Kugujwa kweliPhasika yinkhosi Josaya
1Josaya wagubha umkhosi weliPhasika kuSimakadze eJerusalema, liwundlu leliPhasika lahlatjwa ngelilanga leli-14 lenyanga yekucala. 2Josaya wabeka baphristi emsebentini wabo, wabakhutsata kutsi bakhonte ethempelini laSimakadze. 3Watjela emaLevi, labenguwona alawula onkhe ema-Israyeli, futsi ehlukaniselwe Simakadze, watsi: “Bekani libhokisi lelingcwele lesivumelwane ethempelini lelakhiwa nguSolomoni, umsa waDavide, inkhosi yema-Israyeli. Akusafanele letfwalwe ngemahlombe enu. Manje-ke, khontani Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu nesive sakhe, ema-Israyeli. 4Tilungiseleni ngemindeni yenu njengekuma kweticheme tenu, nanjengobe kukhonjiwe kulencwadzi leyabhalwa nguDavide, inkhosi yema-Israyeli, nayindvodzana yakhe Solomoni.
5“Manini endzaweni lengcwele kube sicheme sinye semaLevi kuleto naleto tichenyana temindeni yebantfu bemave akini, bantfu phaqa. 6Hlabani emawundlu eliPhasika, nitingcwelise nani, nilungise lamawundlu nilungisele labantfu bemave akini, nente loko lokwashiwo nguSimakadze ngaMosi.”
7Josaya walungisela bonkhe bantfu labebalapho, luntfu nje, timvu netimbuti letatiti-30 000, wabalungiselela iminikelo yeliPhasika kanye netinkhomo letatiti-3 000, konkhe kutsetfwe kukwenkhosi.
8Netiphatsimandla takhe nato tabapha ngesihle labantfu benkhosi, nebaphristi, nemaLevi. BoHilkiya, naZakhariya, naJehiyeli lababengamele ethempelini laNkulunkulu bapha baphristi iminikelo yeliPhasika leti-2 600 kanye netinkhomo letingema-300. 9NaboKhonaniya, banaShemaya, naNethaneli, bomnakabo, naHashabiya, naJeyiyeli, naJozabadi, baholi bemaLevi, nabo bakhipha iminikelo yeliPhasika leyayiti-5 000 netinkhomo letingema-500 temaLevi.
10Inkonzo yalungiswa, baphristi bema etindzaweni tabo nemaLevi njengekweticheme tawo, njengobe kwakushito inkhosi. 11Emawundlu eliPhasika ahlatjwa-ke, baphristi bafafata ngalengati lababenikwe yona, ngaleso sikhatsi emaLevi abehlinza letilwane. 12Behlukanisa iminikelo yekushiswa kuze bayinike letichenyana temindeni yebantfu kutsi bayinikele kuSimakadze, njengobe kubhaliwe encwadzini yaMosi. Benta njalo nangaletinkhomo. 13Batosa letilwane letatitemnikelo weliPhasika, batosa emlilweni, njengobe kubhaliwe, base babilisa leminikelo lengcwele emabhodweni, nasetimbiteni tensimbi, nasemakesini, babaphakela masinyane bantfu. 14Emvakwaloko benta emalungiselelo abo newebaphristi, ngobe baphristi, batukulu ba-Aroni, bona babenta iminikelo yekushiswa kanye nemakoyi emafutsa, kwaze kwayawushona lilanga. Ngobe emaLevi ase atilungiselela wona kanye nalabaphristi baka-Aroni.
15Bahlabeli, batukulu ba-Asafa, babesetindzaweni letatilawulwe nguDavide, bo-Asafa, naHemani, naJeduthuni, baboniswa benkhosi. Bomahlalesangweni, kulelo nakulelo sango, kwakungenasidzingo sekutsi besuke lapho bakhona, ngobe labahlobo babo, emaLevi, babentela onkhe emalungiselelo.
16Ngako-ke ngalelo langa yonkhe inkonzo yaSimakadze yekugubha umkhosi weliPhasika yachubeka, kwakunikelwa iminikelo yekushiswa etikwelilati laSimakadze, njengobe inkhosi Josaya abeshito. 17Ema-Israyeli labekhona lapho agubha leliPhasika ngaleso sikhatsi, awugubha neMkhosi weSinkhwa Lesingenamvubelo, kwaze kwaphela emalanga lasikhombisa. 18LiPhasika lalingazange ligujwe ngaleyo ndlela ka-Israyeli kusukela ngetikhatsi temphrofethi Samuweli. Kute namunye wemakhosi aka-Israyeli labeke wagubha umkhosi lonjalo weliPhasika, njengaloku kwenta inkhosi Josaya, nebaphristi, nemaLevi, nabo bonkhe bakaJuda, nebaka-Israyeli lababekhona lapho kanye nebaseJerusalema. 19Lomkhosi wagujwa ngemnyaka weli-18 wekubusa kwaJosaya.
Kuphela kwembuso waJosaya
20Emvakwako konkhe loko, Josaya lithempeli asalihlele ngalokufanele, Nekho, inkhosi yaseGibhithe, wakhuphuka ayakulwa eKhakhemishi ngaseYufrathe, Josaya washuca wayakuhlangana naye emphini. 21Kodvwa Nekho watfumela tigijimi kuJosaya, atsi: “Sicabene ngani tsine nawe, nkhosi yakaJuda? Akusiwe lona lengilwa naye kulesikhatsi, kodvwa ngulendlu lengicabene nayo. Nkulunkulu utsite angisheshise, ngako-ke yekela kumelana naNkulunkulu longakimi, ngaphandle kwaloko utakubhubhisa Nkulunkulu.”
22Kodvwa Josaya akazange afune kugucuka, wesuka watigucula tembatfo takhe wangena emphini, walwa naye. Akazange alalele loko lokwakushiwo nguNekho ngekuyalwa nguNkulunkulu, kodvwa wachubeka wayakulwa naye emphini yaseMegido.
23Banembi bahlaba inkhosi Josaya, watjela tindvuna takhe watsi: “Ngikhipheni, sengilimele kabi.” 24Ngako tamsusa encoleni yakhe yemphi, tambeka kulenye incola yemphi labete nayo, tambuyisela ekhaya eJerusalema, lapho afike wakhotsamela khona. Wafihlwa emadlizeni aboyisemkhulu, sonkhe sive sakaJuda nesaseJerusalema salila kakhulu ngaye.
25Jeremiya wacamba tingoma tesililo saJosaya, kuze kube ngulamuhla bonkhe bahlabeli besilisa nebesifazane basamkhumbula Josaya ngaletingoma tesililo sakhe. Letingoma tase tiba tingoma temihambo yema-Israyeli, tabhalwa encwadzini yetililo.
26Leminye imininingwane ngekuma kwaJosaya nemisebenti yakhe yekutinikela macondzana nalokubhalwe encwadzini yemtsetfo waSimakadze, 27konkhe kukhankhasa kwakhe, kusukela ekucaleni kuye ekugcineni, kubhaliwe encwadzini yemakhosi aka-Israyeli newakaJuda.
