Bible Reading Plan – Day 162

₁Ngonyaka wamashumi amabini anantathu engukumkani uYowashe unyana ka-Ahaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda, uYowahazi unyana kaYehu waba ngukumkani kwaSirayeli eSamariya. Walawula iminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe. ₂Wênza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo, wasuka wahamba ekhondweni lezono zikaJerobhowam unyana kaNebhati, ezo walukuhlela uSirayeli kuzo; ewe, yena wathi nca kuzo. ₃Ngoko ke umsindo kaNdikhoyo wavutha ngakuSirayeli. Kwaba lixesha elide emyekele phantsi kwesandla sikaHazayeli, ukumkani wakwa-Aram, ndawonye nonyana wakhe uBhenadadi.

₄Ke uYowahazi wakhala kuNdikhoyo, waza ke yena wamphulaphula, kuba wayekubona ukuphatheka kabuhlungu kukaSirayeli phantsi kwesandla sokumkani wakwa-Aram. ₅UNdikhoyo wamnika umhlanguli uSirayeli, waza ke waphuncula kweso sandla sama-Aram. USirayeli ke wabuya wadla ngendeb' endala njengangaphambili. ₆Kodwa ke akahlukananga nezono zendlu kaJerobhowam, ezo walukuhlela amaSirayeli kuzo; ewe, waqhubela phambili ukuzenza. Nentsika ka-Ashera yasala isamile apho eSamariya.

₇Ke wona umkhosi kaYowahazi wavuthuluka waphela kwasala amadoda amahashe angamashumi amahlanu, ishumi leenqwelo, neshumi lamawaka lamajoni eenyawo. Kaloku ukumkani wakwa-Aram watshabalalisa konke, washiya kuxusheke ngathi luthuli lexa lokubhula.

₈Ke zona ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo lukaYowahazi, imisebenzi nemizabalazo yakhe, nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaSirayeli. ₉UYowahazi waya kuphumla kooyise, waza wangcwatywa eSamariya. Esikhundleni sakhe ke kwangena unyana wakhe uYehowashe.

₁₀Ngonyaka wamashumi amathathu anesixhenxe kakumkani uYowashe wakwaJuda, uYehowashe unyana kaYowahazi waba ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli eSamariya. Walawula iminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu. ₁₁Wênza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo, kuba akahlukananga nezono zikaJerobhowam unyana kaNebhati, ezo walukuhlela amaSirayeli kuzo; naye waziqhubela phambili.

₁₂Ke ezinye iziganeko zolawulo lukaYehowashe, imisebenzi nemizabalazo yakhe, ndawonye nemfazwe yakhe noAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda, nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaSirayeli. ₁₃UYehowashe waya kuphumla kooyise, esikhundleni sakhe kwangena uJerobhowam. UYehowashe wangcwatyelwa eSamariya phakathi kookumkani bakwaSirayeli.

₁₄Ngoku ke uElisha wayegula engazi kuphila. UYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli waya kumbona, wamlilela esithi: “Tata wam! Tata wam! Nâzo iinqwelo zabamahashe bakwaSirayeli!”

₁₅UElisha wathi kuye: “Yiza neentolo nesaphetha.” Weza nazo ke, ₁₆waza uElisha wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Thatha isaphetha sibe sesandleni sakho.” Akusithatha ke, uElisha wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwezo zokumkani, wathi: ₁₇“Vula ifestile engasempumalanga.” Watsho eyivula ukumkani, waza uElisha wathi: “Dubula!” Wadubula ke ukumkani, uElisha wathi: “Nâlo utolo lukaNdikhoyo loloyiso, utolo lokoyisa ama-Aram! Uya kuwoyisa uwatshabalalise ama-Aram eAfeki.”

₁₈Wabuya ke wathi: “Zithathe ezi ntolo.” Waza wazithatha ke ukumkani. UElisha wathi kuye: “Betha ngazo umhlaba.” Wabetha kathathu, wapheza. ₁₉Ke umfo wakwaThixo wakhathazeka, wathi: “Ngewubethe kahlanu okanye kathandathu, ukuze ube uloyise walitshabalalisa mpela elakwa-Aram. Ngoku uya kuyoyisa kathathu kuphela.”

₂₀UElisha wasweleka, waza ke wangcwatywa.

Ke amaMowabhi ayedla ngokulihlasela elo lizwe ukuthwasa konyaka. ₂₁Kwathi ke kaloku amaSirayeli athile esangcwaba umntu, asuka abona iqela labahlaseli. Othuka, aza ke awuphosa engcwabeni likaElisha loo mzimba, wathi ke loo mzimba wakudibana namathambo kaElisha, suka waphila umntu lowo, wema ngeenyawo.

₂₂UHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram wawacinezela amaSirayeli ngalo lonke ixesha lokulawula lukaYowahazi. ₂₃Kambe ke uNdikhoyo waba nesisa, wahlabeka, wavelana nawo ngenxa yomnqophiso wakhe noAbraham noIsake noYakobi. Unanamhlanje ke akazimiselanga kuwatshabalalisa okanye awagxothe awabhebhethe kuphele.

₂₄Ukumkani uHazayeli wakwa-Aram wasweleka, kwaza esikhundleni sakhe kwangena unyana wakhe uBhenadadi. ₂₅Ke uYowahashe unyana kaYowahazi wabuya wazithimba kuBhenadadi unyana kaHazayeli iidolophu awayezohluthe edabini esilwa noyise uYowahazi. Kwaba kathathu uYowahashe emoyisa, waza ke wazibuyisa iidolophu zamaSirayeli.

₁Kwathi ke ngonyaka wesibini wolawulo lukaYehowashe unyana kaYowahazi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, waqalisa ukulawula kwaJuda uAmaziya unyana kaYowashe. ₂Ukuqala kwakhe ukulawula wayeneminyaka emashumi mabini anantlanu, waza ke walawula eJerusalem iminyaka emashumi mabini anethoba. Unina yayinguYowadan intombi yaseJerusalem. ₃Ke yena wenza okulungileyo emehlweni kaNdikhoyo, kodwa akafika kwinqanaba likaDavide uyise. Kuko konke walandela ikhondo likayise uYehowashe. ₄Iindawo eziphakamileyo zonqulo zange zibhangiswe; abantu baqhubela phambili, banikela amadini, besenza neziqhumiso khona.

₅Wathi wakuba umilile umbuso wakhe wawabulala loo maphakathi ayebulele uyise. ₆Kambe ke akababulalanga oonyana bababulali abo, ngokwelizwi elibhaliweyo encwadini yomthetho kaMosis, apho uNdikhoyo athi: “Abazali abayi kubulawa ngenxa yabantwana, nabantwana abayi kubulawa ngenxa yabazali; umntu ngamnye uya kufela esakhe isono.”

₇Nguye owoyisa ishumi lamawaka amaEdom kwiNtili yeTyuwa, wathimba iSela awayibiza ngokuthi yiYoketele, gama elo lisasetyenziswayo unanamhla.

₈UAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda wathumela izigidimi kuYehowashe unyana kaYowahazi kaYehu ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, ecel' umngeni, esithi: “Yiza sihlangane!”

₉Kambe ke ukumkani uYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathumela kuAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda, wathi: “Umthana wameva waseLebhanon wathumela udaba kumsedare waseLebhanon, usithi: ‘Yendisela intombi yakho kunyana wam.’ Kusenjalo kwavela irhamncwa apho eLebhanon, laza lawunyhasha ngeenyawo loo mthana wameva. ₁₀Ewe, uwoyisile amaEdom; ngoku unekratshi. Zingce ngoloyiso olo, kodwa uhlale ekhaya! Ngani ukuba uziqhwayele inkathazo eya kukukhahlela phantsi wena ndawonye noJuda?”

₁₁Kambe ke uAmaziya zange aphulaphule; ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uYehowashe wamhlasela. Yena noAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda baqubisana eBhete-shemeshe kwelakwaJuda. ₁₂UJuda ke wavuthululwa nguSirayeli, yaza ke yayileyo indoda yabalekela kowayo. ₁₃UYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wambamba uAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda unyana kaYowashe, ka-Ahaziya, eBhete-shemeshe. UYehowashe waya eJerusalem, waza waludiliza udonga lwayo ukusukela kwiSango lakwaEfrayim, ukuya kwiSango leKona, umgama okwisithuba seemitha ezimakhulu mabini. ₁₄Wayithatha yonke igolide nesiliva, nayo yonke impahla awayifumanayo endlwini kaNdikhoyo nakoovimba basebhotwe. Wemka nabathinjwa, wabuyela nabo eSamariya.

₁₅Ke ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo lukaYehowashe, imisebenzi nemizabalazo yakhe ndawonye nemfazwe yakhe noAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda, nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaSirayeli. ₁₆UYehowashe waya kuphumla kooyise, waza wangcwatywa eSamariya phakathi kookumkani bakwaSirayeli. UJerobhowam unyana wakhe wangena esikhundleni sakhe.

₁₇Ke uAmaziya unyana kaYowashe ukumkani wakwaJuda wahlala iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu emva kokufa kukaYehowashe unyana kaYowahazi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli. ₁₈Ke ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo luka-Amaziya, nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaJuda.

₁₉Bamenzela iyelenqe eJerusalem, waza wabalekela eLakishe, kodwa bamsukela, bamfumana eLakishe, bambulala khona. ₂₀Wabuyiswa ngehashe, waza wangcwatyelwa eJerusalem phakathi kooyise kwisixeko sikaDavide.

₂₁Ke amaJuda xa ewonke athatha uAzariya, ambeka wangukumkani esikhundleni sikayise uAmaziya. UAzariya lo ke wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu ezelwe. ₂₂Nguye owayakhayo ngokutsha iElati, waza wayibuyisela kuJuda emva kokusweleka kuka-Amaziya.

₂₃Kwathi ngonyaka weshumi elinesihlanu elawula uAmaziya unyana kaYowashe ukumkani wakwaJuda, uJerobhowam unyana kaYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli waba ngukumkani eSamariya, waza walawula iminyaka emashumi mane ananye. ₂₄Wênza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo, kuba akashenxanga nakwesinye kwizono zikaJerobhowam unyana kaNebhati, ezo walukuhlela amaSirayeli kuzo. ₂₅Nguye owabuyisela imida yelakwaSirayeli ukusukela kwinkalo yeHamati ukuya kuLwandle oluFileyo, ngokwelizwi likaNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli elo walithetha ngesicaka sakhe uJona unyana ka-Amitayi umshumayeli waseGati-hefere.

₂₆Ke kaloku uNdikhoyo wabubona ubuhlungu awayekubo amaSirayeli ephela, akhululekileyo namakhoboka. Ewe, ayebandezelekile kungekho bani wokuwasiza. ₂₇Ukanti ke uNdikhoyo wayengatshongo ukuba uya kulibhangisa kuphele igama likaSirayeli ehlabathini, ngoko ke wamhlangula uSirayeli ngesandla sikaJerobhowam unyana kaYehowashe.

₂₈Ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo lukaJerobhowam nemisebenzi nemizabalazo yakhe kwezemfazwe, ndawonye nendlela awayibuyisela kuSirayeli ngayo iDamasko neHamati, ndawo ezo yayizezakwaJuda, nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaSirayeli. ₂₉UJerobhowam waya kuphumla kooyise, ookumkani bakwaSirayeli, kwaza ke esikhundleni sakhe kwangena unyana wakhe uZakariya.