2 Meʻa Hokohoko 25
1 Naʻe uofulu taʻu mo e taʻu ʻe nima ʻae motuʻa ʻo ʻAmasia, ʻi heʻene kamata pule, pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe uofulu ma nima ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē ko Sihoatani ʻo Selūsalema.
U-Amaziya wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lanhlanu ubudala ekubekweni kwakhe ukuba yinkosi, njalo wabusa eJerusalema okweminyaka engamatshumi amabili lasificamunwemunye. Ibizo likanina linguJehowadani evela eJerusalema.
2 Pea naʻe fai lelei ʻe ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ka naʻe ʻikai ʻi he loto haohaoa.
Wenza okulungileyo emehlweni kaThixo, kodwa kakwenzanga ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke.
3 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he hoko ʻo tuʻumaʻu ʻae puleʻanga kiate ia, naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki ʻaia naʻe lapasi ʻae tuʻi ko ʻene tamai.
Kwathi umbuso wakhe usuqinile, wabulala izikhulu zakhe ezazibulele inkosi uyise.
4 Ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tāmateʻi ʻenau ngaahi fānau, ka naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he fono ʻi he tohi ʻa Mōsese, ʻaia naʻe fekau ai ʻe Sihova, ʻo pehē, ʻE ʻikai mate ʻae ngaahi tamai koeʻuhi ko e fānau, pea ʻe ʻikai mate ʻae fānau maʻae mātuʻa, ka ʻe mate ʻae tangata taki taha koeʻuhi ko ʻene angahala ʻaʻana.
Kodwa amadodana azo kawabulalanga, wenza okuseMthethweni, eNcwadini kaMosi, lapho uThixo wapha umlayo wathi: “Oyise kabayikubulawa ngenxa yabantwababo, labantwababo kabayikubulawa ngenxa yaboyise; ngulowo lalowo uzafela izono zakhe.”
5 Pea naʻe fakakātoa ʻe ʻAmasia ʻa Siuta kotoa pē, ʻo ne fakanofo kiate kinautolu ʻae ngaahi ʻeiki pule ki he ngaahi toko afe, mo e ngaahi ʻeiki pule ki he ngaahi toko teau, ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻi Siuta kotoa pē mo Penisimani: pea naʻa ne lau ʻakinautolu mei he taʻu ʻe uofulu ʻo fai hake, ʻo ne ʻilo ʻakinautolu ko e toko tolu kilu naʻe lelei, pea mālohi ke ʻalu atu ke tau, pea maheni ai ʻi he ala ki he tao mo e pā.
U-Amaziya wabuthanisa abantu bakoJuda wabamisa ngezindlu zabo bephethwe yizinduna zezinkulungwane lezamakhulu kwelakoJuda lelakoBhenjamini. Wasebutha kusukela kwabaleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu, wathola bezinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amathathu, amadoda akhethiweyo, angaphuma impi, angahloma ngemikhonto langezihlangu.
6 Pea naʻa ne totongi ʻae kau tangata ʻe tokotaha kilu mei ʻIsileli ʻaki ʻae taleniti siliva ʻe teau, ko e kau mālohi mo toʻa.
Wabuya waqhatsha ko-Israyeli amaqhawe alamandla azinkulungwane ezilikhulu ngamathalenta esiliva alikhulu.
7 Ka naʻe haʻu kiate ia ha tangata ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻE tuʻi, ʻoua naʻa tuku ke ʻalu mo koe ʻae kautau ʻa ʻIsileli: he ʻoku ʻikai kau mo ʻIsileli ʻa Sihova, ko e fānau kotoa pē ʻa ʻIfalemi.
Kodwa kwafika kuye inceku kaNkulunkulu yathi: “Nkosi yami, amabutho ako-Israyeli la akufanelanga aphume impi kanye lawe ngoba uThixo kakho kwabako-Israyeli, kakho lakubani ebantwini bako-Efrayimi.
8 Pea kapau te ke ʻalu koe, fai pe, ke ke mālohi koe ki he tau: ʻe fakahinga koe ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fili: he ʻoku ʻi he ʻOtua ʻae mālohi ke tokoni, pea ke lī ki lalo.”
Loba ungaze uhambe uyekulwa ngesibindi empini, uNkulunkulu uzakuchitha phambi kwesitha ngoba uNkulunkulu ulamandla okukusiza loba ukukuchitha.”
9 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻAmasia ki he tangata ʻae ʻOtua, “Ka ko e hā te mau fai koeʻuhi ko e taleniti ʻe teau ʻaia kuo u tuku ki he tau ʻa ʻIsileli?” Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe he tangata ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia, “ʻOku faʻa fai ʻe Sihova ke foaki kiate koe ʻae meʻa lahi hake ʻaupito ʻi he meʻa ni.”
U-Amaziya wasebuza inceku kaNkulunkulu wathi, “Pho ngizakuthini ngamathalenta alikhulu engiwabhadalele amabutho ako-Israyeli?” Inceku kaNkulunkulu yaphendula yathi, “UThixo angakunika okunengi kakhulu kulalokho.”
10 Pea naʻe toki vaeua ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻAmasia, ʻae tau naʻe haʻu kiate ia mei ʻIfalemi, ke nau toe ʻalu ki honau fonua: ko ia naʻe tupu ʻo lahi ai ʻenau ʻita ki Siuta, pea naʻa nau toe ʻalu ki honau ʻapi ʻi he ʻita lahi.
U-Amaziya wawakhulula amabutho ayevela ko-Efrayimi wathi kawabuyele kibo. Lokhu amabutho abazondela abakoJuda abuyela kibo ngokufuthelana okukhulu.
11 Pea naʻe fakamālohi ʻe ʻAmasia ia, pea taki atu ʻe ia hono kakai ki he toafa māsima, ʻo ne taaʻi ʻi he fānau ʻa Seia ʻae toko mano.
U-Amaziya wasequnga isibindi, waphuma lamabutho akhe, waya eSigodini seTswayi, lapho abulala khona amadoda aseSeyiri azinkulungwane ezilitshumi.
12 Pea ko e toko mano ʻe taha naʻe moʻui naʻe puke ʻe he fānau ʻa Siuta ʻo ʻave fakapōpula, pea naʻe ʻohake ʻakinautolu ki he tumutumu ʻoe makatuʻu, ʻo lī ʻakinautolu mei he tumutumu ʻoe maka ki lalo, ko ia naʻe lailai ai ʻakinautolu kotoa pē.
Ibutho lakoJuda lathumba amadoda azinkulungwane ezilitshumi ephila, lawaqhuba layawafikisa engqongeni yeliwa lapho awaphosela khona phansi aphahlazeka wonke aba yizicucu.
13 Ka ko e kau tangata tau ʻoe tau naʻe fekau ʻe ʻAmasia ke nau foki, ke ʻoua naʻa nau ʻalu mo ia ki he tau, naʻa nau teʻia ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, mei Samēlia ʻo aʻu atu ki Pete-Holoni, pea naʻe teʻia ʻae toko tolu afe ʻokinautolu, ʻo [nau ]fetuku ʻae vete lahi.
Kwathi amabutho ayebuyiselwe emuva ngu-Amaziya ngoba engasafuni ukuthi amlwele impi, ahamba ehlasela imizi yaseSamariya laseBhethi-Horoni kwelakoJuda. Abulala abantu abazinkulungwane ezintathu njalo athutha impango enengi kakhulu.
14 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻae liu mai ʻa ʻAmasia mei he tāmateʻi ʻae kakai ʻItomi, naʻa ne ʻomi ʻae ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe fānau ʻa Seia: pea ne fokotuʻu ʻakinautolu ke ne ʻotua aki, pea punou ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne tutu ʻae meʻa nanamu kiate kinautolu.
U-Amaziya wathi esevela bulala ama-Edomi wabuya ethwele onkulunkulu babantu baseSeyiri. Wabamisa baba ngonkulunkulu bakhe wakhothama kubo wanikela iminikelo yokutshiswa.
15 Ko ia naʻe tupu ai ʻae houhau ʻa Sihova kia ʻAmasia, pea naʻa ne fekau ʻae palōfita kiate ia, ʻaia naʻe pehē kiate ia, “Ko e hā kuo ke kumi ai ki he ngaahi ʻotua ʻoe kakai, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai te nau mafai ke fakamoʻui honau kakai ʻonautolu mei ho nima?”
Ulaka lukaThixo lwavutha wathukuthelela u-Amaziya, wasethuma umphrofethi owafika wambuza wathi, “Kungani udinga uncedo kubonkulunkulu balababantu na, abehluleka ukuvikela abantu babo ekubahlaseleni kwakho?”
16 Pea ʻiloange lolotonga ʻa ʻene kei lea kiate ia, naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kiate ia, “He kuo fakakau koe ki he kau fakakaukau ʻae tuʻi?” “Tuku muʻa: he koeʻumaʻā ʻae taaʻi koe?” Pea naʻe tuku ai ʻae palōfita, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku ou ʻilo kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he ʻOtua ke taaʻi koe, ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻo fai ʻae meʻa ni, pea naʻe ʻikai te ke tokanga ki heʻeku akonaki.”
Wathi esakhuluma, inkosi yathi kuye, “Sikubekile yini ukuba ngumcebisi wenkosi na? Thula! Kungani udinga ukubulawa na?” Ngakho umphrofethi wema kodwa wasesithi, “Ngiyakwazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzimisele ukuthi akubhubhise, ngoba lokhu akwenzileyo kutsho ukuthi awuzange ulalele ukucebisa kwami.”
17 Pea naʻe toki kumi ʻae fakakaukau ʻe ʻAmasia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, pea ne fekau atu kia Soasi, ko e foha ʻo Sihoaasi, ko e foha ʻo Sehu ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, “Haʻu ke tā fesiofaki pe ʻakitaua.”
Ngemva kokuba u-Amaziya inkosi yakoJuda eseke wabuza abacebisi bakhe, wathumela ilizwi kuJowashi indodana kaJehowahazi, indodana kaJehu, inkosi yako-Israyeli wathi: “Woza, siqondane ubuso ngobuso.”
18 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Soasi ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli kia ʻAmasia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻo pehē, “Ko e talatalaʻāmoa naʻe ʻi Lepanoni naʻe fekau ki he sita naʻe ʻi Lepanoni, ʻo pehē, ‘Foaki mai ho ʻofefine ki hoku foha ke na fakamaʻu:’ pea naʻe ʻalu ai ʻae manu kai vao naʻe ʻi Lepanoni, pea malaki hifo ʻae talatalaʻāmoa.
Kodwa uJowashi inkosi yako-Israyeli waphendula u-Amaziya inkosi yakoJuda wathi: “Isihlahla sameva saseLebhanoni sathumela umbiko kwesomsedari waseLebhanoni sathi: ‘Yendisela indodakazi yakho endodaneni yami ibe ngumkayo.’ Ngakho kwavela isilo saseLebhanoni sanyathela safohloza isihlahla sameva.
19 ʻOku ke lau, Vakai, kuo ke teʻia ʻae kakai ʻItomi: pea kuo fakahikihiki koe ʻe ho loto ke vikiviki: ka ke nofo koe eni ki ʻapi: koeʻumaʻā hoʻo kau ke ke kovi ai, ke ke hinga ai, ʻio, ʻa koe, mo Siuta foki mo koe?”
Uzitshela ukuthi usuyinqobile i-Edomi, khathesi usuziqhenya. Kodwa hlala ekhaya! Kungani uzibangela uhlupho oluzakuchitha luze luchithe loJuda na?”
20 Ka naʻe ʻikai tokanga ʻe ʻAmasia ki ai he naʻe mei he ʻOtua ia, koeʻuhi ke ne tukuange ia ki he nima [ʻo honau ngaahi fili], ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau kumi ki he ngaahi ʻotua ʻo ʻItomi.
Kodwa u-Amaziya kazange alalele ngoba uNkulunkulu wayekumisile ukuthi uzabanikela kuJowashi, ngenxa yokukhonza kwabo onkulunkulu bama-Edomi.
21 Ko ia naʻe ʻalu hake ai ʻa Soasi ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli: pea na fesiofaki ʻakinaua, ʻio, ʻaia mo ʻAmasia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ʻi Pete-Semesi, ʻaia ʻoku kau ki Siuta.
Ngakho uJowashi inkosi yako-Israyeli wasehlasela. Yena kanye lo-Amaziya inkosi yakoJuda baqondana ubuso ngobuso eBhethi-Shemeshi koJuda.
22 Pea naʻe fakatuʻutāmaki ʻa Siuta ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻIsileli, pea naʻa nau hola taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono fale fehikitaki.
UJuda wachithwa ngu-Israyeli, kwathi amadoda wonke abalekela emizini yawo.
23 Pea naʻe puke ʻe Soasi ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli ʻa ʻAmasia ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ko e foha ʻo Soasi, ko e foha ʻo Sihoaasi, ʻi Pete-Semesi, ʻo ne ʻomi ia ki Selūsalema, pea naʻa ne holoki hifo ʻae ʻā maka ʻo Selūsalema mei he matapā ʻo ʻIfalemi ki he matapā ʻi he tuliki ʻā, ko e hanga ʻe valungeau.
UJowashi inkosi yako-Israyeli wathumba u-Amaziya inkosi yakoJuda, indodana kaJowashi indodana ka-Ahaziya, eBhethi-Shemeshi. Ngakho uJowashi waya laye eJerusalema njalo wadiliza umduli weJerusalema kusukela eSangweni lika-Efrayimi kusiya eSangweni laseJikweni isibanga esingaba ngamanyathelo angamakhulu ayisithupha ubude baso.
24 Pea naʻa ne ʻave ʻae koula kotoa pē mo e siliva, mo e ngaahi ipu kotoa pē naʻe ʻilo ʻi he fale ʻoe ʻOtua ia ʻOpeti-ʻItomi, pea mo e ngaahi koloa ʻi he fale ʻoe tuʻi, mo e kau fakamoʻoni foki, pea tafoki ia ʻo ʻalu ki Samēlia.
Wasethatha lonke igolide lesiliva lazozonke impahla azithola ethempelini likaNkulunkulu ezazilindwe ngu-Obhedi-Edomi, kanye leziligugu zenotho yesigodlweni lezithunjwa, wasebuyela eSamariya.
25 Pea naʻe moʻui ʻa ʻAmasia ko e foha ʻo Soasi ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta hili ʻae pekia ʻa Soasi ko e foha ʻo Sihoaasi ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma nima.
U-Amaziya indodana kaJowashi inkosi yakoJuda waphila okweminyaka elitshumi lemihlanu ngemva kokufa kukaJowashi indodana kaJehowahazi inkosi yako-Israyeli.
26 Pea ko hono toe ʻoe ngāue ʻa ʻAmasia, ko e ʻuluaki mo e ki mui, vakai, ʻikai kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta mo ʻIsileli?
Ezinye izehlakalo ngombuso ka-Amaziya, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekupheleni, azilotshwanga yini egwalweni lwamakhosi akoJuda lako-Israyeli na?
27 Pea hili ʻae kuonga naʻe tafoki ai ʻa ʻAmasia mei he muimui ʻia Sihova naʻa nau teu lapa kiate ia ʻi Selūsalema: pea naʻe hola ia ki Lakisi: ka naʻa nau fekau ʻo tuli ia ki Lakisi, pea naʻe tāmateʻi ia ʻi ai.
Kusukela ekuphambukeni kuka-Amaziya engasalandeli uThixo, bamsongela eJerusalema wabalekela eLakhishi, kodwa bathumela amadoda amlandela eLakhishi ambulalela khonale.
28 Pea naʻa nau fakaheka ia ki he fanga hoosi, pea nau tanu ia mo ʻene ngaahi tamai ʻi he kolo ʻo Siuta.
Wabuyiswa esethwelwe ngebhiza wangcwatshwa labokhokho bakhe eMzini kaJuda.
