Jehoshaphat Waka With our Papa
We Papa dey wit Jehoshaphat because e dey find am instead of di Baals. Di thing wey stand out pass na say e send officials and Levites wit di book of instruction go teach for every city of Judah, and im kingdom grow strong, rich and get plenty supply.
17 1Im pikin Jehoshaphat come be king for im place, and e make imsef strong against Israel. 2E put sojas for all di cities of Judah wey get strong wall, and e put sojas dey guard di land of Judah and di cities of Ephraim wey im papa Asa don capture. 3Our Papa dey with Jehoshaphat, because e waka for di early ways of im papa David, and e no run go find di Baals. 4Instead, e find di Papa wey im papa dey serve, e obey im commandments, and e no do wetin Israel dey do. 5So our Papa make di kingdom strong for im hand; all Judah bring gifts give Jehoshaphat, and e get plenty wealth and honour. 6Im heart give imsef fully to our Papa ways; e comot di high places and di Asherah poles from Judah. a a v6 High places na shrines wey dem dey build for outside for hill-top wey dem dey use worship idol; Asherah poles na wooden things wey dem carve wey dem dedicate to di Canaanite goddess wey dem dey call Asherah.
7For di third year wey e dey rule, e send im officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah make dem go teach for di cities of Judah, 8and di Levites dey with dem: Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, Tob-adonijah; and di priests Elishama and Jehoram dey with dem. 9Dem teach for everywhere for Judah, dem carry di Book of our Papa Instruction, dem go all di cities of Judah, dey teach di people.
10Fear of our Papa fall on all di kingdoms wey dey around Judah, so dem no fight Jehoshaphat. 11Some Philistine people bring gifts and silver tribute give Jehoshaphat; di Arab people bring flocks: rams 7,700 and male goats 7,700. 12Jehoshaphat come dey grow strong more and more, and e build fortresses and cities wey dem dey store things for Judah. 13E get plenty supplies for di cities of Judah, and strong warriors for Jerusalem. 14Na so dem count dem according to dia father-house: from Judah, commanders of thousands—Adnah na di commander, and 300,000 strong warriors dey with am; 15next to am na Jehohanan di commander, and 280,000 dey with am; 16next na Amasiah pikin of Zichri, wey volunteer imsef give our Papa, and 200,000 strong warriors dey with am. 17From Benjamin: Eliada, wey be strong warrior, and 200,000 wey carry bow and shield dey with am; 18next to am na Jehozabad, and 180,000 wey ready for war dey with am. 19Na dis men dey serve di king, apart from dose wey e put for di cities wey get strong wall for everywhere for Judah.
