Kuuka ndi Kugwa kwa Uziya 2 Mbiri 26 1 Pamenepo anthu onse a Yuda anatenga Uziya, amene anali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi, namuika kukhala mfumu m'malo mwa atate wake Amaziya. 2 Iye anamanga Eloti, naibwezera kwa Yuda, mfumu itagona ndi makolo ake. 3 Uziya anali ndi zaka 16 pamene anayamba kulamulira, ndipo analamulira zaka 52 ku Yerusalemu. Dzina la amayi ake linali Yekoliya wa ku Yerusalemu. 4 Iye anachita zoyenera pamaso pa Yehova, monga mwa zonse zimene Amaziya bambo ake anachita. 5 Ndipo anafunafuna Mulungu m'masiku a Zekariya, amene anali ndi nzeru m'masomphenya a Mulungu; ndipo nthawi yonse imene anafunafuna Yehova, Mulungu anamupatsa chipambano. 6 Iye anapita kukamenyana ndi Afilisiti, anagwetsa mpanda wa Gati, khoma la Yabine, ndi khoma la Asidodi, ndipo anamanga mizinda m’dziko la Asidodi ndi pakati pa Afilisiti. 7 Ndipo Mulungu anamuthandiza polimbana ndi Afilisti, ndi Aarabu okhala ku Guribaala, ndi Ameuni. 8 Ndipo Aamoni anapereka mphatso kwa Uziya; ndipo dzina lake linafalikira mpaka polowera ku Igupto; pakuti anadzilimbitsa kwambiri. 9 Uziya anamanganso nsanja ku Yerusalemu pachipata cha ngodya, ndi pachipata cha chigwa, ndi pokhota khoma, nazilimbitsa. 10 Anamanganso nsanja m'chipululu, nakumba zitsime zambiri; pakuti anali ndi ng'ombe zambiri, m'chigwa, ndi m'chigwa; alimi, ndi osamalira minda ya mpesa m'mapiri, ndi ku Karimeli; pakuti anakonda ulimi. 11 Uziya anali ndi gulu lankhondo, lopita kunkhondo m'magulu, malinga ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu amene anawerengedwa ndi Yeieli mlembi ndi Maaseya kazembe, motsogozedwa ndi Hananiya, mmodzi wa akalonga a mfumu. 12 Chiwerengero chonse cha atsogoleri a mabanja a amuna amphamvu ndi olimba mtima chinali zikwi ziwiri mphambu mazana asanu ndi limodzi. 13 Ndipo pansi pawo panali gulu lankhondo, zikwi mazana atatu mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri mphambu mazana asanu, lochita nkhondo ndi mphamvu zazikulu, kuthandiza mfumu kulimbana ndi adani.
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14 Ndipo Uziya anawakonzeratu gulu lonse lankhondo zishango, ndi mikondo, ndi zisoti, ndi zipewa zankhondo, ndi mauta, ndi miyala yoponyera. 15 Ndipo anapanga makina opangidwa ndi anzeru ku Yerusalemu, oti akhale pa nsanja ndi pa makoma achitetezo, kuti aponyere mivi ndi miyala ikuluikulu. Dzina lake linafalikira kutali, chifukwa anathandizidwa modabwitsa mpaka anakhala wamphamvu. 16 Koma atalimba mtima, mtima wake unadzikuza kwambiri moti anawononga Yehova Mulungu wake, ndipo analowa m’kachisi wa Yehova kukafukiza nsembe yofukiza pa guwa lansembe. 17 Ndipo Azariya wansembe analowa pambuyo pake, pamodzi ndi ansembe a Yehova makumi asanu ndi atatu, amuna olimba mtima; 18 Ndipo anatsutsa Uziya mfumu, nati kwa iye, Si udindo wanu, Uziya, kufukiza kwa Yehova, koma kwa ansembe ana a Aroni, opatulidwa kufukiza; tulukani m'malo opatulika; pakuti mwachita zosalungama; ndipo sizidzakhala ulemu wanu kwa Yehova Mulungu. 19 Pamenepo Uziya anakwiya, ndipo anali ndi chofukizira m'dzanja lake chofukiziramo zofukiza. Ndipo pamene anali kukwiyira ansembe, khate linabuka pamphumi pake pamaso pa ansembe m'nyumba ya Yehova, pafupi ndi guwa lansembe la zofukiza. 20 Azariya mkulu wa ansembe ndi ansembe onse atamuyang'ana, anaona kuti anali ndi khate pamphumi pake, ndipo anamutulutsa kunja, ndipo nayenso anafulumira kutuluka, chifukwa Yehova anamupha. 21 Mfumu Uziya anakhala ndi khate mpaka tsiku limene anamwalira, ndipo anakhala m’nyumba yakeyake payekha, chifukwa anali ndi khate, chifukwa anachotsedwa m’nyumba ya Yehova, ndipo Yotamu mwana wake anali kuyang’anira nyumba ya mfumu, kuweruza anthu a m’dzikolo. 22 Nkhani zina zonse za Uziya, zoyambirira ndi zomaliza, Yesaya mneneri, mwana wa Amozi, analemba. 23 Ndipo Uziya anagona ndi makolo ake, ndipo anamuika pamodzi ndi makolo ake m'munda wa manda wa mafumu, pakuti anati, Ndi wakhate; ndipo Yotamu mwana wake anakhala mfumu m'malo mwake.
Chidule cha Ulamuliro wa Mfumu Uziya Mfumu Uziya (yemwenso amatchedwa Azariya) anakhala pampando wachifumu wa Yuda ali ndi zaka 16 zokha ndipo analamulira kwa zaka 52. Nkhani yake mu 2 Mbiri 26 ndi phunziro lamphamvu la kudzipereka koyambirira, kupambana kwa dziko kosayembekezereka, ndi kugwa komvetsa chisoni kwauzimu komwe kunabwera chifukwa cha kunyada.
Kusanthula kwa Vesi ndi Vesi Vesi 1–5 (Kuuka ndi Kudzipereka Kwambiri): Anthu a ku Yuda anaika Uziya kukhala mfumu m'malo mwa atate wake Amaziya. Iye anachita zoyenera pamaso pa Yehova, kufunafuna Mulungu nthawi ya Zekariya, amene amamuphunzitsa masomphenya a Mulungu. Malinga ngati akufunafuna Yehova, Mulungu amamupangitsa kukhala wopambana. Mavesi 6–15 (Mphamvu ya Asilikali ndi Zatsopano): Uziya anapambana nkhondo ndi Afilisti ndi Aarabu, anagwetsa makoma a adani, ndipo analimbitsa Yerusalemu ndi nsanja zatsopano zodzitetezera ndi zida zankhondo zopangidwa kuti ziponye mivi ndi miyala ikuluikulu. Kutchuka kwake kunafalikira kutali chifukwa anathandizidwa modabwitsa mpaka anakhala wamphamvu. Vesi 16–21 (Kunyada ndi Chiweruzo cha Mulungu): Uziya atakhala wamphamvu, mtima wake umadzikuza kwambiri mpaka kufika pomuwononga. Analakwira Mulungu polowa m’kachisi kukafukiza zonunkhira pa guwa lansembe lagolide. Azariya wansembe ndi ansembe olimba mtima
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80 anayang’anizana naye, nati kufukiza zonunkhira ndi kwa ana a Aroni okha. Uziya anakwiya ndi chofukizira m’dzanja lake, ndipo khate linayamba kuonekera pamphumi pake nthawi yomweyo. Mavesi 22–23 (Mapeto Akutali): Uziya anakhalabe ndi khate mpaka tsiku la imfa yake. Amakhala m'nyumba ina, yoletsedwa kulowa m'nyumba ya Yehova, pamene mwana wake Yotamu akuyang'anira nyumba yachifumu ndi kuweruza anthu.
Maphunziro Ofunika Kulemera Kumayesa Khalidwe: Kupambana ndi chuma nthawi zambiri zimakhala mayeso aakulu auzimu kuposa mavuto, zomwe zimakopa anthu kuti azidalira okha osati Mulungu. Kuopsa kwa Kudzikuza: Kugwa kwa Uziya kunayamba nthawi yomwe anaiwala malo ake ndipo analola kunyada kuipitsa mtima wake. Kulemekeza Malire Opatulika (Kulekanitsa Tchalitchi ndi Boma) : Kupitirira malamulo ndi malire a Mulungu—monga momwe Uziya anachitira mwa kutenga udindo wa ansembe— kumabweretsa zotsatirapo zoopsa. Kufunika Kokhala ndi Udindo Waukulu: Azariya ndi ansembe anasonyeza kulimba mtima kolungama mwa kutsutsa mfumu yamphamvu kuti ateteze miyezo yoyera.
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