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1 UHezekiya waba ngukumkani eminyaka imashumi mabini anamihlanu ezelwe; waba neminyaka emashumi mabini anesithoba engukumkani eYerusalem. Igama lonina lalinguAbhiya intombi kaZekariya.2 Wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaYehova, njengako konke awakwenzayo uDavide uyise.3 Yena, ngomnyaka wokuqala wobukumkani bakhe, ngenyanga yokuqala, wazivula iingcango zendlu kaYehova, wazilungisa.4 Wabangenisa ababingeleli nabaLevi, wabahlanganisela ebaleni langasempumalanga, wathi kubo,5 Ndiphulaphuleni, baLevi; zingcwaliseni kaloku; yingcwaliseni indlu kaYehova, uThixo wooyihlo, nikukhuphe ukungcola okusendaweni engcwele.6 Ngokuba oobawo benza ubumenemene, benza okubi emehlweni kaYehova uThixo wethu, bamshiya, babusonga ubuso babo emnqubeni kaYehova, bawunikela ikhosi;7 kananjalo bazivala iingcango zevaranda, bazicima izibane, abaqhumisela ngesiqhumiso, abawanyusa amadini anyukayo engcweleni kuThixo kaSirayeli.8 Ngoko ke afikelwa amaYuda neYerusalem buburhalarhume bukaYehova, wawanikela aba yinto yokufeketha, neyokumangalisa, neyomsondlo, njengoko nikubonayo ngamehlo enu.9 Yabona, bawile oobawo likrele; oonyana bethu neentombi zethu nabafazi bethu basekuthinjweni ngenxa yoko.10 Ngoku ke kusentliziyweni yam ukumenzela umnqophiso uYehova uThixo kaSirayeli, kubuye kuthi ukuvutha komsindo wakhe.11 Nyana bam, kungokunje musani ukuhiliza; ngokuba uYehova uninyule, ukuze nime phambi kwakhe, nilungiselele kuye, nibe ngabalungiseleli nabaqhumiseli kuye.

12 Basuka ke abaLevi, ooMahati unyana ka-Amasayi, noYoweli unyana ka-Azariya, koonyana bamaKohati; nakoonyana bakaMerari, uKishe unyana ka-Abhedi, noAzariya unyana kaYehaleleli; nakumaGershon, uYowa unyana kaZima, noEden unyana kaYowa;13 koonyana bakaElitsafan, uShimri noYehiyeli; nakoonyana baka-Asafu, uZekariya noMataniya;14 nakoonyana bakaHeman, uYehiyeli noShimehi; koonyana bakaYedutun, uShemaya noUziyeli.15 Babahlanganisa ke abazalwana babo, bazingcwalisa, bangena ngokomthetho wokumkani ngamazwi kaYehova, ukuyihlambulula indlu kaYehova.16 Bangena phakathi kwendlu kaThixo ababingeleli, ukuze bayihlambulule; bayikhupha yonke into eyinqambi abayifumanayo etempileni kaYehova, bayisa entendelezweni yendlu kaYehova. AbaLevi bayithabatha, ukuze bayikhuphele phandle, bayise emlanjaneni oyiKidron.17 Baqala ukungcwalisa ngomhla wokuqala, ngenyanga yokuqala; ngomhla wesibhozo wenyanga leyo bafika evarandeni kaYehova. Bayingcwalisa ke indlu kaYehova imihla esibhozo, bagqiba ngomhla weshumi elinesithandathu wenyanga yokuqala.18 Bangena baya kuHezekiya ukumkani, bathi, Siyihlambulule indlu yonke kaYehova, nesibingelelo sedini elinyukayo, neempahla zaso zonke, netafile yezonka ezicwangciswayo, neempahla zayo zonke.19 Neempahla zonke awazilahlayo uAhazi, ngexa lokulawula kwakhe ngokwenza ubumenemene, sizilungisile sazingcwalisa; nanzo ziphambi kwesibingelelo sikaYehova.

20 Wavuka kusasa uHezekiya ukumkani, wabahlanganisa abathetheli bawo umzi; wenyuka waya endlwini kaYehova.21 Bazisa iinkunzi ezintsha zeenkomo zasixhenxe, neenkunzi zeegusha zasixhenxe, neemvana zasixhenxe, neenkunzi zeebhokhwe zasixhenxe, ukuba zibe lidini lesono ngenxa yobukumkani, nangenxa yendawo engcwele, nangenxa yamaYuda. Wathi koonyana baka-Aron, ababingeleli, mabenze amadini anyukayo esibingelelweni sikaYehova.22 Bazixhela iinkomo, ababingeleli balamkela igazi, balitshiza esibingelelweni; bazixhela iinkunzi zeegusha, balitshiza igazi esibingelelweni; bazixhela iimvana, balitshiza igazi esibingelelweni.23 Bazizisa iinkunzi zeebhokhwe zedini lesono phambi kokumkani nebandla, bacinezela ngezandla zabo phezu kwazo;24 bazixhela ababingeleli, ukuba bawacamagushele amaSirayeli onke, ngokulenza nyulu igazi lazo esibingelelweni; ngokuba ukumkani ebethe makenzelwe onke amaSirayeli idini elinyukayo nedini lesono.25 Wabamisa abaLevi endlwini kaYehova, benamacangci, benemirhubhe, beneehadi, ngokomthetho kaDavide, noGadi imboni yokumkani, noNatan umprofeti; ngokuba loo mthetho ubungokaYehova ngabaprofeti bakhe.26 Bema abaLevi benempahla kaDavide, ababingeleli benamaxilongo.27 Wathi uHezekiya, makunyuswe idini elinyukayo esibingelelweni. Lithe lakuqalwa idini elinyukayo, yaqala ingoma kaYehova namaxilongo, ngokokuhlabela kweempahla zikaDavide ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.28 Lonke ibandla laqubuda, iimvumi zivuma, abavutheli-maxilongo bevuthela; oko konke kwenziwa lada lagqitywa idini elinyukayo.29 Kwakugqitywa ukunyuswa idini elinyukayo, ukumkani nabo bonke abafumaneka benaye, baguqa baqubuda.30 Bathi ooHezekiya ukumkani nabathetheli, mabamdumise uYehova abaLevi ngamazwi kaDavide naka-Asafu imboni. Bamdumisa ke bada bavuya; bathoba, baqubuda.31 Waphendula uHezekiya wathi, Kungokunje nizingcwalisile kuYehova; yizani, nizise imibingelelo neyombulelo endlwini kaYehova. Layizisa ke ibandla imibingelelo neyombulelo; bonke ababeqhutywa yintliziyo, bazisa amadini anyukayo.32 Inani lamadini anyukayo elawazisayo ibandla, lalingamashumi asixhenxe eenkomo, nekhulu leenkunzi zeegusha, namakhulu amabini eemvana. Ezo zonke zaba zezedini elinyukayo kuYehova.33 Ezingcwalisiweyo iinkomo zaba ngamakhulu amathandathu, namawaka amathathu empahla emfutshane.34 Kodwa ababingeleli babembalwa, ababa nakuwahlinza onke amadini anyukayo; bababambisa ke abazalwana babo abaLevi, wada wagqitywa loo msebenzi, bada bazingcwalisa ababingeleli; ngokuba abaLevi babethe tye ngentliziyo ukuzingcwalisa, kunababingeleli.35 Kananjalo amadini anyukayo aba maninzi, enamanqatha emibingelelo yoxolo, neminikelo ethululwayo yawo amadini anyukayo; yaqiniselwa ke inkonzo yendlu kaYehova.36 Ke uHezekiya nabantu bonke bakuvuyela oko uThixo akuqinisele abantu; ngokuba le nto yenziwa ngesiquphe.