2 Mbiri 30 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

30 ¹Hezekiya anatumiza mawu kwa Aisraeli onse ndi Ayuda, nalembera makalata kwa Efereimu ndi Manase, kuti adze ku nyumba ya Atate wathu ku Yerusalemu kudzachita Paska kwa Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Israeli. ²Mfumu, nduna zake, ndi msonkhano wonse wa ku Yerusalemu anali atasankha kuchita Paska mwezi wachiwiri, ³pakuti sanathe kuichita panthawi imeneyo, chifukwa ansembe ochepa anali atadziyeretsa ndipo anthu anali asanasonkhane ku Yerusalemu. ⁴Dongosolo ili linaoneka labwino kwa mfumu ndi kwa msonkhano wonse, ⁵chotero analengeza mu Israeli monse, kuchokera ku Beeriseba mpaka ku Dani, kuti anthu adze ku Yerusalemu kudzachita Paska kwa Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Israeli; pakuti anali asanaichite pamodzi mochuluka monga momwe zinalembedwera.

⁶Amithenga anayenda mu Israeli monse ndi mu Yuda ndi makalata ochokera kwa mfumu ndi nduna zake, monga mfumu inalamula kuti: “Inu ana a Israeli, bwererani kwa Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Isaki, ndi Israeli, kuti Iye abwerere kwa otsala a inu amene munapulumuka ndi kuthawa m'manja mwa mafumu a Asiriya. ⁷Musakhale ngati makolo anu ndi abale anu, amene sanakhulupirike kwa Atate wathu, Mulungu wa makolo awo, kotero anawasandutsa bwinja, monga mukuonera. ⁸Musaumitse mitima yanu ngati makolo anu; dziperekeni kwa Atate wathu ndipo bwerani ku malo ake opatulika, amene anawapatula kwamuyaya, ndipo tumikirani Atate wanu, kuti mkwiyo wake woopsa ubwerere kuchoka kwa inu. ⁹Pakuti ngati mubwerera kwa Atate wathu, abale anu ndi ana anu adzapeza chifundo kwa amene anawagwira ukapolo, nadzabwerera ku dziko lino. Pakuti Atate wanu ndi wachisomo ndi wachifundo; sadzakufulatirani ngati mubwerera kwa Iye.”

¹⁰Amithenga anayenda mzinda ndi mzinda mu Efereimu ndi Manase mpaka ku Zebuloni, koma anthu anawaseka nawanyoza. ¹¹Komabe, ena a ku Aseri, Manase, ndi Zebuloni anadzichepetsa nadza ku Yerusalemu. ¹²Dzanja la Atate wathu linalinso pa Yuda, kuwapatsa mtima umodzi kuti achite zimene mfumu ndi nduna zinalamula molingana ndi mawu a Atate wathu.

¹³Msonkhano waukulu kwambiri unasonkhana ku Yerusalemu kudzachita Chikondwerero cha Mkate Wopanda Yisiti mwezi wachiwiri. ¹⁴Anayamba ntchito nachotsa maguwa ansembe a ku Yerusalemu, nachotsanso maguwa onse a zofukiza, nawaponya mu chigwa cha Kidroni. ¹⁵Anapha mwanawankhosa wa Paska pa tsiku la khumi ndi chinayi la mwezi wachiwiri. Ansembe ndi Alevi anachita manyazi, kotero anadzipatula nabweretsa nsembe zopsereza ku nyumba ya Atate wathu. ¹⁶Anaima pa malo awo monga mwa mwambo, monga Lamulo la Mose munthu wa Mulungu limafunira; ansembe anawaza mwazi umene Alevi anawapatsa. ¹⁷Ambiri mu msonkhano anali asanadzipatule, kotero Alevi anali ndi udindo wopha ana ankhosa a Paska m'malo mwa aliyense wodetsedwa, kuti awapatulire kwa Atate wathu. ¹⁸Anthu ambiri, makamaka ochokera ku Efereimu, Manase, Isakara, ndi Zebuloni, anali asanadziyeretse, komabe anadya Paska, ngakhale sizinali monga momwe zinalembedwera. Koma Hezekiya anawapempherera nati: “Atate wathu abwino akhululukire aliyense, ¹⁹amene wayika mtima wake kufunafuna Atate wathu, Mulungu wa makolo ake, ngakhale sanayeretsedwe monga mwa malamulo a malo opatulika.”

²⁰Ndipo Atate wathu anamvera Hezekiya nachiritsa anthu. ²¹Aisraeli amene anali ku Yerusalemu anachita Chikondwerero cha Mkate Wopanda Yisiti masiku asanu ndi awiri ndi chimwemwe chachikulu, ndipo tsiku ndi tsiku Alevi ndi ansembe anatamanda Atate wathu ndi zoimbira zokweza zomveka bwino kwa Iye. ²²Hezekiya anayankhula molimbikitsa kwa Alevi onse amene anali aluso potumikira Atate wathu. Kwa masiku asanu ndi awiri anadya gawo lawo la chikondwerero, akupereka nsembe zachiyanjano ndi kuyamika Atate wathu, Mulungu wa makolo awo.

²³Ndipo msonkhano wonse unagwirizana kuchita chikondwererochi masiku ena asanu ndi awiri, nachichita masiku ena asanu ndi awiri ndi chimwemwe. ²⁴Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda anapatsa msonkhano ng'ombe zazimuna 1,000 ndi nkhosa 7,000, ndipo nduna zinapereka ng'ombe zazimuna 1,000 ndi nkhosa 10,000, ndipo ansembe ambiri anadzipatula. ²⁵Msonkhano wonse wa Yuda unakondwera, pamodzi ndi ansembe, Alevi, msonkhano wonse umene unachokera ku Israeli, ndi alendo ochokera ku dziko la Israeli ndi amene anali kukhala mu Yuda. ²⁶Chimwemwe chachikulu chinadzaza mu Yerusalemu, pakuti chinthu ngati ichi sichinachitikepo kumeneko kuyambira masiku a Solomoni mwana wa Davide, mfumu ya Israeli. ²⁷Ansembe ndi Alevi anaimirira kudalitsa anthu, ndipo mawu awo anamveka; pemphero lawo linafika ku malo ake opatulika a kumwamba.