2 Tarihi 31
1 Sa’ad da aka gama dukan wannan, sai Isra’ilawan da suke can suka fita zuwa garuruwan Yahuda, suka rurrushe keɓaɓɓun duwatsu suka kuma farfashe ginshiƙan Ashera. Suka rurrushe masujadan kan tudu da bagadai, ko’ina a Yahuda da Benyamin da kuma cikin Efraim da Manasse. Bayan sun rurrushe dukansu, sai Isra’ilawa suka koma garuruwansu, kowanne zuwa mahallinsa.
Kwathi konke lokho sekuphelile, wonke amaIsrayeli atholakalayo aphuma aya emizini yakoJuda, adiliza izinsika eziyizithombe, agamulela phansi izixuku, aphosela phansi indawo eziphakemeyo lamalathi, akukhupha kuye wonke uJuda loBhenjamini lakoEfrayimi loManase, aze aqeda. Bonke abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebebuyela, ngulowo lalowo emfuyweni yakhe, emizini yabo.
2 Hezekiya kuma ya raba firistoci da Lawiyawa kashi-kashi, kowanne da hidimarsa, firistoci da Lawiyawa, don hadayu na ƙonawa da na salama, su yi hidima, su yi godiya, su kuma rera yabai a ƙofofin mazaunin Ubangiji.
UHezekhiya wasemisa izigaba zabapristi lamaLevi ngokwezigaba zabo, ngulowo lalowo ngokomsebenzi wakhe, abapristi lamaLevi emnikelweni wokutshiswa leminikelweni yokuthula, ukukhonza lokubonga lokudumisa emasangweni ezinkamba zeNkosi.
3 Sarki ya ba da taimako daga mallakarsa domin hadayun ƙonawa, safe da yamma da kuma don hadayun ƙonawa a Asabbatai, Sabon Wata da kuma ƙayyadaddun bukukkuwa kamar yadda yake a rubuce a cikin Dokar Ubangiji.
Lesabelo senkosi esivela emfuyweni yayo seminikelo yokutshiswa, seminikelo yokutshiswa yekuseni leyantambama, leminikelo yokutshiswa yamasabatha, leyekuthwaseni kwezinyanga, leyemikhosi emisiweyo, njengokubhaliweyo emlayweni kaJehova.
4 Ya umarci mutanen da suke zama a Urushalima su ba da rabon da yake na firistoci da Lawiyawa, don su ƙwallafa ransu ga Dokar Ubangiji.
Wasesithi ebantwini, kubahlali beJerusalema, banike isabelo sabapristi lamaLevi, ukuze baqiniswe emlayweni weNkosi.
5 Nan da nan aka baza umarnin, sai Isra’ilawa suka bayar’ya’yan farin hatsinsu, sabon ruwan inabi, mai da kuma zuma da dukan abin da gona ta bayar, hannu sake. Suka kawo zakan kowane abu da yawa.
Lekusatshalalisweni kwelizwi abantwana bakoIsrayeli bengeza izithelo zokuqala zamabele, iwayini elitsha, lamafutha, loluju, lakuzo zonke izithelo zensimu; lokwetshumi kwakho konke bakuletha ngobunengi.
6 Mutanen Isra’ila da Yahuda waɗanda suke zama a garuruwan Yahuda, su ma suka kawo zakan shanu da na tumaki da kuma zakan abubuwa masu tsarki da aka keɓe ga Ubangiji Allahnsu, suka jibge su tsibi-tsibi.
Abantwana bakoIsrayeli loJuda ababehlala emizini yakoJuda labo basebeletha okwetshumi kwenkomo lokwezimvu lokwetshumi kwezinto ezingcwele ezazehlukaniselwe iNkosi uNkulunkulu wabo, babeka izinqumbinqumbi.
7 Sun fara yin haka a wata na uku, suka kuma gama a wata na bakwai.
Ngenyanga yesithathu baqalisa ukubeka isisekelo sezinqumbi, langenyanga yesikhombisa baqeda.
8 Sa’ad da Hezekiya da fadawansa suka zo suka ga tsibin, sai suka yabi Ubangiji, suka kuma albarkace mutanensa Isra’ila.
UHezekhiya leziphathamandla sebefika bebona izinqumbi, bayibusisa iNkosi labantu bayo uIsrayeli.
9 Hezekiya ya tambayi firistoci da Lawiyawa game da tsibin;
UHezekhiya wasebuza abapristi lamaLevi ngalezinqumbi.
10 sai Azariya babban firist, daga iyalin Zadok ya amsa, “Tun daga lokacin da mutane suka fara kawo taimakonsu ga haikalin Ubangiji, muna da isashe don abinci da kuma da yawa da za mu rage, domin Ubangiji ya albarkaci mutanensa, saboda haka abin da ya ragu a rumbu yana da yawa.”
UAzariya umpristi oyinhloko yendlu kaZadoki wakhuluma laye wathi: Kusukela ekuqaleni kokulethwa kweminikelo endlini yeNkosi, kwakulokokudla lokokusutha lokokutshiya okunenginengi; ngoba iNkosi ibabusisile abantu bayo kuze kusale lokhu okunengi.
11 Hezekiya ya ba da umarni a shirya ɗakunan ajiya a haikalin Ubangiji, aka kuwa yi haka.
UHezekhiya wasesithi kulungiswe amakamelo endlini yeNkosi; basebewalungisa.
12 Sa’an nan cikin aminci suka kawo taimako, zakka da keɓaɓɓun kyautai. Konaniya, wani Balawe, shi ne ke lura da waɗannan abubuwa, kuma ɗan’uwansa Shimeyi shi ne na biye da shi.
Basebengenisa iminikelo lezingxenye zetshumi lezinto ezingcwelisiweyo ngobuqotho. Laphezu kwalokhu uKonaniya umLevi wayeyinduna, loShimeyi umfowabo engowesibili.
13 Yehiyel, Azaziya, Nahat, Asahel, Yerimot, Yozabad, Eliyel, Ismakiya, Mahat da Benahiya su ne shugabanni, mataimakan Konaniya da Shimeyi ɗan’uwansa, waɗanda sarki Hezekiya da Azariya babban shugaban haikalin Allah suka naɗa.
LoJehiyeli loAzaziya loNahathi loAsaheli loJerimothi loJozabadi loEliyeli loIsimakhiya loMahathi loBhenaya babengababonisi ngaphansi kwesandla sikaKonaniya loShimeyi umfowabo, ngomlayo kaHezekhiya inkosi loAzariya umbusi wendlu kaNkulunkulu.
14 Kore ɗan Imna Balawe, mai tsaron Ƙofar Gabas, shi ne yake lura da baikon yardan ran da aka yi wa Allah, don ya karkasa bayarwar da aka keɓe domin Ubangiji da hadayu mafi tsarki.
Njalo uKore indodana kaImna umLevi, umgcini wesango ngasempumalanga, wayephezu kweminikelo yesihle kaNkulunkulu ukupha iminikelo yeNkosi lezinto ezingcwelengcwele.
15 Eden, Miniyamin, Yeshuwa, Shemahiya, Amariya da Shekaniya sun taimake shi da aminci a cikin garuruwan firistoci, suna ba da rabo wa’yan’uwansu firistoci bisa ga sassansu, tsofaffi da yara.
Langasesandleni sakhe kwakuloEdeni, loMiniyamini, loJeshuwa, loShemaya, uAmariya, loShekaniya emizini yabapristi ukupha abafowabo ngokuthembeka ezigabeni zabo, njengakwabakhulu kwaba njalo kwabancane.
16 Bugu da ƙari, suka ba da rabo ga maza’yan shekaru uku ko fiye waɗanda sunayensu suna a tarihin zuriya, dukan waɗanda ba za su iya shiga haikalin Ubangiji su yi ayyukansu na kullum ba, bisa ga nawayarsu da kuma sassansu.
Ngaphandle kwababalwe ngezizukulwana zabesilisa, kusukela koleminyaka emithathu kusiya phezulu, wonke ongena endlini yeNkosi, ngomsebenzi wosuku ngosuku lwawo, enkonzweni yabo, kumfanelo zabo, ngezigaba zabo.
17 Suka kuma ba da rabo ga firistocin da aka rubuta ta iyalansu cikin tarihin zuriya, haka kuma ga Lawiyawa masu shekara ashirin ko fiye, bisa ga nawayarsu da kuma sassansu.
Lalabo ababalwa ngezizukulwana zabapristi ngendlu yaboyise, lamaLevi, kusukela koleminyaka engamatshumi amabili kusiya phezulu, kumfanelo zabo, ngezigaba zabo.
18 Suka haɗa da dukan ƙanana’ya’yansu, mata, da kuma’ya’ya maza da’ya’ya mata, al’umma gaba ɗaya da aka jera a waɗannan tarihin zuriya. Gama sun yi aminci cikin tsarkake kansu.
Lekubalweni ngezizukulwana, labo bonke abancinyane babo, omkabo, lamadodana abo, lamadodakazi abo, ebandleni lonke, ngoba ekuthembekeni kwabo bazingcwelisa ngobungcwele.
19 Akwai mutane a garuruwa da yawa waɗanda aka sa don su rarraba wa’ya’yan Haruna, firist, maza, waɗanda suke zaune a gonaki na ƙasar garuruwansu su ba kowane namijin da aka rubuta na Lawiyawa, rabonsa.
Lemadodaneni kaAroni, abapristi, emasimini amadlelo emizi yabo, kuwo wonke umuzi ngomuzi, amadoda ayebizwe ngamabizo, ukunika izabelo kubo bonke abesilisa phakathi kwabapristi, labo bonke ababalwe ngezizukulwana phakathi kwamaLevi.
20 Abin da Hezekiya ya yi ke nan ko’ina a Yahuda, yana yin abin da yake da kyau, daidai da kuma mai aminci a gaban Ubangiji Allahnsa.
Wasesenza njalo uHezekhiya kuJuda wonke; wenza okuhle lokulungileyo lokuqotho phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe.
21 Cikin kome da ya yi cikin hidimar haikalin Allah, cikin biyayya kuma ga doka da umarnai, ya nemi Allahnsa, ya kuma yi aiki gabagadi. Ta haka kuwa ya yi nasara.
Emsebenzini wonke-ke awuqalisayo enkonzweni yendlu kaNkulunkulu, lemlayweni lemthethweni, ukudinga uNkulunkulu wakhe, wakwenza ngenhliziyo yakhe yonke, waphumelela.
