Ezinsukwini zakhe uHiyeli waseBethele wabuye wakha iJeriko ; wabeka isisekelo salo ngokulahlekelwa ngu-Abiramu izibulo lakhe, wamisa amasango alo ngokulahlekelwa yithunjana lakhe uSegubi , njengezwi likaJehova owalikhuluma ngesandla sikaJoshuwa indodana kaNuni.

sibuyisele kithi umphongolo kaNkulunkulu wethu , ngokuba asiwufunanga ezinsukwini zikaSawule.

Labo abalotshwe ngamagama bafika ezinsukwini zikaHezekiya inkosi yakwaJuda, bachitha amatende abo namaMehuni afunyanwa khona , bawaqothula kuze kube namuhla , bahlala esikhundleni sabo , ngokuba kwakukhona idlelo lezimvu zabo lapho.

abakade bengalaleli , lapho ukubekezela kukaNkulunkulu kubalindele ezinsukwini zikaNowa umkhumbi usakhiwa , abasindiswa ngawo abayingcosana, okungukuthi abayisishiyagalombili ngawo amanzi;

UDavide wayeyindodana yalowo mEfrati waseB etlehema Juda ogama lakhe lalinguJese ; wayenamadodana ayisishiyagalombili ; lowo muntu wayemdala ezinsukwini zikaSawule phakathi kwabantu.

Ngiyakwenezela ezinsukwini za kho iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu , ngikophule wena nalo muzi esandleni senkosi yase -Asiriya; ngiyakuwuvikela lo muzi ngenxa yami nangenxa yenceku yami uDavide.

Kepha yazi lokhu ukuthi ezinsukwini zokugcina kuzakuvela izikhathi ezinzima;

Kwaba khon a indlala ezinsukwini zikaDavide iminyaka emithathu ngokulandelana; uDavide wafuna ubuso bukaJehova . UJehova wathi : Kungenxa kaSawule nangenxa yendlu yakhe yegazi , ngokuba wabulala abaseGibeyoni.

wabanikela ezandleni zabaseGibeyoni , babaphanyeka entabeni phambi kukaJehova, bawa labo abayisikhombisa kanyekanye ; babulawa ngesikhathi sokuvuna ezinsukwini zokuqala ngasekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwebhali.

Ezinsukwini zikaShamgari indodan a ka-Anati, ezinsukwini zikaJayeli imendo yayishiyiwe; ababeyakuhamba ngemendo bahamba ngemikhondo.

AbakwaMidiyani bathotshiswa kanjalo phambi kwabantwana bakwa - Israyeli, ababe besaphakamisa amakhanda abo . Izwe lathula iminyaka engamashumi amane ezinsukwini zikaGideyoni. Amadodana kaGideyoni nokufa kwakhe

Abayikujabha esikhathini esibi; bayakusutha ezinsukwini zendlala.

Bengizakwesabelani ezinsukwini ezimbi , lapha ububi babangizingelayo bungihaqa,

Uyakweleka izinsuk u ezinsukwini zenkosi ; iminyaka yayo iyakuba njengezizukulwane nezizukulwane.

Ezinsukwini zayo olungileyo uyakuqhakaza , kuvame ukuthula , ize ingabikho inyanga.

wenzela ukuba umphumuze ezinsukwini ezimbi, aze ambelwe umgodi lowo ongenamthetho.

igolide lenu nesiliva kugwalile , nokugwala kwakho kuyakuba ngufakazi ngakini, kudle inyama yenu njengomlilo . Niqongelele ingcebo ezinsukwini zokuphela.

IJerusalema liyakhumbula ezinsukwin i zokuhlupheka kwalo nezinsizi zal o konke okuhle okwakukhona ezinsukwini zasendulo ; lapho abantu balo bewela esandleni sezitha , kungekho olisizayo , abamelene nalo balibona , bahleka ukuchithwa kwalo.

UJehova wenzile lokhu abekucebile; uligcwalisile izwi lakhe, ayeyale ngalo ezinsukwini zasendulo ; ubhidlizile engenasihawu , wenza ukuba isitha sithokoze phezu kwakho, waphakamisa uphondo lwabamelene nawe.

Kuyakuthi ezinsukwini zokuphela , kusho uNkulunkulu , ngiyakuthulula uMoya wam i phezu kwayo yonke inyama ; amadodana enu namadodakazi enu ayakuprofetha, izinsizwa zenu zibone imibono , abadala benu baphuphe amaphupho;

Emva kwalowo kwasuka uJuda waseGalile ezinsukwini zokubhalwa ; wahlubukisa abantu ukuba bamlandele ; nalowo wabhubha , nabo bonke abamlalelayo bahlakazeka.

UZakariya wathi engelosini : Ngiyakukwazi ngani lokhu na ? Ingani sengiyindoda endala mina, nomkami uqhubekile ezinsukwini zakhe.

Kusukela ezinsukwini zawobaba kuze kube namuhla sinecala elikhulu ; ngenxa yezono zethu sanikelwa thina namakhosi ethu nabapristi bethu ezandleni zamakhosi abezizwe enkembeni , nasekuthunjweni, nasekuphangweni, nasemahlonini obuso njenganamuhla.

Yilowo ongumuzi wenu ojabulayo , ubudala bawo busukela ezinsukwini zasendulo, owayiswa kude yizinyawo zawo ukuba uhlale khona, na?

Ezinsukwini ezidlula umnyaka niyakuhlushw a nina besifazane abazethembayo, ngokuba ukuvuna kwemivini ku yakuphela, nokubutha akuyikufika.

Hamba, uthi kuHezekiya : U sho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu kaDavide uyihlo, uthi: Ngizwile umkhuleko wakho , ngibonile izinyembezi zakho ; ngiyakwenezela ezinsukwini zakho iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu.

Kwathi ezinsukwini zik a-Ahazi indodana kaJothamu ka -Uziya, inkosi yakwaJuda, uResini inkosi yase-Aramu noPheka indodana kaRemaliya, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli, bakhuphukela eJerusalema ukulwa nalo , kepha babengenakulinqoba.

Ezinsukwini zalawo makhosi uNkulunkulu wasezulwini uyakumisa umbuso ongasoze wachithwa nobukhosi bawo bungayikushiyelwa kwabanye abantu , kepha uyakuchoboza, uqede yonke le mibuso, wona uqobo ume phakade.

Kukhona embusweni wakho umuntu okukuye umoya wawonkulunkulu abangcwele; ezinsukwini zikayihlo kwafunyanwa kuye ukukhanya nokuqonda nokuhlakanipha njengokuhlakanipha kwawonkulunkulu ; inkosi uNebukadinesari, uyihlo yambek a induna yezanusi , neyabathwebulayo, neyamaKaledi, neyabahlola imihlola, yebo, nkosi, uyihlo,

Yonke imithombo ezaziyimbile izinceku zikayise ezinsukwini zika - Abrahama uyise, amaFilisti ayeyivalile, ayigcwalisa ngomhlabathi.

U-Isaka wabuye wemba imithombo yamanzi ababeyimbile ezinsukwini zika-Abrahama uyise , ngokuba ama Filisti ayeyivalile emva kokufa kuka - Abrahama; wayibiza ngamagama ayiqamba ngawo uyise.

UJakobe wathi kuFaro : Izinsuku ze minyaka yokugogobala kwami ziyiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amathathu ; ziyingcosana, zimbi izinsuku zeminyaka yokuhamba kwami , azifinyelelanga ezinsukwini zeminyaka yokuhamba kwawobaba emihleni yokugogobala kwabo.

UJakobe wabiza amadodana akhe , wathi: Buthanani, nginitshele okuzakunehlela ezinsukwini ezizayo.

Bonani phakathi kwabezizwe , nibheke, nimangale nokumangala, ngokuba wenza isenzo ezinsukwini zenu eningayikukholwa yiso, lapho silandwa.

Ngokuba mina Jehova ngiyakukhuluma izwi engiyakulikhuluma , lenzeke, lingabe lisalitshazi swa, ngokuba ezinsukwini zenu nina ndlu ehlubukayo ngiyakukhuluma izwi, ngilenze, isho iNkosi uJehova.

Inhliziyo yakho iyakuma yini , izandla zakho ziqine ezinsukwini engiyakuphathana nawe ngazo , na? Mina Jehova ngikukhulu mile, ngiyakukwenza.

Izwi likaJehova elafika kuHoseya indodana kaBeri ezinsukwini zawo -Uziya, noJothamu, no-Ahazi, noHezekiya, amakhosi akwaJuda , nasezinsukwini zikaJerobowamu indodana kaJowashi, inkosi yakwa-Israyeli.

okwafika kuye izwi likaJehova ezinsukwini zikaJosiya indodana ka -Amoni, inkosi yakwaJuda, ngomnyaka weshumi nantathu wokubusa kwakhe;

lafika futhi ezinsukwini zikaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya , inkosi yakwaJuda, kuze kube sekupheleni komnyaka weshumi nanye kaSedekiya indodana kaJosiya , inkosi yakwaJuda , kuze kube sekuthunjweni kweJerusalema ngenyanga yesihlanu.

Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Lobani lo muntu ukuthi akanamntwana, umuntu ongayikuba nampumelelo ezinsukwini zakhe , ngokuba umuntu ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavide akayikuba nampumelelo yokuba abe esabusa kwaJuda.

Intukuthelo kaJehova ayiyikubuya aze enze, aze afeze umgomo wenhliziyo yakhe; ezinsukwini ezizayo niyakukuqonda nokukuqonda.

Ezinsukwini zalo uJuda uyakusindiswa, u-Israyeli ahlale elondekile ; nanti igama eliyakubizwa ngalo lokuthi: UJEHOVA UNGUKULUNGA KWETHU.

UMika waseMoresheti waprofetha ezinsukwini zikaHezekiya inkosi yakwaJuda, washo kubo bonke abantu bakwaJuda , wathi: U sho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: ISiyoni liyakulinywa njengensimu, iJerusalema libe yincithakalo, intaba yendlu ibe yizindawo eziphakemeyo zamahlathi.

Ukufutheka okuvuthayo kukaJehova akuyiku buya, aze enze , aze afeze umgomo wenhliziyo yakhe; ezinsukwini zokugcina niyakukuqonda.

Izwi elafika kuJeremiya livela kuJehova ezinsukwini zikaJehoyakimi indodana kaJosiya, inkosi yakwaJuda, lathi:

Zithathele umqulu wencwadi , ulobe kuwo onke amazwi engiwakhulume kuwe ngo -Israyeli nangoJuda , nangazo zonke izizwe , kusukela osukwini engakhuluma ngalo kuwe , kusukela ezinsukwini zikaJosiya kuze kube namuhla.

Kepha kuyakuthi ezinsukwini zokugcina ngibuyise ukuthunjwa kwe-Elamu, usho uJehova.

Izwi likaJehova elafika kuMika waseMoresheti ezinsukwini zikaJothamu , no-Ahazi, noHezekiya, amakhosi akwaJuda , owalibona ngeSamariya neJerusalema.

Kepha wena Betlehema Efra tha, omncane ukuba ube phakathi kwemindeni yakwaJuda, ngiyakuphunyelwa ngovela kuwe , ozakuba ngumbusi kwa - Israyeli, okuvela kwakhe kusukela endulo ezinsukwini zaphakade.

Ibandla lonke lababuyileyo ekuthunjweni lenza amadokod o, lahlala emadokodweni, ngokuba kusukela ezinsukwini zikaJeshuwa , indodana kaNuni, kuze kube yilolo suku abantwana bakwa -Israyeli babengenzanga kanjalo. Kwakukhona ukuthokoza okukhulu kakhulu.

Izwi likaJehova elafika kuZefaniya indodana kaKushi kaGedaliya ka - Amariya kaHezekiya ezinsukwini zikaJosiya indodana ka -Amoni, inkosi yakwaJuda.

Ngokuba akukho ukukhunjulwa kohlakaniphileyo nokwesiwula kuze kube phakade, lokhu ezinsukwini ezizayo konke kuyakube sekukhohlakele . Nohlakaniphileyo akafi njengesiwula na?

Ngaphenya enhliziyweni yami ukuba ngiyakuthokozisa kanjani umzimba wami ngewayini , inhliziyo ingihole nokho ngokuhlakanipha , nokuba ngibambe ubuwula, ngize ngibone ukuthi kuyini okuhle kumadodana abantu ukuba akwenze phansi kwezulu ezinsukwini zonke zokuphila kwawo.

Ngase ngibabaza intokozo , ngokuba umuntu a kanakho okuhle phansi kwelanga kunokudla , nokuphuza, nokujabula; lokhu kuyakuhlala kuye emshikashikeni wakhe ezinsukwini zokuphila kwakhe aziphiweyo nguNkulunkulu phansi kwelanga.