Ukumkani Owamfunayo uBawo

U-Uziya ufuna uBawo wethu ngexa uZekariya emfundisa, aze aphumelele: iinqaba, amaqula, umhlaba wokulima, umkhosi oqeqeshiweyo, nezixhobo zokungqinga. Kwandula ke amandla aguquke abe likratshi. Uzinyanzelela ukungena ukuze aqhumisele, kuze kuphume iqhenqa ebunzini lakhe ecaleni lesibingelelo.

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Baza bonke abantu bakwaYuda bamenza ukumkani u-Uziya, oneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu, esikhundleni sikayise uAmatsiya. Nguye owakha ngokutsha i-Eloti, wayibuyisela kwaYuda, emveni kokuba ukumkani elele kooyise. U-Uziya waba ngukumkani eminyaka ilishumi elinesithandathu, walawula iminyaka emashumi mahlanu anesibini eYerusalem. Igama likanina lalinguYekoliya waseYerusalem. Wenza okulungileyo emehlweni kaBawo wethu, njengoko wayenzayo uyise uAmatsiya. Wazinikela ukufuna uBawo wethu ngemihla kaZekariya, owamfundisa ukumoyika uBawo wethu; ngexa wayemfuna uBawo wethu, waye enempumelelo.

Waphuma waya kulwa namaFilisti, wazidiliza iindonga zaseGati, nezaseYabhene, nezaseAshdode. Wakha imizi kufuphi naseAshdode naphakathi kwamaFilisti. UBawo wethu wamnceda ekulweni namaFilisti, nama-Arabhi aseGure-bhahali, namaMehuni. AmaAmon arhumela irhafu ku-Uziya, udumo lwakhe lwaya kufika emdeni waseYiputa, kuba waye enamandla amakhulu kunene. U-Uziya wakha iinqaba eYerusalem esangweni lembombo, nasesangweni lesihlambo, nasembombeni, wazinqabisa. ^a Wakha iinqaba entlango, wemba amaqula amaninzi, kuba waye enemihlambi emikhulu ezihlanjeni nasethafeni. Waye enabalimi nabasebenzi bezidiliya ezintabeni nasemasimini achumileyo, kuba wayewuthanda umhlaba. U-Uziya waye enomkhosi wabantu bokulwa abaqeqeshiweyo, bephuma besiya emfazweni ngokwemikhosi yawo, ababalwa nguYehiyeli umbhali noMahaseya umbusi, phantsi koHananiya, omnye wabathetheli bokumkani. Inani liphela leentloko zemizalwane eziphethe amagorha anobukroti lalingamawaka amabini anamakhulu mathandathu. Phantsi kwesandla sazo kwakukho umkhosi wamakhulu omathathu amawaka, anesixhenxe samawaka, anamakhulu mahlanu, afundiselwe ukulwa ngamandla amakhulu, ukuze amncede ukumkani ekulweni neentshaba zakhe. U-Uziya wawuxhobisa umkhosi wonke; wawunika amakhaka, neentshuntshe, nezigcinantloko, neengubo zentsimbi, nezaphetha, namatye enkwitshi. EYerusalem wenza izixhobo eziqulunqwe ngamadoda anobuchule, zabekwa ezinqabeni nasezimbombeni ukuze zithume iintolo, ziphose namatye amakhulu. Udumo lwakhe lwaya kufika kude le, kuba wancedwa ngokungummangaliso wada waba namandla.

Ikratshi likaUziya Nokutshabalala Kwakhe

Akuba namandla u-Uziya, intliziyo yakhe yaphakama, kwada kwaba kutshabalala kwakhe. Waba nokunganyaniseki kuBawo wethu, wangena etempileni kaBawo wethu ukuze aqhumisele isiqhumiso phezu kwesibingelelo sesiqhumiso. UAzariya umbingeleli wangena emva kwakhe, enababingeleli bakaBawo wethu abamashumi asibhozo, amadoda anobukroti. Bammelana nokumkani u-Uziya, besithi: “Akukokwakho, Uziya, ukuqhumisela isiqhumiso kuBawo wethu, koko kokwababingeleli, inzala ka-Aron, abangcwaliselwe ukuqhumisa. Phuma engcweleni; ngokuba wenze ngokunganyaniseki, yaye oku akukuniki luzuko oluvela kuBawo wethu.”

U-Uziya waba nomsindo. Ephethe ugcedevu esandleni sakhe ukuze aqhumise, wathi evutha ngumsindo kubabingeleli, iqhenqa lesibetho laqhambuka ebunzi lakhe—apho phambi kwababingeleli endlwini kaBawo wethu, ecaleni kwesibingelelo sesiqhumiso. Bathe uAzariya umbingeleli omkhulu nababingeleli bonke bakumbheka, babona iqhenqa ebunzi lakhe, bamkhuphela ngaphandle ngobungxamo, waye naye ekhawuleza ukuphuma, ngokuba uBawo wethu wayembethile. Ukumkani u-Uziya waba neqhenqa kwada kwaba lusuku lokufa kwakhe. Wahlala wedwa endlwini, eseneqhenqa, enqunyulwe kwindlu kaBawo wethu. UYotam unyana wakhe waphatha ibhotwe, elawula abantu belizwe.

Ezinye izinto zikaUziya, kwasekuqaleni kwada kwaba sekupheleni, zabhalwa nguIsaya umprofeti, unyana ka-Amotsi. U-Uziya walala kooyise, wangcwatyelwa kufuphi nabo entsimini yokungcwaba eyayiyeyookumkani, kuba bathi: “Ubeneqhenqa.” UYotam unyana wakhe walawula esikhundleni sakhe.