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₁Ke kaloku uMoya kaThixo wafikela uAzariya unyana kaOdede, ₂waza wanduluka waya kuAsa, wafika wathi kuye: “Khanindiphulaphule, Asa, nani nonke maJuda namaBhenjamin! Niyabona, *uNdikhoyo uba nani xa nani ningakuye. Xa nizondelela ukumfuna nomfumana; kodwa ke xa nithe namshiya, naye wonishiya. ₃Yaba lithuba elide amaSirayeli engenaye uThixo wokwenene, engenaye nambingeleli wakufundisa; ewe, engenawo namthetho. ₄Kuloo nkxwaleko ke abuyela kuNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli, amfuna, aza amfumana. ₅Ngaloo mihla kwakungumngcipheko ukuhamba-hamba, kuba kaloku abemi belizwe babephithizela. ₆Isizwe sasitshatyalaliswa sesinye, isixeko sibhuqwa sesinye, kuba uThixo wayebaphithizelisa ngeendidi zonke zeenkxwaleko. ₇Kambe ke nina yomelelani ninganikezeli, kuba umsebenzi wenu woba nomvuzo.”

₈Suka ke uAsa wakhuthazeka akuyiva intshumayelo yomshumayeli unyana kaOdede. Wayitshitshisa imifanekiso engamasikizi kuwo wonke umhlaba wakwaJuda nowakwaBhenjamin, nakwiidolophu awazithimba kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim. Walilungisa iqonga likaNdikhoyo elaliphambi kwevaranda yendlu kaNdikhoyo. ₉Waza ke wamqokelela wonke uJuda noBhenjamin kwakunye namaEfrayim, amaManase, namaSimon awayeze kuma phakathi kwabo; kaloku into eninzi kubo yayimshiyile uSirayeli, yeza kuAsa, yakuqonda ukuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe ungakuye.

₁₀Ewe, bahlanganisana eJerusalem ngenyanga yesithathu kunyaka weshumi elinesihlanu wolawulo luka-Asa. ₁₁Ngelo thuba ke benzela uNdikhoyo amadini ngamakhulu asixhenxe eenkomo namawaka asixhenxe eegusha neebhokhwe; mfuyo leyo ke yayingamaxhoba ababuya nawo. ₁₂Bazibophelela kumnqophiso wokufuna uNdikhoyo uThixo wooyise ngomxhelo wabo wonke nangomphefumlo wonke. ₁₃Ke bona bonke ababengazimiselanga ukumfuna uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli bamiselwa ukubulawa, omdala nomncinci, oyindoda nongumfazi. ₁₄Bafunga phambi koNdikhoyo, baduma batsho ngentswahla namaxilongo nezigodlo. ₁₅Wonke uJuda wasithakazelela eso sifungo kuba wayesenze ngomxhelo wakhe wonke. UThixo bamfuna ngolangazelelo, baza ke bamfumana. Ngoko ke uNdikhoyo wabaphumza ngeenxa zonke.

₁₆Ukumkani uAsa wamkhiqa unina-khulu uMaka kwisikhundla sokuba yikumkanikazi; kaloku yena wayenze isikizi eliyintsika ka-Ashera. UAsa wayigawula loo ntsika wayinqunqa, waza wayitshisa kwintili yeKedron. ₁₇Nangona engazitshitshisanga iindawo eziphakamileyo zonqulo kwaSirayeli, noko uAsa wayenqula uNdikhoyo ngomxhelo wakhe wonke bonke ubomi bakhe. ₁₈Wayizisa endlwini kaThixo isiliva negolide nenye impahla yonqulo, leyo yena noyise babeyenze umnikelo.

₁₉Akuphindanga kubekho mfazwe, yada yangunyaka wamashumi amathathu anantlanu wolawulo luka-Asa.