2 Imilandu

20 Nomba pa numa abana ba kwa Moabu+ na bana ba kwa Amoni+ pamo na baAmonimu+ baile ku kulwisha Yehoshafati.+ 2 Awe abantu balishile no kweba Yehoshafati, abati: “Kuli ibumba ilikalamba ilishile ku kumulwisha ilifumine mu citungu ca bemba, ku Edomu;+ kabili bali mu Hasasone-tamari, e kutila, ku Engedi.”+ 3 Awe Yehoshafati alitiinine+ kabili abikile umutima ku kufwaya Yehova.+ E ico asosele ukuti abantu baleke ukulya+ mu Yuda monse. 4 Awe aba mu Yuda balilongene pamo pa kuti bepushe kuli Yehova.+ Kabili bafumine mu mishi yonse iya kwa Yuda pa kuti bese bepushe kuli Yehova.+

5 E lyo Yehoshafati aiminine mu lukuta lwa bena Yuda no lwa bena Yerusalemu mu ng’anda ya kwa Yehova+ pa ntanshi ya lubansa lupya,+ 6 kabili atile:+

“Mwe Yehova Lesa wa fikolwe fyesu,+ bushe te imwe Lesa mu muulu,+ kabili bushe tamuteka amabufumu yonse aya mu nko,+ kabili bushe ukuboko kwenu te kwa maka kabili ukwakosa, ica kuti takuli uwingalwa na imwe?+ 7 Bushe te imwe, mwe Lesa wesu,+ mwe batamfishe abekashi ba muli cino calo pa ntanshi ya bantu benu abena Israele+ no kucipeela+ umuyayaya ku bana ba kwa Abrahamu, uo mwatemenwe?+ 8 Kabili e mo batendeke ukulaikala, no kukuulila ishina lyenu ing’anda ya mushilo,+ kabili batile, 9 ‘Nga ca kuti ububi bwatwishila,+ nangu ulupanga, ubupingushi ubukali, nelyo icikuko,+ nelyo icipowe,+ shi lekeni twiminine pa ntanshi ya ino ng’anda+ na pa ntanshi yenu (pantu ishina+ lyenu lyaba muli iyi ng’anda), pa kuti tulilile kuli imwe mu kucula kwesu, kabili mutumfwe no kutupususha.’+ 10 E ico nomba abana ba kwa Amoni,+ na bana ba kwa Moabu+ na ba mu calo ca mpili ica Seiri,+ abo mushasuminishe abena Israele ukusansa ilyo balefuma mu calo ca Egupti, lelo bapitile kumbi kabili tababepeye,+ 11 moneni, baletulambula+ lelo pa kwisa mu kutufumya mu calo cenu ico mwatupeela.+ 12 Mwe Lesa wesu, bushe tamwabapingule?+ Pantu ifwe tatukwete amaka kuli ili bumba ilikalamba ilileisa mu kutulwisha;+ kabili ifwe tatwishibe ico twalacita,+ lelo twalosha amenso yesu kuli imwe.”+

13 Iyi nshita yonse, bonse aba mu Yuda baiminine pa ntanshi ya kwa Yehova,+ pamo na bana babo abanono,+ na bakashi babo na bana babo abaume.

14 Nomba umupashi+ wa kwa Yehova waishile pali Yahasiele mwana Sekaria mwana Benaya mwana Yeiele mwana Matania umwina Lebi uwa mu bana ba kwa Asafi,+ mu lukuta. 15 E ico atile: “Kutikeni, mwe bena Yuda bonse na imwe mwe bekashi ba mu Yerusalemu na imwe mwe Mfumu Yehoshafati! Yehova atila kuli imwe, ‘Mwitiina+ nangu ukuba no mwenso pa mulandu wa ili ibumba ilikalamba; pantu ubulwi te bwenu, lelo bwa kwa Lesa.+ 16 Mailo mukaye ku kubalwisha. Moneni bakeshila pa mupata wa pa Sisi; kabili mukabasanga ku mpela ya mupokapoka pa ntanshi ya matololo ya Yeruele. 17 Tamwakalweko+ muli ubu bulwi. Tantameni, iminineni shilili+ no kumona ifyo Yehova akamupususha.+ Mwitiina nelyo ukuba no mwenso,+ mwe bena Yuda na mwe ba mu Yerusalemu. Mukaye kuli bena mailo, kabili Yehova akaba na imwe.’”+

18 Awe Yehoshafati alikonteme no kushimpa icinso cakwe pa nshi,+ na bena Yuda bonse na bekashi ba mu Yerusalemu baliwile pa nshi kuli Yehova no kukontama kuli Yehova.+ 19 E lyo abena Lebi+ aba mu bana ba kwa Kohati+ na ba mu bana ba kwa Kora+ baliminine pa kuti batashe Yehova Lesa wa bena Israele ne shiwi ilikalamba nga nshi.+

20 Kabili baimine ulucelocelo no kuya ku matololo+ ya ku Tekoa.+ Kabili ilyo balefuma, Yehoshafati aliminine no kutila: “Ng’umfweni, mwe bena Yuda na imwe mwe bekashi ba mu Yerusalemu!+ Cetekeleni+ Yehova Lesa wenu pa kuti mukekale imyaka iingi. Cetekeleni bakasesema+ bakwe e lyo mwalacimfya.”

21 Kabili, apandene amano+ na bantu no kubika aba kwimbila+ Yehova na ba kulumbanya+ mu fya kufwala fya mushilo+ ilyo bali pa ntanshi ya baume abali ne fyanso,+ kabili baleti: “Lumbanyeni Yehova,+ pantu icikuuku cakwe ca muyayaya.”+

22 Kabili ilyo batendeke ukwaula no kulumbanya, Yehova abikile aba kubelamina+ abana ba kwa Amoni, abana ba kwa Moabu na ba mu calo ca mpili ica Seiri abaleisa mu Yuda, kabili batendeke ukwipayana.+ 23 Kabili abana ba kwa Amoni na bana ba kwa Moabu baimiine abekashi ba mu calo ca mpili ica Seiri+ pa kuti babepaye no kubalofya; kabili ilyo bapwile ukwipaya abekashi ba mu Seiri, balyafwene cila muntu ukwipaya umunankwe.+

24 Nomba abaYuda bena, baile ku lupungu lwa kwa kalinda ulwali mu matololo.+ Ilyo baloleshe kwi bumba, moneni, bonse nabafwa kabili ifitumbi filambalele pa nshi+ ukwabula no wa kupusuka. 25 E lyo Yehoshafati na bantu bakwe baishile ku kusenda ifintu fyabo,+ kabili basangilepo ifipe ifingi ne fya kufwala ne fipe ifisuma; kabili basendele ifingi nga nshi ica kuti bafililwe ukusenda na fimbi.+ Kabili balesenda ifi fipe inshiku shitatu, pantu fyali ifingi. 26 Kabili pa bushiku bwalenga shine balongene pamo mu mpanga yabatama iya Beraka, pantu kulya kwine e ko balumbanishishe Yehova.+ E mulandu wine bainikile ishina+ lya ilya ncende abati Impanga Yabatama iya Beraka, ukufika na lelo.

27 E lyo abaume ba mu Yuda bonse na ba mu Yerusalemu, ninshi Yehoshafati alebatungulula, babwelele ku Yerusalemu balesekelela, pantu Yehova abalengele ukusekelela pa balwani babo.+ 28 E ico baishile ku Yerusalemu ne filimba fya nsale+ na bansango+ na mapenga+ ku ng’anda ya kwa Yehova.+ 29 Kabili amabufumu yonse aya mu fyalo yatiinine+ Lesa ilyo baumfwile ukuti Yehova alwishishe abalwani ba bena Israele.+ 30 E ico mu bufumu bwa kwa Yehoshafati mwali tondolo, na Lesa wakwe alemulenga ukutuusha mu calo conse.+

31 Kabili Yehoshafati+ aleteka Yuda. Ali ne myaka amakumi yatatu na isano (35) ilyo atendeke ukuteka kabili atekele mu Yerusalemu imyaka amakumi yabili na isano (25). Ne shina lya kwa nyina ni Asuba+ mwana Shilhi. 32 Kabili ale-enda mu nshila ya kwa Asa+ wishi, kabili tafuminemo, alecita ifisuma mu menso ya kwa Yehova.+ 33 Ififulo fya kupepelapo+ e fyo fye bashaonawile; kabili abantu tabapekenye imitima yabo ukulola kuli Lesa wa fikolwe fyabo.+

34 Imilandu yashalako iya kwa Yehoshafati, iya kubalilapo ne ya kulekelesha, yalilembwa mu mashiwi ya kwa Yehu+ mwana Hanani,+ aya mwi Buuku+ lya Shamfumu sha mu Israele. 35 Kabili pa numa ya ifi Yehoshafati imfumu ya ku Yuda abombeele pamo na Ahasia+ imfumu ya ku Israele, uwalecita ifyabipa.+ 36 E ico atendeke ukubombela pamo nankwe mu kupanga amato ya kuya ku Tarshishi+ kabili bapangile amato mu Esione-gebere.+ 37 Lelo, Eliesere mwana Dodabahu uwa ku Maresha asesemene Yehoshafati ukutila: “Apo wabombela pamo na Ahasia,+ Yehova akabongolola imilimo yobe.”+ Awe amato yalyonaike,+ kabili tayakosele aya kuti yaye ku Tarshishi.+