a11:20; 1 Kho 15:2
bJosh 18:28
c1 Kho 15:7
d14:10; Hlu 20:22; 1 Sam 17:2
e13:19; Josh 18:22
fJosh 24:33
g2 Sam 7:12,13,16
hNani 18:19
i1 Kho 11:26, 12:19,20
jHlu 9:4
kDute 13:13
l12:13; 2 Kho 2:23
m1 Lan 29:23
n1 Kho 12:28
o11:14,15; 1 Kho 12:31
pEks 29:1
qJer 5:7; Dute 32:21
r1 Kho 15:3
s2:4
t2:4
u4:19; 1 Lan 9:32
v2:4
w4:20
xEks 27:20,21; Levi 24:2-4
yNani 1:53
zNani 10:9
aaSeb 5:39
ab20:22; Josh 8:9; Hlu 9:34, 20:29
ac13:12
ad14:12
ae16:8; Hlu 3:28
af14:11, 16:7,8; Isa 10:20, 31:1; 1 Lan 5:20
ag15:8, 17:2; 1 Kho 12:30
ahJosh 15:9, 18:23
ai1 Lan 29:14
aj1 Sam 25:38
ak1 Kho 14:20

2 Chronicles 13:2-20

2Wabusa iminyaka emithathu eJerusalema. Lebizo likanina lalinguMikhaya indodakazi kaUriyeli a weGibeya b. Kwasekusiba khona impi phakathi kukaAbhiya loJerobhowamu c. 3UAbhiya wasehlela impi elebutho lamaqhawe empi, amadoda akhethiweyo azinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amane. UJerobhowamu wasehlela impi ukumelana laye elamadoda akhethiweyo azinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisificaminwembili, amaqhawe alamandla d.

4UAbhiya wasesima entabeni iZemarayimi e esentabeni yakoEfrayimi f wathi: Ngizwa Jerobhowamu, loIsrayeli wonke! 5Kakusikwenu yini ukwazi ukuthi iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli yanika uDavida umbuso phezu kukaIsrayeli phakade g, kuye lakumadodana akhe ngesivumelwano setshwayi h? 6Kodwa uJerobhowamu indodana kaNebati, inceku kaSolomoni indodana kaDavida, wasukuma wavukela inkosi yakhe i. 7Kwasekubuthana kuye abantu abayize j, abantwana bakaBheliyali k, baziqinisa ukumelana loRehobhowamu indodana kaSolomoni, uRehobhowamu esesengumfana njalo ebuthakathaka ngenhliziyo engemelane labo l. 8Khathesi-ke lina lithi lizamelana lombuso weNkosi esandleni samadodana kaDavida m; futhi lilixuku elikhulu, kodwa lilamathole egolide n uJerobhowamu alenzela wona abe ngonkulunkulu. 9Kalibaxotshanga yini abapristi beNkosi, amadodana kaAroni, lamaLevi, lazenzela abapristi njengezizwe zelizwe o? Loba ngubani ozegcwalisa isandla sakhe ngejongosi, ithole lenkomo, lezinqama eziyisikhombisa p uba ngumpristi wabangeyisibo onkulunkulu q. 10Kodwa thina, iNkosi inguNkulunkulu wethu, kasiyidelanga; labapristi abayikhonzayo iNkosi bangamadodana kaAroni, lamaLevi asemsebenzini r. 11Njalo bayahlabela iNkosi ikuseni ngekuseni lentambama ngentambama iminikelo yokutshiswa s lempepha elephunga elimnandi t; lokulungisa izinkwa etafuleni elihlambulukileyo u , v, lokulumathisa uluthi lwesibane lwegolide lezibane zalo w kusihlwa ngakusihlwa x. Ngoba thina sigcina umlindo weNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu y, kodwa lina liyidelile. 12Ngakho khangelani, uNkulunkulu ulathi eyinhloko, labapristi bakhe belempondo zokukhalisa ukuhlaba umkhosi bemelene lani z. Bantwana bakoIsrayeli, lingalwi leNkosi, uNkulunkulu waboyihlo, ngoba kaliyikuphumelela aa.

13Kodwa uJerobhowamu wayebhodise abacathameli ukuthi beze bengasemva kwabo. Ngakho babephambi kukaJuda, labacathameli bengemva kwabo ab. 14Lapho uJuda ephenduka, khangela-ke, impi yayimelene labo ngaphambili langemuva; basebekhala eNkosini, labapristi bakhalisa izimpondo ac, 15labantu bakoJuda bamemeza; kwasekusithi ekumemezeni kwabantu bakoJuda uNkulunkulu watshaya oJerobhowamu loIsrayeli wonke phambi kukaAbhiya loJuda ad. 16Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebebaleka phambi kobuso bukaJuda, uNkulunkulu wasebanikela esandleni sabo ae. 17UAbhiya labantu bakhe basebebatshaya ngokutshaya okukhulu; kwasekusiwa ababuleweyo koIsrayeli, amadoda akhethiweyo azinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amahlanu. 18Ngokunjalo abantwana bakoIsrayeli bathotshiswa ngalesosikhathi, labantwana bakoJuda baba lamandla ngoba beyama eNkosini, uNkulunkulu waboyise af. 19UAbhiya wasexotshana loJerobhowamu, wathumba imizi kuye, iBhetheli lemizana yayo ag, leJeshana lemizana yayo, leEfroni lemizana yayo ah. 20UJerobhowamu akabe esaba lamandla ensukwini zikaAbhiya ai. INkosi yasimtshaya aj, wafa ak.

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