2 Yeziganeko 23 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

23 ¹Ngomnyaka wesixhenxe uYehoyada wazomeleza, wenza umnqophiso nabathetheli-makhulu—uAzariya unyana kaYeroham, noIshmayeli unyana kaYehohanan, noAzariya unyana kaObhedi, noMahaseya unyana kaAdaya, noElishafati unyana kaZikri. ²Bacanda kwelakwaYuda, bahlanganisa abaLevi kuyo yonke imizi yayo, neentloko zezindlu zakwaSirayeli, beza eYerusalem. ³Lonke ibandla lenza umnqophiso nokumkani endlwini kaBawo wethu. Wathi uYehoyada kubo: “Yabonani, unyana wokumkani uya kulawula, njengoko uBawo wethu wathembisayo ngoonyana bakaDavide. ⁴Yenzani oku: isahlulo sesithathu senu—ababingeleli nabaLevi abangena ngesabatha—baya kuba ngabagcini beminyango. ⁵Isahlulo sesithathu sibe sendlwini yokumkani, isahlulo sesithathu sibe sesangweni leSiseko, bonke abantu babe kwiintendelezo zendlu kaBawo wethu. ⁶Makungangeni namnye endlwini kaBawo wethu ngaphandle kwababingeleli nabaLevi abalungiselela; bona bangangena, kuba bengcwele. Bonke abanye mabalinde isigxina sikaBawo wethu. ⁷AbaLevi mabamrhawule ukumkani, elowo nesikhali sisesandleni sakhe; othe wangena endlwini makabulawe. Hlalani nokumkani naphi na apho angena aphume khona.”

⁸AbaLevi nawo wonke amaYuda benza kanye njengoko wawisa umthetho uYehoyada umbingeleli. Elowo wathabatha amadoda akhe—abo bangenayo ngesabatha kunye nabo baphumayo—kuba uYehoyada umbingeleli engakhululanga nalinye kumaqela. ⁹UYehoyada umbingeleli wanika abathetheli-makhulu iintshuntshe zokumkani uDavide, namakhaka amakhulu namancinane, ezazigcinwe endlwini kaBawo wethu. ¹⁰Wamisa bonke abantu, elowo nesikhali sisesandleni sakhe, ethabathela ecaleni lasezantsi letempile ukusa ecaleni lasentla, berhawule isibingelelo, netempile, nokumkani. ¹¹Bamkhupha unyana wokumkani, bamthwesa isithsaba, bamnika umthetho womnqophiso, bammisa waba ngukumkani. UYehoyada noonyana bakhe bamthambisa, bememeza besithi: “Makadle ubomi ukumkani!” ^a a v11 Isingqino sasikukukhutshelwa komthetho womnqophiso kaBawo wethu, esabekwa ezandleni zokumkani omtsha njengomqondiso wokuba ulawula phantsi kwegunya likaBawo wethu, kungekhona elakhe.

Indlu kaBawo wethu Igxotha Ukumkanikazi Ohlutha-bukhosi

¹²Akuva uAtaliya isandi sabantu bebaleka bemdumisa ukumkani, weza kubo endlwini kaBawo wethu. ¹³Wakhangela, nanko ukumkani emi ngasentsikeni yakhe ekungeneni, abathetheli nabavutheli bamaxilongo bengakuye, bonke abantu belizwe bevuya bevuthela amaxilongo, iimvumi zinezixhobo zomculo zikhokela indumiso. Waza uAtaliya wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, wamemeza esithi: “Uqhushululu! Uqhushululu!”

¹⁴UYehoyada umbingeleli wabiza abathetheli-makhulu abaphethe umkhosi, wathi: “Mkhupheni aphume ngaphakathi kwezintlu; othe wamlandela makabulawe ngekrele.” Kuba umbingeleli wayethe: “Ningambulaleli endlwini kaBawo wethu.” ¹⁵Bambamba; akufika ekungeneni kwesango lamahashe ngasendlwini yokumkani, bambulalela khona.

UYehoyada Ubuyisela Umnqophiso neNdlu kaBawo wethu

¹⁶Waza uYehoyada wenza umnqophiso phakathi kwakhe, nabantu bonke, nokumkani, ukuba babe ngabantu bakaBawo wethu. ¹⁷Bonke abantu baya endlwini kaBhahali, bayidiliza, baqhekeza izibingelelo zayo nemifanekiso yayo, bambulala uMatan umbingeleli kaBhahali phambi kwezibingelelo. ¹⁸UYehoyada wabeka ababingeleli abangabaLevi ukuba baphathe indlu kaBawo wethu, awayebamisele khona uDavide, ukuba banyuse amadini atshiswayo kuBawo wethu, njengoko kubhaliwe emthethweni kaMoses, ngovuyo nangeengoma njengoko wayalelayo uDavide. ¹⁹Wamisa abagcini-masango emasangweni endlu kaBawo wethu, ukuze kungangeni namnye oyinqambi nangayiphi na indlela. ²⁰Wathabatha abathetheli-makhulu, nezinhanha, nabalawuli babantu, nabo bonke abantu belizwe, wamehlisa ukumkani endlwini kaBawo wethu, bacanda ngeSango eliPhezulu base endlwini yokumkani, bamhlalisa etroneni yobukumkani. ²¹Bavuya bonke abantu belizwe, waza umzi wazola, kuba uAtaliya wayebulewe ngekrele.