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Ua Rog rau Cov Edoos

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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Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir Defeated

¹It happened after this that the people of ⚓Moab with the people of ⚓Ammon, and others with them besides the ⚓Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat. ²Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are ⚓in Hazazon Tamar” (which is⚓En Gedi). ³And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to ⚓seek the Lord, and ⚓proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. ⁴So Judah gathered together to ask ⚓help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
⁵Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, ⁶and said: “O Lord God of our fathers, are You not ⚓God in heaven, and ⚓do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and ⚓in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You? ⁷Are You not ⚓our God, who⚓drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham ⚓Your friend forever? ⁸And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying, ⁹⚓‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your ⚓name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’ ¹⁰And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You ⚓would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but ⚓they turned from them and did not destroy them— ¹¹here they are, rewarding us ⚓by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. ¹²O our God, will You not ⚓judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but ⚓our eyes are upon You.”
¹³Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord.
¹⁴Then ⚓the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. ¹⁵And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ⚓‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, ⚓for the battle is not yours, but God’s. ¹⁶Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel. ¹⁷⚓You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, ⚓for the Lordis with you.”
¹⁸And Jehoshaphat ⚓bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the Lord, worshiping the Lord. ¹⁹Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high.
²⁰So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: ⚓Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.” ²¹And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, ⚓and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:
⚓“Praise the Lord,
⚓For His mercy endures forever.”
²²Now when they began to sing and to praise, ⚓the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. ²³For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, ⚓they helped to destroy one another.
²⁴So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.
²⁵When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much. ²⁶And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day. ²⁷Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had ⚓made them rejoice over their enemies. ²⁸So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord. ²⁹And ⚓the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. ³⁰Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his ⚓God gave him rest all around.

The End of Jehoshaphat’s Reign

³¹⚓So Jehoshaphat was king over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. ³²And he walked in the way of his father ⚓Asa, and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. ³³Nevertheless ⚓the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not ⚓directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.
³⁴Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, ⚓which is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
³⁵After this ⚓Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, ⚓who acted very ⚓wickedly. ³⁶And he allied himself with him ⚓to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. ³⁷But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord has destroyed your works.” ⚓Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go ⚓to Tarshish.