Inyaniso kaBawo wethu Nabaprofeti Abaxokayo
Abaprofeti abangamakhulu amane bathembisa uAhabhi uloyiso eRamoti yaseGiliyadi; nguMikaya yedwa ochaza ibhunga likaBawo wethu, nomoya oxokayo othunyelwe phakathi kwabo, aze avalelwe entolongweni ngesonka namanzi. UAhabhi ulwa ezenze omnye umntu, utolo olungahlosisiweyo lumfumane, zize izinja zixhaphe igazi lakhe njengoko kwaxelwayo.
22 1Iminyaka emithathu kwabakho kungekho mfazwe phakathi kwama-Aram namaSirayeli. 2Kodwa ngomnyaka wesithathu, uYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda wehla ukuya kukumkani wakwaSirayeli. 3Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli kubakhonzi bakhe: “Niyazi ukuba iRamoti yaseGiliyadi yeyethu, kodwa thina asenzi nto ukuyithabatha esandleni sokumkani wama-Aram?” 4Wathi kuYehoshafati: “Uya kuhamba na nam siye kulwa neRamoti yaseGiliyadi?” Waphendula uYehoshafati wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Mna ndinjengawe, abantu bam ngabantu bakho, amahashe am ngamahashe akho.”
5Waza uYehoshafati wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Khawubuze kuqala ilizwi likaBawo wethu.”
6Wabahlanganisa ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli abaprofeti, amadoda amayela kumakhulu amane, wathi: “Ndiya kuya na kulwa neRamoti yaseGiliyadi, okanye ndiyeke?” Bathi: “Yenyuka, kuba uBawo osemazulwini uya kuyinikela esandleni sokumkani.”
7Kodwa wathi uYehoshafati: “Akukho mprofeti kaBawo wethu na apha esisenokubuza kuye?”
8Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli kuYehoshafati: “Kukho indoda enye esinokubuza ngayo kuBawo wethu, kodwa ndiyayithiya—akayi kuprofeta okulungileyo ngam, oko kuya kuba bububi kuphela: nguMikaya unyana kaImla.” Wathi uYehoshafati: “Makangatsho njalo ukumkani.”
9Waza ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabiza igosa, wathi: “Khawulezisa uzise uMikaya unyana kaImla.”
10Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli noYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda babehleli elowo etroneni yakhe, benxibe iingubo zabo, esandeni ngasekungeneni kwesango laseSamari, lo gama bonke abaprofeti baprofeta phambi kwabo. 11UZedekiya unyana kaKenahana wenza iimpondo zesinyithi, wathi: “Utsho uThixo ukuthi: ‘Ngazo ezi uya kuwahlaba ama-Aram ude awatshabalalise.’” 12Bonke abaprofeti baprofeta kwanjalo, bathi: “Yenyuka uye eRamoti yaseGiliyadi, uphumelele; uThixo uya kuyinikela esandleni sokumkani.”
13Umthunywa obethunyelwe ukubiza uMikaya wathi kuye: “Khangela, abaprofeti ngamxhelo mnye bathembisa ukumkani impumelelo. Ilizwi lakho malivumelane nabo—thembisa impumelelo.”
14Kodwa wathi uMikaya: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, oko akuthethayo uBawo wethu kum, ndiya kukuthetha oko.”
15Akufika, wathi ukumkani kuye: “Mikaya, siya kuya na kulwa neRamoti yaseGiliyadi, okanye siyeke?” Wathi: “Yenyuka uphumelele; uBawo wethu uya kuyinikela esandleni sokumkani.”
16Wathi ukumkani: “Kukangaphi na le nto ndikufungisa ukuba undixelele inyaniso kuphela egameni likaBawo wethu?”
17Wathi: “Ndibone onke amaSirayeli ephangalala ezintabeni, njengezimvu ezingenamalusi. Waza uBawo wethu wathi: ‘Aba abanankosi; makabuyele elowo ekhaya ngoxolo.’”
18Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli kuYehoshafati: “Andikuxelelanga na ukuba akayi kuprofeta okulungileyo ngam, oko kuya kuba bububi kuphela?”
19Wathi uMikaya: “Live ke ngoko ilizwi likaBawo wethu: Ndibone uBawo wethu ehleli etroneni yakhe, nawo onke umkhosi wasezulwini umi ngakuye, ngasekunene nangasekhohlo kwakhe.
20Waza uBawo wethu wathi: ‘Ngubani na oya kumrhwebesha uAhabhi ukuba enyuke aye kuwa eRamoti yaseGiliyadi?’ Omnye wathi oku, omnye wathi oko.
21Waza wavela umoya, wema phambi koBawo wethu, wathi: ‘Ndim oya kumrhwebesha.’
22Wabuza uBawo wethu: ‘Uya kwenjani na?’ Wathi: ‘Ndiya kuphuma ndibe ngumoya oxokayo emlonyeni wabo bonke abaprofeti bakhe.’ Wathi uBawo wethu: ‘Uya kumrhwebesha uphumelele. Phuma ke wenze njalo.’
23Ngoko ke uBawo wethu ubeke umoya oxokayo emlonyeni wabo bonke aba baprofeti bakho, waza uBawo wethu wavakalisa ububi ngakuwe.”
24Waza wasondela uZedekiya unyana kaKenahana, wambetha uMikaya esidleleni, wathi: “Uthe gqi ngaphi na uMoya kaThixo usuka kum ukuba uthethe kuwe?”
25Wathi uMikaya: “Uya kubona ngaloo mini uya kuthi ungene egumbini elingaphakathi ukuze uzifihle.”
26Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Mthabathe uMikaya, umbuyisele kuAmon irhuluneli yomzi, nakuYowashe unyana kokumkani, 27uthi: ‘Utsho ukumkani ukuthi: Mvalele etolongweni lo mntu, umnike isonka namanzi kuphela, ndide ndibuye ngoxolo.’”
28Wathi uMikaya: “Ukuba uthe wabuya nokuba kanye ngoxolo, akathethanga ngam uBawo wethu.” Wathi kananjalo: “Phulaphulani, nina zizwe zonke!”
UAhabhi Uwa Njengoko UBawo WethuWayexele
29Benyuka ngoko ukumkani wakwaSirayeli noYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda, basinga eRamoti yaseGiliyadi. 30Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi kuYehoshafati: “Ndozenza mntu wumbi ndingene edabini, kodwa wena yambatha iingubo zakho.” Wazenza mntu wumbi ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, wangena edabini.
31Ke ukumkani wama-Aram wayebawisele umthetho abathetheli beenqwelo zakhe ezingamashumi amathathu anesibini, wathi: “Ningalwi namncinci nomkhulu—kodwa nani ukumkani wakwaSirayeli yedwa.”
32Kwathi abathetheli beenqwelo bakumbona uYehoshafati, bathi: “Lo nguye ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.” Bajika baya kulwa naye, waza wakhala uYehoshafati. 33Kwathi abathetheli beenqwelo bakubona ukuba ayinguye ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, babuya ekumsukeleni. 34Indoda yatsho ngesaphetha sayo ingananzanga mntu, yambetha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli phakathi kwendawo yokuhlangana kwezikrweqe. Wathi ukumkani kumqhubi weqwelo yakhe: “Jika undikhuphe edabini—ndenzakele.” 35Kwaba nzima ukulwa ngaloo mini, waza ukumkani waxhaswa enqwelweni yakhe, ebhekisele kuma-Aram. Ngokuhlwa wafa. Igazi lenxeba lakhe leya phantsi enqwelweni yakhe. 36Lakutshona ilanga, kwagqitha ilizwi eminqubeni, kusithiwa: “Elowo makabuyele emzini wakhe, elowo makabuyele ezweni lakhe!”
37Wafa ke ukumkani, wasiwa eSamari, bamngcwaba ukumkani eSamari. 38Bahlamba inqwelo echibini laseSamari, zalixhaphela igazi lakhe izinja, nawo amahenyukazi ahlamba khona, njengoko wayethethile uBawo wethu.
39Ezinye izinto zika-Ahabhi—nako konke awakwenzayo, nebhotwe lempondo zeendlovu, nayo yonke imizi awayakhayo—azibhalwanga na encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaSirayeli? 40Walala ke uAhabhi kooyise, waza uAhaziya unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.
uYehoshafati Uhamba Phambi koBawo
41Ngomnyaka wesine ka-Ahabhi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, uYehoshafati unyana ka-Asa waba ngukumkani kwaYuda. 42UYehoshafati wayeminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesihlanu ubudala xa aba ngukumkani, waza walawula iminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu eYerusalem. Unina wayenguAzubha, intombi kaShilehi. 43Wahamba yonke indlela ka-Asa uyise, akaphambuka kuyo, esenza okuthe tye emehlweni koBawo wethu. Noko, iziganga zazisekho; abantu babesabingelela beqhumisela khona. 44Kananjalo uYehoshafati waxolelana nokumkani wakwaSirayeli.
45Ezinye izinto zikaYehoshafati, nobugorha bakhe awabubonakalisayo, nokulwa kwakhe—azibhalwanga na encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaYuda? 46Amanye amang'awu awasalayo kususela kwemihla ka-Asa uyise, wawasusa ezweni. 47KwaEdom kwakungekho kumkani; umphathi walawula njengokumkani. 48UYehoshafati wenza iinqanawa zaseTarshishe ukuba ziye kwaOfire ngegolide, kodwa azizange ziye; zaphuka e-Etsiyon-gebhere. 49Waza uAhaziya unyana ka-Ahabhi wathi kuYehoshafati: “Abakhonzi bam mabahambe nabakhonzi bakho ezinqanaweni,” kodwa uYehoshafati akavuma. 50UYehoshafati walala kooyise, wangcwatyelwa kunye nabo emzini kaDavide uyise, waza uYehoram unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.
uAhaziya Uqumbisa uBawo
51Ngomnyaka weshumi elinesixhenxe kaYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda, uAhaziya unyana ka-Ahabhi waba ngukumkani kwaSirayeli eSamari, walawula iminyaka emibini kwaSirayeli. 52Wenza ububi phambi koBawo wethu, elandela indlela kayise, nendlela kanina, nendlela kaYarobheham unyana kaNebhati, owawonisa amaSirayeli. 53Wakhonza uBhahali, waqubuda kuye, emqumbisa uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, njengoko wayenzile uyise.
