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| 1. | Njalo uJehoshafathi wayelenotho lodumo ngobunengi; wahlangana ngobuhlobo loAhabi. |
| 2. | Ekupheleni kweminyaka wasesehlela kuAhabi eSamariya. UAhabi wamhlabela izimvu lenkabi ngobunengi labantu ababelaye, wamncenga ukuthi enyukele eRamothi-Gileyadi. |
| 3. | UAhabi inkosi yakoIsrayeli wasesithi kuJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda: Uzahamba lami eRamothi-Gileyadi yini? Wasesithi kuye: Njengami unjalo, labantu bami banjengabantu bakho. Sizakuba lawe empini. |
| 4. | UJehoshafathi wasesithi enkosini yakoIsrayeli: Akubuze lamuhla ilizwi le Nkosi. |
| 5. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasibuthanisa abaprofethi, amadoda angamakhulu amane, yathi kubo: Sihambe yini eRamothi-Gileyadi empini kumbe ngiyekele? Basebesithi: Yenyuka, ngoba uNkulunkulu uza yi nikela esandleni senkosi. |
| 6. | Kodwa uJehoshafathi wathi: Kasekho yini lapha umprofethi we Nkosi ukuthi sibuze kuye? |
| 7. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Kusekhona indoda eyodwa esingabuza ngayo e Nkosi ni, kodwa mina ngiyamzonda ngoba kaprofethi lutho oluhle ngami, kodwa okubi zonke izinsuku zakhe; lo nguMikhaya indodana kaImla. UJehoshafathi wasesithi: Inkosi ingatsho njalo. |
| 8. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasibiza umthenwa othile yathi: Landa masinyane uMikhaya indodana kaImla. |
| 9. | Njalo inkosi yakoIsrayeli loJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda babehlezi ngulowo lalowo esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, begqoke izembatho, behlezi ebaleni lokubhulela engenelweni lesango leSamariya, bonke abaprofethi beprofetha-ke phambi kwabo. |
| 10. | UZedekhiya indodana kaKhenahana wasezenzela impondo zensimbi, wathi: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Ngalezi uzahlaba amaSamariya uze uwaqede. |
| 11. | Labo bonke abaprofethi baprofetha njalo, besithi: Yenyukela eRamothi-Gileyadi uphumelele, ngoba i Nkosi iza yi nikela esandleni senkosi. |
| 12. | Isithunywa esasiyembiza uMikhaya sakhuluma kuye sisithi: Khangela, amazwi abaprofethi ngamlomo munye mahle enkosini; ngakho ilizwi lakho ake lifanane lelomunye wabo, ukhulume okuhle. |
| 13. | Kodwa uMikhaya wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova, ngeqiniso lokho uNkulunkulu wami akutshoyo lokho ngizakukhuluma. |
| 14. | Esefikile enkosini, inkosi yathi kuye: Mikhaya, siye eRamothi-Gileyadi empini kumbe ngiyekele yini? Wasesithi: Yenyukani, liphumelele, ngoba bazanikelwa esandleni senu. |
| 15. | Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngizakufungisa kuze kube yizikhathi ezingaki ukuze ungakhulumi kimi ngaphandle kweqiniso ebizweni le Nkosi? |
| 16. | Wasesithi: Ngabona uIsrayeli wonke echithekile phezu kwezintaba njengezimvu ezingelamelusi; i Nkosi yasisithi: Laba kabalamakhosi, kababuyele ngulowo endlini yakhe ngokuthula. |
| 17. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Kangikutshelanga yini: Kayikuprofetha okuhle ngami kodwa okubi kuphela? |
| 18. | Wasesithi: Ngakho zwanini ilizwi le Nkosi. Ngabona i Nkosi ihlezi esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi, lexuku lonke lamazulu limi ngakwesokunene sayo langakwesokhohlo sayo. |
| 19. | I Nkosi yasisithi: Ngubani ozancenga uAhabi inkosi yakoIsrayeli ukuze enyuke awe eRamothi-Gileyadi? Omunye wasekhuluma watsho njalo, lomunye watsho njalo. |
| 20. | Kwasekuphuma umoya, wema phambi kwe Nkosi wathi: Mina ngizamncenga. I Nkosi yasisithi kuwo: Ngani? |
| 21. | Wasusithi: Ngizaphuma ngibe ngumoya wamanga emlonyeni wabo bonke abaprofethi bakhe. Yasisithi: Uza m ncenga, njalo uzakuba lamandla; phuma wenze njalo. |
| 22. | Ngakho-ke, khangela, i Nkosi ifake umoya wamanga emlonyeni walababaprofethi bakho, njalo i Nkosi ikhulume okubi ngawe. |
| 23. | UZedekhiya indodana kaKhenahana wasesondela, watshaya uMikhaya esihlathini, wathi: UMoya we Nkosi wedlula ngandlela bani esuka kimi ukuthi akhulume lawe? |
| 24. | UMikhaya wasesithi: Khangela, uzabona ngalolosuku mhla uzangena ekamelweni phakathi kwekamelo ukuthi ucatshe. |
| 25. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi: Thathani uMikhaya, limbuyisele kuAmoni umbusi womuzi lakuJowashi indodana yenkosi, |
| 26. | lithi: Itsho njalo inkosi: Fakani lo entolongweni, limdlise isinkwa senhlupho lamanzi enhlupho ngize ngibuye ngokuthula. |
| 27. | UMikhaya wasesithi: Uba ubuya lokubuya ngokuthula, i Nkosi izabe ingakhulumanga ngami. Wathi: Lalelani, bantu lonke. |
| 28. | Ngakho inkosi yakoIsrayeli loJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda benyukela eRamothi-Gileyadi. |
| 29. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Ngizazifihla isimo, ngingene empini, kodwa wena gqoka izembatho zakho. Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasizifihla isimo, basebengena empini. |
| 30. | Inkosi yeSiriya yayilayile-ke izinduna zenqola eyayilazo isithi: Lingalwi lomncane loba omkhulu, kodwa lenkosi yakoIsrayeli kuphela. |
| 31. | Kwasekusithi induna zezinqola zibona uJehoshafathi zona zathi: Yena uyinkosi yakoIsrayeli. Ngakho zamhanqa ukulwa. Kodwa uJehoshafathi wahlaba umkhosi; i Nkosi yasimsiza. UNkulunkulu wazihuga zasuka kuye. |
| 32. | Ngoba kwathi lapho induna zezinqola zibona ukuthi kwakungayisiyo inkosi yakoIsrayeli, zaphenduka ekuyilandeleni. |
| 33. | Umuntu wadonsa idandili engananzelele, wahlaba inkosi yakoIsrayeli phakathi kwenhlangano lebhatshi lensimbi; yasisithi kumtshayeli wenqola: Phendula isandla sakho, ungikhuphe ebuthweni, ngoba ngilimele. |
| 34. | Impi yasikhula mhlalokho; inkosi yayisekelwe enqoleni iqondene lamaSiriya kwaze kwaba ntambama; yafa ngesikhathi sokutshona kwelanga. |
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