¹ Caishile panuma yaici, ilyo abantu ba ku Moabu na Ammoni, na bali na bena Meunite baishile kuli Yehoshafati ku kulwa. ² Awe kwaishile abaebele Yehoshafati, abati aisa paliiwe cinkupiti mukalamba wakwishilya lya bemba, abamuli Edomu, kabili, mona, bali Hasasone-tamari (uyo a En-gedi). ³ Yosofati alicinine; aloseshe necinso cakwe kuli Yehoba,nokubilo ukulekaukulwa pali Yuda onse. ⁴ Eico aebele Yuda ilongeni kukufwaya kwafwa kuli yehoba; Kabili aba mumishiyo nse yakwa yuda baishile mukufwaya Yehoba ⁵ kabili Yosefati aiminine mulukuta lwa kwa Yuda nabena Yerusalemu, mun'ganda yakwa Yehoba, kucinso calubansa nokutila: ⁶ Mwe Yehoba lesa wabashifwe, busheteimwelesa ku mulu kabili kateka muma bufuma yonse ayanko? kabili mukubokokwenu muli amaka namapiki ayakuti tapali uwingamwiminina. ⁷ Bushe imwe,mwe Lesa mwantamfishe abekashi bamucal cino kucinso ca bantu benu abena Ireale, nokucipela kubufyashi bwakwa Habulamu cibusawenu uwamuyayaya. ⁸ kabili baikalamo, nokumukulilamo umwashila mwe shina lyenu, abati ⁹ Ngakwaisa pali ifwe ububi, ulupanga ulwatupingwilwa, napamo icikuko, napamo icipowe, kutitwaiminina kucinso, ca n'ganda no, kabili ku cinso cenu(pantu ishina lwenu lili mun'ganda ino), nokukuta kuli imwe mu kumanama kwesu, naimwe kutimwaumfwa jnokupususha nomba, ¹⁰ moneni abena amoni nabena Mowab nabakulupili lwa seiri abomushasuminishe abena iseale ukwingilila mulibena ilyo bafumine ku calo Eguputi, pantu bashokele nokukana bafita ¹¹ kabili, moneni ifyo baletwalukila ku kututa mfya mucikwatacenu ecomwatulenga ukukwata. ¹² mwelesa wesu, busheta mwabapingule? pantumuli ifwe tamwaba amaka kucinsoca cinkupiti uyu mukalamba uuleisa pili ifwe; kabi;oi ifwe tatwisebe icakucita, lelo amenso yesu twalosha pali imwe. ¹³ Abena Yuda bonse abaiminine kucinso cakwa Yehoba naba ice, abakashibabo nabana babo. ¹⁴ Elyo mukati ka kukolongana umupashi wakwa Yawe waishile muli Yaesele, umwana mwaume wakwa Sekariah, umwana mwaume wakwa Beneya, umwana mwaume wakwa, Yeile, umwana mwaume wakwa Mattaniya, umwina kabili uwamulupwa lwaka Asafati. ¹⁵ Yashele atile, ''Kutikeni onse Yuda na imwe mwebekashi bamu Yerusalemu, ne mfumu Yehoshafati. Ifi efyo Yawe acitile kuli imwe, mwitina, mwiba abatompoka pamulandu waili bumba lyabashilika, pantu ubulwi tabuli kuli imwe lelo bulli kuli Les. ¹⁶ Mufwile ukutentemukila kuli bena mailo. Moneni, baleisa pamulu kunshila yakupitila ku Hasis. Mukabasanga pampela ya mupokapoka, ilyo tatulafika kumatololo ya Yerusalemu. ¹⁷ Ta mulefwaikwa ukulwa muli ubo bulwi. Iminineni mufifulo fyenu, iminineni ndi , no kumona ukupususha kwakwa Yawe naimwe Yuda na Yerusalemu. Mwitina nangu ukuba abatomponka. Mukaye mukafumine kuli bena mailo pantu Yawe ali nimwe.'' ¹⁸ Yehoshafati akontamike umutwe wakwe ne cinso panshi. Yonse Yuda nabekashi baku Yerusalemu bawile panshi kucinso cakwa Yawe, kukumushinshimuna ena. ¹⁹ Abena Lebi, bonse mumfyalwa yakwa Kohati na Kora, baiminine kuku lumbanya Yawe, Lesa wakwa Israeli, ne shiwi ilikalamba. ²⁰ Kumacaca balimine no kuya mumatololo yaku Tekoa. Ilyo baleya, Yehoshafati aimineni nokutila, ''Umfwa kuli ine Yuda naimwe mwebekashi bamu Yerusalemu! cetekeleni muli Yawe Lesa wenu, kabili mulino kutungililwa. Cetekeleni muli bakasesema bakwe, kabili mukacimfya.'' ²¹ Panuma yakwipusha abantu, asontele bonse abembila Yawe nabashinshimuna ena pa makayakupapa ilyo baleya ukufuma kubashilika, batile, ''Peleni ukutasha kuli Yawe, pa cipangano cakwe icachishinka icabuko umuyayaya.'' ²² Ilyo batampile ukwimba nokulumbanya, Yawe abulile abaume ukubebabelamine abena Amone, Moabu, na ba kulupili lwa Seiri, abaleisa pali Yuda. Bali bacimfishe. ²³ Pantu abantu bakwa Amone na Moabu baiminine kukulwa na bekashi ba kulupili lwa Seiri, pakutila benga pwilishisha ukwipaya bena no kubonaula. Iyo bapwishishe abekashi bakulupili lwa Seiri Ba Yafwile bonse ukonaula cila umo no munankwe. ²⁴ Ilyo abena Yuda baishile ku ncende ba loleshe monse mumatololo, ba loleshe mumatololo, baloleshe paba shilika. Moneni bali abafwa, nabalala panshi nangu umo tapuswike. ²⁵ Ilyo Yohoshafati na bantu bakwe baishile kukusenda ifyatapwa ukufuma kuli bena, basangile muli bena ifyafula ifisuma, ifyakufwala, ne fipe ifya cindama ifyo basendele abene, ukucila ifyo bengasenda. Casendele bena inshiku shitatu ukusenda ifyatapwa, ifyo ifyafulisha nganshi. ²⁶ Pa bushiku bwalenga shine balongene kulya balelumbabanya Yawe. Eico ishina lyailya ncende mupokapoka wa Beraka ukufika kuli buno bushiku. ²⁷ Elyo babwelel, umuntu onse uwakwa Yuda na Yerusalemu, na Yehoshafati mukubangilila, ukuya nakabili ku Yerusalemu ne cimwenwe, pantu Yawe nalenga bena ukusekelela paba lwani babo. ²⁸ Baishile ku Yerusalemu na ku ngánda yakwa Yawe namapango na bansango namapenga. ²⁹ Umwenso wakuli Lesa wali pamabufumu yonse ayako ilyo baumfiwle ukutila Yawe na lwisha abalwani bakwa Israeli. ³⁰ Eico ubufumu bwakwa Yehoshafati bwali tondolo, pantu Lesa wakwe napela ena umutende onse ukushunguluka ena. ³¹ Yehoshafati atekele pali Yuda ali ne myaka amakumi yatatu na isano ilyo atendeke ukuteka, kabili atekele mu Yerusalemu pamyaka amakumi yabili naisano. Ishina lwakwa nyina ali ni Asuba, umwana mwanakashi wakwa Shihi. ³² Aendele munshila shakwa wishibo. Tyalwike ukufuma muli bena; acitile icawama mumenso yakwa Yawe. ³³ Nangu cibe fyo, incende ya pamulu tayapokelwe. Abantu bacititle ababul ukulosha imitima yabo kuli Lesa wafikolwe fyabo. ³⁴ Imilandu iikumi Yeoshafati, iyakubalilapo neya kulekelesha, yalilembwa mwilyashi lyakwa Yehu umwana mwaume wakwa Henani, kabili fyalitwa mumabuku yashamfumu shakwa Israeli. ³⁵ Panuma ifi Yehoshafati, imfumu yakwa Yuda, aikete na Ahasia, imfumu yakwa Israeli, uwalecita ifyabipa sana. ³⁶ Aikatene nao mukukula amato ayakuya ku Turshishi. Bali kulile amato mu Esione Gebere. ³⁷ Elyo Eliesere umwana mwaume wakwa Dodahbahu uwaku Maresha aseseme kuli Yehoshafati, atile, ''Pamulandu wakuti wakwata ukwikatana na Ahasia, Yawe na ona ula ifipe fyobe. ''Amato yalyonaike pakuila tayengenda.