UAzariya Uza Nelizwi Elivela kuBawo
UAzariya uzisa imiqathango: uBawo wethu unani lo gama ninaye; mfuneni nomfumana. UAsa uyakhalipha, asuse izithixo, ahlaziye isibingelelo, baza abantu benza umnqophiso ngentliziyo yabo yonke — baza banikwa ukuphumla ngeenxa zonke.
15 1UMoya kaBawo wethu wamfikela uAzariya unyana ka-Odedi. 2Waphuma waya kumkhawulela uAsa, wathi kuye: “Ndiphulaphuleni, Asa nani nonke bakwaYuda nabakwaBhenjamin: uBawo wethu unani lo gama ninaye. Ukuba niyamfuna, niya kumfumana; ukuba niyamshiya, uya kunishiya. 3Ixesha elide amaSirayeli ayengenaye uBawo wethu, engenambingeleli ofundisayo, engenamthetho. 4Ekubandezelekeni kwabo babuyela kuBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, bamfuna, baza bamfumana. 5Ngaloo maxesha kwakungekho xolo kophumayo nakongenayo, kuba isiphithiphithi esikhulu sabahlela bonke abemi emazweni. 6Uhlanga lwalutyumza uhlanga, nomzi utyumza umzi, kuba uBawo wethu wabakhathaza ngazo zonke iintlobo zenkxwaleko. 7Ke nina, yomelelani; musani ukuphelelwa ngamandla, kuba umsebenzi wenu uya kubuyiselwa.”
8Akuba uAsa evile la mazwi, isiprofeto sika-Odedi umprofeti, wakhalipha, wazisusa izithixo ezilisikizi kulo lonke ilizwe lakwaYuda nelakwaBhenjamin, nasemizini awayeyithimbile kwelasezintabeni zakwaEfrayim. Wasihlaziya isibingelelo sikaBawo wethu, phambi komnyango wetempile yakhe. 9Wabahlanganisa bonke abakwaYuda nabakwaBhenjamin, kunye nabo bavela kwaEfrayim, nakwaManase, nakwaSimon, ababehlala phakathi kwabo, kuba baninzi abakwaSirayeli ababewele kuye bakubona ukuba uBawo wethu unaye. 10Bahlanganisana eYerusalem ngenyanga yesithathu ngomnyaka weshumi elinesihlanu wokumkani uAsa. 11Ngaloo mini babingelela kuBawo wethu kumaxhoba—iinkomo ezingamakhulu asixhenxe nempahla emfutshane engamawaka asixhenxe. 12Benza umnqophiso wokumfuna uBawo wethu, uThixo wooyise, ngentliziyo yabo yonke nangomphefumlo wabo wonke. 13Wonke ongayi kumfuna uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, wobulawa afe, nokuba mncinane nokuba mkhulu, nokuba yindoda nokuba ngumfazi. 14Bafunga kuBawo wethu ngezwi elikhulu, ngokudanduluka, nangamaxilongo nangezigodlo. 15Bonke abakwaYuda bavuyiswa sisifungo, kuba babefunga ngentliziyo yabo yonke, bemfuna ngako konke ukulangazelela kwabo, baza bamfumana. Waza uBawo wethu wabanika ukuphumla ngeenxa zonke.
16Ukumkani uAsa wamguzula noMahaka unina, akaba yinkosikazi, ngenxa yokuba wayemenzele uAshera umfanekiso olisikizi; wawugawula, wawucola waba luthuli, wawutshisa emlanjaneni oyiKidron. 17Nangona iziganga zazingasuswanga kwaSirayeli, intliziyo ka-Asa yahlala iphelele ubomi bakhe bonke. a a v17 Iziganga yayizizindawo zonqulo eziphezu kweenduli apho kwakubingelelwa khona, ngokufuthi koothixo bezizwe. 18Wazingenisa endlwini kaBawo wethu izinto ezingcwele zikayise, nezakhe izinto ezingcwele—isilivere, negolide, neempahla. 19Akubangakho mfazwe kwada kwaba ngumnyaka wamashumi amathathu anesihlanu wokumkani uAsa.
