2 Tarihi 17
1 Yehoshafat ɗansa ya gāje shi a matsayin sarki ya kuma kahu sosai gāba da Isra’ila.
Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
2 Ya kafa mayaƙa a dukan biranen katangar Yahuda, ya kuma sa runduna a Yahuda da kuma a garuruwan Efraim da mahaifinsa Asa ya ci da yaƙi.
He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
3 Ubangiji kuwa yana tare da Yehoshafat domin a shekarunsa na farko-farko ya yi tafiya a hanyoyin da kakansa Dawuda ya bi. Bai nemi shawarar Ba’al ba
Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals,
4 amma ya nemi Allah na kakansa ya kuma bi umarnansa a maimakon ayyukan da Isra’ila ke yi.
but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not in the ways of Israel.
5 Ubangiji ya kafa mulkin a ƙarƙashin ikonsa; dukan Yahuda kuwa suka kawo kyautai wa Yehoshafat, ta haka ya yi arziki sosai da kuma girma.
Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.
6 Zuciyarsa ta duƙufa ga hanyoyin Ubangiji, bugu da ƙari, ya kawar masujadan kan tudu da ginshiƙan Ashera daga Yahuda.
His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh. Furthermore, he took away the high places and the Asherah poles out of Judah.
7 A shekara ta uku ta mulkinsa, ya aiki ma’aikatansa Ben-Hayil, Obadiya, Zakariya, Netanel da Mikahiya su yi koyarwa a garuruwan Yahuda.
Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
8 Tare da su akwai waɗansu Lawiyawa, Shemahiya, Netaniya, Zebadiya, Asahel, Shemiramot, Yehonatan, Adoniya, Tobiya da Tob Adoniya, da kuma firistoci Elishama da Yehoram.
and with them Levites, even Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
9 Suka yi koyarwa a dukan Yahuda, suna ɗauke da Littafin Dokar Ubangiji tare da su; suka tafi ko’ina a dukan garuruwan Yahuda suka koyar da mutane.
They taught in Judah, having the book of Yahweh’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
10 Tsoron Ubangiji ya kama dukan masarautun ƙasashen da suke kewaye da Yahuda, har ba su yi yaƙi da Yehoshafat ba.
The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
11 Waɗansu Filistiyawa suka kawo wa Yehoshafat kyautai da azurfa a matsayin haraji, Larabawa kuwa suka kawo masa garkuna, raguna dubu bakwai da ɗari bakwai da kuma awaki dubu bakwai da ɗari bakwai.
Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents and silver for tribute. The Arabians also brought him flocks: seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred male goats.
12 Yehoshafat ya yi ta ƙaruwa a ƙarfi; ya gina katanga da biranen ajiya a Yahuda
Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah.
13 da kuma tanade-tanade masu yawa a garuruwan Yahuda. Ya kuma ajiye gogaggu mayaƙa a Urushalima.
He had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
14 Ɗaukar da aka yi musu bisa ga iyalai yana kamar haka. Daga Yahuda, shugaban ƙungiya 1,000. Adna ne shugaba, tare da jarumawa 300,000;
This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;
15 biye da shi, Yehohanan shi ne shugaba, yana da sojoji 280,000;
and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand;
16 biye da shi, Amasiya ɗan Zikri, wanda ya ba da kansa da yardar rai don hidimar Ubangiji, yana da sojoji 200,000.
and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Yahweh, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
17 Daga Benyamin, Eliyada, jarumi soja, yana da sojoji 200,000 riƙe da baka da garkuwoyi;
From Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
18 biye da shi, Yehozabad, yana da sojoji 18,000 shiryayyu don yaƙi.
and next to him Jehozabad, and with him one hundred eighty thousand ready and prepared for war.
19 Waɗannan su ne suka yi wa sarki hidima, ban da waɗanda aka sa a biranen katanga ko’ina a Yahuda.
These were those who waited on the king, in addition to those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
