2 Chronicles 19:1-11
19 Then King Jehoshaphat blo Judah go bak sef* lo haos* blo hem lo Jerusalem.
2 Jehu son blo Hanani wea hem man for lukim vision, hem go lukim King Jehoshaphat and sei lo hem: “Waswe, iu tingse hem stret for iu helpem olketa wea wicked, and lovem olketa wea heitim Jehovah? Bikos lo diswan Jehovah hem barava kros lo iu.
3 Nomata olsem, God lukim gud samting lo iu, bikos iu distroem olketa post for worship* from disfala land and iu redyim heart* blo iu for worshipim tru God.”
4 Jehoshaphat gohed stap lo Jerusalem, and hem go lukim moa olketa pipol wea stap lo Beer-sheba go kasem olketa area lo olketa maunten lo Ephraim, for helpem olketa for kam bak lo Jehovah, God blo olketa grandadi blo olketa.
5 And hem appointim tu olketa judge lo evri ples lo Judah, lo evri strongfala taon blo Judah, from wanfala taon go lo nara taon.
6 And hem sei lo olketa judge hia: “Iufala tingting gud abaotem wanem iufala duim, bikos waka hia for judge hem no for man bat hem for Jehovah, and hem bae stap witim iufala taem iufala judgem wanfala case.
7 So iufala mas fraet lo Jehovah. Iufala mas keakea lo wanem iufala duim, bikos Jehovah, God blo iumi hem no judgem man lo wei wea no stret, hem no fevarem eniwan, and hem no acceptim bribe.”
8 Lo Jerusalem tu, Jehoshaphat appointim samfala Levite and samfala priest, and samfala hed lo olketa famili laen* lo Israel for duim waka olsem judge for Jehovah, and for stretem olketa kot case for pipol wea stap lo Jerusalem.
9 And hem talem olketa: “Taem iufala duim waka hia from Jehovah, iufala shud fraet lo hem and faithful for duim, and duim witim full heart.
10 Enitaem wea olketa brata blo iufala wea stap lo taon blo olketa kam lo iufala, witim eni case abaotem samwan hem killim dae narawan, or wanfala kwestin abaotem wanfala law, wanfala komandment, olketa rul or judicial disison,* iufala shud talem klia lo olketa wanem for duim, mekem olketa no guilty front lo Jehovah. Nogud hem kros lo iufala and lo olketa brata blo iufala. Diswan nao wanem iufala shud duim, for iufala no guilty.
11 Hed priest Amariah bae lukaftarem iufala for savve lo tingting blo Jehovah abaotem olketa samting. Zebadiah, son blo Ishmael wea leader lo tribe blo Judah bae helpem iufala lo evri waka blo king. And olketa Levite bae waka olsem officer for lukaftarem iufala. So iufala mas strong and duim samting, and Jehovah nao bae stap witim olketa wea duim gud samting.”*
Olketa footnote
^ Or, “lo peace.”
^ Or, “palace.”
^ Lukim “Post for Worship” lo Dictionary.
^ Or, “iu disaed strong lo heart.”
^ Lukim “Judicial Disison” lo Dictionary.
^ Or, “samting wea gud.”
