2 Chronicles 30

Abantu bagcina iphasika

1UHezekhiya wasethumela kuIsrayeli wonke loJuda, wasebhalela loEfrayimi loManase izincwadi, ukuthi beze endlini yeNkosi eJerusalema ukwenzela iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli iphasika. 2Ngoba inkosi yelulekana lezikhulu zayo lebandla lonke eJerusalema ukwenza iphasika ngenyanga yesibili a. 3Ngoba babengelakukwenza ngalesosikhathi b ngoba abapristi babengazingcwelisanga ngokweneleyo, labantu babengabuthananga eJerusalema c. 4Lodaba lwaluqondile emehlweni enkosi lemehlweni ebandla lonke. 5Basebemisa ilizwi ukwedlulisela isimemezelo kuIsrayeli wonke d kusukela eBherishebha kusiya koDani e, ukuthi bazekwenzela iNkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli iphasika eJerusalema; ngoba okwesikhathi eside babengenzanga njengokubhaliweyo. 6Ngakho izigijimi zahamba kuIsrayeli wonke loJuda zilezincwadi ezivela esandleni senkosi leziphathamandla zayo, langokomlayo wenkosi f zisithi: Bantwana bakoIsrayeli, buyelani eNkosini, uNkulunkulu kaAbrahama, uIsaka, loIsrayeli g, njalo izabuyela kwabaphunyukileyo abasele kini esandleni samakhosi eAsiriya h. 7Njalo lingabi njengaboyihlo lanjengabafowenu ababephambuka eNkosini uNkulunkulu waboyise i, yaze yabanikela ekuchithweni njengoba libona j. 8Khathesi lingaqinisi intamo yenu njengaboyihlo; zinikeleni
 zinikeleni Heb  nika isandla.
eNkosini, lingene endlini yayo engcwele eyingcwelise kuze kube nininini l, likhonze iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu, ukuze ukuvutha kolaka lwayo kubuyele emuva kusuke kini m.
9Ngoba ekubuyeleni kwenu eNkosini, abafowenu labantwana benu bazathola izihawu phambi kwababathumbileyo, ukuze babuye kulelilizwe n. Ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu ilomusa o lesihawu p, kayiyikuphendula ubuso busuke kini uba libuyela kuyo q. 10Ngokunjalo izigijimi zedlula zisuka emzini zisiya emzini elizweni r lakoEfrayimi lelakoManase kuze kube koZebuluni s; kodwa bazihleka baziklolodela t. 11Kube kanti abanye bakoAsheri labakoManase labakoZebuluni bazithoba, beza eJerusalema u. 12LakoJuda isandla sikaNkulunkulu sasikhona ukubanika inhliziyonye ukwenza umlayo wenkosi leziphathamandla ngelizwi likaJehova v.

13Kwasekubuthana eJerusalema abantu abanengi ukwenza umkhosi wesinkwa esingelamvubelo ngenyanga yesibili, ibandla elikhulu kakhulu w. 14Basebesukuma basusa amalathi ayeseJerusalema, lawo wonke amalathi okutshisela impepha bawasusa x, bawaphosela esihotsheni iKidroni y. 15Basebehlaba iphasika ngolwetshumi lane lwenyanga yesibili z; abapristi lamaLevi basebeyangeka aa, bazingcwelisa, baletha iminikelo yokutshiswa endlini yeNkosi ab. 16Basebesima endaweni yabo ejwayelekileyo njengendlela yabo ngokomlayo kaMozisi umuntu kaNkulunkulu ac; abapristi bafafaza igazi elalivela esandleni samaLevi. 17Ngoba babebanengi ebandleni ababengazingcwelisanga; ngakho amaLevi ayephezu kokuhlatshwa kwamaphasika kwalowo lalowo owayengahlambulukanga ukubangcwelisela iNkosi. 18Ngoba ixuku labantu, abanengi bakoEfrayimi, loManase, uIsakari, loZebuluni babengazihlambululanga ad, kube kanti badla iphasika kungenjengokubhaliweyo. Kodwa uHezekhiya wabakhulekela wathi: INkosi elungileyo kayimenzele inhlawulo yokuthula ae, 19wonke olungise inhliziyo yakhe ukudinga uNkulunkulu, iNkosi uNkulunkulu waboyise, lanxa kungenjengokuhlanjululwa kwendawo engcwele af. 20INkosi yasimuzwa uHezekhiya, yabelapha abantu.

21Abantwana bakoIsrayeli abatholakala eJerusalema basebesenza umkhosi wesinkwa esingelamvubelo insuku eziyisikhombisa ngentokozo enkulu; lamaLevi labapristi bayidumisa iNkosi insuku ngensuku, ngezinto zokuhlabelela ngamandla eNkosini ag. 22UHezekhiya wasekhuluma ngomusa kumaLevi wonke ayelokuqedisisa elwazini oluhle lweNkosi. Badla-ke okomkhosi omisiweyo insuku eziyisikhombisa benikela iminikelo yokuthula ah, beyidumisa iNkosi, uNkulunkulu waboyise ai. 23Ibandla lonke laselicebisana ukwenza ezinye insuku eziyisikhombisa; benza ezinye insuku eziyisikhombisa ngentokozo aj. 24Ngoba uHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda wanika ibandla amajongosi azinkulungwane lezimvu eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa, leziphathamandla zanika ibandla amajongosi azinkulungwane lezimvu ezizinkulungwane ezilitshumi; labapristi bazingcwelisa ngobunengi ak. 25Ibandla lonke lakoJuda, labapristi lamaLevi, lebandla lonke elivela koIsrayeli, labezizweni ababevela elizweni lakoIsrayeli, lababehlala koJuda, basebethokoza al. 26Kwasekusiba khona intokozo enkulu eJerusalema, ngoba kusukela ensukwini zikaSolomoni indodana kaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli kakuzanga kube khona okunjalo eJerusalema am.

27Basebesukuma abapristi lamaLevi an, babusisa abantu ao; ilizwi labo laselizwakala, lomkhuleko wabo wafika endaweni yakhe yokuhlala engcwele emazulwini.
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