UYehoshafati Uhamba noBawo wethu

UBawo wethu unoYehoshafati ngenxa yokuba emfuna yena endaweni yooBhahali. Isenzo sakhe esibalaseleyo kukuthumela abathetheli nabaLevi beneNcwadi yoMyalelo ukuba bafundise kuyo yonke imizi yakwaYuda, baza ubukumkani bakhe buqine, buntyebe, bunezinto ezaneleyo.

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Unyana wakhe uYehoshafati waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe, wazomeleza ngokuchasene namaSirayeli. Wamisa imikhosi kuyo yonke imizi enqatyisiweyo yakwaYuda, wamisa ikampu ezweni lakwaYuda nasemizini yakwaEfrayim awayeyithimbile uyise uAsa. UBawo wethu waba noYehoshafati, kuba wahamba ngeendlela zangaphambili zikayise uDavide, engafuni ooBhahali. Endaweni yoko, wamfuna uBawo awayemkhonza uyise, wayigcina imithetho yakhe, akazenza izinto ezenziwe ngamaSirayeli. Ngoko ke uBawo wethu wabuqinisa ubukumkani esandleni sakhe; onke amaYuda eza nezinto kuYehoshafati, waba nobutyebi obukhulu nozuko. Intliziyo yakhe yayizinikele ezindleleni zikaBawo wethu; wazisusa iziganga nooAshera kwaYuda. ^a

Ngomnyaka wesithathu wolawulo lwakhe wathuma abathetheli bakhe, uBhen-hayile, noObhadiya, noZekariya, noNathaniyeli, noMikaya, ukuba bafundise emizini yakwaYuda, abaLevi behamba nabo: uShemaya, noNethaniya, noZebhadiya, noAsaheli, noShemiramoti, noYehonatan, noAdoniya, noTobhiya, noTobhi-adoniya; behamba nababingeleli uElishama, noYehoram. Bahamba befundisa kulo lonke elakwaYuda, bethwele iNcwadi yoMyalelo kaBawo wethu, besiya kuyo yonke imizi yakwaYuda, befundisa abantu.

Ukoyika uBawo wethu kwazihlela zonke izikumkani ezazingqonge amaYuda, akubangakho mfazwe noYehoshafati. Amanye amaFilisti eza nezinto kuYehoshafati nerhafu yesilivere; ama-Arabhi eza nempahla emfutshane: iinkunzi zezimvu ezisixhenxe samawaka anamakhulu asixhenxe, neenkunzi zeebhokhwe ezisixhenxe samawaka anamakhulu asixhenxe. UYehoshafati waba namandla ngokukhula, wakha iinqaba nemizi yokugcina izinto kwaYuda. Wayeneempahla ezininzi emizini yakwaYuda, namagorha anobukroti eYerusalem. Ukubalwa kwawo ngokwezindlu zooyise: kwaYuda, abathetheli-waka—uAdena umthetheli, enawo amakhulu amathathu amawaka amagorha anobukroti; ngakuye yayinguYehohanan umthetheli, enawo amawaka angamakhulu amabini anamanci asibhozo; ngakuye yayinguAmasiya unyana kaZikri, owazinikelayo kuBawo wethu, enawo amakhulu amabini amawaka amagorha anobukroti. KwaBhenjamin: uEliyada, igorha elinobukroti, enawo amakhulu amabini amawaka exhobe isaphetha nekhaka; ngakuye yayinguYehozabhadi, enawo ikhulu lamawaka anamanci asibhozo amawaka exhobele imfazwe. La madoda ayekhonza ukumkani, ngaphandle kwalawo awawamisa emizini enqatyisiweyo kulo lonke elakwaYuda.