U-Athaliya uthatha ngenkani isihlalo sobukhosi
U-Athaliya ubulala umndeni wasebukhosini, kodwa umntwana oyedwa ufihlwa endlini kaBaba wethu iminyaka eyisithupha. Umpristi uJehoyada uhlomisa onogada, uthwesa umfana umqhele, futhi uyala ukuba indlovukazi ibulawelwe ngaphandle kwendlu engcwele. Ithempeli likaBhali liyadilizwa, futhi umntwana oneminyaka eyisikhombisa uthatha isihlalo sobukhosi.
11 1Kwathi lapho u-Athaliya, unina ka-Ahaziya, ebona ukuthi indodana yakhe ifile, wasukuma wazimisela ukubhubhisa yonke inzalo yasebukhosini. 2Kodwa uJehosheba, indodakazi yenkosi uJoramu nodadewabo ka-Ahaziya, wathatha uJowashi, indodana ka-Ahaziya, wameba emadodaneni enkosi ayesezobulawa. Wamfihla yena nomzanyana wakhe egumbini lokulala, kude no-Athaliya, ngakho akabulawanga. 3Wahlala efihliwe naye endlini kaBaba wethu iminyaka eyisithupha, kuyilapho u-Athaliya ebusa izwe.
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4Ngonyaka wesikhombisa uJehoyada wathumela ukubiza izinduna zamakhulu, ezamaKariti nabaqaphi, wabaletha kuye endlini kaBaba wethu. Wenza isivumelwano nabo, wabafungisa endlini kaBaba wethu, wabakhombisa indodana yenkosi. 5Wabayala wathi: “Yenzani lokhu: ingxenye yesithathu yenu engena emsebenzini ngeSabatha iyakulinda isigodlo senkosi, 6enye ingxenye yesithathu eSangweni iSuri, enye ingxenye yesithathu esangweni elingemuva kwabaqaphi; nishintshane ekulindeni isigodlo. 7Amaqembu enu amabili aphumayo emsebenzini ngeSabatha kumele aqaphe indlu kaBaba wethu ngenxa yenkosi. 8Nizungeze inkosi nxazonke, kube yilowo nalowo ephethe izikhali zakhe; nibulale noma ubani osondela emigqeni. Nihlale nenkosi nomaphi lapho iya khona.”
9Izinduna zamakhulu zenza konke umpristi uJehoyada ayekuyalile. Yilowo nalowo wathatha amadoda akhe—labo abangena emsebenzini ngeSabatha kanye nalabo abaphumayo—baya kumpristi uJehoyada. 10Umpristi wanika izinduna zamakhulu imikhonto namahawu enkosi uDavide, okwakugcinwe endlini kaBaba wethu. 11Abaqaphi bema bazungeza inkosi, kwaba yilowo nalowo ephethe isikhali sakhe, kusukela ohlangothini oluseningizimu lwethempeli kuya ohlangothini olusenyakatho, eceleni kwe-altare nethempeli. 12UJehoyada wakhipha indodana yenkosi, wayibeka umqhele, wayinika ubufakazi. Bayimemezela njengenkosi bayigcoba, abantu bashaya izandla bamemeza bathi: “Mayiphile inkosi!”
13Kwathi lapho u-Athaliya ezwa umsindo wabaqaphi nabantu, waya kubantu endlini kaBaba wethu. 14Wabheka—nangu inkosi imi ngasensikeni njengoba kwakumisiwe ngomkhuba, izinduna nabashayi bamacilongo beseceleni kwayo, bonke abantu bezwe bejabula beshaya amacilongo. U-Athaliya waklebhula izingubo zakhe, ememeza ethi: “Ukuvukela! Ukuvukela!”
15Umpristi uJehoyada wayala izinduna zamakhulu ezaziphethe ibutho wathi: “Mkhipheni nimdlulise emigqeni; nibulale ngenkemba noma ubani omlandelayo.” Ngokuba umpristi wayethe akabulawelwa endlini kaBaba wethu. 16Ngakho bambamba, wangena ngendlela yokungena yamahhashi eya esigodlweni, wabulawelwa khona lapho.
17UJehoyada wabe esenza isivumelwano phakathi kukaBaba wethu nenkosi nabantu, ukuba babe ngabantu bakaBaba wethu; nesivumelwano phakathi kwenkosi nabantu. 18Bonke abantu bezwe baya ethempelini likaBhali balidiliza. Baphahlaza ama-altare alo nezithombe zalo, babulala uMathani, umpristi kaBhali, phambi kwama-altare. Umpristi wabe esebeka abaqaphi phezu kwendlu kaBaba wethu. 19Wathatha izinduna zamakhulu, amaKariti, abaqaphi, nabo bonke abantu bezwe, behlisa inkosi besuka endlini kaBaba wethu bedlula ngesango labaqaphi beya esigodlweni senkosi, lapho yahlala khona esihlalweni sobukhosi samakhosi. 20Bonke abantu bezwe bajabula, umuzi wathula, njengoba u-Athaliya wayebulewe ngenkemba esigodlweni senkosi.
21UJowashi wayeneminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala lapho eba yinkosi.
