1 Jehoshafate, kgosi ya Juda, a kgutlela tlung ya hae Jerusalema, ka kgotso.
2 Jehu, mora wa Hanani wa moporofeta, a ya mo kgahlanyetsa, mme a re ho kgosi Jehoshafate: “Na ke hantle ho thusa batho ba kgopo, le ho rata ba hloileng Morena? Ka baka leo, Morena o o halefetse.
3 Leha ho le jwalo, o entse ho hong ho lokileng: O tlositse ditshwantsho tsa Ashera naheng ena, mme o itokiseditse ho sebeletsa Modimo.”
4 Jehoshafate o ne a ahile Jerusalema, empa o ne a ye a tsamaye hara setjhaba, ho tloha Beeresheba ho ya fihla naheng e maralla ya Efraime, a ntse a bolella setjhaba hore se kgutlele ho Morena Modimo wa bo-ntata sona.
5 Naheng yohle ya Juda a bea moahlodi motseng o mong le o mong o haheleditsweng.
6 A re ho baahlodi bana: “Hlokomelang seo le se etsang, hobane ha le ahlolele motho, empa le ahlolela Morena, ya leng teng ha le ahlola.
7 Ka baka leo, tshabang Morena. Elang hloko, mme le sebetse jwalo. Modimo wa rona ha a sothe toka, ha a ye ka tshobotsi, ha a batle tjotjo.”