2 Mbiri 17
1 Yehosafati mwana wake analowa ufumu mʼmalo mwake ndipo anadzilimbitsa pofuna kulimbana ndi Israeli.
And Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, and grew strong against Israel.
2 Iye anayika magulu a asilikali mʼmizinda yonse yotetezedwa ya Yuda, ndipo anamanga maboma mu Yuda ndi mʼmizinda yonse ya Efereimu imene Asa abambo ake analanda.
And he placed numbers of soldiers in all the fortified cities of Juda. And he put garrisons in the land of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
3 Yehova anali ndi Yehosafati chifukwa mʼzaka zoyambirira anatsatira makhalidwe a Davide abambo ake. Iye sanafunsire kwa Abaala.
And the Lord was with Josaphat, because he walked in the first ways of David his father: and trusted not in Baalim,
4 Koma anafunafuna Mulungu wa abambo ake ndipo anatsatira malamulo ake osati zochita za Israeli.
But in the God of his father, and walk in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel.
5 Yehova anakhazikitsa kolimba ufumuwo mʼmanja mwake ndipo Ayuda onse anabweretsa mphatso kwa Yehosafati, kotero kuti anali ndi chuma ndi ulemu wambiri.
And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand, and all Juda brought presents to Josaphat: and he acquired immense riches, and much glory.
6 Mtima wake anawupereka kutsatira Yehova, kuwonjezera apo, anachotsa malo onse achipembedzo ndi mafano a Asera mu Yuda.
And when his heart had taken courage for the ways of the Lord, he took away also the high places and the groves out of Juda.
7 Mʼchaka chachitatu cha ufumu wake, iye anatuma akuluakulu ake Beni-Haili, Obadiya, Zekariya, Netaneli ndi Mikaya kukaphunzitsa mʼmizinda ya Yuda.
And in the third year of his reign, he sent of his princes Benhail, and Abdias, and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Micheas, to teach in the cities of Juda:
8 Pamodzi ndi iwo panali Alevi ena: Semaya, Netaniya, Zebadiya, Asaheli, Semiramoti, Yonatani, Adoniya, Tobiya ndi Tobu-Adoniya ndiponso ansembe Elisama ndi Yehoramu.
And with them the Levites, Semeias, and Nathanias, and Zabadias, and Asael, and Semiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and Thobadonias Levites, and with them Elisama, and Joram priests.
9 Iwo anaphunzitsa mu Yuda monse atatenga Buku la Malamulo a Yehova iwo anayenda mʼmizinda yonse ya ku Yuda ndipo anaphunzitsa anthu.
And they taught the people in Juda, having with them the book of the law of the Lord: and they went about all the cities of Juda, and instructed the people.
10 Kuopsa kwa Yehova kunali pa maufumu onse a mayiko oyandikana ndi Yuda, kotero kuti sanachite nkhondo ndi Yehosafati.
And the fear of the Lord came upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Juda, and they durst not make war against Josaphat.
11 Afilisti ena anabweretsa kwa Yehosafati mphatso ndi siliva ngati msonkho, ndipo Aarabu anabweretsa ziweto: nkhosa zazimuna 7,700 ndi mbuzi 7,700.
The Philistines also brought presents to Josaphat, and tribute in silver, and the Arabians brought him cattle, seven thousand seven hundred rams, and as many he goats.
12 Mphamvu za Yehosafati zinkakulirakulira. Iye anamanga malo otetezedwa ndi mizinda yosungiramo chuma mu Yuda
And Josaphat grew, and became exceeding great: and he built in Juda houses like towers, and walled cities.
13 ndipo anali ndi katundu wambiri mʼmizinda ya Yuda. Iye anayikanso asilikali odziwa bwino nkhondo mu Yerusalemu.
And he prepared many works in the cities of Juda: and he had warriors, and valiant men in Jerusalem.
14 Chiwerengero chawo potsata mabanja awo chinali chotere: kuchokera ku Yuda, atsogoleri a magulu 1,000; mtsogoleri Adina, anali ndi anthu 300,000 odziwa nkhondo;
Of whom this is the number of the houses and families of every one: in Juda captains of the army, Ednas the chief, and with him three hundred thousand most valiant men.
15 otsatana naye, mtsogoleri Yehohanani, anali ndi anthu 280,000;
After him Johanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand.
16 otsatana naye, Amasiya mwana wa Zikiri amene anadzipereka yekha kutumikira Yehova, anali ndi anthu 200,000.
And after him was Amasias the son of Zechri, consecrated to the Lord, and with him were two hundred thousand valiant men.
17 Kuchokera ku Benjamini: Eliada, msilikali wolimba mtima, anali ndi anthu 200,000 amene anali ndi mauta ndi zishango;
After him was Eliada valiant in battle, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield.
18 otsatana naye, Yehozabadi, anali ndi anthu 180,000 okonzekera nkhondo.
After him also was Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready for war.
19 Awa ndi anthu amene ankatumikira mfumu osawerengera amene anawayika mʼmizinda yotetezedwa mʼdziko lonse la Yuda.
All these were at the hand of the king, beside others, whom he had put in the walled cities, in all Juda.
