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| 1. | UManase wayeleminyaka elitshumi lambili esiba yinkosi; wasebusa iminyaka engamatshumi amahlanu lanhlanu eJerusalema. |
| 2. | Kodwa wenza okubi emehlweni e Nkosi, njengamanyala ezizwe i Nkosi eyazixotsha elifeni phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli. |
| 3. | Ngoba wabuya wakha indawo eziphakemeyo uyise uHezekhiya ayezidilizile, wamisela oBhali amalathi, wenza izixuku, wakhothamela ibutho lonke lamazulu, walikhonza. |
| 4. | Wasesakha amalathi endlini ye Nkosi, i Nkosi eyayithe ngayo: EJerusalema ibizo lami lizakuba khona phakade. |
| 5. | Wasesakhela ibutho lonke lamazulu amalathi emagumeni womabili endlu ye Nkosi. |
| 6. | Yena wenza abantwana bakhe badabule emlilweni esihotsheni sendodana kaHinomu; wasechasisa izibonakaliso, wenza imilingo, wenza ubuthakathi, wasebenza labalamadlozi labalumbayo. Wenza okubi kakhulu emehlweni e Nkosi, ukuyithukuthelisa. |
| 7. | Wasebeka isifanekiso esibaziweyo sesithombe ayesenzile endlini kaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu owayethe ngayo kuDavida lakuSolomoni indodana yakhe: Kulindlu, leJerusalema engiyikhethe kuzo zonke izizwe zakoIsrayeli, ngizabeka ibizo lami kuze kube nininini. |
| 8. | Kangisayikususa unyawo lukaIsrayeli luphume elizweni engalimisela oyihlo, kuphela uba bezananzelela ukwenza konke engibalaya khona, ngokomlayo wonke lezimiso lezimiselo ngesandla sikaMozisi. |
| 9. | Ngakho uManase waduhisa uJuda labahlali beJerusalema, ukwenza okubi okwedlula izizwe i Nkosi eyazichitha phambi kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli. |
| 10. | I Nkosi yasikhuluma kuManase lebantwini bakhe, kodwa kabalalelanga. |
| 11. | Ngakho i Nkosi yabehlisela abaphathi bebutho inkosi yeAsiriya eyayilabo; basebethumba uManase ngameva, bambopha ngamaketane ethusi, bamusa eBhabhiloni. |
| 12. | Kwathi esecindezelwe wancenga ubuso be Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe, wazithoba kakhulu phambi kukaNkulunkulu waboyise. |
| 13. | Wasekhuleka kuye, njalo wancengeka ngaye, wezwa ukuncenga kwakhe, wambuyisela eJerusalema embusweni wakhe. Ngakho uManase wazi ukuthi i Nkosi yiyo enguNkulunkulu. |
| 14. | Lemva kwalokho wakha umduli ongaphandle komuzi kaDavida ngentshonalanga kweGihoni esihotsheni, kwaze kwaba sekungeneni kwesango lenhlanzi, wabhoda iOfeli, wawenza waphakama kakhulu. Wabeka labaphathi bamabutho kuyo yonke imizi ebiyelweyo koJuda. |
| 15. | Wasesusa onkulunkulu bezizweni lesithombe endlini ye Nkosi, lawo wonke amalathi ayewakhile entabeni yendlu ye Nkosi, laseJerusalema, wakuphosela ngaphandle komuzi. |
| 16. | Wasesakha ilathi le Nkosi, wahlabela phezu kwalo iminikelo yokuthula leminikelo yokubonga. Wathi kuJuda kakhonze i Nkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli. |
| 17. | Loba kunjalo abantu babelokhu behlaba endaweni eziphakemeyo, kuphela e Nkosi ni uNkulunkulu wabo. |
| 18. | Ezinye-ke zezindaba zikaManase, lomkhuleko wakhe kuNkulunkulu wakhe, lamazwi ababoni abawakhuluma kuye ngebizo le Nkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, khangela, kusezindabeni zamakhosi akoIsrayeli. |
| 19. | Umkhuleko wakhe-ke, lokuncenga kwakhe kuNkulunkulu, lesono sakhe sonke, lesiphambeko sakhe, lezindawo akha kuzo indawo eziphakemeyo, njalo wamisa izixuku lezithombe ezibaziweyo, engakazithobi, khangela, kubhaliwe emazwini ababoni. |
| 20. | UManase waselala kuboyise; basebemngcwaba endlini yakhe. UAmoni indodana yakhe wasesiba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe. |
| 21. | UAmoni wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lambili esiba yinkosi; wasebusa iminyaka emibili eJerusalema. |
| 22. | Wasesenza okubi emehlweni e Nkosi njengokwenza kukaManase uyise; ngoba uAmoni wahlabela zonke izithombe ezibaziweyo uManase uyise ayezenzile, wazikhonza. |
| 23. | Kodwa kazithobanga phambi kwe Nkosi njengokuzithoba kukaManase uyise, kodwa uAmoni lo wandisa icala. |
| 24. | Inceku zakhe zasezimenzela ugobe, zambulala endlini yakhe. |
| 25. | Kodwa abantu belizwe batshaya bonke labo ababenzele inkosi uAmoni ugobe; abantu belizwe basebebeka uJosiya indodana yakhe ukuba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe. |
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