Asa Afunafuna Atate, Napeza Mpumulo

Asa achotsa maguwa achilendo ndi misanje, ndipo dziko likhala ndi zaka khumi za bata kuti amange. Pamene gulu lankhondo la Akusi la anthu miliyoni limodzi likwera, pemphero lake ndi lakuti Atate wake yekha angathandize opanda mphamvu polimbana ndi amphamvu — ndipo Akusi aphwanyidwa.

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Abiya anagona pamodzi ndi makolo ake; anamuika m'Mzinda wa Davide. Ndipo Asa mwana wake analowa ufumu m'malo mwake, ndipo dziko linakhala pa mtendere zaka khumi. Asa anachita zabwino ndi zolungama pamaso pa Atate wathu. Iye anachotsa maguwa achilendo ndi malo okwera, naphwanya mizati yopatulika, nadula mitengo ya Asera. Analamula Yuda kuti afunafune Atate wathu, Mulungu wa makolo awo, nasunge chilamulo ndi lamulo. Anachotsanso malo okwera ndi maguwa a lubani m'mizinda yonse ya Yuda, ndipo ufumu unakhala pa mtendere pansi pa ulamuliro wake. Anamanga mizinda yotetezedwa mu Yuda, pakuti dziko linali pa mtendere. Sanamenye nkhondo m'zaka zimenezo, chifukwa Atate wathu anamupatsa mpumulo. Iye anati kwa Yuda, “Timange mizinda iyi, tiizungulire ndi malinga, nsanja, zipata, ndi mipiringidzo. Dziko lidakali lathu, chifukwa tinafunafuna Atate wathu; tinamufunafuna Iye, ndipo anatipatsa mpumulo mbali zonse.” Motero anamanga, nachita bwino.

Asa anali ndi gulu lankhondo la amuna 300,000 ochokera ku Yuda okhala ndi zishango zazikulu ndi mikondo, ndi amuna 280,000 ochokera ku Benjamini okhala ndi zishango ndi mauta—onsewa anali ankhondo amphamvu.

Zera Mkusi anadza kudzamenyana nawo ndi gulu la ankhondo milioni imodzi ndi magaleta 300, nafika ku Maresa. Asa anatuluka kukakumana naye, ndipo anakonzekera nkhondo m'Chigwa cha Zefata ku Maresa. Ndipo Asa anafuulira kwa Atate wathu, Mulungu wake, nati: “Atate, ndinu nokha amene mungathe kuthandiza wopanda mphamvu kulimbana ndi wamphamvu. Mutithandize, Mulungu wathu, pakuti timadalira Inu, ndipo m'dzina lanu tikukumana ndi gulu lalikulu ili. Inu ndinu Mulungu wathu; musalole munthu wamba kuti akupambaneni.”

Motero Atate wathu anakantha Akusi pamaso pa Asa ndi pamaso pa Yuda, ndipo Akusi anathawa. Asa ndi anthu ake anawathamangitsa mpaka ku Gerari, ndipo Akusi anagwa mpaka panalibe wotsala, pakuti anaphwanyidwa pamaso pa Atate wathu ndi ankhondo ake. Amuna a Yuda anatenga zofunkha zambiri. Anakantha mizinda yonse yozungulira Gerari, pakuti mantha a Atate wathu anawagwera. Anafunkha mizinda yonse, pakuti munali zofunkha zambiri. Anathiranso nkhondo misasa ya abusa, natenga nkhosa zambiri ndi ngamira, nabwerera ku Yerusalemu.