Ukuvuselelwa kwethempeli lakaSomnini
1Ngomnyaka wekhomba wokubusa kwakaJehu, uJowatjhi waba yikosi, bewabusa eJerusalema iminyaka ematjhumi amane. Ibizo lakanina bekunguTsibiya abuya eBheritjheba. 2Yoke iminyaka yokubusa kwakhe uJowatjhi wenza okulungileko ebusweni bakaSomnini ngombana uJehoyada umphristi gade amyale njalo. 3Nokho iindunduma akhange zisuswe; abantu baragela phambili ngokwenza imihlabelo nokutjhisa itjhwalo lapho.
4-5UJowatjhi wathi ebaphristini: “Nina baphristi, ningayisebenzisa imali ekhethekileko elethwa babantu ethempelini lakaSomnini. Imali le kufanele ibe ngeyamukelekileko ethempelini. Lokhu kutjho imali yokuhlenga umuntu nanyana isilwana ebekwa mphristi ngokwesilinganiso sakhe. Iye, yoke imali umuntu ayikhupha ngokuzithandela kwakhe kumphathimali wethempeli lakaSomnini ningazisebenzisela yona, kodwana nizakufanela bonyana nilungise koke okubonakala kufanele ukuvuselelwa ethempelini.”
6Kwaze kwaba ngomnyaka wamatjhumi amabili nantathu wokubusa kwekosi uJowatjhi, abaphristi basoloko bangakalungisi ithempeli. 7Ngalokho-ke ikosi uJowatjhi yabiza uJehoyada umphristi omkhulu nabanye abaphristi, yababuza yathi: “Kubayini ningakalungisi umonakalo owenzakele ethempelini na? Yeke ningasazithatheli imali kubaphathimali, kodwana idluliseleni ekulungisweni kwethempeli.”
8Abaphristi bavuma bona angekhe basabuthelela imali ephuma ebantwini nokobana ithempeli angeze lisalungiswa ngibo. 9Umphristi omkhulu uJehoyada wathatha ikasi, wathumbusa intunja esivalweni salo. Walithatha walibeka hlanu kwe-aldari ngesidleni sobungeno bethempeli lakaSomnini. Abaphristi abagada esangweni bafaka imali yoke eyayilethwa ethempelini lakaSomnini ngekasini.
10Bekuthi lokha nababona bona kunemali enengi ekasini, kuze umabhalana wekosi nomphristi omkhulu, babophe imali egade ilethwa ethempelini ibe ngemigodlana bese bayayibala. 11Nje-ke bathatha imali ekaliweko leyo bayinikela abantu ebegade bengamele umsebenzi wokuvuselela ithempeli. Ngemali leyo bakhokhela abafuleli nabakhi abasebenza ngethempelini lakaSomnini, 12ababeki bamatje nabacozi bawo. Bathenga iingodo namatje acoziweko; bahlangabezana neemfuno zoke zokuvuselela ithempeli. 13Imali eyalethwa ethempelini akhange isetjenziselwe ukwenza izitja zesiliva, neenquntapete, izitja zokunyenyeza, iimporompita namkha kungaba yini eyenzelwe ithempeli lakaSomnini ngegolide nanyana ngesiliva, 14ngombana yanikelwa iinsebenzi, ezayisebenzisela ukuvuselela ithempeli. 15Akhange bebazitshwenye ngokwenza ilandelelo ngemali abayinikela abantu kobana bakhokhele iinsebenzi ngombana benza koke ngokwethembeka.
16Imali yomhlabelo womlandu nomhlabelo wesono akhange ilethwe ethempelini lakaSomnini; gade ingeyabaphristi.
URhazayeli wethusela iJerusalema
17Ngemva kwesikhathi uRhazayeli ikosi ye-Aramu wasahlela iGathi bewayithumba. Nakasuka lapho wayokusahlela iJerusalema. 18Yeke uJowatjhi ikosi yakwaJuda wabuthelela izipho ezikhethekileko ezazinikelwe boyisemkhulu, uJehotjhafathi, uJehoramu no-Arhaziya, amakhosi wakwaJuda, nezipho ezikhethekileko ezazinikelwe nguye negolide loke elalifunyenwe endlini yamagugu wethempeli lakaSomnini nesigodlweni. Koke lokho wakuthumela kuRhazayeli ikosi ye-Aramu. Yena-ke akhange asasahlela iJerusalema.
UJowatjhi uyabulawa
19Ezinye izehlakalo zokubusa kwakaJowatjhi, koke akwenzileko, kutlolwe encwadini yemilando yamakhosi wakwaJuda.
20Iinduna zakaJowatjhi zamakhela ubukhwebetjhana zambulalela endleleni eya eSila magegana nendlu endundumeni engaphandle komthangala weJerusalema. 21Iinduna ezambulalako bekunguJozabadi umsa kaTjhimeyati noJehozabadi umsa kaTjhomeri.
Wahlongakala-ke uJowatjhi wabulungwa kiboyisemkhulu eMzini kaDavida. U-Amatsiya indodanakhe waba yikosi esikhundleni sakhe.
