Buka ya Bobedi ya Dikronike

18 Josafate o ne a ena le maruo le kganya e ngata+ empa a etsa selekane sa lenyalo le Akabe.+ 2 Dilemo ha morao a theohela Samaria ho Akabe+ mme Akabe a etsetsa Josafate le batho ba neng ba ena le yena sehlabelo ka dinku le dikgomo tse ngata. A mo kgothaletsa* hore a hlasele Ramothe-gileade.+ 3 Morena Akabe wa Iseraele a re ho Morena Josafate wa Juda: “Na o tla ya le nna motseng wa Ramothe-gileade?” A re ho yena: “Ke tla ya le wena le setjhaba sa ka mme re tla o tshehetsa ntweng.”

4 Empa Josafate a re ho morena wa Iseraele: “Ke kopa o botse Jehova pele ka taba ena.”+ 5 Morena wa Iseraele a bokella baprofeta ba 400 mme a re ho bona: “Na re ka yo lwantsha motse wa Ramothe-gileade kapa ke o tlohele?” Ba re: “Tsamaya mme Modimo wa nnete o tla o thusa hore o hlole.”

6 Josafate a re: “Na ho na le moprofeta e mong wa Jehova moo?+ Le yena a re mo botseng.”+ 7 Morena wa Iseraele a re ho Josafate: “Ho na le monna e mong+ eo re ka mo botsang hore na Jehova o reng ka taba ena. Empa ke mo hloile hobane ha ho mohla a profetang dintho tse ntle ka nna, o dula a profeta tse mpe feela.+ Ke Mikaia mora wa Imla.” Josafate a re: “Morena a se ke a bua ka tsela ena.”

8 Morena wa Iseraele a bitsa molaodi wa lekgotla a re: “Potlaka o tle le Mikaia mora wa Imla.”+ 9 Morena wa Iseraele o ne a dutse teroneng ya hae le Josafate morena wa Juda a dutse teroneng ya hae, ba apere diaparo tsa bona tsa borena. Ba ne ba dutse seotlong* keiting ya Samaria mme baprofeta bohle ba profeta ka pela bona. 10 Tsedekia mora wa Kenana a iketsetsa manaka a tshepe mme a re: “Jehova o re, ‘O tla hlaba* Basiria ka manaka ana ho fihlela o ba fedisitse.’” 11 Baprofeta ba bang bohle ba ne ba profeta se tshwanang ba re: “Tsamaya o yo lwantsha Ramothe-gileade mme Jehova o tla o thusa hore o e hlole.”+

12 Moromuwa ya neng a ilo bitsa Mikaia a re ho yena: “Baprofeta bohle ba re morena o tla atleha. Le wena ke kopa o bue dintho tse ntle.”+ 13 Mikaia a re: “Ke hlapanya ka Jehova ya phelang hore ke tla bua seo Modimo wa ka a tla mpolella sona.”+ 14 Ha Mikaia a fihla, morena a re ho yena: “Mikaia, re lwantshe Ramothe-gileade kapa ke e tlohele?” Mikaia a re: “Tsamaya o yo e lwantsha mme le tla e hlola.” 15 Morena a re ho yena: “Ke tla etsa hore o hlapanye ka makgetlo a makae e le hore o bue nnete mme o bue feela seo Jehova a o boleletseng sona?”* 16 Mikaia a re: “Ke bone Baiseraele bohle ba hasane dithabeng jwalo ka dinku tse se nang modisa.+ Jehova o itse: ‘Ha ba na morena. Ere e mong le e mong a kgutlele ntlong ya hae ka kgotso.’”

17 Morena wa Iseraele a re ho Josafate: “Na ha ke a o bolella hore a ke ke a profeta dintho tse ntle ka nna empa o tla profeta tse mpe feela?”+

18 Mikaia a re: “Utlwa lentswe la Jehova: Ke bone Jehova a dutse teroneng+ ya hae mme mangeloi* ohle+ a eme ka lehlakoreng la hae le letona le le letshehadi.+ 19 Jehova a re, ‘Ke mang ya tla thetsa Morena Akabe wa Iseraele e le hore a ye Ramothe-gileade mme a shwelle teng?’ Lengeloi le leng le ne le re tjena mme le leng le re tjena. 20 Lengeloi+ le leng la tla ka pela Jehova la re, ‘Ke tla mo thetsa.’ Jehova a re ho lona, ‘O tla mo thetsa jwang?’ 21 La re, ‘Ke tla thetsa baprofeta ba hae e le hore ba tle ba bue leshano.’ A re ho lona, ‘Tsamaya o yo mo thetsa hobane o tla atleha.’ 22 Jehova o entse hore baprofeta bana ba hao ba bue leshano+ empa ha e le hantle Jehova yena o ikemiseditse ho o fa kotlo.”

23 Tsedekia+ mora wa Kenana a atamela ho Mikaia+ mme a mo otla lerameng+ a re: “Lengeloi la Jehova le mphetile jwang mme la bua le wena?”+ 24 Mikaia a re: “O tla bona hore na le o fetile jwang mohlang o yo ipata kamoreng e ka harehare.” 25 Morena wa Iseraele a re: “Isa Mikaia ho Amone letona la motse le ho Joashe mora wa morena. 26 O re ho bona, ‘Morena o re: “Kwallang monna enwa teronkong+ mme le fokotse metsi le dijo tseo a lokelang ho di fuwa ho fihlela ke kgutla ke ntse ke phela.”’” 27 Empa Mikaia a re: “Haeba o ka kgutla o ntse o phela, e tla ba Jehova ha a bua le nna.”+ A boela a re: “Lona setjhaba, le hopole mantswe ana.”

28 Morena wa Iseraele le Josafate morena wa Juda ba ya Ramothe-gileade.+ 29 Morena wa Iseraele a re ho Josafate: “Ke tla apara diaparo tse ding ebe ke kena ntweng empa wena o apare diaparo tsa hao tsa borena.” Morena wa Iseraele a apara diaparo tse ding yaba ba kena ntweng. 30 Morena wa Siria o ne a itse ho balaodi ba dikariki tsa hae tsa ntwa: “Le se ke la lwantsha motho ofe kapa ofe empa le lwantshe morena wa Iseraele feela.” 31 Ha balaodi ba dikariki tsa ntwa ba bona Josafate ba re: “Enwa ke yena morena wa Iseraele.” Ba ya ho yena ba mo lwantsha yaba Josafate o a hweletsa o kopa thuso.+ Jehova a mo thusa mme a etsa hore ba mo tlohele. 32 Ha balaodi ba dikariki tsa ntwa ba bona hore ha se morena wa Iseraele, hanghang ba kgutla.

33 Monna e mong a betsa motsu wa seqha sa hae, ha etsahala* hore motsu oo o kene seaparong sa tshepe sa morena wa Iseraele mme o mo hlabe. Morena a re ho mokganni wa kariki ya hae ya ntwa: “Ke kopa o ntlose ntweng* hobane ke lemetse haholo.”+ 34 Ntwa ya tswela pele letsatsi lohle. Morena wa Iseraele a tlameha ho ema a tsheheditswe kariking ya hae ya ntwa, a shebile Basiria ho fihlela mantsiboya, a shwa ha letsatsi le dikela.+