Buka ea Bobeli ea Marena 3:1-27
3 Jorame+ mora oa Akabe ea e-ba morena oa Baiseraele Samaria ha Morena Josafate a e-na le lilemo tse 18 a busa Juda. Jorame o busitse ka lilemo tse 12.
2 A ’na a etsa lintho tse sa thabiseng Jehova empa eseng ho feta batsoali ba hae hobane o ile a tlosa pilara e halalelang ea Baale eo ntate oa hae a neng a e entse.+
3 Empa o ile a etsa libe tseo Jeroboame mora oa Nebate a neng a entse hore Baiseraele ba li etse.+ Ha aa ka a li tlohela.
4 Mesha morena oa Moabe o ne a ruile linku. O ne a ntša lekhetho la likonyana tse 100 000 le liramo tse 100 000 tse sa kutoang ho morena oa Iseraele.
5 Ha Akabe a qeta ho shoa,+ morena oa Moabe a fetohela morena oa Iseraele.+
6 Ka lebaka leo, Morena Jorame a tloha Samaria letsatsing leo ’me a bitsa Baiseraele bohle.
7 A boela a romela molaetsa ho Morena Josafate oa Juda o reng: “Morena oa Moabe o mphetohetse. Na u tla tsamaea le ’na ho ea mo loantša?” Morena Josafate a re: “Ke tla tsamaea+ le uena le sechaba sa ka le lipere tsa ka.”+
8 A re: “Re tla tsamaea ka tsela efe?” Jorame a re: “Ka tsela ea lefeella la Edomo.”
9 Morena oa Iseraele, morena oa Juda le morena oa Edomo ba tsamaea.+ Ka mor’a matsatsi a supileng ho ne ho se na metsi bakeng sa masole a bona le liphoofolo tseo ba neng ba tsamaea le tsona.
10 Morena oa Iseraele a re: “Ke bomalimabe hore ebe Jehova o re bitsitse re le marena a mararo hore feela re tl’o hloloa ke Bamoabe.”
11 Josafate a re: “Na ha ho na moprofeta oa Jehova moo eo re ka mo botsang hore na Jehova o re’ng?”+ E mong oa bahlanka ba morena oa Iseraele a re: “Ho na le Elisha+ mora oa Shafate ea neng a tšella Elia metsi e le hore a hlape matsoho.”*+
12 Josafate a re: “A ka re bolella hore na Jehova o re’ng.” Morena oa Iseraele, Josafate le morena oa Edomo ba ea ho eena.
13 Elisha a re ho morena oa Iseraele: “U batla’ng moo?+ E-ea ho baprofeta ba batsoali ba hao.”+ Empa morena oa Iseraele a re ho eena: “Che, ke Jehova ea re bitsitseng re le marena a mararo hore re tl’o hloloa ke Bamoabe.”
14 Elisha a re: “Ke hlapanya ka Jehova oa mabotho ea phelang eo ke mo sebeletsang* hore haeba e ne e se ka Morena Josafate+ oa Juda, ke ne ke sa tl’o u mamela ho hang.+
15 Ntlisetseng motho ea letsang harepa.”*+ Hang ha motho eo a letsa harepa, moea o halalelang oa Jehova oa e-ba holim’a Elisha.+
16 Elisha a re: “Jehova o re le cheke liforo tse ngata khohlong* ena
17 kaha Jehova o itse, ‘Le ke ke la bona moea kapa pula empa khohlo ena e tla tlala metsi+ ’me le tla noa ho eona le liphoofolo tsa lona.’
18 Ena ke ntho e bonolo ho Jehova+ hobane o tla boela a etse hore le hlole Bamoabe.+
19 Le felise metse eohle ea bohlokoa le e sireletsehileng,+ le reme lifate tsohle tse behang, le koale mehloli eohle ea metsi ’me le lahlele majoe masimong ’ohle a matle e le hore ba se ke ba khona ho lema.”+
20 Hoseng ha ho etsoa nyehelo ea lijo,*+ ha hlaha metsi Edomo ’me metsi ao a tlala naheng eohle.
21 Bamoabe bohle ba utloa hore ho na le marena a tlileng ho tla ba loantša eaba ba bokella banna bohle ba lilemong tsa ho ea ntoeng.* Ba ema moeling oa naha ea bona.
22 Ha Bamoabe ba tsoha hoseng, letsatsi le ne le chabetse ka metsing ’me lehlakoreng leo ba neng ba le ka ho lona metsi a bonahala a le mafubelu joaloka mali.
23 Ba re: “Hona ke mali. Kannete marena a bolaeane ka sabole. Bamoabe, a re eeng re e’o nka lintho tsa bona!”+
24 Ha ba fihla litenteng tsa Baiseraele, Baiseraele ba ba hlasela ’me Bamoabe ba baleha.+ Ba ba lelekisa ho fihlela Moabe ba ntse ba ba bolaea.
25 Ba felisa metse eohle. Banna bohle ba tlatsa majoe masimong, ba koala mehloli eohle ea metsi+ ’me ba rema le lifate tsohle tse behang.+ Ho ile ha sala feela marako a entsoeng ka majoe a Kire-haresethe+ ’me masole a neng a pota-potile motse, a o hlasela ka majoe a sebelisa matjeketjane.
26 Ha morena oa Moabe a bona hore o hlotsoe, a leka ho baleha ntoeng ka hore a loantše morena oa Edomo+ ka banna ba 700 ba tšoereng lisabole empa ha aa ka a khona.
27 A etsa sehlabelo sa secheso lerakong ka mora oa hae oa letsibolo ea neng a tla busa ka mor’a hae.+ Ka lebaka leo, batho* ba halefela Iseraele eaba ba khutlela metseng ea bona.
Linaletsana
^ Kapa: “ea neng a sebeletsa Elia.”
^ Ka Seheberu: “eo ke emeng ka pel’a hae.”
^ Kapa: “sebini.”
^ Ka Seheberu: “lijo-thollo.” Sheba Tlhaloso.
^ Kapa: “bohle ba tlamang mabanta thekeng.”
^ Mohlomong ho buuoa ka masole a Edomo le a Juda a neng a tšehetsa Baiseraele.
