1UAmaziya wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lanhlanu lapho eqalisa ukubusa; wabusa eJerusalema iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye. Ibizo likanina lalinguJehowadini waseJerusalema.
5UAmaziya wabuthanisa abantu bakoJuda labakoBenjamini, wabamisa ngezindlu zabo bephethwe yizinduna zezinkulungwane lezamakhulu. Wabutha kusukela kwabaleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu, wabafumanisa bezinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amathathu zamadoda akhethiweyo, angaphuma impi, langahloma ngemikhonto langezihlangu.
6Wabuya waqatsha koIsrayeli amaqhawe alamandla azinkulungwane ezilikhulu ngamathalenta esiliva alikhulu.
7Kodwa kwafika umuntu kaNkulunkulu kuye, wathi: Nkosi yami ungayivumeli impi yakoIsrayeli ukuhamba lawe, ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu kayilabo abakoIsrayeli, bonke laba abakoEfrayimi.
8Kodwa uba ucabanga ukuthi ngalindlela uzakuba lamandla okulwa, uNkulunkulu uzakukuwisela phansi phambi kwezitha zakho, ngoba uNkulunkulu ulamandla okusiza lawokuwisela phansi.
9UAmaziya wasesithi emuntwini kaNkulunkulu: Phoke, sizakwenza njani ngamathalenta alikhulu esengiwanike impi yakoIsrayeli na? Yena waphendula wathi: INkosi uNkulunkulu ilamandla okukunika okwedlula lokho.
10UAmaziya waseyikhulula impi eyayifike kuye ivela koEfrayimi ukuba ibuyele ekhaya. Babathukuthelela kakhulu abakoJuda, babuyela ekhaya bevutha ulaka.
11Kodwa uAmaziya waqunga isibindi, wabakhupha abantu bakhe, waya esihotsheni seTshwayi, wabulala abantu baseSeyiri abazinkulungwane ezilitshumi.
12AbakoJuda bathumba abanye abazinkulungwane ezilitshumi, babasa engqongeni yeliwa, babaphosela ngaphansi, baphahlazeka bonke.
13Kodwa impi yakoIsrayeli uAmaziya ayeyibuyisele ekhaya engayivumelanga ukuba ihambe laye ekulweni yahlasela imizi yakoJuda, kusukela eSamariya kwaze kwaba seBetiHoroni, yabulala abantu abazinkulungwane ezintathu, yathatha impango enengi.
14UAmaziya esebuyile ekunqobeni abantu abaseEdoma, wabuya labonkulunkulu babantu baseSeyiri, wababeka baba ngonkulunkulu bakhe, wabakhonza, wanikela kibo.
15Ngalokhu iNkosi uNkulunkulu yamthukuthelela, yathumela kuye umprofethi owathi kuye: Ubafuneleni onkulunkulu abangakhululanga abantu babo esandleni sakho na?
16Kodwa kwathi esakhuluma, uAmaziya wathi kuye: Kambe sikwenze nini umeluleki wenkosi na? Thula! Uzifakelani engozini na? Kodwa engakathuli umprofethi wathi: Ngiyazi ukuba uNkulunkulu uzimisele ukukubhubhisa, ngoba wenzile lokhu, kawukulalelanga ukweluleka kwami.
17UAmaziya inkosi yakoJuda eselulekiwe wathumela izithunywa kuJowashi indodana kaJehowahazi kaJehu, inkosi yakoIsrayeli, wathi: Woza, siqondane.
18UJowashi inkosi yakoIsrayeli wathumela ilizwi kuAmaziya inkosi yakoJuda esithi: Uthathawe lwaseLebanoni lwathumela ilizwe emkuswini waseLebanoni lusithi: Yendisela indodana yami indodakazi yakho; kwasekudlula isilo saseLebanoni, salugxoba uthathawe.
19Wena uthi: Khangela, ngilehlule iEdoma; usuzikhukhumeza ngokuzincoma; kodwa hlala ekhaya, ngoba ufunelani ukuzivusela uhlupho ukuba uwe wena labakoJuda na?
20Kodwa uAmaziya kathandanga ukulalela; ngoba lokho kwakwenziwe nguNkulunkulu ukuze abanikele ezandleni zezitha zabo ngoba babefune onkulunkulu baseEdoma.
21UJowashi inkosi yakoIsrayeli wasephumake, yena loAmaziya inkosi yakoJuda bahlangana empini eBeti‐Shemeshi elakoJuda.
22AbakoJuda bahlulwa ngabakoIsrayeli, babaleka bonke, baya emizini yabo.
23UJowashi inkosi yakoIsrayeli wambamba uAmaziya inkosi yakoJuda, indodana kaJowashi, kaAhaziya, eBeti‐Shemeshi, wamletha eJerusalema, wadilizela phansi umduli weJerusalema ibanga elizingalo ezingamakhulu amane, kusukela eSangweni lakoEfrayimi kusiya eSangweni leNgonsi.
24Wathumba lonke igolide lesiliva, lezitsha zonke ezazisendlini kaNkulunkulu ezazigcinwe nguObedi‐Edoma, lenotho yesigodlo senkosi, labantu, wasebuyela eSamariya.
25UAmaziya indodana kaJowashi inkosi yakoJuda waphila iminyaka elitshumi lanhlanu ngemva kokufa kukaJowashi indodana kaJehowahazi inkosi yakoIsrayeli.
26Ezinye indaba zikaAmaziya, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekucineni, zilotshiwe ogwalweni lwamakhosi akoJuda lawakoIsrayeli.
27Kusukela esikhathini atshiya ngaso iNkosi bamenzela icebo eJerusalema, wasebalekela eLakishi; kodwa bathumela abantu khona, bambulalela khona.
28Bamthwala ngamabhiza, wangcwatshelwa emzini kaDavida.
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