IziKronike 2 IziKronike 2-36 - Contemporary Xhosa Bible 2024

1Ke kaloku abantu behlabathi bathabatha uYowakas, unyana kaYosiya, bamenza ukumkani eYerusalem esikhundleni sikayise.

2uYehowahazi ubeminyaka imashumi mabini anamithathu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba neenyanga ezintathu engukumkani eYerusalem.

3Ukumkani waseYiputa wahlala eYerusalem, waligweba ilizwe ikhulu leetalente zesilivere netalente enye yegolide.

4Ukumkani waseYiputa wamenza uEliyakim, umkhuluwa wakhe, ukumkani wakwaYuda neYerusalem, waliguqula igama lakhe laba nguYehoyakim. uNego wamthabatha uYehowahazi, umninawa wakhe, wamsa eYiputa.

5uYehoyakim ubeminyaka imashumi mabini anamihlanu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba neminyaka elishumi elinamnye engukumkani eYerusalem; yaye wenza okubi emehlweni kaYehova uThixo wakhe.

6uNebhukadenetsare ukumkani waseBhabheli wamxabela, wamkhonkxa ngamakhamandela, wamsa eBhabheli.

7uNebhukadenetsare wazisa ezinye zeempahla zendlu kaYehova eBhabhiloni waza wazibeka etempileni yakhe eBhabhiloni.

8Ezinye izinto zikaYehoyakim, namasikizi akhe awawenzayo, nokwafumanekayo kukuye, zibhaliwe encwadini yookumkani bakwaSirayeli nabakwaYuda; unyana wakhe uYehoyakin waqalisa ukulawula esikhundleni sakhe.

9uYehoyakin ubeminyaka isibhozo ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba neenyanga ezintathu ezineentsuku ezilishumi engukumkani eYerusalem; yaye wenza okubi emehlweni kaYehova.

10Ekupheleni konyaka, uKumkani uNebhukadenetsare wathumela wamzisa eBhabhiloni neempahla ezilungileyo zendlu kaYehova, waza wenza uZedekiya umntakwabo kumkani wakwaYuda naseYerusalem.

11uZedekiya ubeminyaka imashumi mabini anamnye ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba neminyaka elishumi elinamnye engukumkani eYerusalem.

12Wenza okubi emehlweni kaYehova uThixo wakhe, yaye akazange azithobe phambi komprofeti uYeremiya, owayethetha ngokuphuma emlonyeni kaYehova.

13Kananjalo wagwilika kukumkani, kuNebhukadenetsare, awayemfungele uThixo;

14Ngaphezu koko, bonke ababingeleli abakhulu nabantu bonile kunene, ngokwamasikizi onke eentlanga; wayenza inqambi indlu kaYehova, awayingcwalisayo eYerusalem.

15uYehova, uThixo wooyise, wathumela kubo ngabathunywa bakhe, wesuka wathumela; ngokuba wayenovelwano ngabantu bakhe nendlu yakhe;

16Kodwa bayabagculela abathunywa bakaTHIXO oyinyaniso bewadelela amazwi akhe yaye benyelisa abaprofeti bakhe de ifike ingqumbo kaYehova nxamnye nabantu bakhe de kungabikho kuphiliswa.

17Wabazisa ukumkani wamaKaledi, owawabulala amadodana abo ngekrele endlwini yengcwele yabo, akaconga ndodana nantombi, naxhego, nandoda ithe yaca phambi kwabo ubudala abayanga; wabanika bonke esandleni sakhe.

18Zonke iimpahla zendlu yoThixo oyinyaniso, ezinkulu nezincinane, nobuncwane bendlu kaYehova, nobuncwane bokumkani, nobabathetheli bakhe; Zonke ezo zinto wazizisa eBhabheli.

19Bayitshisa indlu yoThixo oyinyaniso, baludiliza udonga lwaseYerusalem, bawatshisa ngomlilo onke amabhotwe ayo, bazitshabalalisa zonke iimpahla zayo ezintle.

20Abasindileyo ekreleni babathimba, babasa eBhabheli; apho baba ngabakhonzi bakhe noonyana bakhe, kwada kwaba sebukumkanini bobukumkani bamaPersi;

21ukuze kuphume ilizwi likaYehova emlonyeni kaYeremiya, lizaliseke, lide ilizwe lanele ziisabatha zalo;

22Kwathi ngomnyaka wokuqala kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, ukuze lizaliseke ilizwi likaYehova, awalithethayo ngomlomo kaYeremiya, uYehova wawunyusa umoya kaKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, ukuba uzaliseke ebukumkanini bakhe bonke, wabhala, esithi,

23Kwathiwa nguKoreshi ukumkani wasePersi, Zonke izikumkani zehlabathi uzinikiwe nguYehova, uThixo wamazulu; wandiwisela umthetho wokuba ndimakhele indlu eYerusalem, ezweni lakwaYuda. Ngubani na kuni ongowabantu bakhe bonke? Wanga uYehova, uThixo wakhe, angaba naye, anyuke.