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| 1. | UJosiya wasesenzela i Nkosi iphasika eJerusalema; basebehlaba iphasika ngolwetshumi lane lwenyanga yokuqala. |
| 2. | Wasemisa abapristi kumfanelo zabo, wabaqinisela inkonzo yendlu ye Nkosi. |
| 3. | Wasesithi kumaLevi ayefundisa uIsrayeli wonke ayengcwele e Nkosi ni: Fakani umtshokotsho ongcwele endlini uSolomoni indodana kaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli ayakhayo; kaku se ngumthwalo kini emahlombe. Khathesi khonzani i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu labantu bayo uIsrayeli. |
| 4. | Njalo li zi lungise ngokwendlu yaboyihlo ngezigaba zenu, njengombhalo kaDavida inkosi yakoIsrayeli lanjengombhalo kaSolomoni indodana yakhe. |
| 5. | Lime endaweni engcwele ngokwezigaba zendlu yaboyise babafowenu, abantwana besizwe, lesigaba sendlu kayise wamaLevi. |
| 6. | Lihlabe iphasika, lizingcwelise, lilungisele abafowenu, ukwenza njengokwelizwi le Nkosi ngesandla sikaMozisi. |
| 7. | UJosiya wasenika abantwana babantu umhlambi wamawundlu lamazinyane embuzi, konke kungokwamaphasika, kwabo bonke abatholakalayo, ngenani eliyizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu, lenkunzi ezizinkulungwane ezintathu; lokhu kwakuvela empahleni yenkosi. |
| 8. | Iziphathamandla zakhe zasezinika abantu, abapristi lamaLevi ngokukhululeka. OHilikhiya loZekariya loJehiyeli, izinduna zendlu ye Nkosi, banikelela amaphasika kubapristi amazinyane azinkulungwane ezimbili lamakhulu ayisithupha, lenkunzi ezingamakhulu amathathu. |
| 9. | OKonaniya loShemaya loNethaneli, abafowabo, loHashabiya loJeyiyeli loJozabadi, izinduna zamaLevi, basebenikelela amaphasika kumaLevi amazinyane azinkulungwane ezinhlanu, lenkunzi ezingamakhulu amahlanu. |
| 10. | Ngokunjalo inkonzo yalungiswa; abapristi basebesima endaweni yabo, lamaLevi ngezigaba zawo, njengokomlayo wenkosi. |
| 11. | Basebehlaba iphasika, abapristi bafafaza kuvela ezandleni zabo, lamaLevi ahlinza. |
| 12. | Basebesusa i m i nikelo yokutshiswa ukuyinika njengokwezigaba zendlu yaboyise kubantwana babantu ukuze banikele e Nkosi ni, njengokubhaliweyo egwalweni lukaMozisi. Ngokunjalo langezinkunzi. |
| 13. | Basebesosa iphasika ngomlilo njengokwesimiso; kodwa izinto ezingcwele bazipheka ngamabhodo langezimbiza langezindengezi, bakusa masinyane kubo bonke abantwana babantu. |
| 14. | Lemva kwalokho basebezilungisela bona labapristi, ngoba abapristi amadodana kaAroni babesekunikeleni iminikelo yokutshiswa lamahwahwa kwaze kwaba sebusuku; ngakho amaLevi azilungisela wona labapristi amadodana kaAroni. |
| 15. | Labahlabeleli amadodana kaAsafi babesendaweni yabo njengokomlayo kaDavida, loAsafi, loHemani, loJeduthuni umboni wenkosi; labagcini bamasango babesesangweni ngesango; kwakungesikwabo ukusuka enkonzweni yabo, ngoba abafowabo amaLevi abalungisela. |
| 16. | Yasilungiswa yonke inkonzo ye Nkosi ngalolosuku ukwenza iphasika lokunikela iminikelo yokutshiswa phezu kwelathi le Nkosi, njengokomlayo wenkosi uJosiya. |
| 17. | Abantwana bakoIsrayeli abatholakalayo basebesenza iphasika ngalesosikhathi, lomkhosi wesinkwa esingelamvubelo, insuku eziyisikhombisa. |
| 18. | Njalo kalenziwanga iphasika elinjengaleli koIsrayeli kusukela ensukwini zikaSamuweli umprofethi; lawo wonke amakhosi akoIsrayeli kawenzanga iphasika elinje uJosiya alenzayo, labapristi lamaLevi, loJuda loIsrayeli wonke abatholakalayo, labahlali beJerusalema. |
| 19. | Ngomnyaka wetshumi lesificaminwembili wokubusa kukaJosiya iphasika leli lenziwa. |
| 20. | Emva kwakho konke lokho, uJosiya eseyilungisile indlu, uNeko inkosi yeGibhithe wenyuka uku ya kulwa leKarikemeshi eYufrathi; loJosiya waphuma uku ya melana laye. |
| 21. | Kodwa wathuma izithunywa kuye esithi: Ngilani lawe, nkosi yakoJuda? Kangenyukelanga ukumelana lawe wena lamuhla, kodwa ngimelene lendlu elwa lami. Ngoba uNkulunkulu uthe ngiphangise; yekela wena ukuphikisana loNkulunkulu, olami, ukuze angakubhubhisi. |
| 22. | Kodwa uJosiya kaphendulanga ubuso bakhe kuye, kodwa wazifihla isimo ukuze alwe laye; njalo kawalalelanga amazwi kaNeko avela emlonyeni kaNkulunkulu, kodwa weza ukulwa esihotsheni seMegido. |
| 23. | Abatshoki bemitshoko basebemciba uJosiya; inkosi yasisithi encekwini zayo: Ngisusani ngoba ngizwa ubuhlungu obukhulu. |
| 24. | Inceku zakhe zasezimkhupha enqoleni, zamgadisa enqoleni yesibili ayelayo, zamletha eJerusalema. Wasesifa, wangcwatshelwa emangcwabeni aboyise; wonke uJuda leJerusalema basebemlilela uJosiya. |
| 25. | LoJeremiya wenza isililo ngoJosiya. Labo bonke abahlabeleli labahlabelelikazi bakhuluma ngoJosiya ezililweni zabo kuze kube lamuhla. Bazenza zaba yisimiso koIsrayeli; khangela-ke, zibhaliwe ezililweni. |
| 26. | Ezinye-ke zezindaba zikaJosiya, lezisa zakhe njengokubhaliweyo emlayweni we Nkosi, |
| 27. | izindaba zakhe-ke, ezokuqala lezokucina, khangela, zibhaliwe egwalweni lwamakhosi akoIsrayeli lawakoJuda. |
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