1. Kwaba yiminyaka emithathu iluxolo phakathi kwamaSirayeli nama-Aram.
2. Kambe ke kulo nyaka wesithathu uYoshafati ukumkani wakwaJuda wehla waya kubonana nokumkani wakwaSirayeli.
3. Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wayethethe namaphakathi akhe wathi: “Niyaqonda na ukuba iRamoti yaseGiliyadi ngumhlaba wethu, ibe ke asenzi nto ukuzabalazela ukuyithatha kukumkani wama-Aram?”
4. Ngoko ke wathi kuYoshafati: “Uya kuhamba nam na, silwe neRamoti yaseGiliyadi?”UYoshafati wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Mna nawe sibanye; abantu bam ngabantu bakho, namahashe am ngamahashe akho.”
5. Kodwa ke uYoshafati waleka ngelithi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Khawuqale ubuzise *kuNdikhoyo.”
6. Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabaqokelela abashumayeli bekwisithuba samakhulu amane, wathi: “Ndingaya kulwa na neRamoti yaseGiliyadi, okanye ndirhoxe?”Bathi: “Yiya; uNdikhoyo uza kuyinikela esandleni sikakumkani.”
7. Kambe ke uYoshafati wathi: “Akusekho mshumayeli kaNdikhoyo na apha esinokubuza kuye?”
8. Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi kuYoshafati: “Kusekho indoda enye esingabuzisa ngayo kuNdikhoyo, kodwa ke mna ndiyithiyile, kuba ayishumayeli okuhle ngokubhekisele kum, soloko ibububi bodwa. Igama layo nguMika, unyana kaImla.”UYoshafati wathi: “Hayi bo, ukumkani makangathethi njalo.”
9. Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wabiza elinye lamaphakathi akhe, wathi kulo: “Khawuleza uze noMika, unyana kaImla.”
10. Ke kaloku ukumkani wakwaSirayeli noYoshafati ukumkani wakwaJuda babevethe ezobukhosi, bengqendeve ezihlalweni zabo esandeni sokubhula esikufuphi nesango laseSamariya, belapho phambi kwâbo bashumayeli.