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?
8. nakhala m'mwemo iwowa, nakumangirani m'mwemo malo opatulika a dzina lanu, ndi kuti,
9. Cikatigwera coipa, lupanga, ciweruzo, kapena mliri, kapena njala, tidzakhala ciriri pakhomo pa nyumba iyi, ndi pamaso panu, (pakuti m'nyumba muno muli dzina lanu), ndi kupfuulira kwa Inu m'kusauka kwathu; ndipo mudzamvera ndi kulanditsa.
10. Ndipo tsopano, taonani ana a Amoni, ndi Moabu, ndi a ku phiri la Seiri, amene simunalola Israyeli awalowere, pakuturuka iwo m'dziko la Aigupto, koma anawapambukira osawaononga;
11. tapenyani, m'mene atibwezera; kudzatiinga m'colowa canu, cimene munatipatsa cikhale colowa cathu.
12. Mulungu wathu, simudzawaweruza? pakuti mwa ife mulibe mphamvu yakulimbana nao aunyinji ambiri awa akutidzera; ndipo sitidziwa ngati tidzatani, koma maso athu ali kwa Inu.
13. Ndipo Ayuda onse anakhala ciriri pamaso pa Yehova, pamodzi ndi makanda ao, akazi ao, ndi ana ao.
14. Pamenepo mzimu wa Yehova unagwera Yahazieli mwana wa Zekriya, mwana wa Benaya, mwana wa Yetieli, mwana wa Mataniya, Mlevi, wa ana a Asafu, pakati pa msonkhano;
15. nati iye, Tamverani Ayuda inu nonse, ndi inu okhala m'Yerusalemu, ndi inu mfumu Yehosafati, atero nanu Yehova, Musaope musatenge nkhawa cifukwa ca aunyinji ambiri awa; pakuti nkhondoyi si yanu, koma ya Mulungu.
16. Mawa muwatsikire; taonani, akwera pokwerera pa Zizi, mudzakomana nao polekezera cigwa cakuno ca cipululu ca Yerueli.
17. Si kwanu kucita nkhondo kuno ai; cirimikani, imani, nimupenye cipulumutso ca Yehova pa inu Yuda ndi Yerusalemu; musaope, kapena kutenga nkhawa; mawa muwaturukire, popeza Yehova ali ndi inu.
18. Ndipo Yehosafati anawerama mutu wace, nkhope yace pansi; ndi Ayuda onse, ndi okhala m'Yerusalemu anagwa pansi pamaso pa Yehova, nalambira Yehova.
19. Ndipo Alevi, a ana a Akohati, ndi a ana a Kora, anauka kulemekeza Yehova Mulungu wa Israyeli ndi mau omveketsa.
20. Nalawira mamawa, naturuka kumka ku cipululu ca Tekoa; ndipo poturuka iwo, Yehosafati anakhala ciriri, nati, Mundimvere ine, Ayuda inu, ndi inu okhala m'Yerusalemu, Hmbikani mwa Yehova Mulungu wanu, ndipo mudzakhazikika; khulupirirani aneneri ace, ndipo mudzalemerera.
21. Ndipo atafunsana ndi anthu, anaika oyimbira Yehova, ndi kulemekeza ciyero cokometsetsa, pakuturuka iwo kutsogolera khamu la nkhondo, ndi kuti, Yamikani Yehova, pakuti cifundo cace cikhala cosatha.