3 Yehoramu+ mwana wa Ahabu wakaŵa themba la Israyeli mu Samariya mu chaka cha 18 cha Yehoshafati themba la Yuda. Ndipo wakawusa vyaka 12.2 Wakachita uheni pamaso pa Yehova, kweni wakatalulira nga umo wakachitira wiske na nyina chara, pakuti wakawuskamo chipilara chakupatulika cha Baala icho wiske wakapanga.+3 Kweni wakademelera ku zakwananga izo Yerobowamu mwana wa Nebati wakanangiska nazo Israyeli.+ Wakapatukako chara kwa izo.4 Mesha themba la Mowabu wakaŵa wakuŵeta mberere, ndipo wakapelekanga mithulo kwa themba la Israyeli twana twa mberere 100,000 na mberere zanalume 100,000 zambura kumeteka.5 Ahabu wakati wafwa,+ themba la Mowabu likagalukira themba la Israyeli.+6 Ntheura Themba Yehoramu likafuma ku Samariya pa zuŵa lira na kuwunganya Israyeli yose.7 Kweniso likatuma uthenga kwa Yehoshafati themba la Yuda, likati: “Themba la Mowabu lanigalukira. Kasi ulutenge nane kukarwa nkhondo na Mowabu?” Iyo wakati: “Nilutenge.+ Ine nili nga ndiwe. Ŵanthu ŵane ŵali nga mbanthu ŵako. Mahachi ghane ghali nga ni mahachi ghako.”+8 Yehoshafati wakati: “Kasi tendere nthowa nji?” Yehoramu wakati: “Nthowa ya ku mapopa gha Edomu.”9 Ntheura themba la Israyeli likanyamuka pamoza na themba la Yuda na themba la Edomu.+ Ŵakati ŵazingilira mazuŵa 7, kukaŵavya maji kuti ŵankhondo ŵawo ŵamwe na viŵeto vyawo ivyo ŵakaŵa navyo.10 Themba la Israyeli likati: “Mbaya we! Yehova wachema mathemba ghatatu agha na kughapeleka mu woko la Mowabu!”11 Yehoshafati wakati: “Kasi kuno kulije ntchimi ya Yehova, iyo yingatifumbira kwa Yehova?”+ Kweni yumoza wa ŵateŵeti ŵa themba la Israyeli wakazgora kuti: “Waliko, Elisha+ mwana wa Shafati, uyo wakapunguliranga maji mu mawoko gha Eliya.”*+12 Yehoshafati wakati: “Mazgu gha Yehova ghali na iyo.” Ntheura themba la Israyeli, Yehoshafati, na themba la Edomu ŵakakhilira kwa iyo.13 Elisha wakati kwa themba la Israyeli: “Kasi nili nawe kanthu wuli?*+ Luta kwa ntchimi za awuso na ku ntchimi za anyoko.”+ Kweni themba la Israyeli likati: “Yayi, pakuti ni Yehova uyo wachema mathemba ghatatu agha na kughapeleka mu woko la Mowabu.”14 Elisha wakati: “Nadi pano Yehova wa mawumba wamoyo, uyo nkhumuteŵetera,* kuŵenge kuti nkhumuchindika chara Yehoshafati+ themba la Yuda, mphanyi nalaŵiskako chara kwa iwe panji kukuwona.+15 Sono unipe munthu wakulizga bango.”*+ Munthu yura wakati wamba kulizga bango, woko la Yehova likiza pa Elisha.+16 Iyo wakati: “Yehova wakuti: ‘Jimani ngalande zinandi mu dambo ili.17 Pakuti Yehova wakuti: “Muwonenge chara mphepo nesi vula. Kweni dambo ili lizurenge maji,+ mumwenge penepapa, imwe, viŵeto vinu, na vinyama vinu vinyake.”’18 Aka nkhanthu kachoko chomene pamaso pa Yehova,+ pakuti wapelekengeso Mowabu mu woko linu.+19 Muwiskire pasi misumba yose ya malinga ghakukhora+ na msumba uliwose uwemi. Mudumulire pasi makuni ghose ghawemi, muwundire mbwiwi zose za maji, na kunanga malo ghose ghawemi na malibwe.”+20 Kukati kwacha mulenji, pa nyengo yakupelekera sembe ya vyamuminda ya mulenji,+ mwamabuchi maji ghakiza kufumira ku Edomu, ndipo charu chikazura maji.21 Ŵamowabu wose ŵakati ŵapulika kuti mathemba ghiza kuzakarwa nawo nkhondo, ŵakawunganya ŵanalume wose awo ŵakamanyanga kuyegha vilwero,* ndipo ŵakimilira mu mphaka.22 Ŵakati ŵawuka mulenjilenji, dazi likaŵalira pa maji, ndipo Ŵamowabu ku sirya linyake lira, ŵakawonanga maji ghara kuti ngaswesi nga ni ndopa.23 Ŵakati: “Izi ni ndopa! Mathemba ghakomana ghekhaghekha na lupanga. Sono iwe Mowabu, tiyeni tikayore vinthu!”+24 Ŵakati ŵafika ku msasa wa Israyeli, Ŵaisrayeli ŵakawuka na kwamba kutimba Ŵamowabu, ndipo ŵakaŵachimbira.+ Ŵakaŵachimbizga m’paka ku Mowabu, ŵakaŵatimba Ŵamowabu apo ŵakachimbiranga.25 Ŵakapasura misumba, ndipo munthu waliyose wakaponya libwe pa malo ghose ghawemi, ŵakazuzgapo malibwe. Ŵakawundira mbwiwi zose za maji,+ na kudumura khuni lililose liwemi.+ Paumaliro, viliŵa vyamalibwe pera vya ku Kiri-hareseti+ ndivyo vikakhala. Ndipo ŵakuponya malibwe ŵakawuzingilizga msumba uwu na kuwubwangandura.26 Themba la Mowabu likati lawona kuti latondeka nkhondo, likatora ŵanalume 700 ŵa malupanga kuti ŵajumphe kuya kwa themba la Edomu,+ kweni ŵakatondeka.27 Penepapo likatora mwana wake wakwamba uyo wakeneranga kuwusa mu malo ghake na kumupeleka sembe yakotcha+ pa linga. Ndipo ukali ukuru ukiza pa Ŵaisrayeli, ntheura ŵakafumako kwa iyo na kuwelera ku charu chawo.
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