2 Makoronike 20:1-15

Shure kwaizvozvo vana vaMoabhu, navana vaAmoni, navamwe vavaAmoni pamwechete navo, vakasvika kuzorwa naJehoshafati. Ipapo vamwe vakasvika, vakaudza Jehoshafati, vachiti, “Vanhu vazhinji vanouya, vachibva Siria mhiri kwegungwa, kuzorwa nemi; tarirai, vari paHazazonitamari,” (ndiro Enigedi). Ipapo Jehoshafati akatya, akashingaira kundobvunza Jehovha; akatara zuva rokuzvinyima zvokudya panyika yose yavaJudha. VaJudha vakaungana kuzotsvaka rubatsiro kuna Jehovha; vakabva kumaguta ose aJudha kuzotsvaka Jehovha. Jehoshafati akasimuka paungano yavaJudha navanhu veJerusaremu, mumba maJehovha, pamberi poruvazhe rutsva; akati, “Haiwa, Jehovha Mwari wamadzibaba edu, imi hamuzi Mwari ari kudenga here? Imi hamuzi mubati woushe hwose hwendudzi here? Paruoko rwenyu pane simba noushe, naizvozvo hapano munhu angakudzivisai. “Imi Mwari wedu, hamuna kudzinga here vaigara panyika ino pamberi pavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri, mukaipa vana vaAbhurahamu shamwari yenyu nokusingaperi? Vakagaramo, vakakuvakiraimo imba tsvene yezita renyu, vachiti, ‘Kana tikawirwa nezvakaipa, kana munondo wokutonga, kana denda, kana nzara, tichamira pamberi peimba ino napamberi penyu, (nokuti zita renyu riri muimba ino), tigochema kwamuri tiri pakutambudzika kwedu; ipapo muchatinzwa nokutirwira.’ “Zvino tarirai vana vaAmoni navaMoabhu navapagomo reSeiri, vamusina kutendera vaIsiraeri kupinda pakati pavo nguva yavakabva panyika yeIjipiti, asi vakavarega, vakasavaparadza; tarirai votitsiva, vachiuya kuzotidzinga panyika yenyu, yamakatipa ive nhaka yedu. “Haiwa, Mwari wedu, hamungavatongi here? Nokuti hatine simba rokurwa navazhinji ava vanouya kuzorwa nesu; hatizivi chatingaita, asi meso edu akatarira kwamuri.” Ipapo vaJudha vose vakamira pamberi paJehovha, pamwechete nepwere dzavo, navakadzi vavo, navana vavo. Mweya waJehovha ukauya pamusoro paJahazieri, mwanakomana waZekariya, mwanakomana waBhenaya, mwanakomana waJeieri, mwanakomana waMatanya, muRevhi, wavanakomana vaAsafi, pakati peungano; iye akati, “Tererai, imi vaJudha mose, nemi mugere paJerusaremu, nemi mambo Jehoshafati; zvanzi naJehovha kwamuri, ‘Musatya, kana kuvhunduka nokuda kwavanhu ava vazhinji; nokuti kurwa hakuzi kwenyu, asi ndokwaMwari.