2 Lan 29 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

Ukubusa kukaHezekiya

1UHezekiya waqalisa ukubusa lapho eseleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lanhlanu; wabusa iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye eJerusalema. Ibizo likanina lalinguAbija indodakazi kaZekariya.

2Wenza okulungileyo phambi kweNkosi njengokwenza konke kukaDavida ukhokho wakhe.

3Ngomnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe, ngenyanga yokuqala, wavula iminyango yethempeli, wayilungisa.

4Waletha abapristi lamaLevi, wababuthanisa egumeni elingasempumalanga,

5wathi kubo: Lalelani lina, maLevi; zihlambululeni, lihlambulule lendlu yeNkosi uNkulunkulu wabokhokho benu, likhuphe yonke ingcekeza esendaweni engcwele.

6Ngoba obaba babengathembekanga, benza okubi phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, bayidelela, bayitshiya indlu yayo, bayifulathela.

7Bavala leminyango yomkoto, bacitsha lezibane, kabatshisanga impepha, kabayinikelanga iminikelo yokutshiswa kuNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli endaweni engcwele.

8Ngakho ulaka lweNkosi lwehlela phezu kukaJuda leJerusalema, isibenze into eyesabekayo lemangalisayo leyokuncifelwa, njengoba libona nje.

9Ngoba liyabona ukuthi obaba babulewe empini, amadodana ethu lamadodakazi ethu labomkethu bathunjiwe ngenxa yalokhu.

10Kusenhliziyweni yami ukuba senze isivumelwano leNkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ukuba ulaka lwayo oluvuthayo ludede kithi.

11Bantwana bami, lingavilaphi, ngoba iNkosi ilikhethile ukuba lime phambi kwayo, liyikhonze, libe zinceku zayo, liyitshisele impepha.

12Asesukake amaLevi, oMahathi indodana kaAmasayi loJoweli indodana kaAzariya kumaKohathi; kumaMerari kwakungoKishi indodana kaAbidi loAzariya indodana kaJehaleleli; kumaGerishoni kwakungoJowa indodana kaZima loEdeni indodana kaJowa;

13kwabakoElizafani kwakungoShimiri loJewuweli; kwabakoAsafi kwakungoZekariya loMathaniya;

14kwabakoHemani kwakungoJehuweli loShimeyi; kwabakoJeduthuni kwakungoShemaya loUziyeli.

15Babuthanisa izihlobo zabo, bazihlambulula, bangena njengokutsho kwenkosi ngamazwi eNkosi uNkulunkulu, balihlambulula ithempeli.

16Abapristi bangena endlini engaphakathi kwethempeli ukuyihlambulula, bakhupha wonke amanyala abawafumana ethempelini, bawaletha egumeni lalo; amaLevi awathatha, awasa ngasesifuleni iKidroni.

17Baqala ukuyihlambulula indlu ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala, ngosuku lwesificaminwembili lwenyanga bafika emkotweni; bathatha insuku ezificaminwembili ukuyahlukanisela iNkosi indlu; kwathi ngosuku lwetshumi lesithupha lwenyanga yokuqala baqeda.

18Basebesiya kuHezekiya inkosi bathi: Sesiyilungisile yonke indlu yeNkosi, ialtare lomnikelo wokutshiswa lezitsha zalo zonke, letafula yezinkwa ezahlukaniselwe iNkosi lezitsha zayo zonke;

19zonke izitsha inkosi uAhazi ayezilahlile ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe ngokona kwakhe sizilungisile, sazihlambulula, seziphambi kwealtare leNkosi.

20UHezekiya inkosi wasevuka ekuseni, wabuthanisa zonke induna zomuzi, waya ethempelini.

21Baletha inkunzi eziyisikhombisa lenqama eziyisikhombisa lamawundlu ayisikhombisa lempongo eziyisikhombisa, kwaba ngumnikelo wesono sombuso lesendlu engcwele lesakoJuda. Waselaya abapristi, amadodana kaAroni, ukunikela ngakho phezu kwealtare leNkosi.

22Inkunzi zahlatshwa, abapristi bathatha igazi balikhaphazela ealtareni; babulala lezinqama, igazi lazo lakhatshazelwa ealtareni; babulala lamawundlu, igazi lawo lakhatshazelwa phezu kwealtare.

23Impongo zomnikelo wesono zasezilethwa phambi kwenkosi uHezekiya lebandla, babeka izandla zabo phezu kwazo;

24abapristi basebezibulala, banikela umnikelo wesono ngegazi lazo phezu kwealtare ukuze kwenzelwe wonke uIsrayeli indlela yokubuyisana. Ngoba inkosi uHezekiya yayilayile ukuba umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wesono yenzelwe uIsrayeli wonke.

25Wasebeka amaLevi ethempelini leNkosi elezigubhu lamachacho lemihubhe, njengokulaywa kukaDavida lokukaGadi umboni weNkosi lokukaNathani umprofethi; ngoba lumlayo wavela eNkosini ngabaprofethi bayo.

26AmaLevi ema ephethe izinto zokuhlabelela zikaDavida labapristi bephethe impondo zokukhaliswa.

27UHezekiya waselaya ukuba umnikelo wokutshiswa unikelwe phezu kwealtare; kwathi lapho umnikelo wokutshiswa uqaliswa ukunikelwa, kwaqalisa lokuyihlabelela iNkosi uNkulunkulu, kwakhaliswa impondo, kwatshaywa lezinto zokuhlabelela zikaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli.

28Lonke ibandla lathi mbo ngobuso phansi, labahlabeleli bahlabela, labakhalisi bempondo bazikhalisa; konke lokhu kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaphela ukutshiswa komnikelo;

29kuthe sekuphelile ukutshiswa komnikelo, inkosi labo bonke ababekhona bakhothama bathi mbo ngobuso phansi.

30UHezekiya inkosi lezikhulu balaya amaLevi ukuba ayidumise iNkosi ngokuhlabela amazwi kaDavida lakaAsafi umboni. Ayidumisa ngokuhlabela, athokoza, athi mbo ngobuso phansi.

31UHezekiya wasesithi ebantwini: Selizahlukanisele iNkosi; sondelani lilethe imihlatshelo yenu leminikelo yokubonga ethempelini. Ibandla laseliletha imihlatshelo leminikelo yokubonga; bonke ababelenhliziyo ezinhle baletha iminikelo yokutshiswa.

32Iminikelo yokutshiswa eyalethwa libandla yayizinkunzi ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa, lenqama ezilikhulu, lamawundlu angamakhulu amabili; konke lokhu kwakungokomnikelo wokutshisela iNkosi.

33Okwahlukaniselwe iNkosi kwakuzinkunzi ezingamakhulu ayisithupha lezimvu ezizinkulungwane ezintathu.

34Kodwa abapristi babebalutshwana, behluleka ukuyihlinza yonke iminikelo yokutshiswa; abanye abapristi bengakazihlambululi izihlobo zabo amaLevi abasiza, waze waphela umsebenzi, ngoba amaLevi akhuthalela ukuzihlambulula kulabapristi.

35Ngaphandle kobunengi beminikelo yokutshiswa kwakukhona amahwahwa leminikelo yokuthula leminikelo yokuthululwa, leminikelo yokutshiswa. Yabuyiselwa ngokunjaloke inkonzo yethempeli.

36UHezekiya labantu bonke bathokoza ngalokho uNkulunkulu abenzele khona, lokuthi kwenzakala masinyane.

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