Azariya Abweretsa Mau Ochokera kwa Atate

Azariya abweretsa zomwe Atate wathu akufuna: Atate wathu ali nanu pamene inu muli naye; mfunefuneni ndipo mudzampeza. Asa alimba mtima, achotsa mafano, abwezeretsa guwa lansembe, ndipo anthu achita pangano ndi mtima wawo wonse — ndipo apatsidwa mpumulo pozungulira ponse.

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Mzimu wa Atate wathu unadza pa Azariya mwana wa Odedi. Anatuluka kukakumana ndi Asa, nati kwa iye, “Ndimvereni, inu Asa ndi onse a Yuda ndi Benjamini: Atate wathu ali ndi inu pamene inu muli ndi Iye. Ngati mumfunafuna, mudzampeza; koma ngati mumsiya, adzakusiyaninso. Kwa nthawi yaitali Israeli anakhala wopanda Atate wathu, wopanda wansembe wophunzitsa, ndi wopanda lamulo. Mu mavuto awo anatembenukira kwa Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Israeli, namfunafuna, ndipo anampeza. M'masiku amenewo panalibe munthu wotuluka kapena wolowa mwamtendere, pakuti chisokonezo chachikulu chinagwera onse okhala m'mayiko. Mtundu unaphwanya mtundu wina ndipo mzinda unaphwanya mzinda wina, pakuti Atate wathu anawavutitsa ndi mavuto amitundu yonse. Koma inu, limbani mtima; musafooke, pakuti ntchito yanu idzalandira mphoto.”

Asa atamva mau awa, uneneri wa Odedi mneneri, analimba mtima nachotsa mafano onyansa m'dziko lonse la Yuda ndi Benjamini, ndi m'mizinda imene analanda ku dziko la mapiri la Efraimu. Anakonzanso guwa la nsembe la Atate wathu patsogolo pa khomo la Nyumba Yake. Anasonkhanitsa onse a Yuda ndi Benjamini, pamodzi ndi anthu ochokera ku Efraimu, Manase, ndi Simeoni amene anakhala pakati pawo, popeza ambiri a mu Israeli anabwera kwa iye pamene anaona kuti Atate wathu anali naye. Anasonkhana ku Yerusalemu m'mwezi wachitatu wa chaka cha khumi ndi chisanu cha ufumu wa Asa. Tsiku limenelo anapereka nsembe kwa Atate wathu zochokera ku zofunkha—ng'ombe 700 ndi nkhosa 7,000. Anachita pangano kufunafuna Atate wathu, Mulungu wa makolo awo, ndi mtima wawo wonse ndi moyo wawo wonse. Aliyense amene sakanamfunafuna Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Israeli, ayenera kuphedwa, kaya wamng'ono kapena wamkulu, kaya mwamuna kapena mkazi. Analumbira kwa Atate wathu ndi mau okweza, ndi kufuula, ndi malipenga ndi nyanga. Onse a Yuda anakondwera chifukwa cha lumbiro, pakuti analumbira ndi mtima wawo wonse, namfunafuna ndi chikhumbo chawo chonse, ndipo anampeza. Ndipo Atate wathu anawapatsa mpumulo mbali zonse.

Mfumu Asa anachotsanso Maaka amayi ake pa udindo wa amayi a mfumu, chifukwa anapanga fano lonyansa la Asera; analigwetsa, naliperesa kukhala fumbi, naliwotcha ku Chigwa cha Kidroni. Ngakhale malo achipembedzo okwera sanachotsedwe mu Israeli, mtima wa Asa unakhalabe wodzipereka kwathunthu masiku onse a moyo wake. ^a Analowetsa m'Nyumba ya Atate wathu mphatso zopatulika za atate wake ndi mphatso zopatulika zake—siliva, golide, ndi ziwiya. Ndipo panalibe nkhondo mpaka chaka cha makumi atatu ndi chisanu cha ufumu wa Asa.