6 A haha metse naheng ya Juda, mme a e haheletsa. Naha e ne e ena le kgotso, dilemong tseo ho se na dintwa, hobane Morena o ne a mo neile boiketlo.
7 Yaba Asa o re ho setjhaba sa Juda: “A re haheng metse ena, re e haheletse ka marako, re e etsetse ditora, le dikgoro, le mekwallo, naha ena e sa ntsane e buswa ke rona. Re sebeleditse Morena Modimo wa rona; re mo sebeleditse, mme yena o re neile kgotso kahohle.” Ba haha metse eo, mme ba atleha.
8 Asa o ne a ena le lebotho la bahlabani ba dikete tse makgolo a mararo, ba tswang naheng ya Juda, ba neng ba hlometse ka dithebe le marumo, le ba dikete tse makgolo a robedi, ba tswang naheng ya Benjamine, ba neng ba hlometse ka dithebe le diqha. Bahlabani bana kaofela e ne e le bahale.
9 Sera wa Mokushe a ba futuhela ka lebotho la bahlabani ba mileone, le ka dikariki tsa ntwa tse makgolo a mararo, a ba a ya fihla Maresha.
10 Asa a tswa ho ya mo kgahlanyetsa, ditheko tsa tadimana di le ka kgohlong ya Sefata, haufi le Maresha.
11 Yaba Asa o ipiletsa ho Morena Modimo wa hae, o re: “Morena, ke ntho e nyenyane ho wena ho thusetsa ya fokolang ho ya matla. Re thuse Morena Modimo wa rona, hobane re o tshepile. Re futuhela lebothohadi lena ka lebitso la hao. Oho, Morena, o Modimo wa rona, ho se be motho ya ka o hlolang.”
12 Jwale Morena a etsa hore Bakushe ba hlolwe ke bo-Asa le bahlabani ba Juda. Bakushe ba baleha.