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| 1. | UHezekhiya waba yinkosi eleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lanhlanu; wabusa iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lesificamunwemunye eJerusalema. Lebizo likanina lalinguAbhiya indodakazi kaZekariya. |
| 2. | Wasesenza okuqondileyo emehlweni e Nkosi njengokwenza konke kukaDavida uyise. |
| 3. | Yena, ngomnyaka wokuqala wokubusa kwakhe ngenyanga yokuqala, wavula iminyango yendlu ye Nkosi, wayilungisa. |
| 4. | Wasengenisa abapristi lamaLevi, wababuthanisa egumeni elingempumalanga. |
| 5. | Wasesithi kubo: Ngilalelani, maLevi; khathesi zingcweliseni, njalo lingcwelise indlu ye Nkosi uNkulunkulu waboyihlo, likhuphe ingcekeza endaweni engcwele. |
| 6. | Ngoba obaba babephambukile, benza okubi emehlweni e Nkosi uNkulunkulu wethu, bayitshiya, baphendula ubuso babo bebususa endaweni yokuhlala ye Nkosi, bafulathela. |
| 7. | Bavala leminyango yekhulusi, bacitsha izibane, kabatshisanga impepha, kabanikelanga umnikelo wokutshiswa endaweni engcwele kuNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli. |
| 8. | Ngakho ulaka lwe Nkosi lwaba phezu kukaJuda leJerusalema, yabanikela evalweni, ekuchithekeni, lekuncifelweni, njengoba libona ngamehlo enu. |
| 9. | Ngoba khangelani, obaba bawile ngenkemba, lamadodana ethu lamadodakazi ethu labomkethu basekuthunjweni ngenxa yalokhu. |
| 10. | Khathesi kusenhliziyweni yami ukwenza isivumelwano le Nkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ukuze ukuvutha kolaka lwayo kuphenduke kusuke kithi. |
| 11. | Madodana ami, khathesi lingenwabi, ngoba i Nkosi ilikhethile ukuthi lime phambi kwayo, liyikhonze, libe zinceku zayo labatshisi bempepha. |
| 12. | Asesukuma amaLevi, oMahathi indodana kaAmasayi loJoweli indodana kaAzariya emadodaneni amaKohathi; lemadodaneni kaMerari oKishi indodana kaAbidi loAzariya indodana kaJehaleleli; lakumaGerishoni oJowa indodana kaZima loEdeni indodana kaJowa; |
| 13. | lemadodaneni kaElizafani oShimiri loJehiyeli; lemadodaneni kaAsafi oZekariya loMathaniya; |
| 14. | lemadodaneni kaHemani oJehiyeli loShimeyi; lemadodaneni kaJeduthuni oShemaya loUziyeli. |
| 15. | Basebebuthanisa abafowabo, bazingcwelisa, beza njengomlayo wenkosi ngamazwi kaJehova, ukuhlanza indlu kaJehova. |
| 16. | Abapristi basebengena ngaphakathi kwendlu ye Nkosi uku yi hlanza, bakhupha konke ukungcola abakuthola ethempelini le Nkosi egumeni lendlu ye Nkosi; lamaLevi akuthatha, akukhuphela esifuleni iKidroni ngaphandle. |
| 17. | Basebeqala ukungcwelisa ngolokuqala lwenyanga yokuqala, njalo ngosuku lwesificaminwembili lwenyanga bafika ekhulusini le Nkosi; bangcwelisa indlu ye Nkosi ngensuku eziyisificaminwembili; kwathi ngosuku lwetshumi lesithupha lwenyanga yokuqala baqeda. |
| 18. | Basebengena phakathi kuHezekhiya inkosi bathi: Se siyihlanzile yonke indlu ye Nkosi, lelathi lomnikelo wokutshiswa, lezitsha zalo zonke, letafula lezinkwa zokubukiswa, lezitsha zalo zonke. |
| 19. | Lazo zonke izitsha inkosi uAhazi eyayizilahlile ekubuseni kwayo, esiphambekweni sayo, sizilungisile sazingcwelisa, khangela-ke, ziphambi kwelathi le Nkosi. |
| 20. | UHezekhiya inkosi wasevuka ngovivi, wabuthanisa izinduna zomuzi, wenyukela endlini kaJehova. |
| 21. | Basebeletha amajongosi ayisikhombisa lenqama eziyisikhombisa lamawundlu ayisikhombisa lempongo eziyisikhombisa, kwaba ngumnikelo wesono sombuso lesendlu engcwele lesakoJuda. Wasesithi emadodaneni kaAroni, abapristi, ukuthi a ku nikele phezu kwelathi le Nkosi. |
| 22. | Basebehlaba izinkabi, labapristi bemukela igazi balifafaza elathini; bahlaba lezinqama bafafaza igazi elathini; bahlaba lamawundlu bafafaza igazi elathini. |
| 23. | Basebesondeza impongo zomnikelo wesono phambi kwenkosi lebandla, babeka izandla zabo phezu kwazo. |
| 24. | Abapristi basebezihlaba, bahlambulula ngegazi lazo phezu kwelathi ukwenzela uIsrayeli wonke ukubuyisana. Ngoba inkosi yathi: Umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wesono ngokaIsrayeli wonke. |
| 25. | Wasebeka amaLevi endlini kaJehova elensimbi ezincencethayo, lezigubhu zezintambo, njalo lamachacho, njengomlayo kaDavida lokaGadi umboni wenkosi lokaNathani umprofethi; ngoba lumlayo wawungesandla sikaJehova ngesandla sabaprofethi bakhe. |
| 26. | LamaLevi ema elezinto zokuhlabelela zikaDavida labapristi belempondo. |
| 27. | UHezekhiya waselaya ukunikela umnikelo wokutshiswa phezu kwelathi; kwathi ngesikhathi umnikelo wokutshiswa uqalisa, ingoma ye Nkosi yaqalisa lezimpondo, langezandla zezinto zokuhlabelela zikaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli. |
| 28. | Lebandla lonke lakhonza, labahlabeleli bahlabelela, labakhalisi bempondo bakhalisa; konke lokhu kwaze kwaphela umnikelo wokutshiswa. |
| 29. | Lekupheleleni kokunikela inkosi labo bonke abatholakala layo bakhothama bakhonza. |
| 30. | Khona uHezekhiya inkosi leziphathamandla bathi kumaLevi kawayidumise i Nkosi ngamazwi kaDavida lakaAsafi umboni. Asedumisa kwaze kwaba yintokozo, akhothama akhonza. |
| 31. | UHezekhiya wasephendula wathi: Selizehlukanisele i Nkosi; sondelani lilethe imihlatshelo leminikelo yokubonga endlini ye Nkosi. Ibandla laseliletha imihlatshelo leminikelo yokubonga, laye wonke olenhliziyo ekhululekileyo iminikelo yokutshiswa. |
| 32. | Lenani leminikelo yokutshiswa ibandla elayilethayo lalizinkunzi ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa, inqama ezilikhulu, amawundlu angamakhulu amabili; konke lokhu kwakungokomnikelo wokutshiswa e Nkosi ni. |
| 33. | Izinto ezazingcwelisiwe kwakuzinkunzi ezingamakhulu ayisithupha lezimvu ezizinkulungwane ezintathu. |
| 34. | Kodwa abapristi babebalutshwana, okokuthi babengelakho ukuhlinza yonke iminikelo yokutshiswa; ngakho abafowabo amaLevi babancedisa waze waphela umsebenzi, labapristi baze bazingcwelisa, ngoba amaLevi ayeqondile ngenhliziyo kulabapristi ukuzingcwelisa. |
| 35. | Leminikelo yokutshiswa layo yayiminengi, lamahwahwa eminikelo yokuthula kanye leminikelo yokunathwayo yeminikelo yokutshiswa. Ngokunjalo inkonzo yendlu ye Nkosi yamiswa. |
| 36. | UHezekhiya labantu bonke basebethokoza ngalokho uNkulunkulu ayekulungisele abantu, ngoba into yahle yenzeka. |
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