The Divided Kingdom

A ƙarƙashin shugabancinsu akwai mayaƙa 307,500 horarru don yaƙi, mayaƙa masu ƙarfi don su taimaki sarki a kan abokan gābansa.

Uzziya ya tanada garkuwoyi, māsu, hulunan kwano, kayan sulke, baka da majajjawa don mayaƙan gaba ɗaya.

A Urushalima ya yi na’urori da gwanaye suka sarrafa don amfani a hasumiyoyi da kuma a kusurwar kāriya don harbin kibiyoyi da jefan manyan duwatsu. Sunansa ya bazu ko’ina, gama ya sami taimako sosai har ya zama mai iko.

Amma bayan Uzziya ya zama mai iko, sai ɗaga kai ya kai shi ga fāɗuwa. Bai yi aminci ga Ubangiji Allahnsa ba, ya kuma shiga haikalin Ubangiji don yă ƙone turare a bagaden turare.

Azariya firist tare da waɗansu firistoci tamanin na Ubangiji masu ƙarfin hali suka bi shi ciki.

Suka kalubalance shi suka ce, “Ba daidai ba ne, Uzziya, ka ƙone turare ga Ubangiji. Wannan aikin firistoci zuriyar Haruna ne, waɗanda aka tsarkake don ƙone turare. Ka bar wuri mai tsarki, gama ka kasance marar aminci; kuma Ubangiji Allah ba zai girmama ka ba.”

Uzziya wanda yake da farantin wuta a hannunsa a shirye don ƙone turare, ya husata. Yayinda yake fushi da firistocin a gabansu a gaban bagaden turare a haikalin Ubangiji, sai kuturta ta faso a goshinsa.

Sa’ad da Azariya babban firist da dukan sauran firistoci suka dube shi, sai suka ga cewa yana da kuturta a goshinsa, saboda haka suka gaggauta tunkuɗa shi waje nan da nan. Tabbatacce, shi kansa ma ya yi marmari yă bar wurin domin Ubangiji ya buge shi.

Sarki Uzziya ya kasance da kuturta har ranar mutuwarsa. Ya zauna a gidan da aka ware, da kuturci, aka kuma ware shi daga haikalin Ubangiji. Yotam ɗansa ya lura da fadan ya kuma yi mulkin mutanen ƙasar.

Sauran ayyukan mulkin Uzziya daga farko zuwa ƙarshe, suna a rubuce ta hannun annabi Ishaya ɗan Amoz.

Uzziya ya huta da kakanninsa aka kuma binne shi kusa da su a fili don binnewar da take ta sarakuna, domin mutane sun ce, “Yana da kuturta.” Sai Yotam ɗansa ya gāje shi a matsayin sarki.

Yotam yana da shekara ashirin da biyar sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima shekara goma sha shida. Sunan mahaifiyarsa Yerusha, ’yar Zadok.

Ya yi abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji, kamar yadda mahaifinsa Uzziya ya yi, sai dai bai kutsa cikin haikalin Ubangiji kamar mahaifinsa ba. Mutane kuwa, suka ci gaba da aikata ayyukan lalaci.

Yotam ya sāke ginin Ƙofar Bisa na haikalin Ubangiji, ya kuma yi aiki sosai a katanga a tudun Ofel.

Ya gina garuruwa a tuddan Yahuda, ya giggina katanga da gine-gine masu tsawo a wuraren da suke a kurmi.

Yotam ya yi yaƙi da sarkin Ammonawa ya kuma ci su. A wannan shekara Ammonawa suka biya shi haraji talenti ɗari na azurfa, garwan alkama dubu goma da kuma garwa dubu goma na sha’ir. Ammonawa suka kawo masa wannan kuma a shekara ta biyu da ta uku.

Yotam ya ƙaru a iko saboda ya daidaita al’amuransa a gaban Ubangiji Allahnsa.

Sauran ayyuka a mulkin Yotam, haɗe da dukan yaƙe-yaƙensa da waɗansu abubuwan da ya yi, suna a rubuce a littafin sarakunan Isra’ila da na Yahuda.

Yana da shekara ashirin da biyar sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima shekara goma sha shida.

Yotam ya huta tare da kakanninsa, aka kuma binne shi a Birnin Dawuda. Sai Ahaz ɗansa ya gāje shi a matsayin sarki.

Ahaz yana da shekara ashirin sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima shekara goma sha shida. Ba kamar Dawuda kakansa ba, bai yi abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji ba.

Ya yi tafiya a hanyoyin sarakunan Isra’ila ya kuma yi zubin gumaka domin a bauta wa Ba’al.

Ya ƙone hadayu a Kwarin Ben Hinnom, ya kuma miƙa ’ya’yansa maza a cikin wuta, yana bin hanyoyi banƙyama na al’umman da Ubangiji ya kora a gaban Isra’ilawa.

Ya miƙa hadayu, ya kuma ƙone turare a masujadan kan tudu, a bisa tuddai da kuma ƙarƙashin kowane itace mai inuwa.

Saboda haka Ubangiji Allahnsa ya miƙa shi ga sarkin Aram. Arameyawa suka ci shi a yaƙi, suka kuma kwashe mutanensa da yawa a matsayin ’yan kurkuku, suka kawo Damaskus. Ya kuma ba da shi ga sarkin Isra’ila, wanda ya jijji masa a yaƙi.