³ Tuzirikane ko n’ubwo Zefaniya yatangaje imanza z’Imana ku ‘bikomangoma’ by’i Buyuda (imfura n’abatware b’imiryango) hamwe n’“abana b’umwami,” ntiyigeze atunga urutoki umwami ubwe muri uko kunenga kwe (Zefaniya 1:8; 3:3).a Ibyo birumvikanisha ko Umwami Yosiya wari ukiri muto yari yaramaze kugaragaza umutima wo guhindukirira ugusenga k’ukuri, n’ubwo, dufatiye ku mimerere yamaganywe na Zefaniya, bigaragara ko atari yagatangiye ivugurura rye mu bihereranye n’iby’idini. Ibyo byose byumvikanisha ko Zefaniya yahanuye i Buyuda mu myaka ya mbere yo ku ngoma ya Yosiya, wategetse kuva mu wa 659 kugeza mu wa 629 M.I.C. Nta gushidikanya ubwo buhanuzi bukaze bwa Zefaniya, bwatumye uwo musore Yosiya arushaho kumenya ibikorwa byo gusenga ibigirwamana, urugomo, no kwakira impongano, byari byiganje i Buyuda icyo gihe, kandi bikaba byarateye inkunga igikorwa yaje gukora nyuma y’aho cyo kurwanya ibyo gusenga ibigirwamana mu gihugu hose.​—2 Ngoma 34:1-3.