2 Ngoma
1: 1 Nyuma y'ibyo, abana ba Mowabu na Uwiteka
Abana b'Abamoni, hamwe n'abandi iruhande rw'Abamoni, baraza
kurwanya Yehoshafati ku rugamba.
2: 2 Hanyuma haza bamwe babwira Yehoshafati, bati: "Haje igihangange."
imbaga nyamwinshi ikurwanya uturutse hakurya y'inyanja hakurya ya Siriya; na,
dore, bari muri Hazazontamar, ariyo Engedi.
3 Yehoshafati aratinya, yiyemeza gushaka Uwiteka, aratangaza
igisibo muri Yuda yose.
4: U Buyuda bateranira hamwe kugira ngo basabe Uwiteka
mu migi yose y'u Buyuda baza gushaka Uwiteka.
5 Yehoshafati ahagarara mu itorero rya Yuda na Yeruzalemu, muri
inzu y'Uwiteka, imbere y'urukiko rushya,
20: 6 Ati: "Uhoraho, Mana ya ba sogokuruza, nturi Imana mu ijuru?" na
Ntutegeka ubwami bwose bw'amahanga? no mu kuboko kwawe
nta mbaraga n'imbaraga bihari, ku buryo nta n'umwe ushobora kukurwanya?
20 Nturi Imana yacu, wirukanye abatuye iki gihugu
imbere y'ubwoko bwawe bwa Isiraheli, ukabiha urubyaro rwa Aburahamu wawe
inshuti ibihe byose?
8 Batura muri yo, bakwubakira ubuturo bwera
izina, kuvuga,
20: 9 Niba, ikibi nikitugeraho, nkinkota, urubanza, cyangwa icyorezo, cyangwa
inzara, duhagaze imbere yiyi nzu, kandi imbere yawe, (ku izina ryawe
iri muri iyi nzu,) hanyuma tugutakambire mu mibabaro yacu, noneho uzabishaka
umva kandi ufashe.
20 Noneho dore abana ba Amoni na Mowabu n'umusozi wa Seyiri
Ntiwakwemera ko Isiraheli itera, igihe bavaga mu gihugu cya
Egiputa, ariko barabahindukira, ntibabatsemba;
20:11 Dore ndavuga, uko baduhembera, kuza kutwirukana mu byawe
gutunga, ibyo waduhaye kuzungura.
20:12 Mana yacu, ntuzabacira urubanza? kuko nta mbaraga dufite zo kubirwanya
itsinda rikomeye riza kuturwanya; ntanubwo tuzi icyo gukora: ariko
amaso yacu arakureba.
Abayuda bose bahagarara imbere y'Uwiteka, hamwe n'abana babo, ababo
abagore, n'abana babo.
20:14 Hanyuma kuri Jahaziyeli mwene Zekariya, mwene Benaya, mwene
Yeeli, mwene Mataniya, Umulewi w'abahungu ba Asafu, araza
Umwuka w'Uwiteka hagati y'itorero;
15:15 Na we ati: “Nimwumve, Yuda yose, yemwe abatuye i Yeruzalemu, kandi
wowe mwami Yehoshafati, ni ko Uwiteka akubwira ati: Ntutinye cyangwa ngo ube
guhagarika umutima kubera iyo mbaga nyamwinshi; kuko urugamba atari urwawe,
ariko Imana.
Ejo bundi nimumanuke kubarwanya: dore bazamutse ku rutare
Ziz; kandi uzabasanga ku mpera yumugezi, imbere y Uwiteka
ubutayu bwa Yeruweli.
20:17 Ntimukeneye kurwana muri iyi ntambara: nimwishyirireho, muhagarare
haracyariho, urebe agakiza k'Uwiteka hamwe nawe, Yuda na
Yerusalemu: ntutinye, kandi ntutinye; ejo ujye kubarwanya: kuko
Uhoraho azabana nawe.
Yehoshafati yunama yubitse umutwe hasi yubamye, bose
Yuda n'abatuye i Yerusalemu bagwa imbere y'Uwiteka, basenga
Uhoraho.
20 Abalewi, Abana b'Abahati n'Abana
y'Abakorite, bahaguruka basingiza Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli n'ijwi rirenga
ijwi hejuru.
20:20 Babyuka kare mu gitondo, basohoka mu butayu
ya Tekoa: barasohoka, Yehoshafati arahagarara, ati: Nyumva, yewe
Yuda, yemwe abatuye i Yeruzalemu; Izere Uwiteka Imana yawe, bityo
Uzashirwaho; bizere abahanuzi be, niko muzatera imbere.
20:21 Amaze kugisha inama abantu, ashyiraho abaririmbyi
NYAGASANI, kandi ibyo bigomba gusingiza ubwiza bwera, mugihe bagiye
imbere y'ingabo, no kuvuga ngo, Himbaza Uwiteka; kuko imbabazi zayo zihoraho
burigihe.
20:22 Batangira kuririmba no guhimbaza, Uwiteka atera igico
kurwanya Abamoni, Mowabu n'umusozi wa Seyiri bari baje
kurwanya u Buyuda; barakubitwa.
20:23 Abana ba Amoni na Mowabu bahagurukira kurwanya abatuye
umusozi wa Seir, rwose kubica no kubatsemba: nigihe bakoze an
iherezo ryabatuye Seir, buriwese yafashaga kurimbura undi.
24:4 Yuda ageze ku munara w'indorerezi mu butayu, baragenda
yitegereza rubanda, dore ko bari imirambo yaguye
isi, kandi nta n'umwe wacitse.
20 Yehoshafati n'abantu be baje kubambura iminyago yabo,
basanze muri bo ubwinshi ubutunzi hamwe nimirambo, kandi
imitako y'agaciro, biyambuye ubwabo, kubarusha
yashoboraga gutwara: kandi bari iminsi itatu yo gukusanya iminyago, ni
byari byinshi cyane.
Ku munsi wa kane, bateranira mu kibaya cya
Beracha; kuko ari ho bahiriye Uhoraho, ni yo mpamvu izina rya Nyagasani
ahantu hitwa, Ikibaya cya Beracha, kugeza na n'ubu.
20:27 Hanyuma baragaruka, abantu bose ba Yuda na Yeruzalemu, na Yehoshafati
imbere muri bo, kongera kujya i Yerusalemu n'ibyishimo; Uhoraho
yari yatumye bishimira abanzi babo.
20:28 Bageze i Yerusalemu bafite inanga, inanga n'inzamba
inzu y'Uhoraho.
20:29 Kandi gutinya Imana byari mubwami bwose bwibyo bihugu, ryari
bari bumvise ko Uhoraho yarwanye n'abanzi ba Isiraheli.
20:30 Ingoma ya Yehoshafati yari ituje, kuko Imana ye yamuhaye ikiruhuko cyose
hafi.
Yehoshafati ategeka u Buyuda, yari afite imyaka mirongo itatu n'itanu
igihe yatangiraga gutegeka, maze ategeka imyaka makumyabiri n'itanu
Yeruzalemu. Nyina yitwaga Azubah umukobwa wa Shilhi.
20:32 Agenda mu nzira ya se Asa, ntiyavaho,
gukora ibikwiriye imbere y'Uwiteka.
Icyakora, ahantu hirengeye ntihakuweho, kuko abantu bari bamaze
ntibateguriye imitima yabo Imana ya ba sekuruza.
20:34 Noneho ibindi bikorwa bya Yehoshafati, mbere na nyuma, dore
byanditswe mu gitabo cya Yehu mwene Hanani, uvugwa
igitabo cy'abami ba Isiraheli.
20 Nyuma y'ibyo, Yehoshafati umwami w'u Buyuda yifatanya na Ahaziya
umwami wa Isiraheli, wakoze nabi cyane:
20:36 Yifatanije na we gukora amato yo kujya i Tarishishi, na bo
yakoze amato muri Eziongaber.
20:37 Eliyezeri mwene Dodava wa Maresha arahanura
Yehoshafati, ati: "Kubera ko wifatanije na Ahaziya, Uwiteka
Uhoraho yamennye imirimo yawe. Amato yaravunitse, ko ari
ntashobora kujya muri Tarshish.