UYehoyahazi ungena esikhundleni sikaYosiya
Ookumkani abane belandelelana ngokukhawuleza, ngamnye esenza okubi, ngamnye ethinjwa—kude kuthi ukugculela abathunywa bakaBawo wethu kungasabikho kunyanga, ize iYerusalem itshe. Ilizwe ligcina iisabatha zalo iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe, aze avuselele umoya kaKoreshi, baze abathinjwa baxelelwe ukuba benyuke.
36 1Abantu belizwe bamthabatha uYehoyahazi, unyana kaYosiya, bamenza ukumkani eYerusalem esikhundleni sikayise. 2UYehoyahazi wayeminyaka imashumi mabini anamithathu ezelwe, xa waba ngukumkani; walawula iinyanga ezintathu eYerusalem. 3Ukumkani waseYiputa wamgxotha eYerusalem, wayihlawulisa ilizwe iitalente ezilikhulu zesilivere netalente yegolide. 4Ukumkani waseYiputa wamenza umnakwabo uEliyakim ukumkani phezu kwaYuda neYerusalem, waza waguqula igama lakhe laba nguYehoyakim; uNeko wamthabatha umnakwabo uYehoyahazi, wamsa eYiputa.
UYehoyakim wenza okubi phambi koBawo wethu
5UYehoyakim wayeminyaka imashumi mabini anamihlanu, xa waba ngukumkani; walawula iminyaka elishumi elinanye eYerusalem, esenza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu. 6UNebhukadenetsare, ukumkani waseBhabhilon, wenyuka wamfikela, wamkhonkxa ngemixokelelwane yobhedu, wamsa eBhabhilon. 7UNebhukadenetsare wathabatha nenxalenye yempahla yendlu kaBawo wethu, wayisa eBhabhilon, wayibeka etempileni yakhe eBhabhilon. 8Ezinye izinto zikaYehoyakim, namasikizi awawenzayo, nako konke okwafunyanwa kuye, kubhaliwe encwadini yookumkani bakwaSirayeli nakwaYuda; waza uYehoyakin unyana wakhe walawula esikhundleni sakhe.
Ulawulo olufutshane nolubi lukaYehoyakin
9UYehoyakin wayeminyaka esibhozo, xa waba ngukumkani; walawula iinyanga ezintathu neentsuku ezilishumi eYerusalem, esenza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu. 10Ekwindla, ukumkani uNebhukadenetsare wamsa eBhabhilon, kunye nempahla enqabileyo yendlu kaBawo wethu, waza wenza uZedekiya, umnakwabo kaYehoyakin, ukumkani phezu kwaYuda neYerusalem.
UZedekiya uyiqaqadekisa intliziyo yakhe ngakuBawo wethu
11UZedekiya wayeminyaka imashumi mabini ananye ezelwe, xa waba ngukumkani; walawula iminyaka elishumi elinanye eYerusalem. 12Wenza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu, akazithoba phambi koYeremiya umprofeti, owathetha evela emlonyeni kaBawo wethu. 13Wasuka naye wagwilika kukumkani uNebhukadenetsare, owamfungisayo ngoBawo wethu; wayiqaqadekisa intamo yakhe, wayenza lukhuni intliziyo yakhe, engavumi ukubuyela kuBawo wethu, uThixo wakwaSirayeli. 14Bonke abaphathi bababingeleli nabantu banda ukumeneza ngakumbi nangakumbi, belinganisa onke amasikizi eentlanga, bayenza inqambi indlu abeyenzile ingcwele uBawo wethu eYerusalem.
IYerusalem iwa ngomgwebo kaBawo wethu
15UBawo wethu, uThixo wooyise, wathuma amazwi ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngabathunywa bakhe, ebavela abantu bakhe nendawo yakhe yokuhlala. 16Kodwa basuka bahlekisa ngabathunywa bakaBawo wethu, bawadela amazwi akhe, bahlekisa ngabaprofeti bakhe, wada wavutha umsindo kaBawo wethu kubantu bakhe, kwada akwabakho mveliso. a a v16 Umsindo kaBawo wethu apha lusizi lothando olugatyiweyo, ingengobushushu obukhawulezayo—umgwebo wehla kuphela emva kokuba ethume umthunywa emva komthunywa, ebavela abantu bakhe lo gama kwakusekho ithemba lokuba baya kubuyela ekhaya.
17Waza wabazisela ukumkani wamaKaledi, owababulala abafana babo ngekrele endlwini yabo engcwele, engamsindisi mfana, nantombi, nangwevu, nalalixhego. UBawo wethu wabanikela bonke esandleni sakhe. 18Yonke impahla yendlu kaBawo wethu, enkulu nencinane, ubuncwane bendlu kaBawo wethu, nobukumkani nobabaphathi bakhe—konke wakusa eBhabhilon. 19Bayitshisa indlu kaBawo wethu, baludiliza udonga lwaseYerusalem, bazitshisa zonke iingxande zayo zobukumkani, batshabalalisa yonke into enqabileyo ekuyo. 20Abaseleyo ekreleni wabafudusela eBhabhilon; bamkhonza yena noonyana bakhe, lwada lwaqala ukulawula ubukumkani basePersi, 21ukuze kuzaliseke ilizwi likaBawo wethu ngoYeremiya: ilizwe lada lazixhamla iisabatha zalo, yonke imihla yokuba senkangala kwalo laphumla, kwada kwazaliseka iminyaka emashumi asixhenxe. b b v21 Umthetho wawufuna ukuba ilizwe liphumle ngomnyaka wonke wesixhenxe, kodwa amaSirayeli ayeyityeshele oku ixesha elide; iminyaka yokufuduswa yawuzalisekisa umbalo opheleleyo.
UBawo wethu uvuselela intliziyo kaKoreshi
22Ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi, ukumkani wasePersi, ukuze kuzaliseke ilizwi likaBawo wethu ngoYeremiya, uBawo wethu wawuvuselela umoya kaKoreshi, ukumkani wasePersi, ukuba avakalise ebukumkanini bakhe bonke, nokuba akubhale phantsi, esithi: 23Utsho uKoreshi, ukumkani wasePersi, ukuthi: “UNdikhoyo, uThixo wasezulwini, undinike zonke izikumkani zomhlaba, wandiwisela umthetho wokuba ndimakhele indlu eYerusalem, kwelakwaYuda. Nabani na kubantu bakhe ophakathi kwenu—uNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe makabe naye—makenyuke.”
