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₁UMoya kaNkulunkulu waba phezu kuka-Azariya indodana ka-Odedi; ₂waphuma ukuhlangabeza u-Asa, wathi kuye: “Ngizweni, Asa, noJuda wonke, noBenjamini, uJehova unani, uma ninaye; uma nimfuna, uyakufunyanwa yinina; kepha uma nimshiya, uyakunishiya nani. ₃Kwakuyizinsuku eziningi u-Israyeli engenaye uNkulunkulu oqinisileyo, namfundisi ofundisayo, namthetho; ₄kepha ekuhluphekeni kwabo baphendukela kuJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, bamfuna; wafunyanwa yibo. ₅Ngaleso sikhathi kwakungekho kuthula kophumayo nakongenayo, ngokuba ukuphaphatheka okukhulu kwakukhona phezu kwabo bonke abakhe ezweni. ₆Isizwe saphahlazwa yisizwe nomuzi ngumuzi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wabesabisa ngezinkathazo zonke. ₇Kepha nina yibani namandla, zingadangali izandla zenu, ngokuba umsebenzi wenu uyakuba nomvuzo wawo.”

₈Lapho u-Asa esezwa lawo mazwi nesiprofetho sika-Azariya ka-Odedi umprofethi, waziqinisa isibindi, wasusa izinengiso ezweni lonke lakwaJuda noBenjamini, nasemizini ayeyithathile ezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi, walivusa i-altare likaJehova elaliphambi kompheme kaJehova.

₉Wabutha wonke uJuda noBenjamini nabagogobele kubo bevela kwa-Efrayimi, nakwaManase, nakwaSimeyoni, ngokuba abaningi bahlubukela kuye bevela kwa-Israyeli, lapho bebona ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe unaye.

₁₀Babuthana eJerusalema ngenyanga yesithathu ngomnyaka weshumi nanhlanu wokubusa kuka-Asa. ₁₁Bahlabela uJehova ngalolo suku empangweni ababeyilethile, izinkabi ezingamakhulu ayisikhombisa nezimvu eziyizinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa. ₁₂Bangena esivumelwaneni sokumfuna uJehova uNkulunkulu wawoyise ngayo yonke inhliziyo yabo nangawo wonke umphefumulo wabo, ₁₃nesokuba bonke ababengamfuni uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli babulawe, noma bebancane noma bebakhulu, owesilisa noma owesifazane. ₁₄Bafunga kuJehova ngezwi elikhulu, nangokukhamuluka, nangamacilongo, nangemitshingo. ₁₅Wonke uJuda wathokoza ngesifungo, ngokuba babefungile ngayo yonke inhliziyo yabo, bamfuna ngakho konke ukufisa kwabo; wafunyanwa yibo; uJehova wabaphumuza nxazonke.

₁₆Wamsusa uMahakha unina ka-Asa inkosi ebukhosikazini, ngokuba wayemenzele u-Ashera* isithombe esinengekayo; u-Asa wagawula isithombe sakhe, wasicolisisa, wasishisa ngasemfudlaneni iKidroni. ₁₇Kodwa izindawo eziphakemeyo azisuswanga kwa-Israyeli; nokho inhliziyo ka-Asa yayiphelele zonke izinsuku zakhe. ₁₈Wangenisa endlini kaNkulunkulu izinto ezingcwele zikayise nezinto zakhe ezingcwele: isiliva, negolide, nezitsha.

₁₉Akwabe kusaba khona ukulwa kwaze kwaba semnyakeni wamashumi amathathu nanhlanu wokubusa kuka-Asa.