Yehosafati Ayenda ndi Atate
Atate wathu ali ndi Yehosafati chifukwa iye amamufunafuna m'malo mwa Abaala. Chochita chake chodabwitsa kwambiri ndi kutumiza akuluakulu ndi Alevi ndi buku la malangizo kukaphunzitsa m'mizinda yonse ya Yuda, ndipo ufumu wake ulimba, ulemera, ndi kukhala ndi zonse zofunika.
17 1Yehosafati mwana wake anakhala mfumu m'malo mwake, nadzilimbitsa kulimbana ndi Israeli. 2Anaika asilikali m'mizinda yonse yotetezedwa ya Yuda, naikanso magulu a asilikali m'dziko la Yuda ndi m'mizinda ya Efraimu imene atate wake Asa anaigonjetsa. 3Atate wathu anali ndi Yehosafati, pakuti anayenda m'njira zoyambirira za atate wake Davide, osafunafuna Abaala. 4Koma anafunafuna Atate amene atate wake anamutumikira, namvera malamulo ake, osati machitidwe a Israeli. 5Choncho Atate wathu analimbitsa ufumu m'dzanja lake; Yuda yonse anabweretsa mphatso kwa Yehosafati, ndipo anali ndi chuma chambiri ndi ulemu. 6Mtima wake unadzipereka ku njira za Atate wathu; anachotsa malo okwera ndi mitengo ya Asera mu Yuda. a a v6 Malo okwera anali malo opembedzera a pamapiri opanda denga ogwiritsidwa ntchito popembedza mafano; mitengo ya Asera inali zinthu zosema za matabwa zopembedzera zoperekedwa kwa mulungu wamkazi wa Kanaani wotchedwa Asera.
7M'chaka chachitatu cha ufumu wake anatuma akuluakulu ake, Beni-haili, Obadiya, Zekariya, Netaneli, ndi Mikaya, kuti akaphunzitse m'mizinda ya Yuda, 8ndi Alevi pamodzi nao: Semaya, Netaniya, Zebadiya, Asaheli, Semiramoti, Yehonatani, Adoniya, Tobiya, Tobu-adoniya; ndipo pamodzi nao panali ansembe Elisama ndi Yehoramu. 9Anaphunzitsa mu Yuda monse, atanyamula Buku la Malangizo a Atate wathu, napita ku mizinda yonse ya Yuda, naphunzitsa anthu.
10Mantha a Atate wathu anagwera maufumu onse ozungulira Yuda, kotero kuti sanamenyane nkhondo ndi Yehosafati. 11Afilisti ena anabweretsera Yehosafati mphatso ndi msonkho wa siliva; Aarabu anabweretsa ziweto: nkhosa zamphongo 7,700, mbuzi zamphongo 7,700. 12Yehosafati anakula mphamvu kwambiri, ndipo anamanga malinga ndi mizinda yosungiramo katundu mu Yuda. 13Anali ndi katundu wambiri m'mizinda ya Yuda, ndi ankhondo amphamvu mu Yerusalemu. 14Kuwerengedwa kwao monga mwa nyumba za makolo awo: kuchokera mu Yuda, atsogoleri a zikwizikwi—Adina mtsogoleri, ali nao ankhondo amphamvu 300,000; 15pambuyo pake panali Yehohanani mtsogoleri, ali nao 280,000; 16kutsatira anali Amasiya mwana wa Zikiri, amene anadzipereka mwaufulu kwa Atate wathu, ali nao ankhondo amphamvu 200,000. 17Kuchokera mu Benjamini: Eliyada, msilikali wamphamvu, ali nao 200,000 onyamula uta ndi chishango; 18pambuyo pake Yehozabadi, ali nao 180,000 okonzekera nkhondo. 19Anthu amenewa anatumikira mfumu, kuwonjezera pa amene anawaika m'mizinda yotetezedwa mu Yuda monse.
