1Tau tsis ntev tom qab no, cov tubrog Mau-am thiab cov tubrog Amoos, koom nrog cov Me-unis tuaj tua Yehausafas. 2Muaj ib co neeg los qhia rau Vajntxwv Yehausafas hais tias, “Cov tubrog Edoos coob heev tuaj txog ntawm Hiavtxwv Tuag sab tid, yuav tuaj tua koj. Lawv twb txeeb tau lub nroog Haxaxoos Tamaj lawm.” (Haxaxoos muaj dua ib lub npe hu ua Ekedis). 3Yehausafas ntshai heev, nws thiaj thov tus TSWV pab. Yog li ntawd, vajntxwv thiaj samhwm kom cov pejxeem sawvdaws ua kevcai yoo mov thoob lub tebchaws Yudas. 4Cov Yudas uas nyob txhua lub nroog puavleej tuaj rau hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees thiab thov tus TSWV pab, 5lawv thiab cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees mus sib sau rau hauv lub tshavpuam tshiab ntawm lub Tuamtsev. Vajntxwv Yehausafas thiaj mus sawv ntawm cov pejxeem hauv ntej 6thiab thov tus TSWV nrov nrov hais tias, “Tus TSWV uas yog peb cov yawgkoob tus Vajtswv, koj nyob saum ntuj kav tagnrho txhua haivneeg hauv ntiajteb no. Koj yog tus muaj hwjchim, muaj zog loj zog nchav, thiab tsis muaj leejtwg yuav tawmtsam yeej koj. 7Koj yog peb tus Vajtswv. Thaum koj haivneeg Yixalayees los nyob hauv lub tebchaws no, koj muab cov neeg uas ibtxwm nyob hauv no ntiab tawm, thiab muab lub tebchaws pub rau koj tus phoojywg Anplahas cov xeebntxwv ua lawv tug mus ibtxhis li. 8Lawv los nyob hauv lub tebchaws no thiab ua tau lub Tuamtsev rau sawvdaws pehawm koj, kom lawv paub hais tias 9yog muaj kev txomnyem nyuaj siab los raug lawv, rau txim rau lawv, tsis hais kev tsov kev rog, kev mob kev nkeeg, lossis kev tshaib kev nqhis, yog lawv tuaj sawv ntawm lub Tuamtsev uas yog qhov chaw pehawm koj no, thiab qhia lawv tej kev ntxhov siab rau koj, koj yeej yuav teb lawv tej lus thov thiab cawm lawv. 10“Nimno cov Amoos, cov Mau-am, thiab cov Edoos tuaj tua peb. Thaum peb cov yawgkoob tsiv nram tebchaws Iziv los, koj twb tsis pub peb cov yawgkoob los hla lawv lub tebchaws, yog li ntawd, peb cov yawgkoob thiaj tshuv kev mus thiab tsis tua lawv. 11Qhov uas lawv ua ntawd yog ua pauj rau peb, lawv tuaj muab peb raws tawm hauv lub tebchaws uas koj muab rau peb lawm. 12Koj yog peb tus Vajtswv! Thov koj rau txim rau lawv, rau qhov tsis muaj leejtwg pab peb kom dim ntawm cov tubrog coob heev uas tuaj tua peb. Peb tsis paub yuav ua li cas, tiamsis peb thov koj pab peb.” 13Tagnrho cov Yudas, tsis hais cov txivneej, cov pojniam thiab menyuam puavleej tuaj sawv ntawm lub Tuamtsev. 14Ces tus TSWV tus ntsujplig txawm los kav hlo Xakhaliyas tus tub Yahaxiyees uas yog ib tug Levis uas nrog cov neeg coob coob ntawd; nws yog cuab Axafes thiab yog Mataniyas, Ye-iyees, thiab Npenayas xeebntxwv. 15Yahaxiyees hais tias, “Vajntxwv, cov Yudas thiab cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees, tus TSWV hais rau kuv tias, nej tsis txhob qaug zog lossis ntshai cov tubrog coob coob ntawd; rau qhov Vajtswv yog tus tua lawv, tsis yog nej tua. 16Tagkis nej cia li mus tua lawv thaum lawv tabtom nce nram lub dawm Xixes tuaj. Nej yuav ntsib lawv ntawm lub hau hav uas cob rau ntawm roob mojsab qhua Yelu-ees. 17Nej yuav tsis tau tua lawv. Nej tsuas yog mus txum chaw tos xwb; nej yuav pom hais tias tus TSWV yuav ua kom nej kovyeej. Cov Yudas thiab cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees, nej tsis txhob poob siab lossis tsis txhob ntshai. Nej cia li mus, tus TSWV yuav nrog nraim nej.” 18Ces Vajntxwv Yehausafas txhos caug ntua nyo ntshis ua ntsej muag ti nkaus hauv av, thiab cov pejxeem sawvdaws nrog nws txhos caug pehawm tus TSWV. 19Cov Levis uas yog cuab Kauhas thiab cuab Kaulas, txawm sawv ntsug qw nrov nrov qhuas tus TSWV uas yog cov Yixalayees tus Vajtswv. 20Hnub tom qab sawv ntxov lawm txawm mus rau tom roob mojsab qhua uas ze lub nroog Tekau-as; thaum lawv sawv kev mus, Yehausafas txawm hais rau lawv tias, “Cov Yudas thiab cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees! Nej yuav tsum cia siab rau tus TSWV uas yog nej tus Vajtswv, thiab sawv khov kho. Nej cia li ntseeg tus TSWV tej lus uas cov cev Vajtswv lus qhia rau nej, nej thiaj yuav kovyeej.” 21Thaum vajntxwv hais rau lawv tas lawm, nws hais rau cov ntaus suab nkauj kom hnav cov tsho ntev uas lawv hnav rau tej lub sijhawm tseemceeb, mus ua cov tubrog ntej thiab hu nkauj hais tias, “Cia li qhuas tus TSWV! Nws txojkev hlub nyob mus ibtxhis!” 22Thaum lawv pib hu nkauj, tus TSWV txawm ua rau yeebncuab cov tubrog yoob tas. 23Cov tubrog Amoos thiab cov tubrog Mau-am tua cov tubrog Edoos tuag tas, ces cov tubrog Amoos thiab cov tubrog Mau-am txawm tig rov sib tua tuag tas huv tibsi thiab. 24Thaum cov tubrog Yudas mus txog saum lub ncov roob ntawm tiaj suabpuam, lawv tsa qhovmuag ntsia pom cov yeebncuab tuag pawglug rau hauv av tsis seem ib tug li. 25Yehausafas thiab nws cov tubrog thiaj mus khaws cov yeebncuab tej zaub mov, tej cuabyeej, tej ris tsho thiab txhua yam khoom muaj nqis. Tej khoom ntawd ntau heev, lawv khaws peb hnub thiaj tas. 26Hnub plaub lawv thiaj mus sib sau rau hauv lub Hav Npelakas thiab ua tus TSWV tsaug rau tej uas nws ua ntawd. Yog li ntawd, lawv thiaj muab lub voshav ntawd hu ua “Npelakas.” 27Yehausafas coj nws cov tubrog rov los rau hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees zoo siab heev, rau qhov tus TSWV ua rau lawv cov yeebncuab swb lawm. 28Thaum lawv los txog hauv nroog, lawv tshuab raj tshuab xyu thiab ntaus nruas npuaj mus rau hauv lub Tuamtsev. 29Txhua haivneeg uas hnov hais tias tus TSWV tau pab cov Yixalayees tua yeej lawv cov yeebncuab, mas ua rau lawv ntshai kawg li. 30Yog li ntawd, Yehausafas thiaj kav lub tebchaws nyob thajyeeb, thiab Vajtswv pub rau nws nyob kaj siab lug.
Yehausafas Tuag
(1 Vajntxwv 22.41-50)
31Yehausafas ua vajntxwv kav tebchaws Yudas thaum nws hnubnyoog muaj peb caug tsib xyoos, thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau nees nkaum tsib xyoos. Nws niam hu ua Axunpas uas yog Silehis tus ntxhais. 32Yehausafas coj lub neej zoo ib yam li nws txiv Axas coj los lawm, nws ua lub neej ncaj ncees tabmeeg tus TSWV; 33tiamsis nws tsis muab tej chaw teev dab rhuav povtseg li. Cov pejxeem thiaj tseem tsis tau muab lub siab tig los pehawm tus TSWV uas yog lawv cov yawgkoob tus Vajtswv. 34Txhua yam uas Vajntxwv Yehausafas ua thaum nws pib kav tebchaws mus txog thaum xaus, Hananis tus tub Yehus puavleej muab sau rau hauv Phau Ntawv Keebkwm uas teev cov Yixalayees cov Vajntxwv lub neej lawm. 35Tom qab ntawd cov Yudas tus Vajntxwv Yehausafas tau koom tes nrog cov Yixalayees tus Vajntxwv Ahaxiyas uas ua ntau yam kev phem kev qias. 36Nws nrog Ahaxiyas txua tau ib co nkoj rau ntawm Exi-oonkenpes yuav mus thauj tej khoom tim tebchaws Xapees hla hiavtxwv mus los. 37Tiamsis Daudavahus tus tub Eli-exes uas nyob hauv lub nroog Malesas tuaj hais rau Yehausafas hais tias, “Vim koj tau mus koom nrog Ahaxiyas, mas tus TSWV yuav rhuav tej uas koj tau ua ntawd.” Ces cov nkoj cia li tawg tas tsis tau siv mus thauj khoom tim tebchaws Xapees li.
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Jehoshaphat Defeats Moab and Ammon
1After this, the Moabites and Ammonites with some of the Meunites⚓ came to wage war against Jehoshaphat. 2Some people came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom,⚓ from the other side of the Dead Sea. It is already in Hazezon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi). 3Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. 4The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him. 5Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new courtyard 6and said: “Lord, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. 7Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? 8They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, 9‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’ 10“But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. 11See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance. 12Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” 13All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the Lord. 14Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph, as he stood in the assembly. 15He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel. 17You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.’ ” 18Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the Lord. 19Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice. 20Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.” 21After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his⚓ holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.” 22As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 23The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another. 24When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped. 25So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing⚓ and also articles of value—more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it. 26On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berakah, where they praised the Lord. This is why it is called the Valley of Berakah⚓ to this day. 27Then, led by Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies. 28They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the Lord with harps and lyres and trumpets. 29The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. 30And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.
The End of Jehoshaphat’s Reign
31So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. 32He followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. 33The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their ancestors. 34The other events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the annals of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. 35Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were wicked. 36He agreed with him to construct a fleet of trading ships.⚓ After these were built at Ezion Geber, 37Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and were not able to set sail to trade.⚓