UJehoramu Uphambuka Ezindleleni zikaBaba wethu
UJehoramu uqinisa isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi ngokubulala bonke abafowabo, ulandela izindlela zendlu ka-Ahabi, futhi uholela uJuda kude noBaba wethu ekukhonzeni izithombe. Incwadi ka-Eliya ixwayisa ngesifo esibhubhisayo nangesifo esiqedayo. Ufa ngobuhlungu obukhulu emva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili, engakhalelwa muntu, angcwatshwa ngaphandle kwamathuna amakhosi.
21 1UJehoshafati waphumula nokhokho bakhe, wangcwatshwa kanye nabo eMzini kaDavida; indodana yakhe uJehoramu yabusa esikhundleni sakhe. 2Abafowabo bakaJehoramu, amadodana kaJehoshafati, kwakungu-Azariya, uJehiyeli, uZekhariya, u-Azariya, uMikayeli noShefatiya. Bonke laba babengamadodana kaJehoshafati inkosi yakwa-Israyeli. 3Uyise wabapha izipho eziningi—isiliva, igolide, nezinto eziyigugu—kanye nemizi ebiyelwe ngezindonga koJuda, kodwa umbuso wawunika uJehoramu, ngokuba wayeyizibulo. 4Lapho uJehoramu esebusa umbuso kayise, waqina wabulala bonke abafowabo ngenkemba, kanye nezinye izikhulu zakwa-Israyeli. 5UJehoramu wayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu nambili lapho eba yinkosi, wabusa iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili eJerusalema. 6Wahamba ngendlela yamakhosi akwa-Israyeli, njengokwenza kwendlu ka-Ahabi, ngokuba indodakazi ka-Ahabi yayingumkakhe, wenza okubi emehlweni kaBaba wethu. 7Kepha uBaba wethu wayengathandi ukuyibhubhisa indlu kaDavida, ngenxa yesivumelwano asenza noDavida, nangesithembiso sakhe sokumnika yena namadodana akhe isibani kuze kube phakade. a a v7 ‘Isibani’ sifanekisela uhlu lobukhosi olungaqamuki — inzalo ehlala ibusa esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavida.
8Ezinsukwini zikaJehoramu abakwa-Edomi bahlubuka ekubuseni kukaJuda, bazimisela inkosi yabo. 9UJehoramu wawela nezinduna zakhe nazo zonke izinqola zakhe zempi. Wavuka ebusuku wabashaya abakwa-Edomi ababemzungezile nezinduna zezinqola zempi. 10Abakwa-Edomi bahlubuka ekubuseni kukaJuda kuze kube namuhla; iLibhina nayo yahlubuka ngaleso sikhathi, ngokuba wayemlahlile uBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu wokhokho bakhe.
11Wakha izindawo eziphakeme ezintabeni zakwaJuda, waholela abantu baseJerusalema ekuziphatheni njengezifebe, waphambukisa uJuda.
12Kwafika kuye incwadi evela ku-Eliya umprofethi, ithi: UYihlo, uNkulunkulu kakhokho wakho uDavida, uthi: Ngokuba ungahambanga ngezindlela zikayihlo uJehoshafati, noma ngezindlela zika-Asa inkosi yakwaJuda, 13kodwa wahamba njengamakhosi akwa-Israyeli, waholela uJuda nabantu baseJerusalema ekungathembekini, njengokuholela kwendlu ka-Ahabi u-Israyeli, wabulala abafowenu—indlu kayihlo—amadoda angcono kunawe, 14manje uYihlo uyakushaya abantu bakho, abantwana, abafazi, nayo yonke impahla yakho ngenhlupho enkulu. 15Wena uyakuba nesifo esinzima samathumbu, kuze kuthi usuku nosuku amathumbu akho aphume.
16UBaba wethu wavusa ukumelana noJehoramu umoya wamaFilisti nama-Arabu ayeseduze namaKushi. 17Bahlasela uJuda, bangena kuye, bathatha yonke impahla eyatholakala esigodlweni senkosi, kanye namadodana akhe nabafazi bakhe, kwaze kwasala kungekho ndodana kuye ngaphandle kukaJehowahazi, encane kunabo bonke.
18Emva kwakho konke lokhu, uBaba wethu wamshaya ngesifo esingelapheki emathunjini akhe. 19Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, emva kweminyaka emibili, amathumbu akhe aphuma ngenxa yesifo sakhe, wafa ngobuhlungu obukhulu. Abantu bakhe abazange bambasele umlilo, njengoba babenze kokhokho bakhe. 20Wayeneminyaka engamashumi amathathu nambili lapho ebekwa inkosi; wabusa iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili eJerusalema. Wafa engalilelwe muntu, wangcwatshwa eMzini kaDavida, kodwa hhayi phakathi kwamathuna amakhosi.
