Ayoyin Littafi Mai Tsarki game da Azariah

Obed shi ne mahaifin Yehu, Yehu shi ne mahaifin Azariya,

Azariya shi ne mahaifin Helez, Helez shi ne mahaifin Eleyasa,

Yohanan mahaifin Azariya (shi ne ya yi hidima a matsayin firist a haikalin da Solomon ya gina a Urushalima),

Azariya mahaifin Amariya, Amariya mahaifin Ahitub,

Shallum mahaifin Hilkiya, Hilkiya mahaifin Azariya,

Azariya mahaifin Serahiya, Serahiya kuwa mahaifin Yehozadak.

Sai Ruhun Allah ya sauko a kan Zakariya ɗan Yehohiyada firist. Ya tsaya a gaban mutane ya ce, “Ga abin da Allah ya ce, ‘Me ya sa ba ku yi biyayya da umarnan Ubangiji ba? Ba za ku yi nasara ba. Domin kun yashe Ubangiji, shi ma ya yashe ku.’ ”

Amma suka yi masa maƙarƙashiya, kuma ta wurin umarnin sarki suka jajjefe shi da duwatsu har ya mutu a filin haikalin Ubangiji.

Sarki Yowash bai tuna da alherin da Yehohiyada mahaifin Zakariya ya nuna masa ba, sai ya kashe ɗansa, wanda ya ce yayinda yake mutuwa, “Bari Ubangiji yă dubi wannan yă kuma sāka maka.”

Azariya ɗan Hoshahiya da Yohanan ɗan Kareya da dukan masu ɗaga kai suka ce wa Irmiya, “Kana ƙarya ne! Ubangiji Allahnmu bai aike ka ka ce, ‘Kada ku tafi Masar don ku zauna a can.’

Amma Baruk ɗan Neriya yana zuga ka a kanmu don ka ba da mu ga Babiloniyawa, don su kashe mu ko su kai mu zaman bauta a Babilon.”

Saboda haka Yohanan ɗan Kareya da dukan shugabannin sojoji da dukan mutane suka yi rashin biyayya ga umarnin Ubangiji da su zauna a ƙasar Yahuda.

A maimako, Yohanan ɗan Kareya da dukan shugabannin sojoji suka kwashe raguwar Yahuda waɗanda suka dawo su zauna a ƙasar Yahuda daga dukan al’umman inda aka kora su.

Suka kuma kwashe dukan maza, mata da yara da ’ya’yan sarki mata waɗanda Nebuzaradan shugaban matsaran sarki ya bari tare da Gedaliya ɗan Ahikam, ɗan Shafan, da Irmiya annabi da kuma Baruk ɗan Neriya.

Saboda haka suka shiga Masar cikin rashin biyayya ga Ubangiji suka tafi har can Tafanes.