Azariya Ya Kawo Magana daga Uba

Azariya ya kawo sharuɗɗan: Ubanmu yana tare da ku muddin kuna tare da shi; ku neme shi, za ku same shi. Asa ya yi ƙarfin hali, ya share gumaka, ya gyara bagaden, jama'a kuma suka ɗauki alkawari da dukan zuciyarsu — aka ba su hutawa ta kowane gefe.

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Ruhun Ubanmu ya sauko wa Azariya ɗan Oded. Sai ya fita don yă sadu da Asa, ya ce masa, “Ku saurare ni, Asa da dukan Yahuda da Benyamin. Ubanmu yana tare da ku muddin kuna tare da shi. In kuka neme shi, za ku same shi; in kuka yashe shi, zai yashe ku. Na dogon lokaci Isra'ila ya kasance ba shi da Ubanmu, ba shi da firist mai koyarwa, kuma ba shi da shari'a. Amma a cikin wahalarsu suka juyo ga Ubanmu, Allah na Isra'ila, suka neme shi, suka kuma same shi. A kwanakin nan babu wanda yake fita ko shiga cikin lafiya, gama babban hargitsi ya auka wa dukan mazaunan ƙasashen. Al'umma ta murƙushe al'umma, birni kuma ya murƙushe birni, gama Ubanmu ya dami su da kowace irin wahala. Amma ku, ku yi ƙarfin hali; kada ku karaya, gama aikinku zai sami lada.”

Da Asa ya ji waɗannan kalmomi, annabcin annabi Oded, sai ya yi ƙarfin hali, ya kawar da gumaka masu banƙyama daga dukan ƙasar Yahuda da Benyamin, da kuma daga biranen da ya ci da yaƙi a yankin tuddan Ifraim. Ya kuma gyara bagaden Ubanmu da yake gaban ƙofar haikalinsa. Ya tara dukan Yahuda da Benyamin, haka kuma waɗanda suke daga Ifraim, da Manasse, da Saminu waɗanda suke zama a cikinsu, domin mutane masu yawa a Isra'ila sun koma gare shi sa'ad da suka ga Ubanmu yana tare da shi. Suka taru a Urushalima a wata na uku na shekara ta goma sha biyar ta sarautar Asa. A ranar suka yi hadaya ga Ubanmu daga ganima—bijimai ɗari bakwai da tumaki dubu bakwai. Suka ƙulla alkawari su nemi Ubanmu, Allah na kakanninsu, da dukan zuciyarsu da dukan ransu. Duk wanda bai nemi Ubanmu ba, Allah na Isra'ila, za a kashe shi, ko ƙarami ne ko babba, ko namiji ne ko mace. Suka rantse wa Ubanmu da babbar murya, da ihu, da kakaki da ƙahoni. Dukan Yahuda suka yi murna saboda rantsuwar, gama sun rantse da dukan zuciyarsu, suka neme shi da dukan sha'awarsu, suka kuma same shi. Ubanmu kuma ya ba su hutu a kowane gefe.

Sarki Asa kuma ya cire mahaifiyarsa Ma'aka daga matsayin mahaifiyar sarauniya, domin ta yi gunkin banƙyama ga Ashera; ya sare shi, ya niƙe shi ya mai da shi ƙura, ya kuma ƙone shi a Kwarin Kidron. Ko da yake ba a kawar da wuraren sujada na bisa tuddai daga Isra'ila ba, zuciyar Asa ta kasance da cikakkiyar sadaukarwa a dukan kwanakin rayuwarsa. ^a Ya kawo cikin gidan Ubanmu kyautai da mahaifinsa ya keɓe da kuma kyautai da shi kansa ya keɓe—azurfa, da zinariya, da kayan aiki. Babu kuma yaƙi sai shekara ta talatin da biyar ta sarautar Asa.