su­sa ebu­swe­ni ba­yo; ka­ku­sa­la­nga lo­ye­dwa nga­pha­ndle kwe­si­zwe sa­ko­Ju­da ku­phe­la.

19 La­ye uJu­da ka­yi­gci­na­nga imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, ko­dwa ba­ha­mba nge­zi­mi­so zi­kaI­sra­ye­li aba­ze­nza­yo.

20 INko­si ya­si­ya­la yo­nke inza­lo ya­koI­sra­ye­li, ya­yi­hlu­pha, ya­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­pha­ngi, ya­ze ya­ba­la­hla ya­ba­su­sa pha­mbi kwa­yo.

21 Ngo­ba ya­mda­bu­la uI­sra­ye­li imsu­sa endli­ni ka­Da­vi­da, ba­se­be­be­ka uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti uku­thi abe yi­nko­si. UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­mqhu­ba wa­mpha­mbu­la uI­sra­ye­li eku­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si, wa­be­nza bo­na iso­no esi­khu­lu.

22 Ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­ha­mba nga­zo zo­nke izo­no zi­ka­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu aze­nza­yo, ka­ba­su­ka­nga ku­zo,

23 iNko­si ya­ze ya­msu­sa uI­sra­ye­li pha­mbi kwa­yo nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwa­yo nge­sa­ndla sa­zo zo­nke ince­ku za­yo aba­pro­fe­thia. Nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li wa­thu­njwa wa­su­swa eli­zwe­ni la­khe wa­si­wa eA­si­ri­ya ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlab.

Aba­ntu be­zi­zwe­ni ba­hla­li­swa eSa­ma­ri­ya

24 Inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­si­le­tha aba­ntuc aba­ve­la eBha­bhi­lo­nid la­ba­ve­la eKu­tha la­ba­ve­la eA­va la­ba­ve­la eHa­ma­thie la­ba­ve­la eSe­fa­va­yi­mif, ya­ba­hla­li­sa emi­zi­ni ye­Sa­ma­ri­ya esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, ba­dla ili­fa le­Sa­ma­ri­ya, ba­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­yo.

25 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­hla­la kwa­bo kho­na ka­ba­ye­sa­ba­nga iNko­si; nga­kho iNko­si ya­thu­me­la izi­lwa­ne pha­ka­thi kwa­bo eza­bu­la­la aba­nye ba­bo.

26 Nga­kho ba­khu­lu­ma enko­si­ni yeA­si­ri­ya be­si­thi: Izi­zwe owa­zi­su­sa­yo wa­zi­hla­li­sa emi­zi­ni ye­Sa­ma­ri­ya ka­zi­wa­zi umkhu­ba ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­le­lo­li­zwe; nga­kho uthu­me­le izi­lwa­ne pha­ka­thi kwa­zo, kha­nge­la-ke zi­ya­zi­bu­la­la, ngo­ba ka­zi­wa­zi umkhu­ba ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­le­lo­li­zwe.

27 Inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­si­la­ya isi­thi: Yi­sa­ni kho­na omu­nye wa­ba­pri­sti ela­ba­thu­mba­yo be­su­ka la­pho; ka­ba­ye­hla­la kho­na, ka­ba­fu­ndi­se umkhu­ba ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­le­lo­li­zwe.

28 Nga­kho omu­nye wa­ba­pri­sti aba­be­ba­thu­mbe be­su­ka eSa­ma­ri­ya we­za wa­hla­la eBhe­the­lig, wa­ba­fu­ndi­sa uku­thi ba­nga­ye­sa­ba nja­ni iNko­si.

29 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo zo­nke izi­zwe ze­nza onku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo, za­ba­fa­ka ezi­ndli­ni ze­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ama­Sa­ma­ri­ya aze­nza­yo, yi­le­so la­le­so isi­zwe emi­zi­ni ya­zo ezi­hla­la ku­yo.

30 La­ba­ntu be­Bha­bhi­lo­ni be­nza uSu­ko­thi-Be­no­thi, la­ba­ntu be­Ku­thi be­nza uNe­ri­ga­li, la­ba­ntu be­Ha­ma­thi be­nza uA­shi­ma,

31 la­maA­vi enza uNi­ba­zi lo­Ta­ri­ta­ki, la­ma­Se­fa­va­yi­mi aye­tshi­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­wo emli­lwe­ni ese­nze­la uA­dra­me­le­ki loA­na­me­le­ki onku­lu­nku­lu be­Se­fa­va­yi­mi.

32 Ba­be­ye­sa­ba le­Nko­si, ba­ze­nze­la aba­pri­sti be­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo kwa­ba­pha­nsi ka­khu­lu ba­bo, aba­be­ba­se­be­nze­la ezi­ndli­ni ze­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo.

33 Ba­be­ye­sa­ba iNko­si, nja­lo ba­be­kho­nza onku­lu­nku­lu ba­bo nje­ngo­mkhu­ba we­zi­zwe eza­ba­thu­mba­yo be­su­ka la­pho.

34 Ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla be­nza nje­nge­mi­khu­ba ya­ku­qa­la. Ka­ba­ye­sa­bi iNko­si, ka­be­nzi nje­nge­zi­mi­so za­bo la­nje­nge­zi­mi­se­lo za­bo la­nje­ngo­mla­yo la­nje­ngo­mthe­tho iNko­si eya­ku­la­ya aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Ja­ko­be, owa­mu­tha ibi­zo eli­thi uI­sra­ye­li.

35 INko­si eye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­bo, ya­ba­la­ya isi­thi: Ka­li­yi­kwe­sa­ba aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, li­nga­ba­kho­tha­me­li, li­nga­ba­se­be­nze­li, li­nga­ba­hla­be­li.

36 Ko­dwa iNko­si eya­le­nyu­sa eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the nga­ma­ndla ama­khu­lu la­nge­nga­lo eye­lu­li­we­yo, yo­na li­za­ye­sa­ba nja­lo yo­na li­za­yi­kho­tha­me­la nja­lo yo­na li­za­yi­hla­be­la.

37 Le­zi­mi­so le­zi­mi­se­lo lo­mla­yo lo­mthe­tho eya­li­bha­le­la kho­na, li­za­qa­phe­li­sa uku­kwe­nza zo­nke izi­nsu­ku, li­nge­sa­bi aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu.

38 Le­si­vu­me­lwa­no enga­se­nza la­ni li­nga­si­kho­hlwa, li­nge­sa­bi aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu.

39 Ko­dwa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu li­za­ye­sa­ba; yo­na-ke iza­li­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha ze­nu zo­nke.

40 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo ka­ba­la­le­la­nga, ko­dwa be­nza nje­ngo­mkhu­ba wa­bo wa­ku­qa­la.

41 Le­zi­zi­zwe za­ye­sa­ba-ke iNko­si, ko­dwa za­kho­nza izi­tho­mbe za­zo ezi­ba­zi­we­yo; bo­ba­bi­li aba­ntwa­na ba­zo la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­zo, nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­bo­yi­se be­nza la­bo ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlah.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­He­ze­khi­ya

18Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu ka­Ho­she­ya indo­da­na kaE­laa, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, uHe­ze­khi­ya indo­da­na kaA­ha­zi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ba yi­nko­sib.

2 Wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­nguA­bhi indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­kha­ri­ya.

3 Wa­se­se­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­nga­kho ko­nke uDa­vi­da uyi­se akwe­nza­yoc.

4 Ye­na wa­su­sa inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, wa­bhi­dli­za insi­ka ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbed, wa­ga­mu­la izi­xu­kue, wa­cho­bo­za inyo­ka ye­thu­si uMo­zi­si aye­ye­nzi­le, ngo­ba ku­ze ku­be yi­le­zo­nsu­ku aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­be­yi­tshi­se­la impe­phaf; wa­yi­bi­za ngo­ku­thi ngu­Ne­hu­shi­ta­ni.

5 Wa­the­mbe­la eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lig; okwa­thi emva kwa­khe ka­ku­ba­nga kho­na onje­nga­ye ema­kho­si­ni wo­nke ako­Ju­da, lo­ba aye­nga­pha­mbi kwa­kheh.

6 Ngo­ba wa­na­ma­the­la eNko­si­ni, ka­pha­mbu­ka­nga eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni, ko­dwa wa­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­yo iNko­si eya­yi­la­ya uMo­zi­sii.

7 Le­Nko­si ya­ba la­yej; lo­ba nga­phi la­pho aphu­me­la kho­na wa­phu­me­le­lak. Wa­vu­ke­la inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya, ka­yi­se­be­nze­la­ngal.

8 Ye­na wa­tsha­ya ama­Fi­li­sti wa­ze wa­fi­ka eGa­za le­mi­ngce­le ya­yom, ku­su­ke­la empho­tsho­ngwe­ni wa­ba­li­ndi ku­ze ku­be se­mzi­ni obi­ye­lwe­yon.

Uku­nqo­tshwa kwe­Sa­ma­ri­ya

9 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­ne we­nko­si uHe­ze­khi­ya, owa­wu­ngu­mnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa ka­Ho­she­ya indo­da­na kaE­la, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, uSha­li­ma­ne­se­ri inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya we­nyu­ka wa­me­la­na le­Sa­ma­ri­ya, wa­yi­vi­mbe­ze­lao.

10 Ba­se­be­yi­thu­mba eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu. Ngo­mnya­ka we­si­thu­pha ka­He­ze­khi­ya, owa­wu­ngu­mnya­ka we­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye ka­Ho­she­ya inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, iSa­ma­ri­ya ya­thu­njwa.

11 Inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­thu­mbe­la uI­sra­ye­li eA­si­ri­ya, ya­ba­be­ka eHa­la le­Ha­bo­ri umfu­la we­Go­za­ni, le­mi­zini ya­ma­Me­de.

12 Ngo­ba be­nga­li­la­le­la­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bop, ko­dwa ba­se­qa isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­yo, ko­nke uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si eya­yi­ku­la­yi­le; ka­ba­la­le­la­nga, ka­be­nza­ngaq.

Uku­hla­se­lwa kwe­li­zwe la­ko­Ju­da ngu­Se­na­khe­ri­bi

13 La­ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­ne we­nko­si uHe­ze­khi­ya, uSe­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya we­nyu­ka wa­me­la­na la­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da ebi­ye­lwe­yo, wa­yi­thu­mbar.

14 UHe­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­se­thu­me­la enko­si­ni yeA­si­ri­ya eLa­ki­shis esi­thi: Ngo­ni­le; bu­ye­la usu­ke ki­mi; oku­be­ka phe­zu kwa­mi ngi­za­ku­thwa­la. Inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ya­si­be­ka phe­zu ku­ka­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da ama­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va anga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu, la­ma­tha­le­nta anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ego­li­det.

15 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­semni­ka so­nke isi­li­va esa­tho­la­ka­la endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va le­no­thwe­ni ye­ndlu ye­nko­siu.

16 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­qu­ma igo­li­de e­zi­va­lweni ze­the­mpe­li le­Nko­si, le­mi­gu­ba­zini uHe­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da aye­ku­na­ma­thi­se­le, wa­li­ni­ka inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya.

17 Inko­si yeA­si­ri­yav ya­si­thu­ma uTha­ri­tha­ni lo­Ra­bi-Sa­ri­si lo­Ra­bi-Sha­ke be­su­ka eLa­ki­shi be­si­ya enko­si­ni uHe­ze­khi­ya be­le­bu­tho eli­nzi­ma eJe­ru­sa­le­maw. Be­nyu­ka-ke ba­fi­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Se­be­nyu­ke ba­fi­ka be­ma emge­lwe­ni we­chi­bi eli­phe­zu­lu, eli­se­mgwa­qwe­ni omkhu­lu we­nsi­mu yo­mwa­tshix.

18 Se­be­bi­ze inko­si, kwa­phu­me­la ki­bo uE­li­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya owa­ye­ngu­mpha­thi we­ndluy, lo­She­bi­na umbha­liz, lo­Jo­wa indo­da­na kaA­sa­fi uma­bha­la­nea.

19 URa­bi-Sha­ke wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Khu­lu­ma­ni kha­the­si ku­He­ze­khi­ya: Itsho nja­lo inko­si enku­lu, inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ithi: Yi­si­bi­ndi ba­ni le­si, othe­mbe­la ku­sob?

20 Uthi, ko­dwa yi­li­zwi le­nde­be nje: Ku­le­ce­bo la­ma­ndla empi. Usu­the­mbe ba­ni uku­thi ungi­vu­ke­le?

21 Kha­nge­la-ke, we­na uthe­mbe­le odo­ndo­lwe­ni lo­mhla­nga owe­phu­ki­le­yo, olu­yi­Gi­bhi­the, uba umu­ntu ese­ya­ma phe­zu kwa­lo, lu­za­nge­na esa­ndle­ni sa­khe lu­si­hla­be. Unja­lo uFa­ro inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the ku­bo bo­nke aba­the­mbe­la ku­ye.

22 Ko­dwa uba li­si­thi ki­mi: ENko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu si­ya­the­mba; angi­thi yi­yo ele­zi­nda­wo za­yo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo la­ma­la­thi ayo uHe­ze­khi­ya awa­su­si­le­yo, wa­thi ku­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma: Pha­mbi kwa­le­li­la­thi li­za­kho­nza eJe­ru­sa­le­ma?

23 Nga­kho-ke, aku­ni­ke isi­ba­mbi­so enko­si­ni ya­mi, inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya, nja­lo ngi­za­ku­ni­ka ama­bhi­za azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li, uba we­na ula­kho uku­ni­ka aba­ga­di ba­wo.

24 Pho, uza­bu­yi­se­la emu­va nja­ni ubu­so be­ndu­na eyo­dwa ya­ba­nci­nya­ne nje be­nce­ku ze­nko­si ya­mi; we­na-ke uthe­mbe­le eGi­bhi­the nge­zi­nqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za?

25 Ka­mbe nge­nyu­ki­le yi­ni uku­me­la­na la­li­nda­wo ngi­nge­la­Je­ho­va uku­yi­chi­tha? UJe­ho­va uthe ki­mi: Ye­nyu­ka ume­la­ne la­le­li­li­zwe, uli­chi­the.

26 UE­li­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­ya lo­She­bi­na lo­Jo­wa ba­se­be­si­thi ku­Ra­bi-Sha­ke: Aku­khu­lu­me le­nce­ku za­kho nge­si­Si­ri­ya, ngo­ba si­ya­si­zwa; unga­khu­lu­mi la­thi nge­si­Ju­da endle­be­ni za­ba­ntu aba­se­mdu­li­nic.

27 Ko­dwa uRa­bi-Sha­ke wa­thi ku­bo: Inko­si ya­mi ingi­thu­mi­le yi­ni enko­si­ni ya­kho la­ku­we uku­khu­lu­ma la­ma­zwi? Ka­ku­se­ba­ntwi­ni yi­ni aba­hle­zi phe­zu ko­mdu­li uku­ze ba­dle ubu­lo­ngwe ba­bo, ba­na­the umcha­mo wa­bo ka­nye la­ni?

28 URa­bi-Sha­ke wa­se­si­ma wa­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu nge­si­Ju­da, wa­khu­lu­ma esi­thi: Zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­nko­si enku­lu, inko­si yeA­si­ri­yad.

29 Itsho nja­lo inko­si: UHe­ze­khi­yae ka­nga­li­kho­hli­sif, ngo­ba ka­yi­ku­ba la­kho uku­li­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­yo.

30 Nja­lo uHe­ze­khi­ya anga­le­nzi li­the­mbe­le eNko­si­ni esi­thi: INko­si iza­si­khu­lu­la lo­ku­si­khu­lu­la, la­lu­mu­zi ka­wu­yi­ku­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya.

31 Li­nga­mla­le­li uHe­ze­khi­ya, ngo­ba itsho nja­lo inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya: Ye­nza­ni isi­vu­me­lwa­no so­ku­thu­la la­mi, li­phu­me li­ze ki­mi; dla­ni­ni-ke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo okwe­vi­ni la­khe la­ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo oko­mkhi­wa wa­khe, li­na­the, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ama­nzi omtho­mbo wa­kheg;

32 ngi­ze ngi­fi­ke ngi­li­tha­the ngi­li­se eli­zwe­ni eli­fa­na­na le­li­zwe la­ki­ni, ili­zwe la­ma­be­le le­wa­yi­ni eli­tsha, ili­zwe le­si­nkwa le­zi­vi­nih, ili­zwe la­ma­fu­tha emi­hlwa­thi lo­lu­jui, uku­ze li­phi­le li­nga­fi. Li­nga­mla­le­li uHe­ze­khi­ya ngo­ba eli­ye­nga esi­thi: INko­si iza­si­khu­lu­la.

33 Onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe se­ba­ke ba­wa­khu­lu­la yi­ni ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ili­zwe la­khe esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si yeA­si­ri­yaj?

34 Ba­nga­phi onku­lu­nku­luk be­Ha­ma­thil leA­rpa­dim? Ba­nga­phi onku­lu­nku­lu be­Se­fa­va­yi­mi, be­He­na, leI­va? Ka­mbe ba­yi­khu­lu­le yi­ni iSa­ma­ri­ya esa­ndle­ni sa­mi?

35 Ngo­ba­ni ku­bo bo­nke onku­lu­nku­lu ba­la­wo­ma­zwe aba­khu­lu­le ili­zwe la­bo esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, uku­thi iNko­si ikhu­lu­le iJe­ru­sa­le­ma esa­ndle­ni sa­min?

36 Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­thu­la, ka­ba­ze ba­mphe­ndu­la la­li­zwi, ngo­ba umla­yo we­nko­si wa­wu­yi­ku­thi: Li­nga­mphe­ndu­li.

37 UE­li­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Hi­li­khi­yao owa­ye­ngu­mpha­thi we­ndlu, lo­She­bi­na umbha­li, lo­Jo­wa indo­da­na kaA­sa­fi uma­bha­la­ne, ba­se­be­si­za ku­He­ze­khi­ya izi­gqo­ko zi­da­tshu­li­we, ba­mtshe­la ama­zwi ka­Ra­bi-Sha­kep.

Uku­khu­lu­lwa kwe­li­zwe la­ko­Ju­da

19Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho inko­si uHe­ze­khi­ya isi­zwi­le, ya­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­yoa, ya­ze­mbe­sa nge­sa­kab, ya­nge­na endli­ni ye­Nko­sic.

2 Ya­si­thu­ma uE­li­ya­khi­mi owa­ye­phe­zu kwe­ndlu, lo­She­bi­na uma­bha­la­ne, la­ba­da­la ba­ba­pri­sti, be­mbe­swe nga­ma­sa­kad kuI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi indo­da­na kaA­mo­zie.

3 Ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Utsho nja­lo uHe­ze­khi­ya: Lo­lu­su­ku lu­su­ku lo­hlu­pho lo­lo­ku­so­lwa lo­lo­kwe­yi­swa; ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na se­be­fi­ki­le emlo­nye­ni we­si­za­lo, ka­nti ka­ku­la­ma­ndla oku­be­le­tha.

4 Mhla­wu­mbe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho iza­ku­zwa wo­nke ama­zwi ka­Ra­bi-Sha­kef, inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya inko­si ya­khe eya­mthu­ma­yo, uku­thi aklo­lo­de­le uNku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yog; nja­lo iza­so­la ama­zwih iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho ewe­zwi­le­yoi: Nga­kho pha­ka­mi­se­la­ni insa­li etho­la­ke­le­yo umkhu­le­koj.

5 Izi­nce­ku ze­nko­si uHe­ze­khi­ya za­se­zi­fi­ka kuI­sa­ya.

6 UI­sa­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­zo: Li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo enko­si­ni ye­nu: Utsho nja­lo uJe­ho­va: Unge­sa­bi ama­zwi owe­zwi­le­yo ince­ku ze­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ezi­ngi­thu­ke nga­wok.

7 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­fa­kal umo­ya ku­yom, nja­lo iza­ku­zwa ihu­nga­hu­nga, ibu­ye­le eli­zwe­ni la­yo; ngi­za­ye­nza uku­thi iwe nge­nke­mba eli­zwe­ni la­yon.

8 URa­bi-Sha­ke wa­se­bu­ye­la, wa­fi­ca inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya isi­lwa ime­le­ne le­Li­bhi­nao; ngo­ba wa­ye­zwi­le uku­thi isi­su­ki­le eLa­ki­ship.

9 Kwa­thi isi­zwa ngo­Ti­ri­ha­kaq inko­si yeE­thi­yo­phi­yar ku­thi­wa: Kha­nge­la, uphu­mi­le ukuya­ku­lwa eme­le­ne la­we, ya­bu­ya ya­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­He­ze­khi­ya, isi­thi:

10 Li­za­khu­lu­ma ka­nje ku­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, li­thi: UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho omthe­mbi­le­yos ka­nga­ku­kho­hli­si esi­thi: IJe­ru­sa­le­ma ka­yi­yi­ku­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si yeA­si­ri­yat.

11 Kha­nge­la, we­na usu­zwi­le uku­thi ama­kho­si eA­si­ri­ya enze­ni ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwe, ngo­ku­wa­tsha­ba­la­li­sa. We­na-ke uza­khu­lu­lwa yi­ni?

12 Onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe ba­zi­khu­lu­li­le yi­ni, oba­ba aba­zi­chi­tha­you, iGo­za­niv le­Ha­ra­niwx le­Re­ze­fi la­ba­ntwa­na ba­kaE­de­niy aba­be­se­Te­la­sa­riz?

13 Inga­phi inko­si ye­Ha­ma­thia, le­nko­si yeA­rpa­dib, le­nko­si yo­mu­zi we­Se­fa­va­yi­mi, iHe­na, leI­va?

14 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­ye­mu­ke­la incwa­di esa­ndle­ni se­zi­thu­nywa, wa­yi­ba­la, wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ye­Nko­si, uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­yi­cha­ya pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sic.

15 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­khu­le­ka pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sid, wa­thi: Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ohla­la pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­khe­ru­bhi*e, we­na ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu, we­na we­dwa, wa­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba; we­na we­nze ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­baf.

16 Nko­si, tho­ba indle­be ya­kho, uzweg, Nko­si, vu­la ame­hlo akho, ubo­neh; uzwe ama­zwi ka­Se­na­khe­ri­bi amthu­me nga­wo uku­klo­lo­de­la uNku­lu­nku­lu ophi­la­yoi.

17 Qi­ni­so, Nko­si, ama­kho­si eA­si­ri­ya azi­chi­thi­le izi­zwe le­li­zwe la­zo,

18 apho­se­la onku­lu­nku­lu ba­zo emli­lwe­ni; ngo­ba ba­be­nge­yi­si­bo onku­lu­nku­lu, ko­dwa umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­ba­ntu, izi­go­do la­ma­tshe; nga­kho ba­ba­bhu­bhi­saj.

19 Nga­kho-ke, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ngi­ce­la usi­si­ndi­se esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, uku­ze yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba ya­zi uku­thi we­na uyi­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu, we­na we­dwak.

20 UI­sa­ya indo­da­na kaA­mo­zi wa­se­thu­me­la ku­He­ze­khi­ya esi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­koI­sra­ye­li: Lo­kho oku­khu­le­ke ki­mi ma­ye­la­na lo­Se­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya ngi­ku­zwi­lel.

21 Yi­le­li ili­zwi iNko­si eli­khu­lu­me ma­ye­la­na la­ye: Into­mbi emsu­lwa, indo­da­ka­zi ye­Zi­yo­ni, iya­ku­de­le­la, iya­ku­klo­lo­de­lam; indo­da­ka­zi ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ini­ki­na ikha­nda nge­mva kwa­khon.

22 Ngu­ba­ni ome­yi­si­le­yoo wa­mhla­mba­zap? Nja­lo upha­ka­mi­se­le ba­ni ili­zwi, wa­pha­ka­mi­se­la ame­hlo akho phe­zu­lu? Ume­le­ne lo­Ngcwe­le kaI­sra­ye­liq.

23 Nge­sa­ndla se­zi­thu­nywa za­kho uye­yi­si­le iNko­sir, wa­thi: Ngo­bu­ne­ngi be­zi­nqo­la za­mi nge­nyu­ke inda­wo ephe­zu­lu ye­zi­nta­bas, inhla­ngo­thi ze­Le­bha­no­nit. Ngi­za­ga­mu­la imi­se­da­ri ya­yo emi­de, la­ma­fi­ri ayo akhe­the­ki­le­you. Ngi­za­nge­na enda­we­ni yo­ku­hla­la ya­ma­phe­the­lo ayo, igu­su eli­mi­nye­ne­yov.

24 Mi­na nga­ge­bha nga­na­tha ama­nzi anga­zi­wa­yo, la­nge­nga­pha­nsi ye­nya­wo za­mi ngo­mi­sa yo­nke imi­fu­la ye­zi­nda­wo ezi­vi­nje­lwe­yo.

25 Ka­wu­zwa­nga yi­ni uku­thi nga­kwe­nza endu­low, nga­ku­bu­mba ensu­kwi­ni ze­ndu­lo. Kha­the­si ngi­ku­fi­ki­si­le, uku­thi ube ngo­wo­ku­di­li­za imi­zi evi­ke­lwe­yo ibe zi­nqu­mbi za­ma­nxi­wax.

26 Nga­kho aba­hla­li ba­yo ba­be­le­sa­ndla esi­fi­tsha­ne, be­sa­ba ba­be le­nhlo­ni, ba­ba nje­ngo­tsha­ni be­ga­nga le­mi­bhi­da elu­hla­zay, utsha­ni be­mpa­hla, la­ma­be­le aha­ngu­li­we­yo enga­ka­miz.

27 Ko­dwa ngi­ya­kwa­zi uku­hla­la kwa­kho lo­ku­phu­ma kwa­kho lo­ku­nge­na kwa­kho lo­ku­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­la kwa­khoa.

28 Nge­nxa yo­ku­ngi­thu­ku­the­le­la kwa­kho, lo­ku­thi umsi­ndo wa­kho we­nyu­ke­le endle­be­ni za­mi, ngi­za­fa­ka umkha­la wa­mi ema­kha­le­ni akho, le­to­mu la­mi ende­be­ni za­khob, ngi­kwe­nze ubu­ye­le nge­ndle­la owe­za nga­yoc.

29 Lo­khu-ke ku­za­ku­ba yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ku­wed; lo­nya­ka uza­ku­dla oku­zi­khu­le­la­yoe, la­ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li umkhu­khu­ze­la, ku­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu li­hla­nye­le li­vu­ne, li­hla­nye­le izi­vi­ni li­dle izi­the­lo za­zo.

30 Lo­ku­phe­phi­le­yo kwe­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­daf oku­se­le­yo ku­za­phi­nda ku­gxu­me­ke impa­nde pha­nsi, ku­the­le izi­the­lo nga­phe­zu­lu.

31 Ngo­ba ku­za­phu­ma eJe­ru­sa­le­ma insa­li, lo­ku­phe­phi­le­yo enta­be­ni ye­Zi­yo­ni. Uku­tshi­se­ka kwe­Nko­si ya­ma­ba­ndla ku­za­kwe­nza lo­khug.

32 Nga­kho utsho nja­lo uJe­ho­va nge­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya: Ka­yi­yi­ku­nge­na ku­lu­mu­zi, ka­yi­yi­ku­tsho­ka umtsho­ko kho­na, ka­yi­yi­ku­za pha­mbi kwa­wo ile­si­hla­ngu, ka­yi­yi­ku­bu­the­le­la idu­ndu­lu ma­qo­nda­na la­woh.

33 Nge­ndle­la eye­za nga­yo, nga­yo iza­bu­ye­lai, ka­yi­yi­ku­nge­na ku­lo umu­zi, itsho iNko­si.

34 Ngo­ba ngi­za­wu­vi­ke­la lu­mu­zi uku­wu­si­ndi­saj, nge­nxa ya­mi, la­nge­nxa ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­mik.

35 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi nga­lo­bo­bu­su­kul ingi­lo­si ye­Nko­si ya­phu­mam ya­tsha­ya enka­mbe­ni ya­maA­si­ri­ya izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­nhla­nu. La­pho be­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, kha­nge­la, bo­nke ba­be­yi­zi­du­mbu ezi­fi­le­yon.

36 Nga­kho uSe­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya wa­su­ka wa­ha­mba wa­bu­ye­la, wa­hla­la eNi­ne­veo.

37 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ekho­nza endli­ni ka­Ni­si­ro­ki unku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, oA­dra­me­le­ki lo­Sha­re­ze­rip ama­do­da­na akhe ba­mtsha­ya nge­nke­mba, bo­na ba­phe­phe­la eli­zwe­ni leA­ra­ra­thiq. UE­sa­ri­ha­do­ni indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­bu­sa esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kher.

Uku­gu­la ku­ka­He­ze­khi­ya

20Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­gu­la oko­ku­faa. UI­sa­ya indo­da­na kaA­mo­zi umpro­fe­thi wa­se­fi­ka ku­ye wa­thi ku­ye: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: La­ya indlu ya­kho, ngo­ba uza­ku­fa, ka­wu­yi­ku­phi­la.

2 Wa­se­phe­ndu­le­la ubu­so ba­khe emdu­li­ni, wa­khu­le­ka eNko­si­nib esi­thi:

3 Ngi­ya­ku­nce­nga Nko­si, ake ukhu­mbu­le uku­thi ngi­ha­mbe pha­mbi kwa­kho ngo­bu­qo­thoc la­nge­nhli­zi­yo ephe­le­le­yod, nge­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni akhoe. UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­kha­la inye­mbe­zi ngo­ku­kha­la oku­khu­luf.

4 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uI­sa­ya enga­ka­phu­mi egu­me­ni eli­nga­pha­ka­thi, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ku­ye li­si­thi:

5 Bu­ye­la uthi ku­He­ze­khi­ya umbu­si wa­ba­ntu ba­mig: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo: Ngi­wu­zwi­le umkhu­le­ko wa­khoh, nga­bo­na inye­mbe­zi za­khoi; kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ku­si­li­sa; ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu uza­kwe­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ye­Nko­si.

6 Nja­lo ngi­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­la imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu ensu­kwi­ni za­kho; ngi­ku­khu­lu­le we­na la­lu­mu­zi esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya; ngi­wu­vi­ke­le lu­mu­zi nge­nxa ya­mi la­nge­nxa ye­nce­ku ya­mi uDa­vi­daj.

7 UI­sa­ya wa­se­si­thi: Tha­tha­ni isi­ga­qa so­mkhi­wak. Ba­se­be­si­tha­tha, ba­si­fa­ka phe­zu kwe­thu­mba, ya­si­si­lal.

8 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi kuI­sa­ya: Yi­si­phi isi­bo­na­ka­li­so so­ku­thi iNko­si iza­ngi­si­li­sa, lo­ku­thi ngi­za­kwe­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ye­Nko­si ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thum?

9 UI­sa­ya wa­se­si­thi: Le­si yi­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ku­we esi­ve­la eNko­si­ni eso­ku­thi iNko­si iza­ye­nza into eyi­khu­lu­mi­le­yo: Isi­thu­nzi si­za­ku­ya pha­mbi­li izi­nya­the­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi, lo­ba si­ye emu­va izi­nya­the­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi yi­ni?

10 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi: Ku­lu­lan esi­thu­nzi­ni uku­thi se­lu­le izi­nya­the­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi; ha­tshi, ko­dwa isi­thu­nzi ka­si­bu­ye­le emu­va izi­nya­the­lo ezi­li­tshu­mio.

11 UI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi wa­se­kha­la eNko­si­ni, ya­si­bu­yi­se­la emu­va isi­thu­nzi, nge­zi­nya­the­lo esa­se­hle nga­zo esi­khwe­lwe­ni si­kaA­ha­zi, izi­nya­the­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi emu­va.

Inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ithu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­He­ze­khi­ya

12 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uMe­ro­da­ki-Ba­la­da­ni indo­da­na ka­Ba­la­da­ni, inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, wa­thu­me­la izi­ncwa­di le­si­pho ku­He­ze­khi­ya, ngo­ba wa­ye­zwi­le uku­thi uHe­ze­khi­ya ube­ka­de egu­lap.

13 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­ba­la­le­laq, wa­ba­tshe­ngi­sa yo­nke indlu ya­khe ye­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu, isi­li­va le­go­li­de la­ma­kha la­ma­fu­tha ama­hle le­ndlu ye­zi­kha­li za­khe, la­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­tho­la­ka­la endli­ni ya­khe yo­ku­li­gu­gu; ka­ku­la­lu­tho endli­ni ya­khe le­mbu­swe­ni wo­nke wa­khe uHe­ze­khi­ya anga­ba­tshe­ngi­sa­nga lo­na.

14 UI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi wa­se­si­za enko­si­ni uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­thi ki­yo: Ba­the­ni la­ba­ba­ntu? Fu­thi be­be­ve­la nga­phi be­si­za ku­we? UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi: Be­be­ve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na, eBha­bhi­lo­ni.

15 Wa­se­si­thi: Ba­bo­ne­ni endli­ni ya­kho? UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi: Ba­bo­ne ko­nke oku­se­ndli­ni ya­mi; ka­ku­la­lu­tho pha­ka­thi ko­ku­li­gu­gu kwa­mi engi­nga­ba­tshe­ngi­sa­nga kho­nar.

16 UI­sa­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­He­ze­khi­ya: Zwa­na ili­zwi le­Nko­si.

17 Kha­nge­la, insu­ku zi­ye­za la­pho ko­nke oku­se­ndli­ni ya­kho la­lo­kho oyi­hlo aba­ku­be­ke­le­la­yo ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla ku­za­thwa­le­lwa eBha­bhi­lo­ni; ka­ku­yi­ku­sa­la lu­tho, itsho iNko­sis.

18 Nja­lo ba­za­tha­tha ema­do­da­ne­ni akho aza­phu­ma ku­we, oza­wa­za­la, abe nga­ba­the­nwa esi­go­dlwe­ni se­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nit.

19 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi kuI­sa­ya: Li­hle ili­zwi le­Nko­si oli­khu­lu­mi­le­yo. Wa­se­si­thi: Ka­kunja­lo yi­ni, uba ku­za­ku­ba kho­na uku­thu­la lo­ku­vi­ke­le­ka ensu­kwi­ni za­miu?

Uku­fa ku­ka­He­ze­khi­ya

20 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­He­ze­khi­ya, la­wo wo­nke ama­ndla akhev, lo­ku­thi we­nza ichi­bi, lo­mge­low, wa­nge­ni­sa ama­nzi pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­dax?

21 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se. UMa­na­se indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khey.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ma­na­se

21UMa­na­se wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nhla­nu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­He­fi­zi­baa.

2 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­kwa­ma­nya­la ezi­zwe iNko­si eya­zi­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lib.

3 Ngo­ba wa­bu­ya wa­kha inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo uyi­se uHe­ze­khi­ya aye­zi­chi­thi­lec, wa­mi­se­la uBha­li ama­la­thi, we­nza isi­xu­ku, nje­ngo­kwe­nza ku­kaA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lid, wa­kho­tha­me­la ibu­tho lo­nke la­ma­zu­lu, wa­li­kho­nzae.

4 Wa­se­sa­kha ama­la­thi endli­ni ye­Nko­sif, iNko­si eya­thi nga­yo: EJe­ru­sa­le­ma ngi­za­be­ka ibi­zo la­mig.

5 Wa­se­sa­khe­la ibu­tho lo­nke la­ma­zu­lu ama­la­thih ema­gu­me­ni wo­ma­bi­li endli­ni ye­Nko­sii.

6 Wa­se­da­bu­li­sa indo­da­na ya­khe emli­lwe­nij, wa­cha­si­sa nge­mi­bo­nok, we­nza imi­li­ngol, wa­se­be­nza la­ba­la­ma­dlo­zi la­ba­lu­mba­yom. We­nza oku­bi ka­khu­lu eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si ukuyi­thu­ku­the­li­san.

7 Wa­se­mi­sa isi­tho­mbe esi­ba­zi­we­yo se­si­xu­ku aye­se­nzi­le endli­ni, iNko­si eya­khu­lu­ma nga­yo ku­Da­vi­da la­ku­So­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe ya­thi: Ku­li­ndlu, le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma engi­yi­khe­the ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li, ngi­za­be­ka ibi­zo la­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nio.

8 Ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­zu­li­sa unya­wo lu­kaI­sra­ye­li lu­phu­me fu­thi eli­zwe­ni enga­li­ni­ka oyi­se, ku­phe­la uba be­za­na­nze­le­la ukwe­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke enga­ba­la­ya kho­na la­ngo­ko­mla­yo wo­nke ince­ku ya­mi uMo­zi­si eya­ba­la­ya wo­nap.

9 Ko­dwa ka­ba­la­le­la­nga; uMa­na­se wa­se­ba­pha­mbu­ki­sa uku­thi be­nze oku­bi okwe­dlu­la izi­zwe iNko­si eya­zi­chi­tha pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

10 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma nge­zi­nce­ku za­yo aba­pro­fe­thi isi­thi:

11 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi uMa­na­se inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da we­nzi­le la­ma­nya­laq, we­nze oku­bi okwe­dlu­la ko­nke amaA­mo­ri akwe­nza­yor, aye­pha­mbi kwa­khe, wo­ni­sa lo­Ju­das nge­zi­tho­mbe za­khet.

12 Nga­kho itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Kha­nge­la, ngi­le­tha oku­bi phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma lo­Ju­da ku­thi la­ye wo­nke ozwa­yo indle­be za­khe zo­mbi­li zi­za­khe­nce­za nga­khou.

13 Ngi­za­kwe­lu­la phe­zu kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma inta­mbo ye­Sa­ma­ri­yav, le­nta­mbo yo­ku­li­nga­ni­sa ye­ndlu kaA­ha­bi, ngi­ye­su­le iJe­ru­sa­le­ma nje­ngo­we­su­la umga­nu, awe­su­le awu­mbo­ko­the.

14 Nja­lo ngi­za­tshi­ya insa­li ye­li­fa la­mi, ngi­ba­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni se­zi­tha za­bo, ba­be ngo­ku­ba­nji­we­yo le­mpa­ngo kwe­zi­tha za­bo zo­nke,

15 nge­nxa yo­ku­thi be­nzi­le oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni ami, ba­ya­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­sa, ku­su­ke­la osu­kwi­ni oyi­se aba­phu­ma nga­lo eGi­bhi­the ngi­tsho ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

16 Fu­thi-ke uMa­na­se uchi­thi­le iga­zi eli­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu eli­nge­la­ca­la wa­ze wa­yi­gcwa­li­sa iJe­ru­sa­le­ma ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni ku­ze ku­be se­ku­ci­ne­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwe­so­no sa­khe enza nga­so uJu­da uku­thi one, ukwe­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si.

17 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Ma­na­se, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, le­so­no sa­khe aso­na­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­daw?

18 UMa­na­se wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa esi­va­nde­ni se­ndlu ya­khex, esi­va­nde­ni si­kaU­zay. UA­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­mo­ni

19 UA­mo­ni wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li eJe­ru­sa­le­maz. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Me­shu­le­me­thi indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ha­ru­zi we­Jo­ti­baa.

20 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­kwe­nza ku­ka­Ma­na­se uyi­seb.

21 Wa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la yo­nke uyi­se aha­mba nga­yo, wa­kho­nza izi­tho­mbe uyi­se azi­kho­nza­yo, wa­kho­tha­ma ku­zo.

22 Wa­yi­de­la iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se, ka­ha­mba­nga nge­ndle­la ye­Nko­sic.

23 Izi­nce­ku zi­kaA­mo­ni za­se­zi­me­nze­la ugo­be, za­bu­la­la inko­si endli­ni ya­yo.

24 Ko­dwa aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­ba­tsha­ya bo­nke la­bo aba­be­nze­le inko­si uA­mo­ni ugo­be; aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­se­be­be­ka uJo­si­ya indo­da­na ya­khe uku­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

25 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­mo­ni aze­nza­yo ka­zi­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da?

26 Wa­se­ngcwa­tshe­lwa engcwa­be­ni la­khe esi­va­nde­ni si­kaU­zad. UJo­si­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

UJo­si­ya le­ncwa­di yo­mla­yo

22UJo­si­ya wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­maa. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Je­di­da indo­da­ka­zi kaA­da­ya we­Bho­zi­kha­thib.

2 Wa­se­se­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, wa­ha­mba nga­yo yo­nke indle­la ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se, ka­ze apha­mbu­ke­la nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hloc.

3 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li we­nko­si uJo­si­ya, inko­si ya­thu­ma uSha­fa­ni indo­da­na kaA­za­li­ya indo­da­na ka­Me­shu­la­mu, uma­bha­la­ne, endli­ni ye­Nko­sid, esi­thi:

4 Ye­nyu­ke­la ku­Hi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti omkhu­lue uku­thi ahla­nga­ni­se ima­li ele­thwe endli­ni ye­Nko­si, aba­li­ndi bo­mbu­ndu wo­mnya­ngo aba­be­yi­qo­qe eba­ntwi­nif.

5 Ka­ba­yi­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­be­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi aba­mi­swe phe­zu kwe­ndlu ye­Nko­si, ka­ba­yi­ni­ke abe­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi ose­ndli­ni ye­Nko­si, uku­lu­ngi­sa izi­kha­la ze­ndlu,

6 ku­ba­ba­zi, la­ku­ba­khi, la­ku­ba­ba­zi ba­ma­tshe, lo­ku­the­nga ama­pu­la­nka la­ma­tshe aba­zi­we­yo uku­lu­ngi­sa indlu.

7 Ko­dwa aku­ba­le­lwa­na­nga la­bo ima­li eya­yi­ni­ke­lwe esa­ndle­ni sa­bo ngo­ba be­nza ngo­ku­the­mbe­kag.

8 UHi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti omkhu­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­Sha­fa­ni uma­bha­la­ne: Se­ngi­fi­ce ugwa­lo lo­mla­yo endli­ni ye­Nko­sih. UHi­li­khi­ya wa­se­ni­ka uSha­fa­ni ugwa­lo, wa­se­lu­fu­nda.

9 USha­fa­ni uma­bha­la­ne wa­se­fi­ka enko­si­ni, wa­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi enko­si­ni wa­thi: Izi­nce­ku za­kho se­zi­yi­thu­lu­le ima­li efi­cwe endli­ni, za­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­be­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi aba­mi­swe phe­zu kwe­ndlu ye­Nko­si.

10 USha­fa­ni uma­bha­la­ne wa­se­bi­ka enko­si­ni esi­thi: UHi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti ungi­ni­ke ugwa­lo. USha­fa­ni wa­se­lu­fu­nda pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si isi­zwi­le ama­zwi ogwa­lo lo­mla­yo, ya­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­yoi.

12 Inko­si ya­si­la­ya uHi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti loA­hi­kha­mu indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­ni loA­khi­bho­ri indo­da­na ka­Mi­kha­ya lo­Sha­fa­ni uma­bha­la­ne loA­sa­ya ince­ku ye­nko­sij, isi­thi:

13 Ha­mba­ni li­ye­ngi­bu­ze­la eNko­si­ni mi­na la­ba­ntu lo­Ju­da wo­nke ma­ye­la­na la­ma­zwi alo­lu­gwa­lo olu­fi­ci­we­yo; ngo­ba yi­nku­lu intu­ku­the­lo ye­Nko­si ese­si­yi­ba­se­lwe, ngo­ba oba­ba ka­ba­wa­la­le­la­nga ama­zwi alo­lu­gwa­lo, ukwe­nza ko­nke oku­bha­li­we­yo ma­ye­la­na la­thik.

14 Nga­kho uHi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti loA­hi­kha­mu loA­khi­bho­ri lo­Sha­fa­ni loA­sa­ya ba­ya ku­Hu­li­da umpro­fe­thi­ka­zi umka­Sha­lu­ma indo­da­na ka­Ti­ki­va indo­da­na ka­Ha­ri­ha­si, umgci­ni we­zi­gqo­ko. Wa­ye­hla­la-ke eJe­ru­sa­le­ma esi­Ga­be­ni se­Si­bi­li. Ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma la­ye.

15 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Mtshe­le­ni lo­wo­mu­ntu oli­thu­me ki­mi:

16 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la oku­bi ku­li­nda­wo la­phe­zu kwa­ba­khi­le­yo ba­yo, wo­nke ama­zwi ogwa­lo inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da elu­fu­ndi­le­yo.

17 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi ba­ngi­de­li­le, ba­tshi­se­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu impe­phal, uku­ze ba­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­se nga­wo wo­nke umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla za­bom. Nga­kho intu­ku­the­lo ya­mi iza­vu­tha ime­le­ne la­le inda­wo, inga­ci­tshwan.

18 Ko­dwa enko­si­ni ya­ko­Ju­da eli­thu­mi­le­yo uku­bu­za eNko­si­ni, li­za­ku­tsho nja­lo ku­yo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Ma­ye­la­na la­ma­zwi eli­we­zwi­le­yo:

19 Ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ibi­tha­mbi­leo, wa­zi­tho­ba pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, la­pho usi­zwa engi­ku­khu­lu­me ngi­me­le­ne la­li­nda­wo la­ba­khi­le­yo ba­yop, uku­thi ba­za­ku­ba yi­nci­tha­ka­loq le­si­qa­le­ki­sor, wa­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­kho, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi pha­mbi kwa­mi, la­mi-ke ngi­zwi­le, ku­tsho iNko­sis.

20 Nga­kho, kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ku­bu­the­la ku­bo­yi­hlo, nja­lo uza­bu­the­lwa engcwa­be­ni la­kho ngo­ku­thu­la, la­me­hlo akho ka­wa­yi­ku­bo­na bo­nke ubu­bi engi­za­be­hli­se­la phe­zu kwa­li­nda­wot. Ba­se­be­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi enko­si­ni.

Imvu­se­le­lo ka­Jo­si­ya

23Inko­si ya­si­thu­me­la, ba­se­be­bu­tha­ni­sa ku­ye bo­nke aba­da­la ba­ko­Ju­da la­be­Je­ru­sa­le­maa.

2 Inko­si ya­si­se­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va, la­wo wo­nke ama­do­da ako­Ju­da la­bo bo­nke aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ka­nye la­ye, la­ba­pri­sti la­ba­pro­fe­thi, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne ku­si­ya ko­mkhu­lu, ya­si­fu­nda endle­be­ni za­bo wo­nke ama­zwi ogwa­lo lwe­si­vu­me­lwa­nob olwa­fi­cwa endli­ni ye­Nko­sic.

3 Inko­si ye­ma-ke nga­se­nsi­ke­ni, ye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no pha­mbi kwe­Nko­sid, so­ku­ha­mba emva kwe­Nko­si, lo­ku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­yo le­mi­the­tho ya­yo le­zi­mi­so za­yo nge­nhli­zi­yo yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wo­nke, uku­qi­ni­sa ama­zwi ale­si­si­vu­me­lwa­no abha­li­we­yo ku­lo­lu­gwa­lo. Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­ma esi­vu­me­lwa­ne­nie.

4 Inko­si ya­si­la­ya uHi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti omkhu­luf la­ba­pri­sti be­si­ga­ba se­si­bi­lig la­ba­li­ndi bo­mbu­ndu wo­mnya­ngo uku­thi ba­khu­phe ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­si zo­nke izi­tsha eza­ze­nze­lwe uBha­lih le­si­xu­ku le­bu­tho lo­nke la­ma­zu­lu, wa­zi­tshi­se­la nga­pha­ndle kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ezi­qi­nti­ni ze­Ki­dro­nii, wa­thwa­le­la umlo­tha wa­zo eBhe­the­li.

5 Wa­se­su­sa aba­pri­sti be­zi­tho­mbe ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da aye­ba­be­ki­le uku­thi ba­tshi­se impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da, le­nda­wo ezi­zi­nge­le­ze­le iJe­ru­sa­le­ma, la­la­bo aba­be­tshi­sa impe­pha ku­Bha­li, ela­nge­ni, le­nya­nge­ni, le­zi­nka­nye­zi­ni, le­bu­thwe­ni lo­nke la­ma­zu­luj.

6 Wa­khu­pha isi­xu­ku endli­ni ye­Nko­si, nga­pha­ndle kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­mak, wa­si­sa esi­fu­le­ni iKi­dro­nil, wa­si­tshi­sa esi­fu­le­ni iKi­dro­ni, wa­si­cho­la sa­ba lu­thu­lim, wa­pho­se­la uthu­li lwa­so ema­ngcwa­be­ni aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntun.

7 Wa­di­li­za izi­ndlu ze­zi­nko­tsha­na eza­zi­nga­se­ndli­ni ye­Nko­sio la­pho abe­si­fa­za­na aba­be­se­lu­ke­la kho­na ama­ve­yi­li esi­xu­kup.

8 Wa­khu­pha bo­nke aba­pri­sti emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da, wa­ngco­li­sa inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo la­pho aba­pri­sti aba­be­tshi­se­la kho­na impe­pha, ku­su­ke­la eGe­baq ku­si­ya eBhe­ri­she­bhar. Wa­di­li­za inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo za­ma­sa­ngo ezi­se­ku­nge­ne­ni kwe­sa­ngo li­ka­Jo­shu­wa umbu­si wo­mu­zi, eza­zi­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo so­mu­ntu esa­ngwe­ni lo­mu­zi.

9 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo aba­pri­sti be­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­be­nyu­ke­la­nga ela­thi­ni le­Nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ko­dwa ba­dla izi­nkwa ezi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bos.

10 Wa­se­ngco­li­sa iTo­fe­thit eli­se­si­ho­tshe­ni se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­muu uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na umu­ntu oda­bu­li­sa indo­da­na ya­khe ku­mbe indo­da­ka­zi ya­khe emli­lwe­niv ku­Mo­le­kiw.

11 Wa­se­su­sa ama­bhi­za ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da aye­wa­ni­ke­le ela­nge­ni eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­ndlu ye­Nko­six, nga­se­ka­me­lwe­ni li­ka­Na­tha­ni-Me­le­ki umthe­nwa ela­li­se­khu­lu­si­niy, wa­zi­tshi­sa inqo­la ze­la­nga ngo­mli­loz.

12 La­ma­la­thi aye­se­pha­hle­ni lwe­ndlu kaA­ha­zia enga­phe­zu­lub awe­nza­yo ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da, la­ma­la­thi uMa­na­se aye­we­nzi­le ema­gu­me­ni wo­ma­bi­li endlu ye­Nko­sic, inko­si ya­wa­di­li­za ya­wa­cho­bo­za iwa­su­sa la­pho, ya­lu­pho­se­la uthu­li lwa­wo esi­fu­le­ni iKi­dro­nid.

13 Le­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, eza­zi­pha­mbi kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, eza­zi­nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne se­nta­ba yo­ku­bo­la, uSo­lo­mo­ni inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li eya­yi­za­khe­le uA­shi­ta­ro­thi isi­ne­ngi­so sa­ma­Si­do­nie, lo­Ke­mo­shi isi­ne­ngi­so sa­ma­Mo­wa­bif, lo­Mi­lko­mu isi­ne­ngi­so sa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nig, inko­si ya­zi­ngco­li­sa.

14 Wa­se­pha­hla­za insi­ka ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbe, wa­ga­mu­la izi­xu­ku, wa­gcwa­li­sa izi­nda­wo za­zo nga­ma­tha­mbo aba­ntu.

15 Le­la­thi la­lo ela­li­se­Bhe­the­li, le­nda­wo epha­ke­me­yo, aye­nza­yo uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tih owe­nza uI­sra­ye­li uku­thi onei, ko­ku­bi­li le­lo­la­thi le­nda­wo epha­ke­me­yo wa­ku­di­li­za, wa­tshi­sa inda­wo epha­ke­me­yo, wa­yi­cho­bo­za ya­ba lu­thu­li, wa­tshi­sa isi­xu­ku.

16 La­pho uJo­si­ya ephe­ndu­ka wa­bo­na ama­ngcwa­ba aye­la­pho enta­be­ni, wa­thu­ma wa­se­khu­pha ama­tha­mbo ema­ngcwa­be­ni, wa­wa­tshi­se­la phe­zu kwe­la­thi, wa­li­ngco­li­sa, nje­nge­li­zwi le­Nko­si umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu aye­li­me­me­ze­le, owa­me­me­ze­la la­ma­zwij.

17 Wa­se­si­thi: Yi­si­khu­mbu­zo sa­ni le­si­ya­na engi­si­bo­na­yok? Aba­ntu bo­mu­zi ba­se­be­si­thi ku­ye: Li­ngcwa­ba lo­mu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu owa­ve­la ko­Ju­da wa­me­me­ze­la le­zi­zi­nto oze­nzi­le­yo ume­le­ne le­la­thi le­Bhe­the­lil.

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Mye­ke­le­ni, ka­ku­nga­bi la­mu­ntu othi­nta ama­tha­mbo akhe. Ba­se­be­wa­ye­ke­la ama­tha­mbo akhe ka­nye la­ma­tha­mbo ompro­fe­thi owa­ve­la eSa­ma­ri­yam.

19 Nja­lo la­zo zo­nke izi­ndlu ze­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ezi­se­mi­zi­ni ye­Sa­ma­ri­ya, ama­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li aye­ze­nzi­le uku­thu­ku­the­li­sa, uJo­si­ya wa­zi­su­sa, we­nza ki­zo nje­nga­yo yo­nke imi­se­be­nzi aye­ye­nze eBhe­the­lin.

20 Wa­se­bu­la­la bo­nke aba­pri­sti be­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yoo, aba­be­kho­na­pho, phe­zu kwa­ma­la­thi, wa­tshi­sa ama­tha­mbo aba­ntu phe­zu kwa­wo. Wa­se­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­map.

Uku­gci­nwa kwe­pha­si­ka

21 Inko­si ya­si­la­ya bo­nke aba­ntu isi­thi: Gci­na­ni ipha­si­ka eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nuq, nje­nga­lo­khu ku­bha­li­wer ku­lo­lu­gwa­lo lwe­si­vu­me­lwa­nos.

22 Ngo­ba kwa­ku­nga­gci­nwa­nga eli­nje­nga­le­li ipha­si­ka ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni za­be­hlu­le­li abe­hlu­le­la uI­sra­ye­li, ku­mbe ku­zo zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li, ku­mbe za­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­dat.

23 Ko­dwa ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li we­nko­si uJo­si­ya la­gci­nwa le­li­pha­si­ka eNko­si­ni eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

24 Nga­phe­zu kwa­lo­kho-ke aba­la­ma­dlo­ziu, la­ba­lu­mba­yo, la­ma­the­ra­fi*, le­zi­tho­mbev, la­wo wo­nke ama­nya­la abo­na­ka­la eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, uJo­si­ya wa­ku­su­sa, uku­ze aqi­ni­se ama­zwi omla­yo aye­bha­lwe ogwa­lwe­ni uHi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti alu­fi­ca endli­ni ye­Nko­siw.

25 La­nga­pha­mbi kwa­khe ka­ku­ba­nga kho­na inko­si eya­fa­na­na la­ye eya­phe­ndu­ke­la eNko­si­ni nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­yo yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­yo wo­nkex la­nga­ma­ndla ayo wo­nke, nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo wo­nke ka­Mo­zi­si. Fu­thi emva kwa­khe ka­ku­ve­la­nga eya­fa­na­na la­yey.

26 Ka­nti iNko­si ka­yi­phe­ndu­ka­nga eku­vu­the­ni ko­la­ka lwa­yo olu­khu­lu, ola­ka lwa­yo eya­vu­the­la nga­lo uJu­da, nge­nxa ya­zo zo­nke intu­ku­the­li­so uMa­na­se ayi­thu­ku­the­li­sa nga­zoz.

27 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ngi­za­msu­sa lo­Ju­da pha­mbi kwa­mi, nje­ngo­ba nga­su­sa uI­sra­ye­lia, ngi­wu­la­hle lu­mu­zi we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma enga­wu­khe­tha­yob, le­ndlu enga­thi nga­yo: Ibi­zo la­mi li­za­ku­ba la­phoc.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Jo­si­ya

28 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Jo­si­ya, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da?

29 Ensu­kwi­ni za­khe uFa­ro Ne­ko inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the we­nyu­ka wa­me­la­na le­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya emfu­le­ni iYu­fra­thi. Inko­si uJo­si­ya ya­si­si­ya­hla­nga­be­za­na la­ye; wa­yi­bu­la­le­la eMe­gi­do ese­yi­bo­ni­le.

30 Ince­ku za­khe za­se­zi­mthwa­la efi­le nge­nqo­la, zi­su­ka eMe­gi­do, za­mu­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, za­mngcwa­ba engcwa­be­ni la­khe. Aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­se­be­tha­tha uJe­ho­wa­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya, ba­mgco­ba, ba­mbe­ka wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­yi­se.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi

31 UJe­ho­wa­ha­zi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa inya­nga ezi­nta­thu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Ha­mu­tha­lid indo­da­ka­zi ka­Je­re­mi­ya we­Li­bhi­nae.

32 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­nga­kho ko­nke oyi­se aba­kwe­nza­yo.

33 UFa­ro Ne­ko wa­se­mbo­pha eRi­bi­laf eli­zwe­ni le­Ha­ma­thig uku­thi anga­bu­si eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­hla­wu­li­sa ili­zwe ama­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va ali­khu­lu le­tha­le­nta le­go­li­deh.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi

34 UFa­ro Ne­ko wa­se­be­ka uE­li­ya­khi­mi indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya uku­thi abe yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Jo­si­ya uyi­se, wa­phe­ndu­la ibi­zo la­khe wa­thi ngu­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi. Wa­se­tha­tha uJe­ho­wa­ha­zi; wa­se­si­za eGi­bhi­the, wa­fe­la kho­na.

35 UJe­ho­ya­khi­mi wa­se­mni­ka uFa­ro isi­li­va le­go­li­de, ko­dwa wa­the­li­sa ili­zwe uku­ze ani­ke le­yo­ma­li nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Fa­ro. Wa­khu­phi­sa aba­ntu be­li­zwe isi­li­va le­go­li­de, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­ko­mthe­lo wa­khe, yo­ku­ni­ka uFa­ro Ne­ko.

36 UJe­ho­ya­khi­mi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Ze­bi­da indo­da­ka­zi ka­Phe­da­ya we­Ru­ma.

37 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­nga­kho ko­nke oyi­se aba­kwe­nza­yo.

24Nge­nsu­ku za­khe uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni we­nyu­kaa, nja­lo uJe­ho­ya­khi­mi wa­ba yi­si­kho­nzi sa­khe imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu; wa­se­phe­ndu­ka wa­mvu­ke­lab.

2 INko­si ya­si­thu­ma uku­me­la­na la­yec ama­vi­yo ama­Kha­la­di­yad la­ma­vi­yo ama­Si­ri­yaef la­ma­vi­yo ama­Mo­wa­bigh la­ma­vi­yo aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nii, ya­si­wa­thu­ma uku­me­la­na lo­Ju­da uku­mchi­tha, nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si eya­li­khu­lu­ma nge­sa­ndla se­zi­nce­ku za­yo aba­pro­fe­thij.

3 Si­bi­li ngo­ko­mla­yo we­Nko­si lo­kho kwe­hle­la ko­Ju­da uku­ba­su­sa ebu­swe­ni ba­yo nge­nxa ye­zo­no zi­ka­Ma­na­sek, nje­nga­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo,

4 nja­lo lange­ga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la ali­chi­tha­yo; ngo­ba wa­gcwa­li­sa iJe­ru­sa­le­ma nge­ga­zi eli­nge­la­ca­la, iNko­si enga­vu­ma­nga uku­li­the­the­le­lal.

5 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi, la­kho ko­nke akwe­nza­yo, ka­ku­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwe­mi­la­ndo ya­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da?

6 UJe­ho­ya­khi­mi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se. UJe­ho­ya­khi­ni indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

7 Inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the ka­yi­sa­phi­nda­nga fu­thi uku­phu­ma eli­zwe­ni la­yo, ngo­ba inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ya­yi­the­the ku­su­ke­la emfu­le­ni we­Gi­bhi­the ku­si­ya emfu­le­ni iYu­fra­thi, ko­nke okwa­ku­ngo­kwe­nko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the.

UJe­ho­ya­khi­ni la­be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­thu­nje­lwa eBha­bhi­lo­ni

8 UJe­ho­ya­khi­ni wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa inya­nga ezi­nta­thu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Ne­hu­shi­ta indo­da­ka­zi kaE­li­na­tha­ni we­Je­ru­sa­le­mam.

9 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­kwe­nza ko­nke ku­ka­yi­sen.

10 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Ne­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ze­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, umu­zi wa­su­nge­na eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni.

11 UNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni wa­se­fi­ka wa­me­la­na lo­mu­zi, izi­nce­ku za­khe zi­sa­wu­vi­mbe­ze­la.

12 UJe­ho­ya­khi­ni inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­se­phu­ma wa­ya enko­si­ni ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nio, ye­na lo­ni­na le­nce­ku za­khe le­ndu­na za­khe la­ba­the­nwa ba­khe. Inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ya­si­mtha­tha ngo­mnya­ka we­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe.

13 Ya­si­khu­pha la­pho wo­nke ama­gu­gu endlu ka­Je­ho­va la­ma­gu­gu endlu ye­nko­sip; ya­qu­ma zo­nke izi­tsha ze­go­li­deq uSo­lo­mo­ni inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li aye­ze­nzi­le ethe­mpe­li­ni li­ka­Je­ho­var, nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­sis.

14 Ya­si­thu­mba iJe­ru­sa­le­ma yo­nke, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla zo­nke, la­wo wo­nke ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndlat, aba­thu­njwa aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­miu, la­zo zo­nke ingci­tshi ze­mi­se­be­nzi la­ba­kha­ndiv; ka­ku­sa­la­nga lo­ye­dwa nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­ntu­ka­za­na eba­ntwi­ni be­li­zwew.

15 Ya­si­mthu­mbe­la uJe­ho­ya­khi­ni eBha­bhi­lo­nix; lo­ni­na we­nko­si, la­ma­kho­si­ka­zi enko­si, la­ba­the­nwa ba­khe, la­ma­qha­we eli­zwe, ya­ba­thu­mbe­la eBha­bhi­lo­ni be­su­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­may.

16 La­wo wo­nke ama­do­da anga­ma­qha­wez, azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, le­zi­ngci­tshi ze­mi­se­be­nzi la­ba­kha­ndi, aba­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, bo­nke aba­qi­ni­le­yo aba­nga­phu­ma impi, inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ya­si­ba­le­tha be­nga­ba­thu­njwa eBha­bhi­lo­nia.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ze­de­khi­ya

17 Inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nib ya­si­be­ka uMa­tha­ni­ya uyi­se omnci­nya­ne uku­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khec, ya­gu­qu­la ibi­zo la­khe ya­thi ngu­Ze­de­khi­yad.

18 UZe­de­khi­ya wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nye la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­mae. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Ha­mu­ta­li indo­da­ka­zi ka­Je­re­mi­ya we­Li­bhi­naf.

19 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­kwe­nza ko­nke ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mig.

20 Ngo­ba nge­nxa ye­ntu­ku­the­lo ye­Nko­si lo­khu kwe­nze­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ko­Ju­da ya­ze ya­ba­xo­tsha pha­mbi kwa­yo. UZe­de­khi­ya wa­se­yi­vu­ke­la inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nih.

Uku­chi­thwa kwe­Je­ru­sa­le­ma

25Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khea, nge­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi, ngo­lwe­tshu­mi lwe­nya­ngab, uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni wa­fi­ka, ye­na le­bu­tho la­khe lo­nke eme­le­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­mi­sa inka­mba ma­qo­nda­na la­yo; ba­ya­khe­la imi­du­li yo­ku­vi­mbe­ze­la eme­le­ne la­yo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkec.

2 Umu­zi wa­nge­na eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni kwa­ze kwa­ba ngu­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nye we­nko­si uZe­de­khi­ya.

3 Ngo­lwe­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye lwe­nya­nga ye­si­ned indla­la ya­si­si­ba la­ma­ndla pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi, nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­la­ku­dla kwa­ba­ntu be­li­zwee.

4 Umu­zi wa­su­fo­hle­lwaf. Wo­nke ama­do­da empig aseba­le­ka ebu­su­ku nge­ndle­la ye­sa­ngo pha­ka­thi kwe­mi­du­li emi­bi­lih eya­yi­se­du­ze le­si­va­nde se­nko­sii, (a­ma­Kha­la­di­ya aye­me­le­ne-ke lo­mu­zi inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkej); inko­si ya­si­ha­mbak nge­ndle­la ya­ma­gce­kel.

5 Ibu­tho la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya la­se­li­xo­tsha­na le­nko­si, la­yi­fi­ca ema­gce­ke­ni eJe­ri­kom; ibu­tho la­yo lo­nke la­se­li­hla­ka­ze­ka li­su­ka ku­yo.

6 Ase­yi­ba­mba inko­si, aye­nyu­se­la enko­si­ni ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nin eRi­bi­lao, akhu­lu­ma ukwa­hlu­le­la kwa­yo.

7 Abu­la­la ama­do­da­na ka­Ze­de­khi­ya pha­mbi kwa­me­hlo akhe, akhu­pha ame­hlo ka­Ze­de­khi­yap, ambo­pha nga­ma­ke­ta­ne ethu­si ama­bi­li, amu­sa eBha­bhi­lo­niq.

Uku­thu­njwa kwe­la­ko­Ju­da

8 La­nge­nya­nga ye­si­hla­nur ngo­lwe­si­kho­mbi­sa lwe­nya­ngas (o­ku­ngu­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye we­nko­si uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nit) kwa­fi­ka uNe­bu­za­ra­da­ni indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi, ince­ku ye­nko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

9 Wa­se­tshi­sa indlu ka­Je­ho­va le­ndlu ye­nko­siu la­zo zo­nke izi­ndlu ze­Je­ru­sa­le­mav; la­yo yo­nke indlu ye­si­khu­lu wa­yi­tshi­sa ngo­mli­lo.

10 Le­bu­tho lo­nke la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya ela­li­le­ndu­na ya­ba­li­ndiw la­di­li­ze­la pha­nsi imi­du­li ye­Je­ru­sa­le­ma inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkex.

11 Nja­lo insa­li ya­ba­ntu aba­be­se­le emzi­ni, la­ba­hla­mu­ki aba­be­hla­mu­ke­le enko­si­ni ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, le­nsa­li ye­xu­ku, uNe­bu­za­ra­da­ni indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi ya­ba­thu­mbay.

12 Ko­dwa indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi ya­tshi­ya eba­ya­nge­ni be­li­zwe uku­ba nga­ba­pha­thi be­zi­vi­ni la­ba­li­miz.

13 Le­nsi­ka ze­thu­si eza­zi­se­ndli­ni ye­Nko­siab, le­zi­se­ke­loc, lo­lwa­ndle lwe­thu­si olwa­lu­se­ndli­ni ye­Nko­si, ama­Kha­la­di­ya aku­pha­hla­zad, athwa­le­la ithu­si la­kho eBha­bhi­lo­ni.

14 Le­zi­mbi­zae, la­ma­fo­tsho­lof, le­zi­ndla­wug, le­nke­zo, le­zi­tsha zo­nke ze­thu­si, aba­se­be­nza nga­zo, aku­tha­thah.

15 Le­zi­tsha zo­ku­thwa­la umli­loi le­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­za, okwa­ku­li­go­li­de go­li­de lo­kwa­ku­yi­si­li­va si­li­va, indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi ya­ku­tha­thaj.

16 Insi­ka zo­mbi­lik, ulwa­ndle olu­lo­dwa, le­zi­se­ke­lo, uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­kwe­nze­le indlu ye­Nko­sil, ithu­si la­zo zo­nke le­zi­zi­tsha la­li­nge­laku­li­nga­ni­swa nge­si­si­ndom.

17 Ubu­de be­nsi­ka eyo­dwa ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, le­si­du­ku phe­zu kwa­yo sa­si­li­thu­sin, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwe­si­du­ku ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nta­thuo, lo­mse­be­nzi opho­thi­we­yo, la­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti* phe­zu kwe­si­du­ku inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ko­nke ku­ngo­kwe­thu­si. Le­nsi­ka ye­si­bi­li ya­yi­lo­ku­nje, ilo­mse­be­nzi opho­thi­we­yo.

18 Indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi ya­si­tha­tha uSe­ra­ya umpri­sti oyi­nhlo­ko lo­Ze­fa­ni­ya umpri­sti we­si­bi­li, la­ba­li­ndi bo­mbu­ndu wo­mnya­ngo aba­tha­thu.

19 Le­mzi­ni ya­si­tha­tha indu­na eya­yi­mi­swe phe­zu kwa­ma­do­da empi, la­ma­do­da ama­hla­nu aye­se­bu­swe­ni be­nko­si aye­fi­cwe emzi­ni, lo­ma­bha­la­ne omkhu­lu we­bu­tho eya­yi­bu­the­la aba­ntu be­li­zwe ema­bu­thwe­ni, la­ma­do­da anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha aba­ntu be­li­zwe aye­fi­cwe pha­ka­thi ko­mu­zi.

20 UNe­bu­za­ra­da­ni indu­na ya­ba­li­ndi wa­se­ba­tha­tha la­ba wa­ba­sa enko­si­ni ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni eRi­bi­la.

21 Inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ya­si­ba­tsha­ya ya­ba­bu­la­le­la eRi­bi­la eli­zwe­ni le­Ha­ma­thi. Ngo­ku­nja­lo uJu­da wa­thu­njwa esu­swa eli­zwe­ni la­khe.

Aba­ntu aba­se­le­yo ba­ba­le­ke­la eGi­bhi­the

22 Aba­ntu aba­sa­la-ke eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­da, uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni owa­ye­ba­tshi­yi­le, wa­be­ka phe­zu kwa­bo uGe­da­li­yap indo­da­na kaA­hi­kha­mu indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­niq.

23 Kwa­thi zo­nke indu­na za­ma­bu­tho, zo­na la­ba­ntu ba­zo, se­zi­zwi­le uku­thi inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ibe­ke uGe­da­li­ya abe ngu­mbu­sir, ze­za ku­Ge­da­li­ya eMi­zi­pas: Ngi­tsho oI­shma­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ne­tha­ni­ya lo­Jo­ha­na­ni indo­da­na ka­Ka­re­ya lo­Se­ra­ya indo­da­na ka­Ta­ni­hu­me­thi umNe­to­fatu lo­Ja­ha­za­ni­ya indo­da­na yo­mMa­ha­ka­thiv, zo­na la­ba­ntu ba­zo.

24 UGe­da­li­ya wa­se­fu­nga ku­zo la­ku­ba­ntu ba­zo wa­thi ku­zo: Li­nge­sa­bi uku­ba zi­nce­ku za­ma­Kha­la­di­ya; hla­la­ni eli­zwe­ni, li­kho­nze inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, nja­lo ku­za­ku­ba ku­hle ki­ni.

25 Ko­dwa kwa­thi nge­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa, kwa­fi­ka uI­shma­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ne­tha­ni­ya indo­da­na kaE­li­sha­ma, owe­nza­lo ye­si­kho­si­ni, la­ma­do­da ali­tshu­mi ela­ye, ba­se­be­mtsha­ya uGe­da­li­ya wa­ze wa­fa, la­ma­Ju­da la­ma­Kha­la­di­ya aye­la­ye eMi­zi­pa.

26 Aba­ntu bo­nke-ke, ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne ku­ze ku­ye ko­mkhu­lu, le­ndu­na za­ma­bu­tho, ba­se­be­su­ka ba­ya eGi­bhi­the, ngo­ba be­sa­ba ama­Kha­la­di­ya.

Uku­khu­lu­lwa lo­ku­pha­ka­nyi­swa ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­ni

27 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­saw wo­ku­thu­njwa ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­ni inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dax, nge­nya­nga ye­tshu­mi la­mbi­li, ngo­lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­kho­mbi­sa lwe­nya­ngay, uE­vi­li Me­ro­da­ki inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, ngo­mnya­ka aba yi­nko­si nga­wo, wa­pha­ka­mi­sa ikha­nda li­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­ni inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da emkhu­pha ento­lo­ngwe­niz.

28 Wa­se­khu­lu­ma ku­hle la­ye, wa­mi­sa isi­hla­lo sa­khe so­bu­kho­si phe­zu kwe­si­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si sa­ma­kho­si aye­la­ye eBha­bhi­lo­ni.

29 Wa­se­ntshi­ntsha izi­gqo­ko zo­ku­bo­tshwa kwa­khe; wa­se­si­dla isi­nkwa nja­lo­nja­lo pha­mbi kwa­khe insu­ku zo­nke ze­mpi­lo ya­khea.

30 Le­sa­be­lo esi­mi­yo, isa­be­lo esi­mi­yo esi­qhu­be­ka­yo sa­ni­kwa ye­na yi­nko­si, into yo­su­ku ngo­su­ku lwa­yo, zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­mpi­lo ya­kheb.