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| 1. | UMoya kaNkulunkulu wasesehlela phezu kukaAzariya indodana kaOdedi. |
| 2. | Wasephuma ukuhlangabezana loAsa, wathi kuye: Ngilalela, Asa loJuda wonke loBhenjamini; i Nkosi ilani liselayo. Uba-ke liyidinga, izafunyanwa yini; kodwa uba liyilahla, izalilahla. |
| 3. | Okwensuku ezinengi uIsrayeli wayengelaye uNkulunkulu weqiniso, njalo engelaye umpristi ofundisayo, njalo engelawo umlayo. |
| 4. | Kodwa ekubandezelweni kwakhe waphendukela e Nkosi ni, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, basebemdinga, wasefunyanwa yibo. |
| 5. | Langalezozikhathi kwakungelakuthula kophumayo lakongenayo, ngoba inhlupheko ezinengi zaziphezu kwabo bonke abakhi bamazwe. |
| 6. | Basebephahlazwa, isizwe ngesizwe, lomuzi ngomuzi, ngoba uNkulunkulu wabahlupha ngayo yonke imbandezelo. |
| 7. | Ngakho lina qinani, zingadangali izandla zenu, ngoba kulomvuzo womsebenzi wenu. |
| 8. | Lapho uAsa esizwa lamazwi lesiprofetho sikaOdedi umprofethi, waziqinisa, wasusa izinengiso elizweni lonke lakoJuda loBhenjamini lemizini ayeyithumbile entabeni yakoEfrayimi, wavuselela ilathi le Nkosi elalingaphambi kwekhulusi le Nkosi. |
| 9. | Wasebuthanisa wonke uJuda loBhenjamini labemzini labo ababevela koEfrayimi loManase lakoSimeyoni; ngoba bawelela kuye bevela koIsrayeli ngobunengi lapho bebona ukuthi i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakhe yayilaye. |
| 10. | Basebebuthana eJerusalema ngenyanga yesithathu ngomnyaka wetshumi lanhlanu wokubusa kukaAsa. |
| 11. | Basebehlabela i Nkosi ngalolosuku empangweni ababe yi lethile, inkabi ezingamakhulu ayisikhombisa lezimvu ezizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa. |
| 12. | Basebengena esivumelwaneni sokudinga i Nkosi, uNkulunkulu waboyise, ngenhliziyo yabo yonke langomphefumulo wabo wonke. |
| 13. | Njalo wonke ongadingi i Nkosi uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli uzabulawa, kusukela komncinyane kusiya komkhulu, kusukela kowesilisa kusiya kowesifazana. |
| 14. | Basebefunga e Nkosi ni ngelizwi elikhulu langokumemeza langezimpondo langempondo zezinqama. |
| 15. | AbakoJuda bonke bathokoza-ke ngesifungo, ngoba babefungile ngenhliziyo yabo yonke, beyidingile ngaso sonke isifiso sabo, yasifunyanwa yibo; ngakho i Nkosi yabaphumuza inhlangothi zonke. |
| 16. | Lamayelana loMahaka unina kaAsa inkosi, yamsusa ekubeni yindlovukazi, ngoba wayenzele isixuku into eyesabekayo. UAsa wasegamula into yakhe eyesabekayo, wayichola, wayitshisela esifuleni iKidroni. |
| 17. | Kanti indawo eziphakemeyo kazisuswanga koIsrayeli; lanxa kunjalo inhliziyo kaAsa yayiphelele insuku zakhe zonke. |
| 18. | Wasengenisa endlini kaNkulunkulu izinto ezingcwele zikayise, lezinto zakhe ezingcwele, isiliva legolide lezitsha. |
| 19. | Kakusabanga khona impi kwaze kwaba ngumnyaka wamatshumi amathathu lanhlanu wokubusa kukaAsa. |
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