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| 1. | Bahlala-ke iminyaka emithathu kungekho impi phakathi kweSiriya loIsrayeli. |
| 2. | Kwasekusithi ngomnyaka wesithathu uJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda wehlela enkosini yakoIsrayeli. |
| 3. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi encekwini zayo: Liyazi yini ukuthi iRamothi-Gileyadi ingeyethu? Kodwa sithule, singayithathi esandleni senkosi yeSiriya. |
| 4. | Yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Uzahamba lami empini eRamothi-Gileyadi yini? UJehoshafathi wasesithi enkosini yakoIsrayeli: Njengami unjalo, njengabantu bami banjalo abantu bakho, njengamabhiza ami anjalo amabhiza akho. |
| 5. | UJehoshafathi wasesithi enkosini yakoIsrayeli: Akubuze lamuhla ilizwi le Nkosi. |
| 6. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasibuthanisa abaprofethi abangaba ngamadoda angamakhulu amane, yathi kubo: Ngihambe yini ukuyamelana leRamothi-Gileyadi empini kumbe ngiyekele? Basebesithi: Yenyuka, ngoba iNkosi izayinikela esandleni senkosi. |
| 7. | UJehoshafathi wasesithi: Kakusekho yini lapha umprofethi we Nkosi esingambuza? |
| 8. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Kusekhona indoda eyodwa, uMikhaya indodana kaImla, e si ngabuza ngaye e Nkosi ni, kodwa mina ngiyamzonda, ngoba kaprofethi okuhle ngami, kodwa okubi. UJehoshafathi wasesithi: Inkosi ingatsho njalo. |
| 9. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasibiza inceku yathi: Landa masinyane uMikhaya indodana kaImla. |
| 10. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli loJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda babehlezi, ngulowo lalowo esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, begqoke izembatho zabo, besebaleni lokubhulela ekungeneni kwesango leSamariya, njalo bonke abaprofethi babeprofetha phambi kwabo. |
| 11. | UZedekhiya indodana kaKhenahana wasezenzela izimpondo zensimbi, wathi: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Ngalezi uzahlaba amaSiriya uze uwaqede. |
| 12. | Labo bonke abaprofethi baprofetha njalo, besithi: Yenyukela eRamothi-Gileyadi, uphumelele; ngoba uJehova uzayinikela esandleni senkosi. |
| 13. | Isithunywa esasiyebiza uMikhaya sakhuluma laye sathi: Khangela-ke, amazwi abaprofethi ngamlomo munye mahle enkosini; ake ilizwi lakho lifanane lelizwi lomunye wabo, ukhulume okuhle. |
| 14. | Kodwa uMikhaya wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova, lokho i Nkosi ekutshoyo kimi lokho ngizakukhuluma. |
| 15. | Esefikile enkosini, inkosi yathi kuye: Mikhaya, siye eRamothi-Gileyadi empini kumbe siyekele? Wasesithi kuyo: Yenyuka, uphumelele; ngoba uJehova uzayinikela esandleni senkosi. |
| 16. | Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngizakufungisa kuze kube kangaki ukuthi ungangitsheli lutho ngaphandle kweqiniso ebizweni le Nkosi? |
| 17. | Wasesithi: Ngabona uIsrayeli wonke ehlakazekile phezu kwezintaba njengezimvu ezingelamelusi; uJehova wathi: Laba kabalankosi, kababuyele, ngulowo lalowo endlini yakhe ngokuthula. |
| 18. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Kangikutshelanga yini ukuthi kayikuprofetha okuhle ngami kodwa okubi? |
| 19. | Wasesithi: Ngakho zwana ilizwi le Nkosi: Ngibone i Nkosi ihlezi esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi, lamabutho wonke amazulu emi phansi kwayo ngakwesokunene sayo langakwesokhohlo sayo. |
| 20. | I Nkosi yasisithi: Ngubani ozahuga uAhabi ukuthi enyuke ayewela eRamothi-Gileyadi? Omunye-ke watsho njalo, lomunye watsho njalo. |
| 21. | Kwasekuphuma umoya, wema phambi kwe Nkosi wathi: Mina ngizamhuga. |
| 22. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngani? Wasesithi: Ngizaphuma ngibe ngumoya wamanga emlonyeni wabo bonke abaprofethi bakhe. Yasisithi: Uza m huga, njalo uzaphumelela; phuma wenze njalo. |
| 23. | Ngakho-ke, khangela, i Nkosi ifake umoya wamanga emlonyeni walababaprofethi bakho bonke, njalo i Nkosi ikhulume okubi ngawe. |
| 24. | UZedekhiya indodana kaKhenahana wasesondela, watshaya uMikhaya esihlathini, wathi: UMoya we Nkosi wedlula ngani esuka kimi ukuyakhuluma lawe? |
| 25. | UMikhaya wasesithi: Khangela, uzakubona mhlalokho lapho uzangena ekamelweni elingaphakathi ukuyacatsha. |
| 26. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi: Thatha uMikhaya, mbuyisele kuAmoni umbusi womuzi lakuJowashi indodana yenkosi, |
| 27. | uthi: Itsho njalo inkosi: Fakani lo entolongweni, limdlise isinkwa sohlupho lamanzi ohlupho ngize ngibuye ngokuthula. |
| 28. | UMikhaya wasesithi: Uba uphenduka isibili ngokuthula, i Nkosi kayikhulumanga ngami. Wasesithi: Zwanini, bantu, lina lonke. |
| 29. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli loJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda basebesenyukela eRamothi-Gileyadi. |
| 30. | Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Ngi zazifihla isimo, ngi ngene empini, kodwa wena gqoka izembatho zakho. Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasizifihla isimo, yangena empini. |
| 31. | Inkosi yeSiriya yayilaye induna zezinqola ezingamatshumi amathathu lambili ayelazo, esithi: Lingalwi lomncinyane loba lomkhulu, kodwa lenkosi yakoIsrayeli kuphela. |
| 32. | Kwasekusithi induna zezinqola zibona uJehoshafathi zona zathi: Isibili yiyo inkosi yakoIsrayeli. Zaseziphambuka ukulwa zimelene layo; uJehoshafathi waseklabalala. |
| 33. | Kwasekusithi induna zezinqola zibona ukuthi kwakungeyisiyo inkosi yakoIsrayeli, zaphenduka ekuyilandeleni. |
| 34. | Umuntu othile wasedonsa idandili lakhe engananzeleli, wahlaba inkosi yakoIsrayeli phakathi kwenhlangano lebhatshi lensimbi; yasisithi kumtshayeli wenqola yayo: Phendula isandla sakho, ungikhuphe phakathi kwebutho, ngoba ngilimele kakhulu. |
| 35. | Impi yasikhula mhlalokho; njalo inkosi yayisekelwe enqoleni yayo iqondene lamaSiriya, yafa ntambama; igazi lenxeba lagelezela ngaphansi kwenqola. |
| 36. | Ekutshoneni kwelanga kwadabula isimemezelo ebuthweni sisithi: Wonke ka ye emzini wakibo, laye wonke elizweni lakibo. |
| 37. | Ngakho inkosi yafa, yalethwa eSamariya; basebeyingcwaba inkosi eSamariya. |
| 38. | Omunye wasegezisa inqola echibini leSamariya, lezinja zakhotha igazi layo (lapho amawule ayegeza khona), njengokwelizwi le Nkosi eyalikhulumayo. |
| 39. | Ezinye-ke zezindaba zikaAhabi, lakho konke akwenzayo, lendlu yempondo zendlovu ayakhayo, lemizi yonke ayakhayo, kakubhalwanga yini egwalweni lwemilando yamakhosi akoIsrayeli? |
| 40. | UAhabi waselala laboyise. UAhaziya indodana yakhe wasesiba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe. |
| 41. | UJehoshafathi indodana kaAsa waba-ke yinkosi phezu kukaJuda ngomnyaka wesine kaAhabi inkosi yakoIsrayeli. |
| 42. | Njalo uJehoshafathi wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu lapho esiba yinkosi; wabusa eJerusalema iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lanhlanu. Lebizo likanina lalinguAzuba indodakazi kaShilehi. |
| 43. | Njalo wahamba ngayo yonke indlela kaAsa uyise, kaphambukanga kuyo, ukwenza okulungileyo emehlweni e Nkosi. Loba kunjalo indawo eziphakemeyo kazisuswanga; abantu babelokhu benikela imihlatshelo, betshisa impepha endaweni eziphakemeyo. |
| 44. | UJehoshafathi wasesenza ukuthula lenkosi yakoIsrayeli. |
| 45. | Ezinye-ke zezindaba zikaJehoshafathi, lobuqhawe abenzayo, lokuthi walwa njani, kakubhalwanga yini egwalweni lwemilando yamakhosi akoJuda? |
| 46. | Lensali yezinkotshana ezazisele ensukwini zikaAsa uyise wayikhupha elizweni. |
| 47. | Njalo eEdoma kwakungelankosi, umbambeli wayeyinkosi. |
| 48. | UJehoshafathi wenza imikhumbi yeTharshishi ukuya eOfiri uku landa igolide; kodwa kayiyanga, ngoba imikhumbi yephukela eEziyoni-Geberi. |
| 49. | Ngalesosikhathi uAhaziya indodana kaAhabi wathi kuJehoshafathi: Inceku zami kazihambe lenceku zakho emikhunjini. Kodwa uJehoshafathi kafunanga. |
| 50. | UJehoshafathi waselala laboyise, wangcwatshelwa kuboyise emzini kaDavida uyise. UJoramu indodana yakhe wasesiba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe. |
| 51. | UAhaziya indodana kaAhabi waba yinkosi phezu kukaIsrayeli eSamariya ngomnyaka wetshumi lesikhombisa kaJehoshafathi inkosi yakoJuda; wabusa phezu kukaIsrayeli iminyaka emibili. |
| 52. | Wasesenza okubi emehlweni e Nkosi, wahamba ngendlela kayise, langendlela kanina, langendlela kaJerobowamu indodana kaNebati owenza uIsrayeli one. |
| 53. | Wasekhonza uBhali, wakhothamela kuye, wayithukuthelisa i Nkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, njengakho konke ayekwenzile uyise. |
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