UYehoshafati Wenza Umnqophiso No-Ahabhi
UYehoshafati wendela endlwini ka-Ahabhi, wavuma ukulwa eRamoti yaseGiliyadi, waza wacela umprofeti kaBawo wethu. NguMikaya yedwa othetha oko akuvayo ngokwenene—izimvu ezichithakeleyo, umoya wobuxoki emilonyeni yabaprofeti—laza utolo oluxunywe nje lwangqina ukuba uthethe inyaniso.
18 1Ke kaloku uYehoshafati wayenobutyebi obukhulu nozuko, waza wenza umnqophiso no-Ahabhi ngomtshato. 2Kwathi emva kweminyaka, wehla waya ku-Ahabhi kwaSamari, apho u-Ahabhi waxhela khona izimvu neenkomo ezininzi ngenxa yakhe nangenxa yabantu ababenaye, emmele ukuba anyuke aye kulwa neRamoti yaseGiliyadi. 3U-Ahabhi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabuza kuYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda, wathi: “Uya kuhamba na nam uye eRamoti yaseGiliyadi?” Waphendula: “Ndinjengawe, abantu bam banjengabakho; siyanibandakanya emfazweni.”
4Kodwa uYehoshafati wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Khawubuze kuqala ilizwi likaBawo wethu.”
5Waza ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabahlanganisa abaprofeti, amadoda angamakhulu amane, wababuza: “Sohamba siye kulwa eRamoti yaseGiliyadi, okanye masiyeke na?” Bathi: “Nyuka, kuba uThixo uya kuyinikela esandleni sokumkani.”
6Kodwa uYehoshafati wathi: “Akusekho mprofeti kaBawo wethu na apha esinokubuza kuye?”
7Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi kuYehoshafati: “Kusekho indoda enye esinokubuzisa ngayo kuBawo wethu, kodwa ndiyayithiya—ayizange iprofete okulungileyo ngam, kodwa okubi kuphela. NguMikaya unyana kaImla.” UYehoshafati waphendula: “Makangatsho ukumkani.”
8Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabiza umbusi othile, wathi kuye: “Khawulezisani, nimzise uMikaya unyana kaImla apha.”
9Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli noYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda bahlala elowo etroneni yakhe, bevethe iingubo zabo, besesandeni esisekungeneni kwesango laseSamari; abaprofeti bonke beprofeta emehlweni abo. 10UZedekiya unyana kaKenahana wazenzela iimpondo zesinyithi, wathi: “Utsho uThixo esithi: ‘Ngezi mpondo uya kuwangqula ama-Aram, ude uwatshabalalise.’”
11Bonke abaprofeti baprofeta ngokunjalo, besithi: “Nyuka uye eRamoti yaseGiliyadi, uya kweyisa; uBawo wethu uya kuyinikela esandleni sokumkani.”
12Umthunywa owayethunyelwe ukuya kubiza uMikaya wathi kuye: “Amazwi abaprofeti onke athetha okulungileyo ngokumkani. Nawe makube njengabo, uthethe okulungileyo.”
13Kodwa uMikaya wathi: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, ndothetha kuphela oko akuthethayo uBawo wam.”
14Wathi akufika, ukumkani wathi: “Mikaya, siye na emfazweni eRamoti yaseGiliyadi, ndiyeke na?” Wathi: “Nyuka, ube nempumelelo; iya kunikwa ezandleni zenu.”
15Kodwa ukumkani wathi kuye: “Kukangaphi na endimele ukukufungisa ukuba undixelele okuyinyaniso kuphela egameni likaBawo wethu?”
16UMikaya wathi: “Ndibone onke amaSirayeli echithakele ezintabeni, njengezimvu ezingenamalusi. Waza uBawo wethu wathi: ‘Aba bantu abanankosi; mababuyele elowo endlwini yakhe ngoxolo.’”
17Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi kuYehoshafati: “Ndibe ndingatshongo na ukuthi akayi kuprofeta nto ilungileyo ngam, kodwa okubi kuphela?”
18UMikaya wathi: “Live ngoko ilizwi likaBawo wethu: Ndibone uBawo wethu ehleli etroneni yakhe, nayo yonke imikhosi yasezulwini imi ngasekunene nangasekhohlo kwakhe.
19Waza uBawo wethu wathi: ‘Ngubani na oya kulukuhla u-Ahabhi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, ukuba anyuke aye kuwa eRamoti yaseGiliyadi?’ Omnye wenjenje ukuthetha, omnye wenjenjalo.
20Waphuma umoya, wema phambi koBawo wethu, wathi: ‘Ndomlukuhla mna.’ Waza uBawo wethu wambuza: ‘Ngantoni na?’
21Wathi: ‘Ndophuma ndibe ngumoya oxokayo emilonyeni yabaprofeti bakhe bonke.’ Waza uBawo wethu wathi: ‘Uya kumlukuhla, kananjalo uya kufeza. Hamba uye, wenze njalo.’
22Uyabona ke ngoku, uBawo wethu ungenise umoya wobuxoki emlonyeni waba baprofeti bakho; uBawo wethu uthethe okubi ngawe.”
23Wasondela uZedekiya unyana kaKenahana, wambetha uMikaya esidleleni, wathi: “Uphume ngaphi na kum uMoya kaThixo, ukuze aye kuthetha nawe?”
24UMikaya wathi: “Uya kukubona oko ngaloo mini, xa ungena egumbini langaphakathi, uzimele.”
25Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi: “Mthabatheni uMikaya, nimbuyisele kuAmon umphathi womzi, nakuYowashe unyana wokumkani, 26nithi: ‘Utsho ukumkani ukuthi: Mfakeni entolongweni lo mntu, nimdlise isonka esincinane namanzi amancinane, ndide ndibuye ndinoxolo.’”
27UMikaya wathi: “Ukuba uthe wabuya ngoxolo, uBawo wethu akathethanga ngam.” Wandula wathi: “Phulaphulani, nina bantu nonke!”
U-Ahabhi Uyawa Njengoko Watshoyo uBawo
28Benyuka ke bobabini, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli noYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda, basinga eRamoti yaseGiliyadi. 29Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi kuYehoshafati: “Mna ndiza kuzenza mntu wumbi, ndingene emfazweni; ke wena unxibe iingubo zakho.” Waza wazenza mntu wumbi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, bangena emfazweni. 30Ke ukumkani wama-Aram wayebawisele umthetho abathetheli beenqwelo zakhe zokulwa, esithi: “Ningalwi namntu, omncinane nomkhulu, ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli yedwa.”
31Kwathi, abathetheli beenqwelo zokulwa bakumbona uYehoshafati, bathi: “Ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli lowo,” batyeka beza kulwa naye. Kodwa uYehoshafati wakhala, waza uBawo wethu wamnceda, wabasusa kuye. 32Kwathi abathetheli beenqwelo zokulwa bakubona ukuba asinguye ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, babuya ekumsukeleni. 33Kwathi enye indoda yagoba isaphetha sayo ifunisela, yambetha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli ekudibaneni kwengubo yakhe yentsimbi. Wathi kumqhubi wenqwelo yakhe: “Jika, undikhuphe ekulweni; ndingxwelerhiwe.” 34Ukulwa kwenyuka loo mini. Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wazimisa enqwelweni yakhe phambi kwama-Aram kwada kwahlwa, waza wafa ngexesha lokutshona kwelanga.
