2 Tarihi 18 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

18 ¹Yehoshafat yana da arziki mai yawa da daraja, ya kuma haɗa kai da Ahab ta wurin aure. ²Bayan shekaru kaɗan, sai ya gangara wurin Ahab a Samariya, inda Ahab ya yanka tumaki da shanu masu yawa dominsa da kuma domin mutanen da suke tare da shi, yana ƙarfafa shi yă kai hari a Ramot-gileyad. ³Ahab sarkin Isra'ila ya tambayi Yehoshafat sarkin Yahuda, “Za ka tafi tare da ni zuwa Ramot-gileyad?” Ya amsa ya ce, “Ni kamar kai nake, mutanena kamar naka ne; za mu haɗa kai da kai a yaƙin.”

⁴Amma Yehoshafat ya ce wa sarkin Isra'ila, “Da farko ka nemi maganar Ubanmu.”

⁵Sai sarkin Isra'ila ya tara annabawa, mutum ɗari huɗu, ya tambaye su, “Za mu tafi Ramot-gileyad don yaƙi, ko mu bari?” Suka ce, “Ka tafi, gama Allah zai bashe ta ga sarki.”

⁶Amma Yehoshafat ya ce, “Ba saurun wani annabin Ubanmu a nan da za mu iya tambaya ba?”

⁷Sarkin Isra'ila ya ce wa Yehoshafat, “Akwai saurun mutum ɗaya wanda ta wurinsa za mu iya tambayar Ubanmu, amma ina ƙinsa—ba ya taɓa yin annabci mai kyau game da ni, sai mugunta kawai. Shi ne Mikaya ɗan Imla.” Yehoshafat ya amsa ya ce, “Kada sarki yă faɗi haka.”

⁸Sai sarkin Isra'ila ya kirawo wani hafsa ya ce, “Ka kawo Mikaya ɗan Imla da sauri.”

⁹Sarkin Isra'ila da Yehoshafat sarkin Yahuda suna zaune kowanne a kan gadon sarautarsa, sanye da manyan riguna, a masussuka a mashigin ƙofar Samariya, dukan annabawa kuwa suna annabci a gabansu. ¹⁰Zedekiya ɗan Kena'ana ya ƙera ƙahonin ƙarfe ya ce, “Allah ya ce, ‘Da waɗannan za ka soki Arameyawa har su hallaka.’”

¹¹Dukan annabawa suka yi annabci haka, suna cewa, “Ka tafi Ramot-gileyad ka ci nasara; Ubanmu zai bashe ta ga sarki.”

¹²Manzon da aka aika yă kirawo Mikaya ya ce masa, “Dukan maganar annabawa suna goyon bayan sarki. Bari taka ta yi daidai da tasu—ka yi magana mai kyau.”

¹³Amma Mikaya ya ce, “Muddin Ubanmu yana a raye, sai dai abin da Ubana ya faɗa ne kaɗai zan faɗa.”

¹⁴Da ya zo, sai sarki ya ce, “Mikaya, za mu tafi yaƙi a Ramot-gileyad, ko in bari?” Ya ce, “Ka tafi ka ci nasara; za a bashe su gare ku.”

¹⁵Amma sarki ya ce masa, “Sau nawa zan sa ka rantse cewa za ka gaya mini gaskiya kaɗai da sunan Ubanmu?”

¹⁶Mikaya ya ce, “Na ga dukan Isra'ila a warwatse a kan duwatsu, kamar tumaki marasa makiyayi. Ubanmu kuwa ya ce, ‘Ba su da maigida; bari kowa yă koma gida lafiya.’”

¹⁷Sarkin Isra'ila ya ce wa Yehoshafat, “Ban gaya maka ba cewa ba zai yi annabci mai kyau game da ni ba, sai dai mugunta kawai?”

¹⁸Mikaya ya ce, “To, ku saurari maganar Ubanmu. Na ga Ubanmu zaune a kan gadon sarautarsa, dukan rundunonin sama kuwa tsaye a damansa da hagunsa.

¹⁹Ubanmu kuwa ya ce, ‘Wa zai ja hankalin Ahab sarkin Isra'ila yă tafi yă fāɗi a Ramot-gileyad?’ Wani ya ce haka, wani kuma ya ce wancan.

²⁰Sai wani ruhu ya zo gaba, ya tsaya a gaban Ubanmu, ya ce, ‘Ni zan ja hankalinsa.’ Ubanmu kuwa ya tambaye shi, ‘Yaya?’

²¹Ya ce, ‘Zan fita in zama ruhun ƙarya a bakin dukan annabawansa.’ Sai Ubanmu ya ce, ‘Za ka ruɗe shi, za ka kuma yi nasara. Ka fita ka yi haka.’

²²Saboda haka yanzu, Ubanmu ya sa ruhun ƙarya a bakin waɗannan annabawanka, Ubanmu kuma ya furta masifa a kanka.”

²³Sai Zedekiya ɗan Kena'ana ya zo, ya mari Mikaya a kumatu, ya ce, “Ta wace hanya Ruhun Allah ya bar ni don yă yi maka magana?”

²⁴Mikaya ya ce, “Za ka gani a ranan nan sa'ad da ka shiga wani ɗaki na can ciki don ka ɓoye.”

²⁵Sarkin Isra'ila ya ce, “Ku komar da Mikaya wurin Amon gwamnan birni da kuma wurin Yowash ɗan sarki, ²⁶ku ce, ‘Sarki ya ce, A sa mutumin nan a kurkuku, a ba shi ƙarancin burodi da ruwa sai na dawo lafiya.’”

²⁷Mikaya ya ce, “In ka taɓa dawowa lafiya, to Ubanmu bai yi magana ta wurina ba.” Sai ya ce, “Ku saurara, dukanku mutane!”

Ahab Ya Fāɗi Yadda Uba Ya Faɗa

²⁸Sai sarkin Isra'ila da Yehoshafat sarkin Yahuda suka tafi Ramot-gileyad. ²⁹Sarkin Isra'ila ya ce wa Yehoshafat, “Zan ɓad da kamata in shiga yaƙi, amma kai ka sa manyan rigunanka.” Sai sarkin Isra'ila ya ɓad da kamarsa, suka kuwa shiga yaƙi. ³⁰Sarkin Aram ya umarci shugabannin karusansa, “Kada ku yaƙi kowa, ƙarami ko babba, sai dai sarkin Isra'ila kaɗai.”

³¹Da shugabannin karusai suka ga Yehoshafat, sai suka ce, “Ga sarkin Isra'ila,” suka juya don su yaƙe shi. Amma Yehoshafat ya yi kuka, Ubanmu kuwa ya taimake shi, ya kau da su daga gare shi. ³²Da shugabannin karusai suka ga ba shi ne sarkin Isra'ila ba, sai suka daina binsa. ³³Sai wani mutum ya ja bakansa babu niyya, ya harbi sarkin Isra'ila a tsakanin haɗin sulkensa. Sai ya ce wa mahayin karusarsa, “Ka juya ka fitar da ni daga yaƙin; na ji rauni.” ³⁴Yaƙin ya yi tsanani a ranan nan. Aka riƙe sarkin Isra'ila tsaye a cikin karusarsa yana fuskantar Arameyawa har yamma, sa'an nan ya mutu da faɗuwar rana.