2 Amakuru 19 - Ebibulia 2001

Omurangi nakunganisa Yehoshafati

¹ Yehoshafati omukama wa Yuda agaruka Yerusalemu n'emilembe omu kikaarekye.

² Kyonkai Yehu eya Hanani kaboni agenda kumutanganwa, amubaza ati, “Iwe nojuna abantu ababi nomara nogonza abanoba Omukama? Leba Omukama akunigaliire muno yakutura ekigambo eki.

³ Kyonkai buzima oinamu akarungi, kuba okachwa ebishushani bya Ashera omw'ihanga, kandi waitanira Ruhanga n'omutima gwawe gwona.”

Yehoshafati nagarura embaga aha Mukama

⁴ Yehoshafati yaturaga Yerusalemu, ashuba agya omu bantu, kwema Berisheba kugoba omu mabanga ga Efraimu, abagarura aha Mukama Ruhanga wa baish'enkurubo.

⁵ Ataho abaramuzi omu bigo byona eby'eboma omuli Yuda, ekigo aha kindi,

⁶ agambira abaramuzi abo ati, “Ebyo mulikukora murabimanya, kuba timulikuramura aha bwa muntu, nimuramura aha bwa Mukama; kamulikuramura Omukama wenene naba ayemire nainywe.

⁷ Mutine Omukama, ebyo mulikukora mubyegendeleze, enshonga Omukama Ruhanga waitu takyora mazima, tagira kigonzi, kandi talya rushwa.”

⁸ Kandi omuli Yerusalemu Yehoshafati agira Abalevita abo yatamu, n'abakuhani n'abakuru b'amahiga g'eihanga lya Isiraeli, kugya aha mwanya gw'Omukama Ruhanga kuramura n'okushara emishango. Omuli Yerusalemu nimwo baramuliraga.

⁹ Abaragira ati, “Muramure nimutina Omukama, mugire obwesigwa kandi eikora muliteho omutima gwanyu gwona.

¹⁰ Kabarumuna banyu abalikutura omu bigo barabaletera omushango gw'obwita muntu, anga ogw'obuchwa iteka anga omuhango, ebiragiro n'emigenzo aho mubegese bataija bakafakalira Mukama hakabanigalira na barumuna banyu abo.

¹¹ Omu myoga yona ekwete aha Mukama, leba Amaria Omukuhani Nyamukuru muno niwe arabakulira. Kandi ebikwete ahali inye byona Zebadia eya Ishimaeli, gavana wa Yuda, niwe araba mukuru. Abalevita abo babe bakozi bakuru banyu. Mutakuyuguuma, kandi abarungi Omukama abemere.”