Asa Asaka Baba mbagumana Kupuma

Asa asabulusa maguwa a milungu yacilendo na mbuto za pantunda, na dziko lisakhala na pyaka khumi pyakutsandzaya toera kumanga. Pakuenda gulu la nkhondo la Akuxi la anthu miliyoni ibodzi, mpembo wace ndi wakuti Baba wace ekha ndiye anakwanisa kuphedza akusowa mphambvu pamaso pa a mphambvu — na Akuxi asapwanyika.

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Abiya agona na ambuya ace; ambaika n'nthumbi mu Nzinda wa Dhavidhi. Mwana wace Asa akhala mambo, na dziko yakhala na ntendere pyaka khumi. Asa acita pinthu pyadidi na pyakulungama pamaso pa Baba wathu. Iye abulusa maguwa a ansambo na mbuto zakukwirira, aswa miyala yakulambirwa, mbagwisa mitengo ya Axera. Iye apanga Yuda toera asake Baba wathu, Mulungu wa ambuya awo, mbakoya mwambo na matongero. Iye abulusambo mbuto zakukwirira na maguwa akupisira ubani m'mizinda yonsene ya Yuda, na umambo ukhala na ntendere pa utongi wace. Iye amanga mizinda yakukhwima mu Yuda, thangwi dziko ikhali na ntendere. Iye nkhabe kumenya nkhondo pyaka pyenepi, thangwi Baba wathu ampasa kupuma. Iye apanga Yuda tenepa: “Tendeni timange mizinda iyi mbatiizungusa na makoma, nyumba zakulapha, misuwo, na mipingo. Dziko icidakali yathu, thangwi tasaka Baba wathu; tansaka, Iye atipasa kupuma kunensa konsene.” Na tenepo amanga mbaphindula.

Asa akhali na anyankhondo 300.000 akubuluka ku Yuda na ntanga zikulu na madipa, na anyankhondo 280.000 akubuluka ku Bhenjamini na ntanga na mauta—onsene akhali anyankhondo aumphambvu.

Zera Mukuxi abwera toera kuamenya na anyankhondo 1.000.000 na magareta 300, mbafamba mpaka ku Marexa. Asa abuluka toera kumenya naye, mbalinganiza nkhondo mu mbuto yakutsika ya Zefata ku Marexa. Na tenepo Asa akhuwira kuna Baba wathu, Mulungu wace, mbalonga tenepa: “Baba, Imwe basi ndimwe munakwanisa kuphedza anyakusowa mphambvu kutsogolo kwa anthu aumphambvu. Tiphedzeni, Mulungu wathu, thangwi tisanyindira Imwe, na mu dzina yanu tisaenda kuthimbana na mwinji unowu ukulu. Imwe ndimwe Mulungu wathu; lekani kutawirisa munthu basi toera akukundeni.”

Na tenepo Baba wathu agwisa Akuxi pamaso pa Asa na pamaso pa Yuda, na Akuxi athawa. Asa na anthu ace aathamangisa mpaka ku Gerari, na Akuxi agwa mpaka nkhabe m'bodzi adapulumuka, thangwi aswedwa pamaso pa Baba wathu na nkhondo yace. Amuna a Yuda akwata pyakupanga pizinji. Iwo agwisa mizinda yonsene yakuzungulira Gerari, thangwi kugopa kwa Baba wathu kukhali pa iwo. Iwo apanga mizinda yonsene, thangwi mukhali na pyakupanga pizinji. Iwombo amenya ntsasa za akumbizi, akwata mabira mazinji na ngamia zizinji, mbabwerera ku Yerusalemi.