2 Chronicles 35

Ukugcinwa kwephasika

1UJosiya wasesenzela iNkosi iphasika eJerusalema a; basebehlaba iphasika ngolwetshumi lane lwenyanga yokuqala b. 2Wasemisa abapristi kumfanelo zabo, wabaqinisela inkonzo yendlu yeNkosi c. 3Wasesithi kumaLevi ayefundisa uIsrayeli wonke ayengcwele eNkosini d: Fakani umtshokotsho ongcwele e endlini uSolomoni indodana kaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli ayakhayo f; kakusengumthwalo kini emahlombe. Khathesi khonzani iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu labantu bayo uIsrayeli g. 4Njalo lizilungise ngokwendlu yaboyihlo ngezigaba zenu h, njengombhalo kaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli i lanjengombhalo kaSolomoni indodana yakhe j. 5Lime endaweni engcwele k ngokwezigaba zendlu yaboyise babafowenu, abantwana besizwe, lesigaba sendlu kayise wamaLevi l. 6Lihlabe iphasika, lizingcwelise, lilungisele abafowenu, ukwenza njengokwelizwi leNkosi ngesandla sikaMozisi m.

7UJosiya wasenika abantwana babantu umhlambi wamawundlu lamazinyane embuzi, konke kungokwamaphasika n, kwabo bonke abatholakalayo, ngenani eliyizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu, lenkunzi ezizinkulungwane ezintathu; lokhu kwakuvela empahleni yenkosi o. 8Iziphathamandla zakhe zasezinika abantu, abapristi lamaLevi ngokukhululeka. OHilikhiya p loZekhariya loJehiyeli q, izinduna zendlu yeNkosi, banikelela amaphasika r kubapristi amazinyane azinkulungwane ezimbili lamakhulu ayisithupha, lenkunzi ezingamakhulu amathathu s. 9OKonaniya t loShemaya loNethaneli, abafowabo u, loHashabhiya loJeyiyeli loJozabadi, izinduna zamaLevi, basebenikelela amaphasika v kumaLevi amazinyane azinkulungwane ezinhlanu, lenkunzi ezingamakhulu amahlanu w.

10Ngokunjalo inkonzo yalungiswa; abapristi basebesima endaweni yabo x, lamaLevi ngezigaba zawo, njengokomlayo wenkosi y. 11Basebehlaba iphasika z, abapristi bafafaza kuvela ezandleni zabo aa, lamaLevi ahlinza ab. 12Basebesusa iminikelo yokutshiswa ukuyinika njengokwezigaba zendlu yaboyise kubantwana babantu ukuze banikele eNkosini, njengokubhaliweyo egwalweni lukaMozisi. Ngokunjalo langezinkunzi. 13Basebesosa iphasika ngomlilo njengokwesimiso ac; kodwa izinto ezingcwele bazipheka ad ngamabhodo ae langezimbiza af langezindengezi ag, bakusa masinyane kubo bonke abantwana babantu. 14Lemva kwalokho basebezilungisela bona labapristi, ngoba abapristi amadodana kaAroni babesekunikeleni iminikelo yokutshiswa lamahwahwa kwaze kwaba sebusuku ah; ngakho amaLevi azilungisela wona labapristi amadodana kaAroni. 15Labahlabeleli amadodana kaAsafi babesendaweni yabo njengokomlayo kaDavida ai, loAsafi, loHemani, loJeduthuni umboni wenkosi aj; labagcini bamasango babesesangweni lonke ak; kwakungesikwabo ukusuka enkonzweni yabo, ngoba abafowabo amaLevi abalungisela al. 16Yasilungiswa yonke inkonzo yeNkosi ngalolosuku ukwenza iphasika lokunikela iminikelo yokutshiswa phezu kwelathi leNkosi, njengokomlayo wenkosi uJosiya. 17Abantwana bakoIsrayeli ababekhona basebesenza iphasika ngalesosikhathi, lomkhosi wesinkwa esingelamvubelo, insuku eziyisikhombisa am. 18Njalo kalenziwanga iphasika elinjengaleli an koIsrayeli kusukela ensukwini zikaSamuweli umprofethi ao; lawo wonke amakhosi akoIsrayeli kawenzanga iphasika elinje uJosiya alenzayo, labapristi lamaLevi, loJuda loIsrayeli wonke ababekhona, labahlali beJerusalema. 19Ngomnyaka wetshumi lesificaminwembili wokubusa kukaJosiya iphasika leli lenziwa ap.

Ukufa kukaJosiya

20Emva kwakho konke lokho, uJosiya eseyilungisile indlu, uNeko inkosi yeGibhithe aq wenyuka ukuyakulwa leKarikemeshi eYufrathi ar; loJosiya waphuma ukuyamelana laye. 21Kodwa wathuma izithunywa kuye esithi: Ngilani lawe, nkosi yakoJuda? Kangenyukelanga ukumelana lawe wena lamuhla, kodwa ngimelene lendlu elwa lami as. Ngoba uNkulunkulu uthe ngiphangise; yekela wena ukuphikisana loNkulunkulu, olami, ukuze angakubhubhisi at. 22Kodwa uJosiya kaphendulanga ubuso bakhe kuye au, kodwa wazifihla isimo ukuze alwe laye av; njalo kawalalelanga amazwi kaNeko avela emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu aw, kodwa weza ukulwa esihotsheni ax seMegido ay. 23Abatshoki bemitshoko basebemciba uJosiya; inkosi yasisithi encekwini zayo: Ngisusani ngoba ngizwa ubuhlungu obukhulu. 24Inceku zakhe zasezimkhupha enqoleni, zamgadisa enqoleni yesibili ayelayo, zamletha eJerusalema. Wasesifa, wangcwatshelwa emangcwabeni aboyise az; wonke uJuda leJerusalema basebemlilela uJosiya ba.

25LoJeremiya wenza isililo ngoJosiya bb. Labo bonke abahlabeleli labahlabelelikazi bakhuluma ngoJosiya ezililweni zabo kuze kube lamuhla bc. Bazenza zaba yisimiso koIsrayeli; khangela-ke, zibhaliwe ezililweni bd.

26Ezinye-ke zezindaba zikaJosiya, lezisa zakhe njengokubhaliweyo emlayweni weNkosi, 27izindaba zakhe-ke, ezokuqala lezokucina, khangela, zibhaliwe egwalweni lwamakhosi akoIsrayeli lawakoJuda be.

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