1Kwathi bona koke kuphele, ama-Israyeli agade alapho aphuma aya emizini yakwaJuda. Afika aphadlha amatje akhethekileko abe agawula nemifanekiso yabo-Atjhera. Aphutjhula iindunduma agiriza nama-aldari kilo loke lakwaJuda, kwaBhenjamini, kwa-Efrayimu nakwaManase. Ngemva kobana sele abhidlize koke, ama-Israyeli abuyela emakhabo emadorobhenawo.UHezekhiya uhlelela abaphristi namaLevi iminikelo
2UHezekhiya wahlela iinqhema zabaphristi namaLevi, isiqhema ngasinye ukuya ngokomsebenzaso. Abaphristi namaLevi bekufanele benze imihlabelo yokutjhiswa, nemihlabelo yetjhebiswano, ukulotjha, ukuthokoza nokudumisa emasangweni wendawo kaSomnini. 3Iimbonelelo ikosi uHezekhiya eyazikhupha epahlenayo zazingezemihlabelo yokutjhiswa ekuseni nentambama, ngamaSabatha, nakuthwasa inyanga nangeminyanya ebekiweko njengombana kutlolwe emthethweni kaSomnini. 4Wayala abantu abahlala eJerusalema bonyana banikele abaphristi namaLevi isabelo sabo ukuze bakwazi ukuzinikela ngokupheleleko emthethweni kaSomnini. 5Kwathi bona kuphume umyalo lowo, ama-Israyeli anikela iinthelo zokuthoma zekoroyi, isitjhidela sewayini, amafutha we-oliva neliju nakho koke okuvela emasimini. Aletha ngokuphuphumako kwetjhumi kwakho koke akuzuzileko. 6Amadoda wakwa-Israyeli newakwaJuda ahlala emizini yakwaJuda nawo aletha kwetjhumi kwefuywawo okumihlambi yeenkomo nezimvu kanye nokwetjhumi okuzizipho ezikhethekileko azithembisa uSomnini uZimawo. Afika akwethula lokho kwaba kunengi tle. 7Athoma ukubuthelela ndawonye ipahla leyo kusukela ngenyanga yesithathu, aqeda ngenyanga yekhomba. 8Kwathi lokha uHezekhiya neenkhulu zakhe nabafikako babona amaqubi lawo, badumisa uZimu bebabuka nabantu bakhe u-Israyeli.
9UHezekhiya wabuza abaphristi namaLevi ngamaqubi lawo, 10u-Azariya umphristi omkhulu ovela endlini kaTsadokhi waphendula wathi: “Soloko abantu bathome ukuletha iminikelwabo ethempelini lakaSomnini nje, sibetha esimonyongwana, singhwatha kusale. Ngambala uSomnini ubabusisile abantu bakhe, ngikho okuseleko kumaqubi angaka.”
11UHezekhiya wathi akulungiswe iinlulu ngethempelini lakaSomnini. Lokha nasele kwenziwe lokho 12abantu baletha iminikelo, kwetjhumi kanye nezipho zabo ezikhethekileko ngokwethembeka. Koke lokhu kwakutjhejwe nguKonaniya umLevi, isandla sakhe kungumfowabo uTjhimeyi. 13UJerhiyeli, u-Azaziya, uNarhathi, u-Asaheli, uJerimothi, uJozabadi, u-Eliyeli, uJisimakiya, uMarhathi noBhenaya gade bakhethwe ngesandla sekosi uHezekhiya kanye no-Azariya isikhulu sethempeli lakaZimu bona basebenze ngaphasi kwakaKonaniya nomfowabo uTjhimeyi.
14UKhore umsa kaJimna umLevi ogada isango langepumalanga yethempeli, gade kumtlhogomeli womnikelo wesihle olethwa kuZimu. Godu gade aba iminikelo elethwe kuSomnini kanye nezipho ezikhethekileko. 15U-Edeni, uMinyamini, uJetjhuwa, uTjhemaya, u-Amariya noTjhekaniya basiza uKhore ngokwethembeka emizini yabaphristi kobana babele abaphristi ukuya ngeenqhema zabo, abadala nabancani ngokufanako.
16Godu babela nabaduna abaneminyaka emithathu yobudala namkha abangaphezu kwalapho amabizwabo agade aserhelweni leenzukulwana: Boke egade bangena ngethempelini lakaSomnini njengombana bekufuneka ngamalanga kobana benze imisebenzi yabo ngeenqhema zabo ukuya ngehlelo lomsebenzi. 17-18Abaphristi gade batloliswa erhelweni leenzukulwana ngemindenabo. Gade kutloliswa boke, abancani, abafazi, amadodana namadodakazabo. Benza lokhu ngombana gade bathembekile ekuzihlambululeni kwabo. AmaLevi wona bekatloliswa ukuya ngokwehlelo lomsebenzi nangokweenqhema zawo lokha naneminyaka yobudala ematjhumi amabili namkha ngaphezulu. 19Abaphristi abaziinzukulwana zaka-Aroni ebegade bahlala emirhuleni yamadorobhabo bebaphathwa ngalendlela: Bekunamadoda akhethiweko kobana azokwabela izabelo boke abaduna phakathi kwabaphristi nawo woke amaLevi agade atlolisiwe.
20UHezekhiya wenza njalo kilo loke lakwaJuda, wenza okuhle begodu wathembeka phambi kwakaSomnini uZimakhe. 21Wafuna uZimakhe kikho koke agade akwenzela ithempeli lakaZimu kanye nokulalela imithetho neemiso zakhe. Wasebenza ngehliziywakhe yoke. Ngalokho waphumelela.
