6. Kambe ke akababulalanga oonyana bababulali abo, ngokwelizwi elibhaliweyo encwadini yomthetho kaMosis, apho uNdikhoyo athi: “Abazali abayi kubulawa ngenxa yabantwana, nabantwana abayi kubulawa ngenxa yabazali; umntu ngamnye uya kufela esakhe isono.”
7. Nguye owoyisa ishumi lamawaka amaEdom kwiNtili yeTyuwa, wathimba iSela awayibiza ngokuthi yiYoketele, gama elo lisasetyenziswayo unanamhla.
8. UAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda wathumela izigidimi kuYehowashe unyana kaYowahazi kaYehu ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, ecel' umngeni, esithi: “Yiza sihlangane!”
9. Kambe ke ukumkani uYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathumela kuAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda, wathi: “Umthana wameva waseLebhanon wathumela udaba kumsedare waseLebhanon, usithi: ‘Yendisela intombi yakho kunyana wam.’ Kusenjalo kwavela irhamncwa apho eLebhanon, laza lawunyhasha ngeenyawo loo mthana wameva.
10. Ewe, uwoyisile amaEdom; ngoku unekratshi. Zingce ngoloyiso olo, kodwa uhlale ekhaya! Ngani ukuba uziqhwayele inkathazo eya kukukhahlela phantsi wena ndawonye noJuda?”
11. Kambe ke uAmaziya zange aphulaphule; ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uYehowashe wamhlasela. Yena noAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda baqubisana eBhete-shemeshe kwelakwaJuda.
12. UJuda ke wavuthululwa nguSirayeli, yaza ke yayileyo indoda yabalekela kowayo.
13. UYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wambamba uAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda unyana kaYowashe, ka-Ahaziya, eBhete-shemeshe. UYehowashe waya eJerusalem, waza waludiliza udonga lwayo ukusukela kwiSango lakwaEfrayim, ukuya kwiSango leKona, umgama okwisithuba seemitha ezimakhulu mabini.
14. Wayithatha yonke igolide nesiliva, nayo yonke impahla awayifumanayo endlwini kaNdikhoyo nakoovimba basebhotwe. Wemka nabathinjwa, wabuyela nabo eSamariya.
15. Ke ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo lukaYehowashe, imisebenzi nemizabalazo yakhe ndawonye nemfazwe yakhe noAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda, nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaSirayeli.
16. UYehowashe waya kuphumla kooyise, waza wangcwatywa eSamariya phakathi kookumkani bakwaSirayeli. UJerobhowam unyana wakhe wangena esikhundleni sakhe.
17. Ke uAmaziya unyana kaYowashe ukumkani wakwaJuda wahlala iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu emva kokufa kukaYehowashe unyana kaYowahazi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.
18. Ke ezinye zeziganeko zolawulo luka-Amaziya, nâzo encwadini yeembali zookumkani bakwaJuda.
19. Bamenzela iyelenqe eJerusalem, waza wabalekela eLakishe, kodwa bamsukela, bamfumana eLakishe, bambulala khona.
20. Wabuyiswa ngehashe, waza wangcwatyelwa eJerusalem phakathi kooyise kwisixeko sikaDavide.
21. Ke amaJuda xa ewonke athatha uAzariya, ambeka wangukumkani esikhundleni sikayise uAmaziya. UAzariya lo ke wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu ezelwe.
22. Nguye owayakhayo ngokutsha iElati, waza wayibuyisela kuJuda emva kokusweleka kuka-Amaziya.
23. Kwathi ngonyaka weshumi elinesihlanu elawula uAmaziya unyana kaYowashe ukumkani wakwaJuda, uJerobhowam unyana kaYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli waba ngukumkani eSamariya, waza walawula iminyaka emashumi mane ananye.
24. Wênza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo, kuba akashenxanga nakwesinye kwizono zikaJerobhowam unyana kaNebhati, ezo walukuhlela amaSirayeli kuzo.