2 iziKronike 20:1-30
2 iziKronike 20:1-30 IsiZulu 2020 (ZUL20)
Kwathi emveni kwalokho kwafika abakwaMowabi nabakwa-Amoni nabanye bakwaMehuni bezokulwa noJehoshafathi. Kweza abanye bamazisa ngalokho uJehoshafathi, bathi: “Kuza isixuku esikhulu esivela phesheya kolwandle, e-Aramu; manje sesingaseHazezoni Thamari eliyi-Eni Gedi.” UJehoshafathi wesaba, wayesezinikela, wafuna uSimakade, wamemezela ukuzila ukudla kulo lonke elakwaJuda. UJuda wabuthana ukuba acele usizo kuSimakade. Baphuma kuyo yonke imizi yakwaJuda ukuzofuna uSimakade. UJehoshafathi wema ebandleni lakwaJuda nelaseJerusalema endlini kaSimakade, phambi kwegceke elisha, wathi: “Simakade, Nkulunkulu wokhokho bethu, kanti Wena awusiye yini uNkulunkulu ezulwini, nombusi wemibuso yonke yezizwe na? Esandleni sakho kukhona amandla negunya, akekho ongamelana nawe. Wena Nkulunkulu wethu awuxoshanga yini phambi kwabantu bakho, u-Israyeli, ababakhe kuleli lizwe, walinika abozalo luka-Abhrahama, umngani wakho, kuze kube phakade na? Bahlala kulo, bakwakhela kulo indlu engcwele ukuba ibe ngeyegama lakho, bethi: ‘Uma sehlelwa ngokubi, inkemba, ukwehlulelwa, ubhubhane, nendlala, siyakuma phambi kwale ndlu naphambi kwakho, ngokuba igama lakho likule ndlu; sikhale kuwe ekuhluphekeni kwethu, Wena uyakusizwa usisindise.’ “Ngakho-ke ake ubheke, abakwa-Amoni, abakwaMowabi nabasentabeni iSeyiri, ongamvumelanga u-Israyeli ukuba ababhubhise ngesikhathi ephuma eGibhithe, kunalokho wabachezukela, akaze ababhubhisa. Bheka-ke ukuthi basivuza kanjani, bezile ukuzosixosha efeni lakho owasinika lona ukuba silidle. Nkulunkulu wethu, awuyukubehlulela yini na? Ngokuba thina asinawo amandla okubhekana nalesi sixuku esikhulu kangaka esizayo. Futhi asazi ukuthi sizokwenzenjani, kodwa amehlo ethu abheke kuwe.” UJuda wonke wayemi phambi kukaSimakade kanye nezingane zabo, omkabo nabantwana babo. UMoya kaSimakade wafika kuJahaziyeli kaZakhariya kaBhenaya kaJehiyeli kaMathaniya, umLevi, omunye wozalo luka-Asafa, ephakathi kwebandla, wathi: “Yizwani nina nonke bakwaJuda, zakhamuzi zaseJerusalema, nawe nkosi Jehoshafathi: usho kanje kini uSimakade, uthi: ‘Ningesabi, ningapheli amandla ngenxa yalesi sixuku esikhulu, ngokuba impi ayisiyo eyenu, ingekaNkulunkulu. Kusasa yehlelani kubo; bayobe bekhuphuka ngommango waseZizi; niyakubafumana ekugcineni kwesigodi, phambi kwehlane eJeruweli. Akusikho okwenu ukulwa kule mpi; zihleleni, nime, nibone ukunqoba kukaSimakade, nina Juda neJerusalema; ningesabi, ningapheli amandla; phumelani kubo kusasa, ngokuba uSimakade uzakuba nani.’ ” UJehoshafathi wayesekhothama, wathi mbo ngobuso emhlabathini. UJuda wonke nezakhamuzi zaseJerusalema bakhothama phambi kukaSimakade, bakhuleka kuSimakade. AbaLevi, abozalo lwamaKhohathi nolwamaKhorahi, basukuma badumisa uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ngezwi elikhulu kakhulu. Bavuka ekuseni, baphuma baya ehlane eThekhowa. Ngesikhathi bephuma, uJehoshafathi wasukuma, wathi: “Ngilaleleni, Juda nani zakhamuzi zaseJerusalema! Methembeni uSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu, niyakuqiniswa. Bethembeni abaphrofethi bakhe, niyakuphumelela.” Eselulekene nabantu, wabeka abayakuhlabelela kuSimakade bevunule ngobungcwele, behamba phambi kwamabutho, bethi: “Bongani uSimakade, ngokuba umusa wakhe umi phakade.” Kwathi ukuba baqale ukuhalalisa nokudumisa, uSimakade wababekela abazobalalela unyendle abakwa-Amoni, abakwa-Mowabi, nabasentabeni iSeyiri ababephumele ukumelana noJuda, banqotshwa bonke. Abakwa-Amoni nabakwaMowabi bamelana nezakhamuzi zasentabeni iSeyiri, bababhubhisa baphela nya. Kwathi sebeziqothule nya zonke izakhamuzi zaseSeyiri, base bephenduka babulalana bodwa. UJuda efika embonisweni ehlane, waphenduka wabuka ngalapho kwakunesixuku khona; bheka, kwakulele izigingqane zezidumbu zidindilize phansi, kungekho noyedwa ophunyukile. UJehoshafathi namabutho akhe kwathi lapho befika ukuba babuthe impango kubo, bafumanisa kubo ingcebo eningi kakhulu abangakwazanga ukuyithwala. Ngosuku lwesine babuthana esiGodini iBherakha, bambonga lapho uSimakade. Igama laleyo ndawo labizwa ngokuthi yisigodi iBherakha, kuze kube namuhla. UJehoshafathi wabahola bonke abantu bakwaJuda nabaseJerusalema babuyela eJerusalema ngentokozo, ngokuba uSimakade wayebathokozisile ngokwehlula izitha zabo. Bafika eJerusalema bephethe izingubhu, amahabhu, namacilongo, bangena endlini kaSimakade. Uvalo ngoNkulunkulu lwehlela yonke imibuso yamazwe lapho bezwa ukuthi uSimakade wayelwe nezitha zika-Israyeli. Umbuso kaJehoshafathi waba nokuthula ngenxa yokuthi uNkulunkulu wakhe wayemnike ukuphumula nxazonke.
2 iziKronike 20:1-30 IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE (ZUL59)
Kwathi emva kwalokho kwafika abantwana bakwaMowabi nabantwana bakwa-Amoni benabanye bamaMehuni kuJehoshafati, beyokulwa. Kwafika abanye, bamtshela uJehoshafati, bathi: “Kusondela kuwe isixuku esikhulu sivela phesheya kolwandle e-Aramu; bheka, sebeseHasasoni Thamari eliyi-Eni Gedi.” UJehoshafati wayeseshaywa luvalo, wabhekisa ubuso bakhe ukumfuna uJehova, wamemezela ukuzila ukudla kulo lonke lwakwaJuda. UJuda wabuthana ukucela ukusizwa nguJehova; baphuma emizini yonke yakwaJuda, bafika ukumfuna uJehova. UJehoshafati wema ebandleni lakwaJuda nelaseJerusalema endlini kaJehova phambi kwegceke elisha, wathi: “Jehova Nkulunkulu wawobaba, wena awusiye uNkulunkulu ezulwini, awusiye umbusi wemibuso yonke yabezizwe, na? Esandleni sakho kukhona amandla negunya, akakho ongamelana nawe. Awuxoshanga yini, Nkulunkulu wethu, abakhileyo kuleli zwe phambi kwabantu bakho u-Israyeli, wanika lona inzalo ka-Abrahama umngane wakho kuze kube phakade, na? Bahlala kulo, bakwakhela kulo indlu engcwele ibe ngeyegama lakho, bethi: ‘Uma sehlelwa ngokubi, inkemba, nokwahlulelwa, nesifo, nendlala, siyakuma phambi kwale ndlu naphambi kwakho, ngokuba igama lakho likule ndlu, sikhale kuwe ekuhluphekeni kwethu, uyakuzwa, usisindise.’ “Bheka, manje abantwana bakwa-Amoni nabakwaMowabi nabasentabeni yaseSeyiri, ongavumelanga u-Israyeli ukubangenela ekuphumeni kwakhe ezweni laseGibithe, kepha wabachezukela, akabachithanga, bheka, ukusivuza kwabo ukuba bafike ukusixosha efeni lakho osinike lona ukuba silidle. Nkulunkulu wethu, awuyikubahlulela na? Ngokuba asinamandla ebusweni balesi sixuku esikhulu esisifikelayo; futhi asazi ukuthi siyakwenze njani, kodwa amehlo ethu akuwe.” Wonke uJuda wayemi phambi kukaJehova, nezingane zabo, nawomkabo, namadodana abo. Kwase kufika uMoya kaJehova phezu kukaJahaziyeli kaZakariya kaBenaya kaJehiyeli kaMathaniya umLevi, emadodaneni ka-Asafa phakathi kwebandla, wathi: “Yizwani nina nonke bakwaJuda, nabakhileyo eJerusalema, nawe nkosi Jehoshafati: usho kanje kini uJehova, uthi: ‘Ningesabi, ningapheli amandla ngenxa yalesi sixuku esikhulu, ngokuba impi ayisiyo eyenu, ngekaNkulunkulu. Yehlelani kubo kusasa; bhekani, bayakukhuphuka ngommango waseSisi; niyakubafumana ekugcineni kwesigodi ngaphambi kwehlane laseJeruweli. Akusikho okwenu ukulwa kule mpi; zihleleni, nime, nibone ukunisindisa kukaJehova, nina Juda neJerusalema; ningesabi, ningapheli amandla; phumelani kubo kusasa, ngokuba uJehova unani.’ ” Wayesekhothama uJehoshafati, ubuso bakhe bubheke phansi; wonke uJuda nabakhileyo eJerusalema bawa phambi kukaJehova bekhuleka kuJehova. AmaLevi abantwana bamaKohati nawabantwana bamaKorahi asukuma ukumdumisa uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ngezwi elikhulu kakhulu. Bavuka ekuseni, baphuma baya ehlane laseThekhowa; ekuphumeni kwabo uJehoshafati wema, wathi: “Ngizweni, Juda nani bakhileyo eJerusalema! Kholwani nguJehova uNkulunkulu wenu, niyakuqiniswa; kholwani ngabaprofethi bakhe, niyakuphumelela.” Eselulekene nabantu wamisa abayakuhlabelela kuJehova ukuba bamdumise behlotshisiwe ngobungcwele, besaphuma ngaphambi kwempi, bathi: “Bongani uJehova, ngokuba umusa wakhe umi phakade.” Lapho sebeqala ukuhalalisa nokudumisa, uJehova wabeka abaqamekeli babantwana bakwa-Amoni, nabakwaMowabi, nabaseSeyiri, ababefikele uJuda, banqotshwa. Abantwana bakwa-Amoni nabakwaMowabi bamelana nabakhileyo entabeni yaseSeyiri ukuba babachithe, babaqothule; sebebaqedile abakhileyo eSeyiri basiza, kwaba yilowo nalowo, ngokubulalana bodwa. UJuda esefike embonisweni wasehlane, babheka isixuku; bheka, babe yizidumbu nje eziwele phansi, akusindanga noyedwa. Lapho uJehoshafati nabantu bakhe befika ukuqoqa impango kubo, bafumanisa phakathi kwabo ubuningi bengcebo nezidumbu nezinto ezinxanelekayo, bazihlubulela zona, kwaze kwangabakho ongazithwala; kwaba yizinsuku ezintathu beqoqa impango, ngokuba yayiningi kangaka. Ngosuku lwesine babuthana esiGodini saseBerakha,* ngokuba bambonga uJehova khona; ngalokho igama laleyo ndawo labizwa ngokuthi isiGodi saseBerakha kuze kube namuhla. Base bebuya bonke abantu bakwaJuda nabaseJerusalema, uJehoshafati ephambi kwabo, ukuba babuyele eJerusalema ngentokozo, ngokuba uJehova wayesebathokozisile phezu kwezitha zabo. Bafika-ke eJerusalema benezingubhu namahabhu* namacilongo endlini kaJehova. Ingebhe ngoNkulunkulu yaba phezu kwayo yonke imibuso yamazwe, lapho isizwile ukuthi uJehova wayelwile nezitha zakwa-Israyeli. Umbuso kaJehoshafati wawusuzola, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wakhe wamnika ukuphumula nxazonke.
2 iziKronike 20:1-30 Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 (CZB24)
Ngasemuva abantwana bakwaMowabi nabantwana bakwa-Amoni nabanye kanye nabo ngaphandle kwabantwana bakwa-Amoni benyuka bamelana noJehoshafati ukulwa. Kwase kufika abanye bamtshela uJehoshafati, bathi: “Kukhona isixuku esikhulu esiza kuwe sivela ngaphesheya kolwandle ngaphesheya kwe-Aramu; bheka, baseHasazon-tamare eliyi-Eni Gedi. UJehoshafati wesaba, waqala ukumfuna ukumfuna uJehova, wamemezela usuku lokuzila ukudla kwaJuda wonke. UJuda wabuthana ukuba acele usizo kuJehova; beza bephuma kuyo yonke imizi yakwaJuda ukumfuna uJehova. UJehoshafati wema ebandleni lakwaJuda nelaseJerusalema endlini kaJehova phambi kwegceke elisha; wathi: “Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wawobaba, wena awusiye uNkulunkulu ezulwini na?” kanti kawubusi yini phezu kwayo yonke imibuso yabezizwe? esandleni sakho awekho amandla namandla, ukuze kungabikho muntu ongamelana nawe? Awusiye uNkulunkulu wethu yini owaxosha abakhileyo kuleli zwe phambi kwabantu bakho u-Israyeli, walinika inzalo ka-Abrahama umngane wakho kuze kube phakade na? Bahlala kulo, bazakhela kuyo indlu engcwele yegama lakho, bathi: Uma, lapho ububi busehlela, njengenkemba, isahlulelo, noma isifo, noma indlala, sima phambi kwale ndlu naphambi kobuso bakho (ngokuba igama lakho likule ndlu) bese ubiza osizini lwethu, khona-ke uzozwa futhi usize. Manje bheka, abantwana bakwa-Amoni nabakwaMowabi nezintaba zaseSeyiri ongathandanga ukuba u-Israyeli abahlasele ekuphumeni kwabo ezweni laseGibhithe, kodwa wabafulathela futhi akababhubhisanga; Bheka, ngithi, basivuza kanjani ngokuza ukusixosha efeni lakho owasinika lona njengefa. O Nkulunkulu wethu, awufuni yini ukubahlulela? ngokuba asinawo amandla okumelana nalesi sixuku esikhulu esisihlaselayo; futhi asazi ukuthi senzeni, kodwa amehlo ethu akuwe. Wonke uJuda wema phambi kukaJehova, nabancane babo, nawomkabo, nabantwana babo. UMoya weNkosi wehlela phezu kukaJahaziyeli indodana kaZakariya indodana kaBenaya indodana kaJehiyeli indodana kaMathaniya umLevi wamadodana ka-Asafa, uMoya weNkosi phakathi kwebandla weza; Wathi: “Zwanini, nonke Juda, nani enakhileyo eJerusalema, nenkosi uJehoshafati: Usho kanje uJehova kini, uthi: Ningesabi, ningapheli amandla ngenxa yalesi sixuku esikhulu; ngoba impi kayisiyo eyenu, kodwa ngekaNkulunkulu. Yehlani kusasa nilwe nabo; bheka, bakhuphukela eweni likaSisi; niyakubafumana ekupheleni kwesifufula, ngaphambi kwehlane laseJeruweli. Anifanele ukulwa kule mpi; sukumani nime, nibone ukukhulula kukaJehova nani Juda neJerusalema; ningesabi, ningapheli amandla; phumani kusasa niyokulwa nabo, ngokuba uJehova uyakuba nani. UJehoshafati wakhothamisa ubuso bakhe bubheke phansi; noJuda wonke nabakhileyo eJerusalema bawa phambi kukaJehova, bakhuleka kuJehova. AmaLevi, kubantwana bamaKohati nakubantwana bamaKhori, asukuma ukuba adumise uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ngezwi elikhulu phezulu. Bavuka ekuseni kakhulu, basuka baya ehlane laseThekhowa; ekuphumeni kwabo, uJehoshafati wema, wathi: “Ngizweni, Juda, nani bakhileyo eJerusalema! Kholwani nguJehova uNkulunkulu wenu, niyakuqiniswa; kholwani ngabaprofethi bakhe, niyakuphumelela. Ngemva kokubonisana nabantu, wabeka abahlabeleli enkazimulweni kaJehova ukuze badumise inkazimulo engcwele lapho bephuma phambi kwebutho, futhi bathi: “Dumisani uJehova! ngokuba umusa wakhe umi phakade. Lapho sebeqala ukuhlabelela nokudumisa, uJehova wabeka abaqamekeli babantwana bakwa-Amoni, nabakwaMowabi, nasezintabeni zaseSeyiri ababefikele uJuda; bashaywa. Abantwana bakwa-Amoni nabakwaMowabi bavukela abakhileyo ezintabeni zaseSeyiri ukuba babashaye ngesiqalekiso, bababhubhise; UJuda esefika embhoshongweni wokulinda ehlane, babheka isixuku, bheka, kwakuyizidumbu eziwele phansi, kungaphunyuki muntu. Lapho uJehoshafati nabantu bakhe befika ukuzothatha impango kubo, bathola phakathi kwabo ingcebo eningi kanye nezidumbu nezinto eziyigugu abazithathela zona, babengenakumuka nabo; baba yizinsuku ezintathu bebutha impango, yayiningi kakhulu. Ngosuku lwesine babuthana esigodini saseBeraga; ngoba lapho bamdumisa uJehova; ngalokho igama laleyo ndawo laqanjwa ngokuthi: Isigodi saseBeraga kuze kube namuhla. Base bebuya bonke abantu bakwaJuda naseJerusalema, uJehoshafati ephambi kwabo ukuba babuyele eJerusalema ngokujabula; ngoba uJehova wenza ukuba bajabule phezu kwezitha zabo. Bafika eJerusalema bephethe amahabhu nezingubhu namacilongo endlini kaJehova. Ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kwaba phezu kwayo yonke imibuso yalawo mazwe lapho isizwa ukuthi uJehova wayelwile nezitha zakwa-Israyeli. Umbuso kaJehoshafati wawuzola, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wakhe wamnika ukuphumula nxazonke.