Amambo Wakutoma

15 Mu caka 18 ca utongi wa Mambo Yerobhoamu+ mwana wa Nebhati, Abhiyamu* adzakhala mambo wa ku Yuda.+ 2 Iye atonga mu Yerusalemu mu pyaka pitatu. Mai wace akhacemerwa Maaka,+ ndzukulu wa Abhisalomu. 3 Abhiyamu acita madawo ninga adacita babace, pontho ntima wace nee ukhali wakukhulupirika kuna Yahova Mulungu wace, ninga ntima wa mbuyace Dhavidhi. 4 Mbwenye, thangwi ya Dhavidhi,+ Yahova Mulungu wace apereka nyale kuna Abhiyamu mu Yerusalemu+ pidakhazikisa iye mwanace ninga mambo toera apite pa mbuto yace mbacitisa kuti Yerusalemu apitirize kukhalapo. 5 Dhavidhi acita pinthu pyadidi pamaso pa Yahova, pontho mu ntsiku zonsene za umaso wace, iye abvera matongero onsene a Mulungu, kusiyapo pidacitira iye Uriya, wakuti ndi Mueti.+ 6 Pontho ndzidzi onsene wa umaso wa Robhoamu+ pakhaoneka nkhondo pakati pa iye na Yerobhoamu.

7 Mphangwa zinango zinalonga pya umaso wa Abhiyamu na pyonsene pidacita iye, pyalembwa m’bukhu inalonga pinthu pidacitika mu ndzidzi wa amambo a ku Yuda.+ Paonekambo nkhondo pakati pa Abhiyamu na Yerobhoamu.+ 8 Pakumalisa, Abhiyamu afa ninga pidacita ambuyace, mbaikhwa munthumbi mu Nzinda wa Dhavidhi; mwanace akhacemerwa Aza+ adzakhala mambo pa mbuto yace.+

9 Mu caka 20 ca Mambo Yerobhoamu mu Izraeli, Aza adzakhala mambo wa ku Yuda. 10 Iye atonga Yerusalemu mu pyaka 41. Dzina ya yavu wace wankazi ikhali Maaka,+ ndzukulu wa Abhisalomu. 11 Aza acita pinthu pyadidi pamaso pa Yahova,+ ninga pidacita mbuyace Dhavidhi. 12 Iye athamangisa mu dziko ineyi amuna a pa templo akuti akhapita m’mabonde na amuna andzawo,+ pontho abulusa madzimunthu akunyanyasa* onsene adacita ambuyace.+ 13 Kusiyapo pyenepi, iye abulusambo yavu wace wankazi akhacemerwa Maaka+ pa cidzo cikhali na iye ninga mai wace mambo,* thangwi iye akhadacita dzimunthu yakunyanyasa toera kulambira nayo muti wakulambirwa.* Aza agwisa dzimunthu ineyi yakunyanyasa+ mbaipisa ku Gowa ya Sidhroni.+ 14 Mbwenye iye nee afudza mbuto zaulambiri.+ Ngakhale tenepo, Aza aperekeka na ntima wace onsene kuna Yahova mu umaso wace onsene. 15 Pontho iye apitisa n’nyumba ya Yahova parata, ouro na pyombo pyakusiyana-siyana+ pyakuti iye na babace akhadapicenesa.

16 Ndzidzi onsene pakhaoneka nkhondo pakati pa Aza na Bhaasa+ mambo wa Izraeli. 17 Natenepa, Mambo Bhaasa wa Izraeli aenda kamenyana na Yuda, pontho iye atoma kumanga* mpanda wa nzinda wa Rama+ toera anthu akhonde kubuluka peno kupita mu dziko ya Aza Mambo wa Yuda.+ 18 Natenepa, Aza akwata parata yonsene na ouro ikhadasala m’mbuto yakukoyera mpfuma panyumba ya Yahova na m’mbuto yakukoyera mpfuma panyumba ya mambo mbaipereka kuna atumiki ace. Buluka penepo, Mambo Aza aitumiza kuna Bheni-Adhadhi mwana wa Tabhrimoni mwana wa Ezioni mambo wa ku Sirya,+ wakuti akakhala ku Dhamasku, mbalonga: 19 “Pana cibverano pakati pa ine na iwe, pontho pakati pa babako na babanga. Ndiri kukutumizira parata na ouro ninga muoni. Fudza cibverano cidacita iwe na Mambo Bhaasa wa ku Izraeli toera iye abuluke mu dziko yanga.” 20 Bheni-Adhadhi abvesera pidalonga Mambo Aza mbatuma atsogoleri a anyankhondo ace toera aende kamenyana na anthu a m’mizinda ya Izraeli. Iwo akunda nzinda wa Iyoni,+ Dhani,+ Abheli-Bheti-Maka, mizinda yonsene ya Kinereti na dziko yonsene ya Nafitali. 21 Bhaasa pidabva iye pyenepi, mwakucimbiza asiya kumanga* nzinda wa Rama, pontho iye apitiriza kukhala ku Tirza.+ 22 Penepo, Mambo Aza acemeresa anthu onsene a ku Yuda, nee m’bodzi adasala, iwo akwata miyala na matabwa a ku Rama akhaphatisira Bhaasa toera kumanga nawo, pontho Mambo Aza aphatisira miyala na matabwa anewa toera kumanga* nzinda wa Jebha+ ku Bhenjamini na ku Mispa.+

23 Mphangwa zinango zinalonga pya umaso wa Aza, pinthu pyonsene pyamphambvu pidacita iye, pyonsene pidacita iye na mizinda idamanga iye,* pyalembwa m’bukhu inalonga pinthu pidacitika mu ndzidzi wa amambo a ku Yuda. Natenepa, pidakalamba iye aphatwa na utenda wa miyendo.+ 24 Pakumalisa, Aza afa ninga pidacita ambuyace, mbaikhwa munthumbi pabodzi na iwo mu Nzinda wa Dhavidhi wakuti ndi mbuyace; pontho mwanace akhacemerwa Yosafate+ adzakhala mambo pa mbuto yace.

25 Nadhabhe+ mwana wa Yerobhoamu adzakhala mambo wa Izraeli mu caka caciwiri ca Mambo Aza ku Yuda, pontho iye atonga Izraeli mu pyaka piwiri. 26 Iye apitiriza kucita pinthu pyakuipa pamaso pa Yahova, afamba munjira za babace,+ pontho acita madawo ninga adacita babace mbacitisa Aizraeli kudawa.+ 27 Bhaasa mwana wa Aiya wa dzindza ya Isakari asandukira Nadhabhe mbamupha ku Jibhetoni,+ kwakuti ndi kwa Afilisti, mu ndzidzi wakuti Nadhabhe na Aizraeli onsene akhazungulira Jibhetoni. 28 Natenepa Bhaasa amupha mu caka cacitatu ca Mambo Aza wa ku Yuda, buluka penepo akhala mambo pa mbuto yace. 29 Pidamala iye kwene kukhazikiswa ninga mambo, iye apha anthu onsene a panyumba ya Yerobhoamu. Iye nee asiya munthu na umaso panyumba ya Yerobhoamu; iye apha onsene mwakubverana na mafala adalonga Yahova kubulukira kuna ntumiki wace Aiya wa ku Silo.+ 30 Pyenepi pyacitika thangwi ya madawo adacita Yerobhoamu mbacitisambo Aizraeli kucita madawo mabodzi ene, pontho thangwi yakutsukwalisa kakamwe Yahova Mulungu wa Izraeli. 31 Mphangwa zinango zinalonga pya umaso wa Nadhabhe na pinthu pyonsene pidacita iye, pyalembwa m’bukhu inalonga pinthu pidacitika mu ndzidzi wa amambo a ku Izraeli. 32 Pontho ndzidzi onsene pakhaoneka nkhondo pakati pa Aza na Mambo Bhaasa wa ku Izraeli.+

33 Caka cacitatu ca Mambo Aza wa ku Yuda, Bhaasa mwana wa Aiya akhazikiswa ninga mambo ku Tirza toera atonge Izraeli onsene, pontho iye atonga mu pyaka 24.+ 34 Mbwenye iye apitiriza kucita pinthu pyakuipa pamaso pa Yahova,+ pontho afamba munjira za Yerobhoamu mbacitambo madawo mabodzi ene adacitisa iye Aizraeli kudawa.+