UGWA­LO LWE­SI­BI­LI

LWE­MI­LA­NDO

YA­MA­KHO­SI

USo­lo­mo­ni uce­la uku­thi ani­kwe ingqo­ndo yo­ku­qe­di­si­sa

1USo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da wa­se­qi­na embu­swe­ni wa­khea, le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ya­yi­la­yeb, ya­me­nza wa­ba mkhu­lu ka­khu­luc.

2 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­khu­lu­ma kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, ku­ba­pha­thi be­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne la­ba­ma­khu­lu, la­ku­ba­hlu­le­li, la­ku­zo zo­nke indu­na kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke, inhlo­ko za­bo­yi­sed.

3 USo­lo­mo­ni le­ba­ndla lo­nke la­ye ba­se­be­si­ya enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo eya­yi­se­Gi­be­yo­nie; ngo­ba kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho ithe­nte le­nhla­nga­no ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uMo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­si ale­nza­yo enka­nga­laf.

4 Ko­dwa uDa­vi­da wa­ye­we­nyu­si­le umtsho­ko­tsho ka­Nku­lu­nku­lug uve­la eKi­ri­ya­thi-Je­ya­ri­mih, wa­wu­sa la­pho uDa­vi­da aye­wu­lu­ngi­se­le kho­na, ngo­ba wa­ye­wu­mi­se­le ithe­nte eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

5 Le­la­thi le­thu­sii, uBhe­za­le­li indo­da­na kaU­ri indo­da­na ka­Hu­ri aye­le­nzi­le, wa­li­be­ka pha­mbi kwe­tha­bha­ne­ke­le le­Nko­sij; uSo­lo­mo­ni le­ba­ndla ba­di­nga-ke ku­lok.

6 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­se­nyu­ke­la la­pho ela­thi­ni le­thu­si pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si ela­li­se­the­nte­ni le­nhla­nga­no, wa­ni­ke­la phe­zu kwa­lo imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eyi­nku­lu­ngwa­nel.

7 Nga­lo­bo­bu­su­ku uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­na­ka­la ku­So­lo­mo­ni, wa­thi ku­ye: Ce­la engi­nga­ku­pha kho­nam.

8 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­si­thi ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu: We­na we­nze­le uDa­vi­da uba­ba umu­sa omkhu­lu, wa­nge­nza nga­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

9 Kha­the­si, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­li­qi­ni­swe ili­zwi la­kho ku­Da­vi­da uba­ban, ngo­ba we­na unge­nze nga­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu aba­ne­ngi nga­ngo­thu­li lo­mhla­ba­thi.

10 Kha­the­si ngi­pha inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­lwa­zi uku­ze ngi­phu­me ngi­nge­ne pha­mbi kwa­la­ba­ba­ntu; ngo­ba ngu­ba­ni onge­hlu­le­la la­ba­ba­ntu ba­kho aba­khu­lu ka­nga­ka?

11 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi ku­So­lo­mo­ni: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi lo­khu be­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho, nja­lo unga­ce­la­nga ino­tho, ingce­bo, lo­du­mo, le­mpi­lo ye­zi­tha za­kho, fu­thi unga­ce­la­nga insu­ku ezi­ne­ngi, ko­dwa uzi­ce­le­le inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­lwa­zi uku­ze wa­hlu­le­le aba­ntu ba­mi engi­kwe­nze wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­boo:

12 Inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­lwa­zi uku­phi­we; ngi­za­ku­ni­ka fu­thi ino­tho le­ngce­bo lo­du­mop, anga­za­nge abe la­kho oku­nja­lo ama­kho­si aye­nga­pha­mbi kwa­kho, la­nge­mva kwa­kho ka­ku­yi­ku­ba kho­na oku­nja­loq.

13 Wa­se­bu­ya uSo­lo­mo­ni eve­la enda­we­ni epha­ke­me­yo ese­Gi­be­yo­ni wa­ya eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, eve­la pha­mbi kwe­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no; wa­se­bu­sa phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­lir.

14 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa izi­nqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­zas; wa­ye­le­zi­nqo­la ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ali­tshu­mi la­ne, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­lit; wa­se­ku­be­ka emi­zi­ni ye­zi­nqo­la, nja­lo ka­nye le­nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­mau.

15 Inko­si ya­si­se­nza isi­li­va le­go­li­de eJe­ru­sa­le­ma kwa­ba nje­nga­ma­tshe, nja­lo we­nza imi­se­da­ri ya­ba nje­nge­mi­khi­wa ye­si­kha­mo­re ese­si­ho­tshe­ni, ngo­bu­ne­ngi.

16 Wa­se­nge­ni­sa ngo­ku­the­nga ama­bhi­za ave­la eGi­bhi­the, aye­nge­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, le­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo; la­ba­the­ngi be­nko­si ba­be­li­tha­tha ile­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo nge­nte­ngo.

17 Ba­se­be­se­nyu­sa be­khu­pha inqo­la eGi­bhi­the ngama­she­ke­li* esi­li­va anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha, le­bhi­za ngama­she­ke­li ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu. Ngo­ku­nja­lo baku­khu­phe­la wo­nke ama­kho­si ama­He­thi la­ma­kho­si eSi­ri­ya nge­sa­ndla sa­bo.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­So­lo­mo­ni lo­Hu­ra­mu

2USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­zi­mi­se­la ukwa­khe­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si indlu, le­ndlu yo­mbu­so wa­khea.

2 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­ba­la ama­do­da azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sab uku­thwa­la imi­thwa­lo, la­ma­do­da ayi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li uku­ba­za enta­be­nic, la­ba­bo­ni­si aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha phe­zu kwa­wod.

3 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­thu­me­la ku­Hu­ra­mu inko­si ye­Ti­re esi­thi: Nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­kho ku­Da­vi­da uba­ba umthu­me­la imi­se­da­ri uku­ma­khe­la indlu yo­ku­hla­la ku­yo, ye­nza nja­lo la­ki­mi.

4 Kha­nge­la, mi­na nga­khe­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi indlu, ukuye­hlu­ka­ni­se­la yo­na, uku­tshi­sa pha­mbi kwa­yo impe­pha ele­phu­nga eli­mna­ndi, le­zi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swa nja­lo­nja­lo, le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa eku­se­ni la­nta­mba­ma, nga­ma­sa­ba­tha, le­ku­thwa­se­ni kwe­zi­nya­nga, la­nge­mi­kho­si emi­si­we­yo ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu. Le­si yi­si­mi­so sa­pha­ka­de kuI­sra­ye­li.

5 Le­ndlu engi­ya­kha­yo inku­lu, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu mkhu­lu ku­la­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu bo­nke.

6 Ko­dwa ngu­ba­ni onga­ba la­ma­ndla oku­ma­khe­la indlu, ngo­ba ama­zu­lu, ye­bo, ama­zu­lu ama­zu­lu, ange­ma­ne­le? Mi­na-ke ngi­ngu­ba­ni uku­thi ngi­ma­khe­le indlu, nga­pha­ndle ko­ku­tshi­sa impe­pha pha­mbi kwa­khe?

7 Nga­kho-ke thu­ma ki­mi umu­ntu oyi­ngci­tshi eku­se­be­nze­ni nge­go­li­de la­nge­si­li­va la­nge­thu­si la­nge­nsi­mbi la­ngo­ku­yi­bu­be­nde la­ngo­ku­bo­mvu la­ngo­ku­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka, lo­kwa­zi­yo uku­ba­za oku­ba­zwe ngo­ku­gu­jwa, la­ba­zi­ngci­tshi aba­la­mi ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, uDa­vi­da uba­ba aba­mi­sa­yo.

8 Ngi­thu­me­la nja­lo izi­go­do ze­mi­se­da­ri, ama­fi­ri, la­ma-a­li­gu­mi* ezi­ve­la eLe­bha­no­ni; ngo­ba mi­na ngi­ya­zi uku­thi ince­ku za­kho zi­ya­kwa­zi uku­ga­mu­la izi­hla­hla ze­Le­bha­no­ni; kha­nge­la-ke, ince­ku za­mi ziza­ku­ba le­nce­ku za­kho;

9 ngi­tsho uku­ngi­lu­ngi­se­la izi­go­do ezi­ne­ngi, ngo­ba indlu engi­ya­kha­yo iza­ku­ba nku­lu ima­nga­li­se.

10 Kha­nge­la-ke, ince­ku za­kho, aba­ga­mu­li aba­ga­mu­la izi­hla­hla, ngi­za­zi­ni­ka ama­kho­ri* engqo­lo­yi echo­li­we­yo azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, la­ma­kho­ri ebha­li* azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, la­ma­bha­thi* ewa­yi­ni azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, la­ma­bha­thi ama­fu­tha azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

11 UHu­ra­mu inko­si ye­Ti­re wa­se­phe­ndu­la ngo­ku­bha­la aku­thu­me­la ku­So­lo­mo­ni: Ngo­ba uJe­ho­va utha­nda aba­ntu ba­khe, uku­be­ke wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­bo.

12 UHu­ra­mu wa­bu­ya wa­thi: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li eye­nza ama­zu­lu lo­mhla­ba, eni­ke uDa­vi­da inko­si indo­da­na ehla­ka­ni­phi­le­yo, eya­zi inhla­ka­ni­pho lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa, eza­ya­khe­la iNko­si indlu, le­ndlu yo­mbu­so wa­yo.

13 Kha­the­si se­ngi­thu­ma indo­da eyi­ngci­tshi eya­zi uku­qe­di­si­sa, uHu­ra­mu Abhi,

14 indo­da­na yo­we­si­fa­za­na ema­do­da­ka­zi­ni ako­Da­ni, oyi­se wa­ye­yi­ndo­da ye­Ti­re; uya­kwa­zi uku­se­be­nza nge­go­li­de, la­nge­si­li­va, nge­thu­si, nge­nsi­mbi, nga­ma­tshe, la­nge­zi­go­do, ngo­ku­yi­bu­be­nde, ngo­ku­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka, la­nga­ma­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lu, la­ngo­ku­bo­mvu, lo­ku­ba­za la­ku­phi oku­ba­zi­we­yo ngo­ku­gu­bha, lo­ku­qa­mba la­ku­phi oku­qa­nji­we­yo anga­ku­ni­kwa, ka­nye le­zi­ngci­tshi za­kho le­zi­ngci­tshi ze­nko­si ya­mi uDa­vi­da uyi­hlo.

15 Nga­kho-ke ingqo­lo­yi, le­bha­li*, ama­fu­tha, le­wa­yi­ni, inko­si ya­mi ekhu­lu­me nga­kho, ka­yi­ku­thu­me­le ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­yo.

16 Thi­na-ke si­za­ga­mu­la izi­hla­hla eLe­bha­no­ni, nje­ngo­ku­swe­la kwa­kho ko­nke, si­zi­le­the ku­we ngo­ku­nde­nda­yo phe­zu ko­lwa­ndle eJo­pha1, nja­lo we­na uza­ze­nyu­se­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

17 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­ba­la wo­nke ama­do­da ezi­zwe­ni aye­se­li­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­lie emva ko­ku­ba­lwa uDa­vi­da uyi­se aye­wa­ba­le nga­khof; ase­tho­la­ka­la ezi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha.

18 Wa­se­se­nza ku­wo aba­thwa­li be­mi­thwa­lo aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, la­ba­ba­zi enta­be­ni aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, la­ba­bo­ni­si aba­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha bo­kwe­nza aba­ntu ba­se­be­nzeg.

USo­lo­mo­ni wa­kha indlu ye­Nko­si

3USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­qa­la ukwa­kha indlu ye­Nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­maa enta­be­ni ye­Mo­ri­yab la­pho eya­bo­na­ka­la kho­na ku­Da­vi­da uyi­se, enda­we­ni uDa­vi­da ayi­lu­ngi­sa­yo eba­le­ni lo­ku­bhu­le­la li­kaO­ri­na­ni umJe­bu­sic.

2 Wa­se­qa­li­sa ukwa­kha nge­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li ngo­lwe­si­bi­li ngo­mnya­ka we­si­ne wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe.

3 La­le­zi yi­zi­se­ke­lo zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni zo­kwa­kha indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Ubu­de nge­zi­nga­lo nge­si­li­nga­ni­so esi­da­la ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, lo­bu­ba­nzi bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li.

4 Le­khu­lu­si ela­li­pha­mbi­li, ubu­de nje­ngo­bu­ba­nzi be­ndlu ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li. Wa­yi­hu­qa nga­pha­ka­thi nge­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo.

5 Le­ndlu enku­lu wa­ye­mbe­sa nge­zi­go­do ze­fi­ri*, wa­yi­hu­qa nge­go­li­de eli­hle, wa­mi­sa phe­zu kwa­yo ama­la­la la­ma­ke­ta­ne.

6 Wa­ye­mbe­se­la ubu­hle indlu nga­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu; nja­lo igo­li­de la­li­li­go­li­de le­Pa­ri­va­yi­mi.

7 Wa­se­yi­hu­qa indlu, imi­ja­bo, imi­gu­ba­zi, le­mi­du­li ya­yo, le­mi­nya­ngo ya­yo nge­go­li­de, wa­ba­za ngo­ku­gu­bha ama­khe­ru­bhi* emi­du­li­ni.

8 Wa­se­se­nza indlu ye­ngcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­le; ubu­de ba­yo nje­ngo­bu­ba­nzi be­ndlu ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­yo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li; wa­yi­hu­qa nge­go­li­de eli­hle kwa­ze kwa­ba nga­ma­tha­le­nta* anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha.

9 Le­si­si­ndo se­zi­pi­ki­li sa­ze sa­ba nga­ma­she­ke­li* ego­li­de anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu. Wa­wa­hu­qa ama­ka­me­lo aphe­zu­lu nge­go­li­de.

10 Wa­se­se­nza endli­ni ye­ngcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­led ama­khe­ru­bhi* ama­bi­li ngo­mse­be­nzi oba­zi­we­yoe, wa­wa­hu­qa nge­go­li­de.

11 Le­mpi­ko za­ma­khe­ru­bhi, ubu­de ba­zo ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li. Uphi­ko lwe­li­lo­dwa lwa­lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu lu­fi­nye­le­la emdu­li­ni we­ndlu, lo­lu­nye uphi­ko lwa­lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu lu­fi­nye­le­la ophi­kwe­ni lwe­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi.

12 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uphi­ko lwe­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi lwa­lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu lu­fi­nye­le­la emdu­li­ni we­ndlu; lo­lu­nye uphi­ko lwa­lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu lu­na­ma­the­le ephi­kwe­ni lwe­li­nye ikhe­ru­bhi.

13 Impi­ko za­la­ma­khe­ru­bhi* ze­lu­le­ka inga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li; nja­lo ema nge­nya­wo za­wo, lo­bu­so ba­wo bu­kha­nge­le nga­se­ndli­ni.

14 Wa­se­se­nza ive­yi­li ngo­ku­lu­hla­za okwe­si­bha­ka­bha­ka lo­ku­yi­bu­be­nde lo­ku­bo­mvuf la­nge­le­mbu eli­co­le­ki­le­yo ka­khu­lug, wa­be­ka ku­lo ama­khe­ru­bhi*.

15 Wa­se­se­nza pha­mbi kwe­ndlu insi­ka ezi­mbi­lih, ubu­de ba­bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu, le­si­du­ku phe­zu kwe­ngqo­nga ya­yo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nui.

16 Wa­se­se­nza ama­ke­ta­ne nje­nge­nda­we­ni ye­li­zwi, wa­wa­fa­ka esi­hlo­kwe­ni se­zi­nsi­kaj; we­nza la­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti* ali­khu­luk, wawa­fa­ka ema­ke­ta­ne­ni.

17 Wa­se­mi­sa izi­nsi­ka nga­pha­mbi kwe­the­mpe­li, enye nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, le­nye nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo; wa­se­bi­za ibi­zo le­nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne uJa­ki­ni, le­bi­zo le­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo uBho­wa­zi.

4Wa­se­se­nza ila­thi le­thu­si, ubu­de ba­lo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­lo bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­lo ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mia.

2 Wa­se­se­nza ulwa­ndle olu­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa, lu­zi­nga­lo ezi­li­tshu­mi ku­su­ke­la okhu­nji­ni lwa­lo ku­si­ya okhu­nji­ni lwa­lo, lwa­lu­go­mbo­lo­ze­le inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­lo ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu, lo­mzi­la we­zi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu ulu­go­mbo­lo­ze­le inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkeb.

3 Lo­ku­fa­na­na kwe­nka­bi kwa­ku­nga­pha­nsi kwa­lo, ku­bho­da­bho­da inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke za­lo, ezi­li­tshu­mi enga­lwe­ni, lu­go­mbo­lo­ze­la ulwa­ndle inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke; imi­zi­la emi­bi­li ye­nka­bi ya­bu­njwa ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa eku­bu­njwe­ni kwa­loc.

4 Lwa­lu­mi phe­zu kwe­nka­bi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; ezi­nta­thu zi­kha­nge­le enya­ka­tho, le­zi­nta­thu zi­kha­nge­le entsho­na­la­nga, le­zi­nta­thu zi­kha­nge­le eni­ngi­zi­mu, le­zi­nta­thu zi­kha­nge­le empu­ma­la­nga; lo­lwa­ndle lwa­lu­phe­zu kwa­zo phe­zu­lu, la­zo zo­nke inge­mu­va za­zo za­zi­nga­pha­ka­thi.

5 Uhlo­nzi lwa­lo lwa­lu­yi­bu­ba­nzi be­sa­ndla, lo­mphe­tho wa­lo wa­wu­nje­ngo­mse­be­nzi wo­mphe­tho we­nke­zo, nje­nge­lu­ba lo­mdu­ze, lwa­lu­mu­me­the ama­bha­thi*, lu­mu­me­the azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thud.

6 Wa­se­se­nza indi­tshi zo­ku­ge­ze­la ezi­li­tshu­mi, wa­be­ka ezi­nhla­nu nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, le­zi­nhla­nu nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo, uku­ge­zi­se­la ki­zo; ba­be­ge­zi­se­la ki­zo oko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa; ko­dwa ulwa­ndle lwa­lu­ngo­lwa­ba­pri­sti uku­ge­ze­la ku­lo.

7 Wa­se­se­nza izi­nti ze­zi­ba­ne ze­go­li­de ezi­li­tshu­mi nje­ngo­ku­mi­swa kwa­zo, wa­zi­be­ka ethe­mpe­li­ni, ezi­nhla­nu nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, le­zi­nhla­nu nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo.

8 We­nza la­ma­ta­fu­la ali­tshu­mi, wa­wa­be­ka ethe­mpe­li­ni, ama­hla­nu nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne, la­ma­hla­nu nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo. We­nza le­mi­ga­nu eli­khu­lu ye­go­li­de.

9 We­nza le­gu­ma la­ba­pri­sti le­gu­ma eli­khu­lu, le­zi­va­lo ze­gu­ma, wa­zi­hu­qa izi­va­lo za­lo nge­thu­si.

10 Wa­se­be­ka ulwa­ndle ehla­ngo­thi­ni lo­ku­ne­ne nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga ma­qo­nda­na le­ni­ngi­zi­mu.

11 UHu­ra­mu wa­se­se­nza izi­mbi­za la­ma­fo­tsho­lo le­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­zae. UHu­ra­mu wa­qe­da ukwe­nza umse­be­nzi aye­we­nze­la inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

12 Insi­ka ezi­mbi­li, le­mi­ga­nu, le­zi­du­ku phe­zu kwe­ngqo­nga ye­zi­nsi­ka ezi­mbi­li, la­ma­mbu­le ama­bi­li okwe­mbe­sa imi­ga­nu emi­bi­li ye­zi­du­ku eza­zi­phe­zu kwe­ngqo­nga ye­zi­nsi­kaf,

13 la­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti* anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne ema­mbu­le­ni wo­ma­bi­li, imi­zi­la emi­bi­li ya­ma­po­me­gra­na­ti ku­le­lo la­le­lo­mbu­leg, okwe­mbe­sa imi­ga­nu emi­bi­li ye­zi­du­ku eza­zi­phe­zu1 kwe­ngqo­nga ye­zi­nsi­kah.

14 We­nza le­zi­se­ke­lo, we­nza le­zi­ndi­tshi zo­ku­ge­ze­la phe­zu kwe­zi­se­ke­loi;

15 ulwa­ndle olu­lo­dwa, le­zi­nka­bi ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li nga­pha­nsi kwa­lo.

16 Le­zi­mbi­za, la­ma­fo­tsho­lo, la­ma­fo­lo­gwej, la­zo zo­nke izi­tsha za­kho uHu­ra­mu Abhi wa­ze­nze­la inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ese­nze­la indlu ye­Nko­si nge­thu­si eli­kha­zi­mu­la­yok.

17 Inko­si ya­zi­bu­mbe­la ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa ema­gce­ke­ni eJo­da­ni emhla­ba­thi­ni oli­bu­mba pha­ka­thi kwe­Su­ko­thi le­Ze­re­da­thal.

18 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­ze­nza zo­nke le­zi­zi­tsha ngo­bu­ne­ngi obu­khu­lu, ngo­ba isi­si­ndo se­thu­si sa­si­nge­hlo­lwem.

19 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­ze­nza-ke zo­nke izi­tsha eza­zi­nge­ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­la­thi le­go­li­de, la­ma­ta­fu­la okwa­ku­kho­na ku­wo izi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swan,

20 le­zi­nti ze­zi­ba­ne le­zi­ba­ne za­zo nge­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yoo, uku­thi zi­bhe­bhe ngo­kwe­si­mi­sop pha­mbi kwe­nda­wo ye­li­zwiq;

21 la­ma­lu­ba le­zi­ba­ne le­zi­ndla­wu, nge­go­li­de, kwa­ku­li­go­li­de eli­phe­le­le­yo;

22 le­zi­ndla­wu, le­mi­ga­nu yo­ku­fa­fa­za, le­zi­nke­zo, le­zi­tsha zo­ku­thwa­la umli­lo, nge­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yor; nja­lo imi­nya­ngo ye­ndlu, izi­va­lo za­yo ezi­nga­pha­ka­thi, eze­ngcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­le, le­zi­va­lo ze­ndlu ye­the­mpe­li za­zi­nge­ze­go­li­des.

5Usu­phe­li­le umse­be­nzi wo­nke uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­we­nze­la indlu ye­Nko­si, wa­nge­ni­sa izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo zi­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se, le­si­li­va le­go­li­de la­zo zo­nke izi­tsha wa­zi­be­ka esi­pha­le­ni se­no­tho se­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

Uku­nge­ni­swa ko­mtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no ethe­mpe­li­ni

2 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­bu­tha­ni­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li, la­zo zo­nke inhlo­ko ze­zi­zwe, izi­ndu­na za­bo­yi­se ba­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­thi be­nyu­se umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si usu­ke emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da oyi­Zi­yo­ni.

3 Wo­nke ama­do­da akoI­sra­ye­li ase­bu­tha­na enko­si­ni emkho­si­ni owe­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­saa.

4 La­bo bo­nke aba­da­la ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­za, ama­Le­vi ase­wu­thwa­la umtsho­ko­tshob,

5 awu­le­tha umtsho­ko­tsho le­the­nte le­nhla­nga­no la­zo zo­nke izi­tsha ezi­ngcwe­le eza­zi­se­the­nte­ni; aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ba­se­be­kwe­nyu­sac.

6 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni le­nhla­nga­no yo­nke ya­koI­sra­ye­li eya­yi­bu­the­ne pha­mbi ko­mtsho­ko­tsho ba­se­be­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo ye­zi­mvu le­zi­nka­bi ezi­nge­la­ku­bha­lwa le­zi­nge­la­ku­ba­lwa ngo­bu­ne­ngi.

7 Aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­wu­nge­ni­sa umtsho­ko­tsho we­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si enda­we­ni ya­wo, enda­we­ni ye­li­zwi ye­ndlu, ku­ngcwe­le ye­zi­ngcwe­le, kwa­ze kwa­ba nga­pha­nsi kwe­mpi­ko za­ma­khe­ru­bhi*.

8 Ngo­ba ama­khe­ru­bhi* elu­le­la impi­ko za­wo phe­zu kwe­nda­wo yo­mtsho­ko­tsho; ama­khe­ru­bhi awe­mbe­sa umtsho­ko­tsho le­mi­ja­bo ya­wo nga­phe­zu­lu.

9 Ba­se­be­se­lu­la imi­ja­bo, izi­hlo­ko ze­mi­ja­bo za­ze za­bo­na­ka­la emtsho­ko­tshwe­ni pha­mbi kwe­nda­wo ye­li­zwid, ko­dwa zi­nga­bo­na­ka­li nga­pha­ndle; ukho­na la­pho-ke ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

10 Kwa­ku­nge­la­lu­tho emtsho­ko­tshwe­ni, nga­pha­ndle kwe­zi­bhe­bhe ezi­mbi­li uMo­zi­si azi­fa­ka kho­na eHo­re­be la­pho iNko­si eye­nza kho­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li eku­phu­me­ni kwa­bo eGi­bhi­the.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi aba­pri­sti be­phu­ma enda­we­ni engcwe­le, ngo­ba bo­nke aba­pri­sti aba­tho­la­ka­la­yo ba­be­zi­hla­mbu­lu­le be­nga­gci­na­nga izi­ga­ba,

12 la­ma­Le­vi anga­ba­hla­be­le­li ba­bo bo­nke - akoA­sa­fi, ako­He­ma­ni, ako­Je­du­thu­ni, la­ku­ma­do­da­na abo la­ku­ba­fo­wa­bo - be­gqo­ke ama­le­mbu aco­le­ki­le­yo amhlo­phe, be­le­zi­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yo le­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbo la­ma­cha­cho, be­ma nge­mpu­ma­la­nga kwe­la­thi; nja­lo ka­nye la­bo ku­la­ba­pri­sti aba­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li be­kha­li­sa izi­mpo­ndo.

13 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­kha­li­sa izi­mpo­ndo be­hla­be­le­la ka­nye­ka­nye uku­zwa­ka­li­sa umsi­ndo owo­dwa, uku­du­mi­sa lo­ku­bo­nga iNko­si, la­la­pho be­pha­ka­mi­sa ili­zwi nge­zi­mpo­ndo la­nge­zi­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yo le­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la, la­la­pho be­du­mi­sa iNko­si uku­thi ilu­ngi­le lo­ku­thi umu­sa wa­yo umi ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­de, indlu ya­gcwa­li­swa li­ye­zi, indlu ye­Nko­si,

14 aba­pri­sti ka­ba­ze ba­ba la­kho uku­ma uku­kho­nza nge­nxa ye­ye­zi, ngo­ba inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­gcwa­li­sa indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

Umkhu­le­ko ka­So­lo­mo­ni

6Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­thi: UJe­ho­va wa­thi uza­hla­la emnya­me­ni onzi­ma.

2 Ko­dwa mi­na ngi­kwa­khe­le indlu yo­ku­hla­la, le­nda­wo yo­ku­hla­la kwa­kho ku­ze ku­be ni­ni la­ni­ni.

3 Inko­si ya­si­phe­ndu­la ubu­so ba­yo, ya­bu­si­sa iba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li; iba­ndla lo­nke-ke la­koI­sra­ye­li la­li­mi.

4 Ya­si­si­thi: Ka­yi­bu­si­swe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, eya­khu­lu­ma ngo­mlo­mo wa­yo ku­Da­vi­da uba­ba ya­ku­gcwa­li­sa nge­za­ndla za­yo, isi­thi:

5 Ku­su­ke­la ngo­su­ku enga­khu­pha nga­lo aba­ntu ba­mi eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the ka­ngi­khe­tha­nga mu­zi ezi­zwe­ni zo­nke za­koI­sra­ye­li ukwa­kha indlu, uku­thi ibi­zo la­mi li­be la­pho, ka­ngi­khe­tha­nga mu­ntu uku­ba ngu­mkho­khe­li phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lia.

6 Ko­dwa nga­khe­tha iJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­thi ibi­zo la­mi li­be la­pho, nga­khe­tha uDa­vi­da uku­thi abe phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu ba­mi uI­sra­ye­lib.

7 Nja­lo kwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ka­Da­vi­da uba­ba ukwa­khe­la ibi­zo le­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, indlu.

8 Ko­dwa iNko­si ya­thi ku­Da­vi­da uba­ba: Nje­ngo­ba kwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho ukwa­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indlu, we­nze ku­hle ngo­ku­thi kwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kho.

9 La­nxa ku­nja­lo ka­wu­yi­ku­ya­kha indlu we­na, ko­dwa indo­da­na ya­kho eza­phu­ma ekha­lwe­ni lwa­kho, yi­yo eza­kwa­khe­la ibi­zo la­mi indlu.

10 INko­si isi­qi­ni­si­le ili­zwi la­yo eya­li­khu­lu­ma­yo, ngo­ba ngi­ve­li­le esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­Da­vi­da uba­ba, ngi­hle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­kaI­sra­ye­li, nje­ngo­ku­khu­lu­ma kwe­Nko­si; se­ngi­la­khe­le ibi­zo le­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, indlu.

11 Ngi­wu­be­ke kho­na umtsho­ko­tsho la­pho oku­le­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­Nko­si kho­na eya­se­nza la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

12 Wa­se­si­ma pha­mbi kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si ma­qo­nda­na le­ba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li, we­lu­la iza­ndla za­khe.

13 Ngo­ba uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ye­nze isi­tu­bhu se­thu­sic, ubu­de ba­so bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu, lo­bu­ba­nzi ba­so bu­zi­nga­lo ezi­nhla­nu, lo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwa­so ku­zi­nga­lo ezi­nta­thu, wa­si­mi­sa pha­ka­thi la­pha­ka­thi kwe­gu­mad. We­ma phe­zu kwa­so, wa­gu­qa nga­ma­do­lo akhe pha­mbi kwe­ba­ndla lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li, we­lu­le­la iza­ndla za­khe ema­zu­lwi­nie,

14 wa­thi: Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ka­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu onje­nga­we ema­zu­lwi­ni le­mhla­be­ni, ogci­na isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­mu­sa ezi­nce­kwi­ni za­kho ezi­ha­mba pha­mbi kwa­kho nga­yo yo­nke inhli­zi­yo ya­zo,

15 ogci­ne­le ince­ku ya­kho uDa­vi­da uba­ba lo­kho owa­ku­tsho ku­yo; ngo­ba wa­khu­lu­ma ngo­mlo­mo wa­kho usu­ku­gcwa­li­si­le nge­sa­ndla sa­kho nje­nga­la­mu­hla.

16 Nga­kho-ke, Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, gci­ne­la ince­ku ya­kho uDa­vi­da uba­ba lo­kho owa­ku­tsho ku­yo usi­thi: Ka­ku­yi­ku­swe­le­ka umu­ntu ku­we pha­mbi ko­bu­so ba­mi oza­hla­la esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si si­kaI­sra­ye­li; ku­phe­la uba aba­ntwa­na ba­kho be­qa­phe­la indle­la ya­bo pha­mbi kwa­mi, uku­thi ba­ha­mbe ngo­mla­yo wa­mi, nje­nga­lo­kho uha­mbi­le pha­mbi kwa­mi.

17 Nga­kho-ke, Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ka­li­qi­ni­se­ke ili­zwi la­kho owa­li­khu­lu­ma ence­kwi­ni ya­kho, ku­Da­vi­da.

18 Ka­mbe nge­qi­ni­so uNku­lu­nku­lu anga­hla­la la­ba­ntu emhla­be­ni? Kha­nge­la, ama­zu­lu, ye­bo, ama­zu­lu ama­zu­lu ange­kwa­ne­le; ka­nga­ka­na­ni-ke li­ndlu engi­ya­khi­le­yo?

19 Ko­dwa phe­ndu­ke­la emkhu­le­kwe­ni we­nce­ku ya­kho le­ku­nce­nge­ni kwa­yo, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, uku­zwa uku­kha­la lo­mkhu­le­ko ince­ku ya­kho eku­khu­le­ka­yo pha­mbi kwa­kho.

20 Uku­ze ame­hlo akho avu­le­ke­le li­ndlu emi­ni le­bu­su­kuf, enda­we­ni owa­tsho nga­yo uku­thi uza­be­ka ibi­zo la­kho kho­na, uku­thi uwu­zwe umkhu­le­ko ince­ku ya­kho ewu­khu­le­ka­yo ikha­nge­le ku­li­nda­wo.

21 Nga­kho zwa­na uku­nce­nga kwe­nce­ku ya­kho lo­kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li aba­za­ku­khu­le­ka be­kha­nge­le ku­li­nda­wo; ye­bo, uzwe we­na, use­nda­we­ni ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la, use­ma­zu­lwi­ni; la­pho usi­zwa, uthe­the­le­leg.

22 Uba umu­ntu eso­na ku­ma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe, ame­the­se isi­fu­ngo uku­me­nza afu­nge, nja­lo isi­fu­ngo si­ze pha­mbi kwe­la­thi la­kho ku­li­ndlu,

23 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, nja­lo ye­nza wa­hlu­le­le ince­ku za­kho, ngo­ku­phi­ndi­se­la okho­hla­ke­le­yo, ngo­ku­ni­ka indle­la ya­khe ekha­nda la­khe, la­ngo­ku­lu­ngi­si­sa olu­ngi­le­yo, ngo­ku­mni­ka nje­ngo­ku­lu­nga kwa­khe.

24 La­la­pho aba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li be­tsha­ywa pha­mbi kwe­si­tha, ngo­ba bo­ni­le ku­we, uba be­phe­ndu­ka, ba­li­vu­me ibi­zo la­kho, ba­khu­le­ke be­nce­nga pha­mbi kwa­kho ku­li­ndlu,

25 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, uthe­the­le­le iso­no sa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, uba­bu­yi­se­le eli­zwe­ni owa­li­ni­ka bo­na la­bo­yi­se.

26 La­pho ama­zu­lu eva­li­we, nja­lo ku­nge­la­zu­lu, ngo­ba bo­ni­le ku­we, uba be­khu­le­ka be­kha­nge­le ku­li­nda­wo be­li­vu­ma ibi­zo la­kho, ba­phe­ndu­ke eso­nwe­ni sa­bo, nxa uba­hlu­phi­le,

27 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, uthe­the­le­le iso­no se­nce­ku za­kho le­sa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, usu­ba­fu­ndi­se indle­la enhle aba­za­ha­mba nga­yo; uni­se izu­lu eli­zwe­ni la­kho owa­li­ni­ka aba­ntu ba­kho li­be yi­li­fa la­boh.

28 Uba ku­le­ndla­la eli­zwe­ni, uba ku­lo­ma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, uba ku­lo­ku­tshi­sa, le­ngu­ma­ne, isi­kho­nya­ne, le­mi­ho­go­yi; uba izi­tha za­bo zi­ba­vi­mbe­ze­la eli­zwe­ni le­sa­ngo la­bo, lo­ba yi­yi­phi inhlu­phe­ko la­lo­ba yi­wu­phi umkhu­hla­ne;

29 la­wu­phi umkhu­le­ko, la­ku­phi uku­nce­nga, oku­za­kwe­nzi­wa la­ngu­wu­phi umu­ntu, ku­mbe yi­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, la­pho be­sa­zi, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo inhlu­phe­ko ya­khe lo­si­zi lwa­khe, ese­lu­le­la iza­ndla za­khe ku­li­ndlu;

30 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, inda­wo ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la, uthe­the­le­le, uphe ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­kwe­zi­ndle­la za­khe zo­nke, onhli­zi­yo ya­khe uya­ya­zi, ngo­ba ngu­we we­dwa owa­zi inhli­zi­yo ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu,

31 uku­ze ba­kwe­sa­be ba­ha­mbe endle­le­ni za­kho insu­ku zo­nke aba­zi­phi­la ebu­swe­ni bo­mhla­ba owa­wu­pha oba­ba.

32 Nja­lo ma­ye­la­na lo­we­zi­zwe­ni onge­su­ye owa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, ko­dwa eve­la eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na nge­nxa ye­bi­zo la­kho eli­khu­lu le­sa­ndla sa­kho esi­la­ma­ndla le­nga­lo ya­kho eye­lu­li­we­yo; la­pho be­si­za­khu­le­ka ku­li­ndlu,

33 zwa­na-ke we­na use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, use­nda­we­ni ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la, we­nze nje­nga­kho ko­nke owe­zi­zwe­ni akha­la nga­kho ku­we, uku­ze bo­nke aba­ntu bo­mhla­ba ba­zi ibi­zo la­kho, ba­kwe­sa­be, nje­nga­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, lo­ku­thi ba­zi uku­thi ibi­zo la­kho li­ya­bi­zwa phe­zu kwa­li­ndlu engi­ya­khi­le­yoi.

34 Uba aba­ntu ba­kho be­phu­ma uku­ya­ku­lwa be­me­le­ne le­zi­tha za­bo nge­ndle­la oba­thu­me nga­yo, ba­khu­le­ke ku­we endle­le­ni yo­mu­zi owu­khe­thi­le­yo le­ndlu engi­ya­khe­le ibi­zo la­kho,

35 zwa­na-ke use­ma­zu­lwi­ni umkhu­le­ko wa­bo lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­bo, we­nze ilu­nge­lo la­bo.

36 Uba be­so­na ku­we, ngo­ba ka­ku­la­mu­ntu ongo­ni­yo, ubu­su­ba­thu­ku­the­le­la, uba­ni­ke­le pha­mbi kwe­si­tha, uku­ze aba­ba­thu­mbi­le­yo ba­ba­thu­mbe­le eli­zwe­ni eli­kha­tsha­na ku­mbe eli­se­du­ze,

37 uba be­na­ka­na nga­kho enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­bo eli­zwe­ni aba­thu­nje­lwe ki­lo, ba­phe­ndu­ke ba­nce­nge ku­we eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­thu­njwa kwa­bo ba­thi: So­ni­le, se­nze oku­bi, se­nza nge­nko­hla­ka­lo;

38 uba be­phe­ndu­ke­la ku­we nga­yo yo­nke inhli­zi­yo ya­bo la­nga­wo wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo eli­zwe­ni lo­ku­thu­njwa kwa­bo, la­pho aba­ba­thu­mbe­le kho­na, ba­khu­le­ke nga­se­ndle­le­ni ye­li­zwe la­bo owa­li­ni­ka oyi­se, lo­mu­zi owu­khe­thi­le­yo, la­nga­se­ndli­ni engi­ya­khe­le ibi­zo la­kho,

39 zwa­na-ke use­ma­zu­lwi­ni, use­nda­we­ni ya­kho yo­ku­hla­la, umkhu­le­ko wa­bo lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­bo, we­nze ilu­nge­lo la­bo, uthe­the­le­le aba­ntu ba­kho aba­ko­ni­le­yo.

40 Nga­kho, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi, ake ame­hlo akho avu­le­kej le­ndle­be za­kho zi­la­le­le umkhu­le­ko wa­li­nda­wok.

41 Kha­the­si-ke, su­ku­ma, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lul, uze enda­we­ni ya­kho yo­ku­phu­mu­lam, we­na lo­mtsho­ko­tsho wa­ma­ndla akho. Aba­pri­sti ba­kho, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu, ka­be­mba­the usi­ndi­so, la­ba­ngcwe­le ba­kho ba­tho­ko­ze ngo­ku­hlen.

42 Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu, unga­fu­la­the­li­si ubu­so bo­gco­tshi­we­yo wa­khoo. Khu­mbu­lap izi­sa zi­ka­Da­vi­da ince­ku ya­khoq.

7Kwa­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni ese­qe­di­le uku­khu­le­kaa, umli­lo we­hla uve­la ema­zu­lwi­ni, wa­dla umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­hla­tshe­lob, le­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­gcwa­li­sa indluc.

2 Nja­lo aba­pri­sti ba­be­nge­la­kho uku­nge­na endli­ni ye­Nko­si, ngo­ba inka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si ya­yi­gcwa­li­se indlu ye­Nko­sid.

3 La­pho bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­bo­na ukwe­hla ko­mli­lo le­nka­zi­mu­lo ye­Nko­si phe­zu kwe­ndlu, ba­kho­tha­ma ngo­bu­so ba­bo emhla­ba­thi­ni enda­we­ni ega­nde­lwe­yo, ba­kho­nza be­du­mi­sa iNko­si, uku­thi ilu­ngi­le, uku­thi umu­sa wa­yo umi pha­ka­dee.

4 Inko­si la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ni­ke­la-ke imi­hla­tshe­lo pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si.

5 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo ye­zi­nka­bi ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, le­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li. Ngo­ku­nja­lo inko­si la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ye­hlu­ka­ni­sa indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

6 Aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­si­ma ezi­khu­ndle­ni za­bo; la­ma­Le­vi ele­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la zi­ka­Je­ho­va inko­si uDa­vi­da aye­ze­nze­le uku­du­mi­sa uJe­ho­va, ngo­ba umu­sa wa­khe umi pha­ka­de, la­pho uDa­vi­da edu­mi­sa nge­nko­nzo ya­bo; la­ba­pri­sti ba­kha­li­sa impo­ndo pha­mbi kwa­bo, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke we­ma.

7 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­ngcwe­li­sa ipha­ka­thi le­gu­ma ela­li­pha­mbi kwe­ndlu ye­Nko­si, ngo­ba we­nza la­pho imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa la­ma­hwa­hwa emi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la, ngo­ba ila­thi le­thu­si uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­le­nzi­le la­li­nge­ne­le umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­dla, la­ma­hwa­hwa.

8 La­nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni we­nza umkho­si okwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ka­nye la­ye, iba­ndla eli­khu­lu ka­khu­lu, ku­su­ke­la eku­nge­ne­ni kwe­Ha­ma­thi ku­si­ya esi­fu­le­ni se­Gi­bhi­the.

9 La­ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li be­nza umhla­nga­no onzu­lu, ngo­ba be­nza ukwe­hlu­ka­ni­swa kwe­la­thi okwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, lo­mkho­si okwe­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa.

10 Ngo­su­ku lwa­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu lwe­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa wa­se­ye­ke­la aba­ntu ba­ha­mba ba­ya ema­the­nte­ni abo, be­tho­ko­za be­ja­bu­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ngo­ku­hle iNko­si eya­yi­kwe­nze­le uDa­vi­da lo­So­lo­mo­ni loI­sra­ye­li aba­ntu ba­yo.

INko­si izi­bo­na­ka­li­sa ku­So­lo­mo­ni

11 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­qe­da indlu ka­Je­ho­va le­ndlu ye­nko­si; la­kho ko­nke okwa­ku­ve­la enhli­zi­ywe­ni ka­So­lo­mo­ni uku­kwe­nza endli­ni ye­Nko­si le­ndli­ni ya­khe wa­ku­phu­me­le­li­saf.

12 INko­si ya­si­bo­na­ka­la ku­So­lo­mo­ni ebu­su­ku ya­thi ku­ye: Ngi­zwi­le umkhu­le­ko wa­kho, se­ngi­zi­khe­the­le li­nda­wo uku­ba yi­ndlu yo­mhla­tshe­log.

13 Uba ngi­va­la ama­zu­lu uku­ze ku­nga­bi la­zu­luh, ku­mbe uba ngi­la­ya inte­the uku­qe­da ili­zwe, ku­mbe uba ngi­thu­me­la uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu ba­mii,

14 uba aba­ntu ba­mi ibi­zo la­mi eli­bi­zwa phe­zu kwa­bo be­zi­tho­ba, ba­khu­le­ke ba­di­nge ubu­so ba­mi, ba­phe­ndu­ke ezi­ndle­le­ni za­bo ezi­mbij, mi­na-ke ngi­za­ku­zwa ngi­se­ma­zu­lwi­ni, ngi­the­the­le­le iso­no sa­bo, nge­la­phe ili­zwe la­bok.

15 Kha­the­si ame­hlo ami aza­vu­le­ka, le­ndle­be za­mi zi­la­le­le umkhu­le­ko wa­li­nda­wol.

16 Ngo­ba se­ngi­yi­khe­thi­le nga­yi­ngcwe­li­sa li­ndlu uku­ze ibi­zo la­mi li­be kho­na ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni; la­me­hlo ami le­nhli­zi­yo ya­mi ku­za­ku­ba la­pho zo­nke izi­nsu­kum.

17 We­na-ke, uba uha­mba pha­mbi kwa­mi nje­ngo­ku­ha­mba ku­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo, we­nze nje­nga­kho ko­nke engi­ku­la­ye kho­na, ugci­ne izi­mi­so za­mi le­za­hlu­le­lo za­mi,

18 ngi­za­qi­ni­sa-ke isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­so wa­kho, nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwa­mi isi­vu­me­lwa­no lo­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo ngi­si­thi: Ka­ku­yi­ku­swe­le­ka1 mu­ntu ku­we obu­sa koI­sra­ye­li.

19 Ko­dwa uba li­bu­ye­la emu­va li­na, li­tshi­ya izi­mi­so za­mi le­mi­la­yo ya­mi engi­ku­be­ke pha­mbi kwe­nu, li­ha­mbe li­kho­nze aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu li­ba­kho­tha­me­len,

20 ngi­za­ba­si­phu­na-ke eli­zwe­ni engi­ba­ni­ke lo­na, la­li­ndlu engi­yi­ngcwe­li­se­le ibi­zo la­mi ngi­za­yi­la­hla isu­ke pha­mbi kwa­mi, ngi­ye­nze ibe yi­si­ga le­nto yo­ku­ho­zwa pha­ka­thi kwe­zi­zwe zo­nkeo.

21 La­li­ndlu epha­ke­me­yo iza­ku­ba yi­si­ma­nga­li­so ku­lo­wo la­lo­wo odlu­la ku­yo, aze athi: INko­si ikwe­nze­le­ni oku­nje ku­le­li­li­zwe la­ku­li­ndlu?

22 Ba­za­ku­thi-ke: Ku­ngo­ba be­yi­de­li­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se eya­ba­khu­pha eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ba­ba­mbe­le­la kwa­ba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu, ba­ba­kho­nza ba­ba­se­be­nze­la; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ibe­hli­se­le bo­nke lo­bu­bu­bi.

Ezi­nye ize­nzo zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

8Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li uSo­lo­mo­ni akha nga­yo indlu ye­Nko­si le­ndlu ya­khea,

2 imi­zi uHu­ra­mu aye­yi­ni­ke uSo­lo­mo­ni, uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ya­kha, wa­hla­li­sa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li kho­nab.

3 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­si­ya eHa­ma­thic-Zo­ba, wa­yi­nqo­bad.

4 Wa­kha iTa­di­mo­ri enka­nga­la la­yo yo­nke imi­zi e­yi­zi­pha­la aya­kha eHa­ma­thi.

5 Wa­kha le­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­ni enga­phe­zu­lu le­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­ni enga­pha­nsi, imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo ele­mi­tha­nga­la, ama­sa­ngo, le­mi­go­qo,

6 le­Ba­ha­la­thi, le­mi­zi yo­nke e­yi­zi­pha­la uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­la­yo, la­yo yo­nke imi­zi ye­zi­nqo­la, le­mi­zi ya­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za, la­so so­nke isi­fi­so si­ka­So­lo­mo­ni aye­fi­sa nga­so ukwa­kha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma le­Le­bha­no­ni le­li­zwe­ni lo­nke lo­mbu­so wa­khe.

7 Aba­ntu bo­nke aba­be­se­le ku­ma­He­thi la­maA­mo­ri la­ma­Pe­ri­zi la­ma­Hi­vi la­ma­Je­bu­si, aba­be­nge­yi­si­bo ba­koI­sra­ye­li,

8 eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­bo aba­be­se­le emva kwa­bo eli­zwe­ni aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­nga­ba­qe­da­nga uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­be­nyu­sa ba­ba yi­zi­bha­lwa ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

9 Ko­dwa eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­koI­sra­ye­li uSo­lo­mo­ni ka­be­nza­nga izi­gqi­li zo­mse­be­nzi wa­khe, ko­dwa ba­ba nga­ma­do­da empi, le­zi­ndu­na za­ba­la­wu­li­ma­bu­tho akhe, la­ba­pha­thi be­zi­nqo­la za­khe la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za akhe.

10 La­la­ba ba­be­zi­ndu­na ze­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­la­zo, ama­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, be­bu­sa aba­ntue.

11 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­se­nyu­sa indo­da­ka­zi ka­Fa­ro emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da, wa­yi­sa endli­ni aye­ya­khe­le yo­na, ngo­ba wa­thi: Umka­mi ka­yi­ku­hla­la endli­ni ka­Da­vi­da inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, ngo­ba izi­nda­wo zi­ngcwe­le umtsho­ko­tsho we­Nko­si oze ki­zo.

12 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ni­ke­la eNko­si­ni imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si aye­la­khi­le pha­mbi kwe­khu­lu­sif.

13 Ngi­tsho nje­ngo­ku­mi­se­lweg usu­ku ngo­su­kuh, eni­ke­la nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­si nga­ma­sa­ba­tha, la­ngo­ku­thwa­sa kwe­zi­nya­nga, la­nge­mi­kho­si emi­si­we­yoi, ka­tha­thu ngo­mnya­ka, ngo­mkho­si we­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, la­ngo­mkho­si wa­ma­vi­ki, la­ngo­mkho­si wa­ma­du­mbaj.

14 Nje­nge­si­mi­so si­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se wa­se­mi­sa izi­ga­ba za­ba­pri­sti phe­zu kwe­nko­nzo ya­bok, la­ma­Le­vil emi­li­ndwe­ni ya­wo uku­du­mi­sa lo­ku­kho­nza pha­mbi kwa­ba­pri­stim nje­ngo­da­ba lo­su­ku ngo­su­ku lwa­lon, la­ba­li­ndi­ma­sa­ngo ezi­ga­be­ni za­bo ku­sa­ngo nge­sa­ngoo; ngo­ba wa­ye­la­ye nja­lo uDa­vi­da umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lup.

15 Nja­lo ka­ba­pha­mbu­ka­nga emla­ywe­ni we­nko­si ku­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ma­ye­la­na la­lu­phi uda­ba ku­mbe ma­ye­la­na lo­ku­li­gu­gu.

16 Wa­lu­ngi­swa-ke umse­be­nzi wo­nke ka­So­lo­mo­ni ku­ze ku­be lu­su­ku lo­ku­be­kwa kwe­si­se­ke­lo se­ndlu ye­Nko­si, nja­lo ya­ze ya­phe­la: Indlu ye­Nko­si ya­phe­le­la.

17 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uSo­lo­mo­ni wa­ya eE­zi­yo­ni-Ge­be­ri leE­lo­thi okhu­nji­ni lo­lwa­ndle eli­zwe­ni leE­do­ma.

18 UHu­ra­mu wa­se­thu­me­la ku­ye imi­khu­mbi nge­sa­ndla se­zi­nce­ku za­khe, le­nce­ku eza­zi ulwa­ndle, za­ya eO­fi­ri ka­nye le­nce­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni, za­la­nda kho­na igo­li­de eli­nga­ma­tha­le­nta* anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne la­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu, za­li­le­tha enko­si­ni uSo­lo­mo­niq.

Indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha

9Indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha isi­zwi­le udu­mo lu­ka­So­lo­mo­ni ye­za eJe­ru­sa­le­ma uku­hlo­la uSo­lo­mo­ni nge­mi­bu­zo enzi­ma, ile­xu­ku eli­khu­lu ka­khu­lu, la­ma­ka­me­la ethwe­le ama­kha le­go­li­de ngo­bu­ne­ngi la­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu; isi­fi­ki­le ku­So­lo­mo­ni ya­khu­lu­ma la­ye ko­nke okwa­ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­yo.

2 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­yi­cha­si­se­la zo­nke inda­ba za­yo, nja­lo kwa­ku­nge­kho lu­tho olwa­mca­tshe­la­yo uSo­lo­mo­ni anga­lu­cha­si­sa­nga ku­yo.

3 Indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha isi­bo­ni­le inhla­ka­ni­pho ka­So­lo­mo­ni, le­ndlu aye­ya­khi­le,

4 lo­ku­dla kwe­ta­fu­la la­khe, lo­ku­hla­la kwe­nce­ku za­khe, lo­ku­ma kwe­zi­kho­nzi za­khe, le­zi­gqo­ko za­zo, la­ba­pha­thi­nke­zo ba­khe, le­zi­gqo­ko za­bo, lo­kwe­nyu­ka kwa­khe enyu­ka nga­kho endli­ni ye­Nko­si, ka­ku­sa­ba­nga la­mo­ya ku­yo.

5 Ya­si­si­thi enko­si­ni: Wa­wu­li­qi­ni­so umbi­ko enga­wu­zwa eli­zwe­ni la­mi nge­nda­ba za­kho la­nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kho.

6 Ko­dwa ka­ngi­wa­kho­lwa­nga ama­zwi abo nga­ze nge­za la­me­hlo ami aku­bo­na. Kha­nge­la-ke, be­ngi­nga­tshe­lwa­nga ingxe­nye yo­bu­khu­lu be­nhla­ka­ni­pho ya­kho; uye­dlu­la umbi­ko enga­wu­zwa­yo.

7 Aya­ja­bu­la ama­do­da akho, nja­lo zi­ya­ja­bu­la le­zi­zi­nce­ku za­kho ezi­mi pha­mbi kwa­kho nja­lo­nja­lo zi­si­zwa inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khoa.

8 Ka­bu­si­swe uJe­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho otho­ko­ze nga­we uku­ku­be­ka esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si uku­thi ube yi­nko­si ku­Je­ho­va uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho. Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho wa­mtha­nda uI­sra­ye­li uku­mqi­ni­sa ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­ni, nga­kho uku­be­ki­le wa­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu kwa­bo uku­ze we­nze isa­hlu­le­lo lo­ku­lu­ngab.

9 Ya­si­ni­ka inko­si igo­li­de eli­nga­ma­tha­le­nta* ali­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li, la­ma­kha ngo­bu­ne­ngi obu­khu­lu, la­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu. Ka­ku­za­nga ku­be kho­na anje­nga­la­wo ama­kha indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha eya­wa­ni­ka inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni.

10 Fu­thi izi­nce­ku zi­ka­Hu­ra­mu le­nce­ku zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni eza­zi­le­tha igo­li­de li­ve­la eO­fi­ri, za­se­zi­le­tha izi­go­do za­ma-a­li­gu­mi* la­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu.

11 Inko­si ya­si­se­nza nge­zi­go­do za­ma-a­li­gu­mi izi­khwe­lo ze­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va le­ze­ndlu ye­nko­si, la­ma­cha­cho le­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbo kwa­ba­hla­be­le­li. Ka­ku­za­nga ku­bo­nwe fu­thi oku­nje­nga­lo­kho ma­ndu­lo eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­da.

12 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­ni­ka indlo­vu­ka­zi ye­She­bha so­nke isi­fi­so sa­yo eya­si­ce­la­yo, nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­kho aye­ku­le­the enko­si­ni. Ya­si­phe­ndu­ka ya­ya eli­zwe­ni la­yo yo­na le­nce­ku za­yoc.

Ino­tho ka­So­lo­mo­ni lo­du­mo lwa­khe

13 Isi­si­ndo se­go­li­de ela­li­fi­ka-ke ku­So­lo­mo­ni ngo­mnya­ka owo­dwa sa­si­nga­ma­tha­le­nta* ego­li­de anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha le­si­thu­phad,

14 nga­pha­ndle kwa­lo­kho aba­ku­le­tha ku­ve­la ku­ba­the­ngi­si la­ba­the­ngi; la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si eA­ra­bhi­ya la­ba­bu­si be­li­zwe ba­le­tha igo­li­de le­si­li­va ku­So­lo­mo­ni.

15 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­si­se­nza izi­hla­ngu ezi­nku­lu ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li nge­go­li­de eli­kha­ndi­we­yo; ya­se­be­nzi­sa ama­she­ke­li anga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha ego­li­de eli­kha­ndi­we­yo esi­hla­ngwi­ni esi­so­dwa esi­khu­lu.

16 La­ma­ha­wu anga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu ego­li­de eli­kha­ndi­we­yo; ya­se­be­nzi­se­la iha­wu eli­lo­dwa ama­she­ke­li anga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu. Inko­si ya­ku­be­ka endli­ni ye­gu­su le­Le­bha­no­nie.

17 Inko­si ya­si­se­nza isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si esi­khu­lu nge­mpo­ndo ze­ndlo­vu, ya­si­na­me­ka nge­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yof.

18 Nja­lo isi­hla­lo so­bu­kho­si sa­si­le­zi­khwe­lo ezi­yi­si­thu­pha ze­si­hla­lo le­se­na­be­lo se­go­li­de sa­si­xhu­nywe esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si, le­ze­ya­me­lo ze­nga­lo nga­pha la­nga­pha enda­we­ni yo­ku­hla­la, le­zi­lwa­ne ezi­mbi­li zi­mi ece­le­ni kwe­ze­ya­me­lo ze­nga­lo.

19 Nja­lo kwa­ku­mi izi­lwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li kho­na nga­pha la­nga­pha ezi­khwe­lwe­ni ezi­yi­si­thu­pha. Ka­ku­za­nga kwe­nzi­we oku­nja­lo la­ku­wu­phi umbu­so.

20 La­zo zo­nke izi­tsha zo­ku­na­tha ze­nko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni za­zi­nge­ze­go­li­de, le­zi­tsha zo­nke ze­ndlu ye­gu­su le­Le­bha­no­ni za­zi­nge­ze­go­li­de eli­cwe­nge­ki­le­yo; isi­li­va sa­si­nga­ba­lwa nje­ngo­lu­tho ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­So­lo­mo­nig.

21 Ngo­ba imi­khu­mbi ye­nko­si ya­ya eTa­rshi­shi le­zi­nce­ku zi­ka­Hu­ra­mu; ka­nye nge­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu imi­khu­mbi ye­Ta­rshi­shi ye­za ithwe­le igo­li­de, le­si­li­va, impo­ndo ze­zi­ndlo­vu, le­zi­ndwa­ngu, la­ma­phi­ga­ga.

22 Inko­si uSo­lo­mo­ni ya­ba nku­lu ku­la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si omhla­ba nge­no­tho la­nge­nhla­ka­ni­pho.

23 La­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si omhla­ba adi­nga ubu­so bu­ka­So­lo­mo­ni uku­zwa inhla­ka­ni­pho ya­khe uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­yi­fa­ke enhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­khe.

24 Ase­le­tha, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo isi­pho sa­khe, izi­tsha ze­si­li­va, le­zi­tsha ze­go­li­de, le­ze­mba­tho, izi­kha­li, la­ma­kha, ama­bhi­za, le­zi­mbo­ngo­lo; into yo­mnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka wa­yoh.

25 Nja­lo uSo­lo­mo­nii wa­ye­le­zi­ndlwa­na za­ma­bhi­za le­zi­nqo­la ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­ne, la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi la­mbi­li; wa­se­ku­be­ka emi­zi­ni ye­zi­nqo­la, nja­lo le­nko­si­ni eJe­ru­sa­le­maj.

26 Wa­se­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si ku­su­ke­la eMfu­le­ni ku­ze ku­be se­li­zwe­ni la­ma­Fi­li­sti, nja­lo ku­ze ku­be se­mngce­le­ni we­Gi­bhi­thek.

27 Inko­si ya­si­se­nza isi­li­va eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­ba nje­nga­ma­tshe, le­mi­se­da­ri wa­ye­nza ya­ba nje­nge­mi­khi­wa ye­si­kha­mo­re ese­si­ho­tshe­ni, ngo­bu­ne­ngil.

28 Ba­se­be­khu­phe­la uSo­lo­mo­ni ama­bhi­za eGi­bhi­the le­ma­zwe­ni wo­nke.

Uku­fa ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni

29 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­So­lo­mo­nim, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­nan, ka­zi­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni ema­zwi­ni ka­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thio, la­ku­si­pro­fe­thop si­kaA­hi­ya umShi­loq, le­mi­bo­nwe­ni ka­Ye­dir umbo­ni ma­ye­la­na lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tis?

30 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­bu­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nke imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne.

31 USo­lo­mo­ni wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ba­se­be­mngcwa­ba emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se. URe­ho­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­vu­ke­la indlu ka­Da­vi­da

10URe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­se­si­ya eShe­ke­ma ngo­ba uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­ye­ze eShe­ke­ma uku­mbe­ka abe yi­nko­sia.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti esi­zwa, owa­ye­se­Gi­bhi­the la­pho aye­ba­le­ke­le kho­na ubu­so bu­ka­So­lo­mo­ni inko­si, uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­bu­ya eve­la eGi­bhi­theb.

3 Ba­se­be­thu­me­la ba­mbi­za; uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ba­se­be­si­za, ba­khu­lu­ma ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu be­si­thi:

4 Uyi­hlo we­nza ijo­gwe le­thu la­ba lu­khu­ni; nga­kho-ke ye­nza ube lu­la­nya­na umse­be­nzi ka­yi­hlo olu­khu­ni, le­jo­gwe la­khe eli­nzi­ma abe­si­thwa­li­se lo­na, nja­lo si­za­ku­kho­nza.

5 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Bu­ya­ni ki­mi emva kwe­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­ha­mba.

6 Inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­si­ce­bi­sa­na la­ba­da­la aba­be­si­ma pha­mbi ku­ka­So­lo­mo­ni uyi­se esa­phi­la, isi­thi: Li­ce­bi­sa uku­bu­yi­se­la mpe­ndu­lo ba­ni ku­la­ba­ba­ntu?

7 Ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­ye be­si­thi: Uba uza­lu­nga ku­la­ba­ba­ntu, uba­tho­ko­zi­se, ukhu­lu­me ki­bo ama­zwi ama­hle, ba­za­ku­ba zi­nce­ku za­kho insu­ku zo­nkec.

8 Ko­dwa wa­de­la ise­lu­le­ko sa­ba­da­la aba­mce­bi­sa nga­so, wa­ce­bi­sa­na la­ma­ja­ha aye­yi­nta­nga ya­khe, aye­si­ma pha­mbi kwa­khe.

9 Wa­se­si­thi ku­wo: Li­ce­bi­sa uku­thi si­bu­yi­se­le mpe­ndu­lo ba­ni ku­la­ba­ba­ntu, aba­khu­lu­me ki­mi be­si­thi: Ye­nza li­be lu­la­nya­na ijo­gwe uyi­hlo ali­be­ka phe­zu kwe­thu?

10 Ama­ja­ha aye­yi­nta­nga ya­khe ase­khu­lu­ma la­ye esi­thi: Uza­ku­tsho nja­lo eba­ntwi­ni aba­khu­lu­ma ku­we be­si­thi: Uyi­hlo we­nza ijo­gwe le­thu la­ba nzi­ma, ko­dwa we­na le­nze li­be lu­la­nya­na ki­thi; uza­ku­tsho nja­lo ku­bo: Uci­ki­li­ca­ne wa­mi uqa­tha ku­lo­kha­lo lu­ka­ba­ba.

11 Nga­kho-ke uba­ba wa­le­thwe­sa ijo­gwe eli­nzi­ma, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­la ejo­gwe­ni le­nu. Uba­ba wa­li­je­zi­sa nge­zi­swe­pu, ko­dwa mi­na nga­bo­fe­ze­lad.

12 Nga­kho uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­za ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­nko­si isi­thi: Li­bu­ye ki­mi fu­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­si­tha­thu.

13 Inko­si ya­si­ba­phe­ndu­la ka­lu­khu­ni; inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­si­de­la ise­lu­le­ko sa­ba­da­la,

14 ya­khu­lu­ma ku­bo nje­nge­se­lu­le­ko sa­ma­ja­ha isi­thi: Uba­ba we­nza ijo­gwe le­nu la­ba nzi­ma, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­za­kwe­nge­ze­le­la ku­lo; uba­ba wa­li­je­zi­sa nge­zi­swe­pu, ko­dwa mi­na nga­bo­fe­ze­lae.

15 Ngo­ku­nja­lo inko­si ka­yi­ba­la­le­la­nga aba­ntu; ngo­ba ingu­qu­ko ya­yi­ve­la ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­ze iNko­si iqi­ni­se ili­zwi la­yo eya­yi­li­khu­lu­me nge­sa­ndla si­kaA­hi­ya umShi­lo ku­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­tif.

16 La­pho uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ebo­na uku­thi inko­si ka­yi­ba­la­le­la­nga, aba­ntu ba­yi­phe­ndu­la inko­si be­si­thi: Si­le­sa­be­lo ba­ni ku­Da­vi­da? Nja­lo kasi­la­li­fa endo­da­ne­ni ka­Je­se. Ngu­lo­wo ema­the­nte­ni akho, Isra­ye­li; kha­the­si, zi­bo­ne­le indlu ya­kho, Da­vi­da. Nga­kho uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke wa­ya ema­the­nte­ni akhe.

17 Ko­dwa aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­be­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da, uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­bu­sa phe­zu kwa­bo.

18 Inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­si­thu­ma uA­do­ra­mu owa­ye­ngu­mpha­thi we­zi­bha­lwag; aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe, wa­se­si­fa. Inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­pha­ngi­sa uku­khwe­la enqo­le­ni uku­ba­le­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

19 Nga­lo­kho uI­sra­ye­li wa­yi­hla­mu­ka indlu ka­Da­vi­da ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

11URe­ho­bho­wa­mu ese­fi­ki­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma wa­bu­tha­ni­sa indlu ya­ko­Ju­da le­ya­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, aba­khe­thi­we­yo aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, aba­lwa impi, uku­ze ba­lwe loI­sra­ye­li uku­bu­yi­se­la umbu­so ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu.

2 Ko­dwa ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ku­She­ma­ya umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu li­si­thi:

3 Khu­lu­ma ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni, inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, la­kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ko­Ju­da la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nia, uthi:

4 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Ka­li­yi­kwe­nyu­ka nja­lo li­nga­lwi la­ba­fo­we­nu. Bu­ye­la­ni ngu­lo­wo endli­ni ya­khe, ngo­ba li­nto ye­nzi­we yi­mi. Ba­se­be­li­la­le­la ili­zwi le­Nko­si, ba­phe­ndu­ka eku­ye­ni­me­la­na lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mub.

Uku­phu­me­le­la ku­ka­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu

5 URe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­se­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­kha imi­zi eyi­zi­nqa­ba ko­Ju­dac.

6 Wa­se­sa­kha iBhe­the­le­he­mad leE­ta­mue le­The­kho­waf

7 le­Be­ti-Zu­rig le­So­koh leA­du­la­mui

8 le­Ga­thij le­Ma­re­shak le­Zi­fil

9 leA­do­ra­yi­mi le­La­ki­shim leA­ze­kan

10 le­Zo­rao leA­ja­lo­nip le­He­bro­niq, eya­yi­ko­Ju­da la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo.

11 Wa­se­qi­ni­sa izi­nqa­ba, wa­be­ka aba­la­wu­li­ma­bu­tho ki­zo, le­zi­pha­la zo­ku­dla la­ma­fu­tha le­wa­yi­ni.

12 La­ku­wo wo­nke umu­zi lo­mu­zi wa­be­ka izi­hla­ngu ezi­nku­lu le­mi­kho­nto, wa­yi­qi­ni­sa ka­khu­lu­ka­zi. Nja­lo uJu­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni ba­be­nga­ba­khe.

13 La­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi aba­be­koI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ba­zi­mi­sa ku­ye be­ve­la ku­yo yo­nke imi­ngce­le ya­bo.

14 Ngo­ba ama­Le­vi atshi­ya ama­dle­lo awo le­mfu­yo ya­bo, aya ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­mar, ngo­ba uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu la­ma­do­da­na akhe ba­wa­la eku­se­be­nze­le­ni iNko­si nje­nga­ba­pri­stis;

15 wa­se­zi­be­ke­la aba­pri­sti be­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yot, la­ba­ma­di­mo­niu, la­ba­ma­tho­le aye­we­nzi­lev.

16 Le­mva kwa­wo kwe­za eJe­ru­sa­le­ma la­bo aba­be­ni­ke­le inhli­zi­yo ya­bo uku­yi­di­nga iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, be­ve­la ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­ya­hla­be­la iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­sew.

17 Ngo­ku­nja­lo ba­wu­qi­ni­sa umbu­so wa­ko­Ju­da, be­nza uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni wa­ba la­ma­ndla imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu; ngo­ba ba­ha­mba endle­le­ni ka­Da­vi­da lo­So­lo­mo­ni imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thux.

18 URe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­se­zi­tha­the­la uMa­ha­la­thi indo­da­ka­zi ka­Je­ri­mo­thi indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da wa­ba ngu­mkakhe, loA­bi­ha­yi­li indo­da­ka­zi kaE­li­ya­bi indo­da­na ka­Je­sey,

19 owa­mza­le­la ama­do­da­na, oJe­wu­shi lo­She­ma­ri­ya lo­Za­ha­mu.

20 La­nge­mva kwa­khe wa­tha­tha uMa­ha­kaz indo­da­ka­zi kaA­bi­sa­lo­mua, owa­mza­le­la oA­bhi­yab loA­tha­yi lo­Zi­za lo­She­lo­mi­thi.

21 URe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­se­mtha­nda uMa­ha­ka indo­da­ka­zi kaA­bi­sa­lo­mu okwe­dlu­la bo­nke omka­khe la­ba­fa­zi ba­khe aba­nci­nya­ne - ngo­ba wa­tha­tha aba­fa­zi aba­li­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, la­ba­fa­zi aba­nci­nya­ne aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha, wa­za­la ama­do­da­na anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li la­ma­do­da­ka­zi anga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha.

22 URe­ho­bho­wa­muc wa­se­be­ka uA­bhi­ya indo­da­na ka­Ma­ha­ka wa­ba yi­nhlo­ko uku­bu­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­fo­wa­bo, ngo­ba kwa­ku­yi­ku­me­nza inko­sid.

23 We­nza ngo­ku­hla­ka­ni­pha, wa­sa­ba­la­li­sa ku­wo wo­nke ama­do­da­na akhe ema­zwe­ni wo­nke ako­Ju­da la­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni, ku­wo wo­nke umu­zi obi­ye­lwe­yo, wa­wa­ni­ka uku­dla ngo­bu­ne­ngie, wa­di­nga ine­ngi la­ba­fa­zif.

UShi­sha­ki uhla­se­la ili­zwe la­ko­Ju­da

12Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ese­qi­ni­se umbu­so, ese­zi­qi­ni­si­lea, wa­tshi­ya umla­yo we­Nko­si, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke la­yeb.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­si­hla­nu we­nko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu, uShi­sha­ki inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the we­nyu­ka wa­me­la­na le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ngo­ba ba­be­pha­mbu­ki­le eNko­si­nic,

3 ele­zi­nqo­la ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ali­tshu­mi la­mbi­li la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­thu­pha; la­ba­ntu ba­be­nge­la­ku­ba­lwa abe­za la­ye be­phu­ma eGi­bhi­the, ama­Li­bi­yad, ama­Su­khi, la­maE­thi­yo­phi­yae.

4 Wa­se­thu­mba imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo eya­yi­nge­ya­ko­Ju­da we­za eJe­ru­sa­le­maf.

5 UShe­ma­ya umpro­fe­thi wa­se­fi­ka ku­Re­ho­bho­wa­mug le­zi­khu­lu za­ko­Ju­da eza­zi­bu­the­ne eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nge­nxa ka­Shi­sha­ki, wa­thi ku­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Li­na li­ngi­la­hli­le, nga­kho la­mi ngi­li­la­hle­le esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Shi­sha­kih.

6 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­li ka­nye le­nko­si ba­se­be­zi­tho­bai ba­thi: INko­si ilu­ngi­lej.

7 INko­si isi­bo­na uku­thi ba­zi­tho­bi­lek, ili­zwi le­Nko­si la­fi­ka ku­She­ma­ya li­si­thi: Ba­zi­tho­bi­le; ka­ngi­yi­ku­ba­bhu­bhi­sa, ko­dwa ngi­za­ba­ni­ka isi­li­nga­ni­so so­ku­khu­lu­lwa, lo­la­ka lwa­mi ka­lu­yi­ku­thu­lu­le­lwa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Shi­sha­kil.

8 Ko­dwa ba­za­ku­ba zi­nce­ku za­khe uku­ze ba­zi inko­nzo ya­mi le­nko­nzo ye­mi­bu­so ya­ma­zwem.

9 Nga­kho uShi­sha­ki inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the we­nyu­ke­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­tha­tha oku­li­gu­gu kwe­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va lo­ku­li­gu­gu kwe­ndlu ye­nko­sin, wa­tha­tha ko­nke; wa­tha­tha le­zi­hla­ngu ze­go­li­de uSo­lo­mo­ni aye­ze­nzi­leo.

10 Inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­si­se­nza izi­hla­ngu ze­thu­si enda­we­ni ya­zo, yazi­ni­ke­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla se­ndu­na za­ba­li­ndi aba­be­gci­na umnya­ngo we­ndlu ye­nko­si.

11 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho inko­si inge­na endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va ba­fi­ka aba­li­ndi be­zi­thwe­le, ba­zi­bu­yi­se­la eka­me­lwe­ni la­ba­li­ndi.

12 Isi­zi­tho­bi­le, ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­phe­ndu­ka lwa­su­ka ku­yo uku­ze ingayi­bhu­bhi­si ngo­ku­phe­le­le­lyo; fu­thi la­ko­Ju­da kwa­ku­le­zi­nto ezi­nhle.

13 Inko­si uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ya­si­zi­qi­ni­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ya­bu­sap. Ngo­ba uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nye la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­siq, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­kho­mbi­sa eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, umu­zi iNko­si eya­yi­wu­khe­thi­le pha­ka­thi kwa­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li, uku­be­ka ibi­zo la­yo kho­na. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Na­ha­ma umA­mo­ni­ka­zir.

14 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi ngo­ba enga­lu­ngi­sa­nga inhli­zi­yo ya­khe uku­di­nga iNko­si.

15 Le­nda­ba zi­ka­Re­ho­bho­wa­mus, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­nat, ka­zi­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni ezi­nda­be­ni zi­ka­She­ma­ya umpro­fe­thiu le­zi­kaI­dov umbo­niw ma­ye­la­na le­mi­bha­lo yo­se­ndox, le­zi­mpi zi­ka­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu zo­nke izi­nsu­ku?

16 URe­ho­bho­wa­mu wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da. UA­bhi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­bhi­ya

13Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li we­nko­si uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu uA­bhi­ya wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­daa.

2 Wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Mi­kha­ya indo­da­ka­zi kaU­ri­ye­lib we­Gi­be­yac. Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na impi pha­ka­thi ku­kaA­bhi­ya lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mud.

3 UA­bhi­ya wa­se­hle­la impi ele­bu­tho la­ma­qha­we empi, ama­do­da akhe­thi­we­yo azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne. UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­se­hle­la impi uku­me­la­na la­ye ela­ma­do­da akhe­thi­we­yo azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndlae.

4 UA­bhi­ya wa­se­si­ma enta­be­ni iZe­ma­ra­yi­mif ese­nta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mig wa­thi: Ngi­zwa Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke!

5 Ka­ku­si­kwe­nu yi­ni ukwa­zi uku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ya­ni­ka uDa­vi­da umbu­so phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li pha­ka­deh, ku­ye la­ku­ma­do­da­na akhe nge­si­vu­me­lwa­no se­tshwa­yii?

6 Ko­dwa uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­Ne­ba­ti, ince­ku ka­So­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da, wa­su­ku­ma wa­vu­ke­la inko­si ya­khej.

7 Kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­na ku­ye aba­ntu aba­yi­zek, aba­ntwa­na ba­ka­Bhe­li­ya­lil, ba­zi­qi­ni­sa uku­me­la­na lo­Re­ho­bho­wa­mu indo­da­na ka­So­lo­mo­ni, uRe­ho­bho­wa­mu ese­se­ngu­mfa­na nja­lo ebu­tha­ka­tha­ka nge­nhli­zi­yo enge­me­la­ne la­bom.

8 Kha­the­si-ke li­na li­thi li­za­me­la­na lo­mbu­so we­Nko­si esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­dan; fu­thi li­li­xu­ku eli­khu­lu, ko­dwa li­la­ma­tho­le ego­li­deo uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu ale­nze­la wo­na abe ngo­nku­lu­nku­lu.

9 Ka­li­ba­xo­tsha­nga yi­ni aba­pri­sti be­Nko­si, ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni, la­ma­Le­vi, la­ze­nze­la aba­pri­sti nje­nge­zi­zwe ze­li­zwep? Lo­ba ngu­ba­ni oze­gcwa­li­sa isa­ndla sa­khe nge­jo­ngo­si, itho­le le­nko­mo, le­zi­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­saq uba ngu­mpri­sti wa­ba­nge­yi­si­bo onku­lu­nku­lur.

10 Ko­dwa thi­na, iNko­si ingu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ka­si­yi­de­la­nga; la­ba­pri­sti aba­yi­kho­nza­yo iNko­si ba­nga­ma­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni, la­ma­Le­vi ase­mse­be­nzi­nis.

11 Nja­lo ba­ya­hla­be­la iNko­si iku­se­ni nge­ku­se­ni le­nta­mba­ma nge­nta­mba­ma imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swat le­mpe­pha ele­phu­nga eli­mna­ndiu; lo­ku­lu­ngi­sa izi­nkwa eta­fu­le­ni eli­hla­mbu­lu­ki­le­yovw, lo­ku­lu­ma­thi­sa ulu­thi lwe­si­ba­ne lwe­go­li­de le­zi­ba­ne za­lox ku­si­hlwa nga­ku­si­hlway. Ngo­ba thi­na si­gci­na umli­ndo we­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thuz, ko­dwa li­na li­yi­de­li­le.

12 Nga­kho kha­nge­la­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu ula­thi eyi­nhlo­ko, la­ba­pri­sti ba­khe be­le­mpo­ndo zo­ku­kha­li­sa uku­hla­ba umkho­si be­me­le­ne la­nia. Ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, li­nga­lwi le­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo, ngo­ba ka­li­yi­ku­phu­me­le­lab.

13 Ko­dwa uJe­ro­bho­wa­mu wa­ye­bho­di­se aba­ca­tha­me­li uku­thi be­ze be­nga­se­mva kwa­bo. Nga­kho ba­be­pha­mbi ku­ka­Ju­da, la­ba­ca­tha­me­li be­nge­mva kwa­boc.

14 La­pho uJu­da ephe­ndu­ka, kha­nge­la-ke, impi ya­yi­me­le­ne la­bo nga­pha­mbi­li la­nge­mu­va; ba­se­be­kha­la eNko­si­ni, la­ba­pri­sti ba­kha­li­sa izi­mpo­ndod,

15 la­ba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da ba­me­me­za; kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­me­me­ze­ni kwa­ba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­tsha­ya oJe­ro­bho­wa­mu loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke pha­mbi ku­kaA­bhi­ya lo­Ju­dae.

16 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­ba­le­ka pha­mbi ko­bu­so bu­ka­Ju­da, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­ba­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­bof.

17 UA­bhi­ya la­ba­ntu ba­khe ba­se­be­ba­tsha­ya ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­khu­lu; kwa­se­ku­si­wa aba­bu­le­we­yo koI­sra­ye­li, ama­do­da akhe­thi­we­yo azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu.

18 Ngo­ku­nja­lo aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­tho­tshi­swa nga­le­so­si­kha­thi, la­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ba­ba la­ma­ndla ngo­ba be­ya­ma eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­seg.

19 UA­bhi­ya wa­se­xo­tsha­na lo­Je­ro­bho­wa­mu, wa­thu­mba imi­zi ku­ye, iBhe­the­li le­mi­za­na ya­yoh, le­Je­sha­na le­mi­za­na ya­yo, leE­fro­ni le­mi­za­na ya­yoi.

20 UJe­ro­bho­wa­mu aka­be esa­ba la­ma­ndla ensu­kwi­ni zi­kaA­bhi­yaj. INko­si ya­si­mtsha­yak, wa­fal.

21 Ko­dwa uA­bhi­ya wa­zi­qi­ni­sa, wa­zi­tha­the­la aba­fa­zi aba­li­tshu­mi la­ne, wa­za­la ama­do­da­na anga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ali­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pham.

22 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­bhi­ya, le­zi­ndle­la za­khe, la­ma­zwi akhe, ku­bha­li­we ezi­nda­be­ni zo­mpro­fe­thi uI­don.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­sa

14UA­bhi­ya wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ba­mngcwa­be­la emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da. UA­sa indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe. Ensu­kwi­ni za­khe ili­zwe la­ba lo­ku­thu­la imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mia.

2 UA­sa wa­se­se­nza oku­hle lo­ku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe.

3 Ngo­ba wa­su­sa ama­la­thi owe­mzi­ni le­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yob, wa­di­li­za insi­ka ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbe, wa­ga­mu­la izi­xu­kuc.

4 Wa­se­si­thi ku­Ju­da ka­ba­yi­di­nge iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se, lo­ku­thi ba­gci­ne umthe­tho lo­mla­yo.

5 Wa­se­su­sa ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo la­ma­la­thi oku­tshi­se­la impe­pha. Lo­mbu­so wa­ba lo­ku­thu­la pha­mbi kwa­khed.

6 Wa­se­sa­kha imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo ko­Ju­da, ngo­ba ili­zwe la­li­lo­ku­thu­lae, nja­lo ku­nge­la­mpi la­ye nga­le­yo­mi­nya­ka, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­mphu­mu­zaf.

7 Wa­se­si­thi ku­Ju­da: Asi­ya­khe­ni li­mi­zi, siyi­zi­nge­le­ze­le nge­mi­du­li, le­mi­pho­tsho­ngo, ama­sa­ngo, le­mi­go­qo, ili­zwe li­se­se­pha­mbi kwe­thug; ngo­ba si­yi­di­ngi­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, siyi­di­ngi­le, ya­si­ni­ka uku­thu­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke. Ba­se­be­sa­kha, ba­phu­me­le­lah.

8 Nja­lo uA­sa wa­ye­le­bu­tho la­ba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu aba­ve­la ko­Ju­da, be­thwe­le iha­wu lo­mkho­nto, la­ba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li aba­ve­la ko­Bhe­nja­mi­nii be­thwe­le isi­hla­ngu esi­khu­lu be­nya­the­la ida­ndi­li; bo­nke la­ba ba­be­nga­ma­qha­we ala­ma­ndlaj.

9 UZe­ra umE­thi­yo­phi­yak wa­se­phu­ma uku­me­la­na la­bo ele­bu­tho eli­yi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ye­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­zi­nqo­la ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu, wa­se­fi­ka eMa­re­shal.

10 UA­sa wa­se­phu­ma uku­me­la­na la­ye, ba­hle­la impi esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Ze­fa­tham eMa­re­shan.

11 UA­sa wa­se­kha­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheo wa­thi: Nko­si, ka­ku­si­lu­tho ku­we uku­nce­da, lo­ba kwa­ba­ne­ngi lo­ba kwa­ba­nge­la­ma­ndla; si­si­ze, Nko­si Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thup, ngo­ba se­ye­me ku­weq; nja­lo nge­bi­zo la­kho si­ze­me­la­na la­le­li­xu­ku; Nko­si, we­na ungu­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thur; umu­ntu ka­nga­kwe­hlu­lis.

12 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­wa­tsha­ya amaE­thi­yo­phi­ya1 pha­mbi ku­kaA­sa la­pha­mbi ku­ka­Ju­da; amaE­thi­yo­phi­ya ase­ba­le­kat.

13 UA­sa la­ba­ntu aba­be­la­ye ba­xo­tsha­na la­wo kwa­ze kwa­ba se­Ge­ra­riu; kwa­se­ku­si­wa ku­maE­thi­yo­phi­ya oko­ku­thi ka­kwa­ze kwa­ba lo­ku­vu­se­le­le­ka ki­wo, ngo­ba aco­tsho­di­swa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si la­pha­mbi kwe­bu­tho la­yo. Ba­se­be­mu­ka le­mpa­ngo ene­ngi ka­khu­luv.

14 Ba­se­be­tsha­ya yo­nke imi­zi ezi­nge­le­ze­le iGe­ra­riw, ngo­ba uva­lo lwe­Nko­si lwa­lu­phe­zu kwa­yo. Ba­se­be­pha­nga yo­nke imi­zi, ngo­ba kwa­ku­le­mpa­ngo ene­ngi ki­yox.

15 Ba­se­be­tsha­ya la­ma­the­nte ezi­fu­yo, ba­thu­mba izi­mvu ezi­ne­ngi la­ma­ka­me­la, ba­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

Imvu­se­le­lo kaA­sa

15UMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lua wa­se­se­hle­la phe­zu ku­kaA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na kaO­de­dib.

2 Wa­se­phu­ma uku­hla­nga­be­za­na loA­sa, wa­thi ku­ye: Ngi­la­le­la, Asa lo­Ju­da wo­nke lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni; iNko­si ila­ni li­se­la­yo. Uba-ke li­yi­di­nga, iza­fu­nya­nwa yi­nic; ko­dwa uba li­yi­la­hla, iza­li­la­hlad.

3 Okwe­nsu­ku ezi­ne­ngi uI­sra­ye­li wa­ye­nge­la­ye uNku­lu­nku­lu we­qi­ni­soe, nja­lo enge­la­ye umpri­sti ofu­ndi­sa­yo, nja­lo enge­la­wo umla­yof.

4 Ko­dwa eku­ba­nde­ze­lwe­ni kwa­khe wa­phe­ndu­ke­la eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, ba­se­be­mdi­nga, wa­se­fu­nya­nwa yi­bog.

5 La­nga­le­zo­zi­kha­thi kwa­ku­nge­la­ku­thu­la ko­phu­ma­yo la­ko­nge­na­yo, ngo­ba inhlu­phe­ko ezi­ne­ngi za­zi­phe­zu kwa­bo bo­nke aba­khi ba­ma­zweh.

6 Ba­se­be­pha­hla­zwa, isi­zwe nge­si­zwe, lo­mu­zi ngo­mu­zi, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ba­hlu­pha nga­yo yo­nke imba­nde­ze­lo.

7 Nga­kho li­na qi­na­nii, zi­nga­da­nga­li iza­ndla ze­nuj, ngo­ba ku­lo­mvu­zo ngo­mse­be­nzi we­nuk.

8 La­pho uA­sa esi­zwa la­ma­zwi le­si­pro­fe­tho si­kaO­de­di umpro­fe­thi, wa­zi­qi­ni­sal, wa­su­sa izi­ne­ngi­so eli­zwe­ni lo­nke la­ko­Ju­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­nim le­mi­zi­ni aye­yi­thu­mbi­le enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­min, wa­vu­se­le­la ila­thi le­Nko­si ela­li­nga­pha­mbi kwe­khu­lu­si le­Nko­sio.

9 Wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa wo­nke uJu­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni la­be­mzi­ni la­bo aba­be­ve­la koE­fra­yi­mi lo­Ma­na­se la­ko­Si­me­yo­ni; ngo­ba ba­we­le­la ku­ye be­ve­la koI­sra­ye­li ngo­bu­ne­ngi la­pho be­bo­na uku­thi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ya­yi­la­yep.

10 Ba­se­be­bu­tha­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma nge­nya­nga ye­si­tha­thu ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu wo­ku­bu­sa ku­kaA­saq.

11 Ba­se­be­hla­be­la iNko­si nga­lo­lo­su­ku okwe­mpa­ngo aba­beyi­le­thi­le, inka­bi ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sar.

12 Ba­se­be­nge­na esi­vu­me­lwa­ne­ni so­ku­di­nga iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se, nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo yo­nke la­ngo­mphe­fu­mu­lo wa­bo wo­nkes.

13 Nja­lo wo­nke onga­di­ngi iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li uza­bu­la­wa, ku­su­ke­la ko­mnci­nya­ne ku­si­ya ko­mkhu­lu, ku­su­ke­la ko­we­si­li­sa ku­si­ya ko­we­si­fa­za­nat.

14 Ba­se­be­fu­nga eNko­si­ni nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu la­ngo­ku­me­me­za la­nge­zi­mpo­ndo la­nge­mpo­ndo ze­zi­nqa­mau.

15 Aba­ko­Ju­da bo­nke ba­tho­ko­za-ke nge­si­fu­ngo, ngo­ba ba­be­fu­ngi­le nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo yo­nke, be­yi­di­ngi­le nga­so so­nke isi­fi­so sa­bov, ya­si­fu­nya­nwa yi­bow; nga­kho iNko­si ya­ba­phu­mu­za inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkex.

16 Nja­lo ma­ye­la­na lo­Ma­ha­ka uni­na kaA­sa inko­si, ya­msu­sa eku­be­ni yi­ndlo­vu­ka­zi, ngo­ba wa­ye­nze­le isi­xu­ku into ene­nge­ka­yoy. UA­sa wa­se­ga­mu­la into ya­khe ene­nge­ka­yo, wa­yi­cho­la, wa­yi­tshi­se­la esi­fu­le­ni iKi­dro­niz.

17 Ka­nti inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­zi­su­swa­nga koI­sra­ye­li; la­nxa ku­nja­lo inhli­zi­yo kaA­sa ya­yi­phe­le­le insu­ku za­khe zo­nkea.

18 Wa­se­nge­ni­sa endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le zi­ka­yi­se, le­zi­nto za­khe ezi­ngcwe­le, isi­li­va le­go­li­de le­zi­tsha.

19 Ka­ku­sa­ba­nga kho­na impi kwa­ze kwa­ba ngu­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu wo­ku­bu­sa ku­kaA­sa.

Isi­vu­me­lwa­no si­kaA­sa lo­Be­ni­ha­da­di

16Ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­thu­pha wo­ku­bu­sa ku­kaA­saa uBa­ha­sha inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li we­nyu­ka eme­la­na lo­Ju­dab, wa­kha iRa­ma uku­ze anga­vu­me­li ophu­ma­yo lo­nge­na­yo kuA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da.

2 UA­sa wa­se­khu­pha isi­li­va le­go­li­de esi­pha­le­ni se­no­tho se­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va le­ndlu ye­nko­si, wa­thu­me­la ku­Be­ni­ha­da­di inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya owa­ye­hla­la eDa­ma­se­ko, esi­thi:

3 Ku­le­si­vu­me­lwa­no pha­ka­thi kwa­mi la­we la­pha­ka­thi ku­ka­ba­ba lo­yi­hlo; kha­nge­la, ngi­ya­ku­thu­me­la isi­li­va le­go­li­de; ha­mba, ye­phu­la isi­vu­me­lwa­no sa­kho lo­Ba­ha­sha inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li uku­ze enyu­ke asu­ke ki­mi.

4 UBe­ni­ha­da­di wa­se­yi­la­le­la inko­si uA­sa, wa­thu­ma indu­na za­ma­bu­tho aye­la­wo uku­ya­me­la­na le­mi­zi ya­koI­sra­ye­li, za­se­zi­tsha­ya iI­jo­ni le­Da­ni leA­be­li-Ma­yi­mic, le­mi­zi yo­nke e­yi­zi­pha­la ya­ko­Na­fi­tha­lid.

5 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi uBa­ha­sha esi­zwa wa­ye­ke­la ukwa­kha iRa­ma, wa­wu­mi­sa umse­be­nzi wa­khe.

6 UA­sa inko­si wa­se­tha­tha uJu­da wo­nke, ba­thu­tha ama­tshe eRa­ma le­zi­go­do za­yo uBa­ha­sha aye­sa­kha nga­kho; wa­se­sa­kha nga­kho iGe­ba le­Mi­zi­pa.

7 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi uHa­na­ni umbo­ni wa­se­fi­ka kuA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, wa­thi ku­ye: Ngo­ba we­ye­me enko­si­ni ye­Si­ri­ya, unge­ya­ma­nga eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kho, nga­lo­kho ibu­tho le­nko­si ye­Si­ri­ya li­phu­nyu­ki­le esa­ndle­ni sa­kho.

8 AmaE­thi­yo­phi­ya la­ma­Li­bi­ya aye­nge­yi­si­lo ibu­tho eli­khu­lu, ele­zi­nqo­la la­ba­ga­di ba­ma­bhi­za aba­ne­ngi ka­khu­lu yi­ni? Ka­nti la­pho we­ye­me eNko­si­ni, ya­wa­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­kho.

9 Ngo­ba iNko­si, ame­hlo ayo agi­ji­ma aye le la­le emhla­be­ni wo­nke uku­thi izi­tshe­ngi­se ila­ma­ndla nga­la­bo aba­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo iphe­le­le ku­yo. We­nze ngo­bu­thu­tha ku­lo­khu, ngo­ba ku­su­ke­la kha­the­si ku­za­ku­ba le­zi­mpi ku­we.

10 UA­sa wa­se­mcu­nu­ke­la umbo­ni, wa­mfa­ka ento­lo­ngwe­ni, ngo­ba wa­mthu­ku­the­le­la nga­lo­khu. UA­sa wa­se­ci­nde­ze­la aba­nye eba­ntwi­ni nga­le­so­si­kha­thi.

11 Kha­nge­la-ke, izi­nda­ba zi­kaA­sae, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­na, kha­nge­la, zi­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da la­koI­sra­ye­lif.

12 UA­sa wa­ba lo­mkhu­hla­ne enya­we­ni za­khe, ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe, umkhu­hla­ne wa­khe wa­ze wa­khu­la ka­khu­lu; ka­nti le­ku­gu­le­ni kwa­khe ka­yi­di­nga­nga iNko­si, ko­dwa izi­nya­ngag.

13 UA­sa wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se wa­fa ngo­mnya­ka wa­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­nye wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­kheh.

14 Ba­se­be­mngcwa­ba ema­ngcwa­be­ni akhe aye­zi­ge­bhe­le wo­na emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­dai; ba­mbe­ka embhe­de­ni aye­wu­gcwa­li­se ama­phu­nga amna­ndij le­zi­nhlo­bo­nhlo­bo za­ma­khak, aye­nzi­we ngo­ku­hla­ka­ni­pha kwe­zi­ngci­tshi za­ma­khal; ba­se­be­mba­se­la umli­lo omkhu­lu, omkhu­lu­ka­zim.

Uku­qi­ni­swa ko­mbu­so ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi

17UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe; wa­zi­qi­ni­sa uku­me­la­na loI­sra­ye­lia.

2 Wa­se­be­ka ama­bu­tho ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo ya­ko­Ju­dab; wa­be­ka la­ma­bu­tho enqa­ba eli­zwe­ni la­ko­Ju­dac, le­mi­zi­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mi uyi­se uA­sa aye­yi­thu­mbi­led.

3 INko­si ya­si­si­ba lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi, ngo­ba wa­ha­mba nge­ndle­la za­ku­qa­la zi­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se, ka­ba­di­nga­nga oBha­li;

4 ko­dwa wa­di­nga ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ka­yi­se, wa­ha­mba nge­mi­la­yo ya­khee, nja­lo ku­nge­nje­ngo­kwe­nza ku­kaI­sra­ye­lif.

5 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­wu­qi­ni­sa umbu­so esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, lo­Ju­da wo­nke wa­le­tha izi­pho ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thig; wa­se­si­ba le­no­tho lo­du­mo ngo­bu­ne­ngih.

6 Inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­si­pha­ka­ma ezi­ndle­le­ni ze­Nko­si; fu­thi-ke wa­su­sa inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yoi le­zi­xu­ku ko­Ju­daj.

7 La­ngo­mnya­ka we­si­tha­thu wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe wa­thu­ma ku­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­khe, ku­Be­ni-Ha­yi­li la­kuO­bha­di­ya la­ku­Ze­kha­ri­ya la­ku­Ne­tha­ne­li la­ku­Mi­kha­ya, uku­fu­ndi­sa emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da.

8 Ka­nye la­zo-ke ama­Le­vi, oShe­ma­ya lo­Ne­tha­ni­ya lo­Ze­bha­di­ya loA­sa­he­li lo­She­mi­ra­mo­thi lo­Je­ho­na­tha­ni loA­do­ni­ja lo­To­bi­ja lo­To­bi-A­do­ni­ja, ama­Le­vik; ka­nye la­bo-ke oE­li­sha­ma lo­Je­ho­ra­mu, aba­pri­stil.

9 Ba­se­be­fu­ndi­sa ko­Ju­da, be­lo­gwa­lo lo­mla­yo we­Nko­si; ba­bho­da ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da, ba­fu­ndi­sa aba­ntu.

10 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba lo­ku­ye­sa­ba iNko­si phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so ya­ma­zwe aye­ha­nqe uJu­da, oko­ku­thi ka­yi­lwa­nga lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thim.

11 Laba­nye ba­ma­Fi­li­stin ba­mle­the­la uJe­ho­sha­fa­thio izi­phop, le­si­li­va lo­ku­the­la; amaA­ra­bhi­ya la­wo amle­the­la imi­hla­mbi, inqa­ma ezi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, le­zi­mpo­ngo ezi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­kho­mbi­saq.

12 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­ye­lo­khu ekhu­la nja­lor, wa­ze wa­ba se­ngqo­nge­ni. Wa­se­sa­kha ko­Ju­da izi­nqa­ba le­mi­zi ye­zi­pha­las.

13 Wa­ye­lo­mse­be­nzi omne­ngi emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da, la­ma­do­da empi, ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla, eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

14 La­la nga­ma­na­ni awo nge­zi­ndlu za­bo­yi­se: Ko­Ju­da, indu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne, uA­di­na engu­mpha­thi, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu;

15 le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe uJo­ha­na­ni umpha­thi, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li;

16 le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe uA­ma­si­ya indo­da­na ka­Zi­ki­ri, owa­zi­ni­ke­la nge­si­hle eNko­si­ni, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­lit.

17 La­ko­Bhe­nja­mi­ni: UE­li­ya­da iqha­we eli­la­ma­ndla, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, ezi­hlo­me nge­da­ndi­li la­nge­si­hla­nguu;

18 le­ce­le­ni kwa­khe uJe­ho­za­ba­di, nja­lo ka­nye la­ye izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li, aba­hlo­me­le impiv.

19 La­ba ba­be­se­be­nze­la inko­si nga­pha­ndle kwa­la­bo inko­si eya­yi­ba­be­ke emi­zi­ni ebi­ye­lwe­yo ku­ye wo­nke uJu­daw.

UMi­kha­ya ukhu­lu­ma ngo­ku­nqo­tshwa ku­kaA­ha­bi lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi

18Nja­lo uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­ye­le­no­tho lo­du­mo ngo­bu­ne­ngia; wa­hla­nga­na ngo­bu­hlo­bo loA­ha­bib.

2 Eku­phe­le­ni kwe­mi­nya­ka wa­se­se­hle­la kuA­ha­bic eSa­ma­ri­yad. UA­ha­bi wa­mhla­be­la izi­mvu le­nka­bi ngo­bu­ne­ngi, la­ba­ntu aba­be­la­ye, wa­mnce­nga uku­thi enyu­ke­lee eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­dif.

3 UA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­se­si­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da: Uza­ha­mba la­mi eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi ku­ye: Nje­nga­mi unja­lo we­na, la­ba­ntu ba­mi ba­nje­nga­ba­ntu ba­kho. Si­za­ku­ba la­we empi­ni.

4 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­si­thi enko­si­ni ya­koI­sra­ye­li: Aku­bu­ze la­mu­hla ili­zwi le­Nko­si.

5 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­bu­tha­ni­sa aba­pro­fe­thi, ama­do­da anga­ma­khu­lu ama­ne, ya­thi ku­bo: Si­ha­mbe yi­ni eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di empi­ni ku­mbe ngi­ye­ke­le? Ba­se­be­si­thi: Ye­nyu­ka, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uzayi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si.

6 Ko­dwa uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­thi: Ka­se­kho yi­ni la­pha umpro­fe­thi we­Nko­si uku­thi si­bu­ze ku­ye?

7 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi: Ku­se­kho­na indo­da eyo­dwa esi­nga­bu­za nga­yo eNko­si­ni, ko­dwa mi­na ngi­ya­mzo­nda ngo­ba ka­pro­fe­thi lu­tho olu­hle nga­mi, ko­dwa oku­bi zo­nke izi­nsu­ku za­khe; lo ngu­Mi­kha­ya indo­da­na kaI­mla. UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­si­thi: Inko­si inga­tsho nja­lo.

8 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­bi­za umthe­nwa othi­le ya­thi: La­nda ma­si­nya­ne uMi­kha­ya indo­da­na kaI­mla.

9 Nja­lo inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da ba­be­hle­zi ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­khe so­bu­kho­si, be­gqo­ke ize­mba­tho, be­hle­zi eba­le­ni enge­ne­lwe­ni le­sa­ngo le­Sa­ma­ri­ya, bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi be­pro­fe­tha-ke pha­mbi kwa­bo.

10 UZe­de­khi­ya indo­da­na ka­Khe­na­ha­na wa­se­ze­nze­la impo­ndo ze­nsi­mbi, wa­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Nga­le­zi uza­hla­ba ama­Si­ri­ya uze uwa­qe­de.

11 La­bo bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi ba­pro­fe­tha nja­lo, be­si­thi: Ye­nyu­ke­la eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di uphu­me­le­le, ngo­ba iNko­si izayi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si.

12 Isi­thu­nywa esa­si­ye­bi­za uMi­kha­ya sa­khu­lu­ma ku­ye si­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, ama­zwi aba­pro­fe­thi nga­mlo­mo mu­nye ma­hle enko­si­ni; nga­kho ili­zwi la­kho ake li­fa­na­ne le­lo­mu­nye wa­bo, ukhu­lu­me oku­hle.

13 Ko­dwa uMi­kha­ya wa­thi: Ku­phi­la ku­ka­Je­ho­va, nge­qi­ni­so lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mi aku­tsho­yo, lo­kho ngi­za­ku­khu­lu­ma.

14 Ese­fi­ki­le enko­si­ni, inko­si ya­thi ku­ye: Mi­kha­ya, si­ye eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di empi­ni ku­mbe ngi­ye­ke­le yi­ni? Wa­se­si­thi: Ye­nyu­ka­ni, li­phu­me­le­le, ngo­ba ba­za­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni se­nu.

15 Inko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­ye: Ngi­za­ku­fu­ngi­sa ku­ze ku­be yi­zi­kha­thi ezi­nga­ki uku­ze unga­khu­lu­mi ki­mi nga­pha­ndle kwe­qi­ni­so ebi­zwe­ni le­Nko­si?

16 Wa­se­si­thi: Nga­bo­na uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke echi­the­ki­le phe­zu kwe­zi­nta­ba nje­nge­zi­mvu ezi­nge­la­me­lu­si; iNko­si ya­si­si­thi: La­ba ka­ba­la­ma­kho­si, ka­ba­bu­ye­le ngu­lo­wo endli­ni ya­khe ngo­ku­thu­la.

17 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi: Ka­ngi­ku­tshe­la­nga yi­ni: Ka­yi­ku­pro­fe­tha oku­hle nga­mi ko­dwa oku­bi ku­phe­la?

18 Wa­se­si­thi: Nga­kho zwa­ni­ni ili­zwi le­Nko­si. Nga­bo­na iNko­si ihle­zi esi­hla­lwe­ni sa­yo so­bu­kho­si, le­xu­ku lo­nke la­ma­zu­lu li­mi nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne sa­yo la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo sa­yo.

19 INko­si ya­si­si­thi: Ngu­ba­ni oza­hu­ga uA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li uku­ze enyu­ke awe eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­dig? Omu­nye wa­se­khu­lu­ma esi­tsho ngo­ku­nja­lo, lo­mu­nye esi­tsho ngo­ku­nja­lo.

20 Kwa­se­ku­phu­ma umo­ya, we­ma pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si wa­thi: Mi­na ngi­za­mhu­gah. INko­si ya­si­si­thi ku­wo: Nga­ni?

21 Wa­su­si­thi: Ngi­za­phu­ma ngi­be ngu­mo­ya wa­ma­nga emlo­nye­ni wa­bo bo­nke aba­pro­fe­thi ba­khe. Ya­si­si­thi: Uzamhu­ga, nja­lo uza­ku­ba la­ma­ndla; phu­ma we­nze nja­loi.

22 Nga­kho-ke, kha­nge­la, iNko­si ifa­ke umo­ya wa­ma­nga emlo­nye­ni wa­la­ba­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­kho, nja­lo iNko­si ikhu­lu­me oku­bi nga­we.

23 UZe­de­khi­ya indo­da­na ka­Khe­na­ha­na wa­se­so­nde­la, wa­tsha­ya uMi­kha­ya esi­hla­thi­ni, wa­thi: UMo­ya we­Nko­si we­dlu­la nga­ndle­la ba­ni esu­ka ki­mi uku­thi akhu­lu­me la­we?

24 UMi­kha­ya wa­se­si­thi: Kha­nge­la, uza­bo­na nga­lo­lo­su­ku mhla uza­nge­na eka­me­lwe­ni pha­ka­thi kwe­ka­me­lo uku­thi uca­tshe.

25 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi: Tha­tha­ni uMi­kha­ya, li­mbu­yi­se­le kuA­mo­ni umbu­si wo­mu­zi la­ku­Jo­wa­shi indo­da­na ye­nko­si,

26 li­thi: Itsho nja­lo inko­si: Fa­ka­ni lo ento­lo­ngwe­ni, li­mdli­se isi­nkwa se­nhlu­pho la­ma­nzi enhlu­pho ngi­ze ngi­bu­ye ngo­ku­thu­la.

27 UMi­kha­ya wa­se­si­thi: Uba ubu­ya lo­ku­bu­ya ngo­ku­thu­la, iNko­si iza­be inga­khu­lu­ma­nga nga­mi. Wa­thi: La­le­la­ni, ba­ntu lo­nke.

28 Nga­kho inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da be­nyu­ke­la eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di.

29 Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­si­thi ku­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi: Ngi­za­zi­fi­hla isi­mo, ngi­nge­ne empi­ni, ko­dwa we­na gqo­ka ize­mba­tho za­kho. Inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ya­si­zi­fi­hla isi­mo, ba­se­be­nge­na empi­ni.

30 Inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya ya­yi­la­yi­le-ke izi­ndu­na ze­nqo­la eya­yi­la­zo isi­thi: Li­nga­lwi lo­mnca­ne lo­ba omkhu­lu, ko­dwa le­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ku­phe­la.

31 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi indu­na ze­zi­nqo­la zi­bo­na uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi zo­na za­thi: Ye­na uyi­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li. Nga­kho za­mha­nqe­la uku­lwaj. Ko­dwa uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­hla­ba umkho­si; iNko­si ya­si­msi­zakl. UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­zi­hu­ga za­su­ka ku­yem.

32 Ngo­ba kwa­thi la­pho indu­na ze­zi­nqo­la zi­bo­na uku­thi kwa­ku­nga­yi­si­yo inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, za­phe­ndu­ka eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni.

33 Umu­ntu othi­le wa­se­do­nsa ida­ndi­li enga­na­nze­le­le, wa­hla­ba inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li pha­ka­thi kwe­nhla­nga­no le­bha­tshi le­nsi­mbi; ya­si­si­thi ku­mtsha­ye­li we­nqo­la: Phe­ndu­la isa­ndla sa­kho, ungi­khu­phe ebu­thwe­ni, ngo­ba ngi­li­me­le.

34 Impi ya­si­khu­la mhla­lo­kho; inko­si ya­yi­se­ke­lwe enqo­le­ni iqo­nde­ne la­ma­Si­ri­ya kwa­ze kwa­ba nta­mba­ma; ya­fa nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­tsho­na kwe­la­nga.

Ama­zwi ompro­fe­thi uJe­hu

19UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­se­bu­ye­la endli­ni ya­khe ngo­ku­thu­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

2 UJe­hu indo­da­na ka­Ha­na­nib umbo­ni wa­se­phu­ma uku­mhla­nga­be­zac, wa­thi enko­si­ni uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi: Unga­nce­da yi­ni omu­bi, utha­nde la­bo aba­zo­nda iNko­sid? Nge­nxa ya­lo­khu-ke ku­lo­la­ka phe­zu kwa­kho olu­ve­la ebu­swe­ni be­Nko­sie.

3 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo izi­nto ezi­nhle zi­tho­lwe ku­wef, ngo­ba usu­si­le izi­xu­ku eli­zwe­nig, wa­lu­ngi­sa inhli­zi­yo ya­kho uku­mdi­nga uNku­lu­nku­luh.

4 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; wa­bu­ya wa­phu­ma wa­ha­mba pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu, ku­su­ke­la eBhe­ri­she­bhai ku­si­ya enta­be­ni ya­koE­fra­yi­mi, wa­ba­bu­yi­se­la eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­sej.

UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi umi­sa aba­hlu­le­li

5 Wa­se­mi­sa aba­hlu­le­li eli­zwe­nik ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo ya­ko­Ju­da, ku­mu­zi ngo­mu­zil.

6 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ba­hlu­le­li: Bo­na­ni eli­kwe­nza­yo, ngo­ba ka­le­hlu­le­le­li umu­ntu ko­dwa iNko­si, ela­ni enda­be­ni yo­kwa­hlu­le­lam.

7 Nga­kho-ke uva­lo nge­Nko­si ka­lu­be phe­zu kwe­nu, li­na­nze­le­le li­kwe­nze, ngo­ba eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu ka­ku­la­bu­bin lo­ku­kha­nge­la ubu­so lo­kwe­mu­ke­la izi­va­la­mlo­moo.

8 Fu­thi le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­mi­sa aba­nye ku­ma­Le­vi la­ba­pri­sti la­ku­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se za­koI­sra­ye­lip ku­sa­hlu­le­lo se­Nko­si la­ku­mi­ba­ngo, se­be­bu­ye­le eJe­ru­sa­le­maq.

9 Wa­se­ba­la­ya esi­thi: Li­za­kwe­nza nja­lo eku­ye­sa­be­ni iNko­sir, ngo­bu­qo­tho la­nge­nhli­zi­yo ephe­le­le­yos.

10 La­wu­phi umba­ngo oza ki­ni ove­la ku­ba­fo­we­nu aba­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­bo, pha­ka­thi kwe­ga­zi le­ga­zi, pha­ka­thi ko­mthe­tho lo­mla­yo, izi­mi­so le­za­hlu­le­lot, li­za­ba­xwa­yi­sa uku­ze ba­nga­bi le­ca­la eNko­si­niu, lo­la­ka lwe­hle­le phe­zu kwe­nu la­phe­zu kwa­ba­fo­we­nuv. Li­za­kwe­nza nja­lo, fu­thi li­nga­bi la­ca­law.

11 Kha­nge­la­ni-ke, uA­ma­ri­ya umpri­sti oyi­nhlo­ko uphe­zu kwe­nux ku­lo lo­nke uda­ba lu­ka­Je­ho­vay, lo­Ze­bha­di­ya indo­da­na kaI­shma­ye­li, umbu­si we­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da, ku­lo lo­nke uda­ba lwe­nko­si; la­ba­pha­thi ama­Le­vi ba­pha­mbi kwe­nu. Qi­na­ni li­kwe­nze; iNko­si-ke iza­ku­ba lo­lu­ngi­le­yoz.

UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi unqo­ba ama­Mo­wa­bi la­maA­mo­ni

20Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Mo­wa­bia la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nib be­laba­nye nga­pha­ndle kwa­maA­mo­ni be­za ba­me­la­na lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi empi­nic.

2 Kwa­se­ku­si­za aba­nye ba­bi­ke­la uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi be­si­thi: Ku­ye­za ixu­ku eli­khu­lu uku­me­la­na la­we eli­ve­la phe­tshe­ya ko­lwa­ndle, eSi­ri­ya; kha­nge­la-ke, li­se­Ha­za­zo­ni-Ta­ma­rid, eyiE­nge­die.

3 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­se­sa­ba, wa­mi­sa ubu­so ba­khe uku­di­nga iNko­sif, wa­me­me­ze­la uku­zi­la uku­dla ku­ye wo­nke uJu­dag.

4 UJu­da wa­se­zi­bu­tha­ni­sa uku­di­nga eNko­si­ni; la­se­mi­zi­ni yo­nke ya­ko­Ju­da ba­phu­ma be­za uku­di­nga iNko­si.

5 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­si­ma eba­ndle­ni la­ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma endli­ni ye­Nko­si pha­mbi kwe­gu­ma eli­tsha.

6 Wa­se­si­thi: Nko­si, Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­ba­ba, we­na ka­wu­su­ye yi­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu ema­zu­lwi­nih? Ye­bo, ka­wu­bu­si yi­ni ku­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so ye­zi­zwe? Le­sa­ndle­ni sa­kho ku­kho­na ama­ndla le­nga­lo, uku­ze ku­nga­bi kho­na onga­me­la­na la­wei.

7 Ka­wu­si­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu yi­nij? Uxo­tshi­le aba­hla­li ba­le­li­li­zwe eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntu ba­kho uI­sra­ye­li, wa­li­ni­ka inza­lo kaA­bra­ha­mak umnga­ne wa­kho ku­ze ku­be pha­ka­del.

8 Ba­se­be­hla­la ki­lo, ba­kwa­khe­la inda­wo engcwe­le ku­lo eye­bi­zo la­kho, be­si­thi:

9 Uba ku­se­hle­la phe­zu kwe­thu ubu­bi, inke­mba, isa­hlu­le­lo, lo­ba uma­tsha­ya­bhu­qe we­si­fo, lo­ba indla­lam, si­za­ku­ma pha­mbi kwa­li­ndlu la­pha­mbi kwa­khon (ngo­ba ibi­zo la­kho li­ku­li­ndluo), si­kha­le ku­we eku­ba­nde­ze­le­ke­ni kwe­thu, uza­ku­zwa-ke usi­ndi­se.

10 Nga­kho-ke, kha­nge­la, aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni la­ba­ko­Mo­wa­bip la­be­nta­be­ni iSe­yi­riq onga­vu­ma­nga uku­thi uI­sra­ye­li adlu­le pha­ka­thi kwa­bo la­pho be­su­ka eli­zwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­ther, ko­dwa ba­ba­fu­la­the­la ka­ba­ba­bhu­bhi­sa­ngas;

11 kha­nge­la-ke, ba­si­vu­za be­za ukuza­si­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni la­kho owe­nze uku­thi si­li­dlet.

12 Nku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ka­wu­yi­ku­ba­hlu­le­la yi­niu? Ngo­ba ama­ndla ka­wa­kho ki­thi oku­me­la­na la­le­li­xu­ku eli­khu­lu eli­ze uku­me­la­na la­thi; nja­lo thi­na ka­si­kwa­zi esi­nga­kwe­nza, ko­dwa ame­hlo ethu aku­wev.

13 UJu­da wo­nke wa­se­si­ma pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, le­nsa­ne za­bo, omka­bo la­ba­ntwa­na ba­bo.

14 Kho­na uJa­ha­zi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ze­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Bhe­na­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­yi­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Ma­tha­ni­ya, umLe­vi ema­do­da­ne­ni kaA­sa­fiw, uMo­ya we­Nko­si wa­fi­ka phe­zu kwa­khe pha­ka­thi kwe­ba­ndlax.

15 Wa­se­si­thi: La­le­la­ni lo­nke ba­ko­Ju­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, la­we nko­si Je­ho­sha­fa­thi; itsho nja­lo iNko­si ki­ni: Li­na li­nge­sa­bi li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo nge­nxa ya­le­li­xu­ku eli­khu­luy, ngo­ba impi ka­yi­si­yo ye­nu, ko­dwa nge­ka­Nku­lu­nku­luz.

16 Ku­sa­sa ye­hla­ni li­me­la­ne la­bo; kha­nge­la, ba­ye­nyu­ka ngo­mqa­nso we­Zi­zi; li­za­ba­tho­la eku­ci­ne­ni kwe­si­ho­tsha pha­mbi kwe­nka­nga­la ye­Je­ru­we­li.

17 Ka­ku­si­kwe­nu uku­lwa ku­le impi; zi­mi­se­ni li­me, li­bo­ne usi­ndi­so lwe­Nko­si la­nia, Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma. Li­nge­sa­bi li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lob; ku­sa­sa phu­ma­ni li­me­le­ne la­bo, ngo­ba iNko­si iza­ku­ba la­nic.

18 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­kho­tha­mi­sa ikha­nda emhla­ba­thi­ni, la­ye wo­nke uJu­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­wa pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si, be­yi­kho­nza iNko­sid.

19 Ama­Le­vi ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ko­ha­thie la­ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ko­ra ase­su­ku­ma uku­du­mi­sa iNko­sif, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu eli­phe­zu­lu.

20 Ba­se­be­vu­ka eku­se­ni ka­khu­lu, ba­phu­ma ba­ya enka­nga­la ye­The­kho­wag; le­ku­phu­me­ni kwa­bo uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi we­ma wa­thi: Ngi­la­le­la­ni Ju­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma. Kho­lwa­ni eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, li­za­qi­ni­swa; li­kho­lwe ku­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­yo, li­za­phu­me­le­lah.

21 Ese­ce­bi­se­ne la­ba­ntu wa­mi­se­la iNko­si aba­hla­be­le­li, aba­za­du­mi­sa ubu­hle bo­bu­ngcwe­lei, eku­phu­me­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­hlo­mi­le­yo, be­si­thi: Du­mi­sa­ni iNko­si, ngo­ba umu­sa wa­yo umi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nij.

22 Kwa­thi la­pho be­qa­li­sa uku­hla­be­le­la lo­ku­du­mi­sa, iNko­si ya­be­ka aba­ca­tha­me­lik uku­me­la­na la­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nil, uMo­wa­bi, le­nta­ba iSe­yi­ri, aba­be­ze­me­la­na lo­Ju­da; ba­se­be­tsha­ywa.

23 Ngo­ba aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni la­ba­ko­Mo­wa­bi ba­su­ku­ma ba­me­la­na la­ba­hla­li be­nta­ba ye­Se­yi­ri uku­tsha­ba­la­li­sa lo­ku­chi­tham; nja­lo se­be­ba­qe­di­le aba­hla­li be­Se­yi­ri, ba­nce­di­sa ngu­lo­wo uma­khe­lwa­ne wa­khe enci­tha­ka­lwe­nin.

24 UJu­da ese­fi­ki­le enqa­be­ni yo­ku­li­nda enka­nga­la ba­kha­nge­la nga­se­xu­kwi­ni, kha­nge­la-ke, kwa­ku­le­zi­du­mbu ezi­we­le emhla­ba­thi­ni; nja­lo ku­nge­kho ophe­phi­le­yo.

25 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi la­ba­ntu ba­khe se­be­fi­ki­le uku­pha­nga impa­ngo ba­tho­la pha­ka­thi kwa­bo ngo­bu­ne­ngi, impa­hla la­zo, le­zi­du­mbu, le­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu, ba­zi­pha­nge­la ba­ze be­hlu­le­ka ukuzi­thwa­la. Nja­lo ba­ba le­nsu­ku ezi­nta­thu be­pha­nga impa­ngo ngo­ba ya­yi­ne­ngio.

26 Nja­lo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­ne ba­bu­tha­na esi­ho­tshe­ni se­Be­ra­ka, ngo­ba la­pho ba­yi­bu­si­sa iNko­si; nge­nxa ya­lo­kho ba­bi­za ibi­zo la­le­yo­nda­wo ngo­ku­thi yi­si­ho­tsha se­Be­ra­ka ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla.

27 Ba­se­be­bu­ye­la, wo­nke umu­ntu wa­ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi enhlo­kwe­ni ya­bo, uku­thi ba­bu­ye­le eJe­ru­sa­le­ma be­le­nto­ko­zo, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­ba­tho­ko­zi­sa phe­zu kwe­zi­tha za­bop.

28 Ba­se­be­nge­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma be­le­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbo la­ma­cha­cho le­zi­mpo­ndo, ba­ya endli­ni ye­Nko­siq.

29 Uva­lo ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu lwa­se­lu­si­ba phe­zu kwa­yo yo­nke imi­bu­so ya­ma­zwe la­pho be­si­zwa uku­thi iNko­si ya­lwa le­zi­tha zi­kaI­sra­ye­lir.

30 Nga­kho umbu­so ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­ba lo­ku­thu­la, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe wa­mphu­mu­za inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkes.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi

31 UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­bu­sa-ke phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da; wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nhla­nu la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­nguA­zu­ba indo­da­ka­zi ka­Shi­le­hi.

32 Wa­se­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ka­yi­se uA­sa, ka­pha­mbu­ka­nga ku­yo, ese­nza oku­lu­ngi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sit.

33 La­nxa ku­nja­lo inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo ka­zi­su­swa­ngau; ngo­ba aba­ntu ba­be­lo­khu be­nga­lu­ngi­sa­nga inhli­zi­yo ya­bo ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­sev.

34 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­na, kha­nge­la, zi­bha­li­we ezi­nda­be­ni zi­ka­Je­hu indo­da­na ka­Ha­na­niw eza­go­qe­lwa egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­lix.

35 Le­mva kwa­lo­kho uJe­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa loA­ha­zi­ya inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li owe­nza nge­nko­hla­ka­lo ekwe­nze­niy.

36 Wa­se­zi­hla­nga­ni­sa la­ye ukwe­nza imi­khu­mbi yo­ku­ya eTa­rshi­shi; ba­se­be­ye­nza imi­khu­mbi eE­zi­yo­ni-Ge­be­ri.

37 UE­li­ye­ze­ri indo­da­na ka­Do­da­va­hu we­Ma­re­sha wa­se­pro­fe­tha eme­le­ne lo­Je­ho­sha­fa­thiz esi­thi: Ngo­ba uzi­hla­nga­ni­se loA­ha­zi­ya, iNko­si ye­phu­li­le imi­se­be­nzi ya­khoa. Nga­kho imi­khu­mbi ye­phu­ka, aya­ze ye­ne­li­sa uku­ya eTa­rshi­shib.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Jo­ra­mu ko­Ju­da

21UJe­ho­sha­fa­thi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da. UJo­ra­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

2 Nja­lo wa­ye­la­ba­fo­wa­bo, ama­do­da­na ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi, oA­za­ri­ya, lo­Je­hi­ye­li, lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya, loA­za­ri­ya, lo­Mi­ka­ye­li, lo­She­fa­thi­ya. Bo­nke la­ba ba­be­nga­ma­do­da­na ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lia.

3 Uyi­se wa­se­ba­ni­ka izi­pho ezi­ne­ngi ze­si­li­va le­ze­go­li­de le­ze­mpa­hla ezi­li­gu­gub ka­nye le­mi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo ko­Ju­dac; ko­dwa umbu­so wa­wu­ni­ka uJe­ho­ra­mu ngo­ba wa­ye­li­zi­bu­lo.

4 UJe­ho­ra­mu ese­pha­ke­me embu­swe­ni ka­yi­se wa­zi­qi­ni­sa, wa­bu­la­la bo­nke aba­fo­wa­bo nge­nke­mba nja­lo lezi­nye ze­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­koI­sra­ye­lid.

5 UJe­ho­ra­mu wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eyi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li eJe­ru­sa­le­mae.

6 Wa­se­ha­mba nge­ndle­la ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li, nje­ngo­kwe­nza kwe­ndlu kaA­ha­bi, ngo­ba indo­da­ka­zi kaA­ha­bi ya­yi­ngu­mka­khe; wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sif.

7 Ko­dwa iNko­si ka­yi­tha­nda­nga uku­chi­tha indlu ka­Da­vi­da nge­nxa ye­si­vu­me­lwa­no eya­yi­se­nze lo­Da­vi­da, la­nje­ngo­ba ya­yi­the iza­ni­ka ye­na la­ma­do­da­na akhe isi­ba­ne insu­ku zo­nke.

8 Ensu­kwi­ni za­khe uE­do­ma wa­hlu­bu­ka wa­su­ka pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­ko­Ju­da, ba­se­be­zi­be­ke­la inko­si.

9 UJe­ho­ra­mu wa­se­cha­pha le­ndu­na za­khe le­nqo­la zo­nke la­ye, wa­vu­ka ebu­su­ku, wa­wa­tsha­ya amaE­do­ma aye­zi­nge­le­ze­le ye­na le­ndu­na ze­nqo­lag.

10 UE­do­ma wa­hlu­bu­ka-ke wa­su­ka pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­ko­Ju­da ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hla. Kho­na iLi­bhi­na ya­hlu­bu­ka nga­le­so­si­kha­thi ya­su­ka pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­khe, ngo­ba wa­ye­de­li­le iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se.

11 Fu­thi ye­na we­nza inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo enta­be­ni za­ko­Ju­da, we­nza aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­phi­ngeh, wa­du­hi­sa uJu­dai.

12 Kwa­se­ku­fi­ka ku­ye incwa­di ive­la kuE­li­ja umpro­fe­thi isi­thi: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­Da­vi­da uyi­hlo: Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi unga­ha­mba­nga ezi­ndle­le­ni zi­ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi uyi­hloj le­zi­ndle­le­ni zi­kaA­sa inko­si ya­ko­Ju­dak,

13 ko­dwa uha­mbe nge­ndle­la ya­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­lil, we­nza uJu­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­phi­ngem nje­ngo­bu­wu­le be­ndlu kaA­ha­bin, fu­thi-ke ubu­le­le aba­fo­we­nu be­ndlu ka­yi­hloo aba­be­ngco­no ku­la­wep,

14 kha­nge­la, iNko­si iza­tsha­ya ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­khu­lu eba­ntwi­ni ba­kho le­ba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­kho la­ku­bo­mka­kho, la­ku­yo yo­nke impa­hla ya­kho.

15 La­we uza­ku­ba se­mi­khu­hla­ne­ni emi­khu­lu nge­si­fo sa­ma­thu­mbu akho, ama­thu­mbu akho aze aphu­me nge­nxa ye­si­fo usu­ku ngo­su­kuq.

16 INko­si ya­si­mvu­se­la uJe­ho­ra­mu umo­ya wa­ma­Fi­li­sti la­maA­ra­bhi­ya aye­se­ce­le­ni kwa­maE­thi­yo­phi­ya.

17 Ase­se­nyu­ke­la ko­Ju­da ayi­fo­hle­la athu­mba yo­nke impa­hla eya­tho­la­ka­la endli­ni ye­nko­si ka­nye la­ma­do­da­na ayo la­ba­fa­zi ba­yo; ka­kwa­ze kwa­sa­la indo­da­na ku­yo nga­pha­ndle ku­ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi, ici­na­thu­nja­na la­ma­do­da­na ayo.

18 La­nge­mva kwa­kho ko­nke lo­kho iNko­si ya­mtsha­ya ema­thu­nji­ni akhe ngo­mkhu­hla­ne onge­la­se­la­phor.

19 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi umnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka, la­nge­si­kha­thi so­ku­phu­ma ko­ku­ci­na kwe­mi­nya­ka emi­bi­li, ama­thu­mbu akhe aphu­ma ngo­mkhu­hla­ne wa­khe; nga­kho wa­fa nge­mi­khu­hla­ne emi­bis. Ko­dwa aba­ntu ba­khe ka­ba­mba­se­la­nga umli­lo nje­ngo­mli­lo wa­bo­yi­set.

20 Wa­ye­lemi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­mbi­li esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eyi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; wa­ha­mba enga­lo­yi­se­kiu. Ba­se­be­mngcwa­be­la emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da, ko­dwa ha­tshi ema­ngcwa­be­ni ama­kho­siv.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­ha­zi­ya ko­Ju­da

22Aba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­se­be­be­ka uA­ha­zi­yaa indo­da­na ya­khe eli­ci­na­thu­nja­na wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kheb; ngo­ba ivi­yo ela­fi­kac la­maA­ra­bhi­ya enka­mbe­ni la­li­bu­le­le bo­nke aba­da­lad. Nga­kho uA­ha­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ra­mu inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ba yi­nko­sie.

2 UA­ha­zi­ya wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne la­mbi­li esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa umnya­ka owo­dwa eJe­ru­sa­le­maf. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­nguA­tha­li­ya indo­da­ka­zi kaO­mrig.

3 La­ye wa­ha­mba nge­zi­ndle­la ze­ndlu kaA­ha­bi, ngo­ba uni­na wa­ye­ngu­me­lu­le­ki­ka­zi wa­khe ukwe­nza oku­bi.

4 Nga­kho we­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­nge­ndlu kaA­ha­bi, ngo­ba bo­na ba­be­nga­be­lu­le­ki ba­khe emva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­yi­se, kwa­ba yi­ku­chi­the­ka kwa­khe.

5 Fu­thi wa­ha­mba nge­se­lu­le­ko sa­bo, wa­ha­mba lo­Je­ho­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­ya empi­ni eme­le­ne lo­Ha­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya eRa­mo­thi-Gi­le­ya­di. Ama­Si­ri­ya ase­mtsha­ya uJo­ra­mu.

6 Wa­se­bu­ye­la ukuya­kwe­la­tshwa eJi­ze­re­ye­li nge­nxa ya­ma­nxe­ba aye­wa­tsha­ywe eRa­ma, eku­lwe­ni kwa­khe lo­Ha­za­ye­li inko­si ye­Si­ri­ya. UA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ra­mu inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da we­hle­la uku­bo­na uJe­ho­ra­mu indo­da­na kaA­ha­bi eJi­ze­re­ye­li, ngo­ba wa­ye­gu­la.

7 Lo­ku­bhu­ji­swa ku­kaA­ha­zi­ya kwa­ku­ve­le ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu ngo­ku­thi eze ku­Jo­ra­muh. Ngo­ba eku­fi­ke­ni kwa­khe wa­phu­ma lo­Je­ho­ra­mu esi­ya ku­Je­hu indo­da­na ka­Ni­mshii, iNko­si eya­yi­mgco­be­le uku­thi aqu­me indlu kaA­ha­bij.

8 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi la­pho uJe­hu ese­nza isa­hlu­le­lo ku­ndlu kaA­ha­bik, wa­fi­ca izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Ju­da la­ma­do­da­na aba­fo­wa­bo ba­kaA­ha­zi­ya aba­be­se­be­nze­la uA­ha­zi­ya, wa­ba­bu­la­lal.

9 Wa­se­di­nga uA­ha­zi­ya, ba­se­be­mba­mba, ngo­ba wa­ye­ca­tshi­le eSa­ma­ri­ya, ba­mle­tha ku­Je­hum, ba­mbu­la­la, ba­mngcwa­ban, ngo­ba ba­thi: Uyi­ndo­da­na ka­Je­ho­sha­fa­thi owa­di­nga iNko­si nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe yo­nkeo. Nga­kho indlu kaA­ha­zi­ya ya­yi­nge­la­mu­ntu wo­ku­gci­na ama­ndla ombu­sop.

UA­tha­li­ya uzi­be­ka abe ngu­mbu­si

10 Kwa­thi uA­tha­li­ya uni­na kaA­ha­zi­ya ebo­ne uku­thi indo­da­na ya­khe ifi­le, wa­su­ku­ma wa­bhu­bhi­sa yo­nke inza­lo yo­bu­kho­si ye­ndlu ya­ko­Ju­da.

11 Ko­dwa uJe­ho­sha­be­ya­thi indo­da­ka­zi ye­nko­si wa­tha­tha uJo­wa­shi indo­da­na kaA­ha­zi­ya, wa­me­ba emsu­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­do­da­na enko­si aye­bu­la­wa, wa­mbe­ka lo­mli­za­ne wa­khe endli­ni yo­ku­la­la. Ngo­ku­nja­lo uJe­ho­sha­be­ya­thi indo­da­ka­zi ye­nko­si uJe­ho­ra­mu, umka­Je­ho­ya­da umpri­sti, ngo­ba ye­na wa­ye­ngu­da­de­wa­bo kaA­ha­zi­ya, wa­mfi­hla ebu­swe­ni bu­kaA­tha­li­ya uku­ze anga­mbu­la­li.

12 Wa­se­ca­tsha la­bo endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu imi­nya­ka eyi­si­thu­pha; uA­tha­li­ya wa­bu­sa-ke phe­zu kwe­li­zweq.

23Nja­lo ngo­mnya­ka we­si­kho­mbi­sa uJe­ho­ya­da wa­zi­qi­ni­saa, wa­tha­tha indu­na za­ma­khu­lu nda­wo­nye la­ye esi­vu­me­lwa­ne­ni, oA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ro­ha­mu, loI­shma­ye­li indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ha­na­ni, loA­za­ri­yab indo­da­na kaO­be­dic, lo­Ma­ha­se­ya indo­da­na kaA­da­ya, loE­li­sha­fa­ti indo­da­na ka­Zi­ki­ri.

2 Ba­se­be­bho­da­bho­da ko­Ju­da, ba­qo­qa ama­Le­vi ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da le­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se ba­koI­sra­ye­li, be­za eJe­ru­sa­le­mad.

3 Iba­ndla lo­nke la­se­li­se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no le­nko­si endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu. Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Kha­nge­la­ni indo­da­na ye­nko­si iza­bu­sa nje­ngo­ku­tsho kwe­Nko­si ma­ye­la­na la­ma­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­dae.

4 Yi­lo­lu ulu­tho eli­za­lwe­nza; ingxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu ye­nu eli­nge­na nge­sa­ba­tha, ku­ba­pri­sti la­ku­ma­Le­vi, ba­za­ku­ba nga­ba­li­ndi be­mi­bu­ndu;

5 le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu iza­ku­ba se­ndli­ni ye­nko­si, le­ngxe­nye ye­si­tha­thu esa­ngwe­ni le­si­se­ke­lo; la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­ku­ba se­ma­gu­me­ni endlu ka­Je­ho­vaf.

6 Ko­dwa ka­ku­nga­nge­ni mu­ntu endli­ni ye­Nko­si nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­pri­sti la­la­bo aba­se­be­nza­yo ba­ma­Le­vig; bo­na ba­za­nge­na ngo­ba be­ngcwe­le, ko­dwa bo­nke aba­ntu ba­za­gci­na umli­ndo we­Nko­sih.

7 La­ma­Le­vi aza­pha­hla inko­si inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ele­zi­kha­li za­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­khe; la­lo­wo onge­na­yo endli­ni uza­bu­la­wa. Ko­dwa yi­ba­ni le­nko­si eku­nge­ne­ni kwa­yo le­ku­phu­me­ni kwa­yo.

8 Nga­kho ama­Le­vi lo­Ju­da wo­nke be­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke uJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti aye­ku­la­yi­le. Za­se­zi­tha­tha, yi­le­yo la­le­yo ama­do­da ayo ange­na nge­sa­ba­tha ka­nye la­la­wo aphu­ma nge­sa­ba­tha; ngo­ba uJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti wa­ye­nga­zi­khu­lu­la­ngai izi­ga­ba.

9 UJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti wa­se­ni­ka izi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu imi­kho­nto le­zi­hla­ngu ezi­nku­lu le­zi­hla­ngu eza­zi­nge­ze­nko­si uDa­vi­da eza­zi­se­ndli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu.

10 Wa­se­mi­sa bo­nke aba­ntu, la­ngu­lo­wo ele­si­kha­li sa­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­khe, ku­su­ke­la ku­ce­le la­nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne le­ndlu ku­si­ya ku­ce­le la­nga­kwe­so­kho­hlo le­ndlu, nga­se­la­thi­ni la­nga­se­ndli­ni, enko­si­ni inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke.

11 Ba­se­be­khu­phe­la pha­ndle indo­da­na ye­nko­si, ba­yi­thwa­li­sa umqhe­le, ba­yi­pha ubu­fa­ka­zi, ba­yi­be­ka ya­ba yi­nko­si. UJe­ho­ya­da la­ma­do­da­na akhe ba­se­be­yi­gco­ba ba­thi: Ka­yi­phi­le inko­si!

12 UA­tha­li­ya esi­zwa ili­zwi la­ba­ntu be­gi­ji­ma be­du­mi­sa inko­si, we­za eba­ntwi­ni endli­ni ka­Je­ho­vaj.

13 Wa­se­bo­na, kha­nge­la-ke, inko­si ya­yi­mi nga­se­nsi­ke­ni ya­yo enge­ne­lwe­ni, le­zi­ndu­na, le­zi­mpo­ndo nga­se­nko­si­ni; la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­tho­ko­za ba­vu­the­la izi­mpo­ndo, la­ba­hla­be­le­li be­le­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la la­ba­fu­ndi­sa uku­du­mi­sa. UA­tha­li­ya wa­se­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­khe, wa­thi: Umvu­ke­la! Umvu­ke­la!

14 UJe­ho­ya­da umpri­sti wa­se­khu­pha izi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu eza­zi­be­kwe phe­zu kwe­bu­tho, wa­thi ku­zo: Mkhu­phe­ni li­msu­se pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­vi­yo; lo­mla­nde­la­yo uza­bu­la­wa nge­nke­mba. Ngo­ba umpri­sti wa­ye­the: Li­nga­mbu­la­le­li endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va.

15 Za­se­zi­mba­mba nge­za­ndla, wa­se­si­ya enge­ne­lwe­ni le­sa­ngo la­ma­bhi­za endli­ni ye­nko­si, za­mbu­la­le­la kho­nak.

16 UJe­ho­ya­da wa­se­se­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no pha­ka­thi kwa­khe la­ba­ntu bo­nke le­nko­si uku­thi ba­be nga­ba­ntu ba­ka­Je­ho­va.

17 Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­si­ya endli­ni ka­Bha­li, ba­yi­di­li­za, ba­pha­hla­za la­ma­la­thi akhe le­zi­tho­mbe za­khe, ba­bu­la­la uMa­tha­ni umpri­sti ka­Bha­li pha­mbi kwa­ma­la­thil.

18 UJe­ho­ya­da wa­se­mi­sa izi­khu­ndla ze­ndlu ye­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­pri­sti, ama­Le­vim, uDa­vi­da aye­ba­hlu­ka­ni­si­le endli­ni ye­Nko­si uku­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa ye­Nko­sin, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo emla­ywe­ni ka­Mo­zi­sio, nge­nja­bu­lo la­ngo­ku­hla­be­la, nje­ngo­ku­mi­sa1 ku­ka­Da­vi­da.

19 Wa­se­be­ka aba­li­ndi ba­ma­sa­ngo ema­sa­ngwe­ni endlu ye­Nko­si uku­ze ku­nga­nge­ni mu­ntu ongco­li­le­yo ngo­lu­tho lo­ba lu­phip.

20 Wa­se­tha­tha izi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla la­ba­bu­si pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­ntu la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwe, wa­ye­hli­sa inko­si isu­ka endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va; ba­se­be­nge­na endli­ni ye­nko­si nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­sa­ngo eli­nga­phe­zu­lu, ba­yi­hla­li­sa inko­si esi­hla­lwe­ni so­bu­kho­si so­mbu­soq.

21 La­bo bo­nke aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­tho­ko­za; lo­mu­zi wa­ba lo­ku­thu­la se­be­mbu­le­le uA­tha­li­ya nge­nke­mba.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Jo­wa­shi ko­Ju­da

24UJo­wa­shi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­kho­mbi­sa esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­ne eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Zi­bi­ya we­Bhe­ri­she­bhaa.

2 UJo­wa­shi wa­se­se­nza oku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sib insu­ku zo­nke zi­ka­Je­ho­ya­da umpri­stic.

3 UJe­ho­ya­da wa­se­mtha­the­la aba­fa­zi aba­bi­li; wa­se­za­la ama­do­da­na la­ma­do­da­ka­zid.

4 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva kwa­lo­kho kwa­ba se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ka­Jo­wa­shi uku­vu­se­le­la indlu ye­Nko­sie.

5 Wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi, wa­thi ki­bo: Phu­ma­ni li­ye emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da, li­qo­qe kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke ima­li yo­ku­lu­ngi­sa indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­nu umnya­ka ngo­mnya­ka; li­na-ke, lu­pha­ngi­se­le­ni uda­baf. Ko­dwa ama­Le­vi ka­wa­pha­ngi­sa­ngag.

6 Inko­si ya­si­bi­za uJe­ho­ya­da inhlo­ko, ya­thi ku­ye: Ku­nga­ni unga­bi­za­nga ku­ma­Le­vi uku­thi ale­the esu­sa ko­Ju­da la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma umthe­lo ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ye­Nko­sih, lo­we­ba­ndla la­koI­sra­ye­li okwe­the­nte lo­bu­fa­ka­zii?

7 Ngo­ba ama­do­da­na kaA­tha­li­ya okho­hla­ke­le­yo afo­hle­la endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luj, fu­thi-ke aye­se­be­nzi­se­le oBha­li zo­nke izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le ze­ndlu ye­Nko­sik.

8 Inko­si ya­si­la­ya, ase­se­nza ibho­ki­si eli­lo­dwa, ali­be­ka esa­ngwe­ni le­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va pha­ndlel.

9 Ase­se­nza isi­me­me­ze­lo ko­Ju­da la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma uku­thi ba­le­the eNko­si­ni umthe­lo ka­Mo­zi­si ince­ku ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu owa­be­kwa phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li enka­nga­lam.

10 Zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­se­be­tho­ko­za, ba­le­tha ba­pho­se­la ebho­ki­si­ni ba­ze ba­qe­da.

11 Kwa­ku­si­thi-ke nge­si­kha­thi ele­tha ibho­ki­si ku­mhlo­li we­nko­si nge­sa­ndla sa­ma­Le­vi, la­la­pho ebo­na uku­thi ku­le­ma­li ene­ngi, uma­bha­la­ne we­nko­si le­ndu­na yo­mpri­sti oyi­nhlo­ko be­ze ba­li­thu­lu­le ibho­ki­si, ba­li­tha­the ba­li­bu­yi­se­le enda­we­ni ya­lo. Be­nza nja­lo-ke insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, ba­qo­qa ima­li ngo­bu­ne­ngi.

12 Inko­si lo­Je­ho­ya­da ba­se­be­yi­ni­ka abe­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi we­nko­nzo we­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va, ba­qa­tsha aba­kha nga­ma­tshe la­ba­ba­zi uku­vu­se­le­la indlu ka­Je­ho­va, nja­lo la­ba­kha­ndi be­nsi­mbi le­thu­si uku­qi­ni­sa indlu ka­Je­ho­van.

13 Nga­kho abe­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi ba­se­be­nza, kwa­ze kwa­thi uku­vu­se­le­lwa ko­mse­be­nzi kwa­qhu­be­ka nge­sa­ndla sa­bo, ba­yi­mi­sa indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu nge­si­li­nga­ni­so sa­yo, ba­yi­qi­ni­sa.

14 Kwa­thi se­be­qe­di­le ba­le­tha ima­li ese­le­yo pha­mbi kwe­nko­si lo­Je­ho­ya­da, abe­nza nga­yo izi­tsha ze­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va, izi­tsha ze­nko­nzo le­zo­ku­ni­ke­la, le­zi­nke­zo, le­zi­tsha ze­go­li­de le­ze­si­li­vao. Ba­se­be­ni­ke­la nja­lo­nja­lo imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va zo­nke izi­nsu­ku zi­ka­Je­ho­ya­dap.

15 UJe­ho­ya­da wa­se­gu­ga we­ne­la nge­zi­nsu­ku, wa­fa; wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu eku­fe­ni kwa­kheq.

16 Ba­se­be­mngcwa­be­la emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da la­ma­kho­si, ngo­ba wa­ye­nze oku­lu­ngi­le­yo koI­sra­ye­li la­ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu le­ndlu ya­kher.

17 Emva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­da izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ko­Ju­da za­se­zi­si­za za­kho­tha­ma pha­mbi kwe­nko­si; kho­na inko­si ya­zi­la­le­la.

18 Ba­se­be­yi­tshi­ya indlu ye­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se, ba­kho­nza izi­xu­kus le­zi­tho­mbet. Kwa­se­ku­se­hle­la ula­ka phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma nge­nxa ya­le­li­ca­la la­bou.

19 Ko­dwa ya­thu­ma aba­pro­fe­thi pha­ka­thi kwa­bo uku­ba­bu­yi­se­la eNko­si­niv; ba­se­be­fa­ka­za be­me­le­ne la­bo, ko­dwa ka­ba­be­ka­nga indle­bew.

20 UMo­ya ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­se­mbe­sa uZe­kha­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da umpri­sti owe­ma nga­phe­zu kwa­ba­ntu, wa­thi ki­bo: Utsho nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu: Ku­nga­ni li­se­qa imi­la­yo ye­Nko­si uku­ze li­nga­phu­me­le­lix? Ngo­ba li­yi­tshi­yi­le iNko­si, la­yo ili­tshi­yi­ley.

21 Ba­se­be­me­nze­la ugo­be, ba­mkha­nda nga­ma­tshe ngo­mla­yo we­nko­siz, egu­me­ni le­ndlu ka­Je­ho­vaa.

22 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uJo­wa­shi inko­si ka­wu­khu­mbu­la­nga umu­sa uJe­ho­ya­da uyi­se aye­me­nze­le wo­na, ko­dwa wa­bu­la­la indo­da­na ya­kheb. La­la­pho esi­fa wa­thi: INko­si ka­yi­bo­nec iku­fu­ned.

23 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi eku­thwa­se­ni ko­mnya­ka ibu­tho le­Si­ri­ya le­nyu­ka la­me­la­na la­yee; ba­se­be­fi­ka ko­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ba­bhu­bhi­sa zo­nke izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ba­ntu eba­ntwi­ni, ba­thu­me­la yo­nke impa­ngo ya­zo enko­si­ni ye­Da­ma­se­kof.

24 La­nxa ibu­tho la­ma­Si­ri­ya le­za li­la­ma­do­da ama­lu­tshwa­na, ka­nti iNko­si ya­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­wo ibu­tho eli­khu­lu ka­khu­lu, ngo­ba ba­be­yi­tshi­yi­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­seg. Nga­lo­kho be­nza izi­gwe­bo ku­Jo­wa­shih.

25 Kwa­thi se­be­su­ki­le ku­ye, ngo­ba be­mtshi­ye ese­mi­khu­hla­ne­ni emi­khu­lui, ince­ku za­khe za­me­nze­la ugo­bej nge­nxa ye­ga­zi la­ma­do­da­na ka­Je­ho­ya­da umpri­sti, za­mbu­la­le­la embhe­de­ni wa­khe, wa­se­si­fa; ba­se­be­mngcwa­be­la emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­dak, ko­dwa ka­ba­mngcwa­ba­nga ema­ngcwa­be­ni ama­kho­sil.

26 La­la­ba yi­bo aba­be­me­nze­le ugo­be: OZa­ba­di indo­da­na ka­Shi­me­ya­thi umA­mo­ni­ka­zi, lo­Je­ho­za­ba­di indo­da­na ka­Shi­mi­ri­thi umMo­wa­bi­ka­zi.

27 Ma­ye­la­na la­ma­do­da­na akhe, lo­bu­khu­lu bo­mthwa­lo phe­zu kwa­khe, lo­ku­mi­swa kwe­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, kha­nge­la, ku­bha­li­we enda­be­ni yo­gwa­lo lwa­ma­kho­si. UA­ma­zi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khem.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­ma­zi­ya

25UA­ma­zi­ya ese­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu wa­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Je­ho­wa­da­ni we­Je­ru­sa­le­maa.

2 Wa­se­se­nza oku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, ko­dwa ku­nge­yi­si­kho nge­nhli­zi­yo ephe­le­le­yob.

3 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi umbu­so usu­qi­ni­si­we ku­ye, wa­bu­la­la ince­ku za­khe eza­zi­bu­le­le inko­si uyi­se.

4 Ko­dwa ka­ba­bu­la­la­nga aba­ntwa­na ba­zo, ko­dwa we­nza nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo emla­ywe­ni wo­gwa­lo lu­ka­Mo­zi­si la­pho iNko­si eya­la­ya kho­na isi­thi: Oyi­se ka­ba­yi­ku­fa nge­nxa ya­ba­ntwa­na, la­ba­ntwa­na ka­ba­yi­ku­fa nge­nxa ya­bo­yi­se, ko­dwa wo­nke uza­fe­la iso­no sa­khe.

5 UA­ma­zi­ya wa­se­bu­tha­ni­sa uJu­da, wa­ba­mi­sa ngo­kwe­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se ba­ba zi­ndu­na ze­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­zi­ndu­na za­ma­khu­lu, ku­ye wo­nke uJu­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni. Wa­ba­ba­la ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ku­si­ya phe­zu­luc, wa­ba­tho­la be­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu za­ba­khe­thi­we­yo, aba­phu­ma impid, aba­ba­mba umkho­nto le­si­hla­ngu esi­khu­lue.

6 Wa­bu­ya wa­qa­tsha koI­sra­ye­li ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu nga­ma­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va ali­khu­lu.

7 Ko­dwa kwa­fi­ka umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu ku­ye, esi­thi: Nko­si, ibu­tho la­koI­sra­ye­li ka­li­nga­ha­mbi la­we, ngo­ba iNko­si ka­yi­la­ye uI­sra­ye­li, ku­si­tsho bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mif.

8 Ko­dwa uba uha­mba, kwe­nze, qi­ne­la impi; uNku­lu­nku­lu uza­kwe­nza ukhu­be­ke pha­mbi kwe­si­thag; ngo­ba ku­la­ma­ndla ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu oku­si­zah lo­ku­khu­be­ki­sai.

9 UA­ma­zi­ya wa­se­si­thi emu­ntwi­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu: Pho, se­nze­ni nga­ma­tha­le­nta* ali­khu­lu engi­wa­ni­ke ivi­yo la­koI­sra­ye­li? Umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­si­thi: INko­si ilo­ku­ne­ngi ku­la­lo­khu oko­ku­ku­ni­ka.

10 UA­ma­zi­ya wa­se­be­hlu­ka­ni­sa, ku­si­tsho ivi­yo ela­li­fi­ke ku­ye li­ve­la koE­fra­yi­mi, uku­ze ba­ye enda­we­ni ya­bo. Nga­kho ula­ka lwa­bo lwa­mvu­the­la ka­khu­lu uJu­da, ba­bu­ye­la enda­we­ni ya­bo be­vu­tha ula­ka.

11 UA­ma­zi­ya wa­se­zi­qi­ni­sa, wa­kho­khe­la aba­ntu ba­khe, wa­ya esi­ho­tshe­ni se­tshwa­yi, wa­tsha­ya aba­ntwa­na be­Se­yi­ri, izi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi.

12 Aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da ba­se­be­thu­mba aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi aba­phi­la­yo, ba­ba­sa engqo­nge­ni ye­li­wa, ba­ba­pho­sa be­se­ngqo­nge­ni ye­li­wa, ba­ze ba­pha­hla­ze­ka bo­nke.

13 Ko­dwa aba­ntu be­vi­yo uA­ma­zi­ya aye­li­bu­yi­se­le emu­va uku­thi ba­nga­ha­mbi la­ye empi­ni, ba­hla­se­la imi­zi ya­ko­Ju­da, ku­su­ke­la eSa­ma­ri­ya ku­ze ku­be se­Bhe­thi-Ho­ro­ni, ba­tsha­ya aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu za­bo, ba­pha­nga impa­ngo ene­ngi.

14 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi emva ko­ku­bu­ya ku­kaA­ma­zi­ya eku­tsha­ye­ni amaE­do­ma, wa­le­tha onku­lu­nku­luj ba­ba­ntwa­na be­Se­yi­rik, wa­ba­mi­sa ba­ba ngo­nku­lu­nku­lu ba­khe, wa­ba­kho­tha­me­la, wa­ba­tshi­se­la impe­pha.

15 Nga­lo­khu ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­mvu­the­la uA­ma­zi­ya, ya­thu­ma ku­ye umpro­fe­thi owa­thi ku­ye: Uba­di­nge­la­ni onku­lu­nku­lu ba­ba­ntu aba­ngo­phu­la­nga aba­ntu ba­bo esa­ndle­ni sa­khol?

16 Ko­dwa kwa­thi ekhu­lu­ma la­ye, wa­thi ku­ye: Si­ku­be­ki­le yi­ni uku­thi ube ngu­me­lu­le­ki we­nko­si? Zi­ye­ke­le­le! Ku­nga­ni be­za­ku­tsha­yam? Umpro­fe­thi wa­se­ye­ke­la wa­thi: Ngi­ya­zi uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu unqu­me uku­ku­bhu­bhi­sa, ngo­ba we­nze lo­khu, ka­wu­la­le­la­nga ise­lu­le­ko sa­min.

17 UA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­se­tha­tha ise­lu­le­ko, wa­thu­me­la ku­Jo­wa­shi indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Je­hu, inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li, esi­thi: Wo­za, si­kha­nge­la­ne ubu­soo.

18 UJo­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­se­thu­me­la kuA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da esi­thi: Ukhu­la olu­hla­ba­yo olu­se­Le­bha­no­ni lwa­thu­me­la emse­da­ri­ni ose­Le­bha­no­ni lu­si­thi: Pha­na indo­da­na ya­mi indo­da­ka­zi ya­kho ibe ngu­mkayo; ko­dwa isi­lo se­ga­nga esa­si­se­Le­bha­no­ni se­dlu­la, sa­lu­gxo­ba ukhu­la olu­hla­ba­yo.

19 Uthi: Kha­nge­la, uyi­tsha­yi­le iE­do­ma; nga­kho inhli­zi­yo ya­kho iya­ku­pha­ka­mi­sa uku­thi uzi­nco­me; kha­the­si hla­la endli­ni ya­kho; ku­nga­ni uza­zi­nge­ni­sa ebu­bi­ni uku­ze uwe, we­na lo­Ju­da ela­we?

20 Ko­dwa uA­ma­zi­ya ka­la­le­la­nga; ngo­ba kwa­ku­ngo­ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­ze aba­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni sa­bop, ngo­ba ba­be­di­nge onku­lu­nku­lu beE­do­maq.

21 UJo­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­se­se­nyu­ka, ba­kha­nge­la­na ubu­so, ye­na loA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, eBe­ti-She­me­shi enge­ya­ko­Ju­da.

22 UJu­da wa­se­tsha­ywa pha­mbi ku­kaI­sra­ye­li, ba­ba­le­ka, ngu­lo­wo wa­ya ethe­nte­ni la­khe.

23 UJo­wa­shi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li wa­se­mba­mba uA­ma­zi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da, indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­shi, indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi, eBe­ti-She­me­shir, wa­mle­tha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­di­li­ze­la pha­nsi oko­mdu­li we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ku­su­ke­la esa­ngwe­ni la­koE­fra­yi­mi ku­ze ku­be se­sa­ngwe­ni le­ngo­nsi, izi­nga­lo ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­nes.

24 Wa­setha­tha lo­nke igo­li­de le­si­li­va, le­zi­tsha zo­nke eza­tho­la­ka­la endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut kuO­be­di-E­do­ma, lo­ku­li­gu­gu kwe­ndlu ye­nko­si, la­ba­yi­si­ba­mbi­so, wa­bu­ye­la eSa­ma­ri­yau.

25 UA­ma­zi­ya indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­shi inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­se­phi­la imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nhla­nu emva ko­ku­fa ku­ka­Jo­wa­shi indo­da­na ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­liv.

26 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaA­ma­zi­ya, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­na, kha­nge­la, ka­zi­bha­lwa­nga yi­ni egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da la­wa­koI­sra­ye­liw?

27 Nja­lo ku­su­ke­la esi­kha­thi­ni uA­ma­zi­ya apha­mbu­ka nga­so eku­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si ba­me­nze­la ugo­be eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; wa­se­ba­le­ke­la eLa­ki­shi; ko­dwa ba­thu­me­la emva kwa­khe eLa­ki­shi, ba­mbu­la­le­la kho­na.

28 Ba­se­be­mthwa­la nga­ma­bhi­za, ba­mngcwa­ba ku­bo­yi­se emzi­ni ka­Ju­da.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaU­zi­ya

26Bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ko­Ju­da ba­se­be­tha­tha uU­zi­ya owa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha, ba­mbe­ka wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­yi­se uA­ma­zi­ya.

2 Ye­na wa­kha iE­lo­thi, wa­yi­bu­yi­se­la ko­Ju­da emva ko­ku­la­la kwe­nko­si la­bo­yi­se.

3 U-U­zi­ya wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha la­pho esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­mbi­li eJe­ru­sa­le­maa. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Je­ko­li­ya we­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

4 Wa­se­se­nza oku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­nga­kho ko­nke uA­ma­zi­ya uyi­se aye­kwe­nzi­leb.

5 Nja­lo wa­ye­mdi­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Ze­kha­ri­yac owa­ye­lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa emi­bo­nwe­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu; la­nge­zi­nsu­ku zo­ku­di­nga kwa­khe iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mphu­me­le­li­sad.

6 Wa­se­phu­ma wa­lwa la­ma­Fi­li­stie, wa­di­li­ze­la pha­nsi umdu­li we­Ga­thif lo­mdu­li we­Ja­bi­neg lo­mdu­li weA­shi­do­dih, wa­kha imi­zi eA­shi­do­di la­pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Fi­li­sti.

7 UNku­lu­nku­lu wa­se­msi­za uku­me­la­na la­ma­Fi­li­stii, lo­ku­me­la­na la­maA­ra­bhi­ya aye­hla­la eGu­ri-Bha­lij, la­ma­Me­wu­nik.

8 AmaA­mo­nil ase­si­pha umthe­lo kuU­zi­yam, le­bi­zo la­khe la­ha­mba la­ze la­fi­ka enge­ne­lwe­ni le­Gi­bhi­the, ngo­ba wa­zi­qi­ni­sa wa­ze wa­ba se­ngqo­nge­ni.

9 Fu­thi uU­zi­ya wa­kha imi­pho­tsho­ngo eJe­ru­sa­le­ma esa­ngwe­ni le­ngo­nsin le­sa­ngwe­ni le­si­go­dio le­ngo­nsi­ni, wa­yi­qi­ni­sap.

10 Wa­kha le­mi­pho­tsho­ngo enka­nga­la, wa­ge­bha imi­tho­mbo emi­ne­ngi, ngo­ba wa­ye­le­nko­mo ezi­ne­ngi esi­ho­tshe­ni ka­nye le­ma­gce­ke­niq, aba­li­mir le­zi­se­be­nzi ze­zi­vi­ni ezi­nta­be­nis le­Kha­rme­lit, ngo­ba wa­ye­ngo­tha­nda umhla­ba­thi.

11 Fu­thi uU­zi­ya wa­ye­le­bu­tho eli­lwa­yo eli­phu­ma impi nga­ma­vi­you ngo­kwe­na­ni lo­ku­ba­lwa kwa­bo nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Je­yi­ye­li uma­bha­la­ne lo­Ma­ha­se­ya umbu­si pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­ka­Ha­na­ni­ya, omu­nye we­zi­ndu­na ze­nko­siv.

12 Ina­ni lo­nke le­zi­nhlo­ko za­bo­yi­se la­ma­qha­we ala­ma­ndla la­li­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha.

13 La­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla sa­zo kwa­ku­la­ma­ndla ebu­tho eli­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thu le­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nu ela­li­si­lwa nga­ma­ndla obu­qha­we uku­si­za inko­si li­me­le­ne le­si­thaw.

14 U-U­zi­ya wa­se­ba­lu­ngi­se­la, ibu­tho lo­nke, izi­hla­ngux le­mi­kho­ntoy la­ma­kho­waz la­ma­bha­tshi ensi­mbiab la­ma­da­ndi­li la­ma­tshe eza­vu­thac.

15 EJe­ru­sa­le­ma wa­se­se­nza imi­tshi­na, eya­qa­njwa ngo­hla­ka­ni­phi­le­yod, uku­thi ibe phe­zu kwe­mi­pho­tsho­ngo la­phe­zu kwe­zi­ngo­nsi uku­pho­sa nge­mi­tsho­ko la­nga­ma­tshe ama­khu­lu. Le­bi­zo la­khe la­phu­ma la­ze la­ba kha­tsha­na, ngo­ba wa­si­zwa ngo­ku­ma­nga­li­sa­yo wa­ze wa­qi­nae.

16 Ko­dwa ese­qi­ni­lef, inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­zi­pha­ka­mi­se­la enci­tha­ka­lwe­ni. Ngo­ba wa­pha­mbu­ka eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheg, wa­se­nge­na ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­sih uku­ze atshi­se impe­phai phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­mpe­phaj.

17 UA­za­ri­ya umpri­sti wa­se­nge­na emva kwa­khe ela­ba­pri­sti be­Nko­si aba­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­lik, ama­do­da ala­ma­ndlal.

18 Ba­se­be­me­la­na loU­zi­ya inko­si, ba­thi ku­ye: Ka­ku­si­kho okwa­kho, Uzi­ya, uku­tshi­se­la iNko­si impe­pham, ko­dwa ngo­kwa­ba­pri­sti, ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni abe­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwe uku­tshi­sa impe­pha. Phu­ma enda­we­ni engcwe­le, ngo­ba upha­mbu­ki­le; nja­lo ka­ku­si­kho ko­du­mo lwa­kho olu­ve­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lun.

19 Wa­se­thu­ku­the­la uU­zi­ya, nja­lo kwa­ku­lo­de­nge­zi esa­ndle­ni sa­khe uku­ze atshi­se impe­pha; ese­ba­thu­ku­the­le­le aba­pri­sti, kwa­bo­na­ka­la ubu­le­phe­ro ebu­nzi­ni la­khe pha­mbi kwa­ba­pri­sti endli­ni ye­Nko­si, nga­phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­mpe­phao.

20 UA­za­ri­ya umpri­sti oyi­nhlo­ko la­bo bo­nke aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­mkha­nge­la, kha­nge­la-ke, wa­ye­lo­bu­le­phe­ro ebu­nzi­ni la­khe; ba­se­be­mkhu­pha la­pho ma­si­nya­nep, ye­bo la­ye uqo­bo wa­pha­ngi­sa uku­phu­maq, ngo­ba iNko­si ya­yi­mtsha­yi­ler.

21 U-U­zi­ya inko­si wa­ba ngu­mle­phe­ro kwa­ze kwa­ba lu­su­ku lo­ku­fa kwa­khe; wa­hla­la endli­ni eye­hlu­ka­ni­si­we­yo engu­mle­phe­ro, ngo­ba wa­qu­nywa wa­su­ka endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va. Nja­lo uJo­tha­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­ndlu ye­nko­si, esa­hlu­le­la aba­ntu be­li­zwe.

22 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­kaU­zi­ya, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­nas, uI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi, indo­da­na kaA­mo­zi, wa­zi­bha­lat.

23 U-U­zi­ya wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se; ba­se­be­mngcwa­ba ku­bo­yi­se ensi­mi­ni yo­ku­ngcwa­ba eya­yi­nge­ya­ma­kho­si, ngo­ba ba­thi: Ungu­mle­phe­ro. UJo­tha­mu indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­kheu.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Jo­tha­mu

27UJo­tha­mu wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­ngu­Je­ru­sha, indo­da­ka­zi ka­Za­do­kia.

2 Wa­se­se­nza oku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­kwe­nza ko­nke ku­kaU­zi­ya uyi­se; ko­dwa ka­nge­na­nga ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­si; la­ba­ntu ba­be­lo­khu be­se­nza ngo­ko­na­ka­lab.

3 Ye­na wa­kha isa­ngo eli­phe­zu­lu le­ndlu ye­Nko­sic, wa­kha oku­ne­ngi emdu­li­ni weO­fe­lid.

4 Fu­thi wa­kha imi­zi enta­be­ni za­ko­Ju­da, le­ma­gu­swi­ni wa­kha izi­nqa­ba le­mi­pho­tsho­ngoe.

5 Ye­na we­se­si­lwa le­nko­si ya­ba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­nif, wa­ba­nqo­ba; aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ba­se­be­mni­ka nga­lo­wo­mnya­ka ama­tha­le­nta esi­li­va ali­khu­lu, la­ma­kho­ri* engqo­lo­yi azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi, le­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi ze­bha­li*. Lo­khu aba­ntwa­na ba­koA­mo­ni ba­ku­bu­yi­se­la ku­ye, la­ngo­mnya­ka we­si­bi­li la­ngo­we­si­tha­thug.

6 Ngo­ku­nja­lo uJo­tha­mu wa­zi­qi­ni­sa, ngo­ba wa­lu­ngi­sa izi­ndle­la za­khe pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheh.

7 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Jo­tha­mu, la­zo zo­nke izi­mpi za­khe, le­zi­ndle­la za­khe, kha­nge­la, zi­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li la­wa­ko­Ju­dai.

8 Wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu esi­ba yi­nko­si, wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha eJe­ru­sa­le­maj.

9 UJo­tha­mu wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ba­se­be­mngcwa­be­la emzi­ni ka­Da­vi­da; uA­ha­zi indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khek.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­ha­zi

28UA­ha­zi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Ko­dwa ke­nza­nga oku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, nje­ngo­Da­vi­da uyi­sea.

2 Ngo­ba wa­ha­mba ezi­ndle­le­ni za­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li, wa­se­se­nze­la oBha­lib izi­tho­mbe ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sac.

3 Ye­na wa­tshi­sa impe­pha esi­ho­tshe­ni se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­mud, wa­tshi­sa la­ma­do­da­na akhe emli­lwe­ni, nje­ngo­kwa­ma­nya­la ezi­zwe iNko­si eya­zi­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­lie.

4 Wa­ni­ke­la imi­hla­tshe­lo wa­tshi­sa impe­pha enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo la­phe­zu kwa­ma­qa­qa la­nga­pha­nsi kwa­so so­nke isi­hla­hla esi­lu­hla­za.

5 Nga­kho iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ya­mni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ye­Si­ri­ya; ase­mtsha­ya, athu­mba ku­ye aba­thu­nji­we­yo aba­ne­ngi, aba­sa eDa­ma­se­kof. Fu­thi wa­ni­ke­lwa esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li eya­mtsha­ya ngo­ku­tsha­ya oku­khu­lu.

6 Ngo­ba uPhe­ka indo­da­na ka­Re­ma­li­yag wa­bu­la­la ko­Ju­da aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­khu­lu la­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li nga­su­ku lu­nye, bo­nke be­nga­ma­do­da ala­ma­ndla, ngo­ba ba­be­yi­de­li­le iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se.

7 UZi­ki­ri iqha­we la­koE­fra­yi­mi wa­se­bu­la­la uMa­ha­se­ya indo­da­na ye­nko­sih loA­zi­ri­ka­mu umpha­thi we­ndlu loE­lka­na owe­si­bi­li enko­si­nii.

8 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­thu­mba ku­ba­fo­wa­bo aba­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li, abe­si­fa­za­na, ama­do­da­na, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi; ba­pha­nga le­mpa­ngo ene­ngi ki­bo, ba­yi­le­tha impa­ngo eSa­ma­ri­yaj.

9 Ko­dwa kwa­ku­kho­na la­pho umpro­fe­thi we­Nko­si obi­zo la­khe la­li­nguO­de­di; wa­se­phu­ma pha­mbi kwe­bu­tho ela­li­si­za eSa­ma­ri­ya, wa­thi ki­bo: Kha­nge­la­ni, nge­nxa yo­la­ka lwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­dak, iba­ni­ke­le esa­ndle­ni se­nu; li­ba­bu­le­le-ke ngo­la­ka olu­fi­nye­le­le ema­zu­lwi­nil.

10 Kha­the­si-ke li­na li­thi le­hli­se­la nga­pha­nsi kwe­nu aba­ntwa­na ba­ko­Ju­da la­be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­be yi­zi­gqi­li le­zi­gqi­li­ka­zi. Ko­dwa li­na ka­ku­la­ma­ca­la yi­ni ki­ni ame­le­ne le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu?

11 Nga­kho-ke ngi­la­le­la­ni; li­bu­yi­se­le aba­thu­nji­we­yo eli­ba­thu­mbe ku­ba­fo­we­nu, ngo­ba uku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwe­Nko­si ku­phe­zu kwe­nu.

12 Kwa­se­ku­su­ku­ma ama­do­da ku­nhlo­ko za­ba­ntwa­na ba­koE­fra­yi­mi, oA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Jo­ha­na­ni, uBe­re­ki­ya indo­da­na ka­Me­shi­le­mo­thi, lo­Je­hi­zi­ki­yam indo­da­na ka­Sha­lu­man, loA­ma­sa indo­da­na ka­Ha­di­la­yi, ba­me­la­na la­la­bo aba­be­nge­na be­ve­la ebu­thwe­ni.

13 Ba­se­be­si­thi ki­bo: Ka­li­yi­ku­nge­ni­sa aba­thu­nji­we­yo la­pha ku­be li­ca­la eNko­si­ni li­me­le­ne la­thi; ngo­ba li­na li­thi li­za­kwe­nge­za ezo­nwe­ni ze­thu le­ma­ca­le­ni ethu, ngo­ba isi­pha­mbe­ko se­thu si­khu­lu, lo­ku­vu­tha ko­la­ka ku­phe­zu ku­kaI­sra­ye­li.

14 Nga­kho aba­hlo­mi­le­yo ba­tshi­ya aba­thu­nji­we­yo le­mpa­ngo pha­mbi kwe­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla le­ba­ndla lo­nkeo.

15 La­ma­do­da abi­zwa nga­ma­bi­zo asu­ku­ma, aba­mba aba­thu­nji­we­yop, agqo­ki­sa bo­nke aba­be­nqu­nu ba­bo ngo­ku­ve­la empa­ngwe­ni; ye­bo aba­gqo­ki­sa, aba­fa­ka ama­nya­the­la, aba­ni­ka uku­dla, aba­na­thi­saq, aba­gco­ba, athwa­la bo­nke aba­bu­tha­ka­tha­ka nga­bo­ba­bhe­mir, aba­sa eJe­ri­ko, umu­zi wa­ma­la­la, du­ze la­ba­fo­wa­bo; ba­se­be­bu­ye­la eSa­ma­ri­yas.

16 Nga­le­so­si­kha­thi inko­si uA­ha­zi ya­thu­ma ema­kho­si­ni eA­si­ri­ya uku­mnce­di­sa.

17 Ngo­ba amaE­do­ma aye­se­bu­ye atsha­ya uJu­da, athu­mba aba­thu­njwat.

18 La­ma­Fi­li­stiu aye­hla­se­le imi­ziv ye­si­ho­tshaw le­ni­ngi­zi­mu ya­ko­Ju­da, athu­mba iBe­ti-She­me­shix, leA­ja­lo­niy, le­Ge­de­ro­thiz, le­So­koa le­mi­za­na ya­yob, le­Ti­mi­nac le­mi­za­na ya­yod, le­Gi­mi­zo le­mi­za­na ya­yoe; ahla­la kho­na.

19 Ngo­ba iNko­si ya­mtho­bi­sa uJu­da nge­nxa kaA­ha­zi inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lif, ngo­ba wa­me­nza ze uJu­da, wa­se­pha­mbu­ka ka­khu­lu eNko­si­nig.

20 Nga­kho uTi­li­ga­thi-Pi­le­se­ri inko­si yeA­si­ri­yah wa­fi­ka ku­ye, wa­mhlu­pha, ko­dwa ka­mqi­ni­sa­nga.

21 Ngo­ba uA­ha­zi wa­tha­tha isa­be­lo se­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va le­se­ndlu ye­nko­si le­se­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla, wa­si­pha inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya; ko­dwa ka­yi­msi­za­ngai.

22 Nge­si­kha­thi so­hlu­pho lwa­khe we­nge­za-ke eku­pha­mbe­ke­ni eme­le­ne lo­Je­ho­va. Le yi­nko­si uA­ha­zi.

23 Ngo­ba wa­hla­be­la onku­lu­nku­lu be­Da­ma­se­ko aba­be­mtsha­yi­lej, wa­thi: Ngo­ba onku­lu­nku­lu ba­ma­kho­si eSi­ri­ya ba­ya­wa­si­za, ngi­za­hla­be­la bo­na uku­ze ba­ngi­si­zek. Ko­dwa bo­na ba­ba yi­mba­nge­la yo­ku­wa kwa­khel, ku­ye la­kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nkem.

24 UA­ha­zi wa­se­qo­qa izi­tsha ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, wa­zi­qu­ma izi­qa izi­tsha ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lun, wa­va­la imi­nya­ngo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­sio, wa­ze­nze­la ama­la­thi ku­yo yo­nke ingo­nsi eJe­ru­sa­le­map.

25 La­ku­wo wo­nke umu­zi ngo­mu­zi wa­ko­Ju­da we­nza inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo zo­ku­tshi­se­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu impe­pha, wa­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sa iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­seq.

26 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba za­khe la­zo zo­nke indle­la za­kher, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­na, kha­nge­la, zi­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da la­wa­koI­sra­ye­lis.

27 UA­ha­zi wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se, ba­se­be­mngcwa­be­la emzi­ni, eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; ko­dwa ka­ba­mle­tha­nga ema­ngcwa­be­ni ama­kho­sit akoI­sra­ye­liu. UHe­ze­khi­ya indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­He­ze­khi­ya

29UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­ba yi­nko­si ele­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu; wa­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li le­si­fi­ca­mu­nwe­mu­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­maa. Le­bi­zo li­ka­ni­na la­li­nguA­bhi­ya indo­da­ka­zi ka­Ze­kha­ri­yab.

2 Wa­se­se­nza oku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­kwe­nza ko­nke ku­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se.

3 Ye­na, ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe nge­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la, wa­vu­la imi­nya­ngo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­si, wa­yi­lu­ngi­sac.

4 Wa­se­nge­ni­sa aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi, wa­ba­bu­tha­ni­sa egu­me­ni eli­nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga.

5 Wa­se­si­thi ku­bo: Ngi­la­le­la­ni, ma­Le­vi; kha­the­si zi­ngcwe­li­se­ni, nja­lo li­ngcwe­li­se indlu ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­hlo, li­khu­phe ingce­ke­za enda­we­ni engcwe­led.

6 Ngo­ba oba­ba ba­be­pha­mbu­ki­le, be­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu, ba­yi­tshi­ya, ba­phe­ndu­la ubu­so ba­bo be­bu­su­sa enda­we­ni yo­ku­hla­la ye­Nko­sie, ba­fu­la­the­la1.

7 Ba­va­la le­mi­nya­ngo ye­khu­lu­si, ba­ci­tsha izi­ba­ne, ka­ba­tshi­sa­nga impe­pha, ka­ba­ni­ke­la­nga umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lif enda­we­ni engcwe­le.

8 Nga­kho ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­ba phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ya­ba­ni­ke­la eva­lwe­nig, eku­chi­the­ke­ni, le­ku­nci­fe­lwe­ni, nje­ngo­ba li­bo­na nga­me­hlo enuh.

9 Ngo­ba kha­nge­la­ni, oba­ba ba­wi­le nge­nke­mba, la­ma­do­da­na ethu la­ma­do­da­ka­zi ethu la­bo­mke­thu ba­se­ku­thu­njwe­ni nge­nxa ya­lo­khui.

10 Kha­the­si ku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­mij ukwe­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no le­Nko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li, uku­ze uku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­yo ku­phe­ndu­ke ku­su­ke ki­thik.

11 Ma­do­da­na ami, kha­the­si li­ngo­nwa­bi, ngo­ba iNko­si ili­khe­thi­le uku­thi li­me pha­mbi kwa­yo, li­yi­kho­nzel, li­be zi­nce­ku za­yo la­ba­tshi­si be­mpe­pha.

12 Ase­su­ku­ma ama­Le­vi, oMa­ha­thi indo­da­na kaA­ma­sa­yim lo­Jo­we­li indo­da­na kaA­za­ri­ya ema­do­da­ne­ni ama­Ko­ha­thin; le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Me­ra­rio oKi­shi indo­da­na kaA­bi­dip loA­za­ri­ya indo­da­na ka­Je­ha­le­le­liq; la­ku­ma­Ge­ri­sho­nir oJo­wa indo­da­na ka­Zi­mas loE­de­ni indo­da­na ka­Jo­wat;

13 le­ma­do­da­ne­ni kaE­li­za­fa­ni oShi­mi­ri lo­Je­hi­ye­liu; le­ma­do­da­ne­ni kaA­sa­fi oZe­kha­ri­ya lo­Ma­tha­ni­yav;

14 le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­He­ma­niw oJe­hi­ye­lix lo­Shi­me­yiy; le­ma­do­da­ne­ni ka­Je­du­thu­niz oShe­ma­ya loU­zi­ye­lia.

15 Ba­se­be­bu­tha­ni­sa aba­fo­wa­bo, ba­zi­ngcwe­li­sa, be­za nje­ngo­mla­yo we­nko­si nga­ma­zwi ka­Je­ho­vab, uku­hla­nza indlu ka­Je­ho­vac.

16 Aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­nge­na nga­pha­ka­thi kwe­ndlu ye­Nko­si ukuyi­hla­nza, ba­khu­pha ko­nke uku­ngco­la aba­ku­tho­la ethe­mpe­li­ni le­Nko­si egu­me­ni le­ndlu ye­Nko­si; la­ma­Le­vi aku­tha­tha, aku­khu­phe­la esi­fu­le­ni iKi­dro­ni nga­pha­ndled.

17 Ba­se­be­qa­la uku­ngcwe­li­sa ngo­lo­ku­qa­la lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la, nja­lo ngo­su­ku lwe­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li lwe­nya­nga ba­fi­ka ekhu­lu­si­ni le­Nko­si; ba­ngcwe­li­sa indlu ye­Nko­si nge­nsu­ku ezi­yi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li; kwa­thi ngo­su­ku lwe­tshu­mi le­si­thu­pha lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­la ba­qe­dae.

18 Ba­se­be­nge­na pha­ka­thi ku­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ba­thi: Se­si­yi­hla­nzi­le yo­nke indlu ye­Nko­si, le­la­thi lo­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa, le­zi­tsha za­lo zo­nke, le­ta­fu­la le­zi­nkwa zo­ku­bu­ki­swa, le­zi­tsha za­lo zo­nkef.

19 La­zo zo­nke izi­tsha inko­si uA­ha­zi eya­yi­zi­la­hli­le eku­bu­se­ni kwa­yo, esi­pha­mbe­kwe­ni sa­yo, si­zi­lu­ngi­si­le sa­zi­ngcwe­li­sa, kha­nge­la-ke, zi­pha­mbi kwe­la­thi le­Nko­sig.

20 UHe­ze­khi­ya inko­si wa­se­vu­ka ngo­vi­vi, wa­bu­tha­ni­sa izi­ndu­na zo­mu­zi, we­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va.

21 Ba­se­be­le­tha ama­jo­ngo­si ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa le­nqa­ma ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa la­ma­wu­ndlu ayi­si­kho­mbi­sah le­mpo­ngo ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sai, kwa­ba ngu­mni­ke­lo we­so­no so­mbu­so le­se­ndlu engcwe­le le­sa­ko­Ju­daj. Wa­se­si­thi ema­do­da­ne­ni kaA­ro­ni, aba­pri­sti, aku­ni­ke­le phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si.

22 Ba­se­be­hla­ba izi­nka­bi, la­ba­pri­sti be­mu­ke­la iga­zi ba­li­fa­fa­za ela­thi­nik; ba­hla­ba le­zi­nqa­ma ba­fa­fa­za iga­zi ela­thi­ni; ba­hla­ba la­ma­wu­ndlu ba­fa­fa­za iga­zi ela­thi­ni.

23 Ba­se­be­so­nde­za impo­ngo zo­mni­ke­lo we­so­no pha­mbi kwe­nko­si le­ba­ndla, ba­be­ka iza­ndla za­bo phe­zu kwa­zol.

24 Aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­zi­hla­ba, be­nza uku­bu­yi­sa­na nge­ga­zi la­zo phe­zu kwe­la­thi ukwe­nze­la uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­la. Ngo­ba inko­si ya­la­ya: Umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa lo­mni­ke­lo we­so­no ngo­kaI­sra­ye­li wo­nkem.

25 Wa­se­be­ka ama­Le­vi endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va ele­nsi­mbi ezi­nce­nce­tha­yo, le­zi­gu­bhu ze­zi­nta­mbo, nja­lo la­ma­cha­chon, nje­ngo­mla­yo ka­Da­vi­dao lo­ka­Ga­dip umbo­ni we­nko­siq lo­ka­Na­tha­ni umpro­fe­thir; ngo­ba lu­mla­yo wa­wu­nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Je­ho­va nge­sa­ndla sa­ba­pro­fe­thi ba­khe.

26 La­ma­Le­vi ema ele­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la zi­ka­Da­vi­das la­ba­pri­sti be­le­mpo­ndot.

27 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­la­ya uku­ni­ke­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa phe­zu kwe­la­thi; kwa­thi nge­si­kha­thi umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa uqa­li­sa, ingo­ma ye­Nko­si ya­qa­li­sa ka­nye le­zi­mpo­ndou, la­nge­za­ndla ze­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la zi­ka­Da­vi­da inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li.

28 Le­ba­ndla lo­nke la­kho­nza, la­ba­hla­be­le­li ba­hla­be­le­la, la­ba­kha­li­si be­mpo­ndo ba­kha­li­sav; ko­nke lo­khu, kwa­ze kwa­phe­la umni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa.

29 Le­ku­phe­le­le­ni ko­ku­ni­ke­la inko­si la­bo bo­nke aba­tho­la­ka­la la­yo ba­kho­tha­ma ba­kho­nzaw.

30 Kho­na uHe­ze­khi­ya inko­si le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ba­thi ku­ma­Le­vi ka­wa­yi­du­mi­se iNko­si nga­ma­zwi ka­Da­vi­da la­kaA­sa­fi umbo­nix. Ase­du­mi­sa kwa­ze kwa­ba yi­nto­ko­zo, akho­tha­ma akho­nzay.

31 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi: Se­li­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­le iNko­si; so­nde­la­ni li­le­the imi­hla­tshe­lo le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­bo­nga endli­ni ye­Nko­siz. Iba­ndla la­se­li­le­tha imi­hla­tshe­lo le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­bo­ngaa, la­ye wo­nke ole­nhli­zi­yo ekhu­lu­le­ki­le­yo, imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swab.

32 Le­na­ni le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa iba­ndla ela­yi­le­tha­yo la­li­zi­nku­nzi ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­sa, inqa­ma ezi­li­khu­lu, ama­wu­ndlu anga­ma­khu­lu ama­bi­li; ko­nke lo­khu kwa­ku­ngo­ko­mni­ke­lo wo­ku­tshi­swa eNko­si­ni.

33 Izi­nto eza­zi­ngcwe­li­si­we kwa­ku­zi­nku­nzi ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha le­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu.

34 Ko­dwa aba­pri­sti ba­be­ba­lu­tshwa­na, oko­ku­thi ba­be­nge­la­kho uku­hli­nza yo­nke imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa; nga­kho aba­fo­wa­bo ama­Le­vi ba­ba­nce­di­sac wa­ze wa­phe­la umse­be­nzi, la­ba­pri­sti ba­ze ba­zi­ngcwe­li­sad, ngo­ba ama­Le­vi aye­qo­ndi­le nge­nhli­zi­yo ku­la­ba­pri­sti uku­zi­ngcwe­li­sae.

35 Le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa la­yo ya­yi­mi­ne­ngi, la­ma­hwa­hwa emi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­laf ka­nye le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­na­thwa­yo ye­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swag. Ngo­ku­nja­lo inko­nzo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­si ya­mi­swa.

36 UHe­ze­khi­ya la­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­se­be­tho­ko­za nga­lo­kho uNku­lu­nku­lu aye­ku­lu­ngi­se­le aba­ntu, ngo­ba into ya­hle ye­nze­ka.

Aba­ntu ba­gci­na ipha­si­ka

30UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­thu­me­la kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke lo­Ju­da, wa­se­bha­le­la loE­fra­yi­mi lo­Ma­na­se izi­ncwa­di, uku­thi be­ze endli­ni ye­Nko­si eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ukwe­nze­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ipha­si­ka.

2 Ngo­ba inko­si ye­lu­le­ka­na le­zi­khu­lu za­yo le­ba­ndla lo­nke eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ukwe­nza ipha­si­ka nge­nya­nga ye­si­bi­lia.

3 Ngo­ba ba­be­nge­la­ku­kwe­nza nga­le­so­si­kha­thib ngo­ba aba­pri­sti ba­be­nga­zi­ngcwe­li­sa­nga ngo­kwe­ne­le­yo, la­ba­ntu ba­be­nga­bu­tha­na­nga eJe­ru­sa­le­mac.

4 Lo­da­ba lwa­lu­qo­ndi­le eme­hlwe­ni enko­si le­me­hlwe­ni eba­ndla lo­nke.

5 Ba­se­be­mi­sa ili­zwi ukwe­dlu­li­se­la isi­me­me­ze­lo kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nked ku­su­ke­la eBhe­ri­she­bha ku­si­ya ko­Da­nie, uku­thi ba­ze­kwe­nze­la iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li ipha­si­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­ma; ngo­ba okwe­si­kha­thi esi­de ba­be­nge­nza­nga nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo.

6 Nga­kho izi­gi­ji­mi za­ha­mba kuI­sra­ye­li wo­nke lo­Ju­da zi­le­zi­ncwa­di ezi­ve­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, la­ngo­ko­mla­yo we­nko­sif zi­si­thi: Ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, bu­ye­la­ni eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaA­bra­ha­ma, uI­sa­ka, loI­sra­ye­lig, nja­lo iza­bu­ye­la kwa­ba­phu­nyu­ki­le­yo aba­se­le ki­ni esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­kho­si eA­si­ri­yah.

7 Nja­lo li­nga­bi nje­nga­bo­yi­hlo la­nje­nga­ba­fo­we­nu aba­be­pha­mbu­ka eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­sei, ya­ze ya­ba­ni­ke­la eku­chi­thwe­ni nje­ngo­ba li­bo­naj.

8 Kha­the­si li­nga­qi­ni­si inta­mo ye­nu nje­nga­bo­yi­hlo; zi­ni­ke­le­ni1 eNko­si­ni, li­nge­ne endli­ni ya­yo engcwe­le eyi­ngcwe­li­se ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nik, li­kho­nze iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu, uku­ze uku­vu­tha ko­la­ka lwa­yo ku­bu­ye­le emu­va ku­su­ke ki­nil.

9 Ngo­ba eku­bu­ye­le­ni kwe­nu eNko­si­ni, aba­fo­we­nu la­ba­ntwa­na be­nu ba­za­tho­la izi­ha­wu pha­mbi kwa­ba­ba­thu­mbi­le­yo, uku­ze ba­bu­ye ku­le­li­li­zwem. Ngo­ba iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ilo­mu­san le­si­ha­wuo, ka­yi­yi­ku­phe­ndu­la ubu­so bu­su­ke ki­ni uba li­bu­ye­la ku­yop.

10 Ngo­ku­nja­lo izi­gi­ji­mi ze­dlu­la zi­su­ka emzi­ni zi­si­ya emzi­ni eli­zwe­niq la­koE­fra­yi­mi le­la­ko­Ma­na­se ku­ze ku­be ko­Ze­bu­lu­nir; ko­dwa ba­zi­hle­ka ba­zi­klo­lo­de­las.

11 Ku­be ka­nti aba­nye ba­koA­she­ri la­ba­ko­Ma­na­se la­ba­ko­Ze­bu­lu­ni ba­zi­tho­ba, be­za eJe­ru­sa­le­mat.

12 La­ko­Ju­da isa­ndla si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu sa­si­kho­na uku­ba­ni­ka inhli­zi­yo­nye ukwe­nza umla­yo we­nko­si le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla nge­li­zwi li­ka­Je­ho­vau.

13 Kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­na eJe­ru­sa­le­ma aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi ukwe­nza umkho­si we­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo nge­nya­nga ye­si­bi­li, iba­ndla eli­khu­lu ka­khu­luv.

14 Ba­se­be­su­ku­ma ba­su­sa ama­la­thi aye­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, la­wo wo­nke ama­la­thi oku­tshi­se­la impe­pha ba­wa­su­saw, ba­wa­pho­se­la esi­ho­tshe­ni iKi­dro­nix.

15 Ba­se­be­hla­ba ipha­si­ka ngo­lwe­tshu­mi la­ne lwe­nya­nga ye­si­bi­liy; aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ba­se­be­ya­nge­kaz, ba­zi­ngcwe­li­sa, ba­le­tha imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa endli­ni ye­Nko­sia.

16 Ba­se­be­si­ma enda­we­ni ya­bo ejwa­ye­le­ki­le­yo nje­nge­ndle­la ya­bo ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Mo­zi­si umu­ntu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lub; aba­pri­sti ba­fa­fa­za iga­zi ela­li­ve­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ma­Le­vi.

17 Ngo­ba ba­be­ba­ne­ngi eba­ndle­ni aba­be­nga­zi­ngcwe­li­sa­nga; nga­kho ama­Le­vi aye­phe­zu ko­ku­hla­tshwa kwa­ma­pha­si­ka kwa­lo­wo la­lo­wo owa­ye­nga­hla­mbu­lu­ka­nga ukuba­ngcwe­li­se­la iNko­si.

18 Ngo­ba ixu­ku la­ba­ntu, aba­ne­ngi ba­koE­fra­yi­mi, lo­Ma­na­se, uI­sa­ka­ri, lo­Ze­bu­lu­ni ba­be­nga­zi­hla­mbu­lu­la­ngac, ku­be ka­nti ba­dla ipha­si­ka ku­nge­nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo. Ko­dwa uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­ba­khu­le­ke­la wa­thi: INko­si elu­ngi­le­yo ka­yi­me­nze­le inhla­wu­lo yo­ku­thu­lad

19 wo­nke olu­ngi­se inhli­zi­yo ya­khe uku­di­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu, iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se, la­nxa ku­nge­nje­ngo­ku­hla­nju­lu­lwa kwe­nda­wo engcwe­lee.

20 INko­si ya­si­mu­zwa uHe­ze­khi­ya, ya­be­la­pha aba­ntu.

21 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­tho­la­ka­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma ba­se­be­se­nza umkho­si we­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa nge­nto­ko­zo enku­lu; la­ma­Le­vi la­ba­pri­sti ba­yi­du­mi­sa iNko­si insu­ku nge­nsu­ku, nge­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­la nga­ma­ndla eNko­si­nif.

22 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­khu­lu­ma ngo­mu­sa ku­ma­Le­vi wo­nke aye­lo­ku­qe­di­si­sa elwa­zi­ni olu­hle lwe­Nko­si. Ba­dla-ke oko­mkho­si omi­si­we­yo insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa be­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­lag, be­yi­du­mi­sa iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­seh.

23 Iba­ndla lo­nke la­se­li­ce­bi­sa­na ukwe­nza ezi­nye insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa; be­nza ezi­nye insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa nge­nto­ko­zoi.

24 Ngo­ba uHe­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da wa­ni­ka iba­ndla ama­jo­ngo­si azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­zi­mvu ezi­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sa, le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­ni­ka iba­ndla ama­jo­ngo­si azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne le­zi­mvu ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­li­tshu­mi; la­ba­pri­sti ba­zi­ngcwe­li­sa ngo­bu­ne­ngij.

25 Iba­ndla lo­nke la­ko­Ju­da, la­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi, le­ba­ndla lo­nke eli­ve­la koI­sra­ye­li, la­be­zi­zwe­ni aba­be­ve­la eli­zwe­ni la­koI­sra­ye­li, la­ba­be­hla­la ko­Ju­da, ba­se­be­tho­ko­zak.

26 Kwa­se­ku­si­ba kho­na into­ko­zo enku­lu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma, ngo­ba ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­So­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li ka­ku­za­nga ku­be kho­na oku­nja­lo eJe­ru­sa­le­mal.

27 Ba­se­be­su­ku­ma aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vim, ba­bu­si­sa aba­ntun; ili­zwi la­bo la­se­li­zwa­ka­la, lo­mkhu­le­ko wa­bo wa­fi­ka enda­we­ni ya­khe yo­ku­hla­la engcwe­le ema­zu­lwi­ni.

31Kwa­thi ko­nke lo­kho se­ku­phe­li­le, wo­nke amaI­sra­ye­li atho­la­ka­la­yo aphu­ma aya emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da, adi­li­za izi­nsi­ka ezi­yi­zi­tho­mbe, aga­mu­le­la pha­nsi izi­xu­ku, apho­se­la pha­nsi inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo la­ma­la­thi, aku­khu­pha ku­ye wo­nke uJu­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni la­koE­fra­yi­mi lo­Ma­na­se, aze aqe­da. Bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li ba­se­be­bu­ye­la, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo emfu­ywe­ni ya­khe, emi­zi­ni ya­boa.

UHe­ze­khi­ya wo­ndla aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi

2 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­mi­sa izi­ga­ba za­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ngo­kwe­zi­ga­ba za­bo, ngu­lo­wo la­lo­wo ngo­ko­mse­be­nzi wa­kheb, aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi emni­ke­lwe­ni wo­ku­tshi­swa le­mi­ni­ke­lwe­ni yo­ku­thu­la, uku­kho­nza lo­ku­bo­nga lo­ku­du­mi­sa ema­sa­ngwe­ni ezi­nka­mba ze­Nko­sic.

3 Le­sa­be­lo se­nko­si esi­ve­la emfu­ywe­ni ya­yo se­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa, se­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa ye­ku­se­ni la­nta­mba­mad, le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa ya­ma­sa­ba­thae, le­ye­ku­thwa­se­ni kwe­zi­nya­ngaf, le­ye­mi­kho­si emi­si­we­yo, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo emla­ywe­ni ka­Je­ho­vag.

4 Wa­se­si­thi eba­ntwi­ni, ku­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ba­ni­ke isa­be­lo sa­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vih, uku­ze ba­qi­ni­swei emla­ywe­ni we­Nko­sij.

5 Le­ku­sa­tsha­la­li­swe­ni kwe­li­zwi aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li be­nge­za izi­the­lo zo­ku­qa­la za­ma­be­le, iwa­yi­ni eli­tsha, la­ma­fu­tha, lo­lu­ju, la­ku­zo zo­nke izi­the­lo ze­nsi­mu; lo­kwe­tshu­mi kwa­kho ko­nke ba­ku­le­tha ngo­bu­ne­ngik.

6 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li lo­Ju­da aba­be­hla­la emi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ju­da la­bo ba­se­be­le­tha okwe­tshu­mi kwe­nko­mo lo­kwe­zi­mvu lo­kwe­tshu­mi kwe­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le eza­ze­hlu­ka­ni­se­lwe iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo, ba­be­ka izi­nqu­mbi­nqu­mbil.

7 Nge­nya­nga ye­si­tha­thu ba­qa­li­sa uku­be­ka isi­se­ke­lo se­zi­nqu­mbi, la­nge­nya­nga ye­si­kho­mbi­sa ba­qe­da.

8 UHe­ze­khi­ya le­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla se­be­fi­ka be­bo­na izi­nqu­mbi, ba­yi­bu­si­sa iNko­si la­ba­ntu ba­yo uI­sra­ye­li.

9 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­bu­za aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi nga­le­zi­nqu­mbi.

10 UA­za­ri­ya umpri­sti oyi­nhlo­kom ye­ndlu ka­Za­do­kin wa­khu­lu­ma la­ye wa­thi: Ku­su­ke­la eku­qa­le­ni ko­ku­le­thwa kwe­mi­ni­ke­lo endli­ni ye­Nko­si, kwa­ku­lo­ko­ku­dla lo­ko­ku­su­tha lo­ko­ku­tshi­ya oku­ne­ngi­ne­ngi; ngo­ba iNko­si iba­bu­si­si­le aba­ntu ba­yo ku­ze ku­sa­le lo­khu oku­ne­ngio.

11 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­si­thi ku­lu­ngi­swe ama­ka­me­lo endli­ni ye­Nko­si; ba­se­be­wa­lu­ngi­sa.

12 Ba­se­be­nge­ni­sa imi­ni­ke­lo le­zi­ngxe­nye ze­tshu­mip le­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­li­si­we­yo ngo­bu­qo­thoq. La­phe­zu kwa­lo­khu uKo­na­ni­ya umLe­vi wa­ye­yi­ndu­nar, lo­Shi­me­yi umfo­wa­bo engo­we­si­bi­lis.

13 Lo­Je­hi­ye­li loA­za­zi­ya lo­Na­ha­thi loA­sa­he­li lo­Je­ri­mo­thi lo­Jo­za­ba­di loE­li­ye­li loI­si­ma­khi­yat lo­Ma­ha­thi lo­Bhe­na­ya ba­be­nga­ba­bo­ni­si nga­pha­nsi kwe­sa­ndla si­ka­Ko­na­ni­yau lo­Shi­me­yi umfo­wa­bov, ngo­mla­yo ka­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si loA­za­ri­ya umbu­si we­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw.

14 Nja­lo uKo­re indo­da­na kaI­mna umLe­vi, umgci­ni we­sa­ngo nga­se­mpu­ma­la­nga, wa­ye­phe­zu kwe­mi­ni­ke­lo ye­si­hle ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu uku­pha imi­ni­ke­lo ye­Nko­six le­zi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le­ngcwe­ley.

15 La­nga­se­sa­ndle­ni sa­khe kwa­ku­loE­de­ni, lo­Mi­ni­ya­mi­ni, lo­Je­shu­waz, lo­She­ma­ya, uA­ma­ri­ya, lo­She­ka­ni­yaa emi­zi­ni ya­ba­pri­sti uku­pha aba­fo­wa­bo ngo­ku­the­mbe­ka ezi­ga­be­ni za­bo, nje­nga­kwa­ba­khu­lu kwa­ba nja­lo kwa­ba­nca­neb.

16 Nga­pha­ndle kwa­ba­ba­lwe nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­be­si­li­sa, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka emi­tha­thu ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, wo­nke onge­na endli­ni ye­Nko­si, ngo­mse­be­nzi wo­su­ku ngo­su­ku lwa­wo, enko­nzwe­ni ya­bo, ku­mfa­ne­lo za­bo, nge­zi­ga­ba za­boc.

17 La­la­bo aba­ba­lwa nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na za­ba­pri­sti nge­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se, la­ma­Le­vi, ku­su­ke­la ko­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li ku­si­ya phe­zu­lu, ku­mfa­ne­lo za­bo, nge­zi­ga­ba za­bod.

18 Le­ku­ba­lwe­ni nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na, la­bo bo­nke aba­nci­nya­ne ba­bo, omka­bo, la­ma­do­da­na abo, la­ma­do­da­ka­zi abo, eba­ndle­ni lo­nke, ngo­ba eku­the­mbe­ke­ni kwa­bo ba­zi­ngcwe­li­sa ngo­bu­ngcwe­le.

19 Le­ma­do­da­ne­ni kaA­ro­ni, aba­pri­sti, ema­si­mi­ni ama­dle­lo emi­zi ya­bo, ku­wo wo­nke umu­zi ngo­mu­zie, ama­do­da aye­bi­zwe nga­ma­bi­zo, uku­ni­ka iza­be­lo ku­bo bo­nke abe­si­li­sa pha­ka­thi kwa­ba­pri­sti, la­bo bo­nke aba­ba­lwe nge­zi­zu­ku­lwa­na pha­ka­thi kwa­ma­Le­vif.

20 Wa­se­se­nza nja­lo uHe­ze­khi­ya ku­Ju­da wo­nke; we­nza oku­hle lo­ku­lu­ngi­le­yo lo­ku­qo­tho pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe.

21 Emse­be­nzi­ni wo­nke-ke awu­qa­li­sa­yo enko­nzwe­ni ye­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­mla­ywe­ni le­mthe­thwe­ni, uku­di­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe, wa­kwe­nza nge­nhli­zi­yo ya­khe yo­nke, wa­phu­me­le­lag.

Uku­hla­se­lwa kwe­li­zwe la­ko­Ju­da ngu­Se­na­khe­ri­bi

32Emva kwa­le­zi­ze­nzo zo­bu­qo­tho uSe­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya wa­fi­ka wa­nge­na ko­Ju­da, wa­mi­sa inka­mba ma­qo­nda­na le­mi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo eqo­nde uku­zi­fo­hle­le­la yo­naa.

2 UHe­ze­khi­ya ese­bo­ni­le uku­thi uSe­na­khe­ri­bi use­fi­ki­le lo­ku­thi ubu­so ba­khe bu­kha­nge­le impi eme­le­ne le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma,

3 wa­ce­bi­sa­na le­zi­ndu­na za­khe la­ma­qha­we akhe uku­vi­mba ama­nzi emi­tho­mbo eya­yi­nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zi; ba­se­be­msi­za.

4 Kwa­se­ku­bu­tha­ni­swa aba­ntu aba­ne­ngi, aba­vi­mba yo­nke imi­tho­mbo le­si­fu­la esa­si­ge­le­za pha­ka­thi kwe­li­zwe, be­si­thi: Ku­nga­ni ama­kho­si eA­si­ri­ya eza­fi­ka afi­ce ama­nzi ama­ne­ngib.

5 Wa­se­zi­qi­ni­sa, wa­kha umdu­li wo­nke owa­wu­di­li­ki­le, wa­wu­khwe­za emi­pho­tsho­ngwe­ni, lo­mu­nye umdu­li nga­pha­ndlec; wa­qi­ni­sa iMi­lo emzini ka­Da­vi­dad; we­nza le­zi­kha­li le­zi­hla­ngu ngo­bu­ne­ngi.

6 Wa­se­be­ke­la aba­ntu indu­na ze­zi­mpi, wa­zi­bu­tha­ni­se­la bo­na egce­ke­ni le­sa­ngo lo­mu­zi, wa­khu­lu­ma ku­nhli­zi­yo ya­bo esi­thi:

7 Qi­na­ni li­me isi­bi­ndie; li­nge­sa­bi li­nga­tsha­ywa lu­va­lo pha­mbi kwe­nko­si yeA­si­ri­ya la­pha­mbi kwe­xu­ku lo­nke eli­la­yof; ngo­ba ku­kho­na ki­thi omkhu­lu ku­la­yeg.

8 Ku­ye ku­le­nga­lo ye­nya­mah, ko­dwa ki­thi ku­le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu uku­si­si­za lo­ku­lwa izi­mpi ze­thui. Aba­ntu ba­se­be­se­ya­ma phe­zu kwa­ma­zwi ka­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da.

9 Emva kwa­lo­kho uSe­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya wa­thu­ma ince­ku za­khe eJe­ru­sa­le­ma (ko­dwa ye­na wa­ye­pha­mbi kwe­La­ki­shi la­wo wo­nke ama­ndla akhe ela­ye) ku­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da la­ku­Ju­da wo­nke ose­Je­ru­sa­le­maj, esi­thi:

10 Utsho nja­lo uSe­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­yak: Li­the­mbe­ni uku­thi li­hla­le eku­vi­nje­ze­lwe­ni eJe­ru­sa­le­mal?

11 UHe­ze­khi­ya ka­li­kho­hli­si yi­ni uku­thi ali­ni­ke­le uku­thi li­fe yi­ndla­la la­ngo­ko­mam esi­thi: INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­thu iza­si­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni se­nko­si yeA­si­ri­yan?

12 Ka­su­ye yi­ni lo uHe­ze­khi­ya owa­su­sa inda­wo za­yo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo la­ma­la­thi ayo, wa­tshe­la uJu­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma esi­thi: Li­za­kho­nza pha­mbi kwe­la­thi eli­lo­dwa, li­tshi­se impe­pha ku­loo?

13 Ka­la­zi yi­ni enga­kwe­nza­yo mi­na la­bo­ba­ba ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­ma­zwe? Onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe za­la­wo­ma­zwe ba­be­la­kho lo­ku­ba la­kho yi­ni uku­khu­lu­la ama­zwe abo esa­ndle­ni sa­mip?

14 Ngu­wu­phi ku­bo bo­nke onku­lu­nku­lu ba­le­zo­zi­zwe oba­ba aba­zi­tsha­ba­la­li­sa­yo owa­ba la­kho uku­khu­lu­la aba­ntu ba­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, uku­thi uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu abe la­kho uku­li­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­miq?

15 Nga­lo­kho-ke uHe­ze­khi­ya ka­nga­li­kho­hli­sir, ka­nga­li­du­hi­si ngo­ku­nja­lo, li­nga­mkho­lwa; ngo­ba ka­kho unku­lu­nku­lu owa­si­phi isi­zwe lo­mbu­so owa­ba la­kho uku­khu­lu­la aba­ntu ba­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­mi le­sa­bo­ba­ba. La­ye si­bi­li uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu ka­yi­ku­li­khu­lu­la esa­ndle­ni sa­mi yi­ni?s yi­ni?

16 Ince­ku za­khe za­tsho lo­ku­nye zi­me­le­ne le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu nja­lo zi­me­le­ne lo­He­ze­khi­ya ince­ku ya­yot.

17 Wa­bha­la le­zi­ncwa­di zo­ku­thu­ka iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li lo­ku­khu­lu­ma zi­me­le­ne la­you zi­si­thi: Nje­nga­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe za­la­wo­ma­zwe aba­nga­khu­lu­la­nga aba­ntu ba­bo esa­ndle­ni sa­mi, ngo­ku­nja­lo uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­He­ze­khi­ya ka­yi­ku­khu­lu­la aba­ntu ba­khe esa­ndle­ni sa­miv.

18 Za­se­zi­me­me­za nge­li­zwi eli­khu­lu nge­si­Ju­da eba­ntwi­ni be­Je­ru­sa­le­maw aba­be­phe­zu ko­mdu­li uku­be­thu­sa lo­ku­ba­hlu­pha uku­ze zi­wu­thu­mbe umu­zix.

19 Za­se­zi­khu­lu­ma ngo­Nku­lu­nku­lu we­Je­ru­sa­le­may nje­nga­bo­nku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe zo­mhla­ba, umse­be­nzi we­za­ndla zo­mu­ntuz.

20 Ko­dwa uHe­ze­khi­ya inko­sia loI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi indo­da­na kaA­mo­zib ba­khu­le­ka nge­nxa ya­lo­khu, ba­kha­la ema­zu­lwi­ni.

Uku­khu­lu­lwa kwe­li­zwe la­ko­Ju­da

21 INko­si ya­si­thu­ma ingi­lo­si eya­qu­ma wo­nke ama­qha­we ala­ma­ndla la­ba­pha­thi le­zi­ndu­na enka­mbe­ni ye­nko­si yeA­si­ri­yac. Nga­kho ya­bu­ye­la eli­zwe­ni la­yo ilo­bu­so obu­le­nhlo­ni. Isi­nge­ni­le endli­ni ka­nku­lu­nku­lu wa­yo, aba­phu­ma ema­thu­nji­ni ayo ba­me­nza wa­wa la­pho nge­nke­mbad.

22 Ngo­ku­nja­lo iNko­si ya­msi­ndi­sa uHe­ze­khi­ya la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma esa­ndle­ni si­ka­Se­na­khe­ri­bi inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya le­sa­ndle­ni sa­bo bo­nke; ya­si­ba­kho­khe­la inhla­ngo­thi zo­nke.

23 Aba­ne­ngi ba­se­be­le­tha izi­pho eNko­si­ni eJe­ru­sa­le­mae, le­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ku­He­ze­khi­ya inko­si ya­ko­Ju­da; wa­se­pha­ka­nyi­swa eme­hlwe­ni ezi­zwe zo­nke emva kwa­lo­khuf.

Uku­gu­la ku­ka­He­ze­khi­ya

24 Nga­le­zo­nsu­ku uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­gu­le­la uku­fa; wa­se­khu­le­ka eNko­si­nig; ya­si­khu­lu­ma la­ye ya­mni­ka isi­bo­na­ka­li­soh.

25 Ko­dwa uHe­ze­khi­ya ka­bu­yi­se­la­nga nje­ngo­kwe­nzu­zo aye­yenze­lwei, ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­khe ya­yi­pha­ke­mej. Nga­kho kwa­ba lo­la­ka phe­zu kwa­khe la­phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­mak.

26 Ko­dwa uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­zi­tho­ba nge­nxa yo­ku­pha­ka­ma kwe­nhli­zi­yo ya­khel, ye­na la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma; nga­kho ula­ka lwe­Nko­si ka­lwe­hle­la­nga phe­zu kwa­bo ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­He­ze­khi­yam.

Inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­ni ithu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­He­ze­khi­ya

27 Nja­lo uHe­ze­khi­ya wa­ye­le­no­tho lo­du­mo ka­khu­lu­ka­zi, wa­ze­nze­la izi­pha­la ze­si­li­va le­ze­go­li­de le­za­ma­tshe ali­gu­gu le­za­ma­kha le­ze­zi­hla­ngu le­ze­zi­nto zo­nke ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo.

28 Le­zi­pha­la ze­si­vu­no sa­ma­be­le le­wa­yi­ni eli­tsha la­ma­fu­than, le­zi­ba­ya ze­nhlo­bo zo­nke ze­zi­fu­yo, le­zi­ba­ya ze­mi­hla­mbio.

29 Wa­ze­nze­la le­mi­zi, le­mfu­yo ye­zi­mvu le­nko­mo ngo­bu­ne­ngi, ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ye­mni­ki­le impa­hla ene­ngi ka­khu­lu.

30 UHe­ze­khi­ya lop wa­se­vi­mba umtho­mbo wa­ma­nziq anga­phe­zu­lu eGi­ho­nir, wa­wa­qo­ndi­sa ehla nge­ntsho­na­la­nga ko­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­da. UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­phu­me­le­la ku­yo yo­nke imi­se­be­nzi ya­khe.

31 Ko­dwa kwa­ku­nja­lo, ma­ye­la­na le­zi­thu­nywa ze­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla ze­Bha­bhi­lo­ni, eza­thu­me­la ku­yes uku­bu­za nge­si­bo­na­ka­li­so ese­nza­ka­la­yo eli­zwe­nit, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­mtshi­ya uku­ze amhlo­le uku­thi azi ko­nke oku­se­nhli­zi­ywe­ni ya­kheu.

Uku­fa ku­ka­He­ze­khi­ya

32 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­He­ze­khi­ya lo­mu­sa wa­khe, kha­nge­la, ku­bha­li­we embo­nwe­ni kaI­sa­ya umpro­fe­thi indo­da­na kaA­mo­ziv, egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si ako­Ju­da la­wa­koI­sra­ye­liw.

33 UHe­ze­khi­ya wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se; ba­se­be­mngcwa­be­la kwe­li­phe­zu­lu ka­khu­lu la­ma­ngcwa­ba ama­do­da­na ka­Da­vi­da; uJu­da wo­nke la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­se­be­me­nze­la inhlo­ni­pho eku­fe­ni kwa­khex. UMa­na­se indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ma­na­se

33UMa­na­se wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­mbi­li esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­hla­nu la­nhla­nu eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

2 Ko­dwa we­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, nje­nga­ma­nya­la ezi­zwe iNko­si eya­zi­xo­tsha eli­fe­ni pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

3 Ngo­ba wa­bu­ya wa­kha inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo uyi­se uHe­ze­khi­ya aye­zi­di­li­zi­le, wa­mi­se­la oBha­li ama­la­thi, we­nza izi­xu­ku, wa­kho­tha­me­la ibu­tho lo­nke la­ma­zu­lu, wa­li­kho­nza.

4 Wa­se­sa­kha ama­la­thi endli­ni ye­Nko­si, iNko­si eya­yi­the nga­yo: EJe­ru­sa­le­ma ibi­zo la­mi li­za­ku­ba kho­na pha­ka­de.

5 Wa­se­sa­khe­la ibu­tho lo­nke la­ma­zu­lu ama­la­thi ema­gu­me­ni wo­ma­bi­li endlu ye­Nko­si.

6 Ye­na we­nza aba­ntwa­na ba­khe ba­da­bu­le emli­lwe­ni esi­ho­tshe­ni se­ndo­da­na ka­Hi­no­mub; wa­se­cha­si­sa izi­bo­na­ka­li­so, we­nza imi­li­ngo, we­nza ubu­tha­ka­thi, wa­se­be­nza la­ba­la­ma­dlo­zi la­ba­lu­mba­yo. We­nza oku­bi ka­khu­lu eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, uku­yi­thu­ku­the­li­sac.

7 Wa­se­be­ka isi­fa­ne­ki­so esi­ba­zi­we­yo se­si­tho­mbe aye­se­nzi­le endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu owa­ye­the nga­yo ku­Da­vi­da la­ku­So­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe: Ku­li­ndlu, le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma engi­yi­khe­the ku­zo zo­nke izi­zwe za­koI­sra­ye­li, ngi­za­be­ka ibi­zo la­mi ku­ze ku­be ni­ni­ni­nid.

8 Ka­ngi­sa­yi­ku­su­sa unya­wo lu­kaI­sra­ye­li lu­phu­me eli­zwe­ni enga­li­mi­se­la oyi­hlo, ku­phe­la uba be­za­na­nze­le­la ukwe­nza ko­nke engi­ba­la­ya kho­na, ngo­ko­mla­yo wo­nke le­zi­mi­so le­zi­mi­se­lo nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si.

9 Nga­kho uMa­na­se wa­du­hi­sa uJu­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ukwe­nza oku­bi okwe­dlu­la izi­zwe iNko­si eya­zi­chi­tha pha­mbi kwa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li.

10 INko­si ya­si­khu­lu­ma ku­Ma­na­se le­ba­ntwi­ni ba­khe, ko­dwa ka­ba­la­le­la­nga.

11 Nga­kho iNko­si ya­be­hli­se­la aba­pha­thi be­bu­tho inko­si yeA­si­ri­ya eya­yi­la­boe; ba­se­be­thu­mba uMa­na­se nga­me­vaf, ba­mbo­pha nga­ma­ke­ta­ne ethu­si, ba­mu­sa eBha­bhi­lo­nig.

12 Kwa­thi ese­ci­nde­ze­lwe wa­nce­nga ubu­so be­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheh, wa­zi­tho­ba ka­khu­lu pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­sei.

13 Wa­se­khu­le­ka ku­ye, nja­lo wa­nce­nge­ka nga­ye, we­zwa uku­nce­nga kwa­khe, wa­mbu­yi­se­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma embu­swe­ni wa­khej. Nga­kho uMa­na­se wa­zi uku­thi iNko­si yi­yo engu­Nku­lu­nku­luk.

14 Le­mva kwa­lo­kho wa­kha umdu­li onga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zi ka­Da­vi­da nge­ntsho­na­la­nga kwe­Gi­ho­ni esi­ho­tshe­nil, kwa­ze kwa­ba se­ku­nge­ne­ni kwe­sa­ngo le­nhla­nzim, wa­bho­da iO­fe­li, wa­we­nza wa­pha­ka­ma ka­khu­lu. Wa­be­ka la­ba­pha­thi ba­ma­bu­tho ku­yo yo­nke imi­zi ebi­ye­lwe­yo ko­Ju­da.

15 Wa­se­su­sa onku­lu­nku­lu be­zi­zwe­nin le­si­tho­mbe endli­ni ye­Nko­si, la­wo wo­nke ama­la­thi aye­wa­khi­le enta­be­ni ye­ndlu ye­Nko­si, la­se­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, wa­ku­pho­se­la nga­pha­ndle ko­mu­zio.

16 Wa­se­sa­kha ila­thi le­Nko­si, wa­hla­be­la phe­zu kwa­lo imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­thu­la le­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­bo­nga. Wa­thi ku­Ju­da ka­kho­nze iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lip.

17 Lo­ba ku­nja­lo aba­ntu ba­be­lo­khu be­hla­ba enda­we­ni ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, ku­phe­la eNko­si­ni uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­boq.

18 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Ma­na­se, lo­mkhu­le­ko wa­khe ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu wa­kher, la­ma­zwi aba­bo­ni aba­wa­khu­lu­ma ku­ye nge­bi­zo le­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­lis, kha­nge­la, ku­se­zi­nda­be­ni za­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­lit.

19 Umkhu­le­ko wa­khe-keu, lo­ku­nce­nga kwa­khe ku­Nku­lu­nku­lu, le­so­no sa­khe so­nke, le­si­pha­mbe­ko sa­khev, le­zi­nda­wo akha ku­zo inda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, nja­lo wa­mi­sa izi­xu­ku le­zi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yow, enga­ka­zi­tho­bix, kha­nge­la, ku­bha­li­we ema­zwi­ni aba­bo­niy.

20 UMa­na­se wa­se­la­la la­bo­yi­se; ba­se­be­mngcwa­ba endli­ni ya­khe. UA­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khez.

Uku­bu­sa ku­kaA­mo­ni

21 UA­mo­ni wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­mbi­li esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa imi­nya­ka emi­bi­li eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

22 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si nje­ngo­kwe­nza ku­ka­Ma­na­se uyi­se; ngo­ba uA­mo­ni wa­hla­be­la zo­nke izi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yo uMa­na­se uyi­se aye­ze­nzi­le, wa­zi­kho­nzab.

23 Ko­dwa ka­zi­tho­ba­nga pha­mbi kwe­Nko­si nje­ngo­ku­zi­tho­ba ku­ka­Ma­na­se uyi­sec, ko­dwa uA­mo­ni lo wa­ndi­sa ica­la.

24 Ince­ku za­khe za­se­zi­me­nze­la ugo­be, za­mbu­la­la endli­ni ya­khe.

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

Imvu­se­le­lo ka­Jo­si­ya

34UJo­si­ya wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu la­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

2 Wa­se­se­nza oku­qo­ndi­le­yo eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si, wa­ha­mba nge­zi­ndle­la zi­ka­Da­vi­da uyi­se, ka­pha­mbu­ke­la­nga nga­kwe­so­ku­ne­ne lo­ba kwe­so­kho­hloa.

3 Ngo­ba ngo­mnya­ka we­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe ese­se­ngu­mfa­na wa­qa­la uku­mdi­nga uNku­lu­nku­lu ka­Da­vi­da uyi­seb; la­ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi la­mbi­li wa­qa­la uku­hla­mbu­lu­la uJu­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ku­zi­nda­wo ezi­pha­ke­me­yo, le­zi­xu­ku, le­zi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yoc, le­zi­tho­mbe ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sad.

4 Ba­se­be­di­li­za ama­la­thi abo­Bha­li pha­mbi kwa­khee, la­ma­la­thi oku­tshi­se­la impe­pha aye­nga­phe­zu kwa­wo wa­wa­ga­mu­le­la pha­nsi, le­zi­xu­ku le­zi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yo le­zi­tho­mbe ezi­bu­njwe ngo­ku­nci­bi­li­ki­sa wa­zi­pha­hla­za, wa­zi­cho­la, wa­zi­chi­the­la phe­zu kwa­ma­ngcwa­ba ala­bo aba­be­ni­ke­le imi­hla­tshe­lo ki­zof.

5 Wa­se­tshi­se­la ama­tha­mbo aba­pri­sti phe­zu kwa­ma­la­thi abo, wa­hla­mbu­lu­la uJu­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­mag.

6 Le­mi­zi­ni ya­ko­Ma­na­se loE­fra­yi­mi lo­Si­me­yo­ni ku­ze ku­fi­ke ko­Na­fi­tha­li le­ma­nxi­we­ni ayo inhla­ngo­thi zo­nkeh

7 wa­di­li­za la­ma­la­thi, le­zi­xu­ku, wa­cho­la izi­tho­mbe ezi­ba­zi­we­yo za­ze za­ba yi­mpu­phui, wa­ga­mu­le­la pha­nsi wo­nke ama­la­thi oku­tshi­se­la impe­pha eli­zwe­ni lo­nke la­koI­sra­ye­li, wa­se­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maj.

UJo­si­ya le­ncwa­di yo­mla­yo

8 Kwa­thi ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li wo­ku­bu­sa kwa­khe, ese­hla­mbu­lu­le ili­zwe le­ndluk, wa­thu­ma uSha­fa­ni indo­da­na kaA­za­li­yal lo­Ma­ha­se­yam umbu­si wo­mu­zin lo­Jo­wa indo­da­na ka­Jo­wa­ha­zi uma­bha­la­ne uku­thi ba­qi­ni­se indlu ye­Nko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheo.

9 Ba­se­be­fi­ka ku­Hi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti omkhu­lup, ba­pha ima­li eya­yi­le­thwe endli­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ama­Le­vi aye­lo­ndo­lo­za umbu­ndu aye­yi­qo­qe esa­ndle­ni sa­ko­Ma­na­se loE­fra­yi­mi la­ku­yo yo­nke insa­li kaI­sra­ye­li la­ku­ye wo­nke uJu­da lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni; ba­se­be­bu­ye­la eJe­ru­sa­le­maq.

10 Ba­se­be­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­be­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi aba­be­khe­the­lwe indlu ye­Nko­si aba­yi­pha abe­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi aba­be­se­be­nza endli­ni ye­Nko­si uku­thi ba­lu­ngi­se ba­qi­ni­se indlu.

11 Ba­yi­ni­ka aba­ba­zi la­ba­khi uku­ze ba­the­nge ama­tshe aba­zi­we­yo le­zi­go­do ze­ntu­ngo le­zo­ku­fu­le­la izi­ndlu ama­kho­si ako­Ju­da aye­zi­di­li­zi­ler.

12 Ama­do­da ase­se­be­nza ngo­bu­qo­tho emse­be­nzi­ni; la­ba­bo­ni­si phe­zu kwa­wo ba­be­ngo­Ja­ha­thi loO­bha­di­ya ama­Le­vi, eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ko­Me­ra­ris, lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya lo­Me­shu­la­mut, eba­ntwa­ne­ni ba­ma­Ko­ha­thiu, uku­qo­ndi­sa; la­ma­Le­vi, wo­nke aqe­di­si­sa nge­zi­nto zo­ku­hla­be­le­lav.

13 Nja­lo aye­phe­zu kwa­ba­thwa­li be­mi­thwa­low nja­lo ba­be­nga­ba­bo­ni­si phe­zu kwa­khe wo­nke owe­nza umse­be­nzi we­nko­nzo nge­nko­nzox; la­ku­ma­Le­vi kwa­ku­la­ba­bha­liy la­ba­pha­thi la­ba­gci­ni ba­ma­sa­ngoz.

14 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi be­khu­pha ima­li eya­yi­le­thwe endli­ni ye­Nko­si, uHi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti wa­fi­ca ugwa­lo lo­mla­yo we­Nko­si owa­wu­ni­kwe nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­si.

15 UHi­li­khi­ya wa­se­phe­ndu­la wa­thi ku­Sha­fa­ni uma­bha­la­ne: Ngi­fi­ce ugwa­lo lo­mla­yo endli­ni ye­Nko­si. UHi­li­khi­ya wa­se­ni­ka uSha­fa­ni ugwa­lo.

16 USha­fa­ni wa­se­le­tha ugwa­lo enko­si­ni, fu­thi wa­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi enko­si­ni esi­thi: Ko­nke okwa­ku­ni­ke­lwe esa­ndle­ni se­nce­ku za­kho zi­ya­kwe­nza.

17 Se­zi­yi­qo­qi­le ima­li eya­tho­la­ka­la endli­ni ye­Nko­si, za­yi­ni­ke­la esa­ndle­ni sa­ba­pha­thi le­sa­ndle­ni sa­be­nzi bo­mse­be­nzi.

18 USha­fa­ni uma­bha­la­ne wa­se­tshe­la inko­si esi­thi: UHi­li­khi­ya umpri­sti ungi­ni­ke ugwa­lo. USha­fa­ni wa­se­fu­nda ku­lo pha­mbi kwe­nko­si.

19 Kwa­se­ku­si­thi inko­si isi­zwi­le ama­zwi omla­yo ya­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­yo.

20 Inko­si ya­si­la­ya oHi­li­khi­ya loA­hi­kha­mu indo­da­na ka­Sha­fa­ni loA­bi­do­ni indo­da­na ka­Mi­ka lo­Sha­fa­ni uma­bha­la­ne loA­sa­ya ince­ku ye­nko­si, isi­thi:

21 Ha­mba­ni liye­bu­za eNko­si­ni nge­nxa ya­mi la­nge­nxa ye­nsa­li ekoI­sra­ye­li la­ko­Ju­da ma­ye­la­na la­ma­zwi ogwa­lo olu­tho­la­ke­le­yo; ngo­ba lu­khu­lu ula­ka lwe­Nko­si olu­thu­lu­le­lwe phe­zu kwe­thu, nge­nxa yo­ku­thi oba­ba ka­ba­li­gci­na­nga ili­zwi le­Nko­si ukwe­nza nje­nga­kho ko­nke oku­bha­li­we­yo ku­lo­lu­gwa­loa.

22 Nga­kho uHi­li­khi­ya la­la­bo aba­be­nga­be­nko­si ba­ya ku­Hu­li­da umpro­fe­thi­ka­zi, umka­Sha­lu­ma indo­da­na ka­To­kha­thi indo­da­na ka­Ha­si­ra, umgci­ni we­zi­gqo­ko. (Ye­na-ke wa­ye­hla­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma esi­Ga­be­ni se­Si­bi­li.) Ba­se­be­khu­lu­ma ku­ye ka­nje.

23 Wa­se­si­thi ki­bo: Itsho nja­lo iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­li: Tshe­la­ni umu­ntu oli­thu­me ki­mi:

24 Itsho nja­lo iNko­si: Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­kwe­hli­se­la ubu­bi ku­li­nda­wo la­phe­zu kwa­ba­hla­li ba­yo, zo­nke izi­qa­le­ki­so ezi­bha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni aba­lu­ba­li­le­yo pha­mbi kwe­nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da.

25 Nge­nxa yo­ku­thi be­ngi­tshi­yi­le, ba­tshi­se­la aba­nye onku­lu­nku­lu impe­pha, uku­ze ba­ngi­thu­ku­the­li­se nga­yo yo­nke imi­se­be­nzi ye­za­ndla za­bo; nga­kho ula­ka lwa­mi lu­za­thu­lu­le­lwa phe­zu kwa­li­nda­wo, ka­lu­yi­ku­ci­tshwab.

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

27 ngo­ba inhli­zi­yo ya­kho ibu­tha­ka­tha­ka, wa­zi­tho­ba pha­mbi ku­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu usu­zwe ama­zwi akhe ame­le­ne la­li­nda­wo la­me­le­ne la­ba­hla­li ba­yo, wa­zi­tho­ba pha­mbi kwa­mi, wa­da­bu­la izi­gqo­ko za­kho, wa­kha­la inye­mbe­zi pha­mbi kwa­mi, ngi­tsho la­mi ngi­zwi­le, itsho iNko­si.

28 Kha­nge­la, ngi­za­ku­bu­the­la ku­bo­yi­hlo, nja­lo uza­bu­the­lwa ema­ngcwa­be­ni akho ngo­ku­thu­la, la­me­hlo akho ka­wa­yi­ku­bo­na ko­nke oku­bi engi­za­kwe­hli­se­la ku­li­nda­wo la­phe­zu kwa­ba­hla­li ba­yo. Ba­se­be­bu­yi­se­la ili­zwi enko­si­ni.

29 Inko­si ya­si­thu­ma ya­qo­qa bo­nke aba­da­la ba­ko­Ju­da la­be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

30 Inko­si ya­si­se­nyu­ke­la endli­ni ka­Je­ho­va, ka­nye la­ba­ntu bo­nke ba­ko­Ju­da la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma la­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi, la­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ku­su­ke­la ko­mkhu­lu ku­si­ya ko­mnci­nya­ne; ya­si­ba­la endle­be­ni za­bo wo­nke ama­zwi ogwa­lo lwe­si­vu­me­lwa­no olwa­lu­tho­la­ke­le endli­ni ka­Je­ho­vac.

31 Inko­si ya­si­si­ma enda­we­ni ya­yo, ye­nza isi­vu­me­lwa­no pha­mbi ku­ka­Je­ho­va uku­la­nde­la uJe­ho­va, lo­ku­gci­na imi­la­yo ya­khe le­zi­fa­ka­ze­lo za­khe le­zi­mi­so za­khe nga­yo yo­nke inhli­zi­yo ya­yo la­nga­wo wo­nke umphe­fu­mu­lo wa­yo, ukwe­nza ama­zwi esi­vu­me­lwa­no abha­lwe ku­lo­lu­gwa­lod.

32 Ya­si­ba­mi­sa bo­nke aba­tho­la­ka­la eJe­ru­sa­le­ma lo­Bhe­nja­mi­ni. La­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma be­nza nje­ngo­kwe­si­vu­me­lwa­no si­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­see.

33 UJo­si­ya wa­se­su­sa zo­nke izi­ne­ngi­so ku­wo wo­nke ama­zwe aye­nga­wa­ba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li, we­nza wo­nke owa­fi­cwa koI­sra­ye­li uku­thi akho­nze, akho­nze iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo. Insu­ku za­khe zo­nke ka­ba­pha­mbu­ka­nga eku­yi­la­nde­le­ni iNko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se.

Uku­gci­nwa kwe­pha­si­ka

35UJo­si­ya wa­se­se­nze­la iNko­si ipha­si­ka eJe­ru­sa­le­maa; ba­se­be­hla­ba ipha­si­ka ngo­lwe­tshu­mi la­ne lwe­nya­nga yo­ku­qa­lab.

2 Wa­se­mi­sa aba­pri­sti ku­mfa­ne­lo za­bo, wa­ba­qi­ni­se­la inko­nzo ye­ndlu ye­Nko­sic.

3 Wa­se­si­thi ku­ma­Le­vi aye­fu­ndi­sa uI­sra­ye­li wo­nke aye­ngcwe­le eNko­si­nid: Fa­ka­ni umtsho­ko­tsho ongcwe­lee endli­ni uSo­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ka­Da­vi­da inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­li aya­kha­yof; ka­kuse­ngu­mthwa­lo ki­ni ema­hlo­mbe. Kha­the­si kho­nza­ni iNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu we­nu la­ba­ntu ba­yo uI­sra­ye­lig.

4 Nja­lo lizi­lu­ngi­se ngo­kwe­ndlu ya­bo­yi­hlo nge­zi­ga­ba ze­nuh, nje­ngo­mbha­lo ka­Da­vi­da inko­si ya­koI­sra­ye­lii la­nje­ngo­mbha­lo ka­So­lo­mo­ni indo­da­na ya­khej.

5 Li­me enda­we­ni engcwe­lek ngo­kwe­zi­ga­ba ze­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se ba­ba­fo­we­nu, aba­ntwa­na be­si­zwe, le­si­ga­ba se­ndlu ka­yi­se wa­ma­Le­vil.

6 Li­hla­be ipha­si­ka, li­zi­ngcwe­li­se, li­lu­ngi­se­le aba­fo­we­nu, ukwe­nza nje­ngo­kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si nge­sa­ndla si­ka­Mo­zi­sim.

7 UJo­si­ya wa­se­ni­ka aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu umhla­mbi wa­ma­wu­ndlu la­ma­zi­nya­ne embu­zi, ko­nke ku­ngo­kwa­ma­pha­si­kan, kwa­bo bo­nke aba­tho­la­ka­la­yo, nge­na­ni eli­yi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nga­ma­tshu­mi ama­tha­thu, le­nku­nzi ezi­zi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nta­thu; lo­khu kwa­ku­ve­la empa­hle­ni ye­nko­sio.

8 Izi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­khe za­se­zi­ni­ka aba­ntu, aba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi ngo­ku­khu­lu­le­ka. OHi­li­khi­yap lo­Ze­kha­ri­ya lo­Je­hi­ye­liq, izi­ndu­na ze­ndlu ye­Nko­si, ba­ni­ke­le­la ama­pha­si­kar ku­ba­pri­sti ama­zi­nya­ne azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­mbi­li la­ma­khu­lu ayi­si­thu­pha, le­nku­nzi ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­tha­thus.

9 OKo­na­ni­yat lo­She­ma­ya lo­Ne­tha­ne­li, aba­fo­wa­bou, lo­Ha­sha­bhi­ya lo­Je­yi­ye­li lo­Jo­za­ba­di, izi­ndu­na za­ma­Le­vi, ba­se­be­ni­ke­le­la ama­pha­si­kav ku­ma­Le­vi ama­zi­nya­ne azi­nku­lu­ngwa­ne ezi­nhla­nu, le­nku­nzi ezi­nga­ma­khu­lu ama­hla­nuw.

10 Ngo­ku­nja­lo inko­nzo ya­lu­ngi­swa; aba­pri­sti ba­se­be­si­ma enda­we­ni ya­box, la­ma­Le­vi nge­zi­ga­ba za­wo, nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo we­nko­siy.

11 Ba­se­be­hla­ba ipha­si­kaz, aba­pri­sti ba­fa­fa­za ku­ve­la eza­ndle­ni za­boa, la­ma­Le­vi ahli­nzab.

12 Ba­se­be­su­sa i­mi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa uku­yi­ni­ka nje­ngo­kwe­zi­ga­ba ze­ndlu ya­bo­yi­se ku­ba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu uku­ze ba­ni­ke­le eNko­si­ni, nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo egwa­lwe­ni lu­ka­Mo­zi­si. Ngo­ku­nja­lo la­nge­zi­nku­nzi.

13 Ba­se­be­so­sa ipha­si­ka ngo­mli­lo nje­ngo­kwe­si­mi­soc; ko­dwa izi­nto ezi­ngcwe­le ba­zi­phe­kad nga­ma­bho­doe la­nge­zi­mbi­zaf la­nge­zi­nde­nge­zig, ba­ku­sa ma­si­nya­ne ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntwa­na ba­ba­ntu.

14 Le­mva kwa­lo­kho ba­se­be­zi­lu­ngi­se­la bo­na la­ba­pri­sti, ngo­ba aba­pri­sti ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni ba­be­se­ku­ni­ke­le­ni imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa la­ma­hwa­hwa kwa­ze kwa­ba se­bu­su­kuh; nga­kho ama­Le­vi azi­lu­ngi­se­la wo­na la­ba­pri­sti ama­do­da­na kaA­ro­ni.

15 La­ba­hla­be­le­li ama­do­da­na kaA­sa­fi ba­be­se­nda­we­ni ya­bo nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo ka­Da­vi­dai, loA­sa­fi, lo­He­ma­ni, lo­Je­du­thu­ni umbo­ni we­nko­sij; la­ba­gci­ni ba­ma­sa­ngo ba­be­se­sa­ngwe­ni lo­nkek; kwa­ku­nge­si­kwa­bo uku­su­ka enko­nzwe­ni ya­bo, ngo­ba aba­fo­wa­bo ama­Le­vi aba­lu­ngi­se­lal.

16 Ya­si­lu­ngi­swa yo­nke inko­nzo ye­Nko­si nga­lo­lo­su­ku ukwe­nza ipha­si­ka lo­ku­ni­ke­la imi­ni­ke­lo yo­ku­tshi­swa phe­zu kwe­la­thi le­Nko­si, nje­ngo­ko­mla­yo we­nko­si uJo­si­ya.

17 Aba­ntwa­na ba­koI­sra­ye­li aba­be­kho­na ba­se­be­se­nza ipha­si­ka nga­le­so­si­kha­thi, lo­mkho­si we­si­nkwa esi­nge­la­mvu­be­lo, insu­ku ezi­yi­si­kho­mbi­sam.

18 Nja­lo ka­le­nzi­wa­nga ipha­si­ka eli­nje­nga­le­lin koI­sra­ye­li ku­su­ke­la ensu­kwi­ni zi­ka­Sa­mu­we­li umpro­fe­thio; la­wo wo­nke ama­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li ka­we­nza­nga ipha­si­ka eli­nje uJo­si­ya ale­nza­yo, la­ba­pri­sti la­ma­Le­vi, lo­Ju­da loI­sra­ye­li wo­nke aba­be­kho­na, la­ba­hla­li be­Je­ru­sa­le­ma.

19 Ngo­mnya­ka we­tshu­mi le­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li wo­ku­bu­sa ku­ka­Jo­si­ya ipha­si­ka le­li le­nzi­wap.

Uku­fa ku­ka­Jo­si­ya

20 Emva kwa­kho ko­nke lo­kho, uJo­si­ya ese­yi­lu­ngi­si­le indlu, uNe­ko inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­theq we­nyu­ka ukuya­ku­lwa le­Ka­ri­ke­me­shi eYu­fra­thir; lo­Jo­si­ya wa­phu­ma ukuya­me­la­na la­ye.

21 Ko­dwa wa­thu­ma izi­thu­nywa ku­ye esi­thi: Ngi­la­ni la­we, nko­si ya­ko­Ju­da? Ka­nge­nyu­ke­la­nga uku­me­la­na la­we we­na la­mu­hla, ko­dwa ngi­me­le­ne le­ndlu elwa la­mis. Ngo­ba uNku­lu­nku­lu uthe ngi­pha­ngi­se; ye­ke­la we­na uku­phi­ki­sa­na lo­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ola­mi, uku­ze anga­ku­bhu­bhi­sit.

22 Ko­dwa uJo­si­ya ka­phe­ndu­la­nga ubu­so ba­khe ku­yeu, ko­dwa wa­zi­fi­hla isi­mo uku­ze alwe la­yev; nja­lo ka­wa­la­le­la­nga ama­zwi ka­Ne­ko ave­la emlo­nye­ni ka­Nku­lu­nku­luw, ko­dwa we­za uku­lwa esi­ho­tshe­nix se­Me­gi­doy.

23 Aba­tsho­ki be­mi­tsho­ko ba­se­be­mci­ba uJo­si­ya; inko­si ya­si­si­thi ence­kwi­ni za­yo: Ngi­su­sa­ni ngo­ba ngi­zwa ubu­hlu­ngu obu­khu­lu.

24 Ince­ku za­khe za­se­zi­mkhu­pha enqo­le­ni, za­mga­di­sa enqo­le­ni ye­si­bi­li aye­la­yo, za­mle­tha eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. Wa­se­si­fa, wa­ngcwa­tshe­lwa ema­ngcwa­be­ni abo­yi­sez; wo­nke uJu­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma ba­se­be­mli­le­la uJo­si­yaa.

25 Lo­Je­re­mi­ya we­nza isi­li­lo ngo­Jo­si­yab. La­bo bo­nke aba­hla­be­le­li la­ba­hla­be­le­li­ka­zi ba­khu­lu­ma ngo­Jo­si­ya ezi­li­lwe­ni za­bo ku­ze ku­be la­mu­hlac. Ba­ze­nza za­ba yi­si­mi­so koI­sra­ye­li; kha­nge­la-ke, zi­bha­li­we ezi­li­lwe­nid.

26 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Jo­si­ya, le­zi­sa za­khe nje­ngo­ku­bha­li­we­yo emla­ywe­ni we­Nko­si,

27 izi­nda­ba za­khe-ke, ezo­ku­qa­la le­zo­ku­ci­na, kha­nge­la, zi­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li la­wa­ko­Ju­dae.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­wa­ha­zi

36Aba­ntu be­li­zwe ba­se­be­tha­tha uJe­ho­wa­ha­zi indo­da­na ka­Jo­si­ya, ba­mbe­ka wa­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni si­ka­yi­se eJe­ru­sa­le­maa.

2 UJe­ho­wa­ha­zi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nta­thu esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa inya­nga ezi­nta­thu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma.

3 Inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the ya­si­msu­sa ese­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ya­hla­wu­li­sa ili­zwe ama­tha­le­nta* esi­li­va ali­khu­lu le­tha­le­nta le­go­li­de.

4 Inko­si ye­Gi­bhi­the ya­si­be­ka uE­li­ya­khi­mi umfo­wa­bo abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­ma, ya­gu­qu­la ibi­zo la­khe ya­thi ngu­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi. UNe­ko wa­se­tha­tha uJe­ho­wa­ha­zi umfo­wa­bo wa­mle­tha eGi­bhi­the.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi

5 UJe­ho­ya­khi­mi wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nhla­nu esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. We­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­kheb.

6 Kwe­nyu­ke­la ku­ye uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri inko­si ye­Bha­bhi­lo­nic, wa­mbo­pha nga­ma­ke­ta­ne ethu­si, uku­mu­sa eBha­bhi­lo­nid.

7 UNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­ri wa­se­le­tha okwe­zi­tsha ze­ndlu ye­Nko­si eBha­bhi­lo­ni, wa­ku­fa­ka ethe­mpe­li­ni la­khe eBha­bhi­lo­nie.

8 Ezi­nye-ke ze­zi­nda­ba zi­ka­Je­ho­ya­khi­mi, la­ma­nya­la akhe awe­nza­yo, lo­kwa­tho­la­ka­la ku­ye, kha­nge­la, ku­bha­li­we egwa­lwe­ni lwa­ma­kho­si akoI­sra­ye­li lo­Ju­daf. UJe­ho­ya­khi­ni indo­da­na ya­khe wa­se­si­ba yi­nko­si esi­khu­ndle­ni sa­khe.

UJe­ho­ya­khi­ni uthu­nje­lwa eBha­bhi­lo­ni

9 UJe­ho­ya­khi­nig wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka eyi­si­fi­ca­mi­nwe­mbi­li esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa inya­nga ezi­nta­thu le­nsu­ku ezi­li­tshu­mi eJe­ru­sa­le­ma. We­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­sih.

10 Le­ku­thwa­se­ni ko­mnya­ka inko­si uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­rii ya­thu­ma ya­mle­tha eBha­bhi­lo­ni, ka­nye le­zi­tsha ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yo ze­ndlu ye­Nko­sij; ya­si­be­ka uZe­de­khi­ya umfo­wa­bo abe yi­nko­si phe­zu ku­ka­Ju­da le­Je­ru­sa­le­mak.

Uku­bu­sa ku­ka­Ze­de­khi­ya

11 UZe­de­khi­ya wa­ye­le­mi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ama­bi­li la­nye esi­ba yi­nko­si; wa­se­bu­sa imi­nya­ka eli­tshu­mi la­nye eJe­ru­sa­le­mal.

12 Wa­se­se­nza oku­bi eme­hlwe­ni eNko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe; ka­zi­tho­ba­nga pha­mbi ku­ka­Je­re­mi­ya umpro­fe­thi, ekhu­lu­ma oko­mlo­mo we­Nko­sim.

13 La­ye wa­se­vu­ke­la inko­si uNe­bhu­ka­di­ne­za­rin eya­yi­mfu­ngi­se ngo­Nku­lu­nku­luo, we­nza ya­ba lu­khu­ni inta­mo ya­khep, wa­qi­ni­sa inhli­zi­yo ya­khe, oko­ku­thi ka­phe­ndu­ke­la­nga eNko­si­ni, uNku­lu­nku­lu kaI­sra­ye­liq.

14 Fu­thi zo­nke indu­na za­ba­pri­sti la­ba­ntu ba­nda eku­pha­mbu­ke­ni nge­zi­pha­mbe­ko nje­nga­wo wo­nke ama­nya­la ezi­zwe, ba­yi­ngco­li­sa indlu ye­Nko­si eya­yi­yi­ngcwe­li­si­le eJe­ru­sa­le­mar.

15 INko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­bo­yi­se, ya­si­thu­ma ku­bo nge­sa­ndla se­zi­thu­nywa za­yos, ivu­ka ngo­vi­vi ithu­ma, ngo­ba ya­yi­le­si­ha­wu eba­ntwi­ni ba­yo le­nda­we­ni ya­yo yo­ku­hla­la.

16 Ko­dwa ba­be­zi­hle­ka usu­lu izi­thu­nywa zi­ka­Nku­lu­nku­lut, be­de­le­la ama­zwi akheu, be­klo­lo­de­la aba­pro­fe­thi ba­khev, lwa­ze lwa­vu­ka ula­ka lwe­Nko­si lwa­me­la­na la­ba­ntu ba­yo ka­kwa­ze kwa­ba le­se­la­phow.

17 Nga­kho ya­be­nyu­se­la inko­si ya­ma­Kha­la­di­yax eya­bu­la­la ama­ja­ha abo nge­nke­mba endli­ni ye­ndlu ya­bo engcwe­le, inga­ha­wu­ke­li ija­ha le­nto­mbi, omda­la le­xhe­guy; ya­ba­ni­ke­la bo­nke esa­ndle­ni sa­yoz.

18 La­zo zo­nke izi­tsha ze­ndlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ezi­nku­lu le­zi­nci­nya­ne, le­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ze­ndlu ka­Je­ho­va, le­zi­nto ezi­li­gu­gu ze­nko­si le­ze­zi­pha­tha­ma­ndla za­yo, ko­nke lo­khu ya­ku­le­tha eBha­bhi­lo­nia.

19 Ba­se­be­tshi­sa indlu ka­Nku­lu­nku­lu, ba­di­li­za umdu­li we­Je­ru­sa­le­mab, ba­tshi­sa zo­nke izi­go­dlo za­yo ngo­mli­loc, ba­tsha­ba­la­li­sa zo­nke izi­tsha za­yo ezi­lo­yi­se­ka­yod.

20 Ya­si­thu­mbe­la eBha­bhi­lo­ni aba­se­le enke­mbe­nie; ba­se­be­si­ba zi­nce­ku za­yo le­za­ba­ntwa­na ba­yof kwa­ze kwa­ba yi­ku­bu­sa ko­mbu­so we­Pe­ri­si­yag;

21 uku­gcwa­li­sa ili­zwi le­Nko­si ngo­mlo­mo ka­Je­re­mi­yah, ili­zwe li­ze li­kho­li­se ama­sa­ba­tha aloi; la­gci­na isa­ba­tha zo­nke izi­nsu­ku ze­nci­tha­ka­lo, kwa­ze kwa­gcwa­li­se­ka imi­nya­ka enga­ma­tshu­mi ayi­si­kho­mbi­saj.

Isi­me­me­ze­lo si­ka­Ko­re­si

22 Kwa­thi ngo­mnya­ka wo­ku­qa­la ka­Ko­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya, eku­gcwa­li­se­ke­ni kwe­li­zwi le­Nko­si ngo­mlo­mo ka­Je­re­mi­ya, iNko­si ya­vu­sa umo­ya ka­Ko­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya uku­thi edlu­li­se isi­me­me­ze­lo embu­swe­ni wa­khe wo­nke, nja­lo la­ngo­mbha­lo, esi­thi:

23 Utsho nja­lo uKo­re­si inko­si ye­Pe­ri­si­ya: INko­si, uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­ma­zu­lu, ingi­ni­ki­le yo­nke imi­bu­so yo­mhla­ba; la­yo ingi­la­yi­le uku­ya­khe­la indlu eJe­ru­sa­le­ma eko­Ju­da. Ngu­ba­ni opha­ka­thi kwe­nu ku­bo bo­nke aba­ntu ba­yo? INko­si uNku­lu­nku­lu wa­khe ka­yi­be la­ye, enyu­kek.