UAbhiya uthatha ubukhosi

UAbhiya umemeza ityala lakhe ngaphesheya kwentili: uYuda usenababo ababingeleli bakwa-Aron, namadini osuku ngosuku, nesibane, ngelixa amaSirayeli enamathole nababingeleli abazenzeleyo. Behlaselwe ngaphambili nangasemva, uYuda ukhala kuBawo wethu aze oyise, ngokuba beyama kuye.

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Ngomnyaka weshumi elinesibhozo wokumkani uYarobheham, uAbhiya waba ngukumkani kwaYuda. Walawula iminyaka emithathu eYerusalem; unina enguMikaya, intombi ka-Uriyeli waseGibheha. UAbhiya noYarobheham baya kulwa. UAbhiya wangena edabini enomkhosi wamagorha anyuliweyo angamakhulu amane amawaka, enamandla emfazweni; uYarobheham wakha uluhlu malunga naye enamagorha anyuliweyo anamandla angamakhulu asibhozo amawaka.

UAbhiya wema entabeni yaseTsemarayim, kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim, wathi: “Ndiveni, Yarobheham namaSirayeli onke! Anazi na ukuba uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, wanika uDavide noonyana bakhe itrone yakwaSirayeli ngonaphakade, ngomnqophiso wetyuwa? ^a Kodwa uYarobheham, unyana kaNebhati, umkhonzi kaSolomon, unyana kaDavide, wesuka wagwilika enkosini yakhe. Amadoda angamatshijolo abuthelana kuye, echasa uRehabheham, unyana kaSolomon, eselula engqondo yakhe, engenakuwamelana nawo.

Ngoku nicinga ukuba ninokubumelana ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu obusezandleni zoonyana bakaDavide, ekubeni niyinkitha enkulu eneamathole egolide awenzileyo uYarobheham ukuba abe ngoothixo benu. Anibagqogqanga na ababingeleli bakaBawo wethu, oonyana baka-Aron, nabaLevi, nazenzela ababingeleli benu njengezinye izizwe? Nabani na ozayo enenkunzi entsha neenkunzi zezimvu ezisixhenxe angaba ngumbingeleli wezo nto zingengobathixo.

Kodwa uBawo wethu ngowethu, asimlahlanga. Ababingeleli abamkhonzayo ngoonyana baka-Aron, nabaLevi basemsebenzini wabo. Kusasa nangokuhlwa, imihla ngemihla baqhumisela kuBawo wethu amadini atshiswayo nesiqhumiso esimnandi; babeka imikrozo yesonka etafileni yegolide ecocekileyo, bacwangcise isiphatho sezibane segolide, ukuba kukhanye ngokuhlwa ngokuhlwa. Kaloku thina sisigcinile isigxina sikaBawo wethu, kodwa nina nimlahlile. Khangelani, uBawo wethu unathi, uyintloko yethu, nababingeleli bakhe banamaxilongo okunivuthela nolule. Nina maSirayeli, musani ukulwa noBawo wethu, uThixo wooyihlo, kuba aniyi kweyisa.”

UYarobheham wayethumele abalaleli ukuba babajikele, beze emva kwabo; umkhosi wawumalunga noYuda, abalaleli besemva kwabo. AmaYuda ajika, abona idabi libheke ngaphambili nangasemva, akhala kuBawo wethu; ababingeleli bavuthela amaxilongo. Amadoda akwaYuda ahlaba umkhosi wedabi, kwathi ekuhlabeni kwawo umkhosi, uBawo wethu wawisa uYarobheham namaSirayeli onke phambi koAbhiya noYuda. Oonyana bakaSirayeli basaba phambi koYuda, waza uBawo wethu wabanikela esandleni sakwaYuda. UAbhiya nomkhosi wakhe wawabulala ngokubulala okukhulu; kwawa kumaSirayeli amadoda anyuliweyo afileyo angamakhulu amahlanu amawaka. Athotywa ke amaSirayeli ngelo xesha, aza ama Yuda eyisa, kuba babexhomekeke kuBawo wethu, uThixo wooyise. UAbhiya wamsukela uYarobheham, wamthimbela imizi—iBheteli nemizana yayo, neYeshana nemizana yayo, neEfron nemizana yayo.

UYarobheham akaphindanga abuye abe namandla ngemihla kaAbhiya, waza uBawo wethu wambetha, wafa. Kodwa uAbhiya womelela. Wazeka abafazi abalishumi elinane, waba noonyana abangamashumi amabini anababini neentombi ezilishumi elinazithandathu. Ezinye izinto zikaAbhiya, iindlela zakhe namazwi akhe, zibhaliwe encwadini yezithethe zomprofeti uIdo.