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12 Yehowasi+ yabaye umwami mu mwaka ugira indwi Yehu+ aganza, maze amara imyaka 40 aganza i Yeruzalemu. Nyina yitwa Zibiya, akaba yava i Beri-Sheba+. 2 Yehowasi yagumye akora ivyo Yehova abona ko bigororotse igihe cose umuherezi Yehoyada yamaze amwigisha. 3 Mugabo ibibanza vyo gusengeramwo*+ ntivyakuweho. Abantu bari bakihashikanira ibimazi, bigafumba umwotsi.
4 Nuko Yehowasi abwira abaherezi ati: «Muzoze murakira amahera yose y’intererano* nyeranda+ azanwa ku nzu ya Yehova, ni ukuvuga amahera umuntu wese ategerezwa gutanga+, amahera atangwa n’abagize indagano* n’amahera yose umuntu wese azana ku nzu ya Yehova avyigombeye*+. 5 Abaherezi ni bo ubwabo bazoyakira bayahawe na bene kuyatanga*. Baze bayakoreshe mu gusanasana aho iyo nzu yononekaye hose*+.»
6 Mu mwaka ugira 23 umwami Yehowasi aganza, abaherezi ntibari bwasanasane iyo nzu+. 7 Umwami Yehowasi aca ahamagara umuherezi Yehoyada+ n’abandi baherezi, ababwira ati: «Kubera iki mutariko murasanasana iyo nzu? Ubu rero, ntimuzosubire kwakira amahera abantu batanga nimba mutayakoresha mu gusanasana iyo nzu+.» 8 Nuko abo baherezi bemera yuko batazosubira kwakira amahera abantu batanga be n’uko atari bo bazoba bahagarikiye igikorwa co gusanasana iyo nzu.
9 Maze umuherezi Yehoyada atora isandugu+ ayitobora ku mupfundikizo, araheza ayishira iruhande y’igicaniro amaja iburyo winjiye mu nzu ya Yehova. Abaherezi barinda imiryango ni ho bashira amahera yose abantu bazana ku nzu ya Yehova+. 10 Igihe cose abo baherezi basanze amahera yagwiriye muri iyo sandugu, umunyamabanga w’umwami n’umuherezi mukuru baca baza kwegeranya* amahera yose abantu bazanye ku nzu ya Yehova, bakayaharura+. 11 Bamaze guharura ayo mahera, baca bayaha abatowe ngo bahagarikire ibikorwa vyariko bikorerwa ku nzu ya Yehova. Abo bahagarikiye ibikorwa baca bayahemba ababaji n’abubatsi bariko barakorera ku nzu ya Yehova+, 12 hamwe n’abafundi* be n’abaringaniza amabuye. Ayo mahera barayakoresha no mu kugura ibiti n’amabuye abajwe vyo gusanasana aho inzu ya Yehova yononekaye, no mu kuriha ibindi vyose vyari bikenewe muri ico gikorwa.
13 Ariko ayo mahera yazanwa ku nzu ya Yehova, ntibigeze bayikorako ngo bakoreshe amabesani y’ifeza, udukasi*, amabakure, inzumbete+ canke ikindi gikoresho na kimwe co mu nzu ya Yehova gikozwe mu nzahabu canke mw’ifeza+. 14 Bayaha gusa abakora ico gikorwa co gusanasana inzu ya Yehova, na bo bakayakoresha. 15 Abahabwa ayo mahera ngo bayahe abakozi, nta wasuzuma ingene bayakoresheje kubera ko bari abizigirwa+. 16 Amahera y’amashikanwa yo kwagirwa n’icaha+ n’ay’amashikanwa y’igicumuro ntiyajanwa mu nzu ya Yehova. Yegukira abaherezi+.
17 Ico gihe ni ho Hazayeli+ umwami wa Siriya yaja gutera igisagara ca Gati+, aragifata. Hanyuma aca afata ingingo yo gutera Yeruzalemu*+. 18 Yehowasi umwami w’Ubuyuda aca atora ibintu* vyeranda vyose ba sekuruza biwe bari bareguriye Imana*, abirungikira Hazayeli umwami wa Siriya. Abo ba sekuruza ni Yehoshafati, Yehoramu na Ahaziya, bahoze ari abami b’Ubuyuda. Atora n’ibintu vyeranda yari yaratanze be n’inzahabu zose zari mu bubiko bw’itunga ry’inzu ya Yehova n’ubw’inzu* y’umwami arabimurungikira+, abona kuva i Yeruzalemu.
19 Nayo ibisigaye ku vyerekeye Yehowasi, ni ukuvuga ivyo yakoze vyose, vyanditswe mu gitabu kivuga ivyabaye mu gihe c’abami b’Ubuyuda. 20 Ariko abantu ba Yehowasi bategura umugambi wo kumugirira nabi+, maze bamwicira ku nzu yo ku gasozi Milo*+, ku nzira imanuka i Sila. 21 Abantu biwe bamwishe ni Yozakari mwene Shimeyati na Yehozabadi mwene Shomeri+. Yaciye ahambwa hamwe na ba sekuruza mu gisagara ca Dawidi, maze umuhungu wiwe Amaziya atangura kuganza mu kibanza ciwe+.