Buka ea Bobeli ea Marena 16:1-20
16 Ha Peka mora oa Remalia a e-na le lilemo tse 17 a busa, Akaze+ mora oa Morena Jothame oa Juda ea e-ba morena.
2 Akaze o ne a le lilemo li 20 ha e e-ba morena ’me a busa Jerusalema ka lilemo tse 16. O ne a sa tšoane le moholo-holo oa hae Davida ea neng a etsa lintho tse thabisang Jehova.+
3 Empa o ile a etsa lintho tse neng li etsoa ke marena a Iseraele+ a ba a chesa* mora oa hae+ e le ha a etsisa mekhoa e nyonyehang ea lichaba+ tseo Jehova a li lelekileng ha Baiseraele ba ne ba hapa naha.
4 O ne a etsa linyehelo le mahlabelo a kubellang mosi libakeng tse phahameng,+ maralleng le tlas’a lifate tse ntle tse tala.+
5 Morena Rezine oa Siria le Peka mora oa Remalia morena oa Iseraele, ba hlasela Jerusalema.+ Ba ile ba thibella motse oo Akaze a neng a lula ho oona empa ha baa ka ba o hlola.
6 Morena Rezine oa Siria a khutlisetsa motse oa Elathe+ ho Baedomo ’me a leleka Bajuda* ho oona. Baedomo ba ea Elathe ’me ba lula moo ho fihlela letsatsing lena.
7 Akaze a roma baromuoa ho Morena Tiglathe-pilesere+ oa Asiria ’me a re ba re ho eena: “Ke mohlanka oa hao ebile ke mora oa hao. Tloo u tl’o mpholosa ho marena a ntlhaselang e leng morena oa Siria le morena oa Iseraele.”
8 Akaze a nka silevera le khauta tse neng li le ka tlung ea Jehova le ka matlotlong a ntlo ea morena* eaba o li romela ho morena oa Asiria e le tjotjo.+
9 Morena oa Asiria a lumela ho mo thusa ’me a e’o hlasela Damaseka le ho e hapa. A isa baahi ba eona botlamuoeng Kire+ eaba o bolaea Rezine.+
10 Morena Akaze a ea Damaseka a e’o kopana le Morena Tiglathe-pilesere oa Asiria. Ha a bona aletare e Damaseka, a romella moprista Uria polane ea eona.+
11 Moprista Uria+ a haha aletare+ ho ea ka polane eo Morena Akaze a neng a mo romeletse eona ho tsoa Damaseka. O ile a qeta ho e haha pele Morena Akaze a khutla Damaseka.
12 Ha morena a khutla Damaseka ’me a bona aletare, a ea ho eona ’me a etsa linyehelo holim’a eona.+
13 O ne a chesa linyehelo tsa secheso le linyehelo tsa lijo* holim’a aletare eo. O ne a boetse a tšela linyehelo tsa seno a bile a fafatsa mali a mahlabelo a kopanetsoeng ho eona.
14 Akaze a tlosa aletare ea koporo+ e neng e le ka pel’a Jehova moo e neng e lula teng ka pel’a ntlo, pakeng tsa aletare ea hae le ntlo ea Jehova ’me a e beha lehlakoreng le ka leboea la aletare ea hae.
15 Morena Akaze a re ho moprista Uria:+ “Hoseng u etse nyehelo ea secheso aletareng e kholo+ le mantsiboea u etse nyehelo ea lijo,+ nyehelo ea secheso ea morena, nyehelo ea hae ea lijo, linyehelo tsa secheso, linyehelo tsa lijo le linyehelo tsa seno tsa batho bohle. Hape u fafatse aletare ka mali ’ohle a linyehelo tsa secheso le a mahlabelo a mang. Aletare eona ke tla u bolella hore na u etse’ng ka eona.”
16 Moprista Uria a etsa lintho tsohle tseo Morena Akaze a neng a itse a li etse.+
17 Morena Akaze a liha mabota a mahlakoreng a literoli+ ’me a tlosa le libeisine tse neng li le holim’a tsona.+ O ile a tlosa Tanka e neng e le holim’a lipoho tsa koporo+ tse e tšehelitseng eaba o e beha lebaleng le entsoeng ka majoe.+
18 A tlosa mohaho o pel’a tempele o neng o sebelisoa ka Sabatha le tsela e ka ntle e eang ntlong ea morena, a li tlosa ntlong ea Jehova. O ile a etsa sena ka lebaka la morena oa Asiria.
19 Histori eohle ea Akaze le lintho tsohle tseo a ileng a li etsa, li ngotsoe bukeng ea histori ea marena a Juda.+
20 Akaze a shoa* ’me a pateloa Motseng oa Davida moholo-holo oa hae. Mora oa hae Ezekiase*+ ea e-ba morena.
Linaletsana
^ Ka Seheberu: “fetisa mollong.”
^ Kapa: “banna ba Juda.”
^ Kapa: “phaleisi.”
^ Ka Seheberu: “lijo-thollo.” Sheba Tlhaloso.
^ Ka Seheberu: “a patoa joaloka baholo-holo ba hae.”
^ E bolelang “Jehova oa Matlafatsa.”
