20 Akabu apanga Eliya: “Iwe nyamalwa wanga,+ wandigumaniza!” Iye atawira: “Inde ndakugumanizani. Mulungu alonga: ‘Nakuti watonga* toera kucita pinthu pyakuipa pamaso pa Yahova,+ 21 ndinabweresa nyatwa kuna iwe, pontho ndinadzakufudza mbandipha amuna onsene*+ a pa banja ya Akabu, kuphatanizambo anthu akusowa ciphedzo na akusowa mphambvu a mu Izraeli.+

8 Natenepa mambo wa Izraeli apanga Yosafate: “Pana mamuna unango m’bodzi wakuti ife tinakwanisa kubvundzisa Yahova+ kubulukira kuna iye; mbwenye ine ndisamuida+ thangwi angalonga pya ine, nee asalonga maprofesiya adidi, basi ene asalonga akuipa.+ Iye ndi Mikaya mwana wa Imila.” Mbwenye Yosafate ampanga: “Mambo, lekani kulonga pyenepi.”

15 Natenepa Yahova aipirwa kakamwe na Amaziya, mbatuma mprofeta toera akampange ipi: “Thangwi yanji ukulambira alungu a mbumba ineyi, akuti nee apulumusa mbumba yawo m’manja mwako?”+ 16 Mu ndzidzi ukhalonga iye, mambo ampanga: “Kodi ife takukhazikisa toera ukhale phungu wa mambo?+ Matama!+ Ungapitiriza kulonga ndinakupha.” Penepo mprofeta amatama, mbwenye athimiza: “Ndisadziwa kuti Mulungu asafuna kukupha thangwi ya pidacita iwe, pontho thangwi iwe nee wabvera uphungu+ udapereka ine.”

6 “Lekani kupasa anambwa pinthu pya Mulungu, pontho lekani kuponyera nkhumba miyala ya ntengo ukulu,+ thangwi anaiponda-ponda buluka penepo zinazungunuka mbazikulumani.