Yehoxafati Afamba na Baba
Baba wathu ali na Yehosafati thangwi iye asan'saka, nee asaka Abaali tayu. Basa yace ikulu kakamwe ndi kutuma atsogoleri na Alevi na bukhu ya mwambo toera kupfundzisa mu mizinda yonsene ya Yuda. Umambo wace usawanga mphambvu, usaonera, na usakhala na pinthu pyonsene pyakufunika.
17 1Mwanace Yehoxafati akhala mambo m'mbuto mwace, mbawangisa manungo ace toera kulimbana na Izarayeli. 2Aikha anyankhondo m'mizinda yonsene yakuwanga ya Yuda, pontho aikha misoka ya anyankhondo m'dziko ya Yuda na m'mizinda ya Efuraimi, idakwata baba wace Asa. 3Baba wathu akhali na Yehoxafati, thangwi iye akhafamba m'njira zakutoma za baba wace Dhavidhi, mbakhonda kusaka Mabhaali. 4Mbwenye iye akhasaka Baba, ule akhatumikira baba wace, mbabvera matongero ace, mbakhonda kutowezera macitiro a Izarayeli. 5Na tenepo Baba wathu awangisa umambo m'manja mwace; Yuda yonsene abweresera Yehoxafati miyoni, iye akhali na mpfuma zizinji na mbiri. 6Ntima wace ukhali wakuperekeka m'njira za Baba wathu; iye abulusa mbuto zakulambira pa mapiri na mitengo ya Axera mu Yuda. a a v6 Mbuto zakulambira pa mapiri zikhali mbuto za kunja pa makhundu a mapiri zakuphatisirwa basa toera kulambira madzimunthu; mitengo ya Axera ikhali pinthu pyakusema na matabwa pyakuperekwa kuna mulungu wankazi wa Akanani anacemerwa Axera.
7M'caka cacitatu ca utongi wace, iye atuma akulu ace, Bheni-haili, Obhadiya, Zakariya, Netaneli na Mikaya, toera kupfundzisa m'mizinda ya Yuda, 8pontho Alevi pabodzi na iwo: Xemaya, Netaniya, Zebhadiya, Asaeli, Xemiramoti, Yehonatani, Adhoniya, Tobhiya, Tobhi-adhoniya; pontho pabodzi na iwo anyantsembe, Elixama na Yehoramu. 9Iwo apfundzisa mu Yuda monsene, mbakwata Bukhu ya Matongero a Baba wathu, mbaenda m'mizinda yonsene ya Yuda, mbapfundzisa mbumba.
10Kugopa Baba wathu kwagwera pa umambo wonsene ukhazungulira Yuda, na tenepo iwo nee amenya nkhondo na Yehoxafati. 11Afilisti anango abweresera Yehoxafati miyoni na parata ya msonkho; Aarabhu am'bweresera pinyama: mabira amphongo 7.700, mbuzi zamphongo 7.700. 12Yehoxafati apitiriza kuwanga kakamwe, mbamanga nyumba zakuwanga na mizinda yakukoyera pinthu mu Yuda. 13Iye akhali na pinthu pizinji m'mizinda ya Yuda, pontho anyankhondo amphambvu mu Yerusalemi. 14Kulengeswa kwawo mwa nyumba za ambuya awo: kubuluka mu Yuda, atsogoleri a makwi—Adhina ntsogoleri, pabodzi na iye anyankhondo amphambvu 300.000; 15panduyo akhali Yehohanani ntsogoleri, pabodzi na iye 280.000; 16panduyo Amasiya mwana wa Zikiri, ule adaperekeka mwakufuna kwace kuna Baba wathu, pabodzi na iye anyankhondo amphambvu 200.000. 17Kubuluka mu Bhenjamini: Eliyadha, nyankhondo waumphambvu, pabodzi na iye 200.000 akhali na mauta na mapwe; 18panduyo Yehozabhadhi, pabodzi na iye 180.000 akhunganyika toera nkhondo. 19Amuna awa akhatumikira mambo, kusiyapo ale adaikhwa na iye m'mizinda yakuwanga mu Yuda monsene.
