2 Yeziganeko 31 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

31 ¹Kwathi oku kwaphela, onke amaSirayeli awayekho aphuma aya emizini yakwaYuda, aziqhekeza izimiso zamatye, awagawula ooAshera, azidiliza iziganga nezibingelelo kuYuda wonke, nakwaBhenjamin, nakwaEfrayim, nakwaManase, azitshabalalisa zaphela. Aza onke amaSirayeli abuyela emizini yawo, elowo elifeni lakhe.

²UHezekiya wabamisa ababingeleli nabaLevi ngokwamaqela abo, elowo ngokomsebenzi wakhe, ababingeleli nabaLevi ngokunjalo, emadinini anyukayo nasemibingelelweni yoxolo, ukuba balungiselele, babulele, badumise emasangweni eminquba kaBawo wethu.

³Ukumkani wanikela kobakhe ubutyebi ngenxa yamadini anyukayo, amadini anyukayo akusasa nangokuhlwa, nawezabatha, nawokuthwasa kweenyanga, nawamaxesha amisiweyo, njengoko kubhaliweyo emthethweni kaBawo wethu. ⁴Wathi kubemi baseYerusalem mabanikele isabelo sababingeleli nabaLevi, ukuze bazinikele emthethweni kaBawo wethu. ⁵Lwakuhle luphume lwanda olo lizwi, oonyana bakaSirayeli banikela ngobuninzi iintlahlela zengqolowa, newayini entsha, neoli, nobusi, nendyebo yonke yentsimi; nesishumi sento yonke basizisa ngobuninzi. ⁶Oonyana bakaSirayeli nabakwaYuda, ababehleli emizini yakwaYuda, nabo basizisa isishumi seenkomo nempahla emfutshane, nesishumi sezinto ezingcwalisiweyo kuBawo wethu, bazenza iimfumba ngeemfumba.

⁷Baqala ukuzibeka iimfumba ezo ngenyanga yesithathu, bagqiba ngeyesixhenxe. ^a a v7 Inyanga yesithathu iwela ekupheleni kukaMeyi–ngoJuni; inyanga yesixhenxe ngoSeptemba–Oktobha — malunga neenyanga ezine zokunikela. ⁸UHezekiya nabathetheli beza, bazibona iimfumba ezo, bambonga uBawo wethu nabantu bakhe amaSirayeli. ⁹UHezekiya wababuza ababingeleli nabaLevi ngezo mfumba. ¹⁰UAzariya umbingeleli omkhulu, wendlu kaTsadoki, wamphendula wathi: “Lwakususela ekubeni abantu baqala ukuzisa imirhumo endlwini kaBawo wethu, sidlile sahlutha, kwasala okuninzi, kuba uBawo wethu ubasikelele abantu bakhe, kwaza kwasala le ngqwaba inkulu kangaka.”

¹¹Waza uHezekiya wabayala ukuba balungise iindawo zokugcina endlwini kaBawo wethu, bazilungisa. ¹²Bayingenisa ngokuthembeka imirhumo, nesishumi, nezinto ezingcwalisiweyo. UKonaniya umLevi wabaphatha; uShimehi umnakwabo waba wesibini. ¹³UYehiyeli, noAzaziya, noNahati, noAsaheli, noYerimoti, noYozabhadi, noEliyeli, noIsmakiya, noMahati, noBhenaya babengabaveleli, phantsi kukaKonaniya noShimehi umnakwabo, ababemiselwe ngukumkani uHezekiya noAzariya, umongameli omkhulu wendlu kaBawo wethu. ¹⁴UKore unyana kaImna, umLevi owayengumgcini-sango ngasempumalanga, waveleli iminikelo yokuqhutywa yintliziyo kuBawo wethu, esaba imirhumo kaBawo wethu nezinto ezingcwele kangcwele. ¹⁵Phantsi kwakhe, u-Eden, noMiniamin, noYeshuwa, noShemaya, noAmariya, noShekaniya balungiselele ngokuthembeka emizini yababingeleli, besaba kubazalwana babo ababingeleli ngokwamaqela, abakhulu nabancinane ngokufanayo, ¹⁶ngaphandle kokunika abo babhaliweyo ngokomlibo, into eyindoda ethabathela kominyaka mithathu inyuse — bonke abangenayo endlwini kaBawo wethu ngenxa yomsebenzi wemihla ngemihla — ngenxa yenkonzo yabo ngokomsebenzi nangokwamaqela abo. ¹⁷Ababingeleli babhalwa ngokwezindlu zooyise; abaLevi bethabathela kominyaka imashumi mabini inyuse, ngokomsebenzi nangokwamaqela abo. ¹⁸Babhalwa nabantwana babo bonke abancinane, nabafazi babo, noonyana babo, neentombi zabo, lonke ibandla; kuba bazinikela ngokuthembeka ebungcweleni. ¹⁹Ke kaloku koonyana baka-Aron, ababingeleli, abahleli emadlelweni emizi yabo, kwimizi yonke kwimizi, kwamiswa amadoda abizwa ngamagama, ukuze anike izabelo kuyo yonke into eyindoda phakathi kwababingeleli, nakubo bonke abaLevi ababhaliweyo ngokomlibo.

²⁰UHezekiya wenjenjalo kuwo wonke uYuda. Wenza okulungileyo, nokuthe tye, nokuthembekileyo, phambi koBawo wethu. ²¹Kuyo yonke into awayithabathayo — ukulungiselela indlu kaBawo wethu, nokugcina umthetho nomthetho, nokumfuna uBawo wethu — wasebenza ngentliziyo yakhe yonke, waza waphumelela.