UYowashe Uyivuselela Indlu kaBawo wethu

UYehowashe uyalela ukuba kulungiswe indlu kaBawo wethu, kodwa akukho nto eyenzekayo iminyaka engamashumi amabini anesithathu, ngoko ityeya enomngxuma esicikweni ibekwa ecaleni kwesibingelelo, imali iye ngqo kubasebenzi, abangqineka benyanisekile. Kamva uYehowashe unyoba uHazayeli, aze amagosa akhe ambulale.

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Ngomnyaka wesixhenxe kaYehu uYehowashe waba ngukumkani; walawula iminyaka emashumi mane eYerusalem. Unina waye enguTsibheya waseBhershebha. UYehowashe wenza okulungileyo emehlweni kaBawo wethu yonke iminyaka awamfundisa ngayo uYehoyada umbingeleli. Noko ke, iziganga azisuswanga; abantu babesabingelela beqhumisela khona.

UYehowashe wathi kubabingeleli: “Yonke imali yezinto ezingcwele eziziswa endlwini kaBawo wethu, imali yabantu ababalwayo, nemali yomntu ngokulinganisela kwakhe, nayo yonke imali umntu ayivuselelwa yintliziyo yakhe ukuba ayizise endlwini kaBawo wethu, mayithatyathwe ngababingeleli, elowo kumgcini-buncwane wakhe, bawulungise nawuphi na umonakalo ofunyanwa etempileni.”

Kwada kwangomnyaka wamashumi amabini anesithathu kokumkani uYehowashe, ababingeleli babengekawulungisi umonakalo wetempile. Ukumkani uYehowashe wabiza uYehoyada umbingeleli nabanye ababingeleli, wathi: “Kutheni ningawulungisi umonakalo wetempile? Ngoku ze ningabi saliwuthatha imali kwabo bagcina ubuncwane benu, niyinike ekulungiseni umonakalo.”

Ababingeleli bavuma ukuba bangabi saliwuthatha imali ebantwini nokuba bangayilungisi ngokwabo itempile. UYehoyada umbingeleli wathabatha ityeya, wavula umngxuma kwisiciko sayo, wayibeka ecaleni lesibingelelo, ngasekunene njengoko ungena endlwini kaBawo wethu. Ababingeleli abagcina emnyango bayifaka khona yonke imali eziswa endlwini kaBawo wethu. Kwakuthi xa bebona ukuba imali isininzi etyeyeni, umbhali wokumkani nombingeleli omkhulu benyuke, bayibale, bayifaka ezingxoweni imali efunyanwa endlwini kaBawo wethu. Baluphatha olo mali lulinganiselweyo kubasebenzi abaphethe indlu kaBawo wethu, baza babhatala iingcibi zemithi nabakhi ababesebenza endlwini kaBawo wethu, neengcibi zokwakha neengcibi zamatye, ukuthenga imithi namatye aqingqiweyo okulungisa umonakalo wendlu kaBawo wethu, nako konke okwachithwa ekulungiseni kwayo. Kodwa akuzange kwenziwe ngemali eziswa endlwini kaBawo wethu izitya zokuhlambela zesilivere, nezifinyiso, nezitya zokutshiza, namaxilongo, nayo nayiphi na impahla yegolide nesilivere; yabhatalwa kubasebenzi, abawusebenzisa ukulungisa indlu kaBawo wethu. Ababawafuni ngenani kula madoda abanikwa imali ukuba bayibhatale kubasebenzi, kuba benza ngokunyaniseka. Imali yedini letyala nedini lesono ayangenanga endlwini kaBawo wethu; yaba yeyababingeleli.

Ukuwa kukaYowashe

Waza uHazayeli ukumkani wama-Aram wayihlasela iGati, wayithimba, wandula ukuphuma ukuba ayihlasele iYerusalem. Kodwa uYehowashe ukumkani wakwaYuda wazithabatha zonke izinto ezingcwele ababezingcwalisile ooyise uYehoshafati, noYehoram, noAhaziya, ookumkani bakwaYuda, nezakhe, nayo yonke igolide esendaweni yobuncwane bendlu kaBawo wethu nasebhotweni lokumkani, wazithumela kuHazayeli ukumkani wama-Aram. Wandula ukunduluka uHazayeli, emka eYerusalem.

Ezinye izinto zikaYowashe, nako konke awakwenzayo, azibhalwanga na encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaYuda? Abakhonzi bakhe bona bamceba, bamxabela uYowashe eBhete-milo, endleleni esihla iya eSila. Abakhonzi bakhe uYozabhadi unyana kaShimeyati noYehozabhadi unyana kaShomere bamxabela, wafa. Bamngcwabela kooyise emzini kaDavide, uAmatsiya unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.