11 Tsopano Asa anayamba kupemphera kwa Yehova Mulungu wake,+ kuti: “Inu Yehova mukafuna kuthandiza, zilibe kanthu kuti anthuwo ndi ambiri kapena ndi opanda mphamvu.+ Tithandizeni Yehova Mulungu wathu chifukwa tikudalira inu,+ ndipo tabwera m’dzina lanu+ kudzamenyana ndi khamuli. Inu Yehova ndinu Mulungu wathu.+ Musalole kuti munthu akuposeni mphamvu.”+

12 Inu Mulungu wathu kodi simuwaweruza?+ Ifeyo patokha tilibe mphamvu zotha kulimbana ndi khamu lalikulu limene likubwera kudzamenyana nafeli+ ndipo sitikudziwa chochita,+ koma maso athu ali pa inu.”+

8 Iyo ikudalira mphamvu za anthu,*+ koma ife tili ndi Yehova Mulungu wathu+ kuti atithandize ndi kutimenyera nkhondo zathu.”+ Pamenepo anthuwo anayamba kulimba mtima chifukwa cha mawu a Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda.+