7 Ngoko ke ukumkani uYowashe wabiza umbingeleli uJoyada nabanye ababingeleli, wababuza wathi: “Ngani ukuba nibe anikawulungisi umonakalo osendlwini kaThixo? Niyabona ke, sanukuba sathatha mali koonondyebo, koko yonke imali yinikezeleni ukuze kuhlaziywe ngayo indlu kaThixo.”
8 Bavuma ke ngoko ababingeleli ukuba abayi kuba saqokelela mali yimbi ebantwini, futhi bengayi kuyihlaziya ngokwabo indlu kaThixo.
9 Umbingeleli uJoyada wathatha ityesana, wayigqobhoza isivalo, waza wayibeka kwicala lasekunene endlwini kaNdikhoyo kufutshane neqonga, ababingeleli ababegada isango bayigalela kuyo yonke imali eyayisiza nabantu endlwini kaNdikhoyo.
10 Yayisithi yakuba sisixa imali leyo apho kuloo tyesana, unobhala wasebhotwe kunye nombingeleli omkhulu beze bayibale imali ezisiweyo endlwini kaNdikhoyo, baze bayifake ezingxoweni.
11 Ithe ke imali yakuba sisixa esithile, bayithatha bayinikela kwabo babemiselwe ukongamela umsebenzi wendlu kaThixo. Ngayo ke bahlawula abo babesebenza endlwini kaNdikhoyo, abachweli, nabakhi,
12 nabavusi beendonga, nabakroli bamatye. Bathenga imithi namatye ahonjisiweyo okulungisa indlu kaNdikhoyo, bahlawula zonke iindleko zokuhlaziya indlu kaThixo.
13 Le mali yayiziswe endlwini kaThixo ke ayichithwanga ekwenzeni izitya zesiliva, izikhwezeli, izitya zokutshiza, amaxilongo, nayo nayiphi na into yendlu kaNdikhoyo eyenziwe ngegolide okanye isiliva,