1 Ke kaloku uMoya kaThixo wafikela uAzariya unyana kaOdede,
2 waza wanduluka waya kuAsa, wafika wathi kuye: “Khanindiphulaphule, Asa, nani nonke maJuda namaBhenjamin! Niyabona, *uNdikhoyo uba nani xa nani ningakuye. Xa nizondelela ukumfuna nomfumana; kodwa ke xa nithe namshiya, naye wonishiya.
3 Yaba lithuba elide amaSirayeli engenaye uThixo wokwenene, engenaye nambingeleli wakufundisa; ewe, engenawo namthetho.
4 Kuloo nkxwaleko ke abuyela kuNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli, amfuna, aza amfumana.
5 Ngaloo mihla kwakungumngcipheko ukuhamba-hamba, kuba kaloku abemi belizwe babephithizela.
6 Isizwe sasitshatyalaliswa sesinye, isixeko sibhuqwa sesinye, kuba uThixo wayebaphithizelisa ngeendidi zonke zeenkxwaleko.
7 Kambe ke nina yomelelani ninganikezeli, kuba umsebenzi wenu woba nomvuzo.”
8 Suka ke uAsa wakhuthazeka akuyiva intshumayelo yomshumayeli unyana kaOdede. Wayitshitshisa imifanekiso engamasikizi kuwo wonke umhlaba wakwaJuda nowakwaBhenjamin, nakwiidolophu awazithimba kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim. Walilungisa iqonga likaNdikhoyo elaliphambi kwevaranda yendlu kaNdikhoyo.
9 Waza ke wamqokelela wonke uJuda noBhenjamin kwakunye namaEfrayim, amaManase, namaSimon awayeze kuma phakathi kwabo; kaloku into eninzi kubo yayimshiyile uSirayeli, yeza kuAsa, yakuqonda ukuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe ungakuye.
10 Ewe, bahlanganisana eJerusalem ngenyanga yesithathu kunyaka weshumi elinesihlanu wolawulo luka-Asa.
11 Ngelo thuba ke benzela uNdikhoyo amadini ngamakhulu asixhenxe eenkomo namawaka asixhenxe eegusha neebhokhwe; mfuyo leyo ke yayingamaxhoba ababuya nawo.
12 Bazibophelela kumnqophiso wokufuna uNdikhoyo uThixo wooyise ngomxhelo wabo wonke nangomphefumlo wonke.
13 Ke bona bonke ababengazimiselanga ukumfuna uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli bamiselwa ukubulawa, omdala nomncinci, oyindoda nongumfazi.
14 Bafunga phambi koNdikhoyo, baduma batsho ngentswahla namaxilongo nezigodlo.
15 Wonke uJuda wasithakazelela eso sifungo kuba wayesenze ngomxhelo wakhe wonke. UThixo bamfuna ngolangazelelo, baza ke bamfumana. Ngoko ke uNdikhoyo wabaphumza ngeenxa zonke.
16 Ukumkani uAsa wamkhiqa unina-khulu uMaka kwisikhundla sokuba yikumkanikazi; kaloku yena wayenze isikizi eliyintsika ka-Ashera. UAsa wayigawula loo ntsika wayinqunqa, waza wayitshisa kwintili yeKedron.
17 Nangona engazitshitshisanga iindawo eziphakamileyo zonqulo kwaSirayeli, noko uAsa wayenqula uNdikhoyo ngomxhelo wakhe wonke bonke ubomi bakhe.
18 Wayizisa endlwini kaThixo isiliva negolide nenye impahla yonqulo, leyo yena noyise babeyenze umnikelo.
19 Akuphindanga kubekho mfazwe, yada yangunyaka wamashumi amathathu anantlanu wolawulo luka-Asa.