Viyo sono tuma ndi uwungang'e ŵaYisraele wose kwangu pa phiri Karmele, ndi ŵamchimi machumi pe chumi ghanayi ndi machumi ghankhonde (450) ŵaku Bala ndi ŵa mchimi machumi pe chumi ghanayi (400) ŵaku Ashera, ŵeniwo ŵaturgha pa gome laku Yezebelu.”
Ndipo wangutuzga chikozgo cha Ashera mu nyumba ya Ambuya, kwachitaya kubwalo kwa Yerusalemu, ku kamsinje ka Kidroni, wanguchoche pa kamsinje ka Kidroni wanguchipuwa kuŵa fuvu ndipo wangudira fuvu lake pachanya ndi miunda ya ŵanthu bweka.
Chingana ndi Maka ŵanyina, Asa wanguŵatuzgamo mu ufumukazi wawo chifukwa ŵanguchita chikozgu cha Ashera. Asa wangudumuliya pasi chikozgu ndi kuchipikitapikita, ndi kuchocha ku msinji Kidroni.
Wangusiya nyumba ya Ambuya Chiuta wa auskeu, ndi ŵanguteŵete Ashera ndi ŵangoza. Ndipo ukari unguza paku Yuda ndi Yerusalemu chifukwa cha ubendezi wawo uwu.
Kuromba kwake naku so, ndi mo Chiuta wanguŵeyereke ndi iyo, ndi maulakwi ghake ghose ndi ubendezi wake, ndi malo mo wanguzenga malo gha pachanya, ndi kuŵika Ashera, ndi vikozgo vya kusema, wenga wandape; ehe, vikulembeka mukati mu Makani gha Ŵamchimi.
Pakuti wanguzenga so malo gha pachanya gho Hezekiya awiske ŵangudumuriya pasi, ndi kumzenge Bala viguŵa ndi viuyi, wangusopa vya kuchanya vyose ndi kuvitatariya.
Chifukwa mu chirimika cha chinkhonde ndi chitatu cha muwusu wake weche muhurwa, wangwamba kupenja Chiuta waku Davidi mbuyake; ndipo mu chirimika cha chumi ndi viŵi wangwamba kutozga Yuda ndi Yerusalemu, kutuzgamo malo gha pachanya, ndi Ashera, ndi ŵangoza ŵakusongono.
Wanguti wawiskiya pasi majochero ndi Ashera, ndi ŵangoza ŵakusema ndi kuvisira nge ndi fuvu ndi kudumuwa vikozgu vya dazi mu charu chose chaku Yisraele wangu were ku Yerusalemu.
Po auskefwe ŵenga mu Egipiti kuti ŵanguwamo cha ndi nchitu zakuziziswa zaku Chiuta; ŵanguruwa unandi wa zinyengo zo wanguŵarongo chanju chake, ndipo ŵangumugarukiya ŵanthazi zose pa Nyanja Yiyera.
Ndipo ŵaYisraele ŵanguwerezgapo kuchita uheni mu maso gha Ambuya, ndipo Ambuya angukhozga Egloni karonga wa Moabu kumikana ndi Yisraele, chifukwa ŵanguchita uheni mu maso gha Ambuya.
Usiku uwa Ambuya anguti kwako iyo, “Uto nkhuzi ya mpupuka ya ausu, nkhuzi ya chirimika chimoza, ndipo ubwanganduliyi pasi guŵa laku Bala lo ŵe nalo ausu, udumliye pasi Ashera yo we pafupi nayo;
Ndipo ŵanguliya ku Ambuya, wanguti, ‘Talakwa chifukwa taŵapata Ambuya, ndipo tateŵete Bala ndi Ashitaroto; kweni sono tipozomoskeni ku janja la ŵarwani ŵidu ndipo tikamuteŵetiyaninga.’