2 Yeziganeko 20 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

20 ¹Emva koko amaMowabhi nama-Amon, enamanye amaMehuni, afika ukuza kulwa noYehoshafati. ²Kwafika abathunywa bamxelela uYehoshafati bathi: “Kufika umkhosi omkhulu uze kuwe uvela phesheya koLwandle lweTyuwa, uvela kwaEdom, usele useHatsetson-tamare” (eyi-Engedi). ³Woyika uYehoshafati, waza wazimisela ukumfuna uBawo wethu, wamemeza uzilo lokudla kuwo wonke amaYuda. ⁴Ahlanganisana amaYuda ukuze amfune uBawo wethu; kuyo yonke imizi yakwaYuda eza kumfuna.

⁵Waza wema uYehoshafati ebandleni lakwaYuda neYerusalem, endlwini kaBawo wethu, phambi kwentendelezo entsha, ⁶wathi: “Bawo wethu, Thixo woobawo bethu, akunguwe na uBawo wethu osezulwini? Wena ulawula zonke izikumkani zeentlanga. Amandla nobungangamsha busesandleni sakho; akukho namnye onokuma phambi kwakho. ⁷Bawo wethu, akuzanga na ubagqogqe abemi beli lizwe phambi kwabantu bakho amaSirayeli, walinika ngonaphakade imbewu ka-Abraham umhlobo wakho? ⁸Bahlala kulo, baza bakhela wena ingcwele kulo ngenxa yegama lakho, besithi, ⁹ukuba kuthe kwafika ububi phezu kwethu—ikrele lomgwebo, nokuba sisibetho, nokuba yindlala—soma phambi kwale ndlu naphambi kwakho, kuba kule ndlu kukho igama lakho, side sidanduluke kuwe ekubandezelekeni kwethu, uze uve, usisindise. ¹⁰Ngoku: amaAmon, namaMowabhi, nentaba yakwaSehire—wena awuwavumelanga amaSirayeli ukuba awahlasele oko esiza evela eYiputa; amaSirayeli ajika kuwo, akawatshabalalisa. ¹¹Yabona ke indlela asibuyekeza ngayo, eza kusigxotha kwelifa osinike lona ukuba silidle. ¹²Bawo wethu, akuyi kuwagweba na? Thina asinamandla okumelana nalo mkhosi mkhulu uze kuthi; asazi nokuba senze ntoni na, kodwa amehlo ethu akuwe.”

¹³Ema khona onke amaYuda phambi koBawo wethu, enabantwana bawo abancinane, nabafazi bawo, noonyana bawo.

¹⁴Waza uMoya kaBawo wethu wamfikela uYahaziyeli unyana kaZekariya, unyana kaBhenaya, unyana kaYehiyeli, unyana kaMataniya, umLevi wasemlibeni ka-Asafu, phakathi kwebandla,

¹⁵wathi: “Phulaphulani, nina maYuda nonke, nani bemi baseYerusalem, nawe kumkani Yehoshafati. Utsho uBawo wethu kuni, uthi: Musani ukoyika, ningankwantyiswa ngulo mkhosi mkhulu, kuba imfazwe asiyoyenu, yekaBawo wethu. ¹⁶Ngomso yihlani niye kuwo: anyuka ngomqantsa weTsitse; nowafumana ekupheleni kwentili, malunga nentlango yaseYeruweli. ¹⁷Akuyi kufuneka nilwe le mfazwe. Yimani ezindaweni zenu, nime niqine, nibone ukuhlangulwa nguBawo wethu, nina maYuda neYerusalem. Musani ukoyika, ningankwantyi. Ngomso phumani niye kuwo, kuba uBawo wethu unani.’”

¹⁸Waqubuda uYehoshafati ngobuso phantsi, bawa onke amaYuda nabemi baseYerusalem benqula phambi koBawo wethu. ¹⁹Baza bema abaLevi kumaKehati nakumaKora ukuba bamdumise uBawo wethu, uThixo wamaSirayeli, ngezwi elikhulu, eliphakanyiselwe phezulu.

²⁰Bavuka ngesifingo baphuma baya entlango yaseTekowa. Bakuphuma, wema uYehoshafati wathi: “Ndiphulaphuleni, nina maYuda nani bemi baseYerusalem. Kholwani nguBawo wenu, niya kuma niqinile; kholwani ngabaprofeti bakhe, niya kuphumelela.”

²¹Akuba ebonisene nabantu, uYehoshafati wamisa iimvumi kuBawo wethu ukuba zidumise ubungcwele bobuhle bakhe, zihambe phambi komkhosi, zisithi: “Bulelani kuBawo wethu, ngokuba inceba yakhe ingunaphakade.” ²²Bathe xa beqala ukuvuma nokudumisa, uBawo wethu wamisa amalalela achasene namaAmon, namaMowabhi, nabemi beentaba yakwaSehire ababehlasela amaYuda, aza aphangwa. ²³ Asuka amaAmon namaMowabhi achasana nabemi beentaba yakwaSehire ukuba awatshabalalise, awaphelise; akuba ephelile abemi bakwaSehire, amaAmon namaMowabhi aphethula abulalana.

²⁴Bakufika amaYuda endaweni yokubonisela entlango, babheka ngaselomkhosini mkhulu, babona kuphela izidumbu ziwe emhlabeni—akwasinda namnye. ²⁵Weza uYehoshafati nabantu bakhe ukuba baphange kwabafileyo, bafumana impahla eninzi, neengubo, nezinto ezinqabileyo—ezingenakuthwaleka, ngangokuba ukuziqokelela kwathabatha iintsuku ezintathu.

²⁶Ngomhla wesine bahlanganisana entilini yaseBheraka, bamdumisa uBawo wethu khona—ngenxa yoko kuthiwa yiNtili yaseBheraka unanamhla. ^a a v26 Igama elithi Bheraka lithetha “intsikelelo” — intili yathiywa ngenxa yendumiso awayiphakamisela uBawo wethu khona amaYuda. ²⁷Onke amadoda akwaYuda neYerusalem, uYehoshafati ephambi kwawo, abuyela khona enovuyo, kuba uBawo wethu wawanika uvuyo ngenxa yeentshaba zawo. ²⁸Angena eYerusalem enemirhubhe, neehadi, namaxilongo, aya endlwini kaBawo wethu. ²⁹Loyiko lukaBawo wethu lwawa phezu kwazo zonke izikumkani ezijikelezileyo, zakuba zivile ukuba uBawo wethu walwa neentshaba zamaSirayeli. ³⁰Ngako oko ubukumkani bukaYehoshafati baba noxolo, kuba uYise wamphumza ngeenxa zonke.

Ukumkani Owahamba ngeeNdlela zikaBawo wethu

³¹Walawula uYehoshafati phezu kwaYuda, ebekwe ngukumkani eminyaka imashumi mathathu anamihlanu ezelwe, iminyaka emashumi mabini anamihlanu eYerusalem; unina nguAzubha intombi kaShilehi. ³²Wahamba ngeendlela zikayise uAsa, akatyeka kuzo, esenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaBawo wethu. ³³Kodwa iziganga zasala; abantu babengekazibeki iintliziyo zabo kuThixo woobawo babo.

³⁴Ezinye izinto zikaYehoshafati, kwasekuqaleni kuse ekupheleni, zisemibhalweni kaYehu unyana kaHanani, ezisencwadini yookumkani bakwaSirayeli.

³⁵Emva koko uYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda wenza umnqophiso noAhaziya ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, owenza okubi. ³⁶Wamanyana naye ukuba benze isinqanawa seenqanawa zorhwebo zokuya eTarshishe, bayakha e-Etsiyon-gebhere. ³⁷Waprofeta uEliyezere unyana kaDodavahu waseMaresha ngokuchasene noYehoshafati, wathi: “Ngenxa yokwenza umnqophiso noAhaziya, uBawo wethu uwaqhawule umsebenzi wakho.” Zaphuka iinqanawa, azaba nako ukuhamba eTarshishe.