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24 UJowatjhi bekaneminyaka elikhomba nakaba yikosi,+ wabusa iminyaka ema-40 eJerusalema. Igama lakanina bekunguTsibiya weBheritjheba.+ 2 UJowatjhi waraga nokwenza okuhle emehlweni kaJehova phakathi naso soke isikhathi uJehoyada amphristi.+ 3 UJehoyada wamkhethela abafazi ababili begodu bambelethela amadodana namadodakazi.
4 Ngemva kwalokho, uJowatjhi wafisa ukuvuselela indlu kaJehova.+ 5 Nje-ke wabuthelela abaphristi namaLevi, wathi kibo: “Tjhingani emadorobheni wakwaJuda nibuthelele imali kiwo woke ama-Israyeli bona kulungiswe indlu kaZimenu+ unyaka nonyaka; kufuze nirhabe endabeni le.” Kodwana amaLevi akhenge arhabe.+ 6 Nje-ke ikosi yabiza uJehoyada induna yathi kuye:+ “Kubayini ungakhenge ufune bona amaLevi alethe umthelo ocwengileko ovela kwaJuda neJerusalema, okumyalo owakhutjhwa nguMosi+ inceku kaJehova, umthelo ocwengileko webandla lakwa-Israyeli wetende lobuFakazi?+ 7 Ngombana amadodana womfazi loya okhohlakeleko u-Ataliya+ agqekeze ngendlini kaZimu+ weqiniso begodu asebenzisa zoke izinto ezicwengileko zendlu kaJehova bona alotjhe aboBhali.” 8 Nje-ke ikosi yayala bona kwenziwe ikasi+ bese libekwe ngaphandle kwesango lendlu kaJehova.+ 9 Ngemva kwalokho, kwenziwa isimemezelo kiyo yoke inarha yakwaJuda neyeJerusalema bona kulethwe kuJehova umthelo+ ocwengileko uMosi inceku kaZimu weqiniso awubekela ama-Israyeli emmangweni. 10 Yeke woke amakhosana nabo boke abantu bathaba+ begodu bebasolo baletha iminikelo bayiphosela ngaphakathi kwekasi belazala swi!*
11 Qobe amaLevi nawabona ukuthi sekunemali enengi ngekasini, bewalithatha alilethe ekosini. Ngemva kwalokho unobhala wekosi nomsizi womphristi omkhulu bebeza bayikhuphe ngekasini nabaqedako babuyisele ikasi+ endawenalo. Ngilokho ebebakwenza qobe langa begodu bebabuthelela imali enengi. 12 Nje-ke ikosi noJehoyada bebayinikela labo abanqophisa umsebenzi owenzelwa indlu kaJehova begodu bebaqatjha abasiki bamatje neensebenzi zobukghwari bona kuvuselelwe indlu kaJehova,+ kuhlanganise nabasebenza ngesimbi nekhopha bona kuvuselelwe indlu kaJehova. 13 Abanqophisi bathoma ngomsebenzi begodu umsebenzi wokulungisa waraga ngaphasi kwabanqophisabo, bavuselela indlu kaZimu weqiniso, bayibuyisela ebujamweni bayo, bayenza yaqina. 14 Msinyana nabaqedako, baletha imali eseleko ekosini nakuJehoyada begodu bayisebenzisela ukwenza izitja zendlu kaJehova, izitja zomsebenzi nezeminikelo, iinkapho nezitja zegolide nezesiliva.+ Bebenza imihlatjelo etjhiswako endlini kaJehova qobe,+ yoke imihla kaJehoyada.
15 UJehoyada nasele aluphele begodu aneliswe minyakakhe, wahlongakala; bekaneminyaka eli-130 nakahlongakalako. 16 Bambulungela eDorobheni lakaDavida kunye namakhosi+ ngombana bekenze okulungileko kwa-Israyeli+ ngokuphathelene noZimu weqiniso nendlu kaZimu.
17 Ngemva kokuhlongakala kwakaJehoyada, kweza amakhosana wakwaJuda, akhothamela ikosi begodu ikosi yalalela lokho akutjhoko. 18 Balahla indlu kaJehova uZimu wabokhokho babo, bathoma ukulotjha iingodo ezicwengileko* neenthombe kangangobana ilaka lakaZimu lehlela kwaJuda neJerusalema ngebanga lokona kwabo. 19 UJehova wasolo athumela abaphorofidi hlangana nabo bona ababuyisele kuye begodu bekasolo abayelelisa kodwana akhenge balalele.+
20 Ummoya kaZimu wehlela kuZakariya indodana kaJehoyada+ umphristi begodu wajama phambi kwabantu wathi kibo: “UZimu weqiniso uthi, ‘Kubayini nidelele imiyalo kaJehova? Angekhe niphumelele! Ngombana nilahle uJehova naye uzonilahla.’”+ 21 Kodwana baluka amano ngokujamelene naye,+ ikosi yabayala bona bamkghadlhe ngamatje esirhodlweni sendlu kaJehova.+ 22 Nje-ke iKosi uJowatjhi akhenge ikhumbule ithando eyalifumana kuyise* uJehoyada, yabulala nendodanayo okwathi nayihlongakalako, yathi: “Kwanga uJehova angabona begodu akujezise.”+
23 Kwathi ekuthomeni komnyaka, ibutho lamaSiriya leza lajamelana noJowatjhi, lasahlela kwaJuda neJerusalema.+ Latjhabalalisa woke amakhosana+ wabantu begodu lathumela zoke izinto zabo ezifunyenwe epini, ekosini yeDamaseku. 24 Ngitjho nanyana ibutho lamaSiriya belilincani uJehova wenza bona lihlule ibutho elikhulu+ ngombana abantu bakwaJuda bebalahle uJehova uZimu wabokhokho babo, yeke lakhupha* isahlulelo kuJowatjhi. 25 Ibuthweli nalisuka lapho (ngombana lamtjhiya alimele khulu), iinsebenzi zakhe zamlukela amano ngombana wabulala amadodana* kaJehoyada+ umphristi. Zambulalela embhedenakhe.+ Yeke wahlongakala, wabulungelwa eDorobheni lakaDavida+ kodwana akhenge bambulunge lapho kubulungelwa khona amakhosi.+
26 Laba ngilabo abaluka amano+ ngokujamelene naye: NguZabadi indodana kaTjhimeyati um-Amoni noJehozabadi indodana kaTjhimrithi wakwaMowabi. 27 Malungana namadodanakhe neememezelo ezinengi ngokujamelene naye+ nangokuvuselelwa kwendlu kaZimu weqiniso,+ koke kutloliwe eNcwadini yamaKhosi. Indodanakhe u-Amaziya yaba yikosi esikhundleni sakhe.