Yozafati agendana na Data
Data wa twese ari kumwe na Yozafati kuko amushaka aho gushaka za Bāli. Igikorwa cye kigaragara cyane ni ukohereza ibyegera n'Abalevi bafite igitabo cy'amabwiriza ngo bigishe mu mijyi yose y'u Buyuda, maze ubwami bwe bugakomera, akagira ubutunzi bwinshi, afite byose.
17 1Umuhungu we Yozafati amusimbura ku ngoma, nuko yongera imbaraga ze zo kurwanya Isiraheli. 2Yashyize ingabo mu mijyi yose ikomeye y'u Buyuda, ashyira n'ibigo by'ingabo mu gihugu cy'u Buyuda no mu mijyi ya Efurayimu se Asa yari yarigaruriye. 3Data wa twese yari kumwe na Yozafati, kuko yagenze mu nzira za mbere za se Dawidi, ntiyashakashakaga za Bāli. 4Ahubwo yashakaga Data se yakoreraga, akurikiza amabwiriza ye, atakurikiza imigenzo ya Isiraheli. 5Nuko Data wa twese akomeza ubwami mu kiganza cye; Abayuda bose bazanira Yozafati impano, maze agira ubutunzi bwinshi n'icyubahiro. 6Umutima we warakundaga inzira za Data wa twese; yakuye ahasengerwaga ibigirwamana n'amashusho ya Ashera mu Buyuda. a a v6 Ahasengerwaga ibigirwamana hari insengero zo hanze ku misozi zakoreshwaga mu gusenga ibigirwamana; amashusho ya Ashera yari ibikoresho by'idini bibajwe mu biti, byeguriwe ikigirwamanakazi cy'Abanyakanāni Ashera.
7Mu mwaka wa gatatu w'ingoma ye, yohereza ibyegera bye Beni-Hayili na Obadiya na Zakariya na Netanēli na Mikaya kugira ngo bajye kwigisha mu mijyi y'u Buyuda, 8n'Abalevi bari kumwe na bo: Shemaya na Netaniya na Zebadiya na Asaheli na Shemiramoti na Yehonatani na Adoniya na Tobiya na Tobu-Adoniya; hamwe na bo abatambyi Elishama na Yehoramu. 9Bigishaga mu Buyuda hose, bafite igitabo cy'Amategeko ya Data wa twese, bajya mu mijyi yose y'u Buyuda, bigishaga abantu.
10Ubwoba bwa Data wa twese bwafashe ibihugu byose byari bikikije u Buyuda, ku buryo bitateye Yozafati intambara. 11Bamwe mu Bafilisiti bazanira Yozafati impano n'imisoro ya feza; Abarabu na bo bamuzanira amashyo: amapfizi y'intama ibihumbi birindwi na magana arindwi, n'amasekurume y'ihene ibihumbi birindwi na magana arindwi. 12Yozafati yagendaga arushaho kuba ukomeye, maze yubaka ibigo bikomeye n'imijyi yo gushyiramo ibintu mu Buyuda. 13Yari afite ibintu byinshi mu mijyi y'u Buyuda, n'abagabo b'intwari i Yeruzalemu. 14Uko babaruwe uko imiryango yabo iri: mu Buyuda, abatware b'ingabo ibihumbi—Aduna umugaba, wari kumwe n'abagabo b'intwari ibihumbi magana atatu; 15uwamukurikiraga ni Yehohanani umugaba, wari kumwe n'ibihumbi magana abiri na mirongo inani; 16uwakurikiyeho ni Amasiya mwene Zikiri, wiyeguriye Data wa twese ku bushake, wari kumwe n'abagabo b'intwari ibihumbi magana abiri. 17Mu Benyamini: Eliyada, umugabo w'intwari, wari kumwe n'ibihumbi magana abiri bitwaje imiheto n'ingabo; 18uwamukurikiraga ni Yehozabadi, wari kumwe n'ibihumbi ijana na mirongo inani bitwaje intwaro. 19Aba bagabo bakoreraga umwami, uretse ba bandi yari yashyize mu mijyi ikomeye mu Buyuda hose.
