Yehosafati Agwirizana ndi Ahabu

Yehosafati alowa pa ubale wa ukwati ndi nyumba ya Ahabu ndipo avomera kukamenya nkhondo ku Ramoti-giliyadi, kenako apempha mneneri wa Atate wathu. Mikaya yekha anena zimene akumvadi — nkhosa zobalalika, mzimu wonama m'kamwa mwa aneneri — ndipo muvi woponyedwa mwachisawawa utsimikiza kuti iye ananena zoona.

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Ndipo Yehosafati anali ndi chuma chambiri ndi ulemu, ndipo anadzigwirizanitsa ndi Ahabu mwa ukwati. Patapita zaka zingapo anatsikira kwa Ahabu ku Samariya, kumene Ahabu anamphera nkhosa ndi ng'ombe zambiri, iye ndi anthu amene anali naye, namuumiriza kuti akathire nkhondo Ramoti-giliyadi. Ahabu mfumu ya Isiraeli anafunsa Yehosafati mfumu ya Yuda, nati, “Kodi mupita nane ku Ramoti-giliyadi?” Iye anayankha, nati, “Ine ndili ngati inu, anthu anga ngati anthu anu; tigwirizana nanu pa nkhondo.”

Koma Yehosafati anati kwa mfumu ya Isiraeli, “Choyamba funsani mau a Atate wathu.”

Ndipo mfumu ya Isiraeli anasonkhanitsa aneneri, amuna 400, nawafunsa, nati, “Kodi tipite ku Ramoti-giliyadi kukachita nkhondo, kapena tileke?” Iwo anati, “Pitani, pakuti Mulungu adzaipereka m'manja mwa mfumu.”

Koma Yehosafati anati, “Kodi kuno kulibe mneneri wa Atate wathu amene tingamufunse?”

Mfumu ya Isiraeli anauza Yehosafati, nati, “Kwatsala munthu mmodzi amene kudzera mwa iye tingafunse Atate wathu, koma ine ndimamuda—sanenera zabwino za ine, koma zoyipa zokhazokha. Iye ndi Mikaya mwana wa Imula.” Yehosafati anayankha, nati, “Mfumu isanene chotero.”

Ndipo mfumu ya Isiraeli anaitana nduna, nati, “Bweretsani msanga Mikaya mwana wa Imula.”

Mfumu ya Isiraeli ndi Yehosafati mfumu ya Yuda anakhala, aliyense pa mpando wake waufumu, atavala mikanjo, pa malo opunthira tirigu, pa khomo la chipata cha Samariya, ndipo aneneri onse amanenera pamaso pawo. Zedekiya mwana wa Kenana anapanga nyanga zachitsulo, nati, “Mulungu akuti, ‘Ndi izi mudzagunda Aaramu kufikira atawonongeka.’”

Aneneri onse anenera chimodzimodzi, nati, “Pitani ku Ramoti-giliyadi mukapambane; Atate wathu adzaipereka m'manja mwa mfumu.”

Wa uthenga amene anatumidwa kukaitana Mikaya anamuuza, nati, “Mau a aneneri onse akomera mfumu. Mau ako agwirizane ndi awo—nena zabwino.”

Koma Mikaya anati, “Pali Atate wathu wamoyo, ndidzanena chokhacho chimene Atate wanga akunena.”

Atafika, mfumu inati, “Mikaya, kodi tipite kunkhondo ku Ramoti-giliyadi, kapena ndileke?” Iye anati, “Pitani mukapambane; adzaperekedwa m'manja mwanu.”

Koma mfumu inati kwa iye, “Kodi ndidzakulumbiritsa kangati kuti undiuze zoona zokhazokha m'dzina la Atate wathu?”

Mikaya anati, “Ndinaona Aisiraeli onse atabalalika pa mapiri, ngati nkhosa zopanda m'busa. Ndipo Atate wathu anati, ‘Alibe mbuye; aliyense abwerere kwawo mwamtendere.’”

Mfumu ya Isiraeli inati kwa Yehosafati, “Kodi sindinakuuzeni kuti iye sadzanenera zabwino za ine, koma zoyipa zokhazokha?”

Mikaya anati, “Chomwecho imvani mau a Atate wathu: Ndinaona Atate wathu atakhala pa mpando wake waufumu, magulu onse ankhondo akumwamba atayimirira kudzanja lake lamanja ndi lamanzere.

Ndipo Atate wathu anati, ‘Ndani adzanyengerera Ahabu mfumu ya Isiraeli kuti apite nakafere ku Ramoti-giliyadi?’ Wina anati chakuti, winanso chakuti.

Ndipo mzimu wina unabwera patsogolo, nuyimirira pamaso pa Atate wathu, nuti, ‘Ine ndidzamunyengerera.’ Ndipo Atate wathu anamufunsa, nati, ‘Udzatero bwanji?’

Unati, ‘Ndidzatuluka, ndikhale mzimu wonama mkamwa mwa aneneri ake onse.’ Ndipo Atate wathu anati, ‘Udzamukopa ndipo udzapambananso. Tuluka ukachite zotero.’

Tsopano taonani, Atate wathu waika mzimu wonama mkamwa mwa aneneri anuwa, ndipo Atate wathu walankhula za tsoka pa inu.”

Ndipo Zedekiya mwana wa Kenana anasendera, namenya Mikaya pa tsaya, nati, “Kodi Mzimu wa Mulungu anachoka pa ine nadutsa njira iti kudzalankhula ndi iwe?”

Mikaya anati, “Udzaziona tsiku limenelo pamene udzalowa m'chipinda chamkati kukabisala.”

Mfumu ya Isiraeli inati, “Mubwezereni Mikaya kwa Amoni bwanamkubwa wa mzinda ndi kwa Yowasi mwana wa mfumu, ndipo munene kuti, ‘Mfumu ikuti: Ikani munthu uyu m'ndende, ndipo mumpatse buledi wochepa ndi madzi ochepa, kufikira nditabwerera bwino.’”

Mikaya anati, “Ngati inu mudzabwera bwino ndithu, Atate wathu sananene kudzera mwa ine.” Ndipo anati, “Imvani, inu anthu nonse!”

Ahabu Afa Monga Atate Ananenera

Ndipo mfumu ya Isiraeli ndi Yehosafati mfumu ya Yuda anapita ku Ramoti-giliyadi. Mfumu ya Isiraeli inati kwa Yehosafati, “Ine ndidzasintha maonekedwe anga, ndilowe kunkhondo, koma inu valani mikanjo yanu.” Ndipo mfumu ya Isiraeli inasintha maonekedwe ake, ndipo analowa kunkhondo. Mfumu ya Aramu inali italamula atsogoleri a magareta ake, nati, “Musamenyane ndi aliyense, wamng'ono kapena wamkulu, koma mfumu ya Isiraeli yokha.”

Atsogoleri a magareta atamuona Yehosafati, anati, “Iyi ndi mfumu ya Isiraeli,” natembenuka kuti amenyane naye. Koma Yehosafati anafuwula, ndipo Atate wathu anamuthandiza, nawachotsa pa iye. Atsogoleri a magareta ataona kuti sanali mfumu ya Isiraeli, analeka kumulondola. Munthu wina anakoka uta wake mosafuna, nalasa mfumu ya Isiraeli pakati pa magwirizano a chida chake chodzitetezera. Iye anauza woyendetsa gareta lake, nati, “Tembenuka undituluze pankhondo, pakuti ndavulala.” Nkhondo inakula tsiku limenelo. Mfumu ya Isiraeli inachirikizidwa m'gareta lake moyang'anana ndi Aaramu kufikira madzulo, ndipo inafa dzuwa litalowa.