The Divided Kingdom

Tun yana cikin magana, sai sarki ya ce masa, “Yaushe muka naɗa ka mai ba sarki shawara? Rufe mana baki! Me zai hana a kashe ka?” Sai annabin ya yi shiru, amma ya ce, “Na dai sani Allah ya riga ya shirya zai hallaka ka, saboda ka aikata wannan, ba ka kuma saurari shawarata ba.”

Bayan Amaziya sarkin Yahuda ya nemi shawara mashawartansa, sai ya kalubalanci Yowash ɗan Yehoyahaz, ɗan Yehu, sarkin Isra’ila, “Zo mu gamu fuska da fuska.”

Amma Yowash sarkin Isra’ila ya amsa wa Amaziya sarkin Yahuda ya ce, “Wata ƙaya ce a Lebanon, ta aika da saƙo wa itacen al’ul na Lebanon cewa, ‘Ka ba ɗana ’yarka aure.’ Sai wani naman jeji na Lebanon ya zo ya tattake ƙayar.

Ka ce wa kanka cewa ka ci Edom da yaƙi, yanzu kuwa kana fariya da ɗaga kai. Amma tsaya dai a gida! Me ya sa kake neman faɗa kana neman fāɗuwarka da ta Yahuda?”

Amma Amaziya bai saurara ba gama Allah ya yi haka domin yă miƙa su ga Yehowash, domin sun nemi shawarar allolin Edom.

Saboda haka Yowash sarkin Isra’ila ya kai yaƙi. Shi da Amaziya sarkin Yahuda suka fuskanci juna a Bet-Shemesh a Yahuda.

Isra’ila ta fatattaki Yahuda, sai kowane mutum ya gudu zuwa gidansa.

Yehowash sarkin Isra’ila ya kama Amaziya sarkin Yahuda, ɗan Yowash, ɗan Ahaziya a Bet-Shemesh. Sa’an nan Yehowash ya kawo shi Urushalima ya farfasa katangar Urushalima daga Ƙofar Efraim har zuwa Ƙofar Kusurwa, wani sashe mai tsawon ƙafa ɗari shida.

Ya kwashe dukan zinariya da azurfa da dukan kayayyakin da aka samu a haikalin Allah waɗanda suke a ƙarƙashin kulawar Obed-Edom, da kaya masu daraja na gidan sarki, da waɗanda aka kamo cikin yaƙi, ya kawo Samariya.

Amaziya ɗan Yowash sarkin Yahuda ya rayu shekara goma sha biyar bayan mutuwar Yehowash ɗan Yehoyahaz sarkin Isra’ila.

Game da sauran ayyukan mulkin Amaziya, daga farko zuwa ƙarshe, an rubuta su a littafin sarakunan Yahuda da Isra’ila.

Sa’ad da Amaziya ya bar bin Ubangiji, aka shirya masa maƙarƙashiya a Urushalima, sai ya gudu zuwa Lakish, amma suka aiki mutane suka bi shi zuwa Lakish, a can suka kashe shi.

Aka dawo da shi a kan doki, aka binne shi tare da kakanninsa a Birnin Yahuda.

Sai dukan mutanen Yahuda suka ɗauki Uzziya wanda yake da shekara goma sha shida da haihuwa, suka naɗa shi sarki a madadin mahaifinsa Amaziya.

Shi ne wanda ya sāke gina Elot ya kuma mai da shi ga Yahuda bayan Amaziya ya huta tare da kakanninsa.

Uzziya yana da shekara goma sha shida sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima shekara hamsin da biyu. Sunan mahaifiyarsa Yekoliya ce; ita daga Urushalima ce.

Ya yi abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji, kamar dai yadda mahaifinsa Amaziya ya yi.

Ya nemi Allah a kwanakin Zakariya, wanda ya koyar da shi a tsoron Allah. Muddin ya nemi Ubangiji, Allah ya ba shi nasara.

Ya yi yaƙi da Filistiyawa ya kuma rushe katangar Gat, Yabne da kuma Ashdod. Sa’an nan ya sāke gina garuruwa kusa da Ashdod da sauran wurare a cikin Filistiyawa.

Allah ya taimake shi a kan Filistiyawa da kuma a kan Larabawa waɗanda suke zama a Gur-Ba’al da kuma a kan Meyunawa.

Ammonawa suka kawo haraji wa Uzziya, sunan da ya yi kuwa ya bazu har iyakar Masar, domin ya zama mai iko sosai.

Uzziya ya gina hasumiyoyi a Urushalima a Ƙofar Kusurwa, a Ƙofar Kwari da kuma a kusurwar katanga, ya kuma yi musu katanga.

Ya gina hasumiyoyi a hamada ya kuma haƙa rijiyoyi masu yawa, gama yana da dabbobi masu yawa a gindin duwatsu da kuma a kwari. Yana da mutane masu yin masa aiki a gonakinsa da gonakin inabinsa a tuddai da kuma a ƙasashe masu dausayi, gama yana son noma.

Uzziya ya kasance da gogaggun mayaƙa, a shirye su fito ɓangarori-ɓangarori bisa ga yawansu yadda Yehiyel magatakarda, da Ma’asehiya jarumi, suka karkasa su bisa ga umarnin Hananiya, ɗaya daga cikin fadawa.

Yawan shugabannin iyali a bisa jarumawa sun kai 2,600.