Mwoyo waAbhija Wakapesana muJudha
Abhijamu anodzokorora zvivi zvababa vake, asi Jerusarema rinoramba rakamira nokuda kwaDhavhidhi. Asa anotsvaka mwoyo waBaba vedu, achipisa chifananidzo chaAshera chambuya vake pachavo, kunyange achitenga rubatsiro rweAramu nesirivha yetemberi. MuIsraeri, Bhaasha anouraya Nadhabhi uye anoparadza dzinza raJerobhoamu.
15 1Mugore regumi nemasere raMambo Jerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, Abhija akatanga kutonga Judha. 2Akatonga makore matatu muJerusarema. Zita ramai vake rainzi Maaka mwanasikana waAbhisharomu. 3Akatevedzera zvivi zvose zvababa vake zvakaitwa pamberi pake; mwoyo wake wakanga usina kuzvipira zvakazara kuna Baba vedu, sezvakanga zvakaita mwoyo waDhavhidhi tateguru wake. 4Asi nokuda kwaDhavhidhi, Baba vedu vakamupa mwenje muJerusarema, vachimutsa mwanakomana wake kuti amutevere uye vachichengetedza Jerusarema rimire. 5Dhavhidhi akanga aita zvakanaka mumaziso aBaba vedu, uye haana kutsauka pane zvose zvaakamurayira, upenyu hwake hwose—kunze kwenyaya yaUria muHiti. 6Pakanga paine hondo pakati paRehobhoamu naJerobhoamu mazuva ose oupenyu hwavo. 7Mamwe mabasa aAbhija, zvose zvaakaita—hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku renhoroondo dzamadzimambo eJudha? Hondo yakaramba iripo pakati paAbhija naJerobhoamu. 8Abhija akazorora namadzibaba ake, akavigwa muGuta raDhavhidhi. Asa mwanakomana wake akatonga panzvimbo yake.
Asa Anotsvaka Mwoyo waBaba
9Mugore ramakumi maviri raJerobhoamu mambo weIsraeri, Asa akatanga kutonga Judha. 10Akatonga makore makumi mana nerimwe muJerusarema. Zita rambuya vake rainzi Maaka mwanasikana waAbhisharomu. 11Asa akaita zvakanaka mumaziso aBaba vedu, saDhavhidhi tateguru wake. 12Akadzinga zvifeve zvechirume zvemumatemberi munyika, uye akabvisa zvifananidzo zvose zvakaitwa namadzitateguru ake. 13Akabvisa mbuya vake Maaka pachigaro chamai vamambo nokuti vakanga vaita chifananidzo chinonyangadza chaAshera; Asa akatema chifananidzo chavo akachipisa muMupata weKidhironi. 14Nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzakasara dziripo, asi mwoyo waAsa wakanga wakazvipira zvakazara kuna Baba vedu mazuva ake ose. 15Akapinza muimba yaBaba vedu zvinhu zvitsvene zvakanga zvatsaurwa nababa vake, nezvipo zvake zvitsvene: sirivha, goridhe, nemidziyo mitsvene.
16Pakanga paine hondo pakati paAsa naBhaasha mambo weIsraeri mazuva avo ose. 17Bhaasha mambo weIsraeri akarwisa Judha akavaka nhare paRama, kuti arege kutendera munhu kubuda kana kupinda munyika yaAsa mambo weJudha. 18Ipapo Asa akatora sirivha yose negoridhe zvakanga zvasara mumatura epfuma eimba yaBaba vedu nemumatura epfuma emuzinda wamambo akazvipa kuvaranda vake. Mambo Asa akavatuma kuna Bheni-Hadhadhi mwanakomana waTabhurimoni mwanakomana waHezioni, mambo weAramu, aitonga muDhamasiko, neshoko iri: 19“Ngapave nesungano pakati pedu, sapakati pababa vangu nababa vako. Ndiri kukutumira sirivha negoridhe sechipo. Enda, uputse sungano yako naBhaasha mambo weIsraeri, kuti abve kwandiri.”
20Bheni-Hadhadhi akateerera Mambo Asa akatuma vakuru vehondo yake kuti varwise maguta eIsraeri. Akakunda Ijoni, Dhani, Abheri Bheti Maaka, Kinereti rose, nenyika yose yeNafutari. 21Bhaasha paakanzwa izvi, akarega kuvaka nhare paRama akagara muTiza. 22Mambo Asa akazivisa kuJudha kose—pasina akaregererwa—vakatakura matombo nematanda akanga ashandiswa naBhaasha kuvaka Rama. Nazvo Asa akavaka Gebha muBhenjamini, neMizipa. 23Mamwe mabasa aAsa, simba rake rose, zvose zvaakaita, nemaguta aakavaka—hazvina kunyorwa here munhoroondo dzamadzimambo eJudha? Asi pakukwegura kwake akanga ane chirwere mumakumbo ake. 24Asa akavata namadzibaba ake akavigwa pamwe navo muguta raDhavhidhi tateguru wake. Jehoshafati mwanakomana wake akatonga panzvimbo yake.
Kutonga Kwakaipa kwaNadhabhi muIsraeri
25Nadhabhi mwanakomana waJerobhoamu akatanga kutonga Israeri mugore rechipiri raAsa mambo weJudha, akatonga Israeri makore maviri. 26Akaita zvakaipa mumaziso aBaba vedu, achifamba munzira yababa vake nomuchivi chaakaita kuti Israeri aite. 27Bhaasha mwanakomana waAhija, muIsakari, akamumukira, Bhaasha akamuuraya paGibhetoni, guta ravaFiristia, Nadhabhi navaIsraeri vose vachikomba Gibhetoni. 28Bhaasha akamuuraya mugore rechitatu raAsa mambo weJudha akatonga panzvimbo yake. 29Paakangova mambo, akauraya imba yose yaJerobhoamu, haana kumusiyira munhu mumwe aifema, kusvikira avaparadza vose, sezvakanga zvataurwa naBaba vedu kubudikidza nomuranda wavo Ahija muShiro, 30nokuda kwezvivi zvakaitwa naJerobhoamu zvaakaitawo kuti Israeri aite, achitsamwisa Baba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri.
31Mamwe mabasa aNadhabhi, zvose zvaakaita, hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku renhoroondo dzamadzimambo eIsraeri? 32Pakanga paine hondo pakati paAsa naBhaasha mambo weIsraeri mazuva avo ose.
Bhaasha Anotonga muIsraeri
33Mugore rechitatu raAsa mambo weJudha, Bhaasha mwanakomana waAhija akava mambo weIsraeri yose muTiza kwemakore makumi maviri namana. 34Akaita zvakaipa mumaziso aBaba vedu, achifamba munzira yaJerobhoamu nomuchivi chaakaita kuti Israeri aite.