8 Na Israel hene ka kyerɛɛ Yehosafat sɛ: “Baako da so wɔ hɔ a yɛbɛtumi ama ɔno nso abisa Yehowa anom asɛm ama yɛn,+ nanso mempɛ n’asɛm koraa+ ɛfiri sɛ ɔnhyɛɛ me ho nkɔm pa biara da; me ho nkɔm bɔne nko ara na ɔhyɛ.+ Ɔno ne Yimla ba Mikaia.” Nanso Yehosafat ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Mma ɔhene nnka saa.”

15 Ɛno nti Yehowa bo fuu Amasia dendeenden, na ɔsomaa odiyifoɔ bi kɔɔ ne nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Adɛn nti na woakɔdi nkurɔfoɔ no anyame akyi, anyame a wɔantumi annye wɔn ankasa nkurɔfoɔ amfiri wo nsam?”+ 16 N’ano ansi na ɔhene no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: “Wo na yɛayi wo sɛ ɔhene fotufoɔ anaa?+ Twa so!+ Adɛn nti na worebɛyɛ ama wɔaku wo?” Ɛnna odiyifoɔ no twaa so, nanso ɔkaa sɛ: “Menim sɛ Onyankopɔn abɔ ne tirim sɛ ɔbɛsɛe wo, enti na woayɛ wei na m’afotuo nso woantie no.”+