2 Abami
3: 1 Yehoramu mwene Ahabu atangira gutegeka Isiraheli i Samariya
umwaka wa cumi n'umunani wa Yehoshafati umwami w'u Buyuda, ategeka imyaka cumi n'ibiri.
3: 2 Akora ibibi imbere y'Uwiteka; ariko ntameze nka se,
kandi nka nyina: kuko yakuyeho ishusho ya Baali se
yari yarakoze.
3: 3 Nyamara yatsimbaraye ku byaha bya Yerobowamu mwene Nebati,
cyatumye Isiraheli icumura; Ntiyahava.
3: 4 Mesha umwami wa Mowabu yari umukoresha w'intama, abiha umwami
Isiraheli intama ibihumbi ijana, n'intama ibihumbi ijana, hamwe na
ubwoya.
5: 5 Ahabu amaze gupfa, umwami wa Mowabu yigometse
kurwanya umwami wa Isiraheli.
Umwami Yehoramu asohoka muri Samariya icyarimwe, abara bose
Isiraheli.
3: 7 Aragenda, atuma Yehoshafati umwami w'u Buyuda ati: "Umwami."
Mowabu yangometseho, uzajyana nanjye kurwanya Mowabu
intambara? Na we ati: "Nzazamuka: Ndi nkawe, ubwoko bwanjye nk'ubwawe
abantu, n'amafarasi yanjye nk'ifarashi yawe.
3: 8 Na we ati: "Tuzanyura mu yihe nzira?" Na we aramusubiza ati: Inzira
ubutayu bwa Edomu.
3 Umwami wa Isiraheli aragenda, n'umwami w'u Buyuda n'umwami wa Edomu:
nuko bazana kompas y'urugendo rw'iminsi irindwi: kandi nta
amazi kubakira, n'inka zabakurikiye.
3:10 Umwami wa Isiraheli ati: "Yoo! ko Uhoraho yahamagaye abo batatu
abami hamwe, kugira ngo babashyikirize Mowabu!
3:11 Ariko Yehoshafati aravuga ati: "Hano nta muhanuzi w'Uwiteka uri hano?"
ashobora kubaza Uhoraho? Umwe mu bagaragu b'umwami wa Isiraheli
aramusubiza ati: Dore Elisha mwene Shafati, wasutse amazi
ku maboko ya Eliya.
3:12 Yehoshafati ati: Ijambo ry'Uwiteka riri kumwe na we. Umwami wa
Isiraheli na Yehoshafati n'umwami wa Edomu baramwegera.
3:13 Elisha abwira umwami wa Isiraheli ati: "Nkore iki?"
shyira ku bahanuzi ba so, no ku bahanuzi bawe
nyina. Umwami wa Isiraheli aramubwira ati: "Oya, kuko Uwiteka afite."
yahamagaye abo bami batatu, kugira ngo abashyikirize ukuboko kwa
Mowabu.
3:14 Elisha ati: "Uwiteka Nyiringabo abaho, uwo mpagaze imbere yanjye,"
rwose, niba atari uko mbona ko Yehoshafati yari ahari
y'u Buyuda, sinakureba, cyangwa ngo nkubone.
3:15 Ariko noneho uzanzanire minstrel. Kandi byaje kubaho, iyo minstrel
yakinnye, ngo ukuboko k'Uwiteka kumugezeho.
3:16 Na we avuga ati: 'Uku ni ko Yehova avuze,' Kora iki kibaya cyuzuye imyobo.
3:17 Kubanga bw'ati bw'ayogera Mukama nti: 'Ntuzabona umuyaga, eka n'ebiraba.'
imvura; Nyamara icyo kibaya kizuzura amazi, kugira ngo unywe,
mwebwe, n'inka zanyu, n'amatungo yawe.
3:18 Kandi iki ni ikintu cyoroheje imbere y'Uwiteka: azarokora
Abamowabu na bo mu kuboko kwawe.
3:19 Uzakubita imigi yose ikikijwe, n'umujyi wose wahisemo, kandi uzabikora
yaguye igiti cyiza cyose, uhagarika amariba yose yamazi, kandi mar mar ibyiza byose
igice cy'ubutaka gifite amabuye.
3:20 Bukeye bwaho, ituro ry'inyama ryatangwaga,
ko, haje amazi mu nzira ya Edomu, kandi igihugu cyari
yuzuye amazi.
3 Abamowabu bose bumvise ko abami bazamutse kurwana
kubarwanya, bakusanya ibyashoboye kwambara intwaro, kandi
hejuru, ahagarara ku mupaka.
3:22 Babyuka kare mu gitondo, izuba rirasira hejuru y'amazi,
Abanyamowabu babona amazi yo hakurya atukura nk'amaraso:
3:23 Baravuga bati: "Aya ni amaraso: abami rwose barishwe, kandi baricwa."
bakubitana: none rero, Mowabu, iminyago.
3:24 Bageze mu nkambi ya Isiraheli, Abisiraheli barahaguruka
bakubita Abamowabu, bahunga imbere yabo, ariko baragenda
gukubita Abamowabu, ndetse no mu gihugu cyabo.
Batsinze imigi, no ku butaka bwiza bwose
umuntu wese ibuye rye, araryuzuza; bahagarika amariba yose ya
amazi, no gutema ibiti byiza byose: gusa muri Kirharaseth basize
amabuye yacyo; nonese abanyabugeni barazengurutse, barabakubita.
3:26 Umwami wa Mowabu abonye ko urugamba rukabije kuri we
yajyanye n'abantu magana arindwi bakuramo inkota, kugira ngo bameneke ndetse
ku mwami wa Edomu, ariko ntibabishobora.
3:27 Hanyuma afata umuhungu we w'imfura wagombaga kuba ingoma mu cyimbo cye, kandi
amutura igitambo cyoswa ku rukuta. Kandi hariho byinshi
uburakari kuri Isiraheli: baramuvaho, baragaruka
igihugu cyabo.