1 UJehoshafati indodana yakhe waba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe, waziqinisa ukulwa no-Israyeli.
2 Wabeka amabutho emizini yonke ebiyelweyo yakwaJuda, wabeka amakhanda ezweni lakwaJuda, nasemizini yakwa-Efrayimi u-Asa uyise ayithathileyo.
3 UJehova wayenaye uJehoshafati, ngokuba wahamba ngezindlela zokuqala zikayise uDavide, akafunanga oBali,
4 kepha wafuna uNkulunkulu kayise, wahamba ngemiyalo yakhe, kungengakwenza kuka-Israyeli.
5 Ngalokho uJehova wawuqinisa umbuso esandleni sakhe; wonke uJuda wathela intela kuJehoshafati, wayenengcebo nodumo olukhulu.
6 Inhliziyo yakhe yaphakanyiswa ezindleleni zikaJehova; futhi wasusa izindawo eziphakemeyo nawo-Ashera* kwaJuda.
7 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwakhe wathuma izikhulu zakhe oBeni Hayili, no-Obadiya, noZakariya, noNethaneli, noMikhaya ukuba zifundise emizini yakwaJuda,