Baba wathu Asasandika Mambo Wace Wakupambuka

Yehu agumanikana na mambo anabwerera mbambvundza kuti: Kodi imwe musafunika kuphedza akuipa? Yehosafati atawira na kuzungira pakati pa mbumba mbaikha atongi, mbaapanga kuti iwo asatonga thangwi ya Baba wathu, nee thangwi ya anthu tayu, na kuti kwa iye nee kuli kusaya kulungama, kusankhula anthu, peno kupaswa ndalama za uphanga tayu.

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Yosafati mambo wa Yuda abwerera mwantendere ku nyumba yace ku Yerusalemi. Yehu mwana wa Hanani muoni agumana na Mambo Yosafati, mbambvundza kuti: “Kodi usafunika kuphedza anyakuipa, mbufuna ale anaida Baba wathu? Thangwi ya pyenepi, ukali wa Baba wathu uli pa iwe. Mbwenye, pinthu pyadidi pisagumanika muna iwe: wabulusa mitengo ya Axera m'dziko, mbukhazikisa ntima wako toera kusaka Baba wathu.”

Yosafati akhakhala ku Yerusalemi, buluka penepo abuluka pontho pakati pa mbumba, kutomera ku Berixeba mpaka ku mapiri a Efraimu, mbaabweza kuna Baba wathu, Mulungu wa ambuya awo. Asankhula atongi m'dziko, m'mizinda yonsene yakuwanga ya Yuda, nzinda na nzinda. Apanga atongi kuti: “Onani pinacita imwe—musatonga tayu thangwi ya anthu, mbwenye thangwi ya Baba wathu, pontho Iye ali na imwe mu mulandu onsene unatonga imwe. Cincino kugopa Baba wathu mbukhale pa imwe. Onesesani mbamucita, thangwi kuna Baba wathu nkhabepo kupanda kulungama, nkhabepo kuona nkhope, nkhabepo ciphuphu.”

Pontho ku Yerusalemi, Yosafati asankhula Alevi anango, anyantsembe, na atsogoleri a mabanja a ambuya a Izarayeli toera kutonga mulandu wa Baba wathu na kumalisa mikangano; iwo abwerera ku Yerusalemi. Aalamula kuti: “Citani tenepa, mu kugopa Baba wathu, mwakukhulupirika na muntima onsene. N'dzidzi onsene abale anu ali m'mizinda yawo anakubweserani mulandu—wa kutaya ciropa, peno wa mwambo na matongero, pitsogolero na maweruziro—aacenjezeni, toera akhonde kukhala na mulandu pamaso pa Baba wathu, mbabweresa ukali pa imwe na pa abale anu. Citani tenepa, penepo nkhabe kukhala na mulandu. Cincino, Amariya nyantsembe wankulu asakuyang'anirani mu pinthu pyonsene pya Baba wathu; Zebadiya mwana wa Ixmaeli, ntsogoleri wa dzinza ya Yuda, mu pinthu pyonsene pya mambo. Alevi anaphata basa ninga anyabasa patsogolo panu. Limbani mbamucita—Baba wathu mbakhale na ale anacita pyadidi.”