2 Kings 11

UAthaliya uzibeka abe ngumbusi

1UAthaliya unina kaAhaziya a esebonile ukuthi indodana yakhe ifile, wasukuma wachitha yonke inzalo yesikhosini b. 2Kodwa uJehosheba indodakazi yenkosi uJoramu, udadewabo kaAhaziya, wathatha uJowashi indodana kaAhaziya, wameba phakathi kwamadodana enkosi abulawayo, yena lomlizane wakhe ekamelweni lokulala. Basebemfihla ebusweni bukaAthaliya ukuze angabulawa. 3Wayelaye-ke efihliwe endlini yeNkosi iminyaka eyisithupha; uAthaliya wasebusa phezu kwelizwe.

4Ngomnyaka wesikhombisa uJehoyada wasethuma wathatha izinduna zamakhulu c, lamaKariti d kanye labalindi e, wabaletha kuye endlini yeNkosi. Wenza isivumelwano labo, wabafungisa endlini yeNkosi, wabatshengisa indodana yenkosi. 5Wasebalaya esithi: Nansi into elizayenza: Ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yenu elingena ngesabatha izakuba ngabalindi bomlindo wendlu yenkosi f, 6lengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu izakuba sesangweni leSuri g, lengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu esangweni ngemva kwabalindi h; ngokunjalo lizalinda umlindo wendlu, ingafohlelwa. 7Lengxenye ezimbili zenu lonke eliphuma ngesabatha, bona bazagcina umlindo wendlu yeNkosi mayelana lenkosi i. 8Lizazingelezela inkosi inhlangothi zonke, ngulowo lalowo elezikhali esandleni sakhe j; lozangena kokuhleliweyo uzabulawa k. Libe lenkosi ekuphumeni kwayo lekungeneni kwayo l. 9Induna zamakhulu zasezisenza njengakho konke uJehoyada umpristi akulayayo; zathatha, yileyo laleyo abantu bayo abangena ngesabatha lalabo abaphuma ngesabatha, zafika kuJehoyada umpristi m. 10Umpristi wasenika izinduna zamakhulu imikhonto lezihlangu ezazingezenkosi uDavida ezazisendlini yeNkosi n. 11Abalindi basebesima, ngulowo lalowo elezikhali esandleni sakhe, kusukela kwesokunene sendlu kusiya kwesokhohlo sendlu, ngaselathini langasendlini, enkosini inhlangothi zonke o. 12Waseyikhupha indodana yenkosi, wayethesa umqhele p, wayinika ubufakazi; bayibeka yaba yinkosi, bayigcoba, batshaya izandla, basebesithi: Kayiphile inkosi q!

13UAthaliya esizwa umsindo wabalindi lowabantu waya ebantwini endlini yeNkosi; 14wabona, khangela-ke, inkosi yayimi ngasensikeni njengomkhuba, lezinduna labavutheli bezimpondo bengasenkosini r, labantu bonke belizwe bethokoza bavuthela izimpondo s. UAthaliya wasedabula izigqoko zakhe, wamemeza wathi: Ugobe! Ugobe t! 15UJehoyada umpristi waselaya induna zamakhulu, abaphathi bebutho u, wathi kubo: Mkhupheleni ngaphandle kokuhleliweyo v, lomlandelayo limbulale ngenkemba. Ngoba umpristi wathi: Kangabulawelwa endlini kaJehova. 16Basebembamba ngezandla, wasehamba ngendlela yokungena kwamabhiza endlini yenkosi, wabulawelwa khonapho w.

17UJehoyada wasesenza isivumelwano phakathi kukaJehova lenkosi labantu ukuthi babe ngabantu bakaJehova x; laphakathi kwenkosi labantu y. 18Bonke abantu belizwe basebengena endlini kaBhali, bayidilizela phansi z; amalathi akhe lezithombe zakhe baziphahlaza ngokupheleleyo, loMathani umpristi kaBhali bambulala phambi kwamalathi aa. Umpristi wasebeka abaphathi phezu kwendlu yeNkosi. 19Wasethatha izinduna zamakhulu lamaKariti labalindi labo bonke abantu belizwe, bayehlisa inkosi isuka endlini kaJehova ab, beza ngendlela yesango labalindi endlini yenkosi. Yasihlala esihlalweni sobukhosi samakhosi ac. 20Bonke abantu belizwe basebethokoza. Umuzi wasusiba lokuthula, sebembulele uAthaliya ngenkemba ngasendlini yenkosi. 21UJehowashi wayeleminyaka eyisikhombisa lapho esiba yinkosi.

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