1 UJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda wabuyela ngokuphila endlini yakhe eJerusalema.
2 UJehu, indodana kaHanani umboni, waphuma ukumhlangabeza, wathi enkosini uJehoshafati: “Usiza yini ababi, uthanda abamzondayo uJehova na? Ngalokho intukuthelo iphezu kwakho ivela kuJehova.
3 Nokho kufunyaniswa kuwe nezinto ezinhle, ngokuba ususile o-Ashera* ezweni, wabhekisa inhliziyo yakho ukuba ifune uNkulunkulu.”
4 UJehoshafati wahlala eJerusalema, kepha wabuye waphuma, wahamba phakathi kwabantu, kusukela eBeri Sheba kuze kube sezintabeni, wababuyisela kuJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise.
5 Wamisa abahluleli ezweni emizini yonke ebiyelweyo yakwaJuda, imizi ngemizi, wathi kubahluleli:
6 “Bhekani enikwenzayo, ngokuba anahluleleli umuntu kepha uNkulunkulu, onani ekwahluleleni.
7 Ngalokho ingebhe ngoJehova mayibe phezu kwenu; qaphelani nikwenze, ngokuba ukungalungi akukho kuJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, nokukhetha ubuso, nokwamukela umvuzo.”
8 Futhi uJehoshafati wamisa eJerusalema kumaLevi nakubapristi nasezinhlokweni zawoyise bakwa-Israyeli abokwahlulela kukaJehova nabombango. Sebebuyela eJerusalema,
9 wabayala wathi: “Niyakwenze njalo ngokumesaba uJehova, ngeqiniso nangenhliziyo epheleleyo.
10 Yonke imibango efika kini ivela kubafowenu abahlala emizini yabo phakathi kwegazi negazi, noma phakathi komthetho nomyalo, noma phakathi kwezimiso nezahlulelo, niyakubaxwayisa ngayo ukuba bangabi nacala kuJehova, nehlelwe yintukuthelo nina nabafowenu; yenzani njalo, aniyikuba nacala.
11 “Bheka, u-Amariya umpristi omkhulu uphezu kwenu kuzo zonke izindaba zikaJehova, noZebadiya indodana ka-Ishmayeli, umbusi wendlu yakwaJuda, kuzo zonke izindaba zenkosi; namaLevi ayakuba yizinduna ngaphambi kwenu. Yibani namandla ekwenzeni kwenu, uJehova uyakuba nabalungileyo.”