Incwadzi Yesibili YemaKhosi
11 Ngesikhatsi Athaliya,+ make wa-Ahaziya, abona kutsi indvodzana yakhe ifile,+ wasukuma wabulala yonkhe intalelwane yasebukhosini.*+ 2 Nome kunjalo, Jehosheba indvodzakati yeNkhosi Jehoramu, lobekangudzadzewabo-Ahaziya weba Jehowashi+ indvodzana ya-Ahaziya, wamsusa emadvodzaneni enkhosi lebekufanele abulawe, wamfihla ekamelweni lelingekhatsi akanye nemnakekeli wakhe. Bakhona kumfihla wangamboni Athaliya, kuze angabulawa. 3 Wahlala naye iminyaka lesitfupha afihlwe endlini yaJehova, ngesikhatsi Athaliya abusa lelive.
4 Ngemnyaka wesi-7, Jehoyada watfumela kutsi kulandvwe tindvuna temakhulu tasesigodlweni* nabogadzi besigodlo+ labaya kuye endlini yaJehova. Wenta sivumelwane nabo waphindze wabafungisa ngaso endlini yaJehova wabese ubakhombisa lendvodzana yenkhosi.+ 5 Wabatjela watsi: “Naku lokufanele nikwente: Yakhani emacembu lamatsatfu. Licembu lekucala litawugadza ngeliSabatha futsi litawube ligadze indlu* yenkhosi ngeliso lelibukhali,+ 6 licembu lesibili litawube liseSangweni Lesisekelo bese kutsi lelesitsatfu libe segedeni lelingemuva kwabogadzi besigodlo. Nitawushintjana ekugadzeni lendlu. 7 Lamacembu lamabili lokufanele kutsi aphumule ngeliSabatha, kufanele agadze lendlu yaJehova ngeliso lelibukhali kuze kuvikelwe inkhosi. 8 Kufanele nisingatse inkhosi tinhlangotsi tonkhe, nguloyo naloyo aphatse tikhali takhe ngesandla. Nome ngubani lonibhidlako kufanele abulawe. Kufanele nibe nenkhosi noma ngabe ngukuphi lapho iya khona.”*
9 Tindvuna temakhulu+ tenta njengobe nje Jehoyada umphristi abetiyalile. Ngako nguleyo naleyo yatsatsa licembu layo lebelisebenta ngeliSabatha kanye nalabo lebebangasebenti ngeliSabatha, baya kuJehoyada umphristi.+ 10 Lomphristi wabese unika letindvuna temakhulu tikhali kanye nemahawu layindingilizi lebekukweNkhosi Davide, lebekuhlala endlini yaJehova. 11 Bogadzi basesigodlweni+ bema etindzaweni tabo, nguloyo naloyo aphetse sikhali, bebeme kusukela ngesekudla salendlu kuya ngesencele sayo, beme ngase-al’thare+ naseceleni kwalendlu batungelete lenkhosi. 12 Jehoyada wabese uyikhiphela ngephandle lendvodzana yenkhosi,+ futsi wayifaka umchele kanye neBufakazi,*+ bayibeka yaba yinkhosi baphindze bayigcoba. Bacala kushaya tandla base batsi: “Lunwele loludze nkhosi!”+
13 Watsi Athaliya nakeva umsindvo webantfu lebebagijima, ngekushesha waya kulabantfu endlini yaJehova.+ 14 Wase ubona inkhosi ime lapho eceleni kwensika, njengobe lisiko belisho njalo.+ Tindvuna kanye nebashayi bemacilongo+ bebanenkhosi, kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu baleyondzawo futsi bebajabulile bashaya nemacilongo. Watsi Athaliya nakakubona loko, wadzabula timphahla takhe, wase uyamemeta utsi: “Ngemavukelambuso! Ngemavukelambuso!” 15 Kodvwa Jehoyada umphristi wayala tindvuna temakhulu,+ leto lebetihola lelibutfo, watsi kuto: “Mkhipheni emkhatsini walamasotja, futsi nakukhona lotamlandzela mbulaleni ngenkemba!” Ngobe lomphristi bekatsite: “Ningambulaleli endlini yaJehova.” 16 Ngako bambamba, bahamba naye futsi batsi nabefika naye lapho kungena khona emahhashi nakaya endlini* yenkhosi,+ bambulalela khona.
17 Jehoyada wabese wenta sivumelwane emkhatsini waJehova nenkhosi kanye nebantfu+ kutsi bebatawuchubeka babantfu baJehova, futsi waphindze wenta sivumelwane emkhatsini walenkhosi kanye nalabantfu.+ 18 Ngemuva kwaloko, bonkhe bantfu baleyondzawo befika endlini* yaBhali, babhidlita ema-al’thare akhe,+ baphihlita tithico takhe+ futsi babulala Mathani umphristi waBhali+ embikwema-al’thare.
Lomphristi wase ubeka babonisi kutsi bengamele indlu yaJehova.+ 19 Ngetulu kwaloko, watsatsa tindvuna temakhulu,+ tindvuna tasesigodlweni, bogadzi basesigodlweni+ kanye nabo bonkhe labantfu bakuleyondzawo kutsi bahambe nenkhosi behle nayo kusuka endlini yaJehova futsi befika endlini* yenkhosi ngendlela yeligede labogadzi basesigodlweni. Yabese ihlala esihlalweni sebukhosi.+ 20 Ngako bonkhe bantfu baleyondzawo bajabula, futsi lelidolobha laba nekuthula ngobe besebabulele Athaliya ngenkemba endlini yenkhosi.
21 Jehowashi+ bekaneminyaka lengu-7 budzala nakaba yinkhosi.+