2 Yookumkani 14 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

14 ¹Ngomnyaka wesibini kaYowashe, unyana kaYehowahazi, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, uAmaziya, unyana kaYowashe, waba ngukumkani kwaYuda. ²Waba ngukumkani engominyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu, walawula iminyaka engamashumi amabini anesithoba eYerusalem. Unina igama lakhe belinguYehowadin waseYerusalem. ³Wenza okulungileyo emehlweni kaBawo wethu—kodwa kungenjengoyise uDavide; wenza konke uyise uYowashe abekwenzile. ⁴Kodwa iziganga azisuswanga; abantu babesabingelela beqhumisela apho. ⁵Buthe bakuqina ubukumkani esandleni sakhe, wababulala abakhonzi ababulele ukumkani uyise.

⁶Kodwa akabulala abantwana babo lababulali, njengoko kubhaliweyo encwadini yomthetho kaMoses, apho uBawo wethu wawisela umthetho, wathi: “Ooyise mabangafeli abantwana babo, nabantwana bangafeli ooyise babo; ngamnye makafe ngenxa yesono sakhe.”

⁷Wabulala kumaEdom ishumi lamawaka eSihlanjeni seTyuwa, wayithimba iSela emfazweni, wayibiza ngokuthi yiYoketeli, elo gama ilo unanamhla.

⁸UAmaziya wathuma izigidimi kuYehowashe, unyana kaYehowahazi, unyana kaYehu, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, esithi: “Yiza, sijongane ubuso ngobuso.”

⁹Kodwa uYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathumela ilizwi kuAmaziya ukumkani wakwaYuda, wathi: “Ukhula olunameva olwaseLebhanon lwathumela kumsedare waseLebhanon, lwathi: ‘Nika intombi yakho kunyana wam ibe ngumfazi.’ Yaza yadlula inyamakazi yasendle yaseLebhanon, yalunyathela olo khula. ¹⁰Uwaxabele amaEdom, intliziyo yakho yaphakama. Qhayisa ngaloo nto, kodwa hlala ekhaya. Yini na ukuvusa ingxaki, ukuze uwe, wena noYuda ndawonye nawe?”

¹¹UAmaziya akavuma ukuphulaphula, waza uYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wenyuka; bajongana ubuso ngobuso yena noAmaziya ukumkani wakwaYuda, eBhete-shemeshe yakwaYuda. ¹²UYuda woyiswa nguSirayeli, baza baphi babaleka elowo waya ekhaya lakhe. ¹³UYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wamthimba uAmaziya ukumkani wakwaYuda, unyana kaYowashe unyana kaAhaziya, eBhete-shemeshe, weza eYerusalem, wazidiliza iindonga zayo kususela esangweni lakwaEfrayim kuse esangweni lembombo, ubude obumalunga namakhulu amathandathu eenyawo. ¹⁴Wayithabatha yonke igolide, nesilivere, nempahla eyayisendlwini kaBawo wethu nasebuncwaneni bokumkani, kwanabathinjwa, wabuyela kwaSamari.

¹⁵Ezinye izinto zikaYehowashe, awazenzayo, nobugorha bakhe, nokulwa kwakhe noAmaziya ukumkani wakwaYuda, azibhalwanga na encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaSirayeli? ¹⁶UYehowashe walala kooyise, wangcwatyelwa kwaSamari kunye nookumkani bakwaSirayeli; uYarobheham unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.

¹⁷UAmaziya, unyana kaYowashe, ukumkani wakwaYuda, wamsalela uYehowashe, unyana kaYehowahazi, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, ngeminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu. ¹⁸Ezinye izinto zikaAmaziya—azibhalwanga na encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaYuda? ¹⁹Bamceba eYerusalem; wabalekela eLakishe, kodwa bathuma amadoda emva kwakhe eLakishe, ambulala khona. ²⁰Bamthwala ngamahashe; wangcwatyelwa eYerusalem kooyise, emzini kaDavide.

²¹Bonke abantu bakwaYuda bamthabatha uAzariya, oneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu, bamenza ukumkani esikhundleni sikayise uAmaziya. ²²Wayakha iElati, wayibuyisela kwaYuda, emveni kokuba ukumkani elele kooyise.

Inceba kaBawo wethu kuSirayeli

²³Ngomnyaka weshumi elinesihlanu kaAmaziya, unyana kaYowashe ukumkani wakwaYuda, uYarobheham, unyana kaYowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, waba ngukumkani eSamari iminyaka engamashumi amane ananye. ²⁴Wenza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu, akasuka kuzo zonke izono zikaYarobheham, unyana kaNebhati, owawonisayo amaSirayeli. ²⁵Wawubuyisela umda wakwaSirayeli, kususela ekuyeni eHamati kuse elwandle lwaseArabha, njengoko wathethayo uBawo wethu, uThixo wakwaSirayeli, ngomkhonzi wakhe uYona, unyana kaAmitayi, umprofeti waseGati-hefere. ²⁶Kuba uBawo wethu wayibona imbandezelo yamaSirayeli ukuba ikrakra kakhulu, kungasele namnye, nokuba likhoboka nokuba ukhululekileyo, kungekho namnye wokunceda uSirayeli. ²⁷Kodwa uBawo wethu wayengathethanga ukuba wolicima igama lakwaSirayeli phantsi kwezulu, waza wabasindisa ngesandla sikaYarobheham unyana kaYowashe. ²⁸Ezinye izinto zikaYarobheham nezenzo zakhe, nobugorha bakhe, nokulwa kwakhe, nokubuyisela kwakhe iDamasko neHamati kwaYuda kwaSirayeli, azibhalwanga na encwadini yemicimbi yemihla yookumkani bakwaSirayeli? ²⁹UYarobheham walala kooyise, ookumkani bakwaSirayeli; uZekariya unyana wakhe waba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe.