2 YEZIGANEKO 22

₁Abantu baseJerusalem bamisela uAhaziya unyana wamaphelo kaYehoram wangukumkani esikhundleni sakhe. Kaloku abahlaseli ababekunye nama-Arabhu bababulala bonke oonyana bakhe abadala. Ngoko ke waqalisa ukulawula uAhaziya unyana kaYehoram ukumkani wakwaJuda.

₂UAhaziya waqalisa ukulawula xa eneminyaka emashumi mabini anambini, waza walawula eJerusalem unyaka wamnye. Unina yayinguAtaliya umzukulwana kaOmri.

₃Naye ke wahamba ekhondweni lendlu ka-Ahabhi, ekubeni wayekhuthazwa ngunina ekwenzeni ububi. ₄Wênza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo kwanjengendlu ka-Ahabhi. Kaloku akuba engasekho uyise kweza abendlu ka-Ahabhi baba ngabacebisi bakhe, nto leyo yaluphuthisayo ulawulo lwakhe. ₅Walandela icebo labo, waya emfazweni noYoram unyana ka-Ahazi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli xa wayesilwa noHazayeli ukumkani wama-Aram kwiRamoti yaseGiliyadi. Ama-Aram amngxwelerha uYoram, ₆waza ke yena waya eYizereli khon' ukuze achache kuloo manxeba wayewafumene eRamoti kwelo dabi noHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram.

Ke uAhaziya unyana kaYehoram ukumkani wakwaJuda wehla waya eYizereli esiya kubona uYoram unyana ka-Ahabhi njengoko wayenzakele.

₇Ukuwa kuka-Ahaziya ekutyeleleni kwakhe uYoram kwaphuma kuThixo. Akufika uAhaziya wahamba noYoram baya kubonana noYehu unyana kaNimshi owayethanjiswe nguNdikhoyo ukuze atshabalalise indlu ka-Ahabhi. ₈Xa uYehu wayewisa isigwebo kwindlu ka-Ahabhi, wafumana namatshawe akwaJuda nezizalwana zoonyana baka-Ahaziya ezazisonga uAhaziya, nazo ke wazibulala. ₉Waza ke wamzingela uAhaziya owafunyanwa ngamahlakani akhe ezimele eSamariya. Bamzisa kuYehu, wabulawa. Bamngcwaba ke, kuba babesithi: “Kaloku yena ungunyana kaYoshafati, umfo owayemfuna ngomxhelo wakhe wonke uNdikhoyo.” Ngoko ke endlwini ka-Ahaziya akusalanga mntu unako ukubuphatha ubukumkani.

₁₀UAtaliya unina ka-Ahaziya, akubona ukuba unyana wakhe ufile, wasuka wayitshabalalisa yonke indlu yekomkhulu lakwaJuda. ₁₁Ke yena uYoshebha, intombi kakumkani uYehoram, wesuka weba uYowashe unyana ka-Ahaziya, wemka naye apho phakathi kweenkosana ezaziza kubulawa, wamfihla neneni yakhe kwigumbi lokulala. Kaloku uYoshebha intombi kakumkani uYehoram owayengumfazi wombingeleli uJoyada wayengudade boAhaziya; yiyo ke loo nto wasuka wamfihla umntwana lowo ukuze angabulawa nguAtaliya. ₁₂Wahlala ezinyelisiwe ke endlwini kaThixo iminyaka yamithandathu, xesha elo kwakusalawula uAtaliya apho kwaJuda.