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18 Josafate o ne a e-na le maruo le khanya e ngata+ empa a etsa selekane sa lenyalo le Akabe.+ 2 Lilemo hamorao a theohela Samaria ho Akabe+ ’me Akabe a etsetsa Josafate le batho ba neng ba e-na le eena sehlabelo ka linku le likhomo tse ngata. A mo khothaletsa hore a hlasele Ramothe-gileade.+ 3 Morena Akabe oa Iseraele a re ho Morena Josafate oa Juda: “Na u tla ea le ’na motseng oa Ramothe-gileade?” A re ho eena: “Ke tla ea le uena le sechaba sa ka ’me re tla u tšehetsa ntoeng.”

4 Empa Josafate a re ho morena oa Iseraele: “Ke kopa u botse Jehova pele ka taba ena.”+ 5 Morena oa Iseraele a bokella baprofeta ba 400 ’me a re ho bona: “Na re ka e’o loantša motse oa Ramothe-gileade kapa ke o tlohele?” Ba re: “Tsamaea ’me Molimo oa ’nete o tla u thusa hore u hlole.”

6 Josafate a re: “Na ho na le moprofeta e mong oa Jehova moo?+ Le eena a re mo botseng.”+ 7 Morena oa Iseraele a re ho Josafate: “Ho na le monna e mong+ eo re ka mo botsang hore na Jehova o re’ng ka taba ena. Empa ke mo hloile hobane ha ho mohla a profetang lintho tse ntle ka ’na, o lula a profeta tse mpe feela.+ Ke Mikaia mora oa Imla.” Josafate a re: “Morena a se ke a bua ka tsela ena.”

8 Morena oa Iseraele a bitsa molaoli oa lekhotla a re: “Potlaka u tle le Mikaia mora oa Imla.”+ 9 Morena oa Iseraele o ne a lutse teroneng ea hae le Josafate morena oa Juda a lutse teroneng ea hae, ba apere liaparo tsa bona tsa borena. Ba ne ba lutse seotlong keiting ea Samaria ’me baprofeta bohle ba profeta ka pel’a bona. 10 Tsedekia mora oa Kenana a iketsetsa manaka a tšepe ’me a re: “Jehova o re, ‘U tla hlaba Basiria ka manaka ana ho fihlela u ba felisitse.’” 11 Baprofeta ba bang bohle ba ne ba profeta se tšoanang ba re: “Tsamaea u e’o loantša Ramothe-gileade ’me Jehova o tla u thusa hore u e hlole.”+

12 Moromuoa ea neng a il’o bitsa Mikaia a re ho eena: “Baprofeta bohle ba re morena o tla atleha. Le uena ke kopa u bue lintho tse ntle.”+ 13 Mikaia a re: “Ke hlapanya ka Jehova ea phelang hore ke tla bua seo Molimo oa ka a tla mpolella sona.”+ 14 Ha Mikaia a fihla, morena a re ho eena: “Mikaia, re loantše Ramothe-gileade kapa ke e tlohele?” Mikaia a re: “Tsamaea u e’o e loantša ’me le tla e hlola.” 15 Morena a re ho eena: “Ke tla etsa hore u hlapanye ka makhetlo a makae e le hore u bue ’nete ’me u bue feela seo Jehova a u boleletseng sona?” 16 Mikaia a re: “Ke bone Baiseraele bohle ba hasane lithabeng joaloka linku tse se nang molisa.+ Jehova o itse: ‘Ha ba na morena. E-re e mong le e mong a khutlele ntlong ea hae ka khotso.’”

17 Morena oa Iseraele a re ho Josafate: “Na ha kea u bolella hore a ke ke a profeta lintho tse ntle ka ’na empa o tla profeta tse mpe feela?”+

18 Mikaia a re: “Utloa lentsoe la Jehova: Ke bone Jehova a lutse teroneng+ ea hae ’me mangeloi ’ohle+ a eme ka lehlakoreng la hae le letona le le letšehali.+ 19 Jehova a re, ‘Ke mang ea tla thetsa Morena Akabe oa Iseraele e le hore a ee Ramothe-gileade ’me a shoelle teng?’ Lengeloi le leng le ne le re tjena ’me le leng le re tjena. 20 Lengeloi+ le leng la tla ka pel’a Jehova la re, ‘Ke tla mo thetsa.’ Jehova a re ho lona, ‘U tla mo thetsa joang?’ 21 La re, ‘Ke tla thetsa baprofeta ba hae e le hore ba tle ba bue leshano.’ A re ho lona, ‘Tsamaea u e’o mo thetsa hobane u tla atleha.’ 22 Jehova o entse hore baprofeta bana ba hao ba bue leshano+ empa ha e le hantle Jehova eena o ikemiselitse ho u fa kotlo.”

23 Tsedekia+ mora oa Kenana a atamela ho Mikaia+ ’me a mo otla lerameng+ a re: “Lengeloi la Jehova le mphetile joang ’me la bua le uena?”+ 24 Mikaia a re: “U tla bona hore na le u fetile joang mohlang u e’o ipata kamoreng e ka hare-hare.” 25 Morena oa Iseraele a re: “Isa Mikaia ho Amone letona la motse le ho Joashe mora oa morena. 26 U re ho bona, ‘Morena o re: “Koallang monna enoa teronkong+ ’me le fokotse metsi le lijo tseo a lokelang ho li fuoa ho fihlela ke khutla ke ntse ke phela.”’” 27 Empa Mikaia a re: “Haeba u ka khutla u ntse u phela, e tla ba Jehova ha aa bua le ’na.”+ A boela a re: “Lona sechaba, le hopole mantsoe ana.”

28 Morena oa Iseraele le Josafate morena oa Juda ba ea Ramothe-gileade.+ 29 Morena oa Iseraele a re ho Josafate: “Ke tla apara liaparo tse ling ebe ke kena ntoeng empa uena u apare liaparo tsa hao tsa borena.” Morena oa Iseraele a apara liaparo tse ling eaba ba kena ntoeng. 30 Morena oa Siria o ne a itse ho balaoli ba likariki tsa hae tsa ntoa: “Le se ke la loantša motho ofe kapa ofe empa le loantše morena oa Iseraele feela.” 31 Ha balaoli ba likariki tsa ntoa ba bona Josafate ba re: “Enoa ke eena morena oa Iseraele.” Ba ea ho eena ba mo loantša eaba Josafate oa hoeletsa o kopa thuso.+ Jehova a mo thusa ’me a etsa hore ba mo tlohele. 32 Ha balaoli ba likariki tsa ntoa ba bona hore ha se morena oa Iseraele, hang-hang ba khutla.

33 Monna e mong a betsa motsu oa seqha sa hae, ha etsahala hore motsu oo o kene seaparong sa tšepe sa morena oa Iseraele ’me o mo hlabe. Morena a re ho mokhanni oa kariki ea hae ea ntoa: “Ke kopa u ntlose ntoeng hobane ke lemetse haholo.”+ 34 Ntoa ea tsoela pele letsatsi lohle. Morena oa Iseraele a tlameha ho ema a tšehelitsoe kariking ea hae ea ntoa, a shebile Basiria ho fihlela mantsiboea, a shoa ha letsatsi le likela.+