1 AMakhosi 15

15 ¹Ngomnyaka weshumi nesishiyagalombili wenkosi uJerobowamu indodana kaNebati, uAbhiyamu waqala ukubusa kwaJuda. ²Wabusa iminyaka emithathu eJerusalema. Igama likanina lalinguMahaka indodakazi kaAbhishalomu. ³Wenza zonke izono zikayise ezazenziwe ngaphambi kwakhe; inhliziyo yakhe yayingazinikele ngokupheleleyo kuBaba wethu, njengoba inhliziyo kaDavida ukhokho wakhe yayinjalo. ⁴Kodwa ngenxa kaDavida uBaba wethu wamnika isibani eJerusalema, wamvusela indodana yakhe emva kwakhe wayigcina iJerusalema imi. ⁵UDavida wayenze okulungileyo emehlweni kaBaba wethu, akazange aphambuke kukho konke amyala ngakho, impilo yakhe yonke—ngaphandle kwendaba ka-Uriya umHeti. ⁶Kwaba khona impi phakathi kukaRehobowamu noJerobowamu zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwabo. ⁷Ezinye izenzo zikaAbhiyamu, konke akwenzayo—akulotshiwe yini encwadini yezomlando yamakhosi akwaJuda? Impi yaqhubeka phakathi kukaAbhiyamu noJerobowamu. ⁸UAbhiyamu waphumula noyise, wembelwa eMzini kaDavida. Indodana yakhe u-Asa yabusa esikhundleni sakhe.

U-Asa Ufuna Inhliziyo kaBaba

⁹Ngomnyaka wamashumi amabili kaJerobowamu inkosi yakwa-Israyeli, u-Asa waqala ukubusa kwaJuda. ¹⁰Wabusa iminyaka engamashumi amane nanye eJerusalema. Igama likagogo wakhe lalinguMahaka indodakazi kaAbhishalomu. ¹¹U-Asa wenza okulungileyo emehlweni kaBaba wethu, njengoDavida ukhokho wakhe. ¹²Waxosha ezweni izifebe zabesilisa zasethempelini, wasusa zonke izithombe okhokho bakhe abazenza. ¹³Wamsusa ugogo wakhe uMahaka esikhundleni sokuba yindlovukazi, ngokuba wayenze isithombe esinengekayo sika-Ashera; u-Asa wasigawula isithombe sakhe wasishisa esigodini saseKidroni. ¹⁴Izindawo eziphakemeyo zasala zikhona, kodwa inhliziyo ka-Asa yayizinikele ngokupheleleyo kuBaba wethu zonke izinsuku zakhe. ¹⁵Wangenisa endlini kaBaba wethu izinto ezingcwele uyise ayezinikele, neziphiwo zakhe ezingcwele: isiliva, igolide, nezitsha ezingcwele.

¹⁶Kwaba khona impi phakathi kuka-Asa noBahasha inkosi yakwa-Israyeli zonke izinsuku zabo. ¹⁷UBahasha inkosi yakwa-Israyeli wenyukela kwaJuda, wayakha iRama, engavumeli muntu ukuphuma noma ukungena embusweni ka-Asa inkosi yakwaJuda. ¹⁸U-Asa wathatha sonke isiliva negolide elalisele eziphaleni zengcebo zendlu kaBaba wethu nasezingcebeni zesigodlo senkosi, wakunika izinceku zakhe. Inkosi u-Asa yazithumela kuBheni-Hadadi indodana kaTabhrimoni indodana kaHeziyoni, inkosi yase-Aramu, eyayibusa eDamaseku, nalolu myalezo: ¹⁹“Makube khona isivumelwano phakathi kwami nawe, njengoba kwakunjalo phakathi kukababa noyihlo. Ngikuthumelela isiliva negolide njengesipho. Hamba, uchithe isivumelwano sakho noBahasha inkosi yakwa-Israyeli, ukuze asuke kimi.”

²⁰UBheni-Hadadi wayilalela inkosi u-Asa, wathumela izinduna zempi yakhe ukuba zihlasele imizi yakwa-Israyeli. Wachitha i-Iyoni, uDani, i-Abeli Bhethi Mahaka, lonke iKinerothi, nalo lonke izwe lakwaNaftali. ²¹Kwathi uBahasha ekuzwa lokho, wayeka ukwakha iRama, wahlala eThiriza. ²²Inkosi u-Asa yamemezela kuJuda wonke—kungekho oyekelelwayo—base bethutha amatshe nemithi uBahasha ayewasebenzisile ukwakha iRama. Ngawo u-Asa wakha iGeba kwaBhenjamini, neMispa. ²³Ezinye izenzo zika-Asa, wonke amandla akhe, konke akwenzayo, nemizi ayakha—akulotshiwe yini encwadini yezomlando yamakhosi akwaJuda? Nokho ebudaleni bakhe wagula izinyawo zakhe. ²⁴U-Asa walala noyise, wembelwa kanye nabo emzini kaDavida ukhokho wakhe. Indodana yakhe uJehoshafati yabusa esikhundleni sakhe.

Ukubusa Okubi kukaNadabi kwa-Israyeli

²⁵UNadabi indodana kaJerobowamu waqala ukubusa kwa-Israyeli ngomnyaka wesibili ka-Asa inkosi yakwaJuda, wabusa kwa-Israyeli iminyaka emibili. ²⁶Wenza okubi emehlweni kaBaba wethu, ehamba ngendlela kayise nangesono ayenza ngaso u-Israyeli wona. ²⁷UBahasha indodana ka-Ahiya, umIsakari, wamenzela uzungu, uBahasha wambulala eGibethoni, idolobha lamaFilisti, ngesikhathi uNadabi no-Israyeli wonke bevimbezele iGibethoni. ²⁸UBahasha wambulala ngomnyaka wesithathu ka-Asa inkosi yakwaJuda, wabusa esikhundleni sakhe. ²⁹Kwathi esebusa, wayibulala yonke indlu kaJerobowamu, akazange amshiyele muntu ophefumulayo, waze wababhubhisa bonke, njengoba uBaba wethu ayekhulumile ngenceku yakhe u-Ahiya umShilo, ³⁰ngenxa yezono uJerobowamu azenzayo nazenza u-Israyeli wona ngazo, ethukuthelisa uBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.

³¹Ezinye izenzo zikaNadabi, konke akwenzayo—akulotshiwe yini encwadini yezomlando yamakhosi akwa-Israyeli? ³²Kwaba khona impi phakathi kuka-Asa noBahasha inkosi yakwa-Israyeli zonke izinsuku zabo.

UBahasha Ubusa kwa-Israyeli

³³Ngomnyaka wesithathu ka-Asa inkosi yakwaJuda, uBahasha indodana ka-Ahiya waba yinkosi phezu kuka-Israyeli wonke eThiriza iminyaka engamashumi amabili nane. ³⁴Wenza okubi emehlweni kaBaba wethu, ehamba ngendlela kaJerobowamu nangesono ayenza ngaso u-Israyeli wona.