1. Ndipo zitatha izi, kunacitika kuti ana a Moabu, ndi ana a Amoni, ndi ena pamodzi ndi Aamoni, anadza kuyambana nkhondo ndi Yehosafati.
2. Pamenepo anadza anthu akuuza Yehosafati, kuti, Ukudzerani unyinji waukuru wa anthu ocokera tsidya la nyanja ku Aramu; ndipo taonani, ali ku Hazazoni Tamara, ndiwo Engedi.
3. Ndipo Yehosafati anacita mantha, nalunjikitsa nkhope yace kufuna Yehova, nalalikira kusala mwa Ayuda onse.
4. Namemezedwa Yuda afunsire kwa Yehova, inde anacokera ku midzi yonse ya Yuda kufuna Yehova.
5. Ndipo Yehosafati anaima mu msonkhano wa Ayuda, ndi a ku Yerusalemu, ku nyumba ya Yehova, pakati pa bwalo latsopano;
6. nati, Yehova Mulungu wa makolo athu, Inu sindinu Mulungu wa m'Mwamba kodi? sindinu woweruza maufumu onse a amitundu kodi? ndi m'dzanja mwanu muli mphamvu yolimba; palibe wina wakulaka Inu.
7. Sindinu Mulungu wathu, amene munainga nzika za m'dziko muno pa maso pa ana anu Israyeli, ndi kulininkha kwa mbeu ya Abrahamu bwenzi lanu kosatha?