2 Kronika 26 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

26 ¹Na tenepo anthu onsene a ku Yuda ancita Uziya, ule akhali na pyaka khumi na pitanthatu, kukhala mambo m'mbuto mwa babace Amaziya. ²Pakumala kwa mambo kugona na ambuya ace, iye amanga pontho Eloti mbaibwezera ku Yuda. ³Uziya akhala mambo ali na pyaka khumi na pitanthatu, mbatonga pyaka makumaxanu na piwiri mu Yerusalemu. Mai wace akhali Yekoliya wa ku Yerusalemu. ⁴Iye acita pyakulungama pamaso pa Baba wathu, ninga mudacitira babace Amaziya. ⁵Iye aperekeka toera kusaka Baba wathu mu ntsiku za Zakariya, ule akhampfundzisa kugopa Baba wathu; mu n'dzidzi ukhasaka iye Baba wathu, iye aenda patsogolo.

⁶Iye abuluka mbaenda kumenya nkhondo na Afilisti, mbagwisa makhoma a Gati, a Yabhne, na a Axdhodi. Iye amanga mizinda cifupi na Axdhodi na pakati pa Afilisti. ⁷Baba wathu amphedza toera kukunda Afilisti, Aarabu a ku Guri-bhaali, na Ameuni. ⁸Aamoni apereka muthulu kuna Uziya, mbiri yace mbafika mpaka n'malire wa Edjipito, thangwi iye akhala wamphambvu kakamwe. ⁹Uziya amanga nyumba zakulapha mu Yerusalemu pa Nsuwo wa Nkhoromto, pa Nsuwo wa Nthambo, na pa Ngopo, mbazilimbisa. ^a a v9 Ngopo ikhali khundu inango yakutuluka yapadera ya khoma ya mzinda wa Yerusalemu, yakusiyana na misuwo idacemerwa na madzina. ¹⁰Iye amanga nyumba zakulapha ku thando mbakumba magomba mazinji a madzi, thangwi akhali na pifuyo pizinji mu nthambo na mu bwalo. Iye akhali na alimi na akulima mauva mu mapiri na mu minda yakubala mwadidi, thangwi iye akhafuna mataka. ¹¹Uziya akhali na nkhondo ya anyankhondo akupfundzisirwa, akhabuluka toera ku nkhondo mu misoka yawo, adawerengwa na Yeyeli nyakulemba na Maaseya nyakutonga, pantsi pa Hananiya, m'bodzi wa akulu a nkhondo a mambo. ¹²Mphambo yonsene ya akulu a madzinza akhatsogolera anyankhondo amphambvu ikhali 2.600. ¹³Pantsi pa utongi wawo pakhali na nkhondo ya anthu 307.500, akupfundzisirwa toera kumenya nkhondo na mphambvu ikulu, toera kuphedza mambo kukunda anyamalwa ace. ¹⁴Uziya apasa nkhondo yonsene pishango, madipa, zisoti za nkhondo, nguwo za nkhondo za utale, mauta, na miyala ya lega. ¹⁵Mu Yerusalemu iye acita pinthu pidagumanwa na amuna anzeru, pidaikhwa pa nyumba zakulapha na pa magopo toera kuponya miseve na kuthusa miyala mikulu. Mbiri yace yamwazika kutali na kunako konsene, thangwi aphedzewa mwakudzumisa mpaka akhala wamphambvu.

Kudzikuza kwa Uziya na Kufudzika Kwace

¹⁶Uziya pidakhala iye wamphambvu, ntima wace ukhadzikuza, pinthu pyenepi mbapinfikisa ku kufudzika kwace. Iye aphonyera Baba wathu, mbapita mu nyumba ya Baba wathu toera kupisa ubani pa guwa ya ubani. ¹⁷Azariya nyantsembe apita nduli mwace, pabodzi na anyantsembe a Baba wathu makumasere, akuwanga ntima. ¹⁸Iwo alimbana na mambo Uziya, mbalonga tenepa: “Nkhabe kukufunikira iwe, Uziya, kupisa ubani kuna Baba wathu, mbwenye ndi basa ya anyantsembe, dzindza ya Aroni, adaperekwa toera kupisa ubani. Buluka pa mbuto yakucena; iwe waphonyera, pyenepi nkhabe kukupasa mbiri kubulukira kuna Baba wathu.”

¹⁹Uziya aipirwa kakamwe. Mu djanja yace mukhali na ciombo ca ubani toera kupisa ubani, mu n'dzidzi ukhairirwa iye anyantsembe, matanya akupswipisa abuluka pa cipumi cace—penepo pamaso pa anyantsembe mu nyumba ya Baba wathu, cifupi na guwa ya ubani. ²⁰Azariya nyantsembe wankulu na anyantsembe onsene pidanyang'ana iwo kuna iye mbaona matanya pa cipumi cace, iwo anbulusa mwakucimbiza, iye ene acimbiza toera kubuluka, thangwi Baba wathu akhadamumenya. ²¹Mambo Uziya akhali na matanya mpaka kufa kwace. Iye akhakhala mu nyumba yapadera, ali na matanya, akugwandwa kubulukira ku nyumba ya Baba wathu. Mwanace Yotamu akhatsogolera nyumba ya umambo, mbatonga anthu a dziko.

²²Pinthu pinango pyonsene pidacita Uziya, kutomera pakutoma mpaka pakumalisa, pidalembwa na mprofeta Izaiya mwana wa Amozi. ²³Uziya agona na ambuya ace, mbaikhwa cifupi na iwo mu munda wakuikha anyakufa wa amambo, thangwi iwo alonga tenepa: “Iye akhali na matanya.” Mwanace Yotamu atonga m'mbuto mwace.