Jehosafat ta kwaniilekwa
1 Jehosafat okwa landula he Asa muukwaniilwa e ta kondjitha Israel noonkondo. 2 Okwa langeke omatanga miilandohote yaJuda, moshilongo shaJuda nomiilando mbyoka ya kwatelwe po kuAsa moshikandjo shaEfraim. 3 Omuwa okwa yambeke Jehosafat, oshoka okwa landulile oshinkoti shahe shopetameko noina simaneka Baal. 4 Okwa longele Kalunga kahe, a vulika kiipango yaKalunga ye ina ninga, ngaashi aakwaniilwa yaIsrael ya ningi. 5 Omuwa okwa pe Jehosafat epangelo lya kola moshilongo shaJuda, naantu oye mu etele omilongelo, e ta ningi omuyamba nomusimanekwa unene. 6 Okwi ikumike mokulongela Kalunga e ta hanagula po omahala agehe giinonoma yuupagani niiyelekela yoshikalungakiintu Asheera muJuda.
7 Momumvo omutitatu gwepangelo lye okwa tumu aambala ye Benhail, Obadia, Sakaria, Netanel naMikaia, ya ka longe aantu miilando yaJuda. 8 Oya thindikilwa kAalevi omugoyi naayambi yaali. Aalevi oyo Shemaia, Netania, Sebadia, Asahel, Shemiramot, Jehonatan, Adonia, Tobia naTobadonia, naayambi oyo Elishama naJoram. 9 Oya kutha embo lyompango yOmuwa e taa ende iilando ayihe yaJuda taa longo aantu ompango.
Uunene waJehosafat
10 Omuwa okwa mbandameke iilongo ayihe ya kunduka Juda okuhingila Jehosafat iita. 11 Aafilisti yamwe oye etele Jehosafat oshisiliveli oshindji nomagano galwe, nAayarabi yamwe oye mu etele oonzi 7 700 niikombo 7 700. 12 Jehosafat okwa kala ta yi pombanda moonkondo. MuJuda alihe okwa tungile mo omapopilongulu niilando, 13 moka omaliko ga li ga pungulilwa mo ogendjigendji.
MuJerusalem okwa li e na mo aaniihako ya dhenga pombanda 14 pamaludhi gawo. Adna okwa li ondjayi yomatanga goludhi lwaJuda; nokwa li e na aakwiita 300 000 mewiliko lye. 15 Ontega naye oJehohanan e na aakwiita 280 000, 16 nomutitatu oAmasia gaSikri e na aakwiita 200 000. (Amasia okwa li i igandjela Omuwa.) 17 Ondjayi yomatanga goludhi lwaBenjamin oya li Eliada, omukwiita ofule ta wilike aakwiita 200 000 ya homata iikandekitho nomagonga. 18 Ngoka e mu landula omutiyali, oye Jehosabad e na aantu 180 000 ya pyokokela nawa okukondja. 19 Aalumentu mbaka oya yakula omukwaniilwa muJerusalem, kakele kaamboka e ya langekele miilandohote yilwe yaJuda.
Jehoshaphat Becomes King
1 Jehoshaphat succeeded his father Asa as king and strengthened his position against Israel. 2 He stationed troops in the fortified cities of Judah, in the Judean countryside, and in the cities which Asa had captured in the territory of Ephraim. 3 The Lord blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early life and did not worship Baal. 4 He served his father's God, obeyed God's commands, and did not act the way the kings of Israel did. 5 The Lord gave Jehoshaphat firm control over the kingdom of Judah, and all the people brought him gifts, so that he became wealthy and highly honored. 6 He took pride in serving the Lord and destroyed all the pagan places of worship and the symbols of the goddess Asherah in Judah.
7 In the third year of his reign he sent out the following officials to teach in the cities of Judah: Benhail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah. 8 They were accompanied by nine Levites and two priests. The Levites were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and the priests were Elishama and Jehoram. 9 They took the book of the Law of the Lord and went through all the towns of Judah, teaching it to the people.
Jehoshaphat's Greatness
10 The Lord made all the surrounding kingdoms afraid to go to war against King Jehoshaphat. 11 Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat a large amount of silver and other gifts, and some Arabs brought him 7,700 sheep and 7,700 goats. 12 So Jehoshaphat continued to grow more and more powerful. Throughout Judah he built fortifications and cities, 13 where supplies were stored in huge amounts.
In Jerusalem he stationed outstanding officers, 14 according to their clans. Adnah was the commander of the troops from the clans of Judah, and he had 300,000 soldiers under him. 15 Second in rank was Jehohanan, with 280,000 soldiers, 16 and third was Amasiah son of Zichri, with 200,000. (Amasiah had volunteered to serve the Lord.) 17 The commander of the troops from the clans of Benjamin was Eliada, an outstanding soldier, in command of 200,000 men armed with shields and bows. 18 His second in command was Jehozabad with 180,000 men, well-equipped for battle. 19 These soldiers served the king in Jerusalem, and in addition he stationed others in the other fortified cities of Judah.
