izinkulungwane ezine zazingabalindisango; izinkulungwane ezine ziyakudumisa uJehova ngezinto zokubethwa engazenzayo , washo uDavide , ukuba zidumise ngazo.

wabuka; bheka, inkosi yayimi ngasensikeni yayo ekungeneni , izikhulu nabamacilongo bengasenkosini ; bonke abantu bezwe bathokoza , bakhalisa amacilongo; abahlabeleli babetha izinto zokubethwa , bahola ukuhlabelela kwendumiso. U-Athaliya wayeseklebhula izingubo zakhe , wathi: Ngugobe! Ngugobe!

AmaLevi ayesema ephethe izinto zokubethwa zikaDavide , ekanye nabapristi bephethe amacilongo.

UHezekiya wayala ukunikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa e-altare. Ngesikhathi sokuqala kom nikelo wokushiswa kwaqala nesihlabelelo sikaJehova , namacilongo, kanye nezinto zokubethwa zikaDavide inkosi yakwa-Israyeli.

Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababe khona eJerusalema bawugubha umkhosi wesinkwa esingenamvubelo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngokuthokoza okukhulu; amaLevi nabapristi bamdumisa uJehova imihla ngemihla ngezinto zokubethwa ezizwakalayo kuJehova.

Amadoda enza umsebenzi wawo ngokuthembeka ; ababonisi phezu kwabo babe ngoJahati no-Obadiya amaLevi, emadodaneni akwaMerari, noZakariya noMeshulamu emadodaneni amaKohati , ukuba babahole , kanye namaLevi onke ayeqonda izinto zokubethwa.

nalapho abaphethe amacilongo nabahlabeleli bezwakalisa kanyekanye izwi linye lokudumisa nokubonga uJehova , nanxa bekhalisa amacilongo namasimbali nezinto zokubethwa , bedumisa uJehova ngokuba muhle nangokuba umusa wakhe umi phakade, khona indlu yagcwaliswa yifu , yona le ndlu kaJehova,

Abapristi bema njengezikhundla zabo kanye namaLev i, benezinto zokubethwa ayezenzile uDavide inkosi ukuba babonge uJehova , ngokuba umusa wakhe umi phakade , lapho uDavide edumisa ngezandla zabo ; abapristi bakhalisa amacilongo ngaphambi kwabo, esemi wonke u-Israyeli.

Bahaya ngomsindo wogubhu , baziqambela izinto zokubethwa njengoDavide.

Wena nkosi ukhiphe isimemezelo sokuba bonke abantu abezwa ukukhala kwecilongo, negenkle, nehabhu, nomqangala, nogubhu, negemfe, nazo zonke izinhlobo zokubethwa bawe phansi, bakhuleke esithombeni segolide,

Manje uma nilungele ukuba ng esikhathi enizwa ngaso ukukhala kwecilongo, negenkle, nehabhu, nomqangala, nogubhu, negemfe, nazo zonke izinhlobo zokubethwa, niwe phansi , nikhuleke esithombeni engisenzileyo , kuhle; kepha uma ningakhuleki , niyakuphonswa ngasona leso sikhathi phakathi kwes ithando somlilo ovuthayo ; ngumuphi lowo nkulunkulu oyakunikhulula ezandleni zami na?

ukuba ngesikhathi enizwa ngaso ukukhala kwecilongo , negenkle, nehabhu, nomqangala, nogubhu, negemfe, nazo zonke izinhlobo zokubethwa , niwe phansi, nikhuleke esithombeni segolide uNebukadinesari inkosi asimisileyo.

Ngalokho lapho abantu bezwa ukukhala kwecilongo , negenkle, nehabhu, nomqangala, nogubhu, nazo zonke izinhlobo zokubethwa, bonke abantu , nezizwe, nezilimi bawa phansi , bakhuleka esithombeni segolide asimisile yo uNebukadinesari inkosi.

Inkosi yase iya endlini yayo yobukhosi, yadlulisa ubusuku izila; izinkenezo zokubethwa azilethwanga kuyo, nobuthongo bayibalekela.

nabafowabo oShemaya , no-Azareli, noMilalayi, noGilalayi, noMahayi, noNethaneli, noJuda, noHanani, bephethe izinto zokubethwa zikaDa vide, umuntu kaNkulunkulu; u-Ezra, umbhali, wayengaphambi kwabo.