2 Mbiri 20
1 Zitatha izi, Amowabu ndi Aamoni pamodzi ndi Ameuni ena anabwera kudzachita nkhondo ndi Yehosafati.
And it comes to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, to battle against Jehoshaphat.
2 Anthu ena anabwera kudzamuwuza Yehosafati kuti, “Gulu lalikulu kwambiri lankhondo likubwera kudzachita nanu nkhondo lochokera ku Edomu, ku mbali ina ya Nyanja. Gululi lafika kale ku Hazazoni Tamara” (ndiye kuti Eni-Gedi).
And [some] come in and declare [it] to Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude has come against you from beyond the sea, from Aram, and behold, they [are] in Hazezon-Tamar—it [is] En-Gedi.”
3 Ndi mantha, Yehosafati anaganiza zofunsira kwa Yehova, ndipo analengeza kuti Ayuda onse asale zakudya.
And Jehoshaphat fears, and sets his face to seek for YHWH, and proclaims a fast over all Judah;
4 Anthu a ku Yuda anabwera pamodzi kudzafuna thandizo kwa Yehova, ndipo anabweradi kuchokera ku mzinda uliwonse wa mu Yuda kudzafunafuna Yehova.
and Judah is gathered to inquire of YHWH; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come to seek YHWH.
5 Yehosafati anayimirira pakati pa msonkhano wa Yuda ndi Yerusalemu, pa Nyumba ya Yehova patsogolo pa bwalo latsopano
And Jehoshaphat stands in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of YHWH, at the front of the new court,
6 ndipo anati: “Inu Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo athu, kodi Inu sindinu Mulungu amene muli kumwamba? Inu mumalamulira maufumu onse a mitundu ya anthu. Mphamvu ndi nyonga zili mʼmanja mwanu, ndipo palibe amene angalimbane nanu.
and says, “O YHWH, God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? Indeed, You are ruling over all kingdoms of the nations, and power and might [are] in Your hand, and there is none with You to station himself.
7 Inu Mulungu wathu, kodi simunathamangitse nzika za dziko lino pamaso pa anthu anu Aisraeli ndipo munalipereka kwa zidzukulu za Abrahamu bwenzi lanu kwamuyaya?
Are You not our God? You have dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Your friend Abraham for all time,
8 Iwo akhala mʼdzikolo ndipo anamangira Dzina lanu malo opatulika, nʼkumati,
and they dwell in it, and build a sanctuary in it for You, for Your Name, saying,
9 ‘Ngati tsoka litigwera kaya ndi lupanga lachiweruzo, kapena mliri, kapenanso njala, ife tidzayima pamaso panu patsogolo pa Nyumba ya Mulungu ino imene imatchedwa ndi Dzina lanu ndipo tidzalirira kwa inu mʼmasautso athu, ndipo Inu mudzatimvera ndi kutipulumutsa.’
If evil comes on us—sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine—we stand before this house, and before You, for Your Name [is] in this house, and cry to You out of our distress, and You hear and save.
10 “Koma tsopano pano pali anthu ochokera ku Amoni, Mowabu ndi Phiri la Seiri amene dziko lawo Inu simunawalole Aisraeli kuti alithire nkhondo pamene amabwera kuchokera ku Igupto. Kotero anatembenuka ndi kuwaleka ndipo sanawawononge.
And now, behold, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and did not destroy them,
11 Taonani, mmene akutibwezera ife pobwera kudzatithamangitsa mʼdziko limene inu munatipatsa ngati cholowa chathu.
and behold, they are repaying to us—to come to drive us out of Your possession that You have caused us to possess.
12 Inu Mulungu wathu, kodi simuwaweruza? Pakuti ife tilibe mphamvu zolimbana ndi gulu lalikulu lankhondo limene likutithira nkhondoli. Ife sitikudziwa choti tichite, koma maso athu ali pa Inu.”
O our God, do You not execute judgment on them? For there is no power in us before this great multitude that has come against us, and we do not know what we do, but our eyes [are] on You.”
13 Anthu onse a Yuda, pamodzi ndi akazi awo ndi ana ndi makanda, anayima chilili pamaso pa Yehova.
And all Judah is standing before YHWH, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.
14 Ndipo Mzimu wa Yehova unabwera pa Yahazieli mwana wa Zekariya, mwana wa Benaya, mwana wa Yeiyeli, mwana wa Mataniya Mlevi, chidzukulu cha Asafu, atayimirira mu msonkhano.
And the Spirit of YHWH has been on Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly,
15 Iye anati, “Tamverani mfumu Yehosafati ndi onse amene amakhala mu Yuda ndi Yerusalemu! Zimene Yehova akunena kwa inu ndi izi: ‘Musaope kapena kutaya mtima chifukwa cha gulu lalikulu lankhondo ili. Pakuti nkhondoyi si yanu, koma ya Mulungu.
and he says, “Attend, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O King Jehoshaphat, Thus said YHWH to you: You do not fear, nor be afraid of the face of this great multitude, for the battle [is] not for you, but for God.
16 Mawa mupite mukamenyane nawo. Adzakhala akubwera mokweza kudzera Njira ya Zizi, ndipo mukawapeza kumapeto kwa chigwa cha ku chipululu cha Yeruweli.
Tomorrow, go down against them, behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and you have found them in the end of the valley, the front of the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 Sikudzafunika kuti Inu mumenyane nawo pa nkhondo imeneyi. Inu mukhale pa malo anu; imani molimba ndipo onani chipulumutso chimene Yehova adzakupatsani, Inu Yuda ndi Yerusalemu. Musaope, musataye mtima. Pitani kuti mukakumane nawo mawa, ndipo Yehova adzakhala nanu.’”
[It is] not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of YHWH with you, O Judah and Jerusalem—do not be afraid nor fear—tomorrow go out before them, and YHWH [is] with you.”
18 Yehosafati anaweramitsa nkhope yake ndi kugunda pansi, ndiponso anthu onse a Yuda ndi Yerusalemu anagwa pansi ndi kulambira Yehova.
And Jehoshaphat bows—face to the earth—and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen before YHWH, to bow themselves to YHWH.
19 Kenaka Alevi ena ochokera ku mabanja a Kohati ndi Kora anayimirira ndipo anatamanda Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli ndi mawu ofuwula kwambiri.
And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korahites, rise to give praise to YHWH, God of Israel, with a loud voice on high.
20 Mmamawa, ananyamuka kupita ku chipululu cha Tekowa. Akunyamuka, Yehosafati anayimirira ndipo anati, “Tandimverani ine anthu a Yuda ndi Yerusalemu! Khalani ndi chikhulupiriro mwa Yehova Mulungu wanu ndipo mudzatchinjirizidwa, khalani ndi chikhulupiriro mwa aneneri ake ndipo mudzapambana.”
And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Jehoshaphat has stood and says, “Hear me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, remain steadfast in your God YHWH, and be steadfast; remain steadfast in His prophets and prosper.”
21 Atafunsira kwa anthu, Yehosafati anasankha anthu oti ayimbire Yehova ndi kumutamanda chifukwa cha ulemerero wa chiyero chake pamene amapita ali patsogolo pa gulu la ankhondo, akunena kuti: “Yamikani Yehova pakuti chikondi chake ndi chosatha.”
And he takes counsel with the people, and appoints singers for YHWH, and those giving praise for the honor of holiness, in the going out before the armed [men], and saying, “Give thanks to YHWH, for His kindness [is] for all time.”
22 Atangoyamba kuyimba ndi kutamanda, Yehova anapereka mʼmanja mwawo anthu a ku Amoni ndi a ku Mowabu ndiponso a ku Phiri la Seiri amene amalimbana ndi Yuda, ndipo anagonjetsedwa.
And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, YHWH has put ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are struck,
23 Anthu a ku Amoni ndi a ku Mowabu anawukira anthu ochokera ku Phiri la Seiri, ndipo anawawononga ndi kuwatheratu. Atatsiriza kuwapha anthu ochokera ku Seiri anamenyana wina ndi mnzake mpaka kuwonongana.
and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbor, to destroy.
24 Anthu a ku Yuda atafika pa malo oyangʼanana ndi chipululu ndi kuona kumene kunali gulu lalikulu lankhondo, iwo anangoona mitembo yokhayokha itagona pansi ndipo palibe amene anathawa.
And Judah has come to the watchtower in the wilderness, and they look toward the multitude, and behold, they [are] carcasses fallen to the earth, and none [had] an escape,
25 Choncho Yehosafati ndi anthu ake anapita kukafunkha, ndipo pakati pawo anapeza katundu wambiri ndi zovala ndiponso zinthu zina zamtengowapatali kuposa zomwe akanatha kunyamula. Kunali katundu wambiri kotero kuti zinawatengera masiku atatu kuti amutenge.
and Jehoshaphat comes in, and his people, to seize their spoil, and they find among them, in abundance, both goods and carcasses, and desirable vessels, and they take spoil for themselves without prohibition, and they are seizing the spoil [for] three days, for it [is] abundant.
26 Tsiku lachinayi anasonkhana ku chigwa cha Beraka kumene anatamanda Yehova. Nʼchifukwa chake malowa amatchedwa chigwa cha Beraka mpaka lero.
And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the Valley of Blessing, for there they blessed YHWH: therefore they have called the name of that place, “Valley of Blessing,” to this day.
27 Tsono motsogozedwa ndi Yehosafati, anthu onse a Yuda ndi Yerusalemu anabwerera ku Yerusalemu mokondwera pakuti Yehova anawagonjetsera adani awo.
And they return, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for YHWH has made them rejoice over their enemies.
28 Iwo analowa mu Yerusalemu ndipo anapita ku Nyumba ya Mulungu akuyimba azeze, apangwe ndi malipenga.
And they come to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, to the house of YHWH.
29 Kuopsa kwa Mulungu kunali pa maufumu onse a mayiko amene anamva mmene Yehova anamenyera adani a Aisraeli.
And there is a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that YHWH has fought with the enemies of Israel,
30 Ndipo ufumu wa Yehosafati unali pa mtendere pakuti Mulungu wake anamupatsa mpumulo ku mbali zonse.
and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God gives rest to him all around.
31 Choncho Yehosafati analamulira Yuda. Iye anali wa zaka 35 pamene anakhala mfumu ya Yuda ndipo analamulira mu Yerusalemu kwa zaka 25. Dzina la amayi ake linali Azuba mwana wa Sili.
And Jehoshaphat reigns over Judah, a son of thirty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
32 Iye ankayenda mʼnjira za Asa abambo ake ndipo sanapatuke pa zimenezi pakuti anachita zolungama pamaso pa Yehova.
And he walks in the way of his father Asa, and has not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of YHWH.
33 Komabe malo opembedzerapo mafano sanachotsedwe ndipo anthu sanaperekebe mitima yawo kwa Mulungu wa makolo awo.
Only, the high places have not been removed, and still the people have not prepared their heart for the God of their fathers.
34 Zochitika zina zokhudza ufumu wa Yehosafati, kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka pa mapeto, zalembedwa mʼbuku la Yehu mwana wa Hanani, zomwe zikupezeka mʼbuku la mbiri ya mafumu a Israeli.
And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, behold, they are written among the matters of Jehu son of Hanani, who has been mentioned on the scroll of the kings of Israel.
35 Zitapita izi, Yehosafati mfumu ya Yuda inachita mgwirizano ndi Ahaziya mfumu ya Israeli, amene anachita zoyipa kwambiri.
And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah has joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel (he did wickedly in doing [this]),
36 Iye anagwirizana ndi Ahaziya kuti apange sitima zapamadzi zochitira malonda. Atazipanga zimenezi ku Ezioni-Geberi,
and he joins him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber,
37 Eliezara mwana wa Dodavahu wa ku Maresa ananenera motsutsana ndi Yehosafati ndipo anati, “Chifukwa chakuti wachita mgwirizano ndi Ahaziya, Yehova adzawononga zimene mwapangazo!” Sitima za pamadzizo zinawonongeka ndipo sizinapite nʼkomwe kumene zimakachita malonda.
and Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, prophesies against Jehoshaphat, saying, “For your joining yourself with Ahaziah, YHWH has broken up your works”; and the ships are broken, and have not retained [power] to go to Tarshish.
