UAsa Unyula ama-Aram Kunokuthi Akhethe uBawo
Equbisana noBhahesha, uAsa uthenga uncedo lwama-Aram ngesilivere yetempile endaweni yokucela kuBawo wakhe. UHanani umxelela ukuba amehlo kaBawo wethu ayawuhlola wonke umhlaba, efuna iintliziyo ezizinikele ngokupheleleyo kuye. UAsa uyivalela imboni entolongweni, emva koko ufuna oogqirha endaweni yakhe ngenxa yesifo seenyawo zakhe.
16 1Ngomnyaka wamashumi amathathu anesithandathu ka-Asa, uBhahesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wangena elakwaYuda, wakha iRama, ukuze angabikho uphuma okanye ongena kwelo ka-Asa ukumkani wakwaYuda. 2UAsa wathabatha isilivere negolide endaweni yobuncwane bendlu kaBawo wethu nakweyokumkani, wazithumela kuBhen-hadade ukumkani wama-Aram, owayehleli eDamasko, esithi: 3“Makubekho umnqophiso phakathi kwam nawe, njengokuba wawukho phakathi kobawo noyihlo. Nanko, ndikuthumele isilivere negolide. Hamba ngoku, uwaphule umnqophiso wakho noBhahesha ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, ukuze emke kum.”
4UBhen-hadade wavumelana nokumkani uAsa, wathumela abathetheli bemikhosi abenabo emizini yakwaSirayeli. Bawaxabela i-Iyon, nowakwaDan, neAbhele-mayim, nayo yonke imizi yobuncwane yakwaNafetali. 5Wathi, akuva uBhahesha, wayiyeka ukuyakha iRama, wayeka umsebenzi wakhe. 6Ukumkani uAsa wawahlela onke amaYuda; athwala amatye nemithi uBhahesha abeyakhe ngayo iRama, waza wakha ngawo iGebha neMizpa.
7Ngelo xesha wafika uHanani imboni kuAsa ukumkani wakwaYuda, wathi kuye: “Ngenxa yokuba uxhomekeke kukumkani wama-Aram, ungaxhomekeki kuBawo wakho, umkhosi wakhe usinde esandleni sakho. 8AmaKushi namaLibhiya ayengengomkhosi omkhulu, uneenqwelo nabamahashe abangenakubalwa na? Ngenxa yokuba uxhomekeke kuBawo wakho, wawanikela esandleni sakho. 9Kuba amehlo kaBawo wethu ayalihlola lonke ihlabathi, ukuze awomeleze abo baneentliziyo eziphelele kuye. Wenze ngobudenge ngale nto; ngoko kususela ngoku uya kuba neemfazwe.”
10UAsa wavutha ngumsindo kule mboni ngenxa yale nto, wayifaka entolongweni esinyithini, kuba ebenomsindo kuyo ngenxa yoko; kwakhona wabaxina kabuhlungu abanye abantu ngelo xesha.
11Izenzo zika-Asa, kuthabathela ekuqaleni kuse ekupheleni, zibhaliwe encwadini yookumkani bakwaYuda namaSirayeli. 12Ngomnyaka wamashumi amathathu anesithoba wobukumkani bakhe, uAsa wabulawa ziinyawo, saba nzima isifo. Noko kunjalo, nangexesha lesifo sakhe akamfunanga uBawo wethu, koko wafuna oogqirha kuphela. 13Waza uAsa walala kooyise, wafa ngomnyaka wamashumi amane ananye wobukumkani bakhe. 14Bamngcwabela engcwabeni lakhe awayezigrumbele lona emzini kaDavide, balalisa yena esililini sokungcwaba esasithwele ubulawu neziqholo ezohlukeneyo ezaxutywayo ezalungiswa ngabaqholi abazizilumko, bamphembela umlilo omkhulu kunene. a a v14 Lo mlilo mkhulu watshisa ubulawu ngenxa yokuhlonela ukumkani; wawungekokutshisa isidumbu, into eyayingaqhelwanga kwaSirayeli.
