2 Yeziganeko 25 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

25 ¹UAmatsiya waba ngukumkani engominyaka engamashumi mabini anesihlanu, walawula iminyaka engamashumi mabini anesithoba eYerusalem. Unina igama lakhe wayenguYehoyadan waseYerusalem. ²Wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaBawo wethu, kodwa engenzi ngentliziyo yakhe yonke. ³Bwakuba buqinisekile ubukumkani esandleni sakhe, wababulala abakhonzi ababulele uyise ukumkani.

⁴Kodwa akababulala oonyana babo, njengoko kubhaliwe eMthethweni, encwadini kaMoses, apho uBawo wethu wawisa umthetho wathi: “Ooyise mabangafi ngenxa yoonyana, noonyana mabangafi ngenxa yooyise; elowo makafe ngesono sakhe.”

⁵UAmatsiya wawahlanganisa amaYuda, wawahlela ngokwezindlu zooyise phantsi kwabathetheli-mawaka nabathetheli-makhulu, ngawo onke amaYuda namaBhenjamin. Wababala abo baminyaka imashumi mabini banyuse: amakhulu amathathu amawaka amadoda ahleliweyo afanele imfazwe, aphatha umkhonto nengweletshetshe. ⁶Waqesha nekhulu lamawaka amagorha anamandla kumaSirayeli ngeetalente zesilivere ezilikhulu. ⁷Kwafika indoda kaBawo wethu kuye, yathi: “Kumkani, uze ungahambi nomkhosi wakwaSirayeli, kuba uBawo wethu akanawo amaSirayeli—onke la maEfrayim. ⁸Nokuba ungalwa ngobukroti, uBawo wethu uya kukugungxula phambi kotshaba, kuba uBawo wethu unamandla okunceda nokugungxula.”

⁹UAmatsiya wayibuza indoda kaBawo wethu, wathi: “Ke iitalente zesilivere ezilikhulu endazinika umkhosi wakwaSirayeli ziya kuthini na?” Yaphendula yathi: “UBawo wethu unako ukukunika okungaphezu kunoko kakhulu.”

¹⁰Ngoko ke uAmatsiya wawubuyisela ekhaya umkhosi owawuze kuye uvela kwaEfrayim. Wavutha ngumsindo omkhulu kumaYuda, wabuyela ekhaya unoburhalarhume.

¹¹Kodwa uAmatsiya wazomeleza, wabakhokela abantu bakhe, waya eSihlanjeni seTyuwa, waxabela ishumi lamawaka amadoda akwaSehire. ¹²Namadoda akwaYuda athimba ishumi lamawaka ewaphilile, awasa encotsheni yengxondorha, awaphosa phantsi, acumzeka onke. ¹³Phakathi apho umkhosi uAmatsiya awawubuyiselayo, engawavumelanga ukuba angene emfazweni, wawangenela amancwadi akwaYuda, uthabathela kwaSamari uye eBhetehoron, waxabela amawaka amathathu abantu, waphanga amaxhoba amaninzi.

¹⁴Emva kokuba uAmatsiya ewoyisile amaEdom, wazizisa izithixo zabantu bakaSehire, wazimisela zaba zizithixo zakhe, waqubuda kuzo, waqhumisela amadini kuzo. ¹⁵Ngako oko wavutha umsindo kaBawo wethu kuAmatsiya, wathuma umprofeti, owathi kuye: “Yini na ukuba uzifune izithixo zaba bantu, ezingabasindisanga abantu bazo esandleni sakho?”

¹⁶Ekuthetheni kwakhe, ukumkani wathi: “Sikumisele ukuba ube ngumphakathi wokumkani na? Yeka! Yini na ukuba ubulawe?” Wayeka umprofeti, kodwa wathi: “Ndiyazi ukuba uBawo wethu ugqibe kwelokuba akutshabalalise, ngenxa yokuba uyenzile le nto, akaliphulaphula icebo lam.”

¹⁷UAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda wacebisana nabacebisi bakhe, wandula ukuthumela kuYowashe unyana kaYehowahazi, unyana kaYehu, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, esithi: “Yiza, masijongane emfazweni.”

¹⁸UYowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli waphendula uAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, wathi: “Ukhula olunameva lwaseLebhanon lwathumela kumsedare waseLebhanon, lusithi, ‘Nika intombi yakho unyana wam ibe ngumfazi.’ Kodwa kwadlula inyamakazi yasendle yaseLebhanon, yalunyathela ukhula olunameva. ¹⁹Uthe wena: ‘Khangela, ndiwoyisile uEdom,’ yaza intliziyo yakho yaphakama, igwagwisa. Hlala ekhaya. Yini na ukuba ufuna ishwangusha, uwe—wena noYuda ndawonye nawe?”

²⁰Kodwa uAmatsiya akaphulaphulanga—le nto yaphuma kuBawo wethu, ukuze abanikele ezandleni, ngenxa yokuba befuna izithixo zakwaEdom. ²¹Ngoko ke uYowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wenyuka, yena noAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda bajongana eBhete-shemeshe elakwaYuda. ²²AmaYuda oyiswa ngamaSirayeli, baza baphi wonke umntu waya ekhaya kwakhe.

²³UYowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wamthimba uAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, unyana kaYowashe, unyana kaYehowahazi, eBhete-shemeshe, wamsa eYerusalem, waludiliza udonga lwayo uthabathela esangweni lakwaEfrayim use esangweni lembombo—iikubhite ezimakhulu mane. ²⁴Wayithabatha yonke igolide, nesilivere, nempahla eyafunyanwa endlwini kaBawo wethu esesandleni sikaObhede-edom, kunye nobuncwane bendlu yokumkani nabathinjwa, wabuyela kwaSamari.

²⁵UAmatsiya unyana kaYowashe, ukumkani wakwaYuda, waphila iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu emva kokufa kukaYowashe unyana kaYehowahazi, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli. ²⁶Ezinye izinto zikaAmatsiya, ezokuqala nezokugqibela, azibhalwanga na encwadini yookumkani bakwaYuda nabakwaSirayeli? ²⁷Emva kokuba uAmatsiya ejikile ekumlandeleni uBawo wethu, bamceba eYerusalem, wabalekela eLakishe. Kodwa bathuma amadoda emva kwakhe khona, ambulala. ²⁸Bambuyisa ngamahashe, bamngcwabela kooyise eMzini wakwaYuda.