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Omulanzi anenia Yehoshafati
1Agho kyabazinga Yehoshafati owa Buyudaaya yaira miraala mu kisaagaati kye eky’obwakyabazinga e Yerusalemu. 2Omulanzi ayetebwa Yehu, mutabane wa Hanani, yaaja okumweisuusaayo, era yaamukoba ati: “Obwo bwene, obona nga iwe ogwaniire okuyamba ababi n’okugonza abo abakyagha Musengwa Katonda? Ekyo ky’okoze kikuleeteire obusungu bwa Musengwa Katonda okukwidhira. 3Aye era iwe okaaliku ebirungi, kuba wasaaniagho mu nsi yo ebifaananie by’omusambwa omukazi Ashera, era waafuba okukolanga ebyo Katonda by’ayenda.”
Yehoshafati bye yaiza obuyaaka
4Agho Yehoshafati yaabanga mu Yerusalemu. Aye era yaavangayo emikuzi egindi, yaajanga mu bantu olw’okubaiza eri Musengwa Katonda, Katonda wa badhaadha baibwe, ng’aviira irala e Beerisheba okutuukira irala mu biketezo bya Efuraimu eby’oku nsozi. 5Yaataagho abalamuzi mu kiisi kibuga kya mu Buyudaaya ekyezungulwirwa ebimante ebigumu. 6Era yaasikirira abalamuzi abo ati: “Mwegenderezenga bye mukola, kuba timulamula na bukumu bwa bantu buntu, aye mulamula ku lwa Musengwa Katonda aba aghalala n’imwe nga muli kusala emisango. 7Kale ni mutyenga Musengwa Katonda era mutenga omwoyo ku bye mukola, kuba Musengwa Katonda waife oyo aziramu kufuulaniafuulania nsonga, oba okusaliriza, waire okulya enguzi.”
8Ate mu Yerusalemu, Yehoshafati oyo yataamu Abalevi, ni bakabona, n’abandi ku bakulira enda mu Isiraeli, yaabagha okusalanga emisango egiizibwa ku Mateeka ga Musengwa Katonda, n’okulamulanga enkaayana mu bantu. 9Agho yaabasikirira ng’abakoba ati: “Mugwaine mukolenga omulimo ogwo nga mutya Musengwa Katonda, nga muli beesigwa, era nga mukola n’omutima gwaimwe gwonagwona. 10Baganda baimwe ababa mu bibuga ebindi bwe banaabaleeteranga emisango, ka gibe egy’obutemo, oba egy’okumenha amateeka n’ebiragiro, oba egy’obutatuukiriza byonabyona ebibalagirwa, mubagalagirenga balobe kwonoona ye Musengwa Katonda. Bwemutaakolenga mutyo, tomanha Musengwa Katonda bw’abasungughalira imwe ghalala ni baganda baimwe abo. Kale ni mukolenga mutyo, mulobenga kubaaku musango. 11Era bona eno, Amaria Kabona Omukulu n’aidha okubalabiriranga mu byonabyona ebigemagana ni Musengwa Katonda. Ate Zebadia mutabane wa Ishimaeli akulira endhu ya Yuda, n’aidha okubalabiriranga mu ebyo ebigemagana ni kyabazinga. Olwo Abalevi bavunaanizibwenga okubona ng’ebinaabanga bisaliibwagho bituukirizibwa. Mubenga bagumu nga mukola omulimo ogwo, era Musengwa Katonda abenga ghalala n’abo abeesimbu.”