2 Mbiri 20 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

20 ¹Zitatha izi, Amowabu ndi Aamoni, pamodzi ndi Ameuni ena, anadza kudzachita nkhondo ndi Yehosafati. ²Amithenga anadza nafotokozera Yehosafati, nati, “Gulu lalikulu la nkhondo likubwera kudzalimbana ndi inu kuchokera tsidya la Nyanja Yakufa, kuchokera ku Edomu; ndipo kale lili ku Hazazoni-tamara” (ndiko En-gedi). ³Yehosafati anachita mantha, choncho anatsimikiza mtima wake kufunafuna Atate wathu, nalengeza kusala kudya m'dziko lonse la Yuda. ⁴Yuda anasonkhana kudzafunafuna Atate wathu; kuchokera m'mizinda yonse ya Yuda anadza kudzamufunafuna Iye.

⁵Ndipo Yehosafati anaimirira pakati pa msonkhano wa Yuda ndi Yerusalemu, m'nyumba ya Atate wathu, patsogolo pa bwalo latsopano. ⁶Iye anati, “Atate wathu, Mulungu wa makolo athu, kodi Inu simuli Atate wathu wa Kumwamba? Inu mumalamulira maufumu onse a mitundu ya anthu. Mphamvu ndi nyonga zili m'manja mwanu; palibe amene angathe kuima pamaso panu. ⁷Atate wathu, kodi Inu simunathamangitse anthu a dziko ili pamaso pa anthu anu Israeli, nalipereka kwamuyaya kwa zidzukulu za Abrahamu bwenzi lanu? ⁸Iwo akhazikika m'menemo, nakumangirani malo opatulika chifukwa cha dzina lanu, nati, ⁹ngati tsoka litigwera—lupanga la chiweruzo, mliri, kapena njala—tidzaima patsogolo pa nyumba iyi ndi pamaso panu, pakuti dzina lanu lili m'nyumba iyi, ndipo tidzalirira kwa inu m'masautso athu, ndipo Inu mudzamva ndi kutipulumutsa. ¹⁰Ndipo tsopano taonani: Aamoni, Amowabu, ndi phiri la Seiri—amene Inu simunalole kuti Israeli awathire nkhondo pamene anachokera ku Igupto; motero Israeli anawachokera osawawononga. ¹¹Taonani mmene akutibwezera, akudza kudzatithamangitsa m'dziko la cholowa limene munatipatsa kuti tilitenge. ¹²Atate wathu, kodi simudzawaweruza? Ife tilibe mphamvu zolimbana ndi gulu lalikulu la nkhondo limene likubwera kudzalimbana nafe; sitidziwa choti tichite, koma maso athu ali pa Inu.”

¹³Yuda yense anaimirira pamenepo pamaso pa Atate wathu, pamodzi ndi ana awo aang'ono, akazi awo, ndi ana awo.

¹⁴Ndipo Mzimu wa Atate wathu unadza pa Yahazieli mwana wa Zekariya, mwana wa Benaya, mwana wa Yeyeli, mwana wa Matania, Mlevi wa mbumba ya Asafu, pakati pa msonkhanowo.

¹⁵Iye anati, “Tcherani khutu, inu Yuda yense, anthu okhala mu Yerusalemu, ndi inu mfumu Yehosafati. Atate wathu akunena kwa inu kuti: ‘Musachite mantha kapena kuda nkhawa chifukwa cha gulu lalikulu la nkhondoli, pakuti nkhondoyi si yanu koma ya Atate wathu. ¹⁶Mawa mutsikire kukalimbana nawo: taonani, iwo akukwera chikweza cha Zizi; mudzawapeza kumapeto kwa chigwa, moyang'anana ndi chipululu cha Yerueli. ¹⁷Simudzafunika kumenya nkhondoyi. Khalani pa malo anu, imani mwamphamvu, ndipo onani Atate wathu akukupulumutsani, inu Yuda ndi Yerusalemu. Musachite mantha kapena kutaya mtima. Mawa tulukani kuti mukalimbane nawo, pakuti Atate wathu ali ndi inu.’”

¹⁸Yehosafati anawerama nagwada chafufumimba, ndipo Yuda yense ndi anthu a Yerusalemu anagwa pansi kupembedza pamaso pa Atate wathu. ¹⁹Ndipo Alevi a mbumba ya Akohati ndi Akora anaimirira kuti atamande Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Israeli, ndi mawu okweza kwambiri.

²⁰M'bandakucha anatuluka kupita ku chipululu cha Tekowa. Pamene ankatuluka, Yehosafati anaimirira, nati, “Ndimvereni, inu Yuda ndi anthu a Yerusalemu. Khulupirirani Atate wanu ndipo mudzakhazikika; khulupirirani aneneri ake ndipo mudzapindula.”

²¹Atafunsana ndi anthu, Yehosafati anasankha oyimba kwa Atate wathu kuti atamande ulemerero wake woyera, akuyenda patsogolo pa gulu lankhondo, nati: “Yamikani Atate wathu, pakuti chikondi chake chokhulupirika nchosatha.” ²²Pamene anayamba kuyimba ndi kutamanda, Atate wathu anaika anthu obisalira kuti alimbane ndi Aamoni, Amowabu, ndi anthu a phiri la Seiri amene anali kuthira nkhondo Yuda, ndipo anagonjetsedwa. ²³Aamoni ndi Amowabu anaukira anthu a phiri la Seiri kuti awawononge ndi kuwatheratu; ndipo atatha kuwononga anthu a Seiri, Aamoni ndi Amowabu anatembenukirana naphana wina ndi mnzake.

²⁴Pamene Yuda anafika pa malo oyang'anira a m'chipululu, nayang'ana kumalo a gulu lalikulu la nkhondo, anangoona mitembo yokhayokha itagona pansi—palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe anapulumuka. ²⁵Yehosafati ndi anthu ake anadza kudzafunkha katundu wa akufawo, napeza chuma chochuluka, zovala, ndi zinthu zamtengo wapatali—zochuluka kwambiri zoti sanathe kuzinyamula, kotero kuti kuzitola kunawatengera masiku atatu.

²⁶Pa tsiku lachinayi, anasonkhana ku Chigwa cha Beraka, natamanda Atate wathu kumeneko—choncho amachitcha Chigwa cha Beraka mpaka lero. ^a a v26 Dzina lakuti Beraka litanthauza “mdalitso” — chigwacho chinatchedwa motero chifukwa cha matamando amene Yuda anapereka kwa Atate wathu kumeneko. ²⁷Amuna onse a Yuda ndi Yerusalemu, Yehosafati ali patsogolo, anabwerera mu Yerusalemu mokondwa, pakuti Atate wathu anawapatsa chimwemwe pa adani awo. ²⁸Analowa mu Yerusalemu ndi azeze, apangwe, ndi malipenga, napita ku nyumba ya Atate wathu. ²⁹Mantha a Atate wathu anagwera maufumu onse ozungulira pamene anamva kuti Atate wathu anachita nkhondo ndi adani a Israeli. ³⁰Choncho ufumu wa Yehosafati unakhala pa mtendere, pakuti Atate wake anamupatsa mpumulo mbali zonse.

Mfumu Yotsatira Njira za Atate wathu

³¹Yehosafati analamulira Yuda; anakhala mfumu ali ndi zaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu, nalamulira zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu mu Yerusalemu; dzina la amayi ake linali Azuba mwana wa Silili. ³²Iye anayenda m'njira za atate wake Asa, osapatukako, nachita zabwino pamaso pa Atate wathu. ³³Komabe malo okwera sanachotsedwe; anthu anali asanakhazikitsebe mitima yawo pa Mulungu wa makolo awo.

³⁴Ntchito zina za Yehosafati, kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka pachimaliziro, zalembedwa m'mbiri ya Yehu mwana wa Hanani, imene ili m'Buku la Mafumu a Israeli.

³⁵Pambuyo pake Yehosafati mfumu ya Yuda anagwirizana ndi Ahaziya mfumu ya Israeli, amene anachita zoipa. ³⁶Anagwirizana naye kuti amange sitima zapamadzi zamalonda zopita ku Tarisisi; ndipo anazimanga ku Ezioni-geberi. ³⁷Eliezere mwana wa Dodavahu wa ku Maresa ananenera modzudzula Yehosafati, nati, “Chifukwa chogwirizana ndi Ahaziya, Atate wathu waswa ntchito yanu.” Ndipo sitimazo zinasweka osatha kupita ku Tarisisi.