UYowashe Uyihlaziya Indlu kaBawo wethu

UYowashe uyihlaziya indlu kaBawo wethu ngetyeya yokuqokelela abantu abayizalisa ngovuyo, ngexa uYehoyada esaphila. Emva kokuba umbingeleli omdala efile, ukumkani umamela abathetheli, avumele unqulo-zithixo, axulube uZekariya unyana kaYehoyada ngamatye entendelezweni—waza umkhosi omncinane wama-Aram wamoyisa.

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UYowashe waba ngukumkani engominyaka esixhenxe, walawula iminyaka emashumi mane eJerusalem. Unina wayenguTsibhiya waseBhershebha. UYowashe wenza okulungileyo emehlweni kaBawo wethu yonke imihla kaYehoyada umbingeleli. UYehoyada wamnyula abafazi ababini, waza uYowashe waba noonyana neentombi.

Emva kwexesha, uYowashe wayibeka intliziyo yakhe ekuyihlaziyeni indlu kaBawo wethu. Wabahlanganisa ababingeleli nabaLevi, wathi kubo: “Yiyani emizini yakwaYuda, niqokelele imali kuwo onke amaSirayeli iminyaka ngeminyaka ukuze nilungise indlu kaBawo wenu; khawulezani.” Kodwa abaLevi abakhawulezanga. Ukumkani wambizela uYehoyada umbingeleli omkhulu, wathi: “Yini na ukuba ungabafuni abaLevi ukuba bazise irhafu evela kwaYuda naseJerusalem, leyo uMoses umkhonzi kaBawo wethu nebandla bayimisa amaSirayeli ngenxa yentente yesingqino?” ^a Oonyana baka-Athaliya, loo mfazi ongendawo, bayigqobhoza indlu kaBawo wethu, bada bazisebenzisa zonke izinto ezingcwele zendlu kaBawo wethu ekukhonzeni ooBhahali.

Ngomyalelo wokumkani, benza ityeya, bayibeka ngaphandle kwesango lendlu kaBawo wethu. Bavakalisa kwaYuda naseJerusalem: mabazise kuBawo wethu irhafu uMoses umkhonzi kaBawo wethu ayimise amaSirayeli entlango. Zonke izikhulu nabantu bonke bavuya, bezisa befaka iminikelo yabo etyeyeni yada yazala. Xa abaLevi bezisa ityeya kwizikhulu zokumkani, baza babona izele yimali, umbhali wokumkani nombusi wombingeleli omkhulu bayikhuphela, baza bayibuyisela endaweni yayo. Imihla ngemihla baqokele imali eninzi. Ukumkani noYehoyada bayinika abasebenzi bendlu kaBawo wethu, abo baqesha iingcibi zamatye neengcibi zemithi ukuze bayihlaziye, neengcibi zesinyithi nezobhedu ukuze balungise indlu kaBawo wethu. Basebenza abasebenzi; ukulungiswa kwaqhubeka ngezandla zabo. Bayibuyisela indlu kaBawo wethu kwimo yayo, bayomeleza. Bakugqiba, bazisa imali eseleyo kukumkani noYehoyada, baza benza ngayo impahla yendlu kaBawo wethu: impahla yenkonzo neyamadini atshiswayo, izitya, nempahla yegolide nesilivere. Banikela amadini atshiswayo endlwini kaBawo wethu ngamaxesha onke, yonke imihla kaYehoyada.

UYehoyada wakhula waba yingwevu, waphela ebudaleni, waza wafa; ekufeni kwakhe wayeminyaka elikhulu elinamanci mathathu. Bamngcwabela eMzini kaDavide phakathi kookumkani, ngenxa yokwenza okulungileyo kwaSirayeli kuBawo wethu nasendlwini yakhe.

UYowashe Umshiya uBawo wethu Emva Kokufa kukaYehoyada

Emva kokufa kukaYehoyada, izikhulu zakwaYuda zeza zaqubuda kukumkani, waza wabaphulaphula. Bayishiya indlu kaBawo wethu, uThixo wooyise, bakhonza ooAshera nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo; ngako umsindo wafika kwaYuda naseJerusalem ngenxa yeli tyala. Noko uBawo wethu wabathumela abaprofeti ukuba bababuyisele kuye; babalumkisa, kodwa abaphulaphula.

Waza uMoya kaBawo wethu wafika phezu koZekariya unyana kaYehoyada umbingeleli. Wema phambi kwabantu wathi: “Utsho ngolu hlobo uBawo wethu: Yini na ukuba niyigqithe imiyalelo yakhe? Aniyi kuphumelela—nimshiyile, ngoko uyanishiya.”

Bamceba, bamxuluba ngamatye entendelezweni yendlu kaBawo wethu ngomyalelo wokumkani. Ukumkani uYowashe walibala inceba uYehoyada uyise kaZekariya awayeyenzile kuye, waza wambulala unyana wakhe. Xa uZekariya wayesifa wathi: “UBawo wethu makakubone oku, akubize.”

Umgwebo kaBawo wethu Uwela uYowashe Ongathembekanga

Ekuveleni komnyaka umkhosi wakwa-Aram wamhlasela uYowashe, wangena kwaYuda naseJerusalem, wabulala zonke izikhulu zabantu, wathumela onke amaxhoba azo kukumkani waseDamasko. Nangona umkhosi wakwa-Aram weza namadoda ambalwa, uBawo wethu wanikela umkhosi omkhulu kakhulu esandleni sabo, ngenxa yokuba uYuda wamshiya uBawo wethu, uThixo wooyise. Ngoko umgwebo wawela uYowashe.

Ekumkeni kwama-Aram, emshiya elinyazwe kakhulu, abakhonzi bakhe bamceba ngenxa yegazi lonyana kaYehoyada umbingeleli, bambulala esililini sakhe. Wafa, wangcwatywa eMzini kaDavide, kodwa kungengemangcwabeni ookumkani. Ababa ngabamcebayo: nguZabhadi unyana kaShimeyati, umfazi ongumAmon, noYehozabhadi unyana kaShimriti, umfazi ongumMowabhikazi. Oonyana bakhe, neziprofeto ezininzi ezazibhekiswa kuye, nokwakhiwa ngokutsha kwendlu kaBawo wethu, zibhaliwe encwadini yengcaciso yokumkani; waza unyana wakhe uAmaziya walawula esikhundleni sakhe.