UJehoshafati uyinkosi kwaJuda. Amandla akhe
1UJehoshafati indodana yakhe waba-yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe, waziqinisa ukulwa noIsrayeli.
2Wabeka amabutho emizini yonke ebiyelweyo yakwaJuda, wabeka amakhanda ezweni lakwaJuda, nasemizini yakwaEfrayimi uAsa uyise ayithathileyo.
3UJehova wayenaye uJehoshafati, ngokuba wahamba ngezindlela zokuqala zikayise uDavide, akafunanga oBali,
4kepha wafuna uNkulunkulu kayise, wahamba ngemiyalo yakhe, kungengakwenza kukaIsrayeli.
5Ngalokho uJehova wawuqinisa umbuso esandleni sakhe; wonke uJuda wathela intela kuJehoshafati, wayenengcebo nodumo olukhulu.
6Inhliziyo yakhe yaphakanyiswa ezindleleni zikaJehova; futhi wasusa izindawo eziphakemeyo nawoAshera* kwaJuda.
7Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwakhe wathuma izikhulu zakhe oBeni-Hayili, no-Obadiya, noZakariya, noNethaneli, noMikhaya ukuba zifundise emizini yakwaJuda,
8zinamaLevi oShemaya, noNethaniya, noZebadiya, noAsaheli, noShemiramoti, noJehonathani, noAdoniya, noThobiya, noThobi-Adoniya, amaLevi, benoElishama noJehoramu, abapristi.
9Base befundisa kwaJuda benencwadi yomthetho kaJehova; bazungeza baya emizini yonke yakwaJuda, bafundisa phakathi kwabantu.
10Kwehlela ingebhe ngoJehova phezu kwayo yonke imibuso yamazwe eyayinxazonke zakwaJuda, ayilwanga noJehoshafati.
11AmaFilisti athile aletha izipho kuJehoshafati, nesiliva lentela; nabaseArabiya baletha kuye imihlambi, izinqama eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa namakhulu ayisikhombisa nezimpongo eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa namakhulu ayisikhombisa.
12UJehoshafati wayelokhu ekhula njalo, waze waba-mkhulu kakhulu; wakha izinqaba nemizi yokubekelela kwaJuda.
13Wayenemisebenzi eminingi emizini yakwaJuda kanye namadoda empi, amaqhawe anamandla, eJerusalema.
14Nakhu ukubalwa kwabo njengezindlu zawoyise: kwaJuda: izinduna zezinkulungwane: nguAdina induna, enamaqhawe anamandla ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amathathu;
15emva kwakhe kwakunguJehohanani induna, enezinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisishiyagalombili;
16emva kwakhe kwakunguAmasiya indodana kaZikiri, owazinikela ngenhliziyo kuJehova, enamaqhawe anamandla ayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili;
17kwaBenjamini: nguEliyada, iqhawe elinamandla, enabahlomé iminsalo nezihlangu abayizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amabili;
18emva kwakhe kwakunguJehozabadi, enabahlomele impi abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili.
19Yilabo ababekhonza inkosi ngaphandle kwalabo inkosi eyababeka emizini ebiyelweyo kulo lonke lakwaJuda.
