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Edomga qarshi urush
1 Oradan bir oz vaqt oʻtgach, Moʻabliklar bilan Ommonliklar hamda Mavun xalqining bir qismi Yohushafatga qarshi urishgani otlandilar. 2 Xabarchilar kelib, Yohushafatga: “Son–sanoqsiz lashkar Edomdan — Oʻlik dengizning narigi qirgʻogʻidan sizga qarshi kelmoqda. Ular Xazazon–Tamarni qoʻlga kiritib boʻlishgan”, deb aytdilar. (Xazazon–Tamarning boshqa nomi En–Gedi edi.) 3 Yohushafat qoʻrqib ketdi. U Egamizning xohish–irodasini bilmoqchi boʻlib, butun Yahudo boʻylab roʻza eʼlon qildi. 4 Yahudoning hamma shaharlaridan xalq Quddusga yigʻilib, Egamizdan madad tiladi.
Shoh Yohushafatning ibodati va gʻalabasi
5 Yohushafat Yahudo va Quddus jamoasi qarshisida — Egamizning uyi oldidagi yangi hovlida turib, 6 iltijo qildi:
“Ey ota–bobolarimizning Xudosi — Egamiz! Samodagi yagona Xudo Sensan. Sen yer yuzidagi barcha xalqlarga hukmronlik qilasan. Kuch–qudrat egasi Oʻzingsan. Kim Senga bas kela oladi?! 7 Ey Xudoyimiz! Xalqing Isroil bu yurtga kelganda, Sen ularning oldidan mahalliy xalqni haydab yubording, bu yurtni doʻsting Ibrohimning nasliga to abad berding. 8 Ota–bobolarimiz bu yerda yashab, Senga atab bir Maʼbad barpo qildilar. Ular shunday degan edilar: 9 «Boshimizga urush, oʻlat va ocharchilik kabi kulfatlar tushganda, biz shu uying oldiga — Sening huzuringga kelamiz. Zero, Sen shu yerdasan. Kulfat ichra Senga yolvoramiz, shunda Sen iltijolarimizni eshitib, bizga najot berasan.»
10 Mana qara, Ommon, Moʻab va Edom yurtining xalqlari bizga hujum qilyaptilar. Bizning ota–bobolarimiz Misrdan chiqqanlarida, Sen ularga bu yurtlarga kirishga ijozat bermagan eding. Ular oʻsha yurtlarni aylanib oʻtib ketgan va u xalqlarni qirib yubormagan edilar. 11 Endi esa bu xalqlarning bizga qaytargan mukofotini koʻrib qoʻy! Sen bizga mulk qilib bergan yurtdan ular bizni haydab yubormoqchilar. 12 Ey Xudoyimiz! Sen Oʻzing ularni jazola, chunki bizga hujum qilgan bu ulkan lashkarga biz qarshilik qilishga ojizmiz. Nima qilishni biz bilmaymiz, Sendan keladigan yordamga koʻz tutib turibmiz.”
13 Shu paytda jamiki Yahudo erkaklari xotin, bola–chaqalari bilan Egamizning oldida — Maʼbadda turgan edilar. 14 Shu on Egamizning Ruhi jamoa orasida turgan levi Zakariyo oʻgʻli Yaxaziyolni qamrab oldi. Yaxaziyol Osif urugʻidan boʻlib, Binayoning nevarasi, Yaviyolning evarasi va Mattaniyoning chevarasi edi. 15 Yaxaziyol dedi:
— Eshitinglar, ey Yohushafat hazratlari, butun Yahudo va Quddus ahli! Egamiz sizlarga shunday demoqda: bu son–sanoqsiz lashkardan qoʻrqmanglar, vahimaga tushmanglar! Bu jang sizniki emas, Xudonikidir. 16 Ertaga ularga hujum qilinglar. Ular Ziz dovonidan oshib keladilar. Sizlar ularni Yarubol adirlarining etagidagi soylik boshida topasizlar. 17 Bu urushda sizlar jang qilmaysizlar. Sizlar joyingizni egallab, kutinglar. Egamiz sizlarni gʻalabaga erishtirganini koʻrasizlar. Ey Yahudo va Quddus ahli! Qoʻrqmanglar, vahimaga tushmanglar. Ertaga ularga hujum qilinglar, Egamiz sizlar bilan birga boʻladi.
18 Shundan keyin Yohushafat yer oʻpib taʼzim qildi. Butun Yahudo va Quddus ahli ham taʼzim qilib, Egamizga sajda qildi. 19 Qohot va Koʻrax nasllaridan boʻlgan levilar tik turib, Isroil xalqining Xudosi — Egamizga baland ovoz bilan hamdu sano oʻqidilar.
20 Yahudo lashkari tong saharda turib, Taxuva adirlariga yoʻl oldi. Ular yoʻlga chiqqanlarida, Yohushafat turib dedi:
— Eshiting, ey Yahudo va Quddus ahli! Egangiz Xudoga ishoning, shunda bexatar boʻlasiz! Egamizning paygʻambarlari aytgan gaplariga ishoning, shunda muvaffaqiyatga erishasiz!
21 Yohushafat xalq bilan maslahatlashib boʻlgandan keyin, Egamizni tarannum etadigan, muqaddasligining goʻzalligiga hamdu sano oʻqiydigan qoʻshiqchilarni tayinladi. Ular lashkar oldida: “Egamizga shukronalar ayting, Uning sodiq sevgisi abadiydir”, deb qoʻshiq aytishlari kerak edi.
22 Ular qoʻshiq va hamdu sano aytishni boshlashlari bilanoq, Yahudoga qarshi kelgan Ommon, Moʻab va Edom xalqlariga Egamiz gʻoyibdan hujum qildi, ularni tor–mor etdi. 23 Ommon va Moʻab xalqlari Edom xalqiga hujum qilib, ularni bitta qoldirmay qirib tashlashdi. Ularni yoʻq qilganlaridan keyin esa bir–birlarini qirishdi.
24 Yahudo xalqi adirlarning butun manzarasini koʻrsa boʻladigan balandlikka yetib kelganlarida, gʻanimlar tomonga qarab, faqat yerda choʻzilib yotgan murdalarni koʻrdilar. Birontasi ham qochib qutulmagan edi. 25 Yohushafat oʻlja olish uchun lashkarini boshlab borganda, ular koʻp miqdorda yuk hayvonlarini, mol–holni , kiyim–kechaklarni va qimmatbaho buyumlarni topdilar. Koʻtara olgunlaricha narsa olib ketdilar. Oʻljaning koʻpligidan, ular uch kun narsa tashidilar. 26 Toʻrtinchi kuni ular Baraka vodiysida yigʻilishib, Egamizga hamdu sano aytdilar. Shu sababdan bu vodiyning nomi bugungi kunda ham Baraka vodiysi deb yuritiladi. 27 Keyin butun Yahudo va Quddus xalqi Yohushafat boshchiligida xursandchilik bilan Quddusga qaytdilar, chunki Egamiz ularga dushmanlari ustidan tantana qilishga imkon bergan edi. 28 Ular arfa, lira va karnay chalib, Quddusga — Egamizning uyiga keldilar. 29 Egamiz xalqi Isroilning dushmanlarini magʻlub qilganini eshitgan barcha xalqlar Xudodan qoʻrqib qolishdi. 30 Yohushafatning shohligi tinchlikdan bahra topdi, Xudo ularga har tarafdan osoyishtalik ato qildi.
Yohushafat hukmronligining soʻnggi davri
31 Shunday qilib, Yohushafat Yahudoda hukmronlik qildi. U taxtga oʻtirgan paytda oʻttiz besh yoshda boʻlib, Quddusda yigirma besh yil shohlik qildi. Onasi Oziba Shilxining qizi edi. 32 Yohushafat otasi Osoning yoʻlidan yurdi, yoʻldan ozmay, Egamiz oldida toʻgʻri ishlar qildi. 33 Ammo sajdagohlarni yoʻq qilib tashlamadi. Xalq hanuz ota–bobolarining Xudosiga chin yurakdan bogʻlanmagan edi.
34 Yohushafatning boshqa ishlari boshdan oxirigacha Xonin oʻgʻli Yohuning qoʻlyozmalarida bayon etilgan boʻlib, “Isroil shohlari kitobi” tarkibiga kiritilgan.
35 Keyinchalik Yahudo shohi Yohushafat Isroil shohi Oxoziyo bilan ittifoq tuzdi. Oxoziyo koʻp qabih ishlar qilgan edi. 36 Ular birgalikda Ezyoʻn–Geberda dengiz savdo kemalarini yasadilar. 37 Shunda Morisholik Doʻdavahu oʻgʻli Eliazar Yohushafatga qarshi bashorat qilib: “Sen Oxoziyo bilan ittifoq tuzganing uchun, Egamiz bu kemalaringni buzib tashlaydi”, deb ogohlantirdi. Kemalar parchalanib, ular dengizga chiqishga muvaffaq boʻla olmadilar.
1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
14 ¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still , and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
20 ¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
22 ¶ And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26 ¶ And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31 ¶ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
35 ¶ And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
