a2 Lan 18:2-34
b15:24, 22:41
c20:7
d4:13; Josh 21:38; 2 Kho 8:28, 9:1,14; 2 Lan 22:5; Dute 4:43; Josh 20:8; 1 Lan 6:80
e2 Kho 3:7
f18:19
g2 Kho 3:11
h16:24
iZek 1:18,19; Jer 27:2, 28:10; Seb 21:11
jDute 33:17
k17:1
lNani 22:18
mNani 27:17
n22:8
oIsa 6:1; Hez 1:26, 10:1; Dan 7:9; Isam 4:2, 20:4
pJobe 1:6, 2:1; Hlab 103:20,21; Zek 1:10; Mat 18:10; Heb 1:7,14, 12:22; Isam 9:16; Dute 33:2
qHlu 9:23; Isa 19:14; Jer 4:10; Hez 14:9; 2 Thes 2:11
rLilo 3:30; Mika 5:1; Mat 5:39, 26:67; Mark 14:65; Joha 18:22; Seb 23:2
s2 Lan 16:10
tHlu 8:9
uNani 16:29; Dute 18:20-22
v1 Sam 28:8
w1 Sam 28:8
x20:1,24
y20:33,34
z2 Lan 18:31
aa2 Lan 18:31

1 Kings 22:2-35

2Kwasekusithi ngomnyaka wesithathu a uJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda b wehlela enkosini yakoIsrayeli c. 3Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi encekwini zayo: Liyazi yini ukuthi iRamothi-Gileyadi ingeyethu d? Kodwa sithule, singayithathi esandleni senkosi yeSiriya. 4Yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Uzahamba lami empini eRamothi-Gileyadi yini? UJehoshafathi wasesithi enkosini yakoIsrayeli: Nginjengawe, njengabantu bami banjalo abantu bakho, njengamabhiza ami anjalo amabhiza akho e. 5UJehoshafathi wasesithi enkosini yakoIsrayeli: Akubuze lamuhla ilizwi leNkosi. 6Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasibuthanisa abaprofethi abangaba ngamadoda angamakhulu amane, yathi kubo: Ngihambe yini ukuyamelana leRamothi-Gileyadi empini kumbe ngiyekele? Basebesithi: Yenyuka, ngoba iNkosi izayinikela esandleni senkosi f. 7UJehoshafathi wasesithi: Kakusekho yini lapha umprofethi weNkosi esingambuza g? 8Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Kusekhona indoda eyodwa, uMikhaya indodana kaImla, esingabuza ngaye eNkosini, kodwa mina ngiyamzonda, ngoba kaprofethi okuhle ngami, kodwa okubi. UJehoshafathi wasesithi: Inkosi ingatsho njalo. 9Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasibiza induna yathi: Landa masinyane uMikhaya indodana kaImla. 10Inkosi yakoIsrayeli loJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda babehlezi, ngulowo lalowo esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, begqoke izembatho zabo, besebaleni lokubhulela ekungeneni kwesango leSamariya h, njalo bonke abaprofethi babeprofetha phambi kwabo. 11UZedekhiya indodana kaKhenahana wasezenzela izimpondo zensimbi i, wathi: Itsho njalo iNkosi: Ngalezi uzahlaba amaSiriya uze uwaqede j. 12Labo bonke abaprofethi baprofetha njalo, besithi: Yenyukela eRamothi-Gileyadi, uphumelele; ngoba uJehova uzayinikela esandleni senkosi.

13Isithunywa esasiyebiza uMikhaya sakhuluma laye sathi: Khangela-ke, amazwi abaprofethi ngamlomo munye mahle enkosini; ake ilizwi lakho lifanane lelizwi lomunye wabo, ukhulume okuhle. 14Kodwa uMikhaya wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova k, lokho iNkosi ekutshoyo kimi lokho ngizakukhuluma l.

15Esefikile enkosini, inkosi yathi kuye: Mikhaya, siye eRamothi-Gileyadi empini kumbe siyekele? Wasesithi kuyo: Yenyuka, uphumelele; ngoba uJehova uzayinikela esandleni senkosi. 16Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngizakufungisa kuze kube kangaki ukuthi ungangitsheli lutho ngaphandle kweqiniso ebizweni leNkosi? 17Wasesithi: Ngabona uIsrayeli wonke ehlakazekile phezu kwezintaba njengezimvu ezingelamelusi; uJehova wathi: Laba kabalankosi, kababuyele, ngulowo lalowo endlini yakhe ngokuthula m. 18Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Kangikutshelanga yini ukuthi kayikuprofetha okuhle ngami kodwa okubi n? 19Wasesithi: Ngakho zwana ilizwi leNkosi: Ngibone iNkosi ihlezi esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi o, lamabutho wonke amazulu emi phansi kwayo ngakwesokunene sayo langakwesokhohlo sayo p. 20INkosi yasisithi: Ngubani ozahuga uAhabi ukuthi enyuke ayewela eRamothi-Gileyadi? Omunye-ke watsho njalo, lomunye watsho njalo. 21Kwasekuphuma umoya, wema phambi kweNkosi wathi: Mina ngizamhuga. 22INkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngani? Wasesithi: Ngizaphuma ngibe ngumoya wamanga emlonyeni wabo bonke abaprofethi bakhe q. Yasisithi: Uzamhuga, njalo uzaphumelela; phuma wenze njalo. 23Ngakho-ke, khangela, iNkosi ifake umoya wamanga emlonyeni walababaprofethi bakho bonke, njalo iNkosi ikhulume okubi ngawe. 24UZedekhiya indodana kaKhenahana wasesondela, watshaya uMikhaya esihlathini r, wathi: UMoya weNkosi wedlula ngani esuka kimi ukuyakhuluma lawe? 25UMikhaya wasesithi: Khangela, uzakubona mhlalokho lapho uzangena ekamelweni elingaphakathi ukuyacatsha. 26Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi: Thatha uMikhaya, mbuyisele kuAmoni umbusi womuzi lakuJowashi indodana yenkosi, 27uthi: Itsho njalo inkosi: Fakani lo entolongweni, limdlise isinkwa sohlupho lamanzi ohlupho s ngize ngibuye ngokuthula. 28UMikhaya wasesithi: Uba uphenduka isibili ngokuthula t, iNkosi kayikhulumanga ngami. Wasesithi: Zwanini, bantu, lina lonke u.

29Inkosi yakoIsrayeli loJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda basebesenyukela eRamothi-Gileyadi. 30Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Ngizazifihla isimo, ngingene empini, kodwa wena gqoka izembatho zakho v. Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasizifihla isimo, yangena empini w. 31Inkosi yeSiriya yayilaye induna zezinqola ezingamatshumi amathathu lambili ayelazo x, esithi: Lingalwi lomncinyane loba lomkhulu, kodwa lenkosi yakoIsrayeli kuphela y. 32Kwasekusithi induna zezinqola zibona uJehoshafathi zona zathi: Isibili yiyo inkosi yakoIsrayeli. Zaseziphambuka ukulwa zimelene layo z; uJehoshafathi waseklabalala aa. 33Kwasekusithi induna zezinqola zibona ukuthi kwakungeyisiyo inkosi yakoIsrayeli, zaphenduka ekuyilandeleni. 34Umuntu othile wasedonsa idandili lakhe engananzeleli, wahlaba inkosi yakoIsrayeli phakathi kwenhlangano lebhatshi lensimbi; yasisithi kumtshayeli wenqola yayo: Phendula isandla sakho, ungikhuphe phakathi kwebutho, ngoba ngilimele kakhulu. 35Impi yasikhula mhlalokho; njalo inkosi yayisekelwe enqoleni yayo iqondene lamaSiriya, yafa ntambama; igazi lenxeba lagelezela ngaphansi kwenqola.
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