2 Yookumkani 13 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

13 ¹Ngomnyaka wamashumi amabini anamithathu kaYowashe unyana ka-Ahaziya, ukumkani wakwaYuda, uYehohazi unyana kaYehu waba ngukumkani kumaSirayeli kwaSamari, waba neminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe engukumkani. ²Wenza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu, walandela izono zikaYarobheham unyana kaNebhati, lowo wawonisa amaSirayeli; akazishiya zona. ³Wavutha ke umsindo kaBawo wethu kumaSirayeli, waza wawanikela ngesandla sikaHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram, nasesandleni sikaBhen-hadade unyana kaHazayeli, imihla ngemihla. ⁴UYehohazi watarhuzisa kuBawo wethu, waza uBawo wethu wamphulaphula, kuba wakubona ukucudiswa kwamaSirayeli ngukumkani wakwa-Aram. ⁵Waza uBawo wethu wawanika amaSirayeli umsindisi; asinda esandleni sama-Aram, ahlala emakhayeni awo njengangaphambili. ⁶Kodwa akazishiya izono zendlu kaYarobheham, lowo wawonisa amaSirayeli; ahamba kuzo. NoAshera wayesemi kwaSamari. ⁷Akwasala nto kuYehohazi emkhosini wakhe, ingabamahashe abangamashumi mahlanu, neenqwelo zokulwa ezilishumi, namadoda angamashumi amane amawaka ahamba ngeenyawo; kuba ukumkani wakwa-Aram wawatshabalalisa, wawenza aba njengothuli lokubhula. ⁸Ezinye izinto zikaYehohazi, nako konke awakwenzayo, nobugorha bakhe, azibhalwanga na encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaSirayeli? ⁹UYehohazi walala kooyise, wangcwatyelwa kwaSamari. UYowashe unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.

UYehowashe ulawula amaSirayeli

¹⁰Ngomnyaka wamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe kaYowashe ukumkani wakwaYuda, uYehowashe unyana kaYehohazi waba ngukumkani wamaSirayeli kwaSamari, waba neminyaka elishumi elinamithandathu engukumkani. ¹¹Wenza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu; akazishiya naziphi na izono zikaYarobheham unyana kaNebhati, lowo wawonisa amaSirayeli, wesuka wahamba kuzo. ¹²Ezinye izinto zikaYowashe, nako konke awakwenzayo, nobugorha bakhe, nokulwa kwakhe noAmatsiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, azibhalwanga na encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaSirayeli? ¹³UYowashe walala kooyise; uYarobheham wayithabatha itrone yakhe. UYowashe wangcwatyelwa kwaSamari kookumkani bakwaSirayeli.

Ilizwi lokugqibela likaBawo wethu ngoElisha

¹⁴UElisha wahliwa sisifo awafa ngaso. UYowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wehla waya kuye, walila phezu kwakhe, wathi: “bawo, bawo! Iinqwelo zokulwa namahashe akwaSirayeli!”

¹⁵Wathi uElisha kuye: “Thabatha isaphetha neentolo.” Wasithabatha ke isaphetha neentolo. ¹⁶Waza wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Beka isandla sakho esaphetheni.” Wasibeka ke isandla sakhe kuso, uElisha wazibeka izandla zakhe ezandleni zokumkani. ¹⁷Wathi: “Vula ifestile engasempumalanga.” Wayivula. Wathi uElisha: “Tola!” Watola. Waza uElisha wathi: “Nalo utolo losindiso lukaBawo wethu, utolo losindiso phezu kwama-Aram! Uya kuwabulala ama-Aram eAfeki, ude uwagqibe.”

¹⁸Wathi: “Thabatha iintolo,” wazithabatha ke. Wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Betha emhlabeni.” Wabetha kathathu, wayeka. ¹⁹Kodwa umfo kaBawo wethu waqumba, wathi kuye: “Ngewubethe kahlanu nokuba kathandathu; ube uya kuwabulala ama-Aram ude uwagqibe. Kungoku ke uya kuwabetha ama-Aram kathathu kuphela.”

²⁰Waza uElisha wafa, bamngcwaba. Ke kaloku amatutu amaMowabhi ayelingenela ilizwe ukuvela komnyaka.

²¹Kwathi amanye amadoda engcwaba indoda, abona iqela lamatutu, ngoko ayiphosa indoda leyo engcwabeni likaElisha. Yathi indoda efileyo yakuwafikela amathambo kaElisha, yabuya yaphila, yema ngeenyawo.

²²Ke kaloku uHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram wawabandezela amaSirayeli yonke imihla kaYehohazi. ²³Kodwa uBawo wethu wabababala; intliziyo yakhe yawafikela ngemfesane, waza wabheka kubo ngenxa yomnqophiso wakhe no-Abraham, noIsake, noYakobi. Unanamhla akavumi ukuwatshabalalisa, nokuwalahla ebusweni bakhe.

²⁴Waza uHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram wafa, uBhen-hadade unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe. ²⁵UYehowashe unyana kaYehohazi wayibuyisa esandleni sikaBhen-hadade unyana kaHazayeli imizi awayeyithimbile uBhen-hadade esandleni sikaYehohazi uyise ngokulwa. Kathathu uYowashe wambetha, wayibuyisa imizi yamaSirayeli.