1. Ke kaloku kwathi ngonyaka wesithathu kaHosheya unyana kaEla ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, uHezekiya unyana ka-Ahazi ukumkani wakwaJuda waqalisa ukulawula.
2. Ukuqalisa kwakhe ukulawula wayenamashumi amabini anesihlanu ezelwe, waza ke walawula eJerusalem amashumi amabini anethoba eminyaka. Unina yayinguAbhiya intombi kaZakariya.
3. Wênza okuhle emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo njengoyise-mkhulu uDavide.
4. Wazibhangisa iindawo eziphakamileyo zonqulo, wawaqhekeza amatye awodwa onqulo, wazigawula iintsika zika-Ashera. Wayikroboza inyoka yobhedu eyayenziwe nguMosis. Kaloku ukuza kuthi ga kwelo thuba amaSirayeli ayeyenzela iziqhumiso, kusithiwa nguNehushtani.
5. UHezekiya yena wakholosa ngoNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli. Kubo bonke ookumkani bakwaJuda akuzange kubekho ofana naye, ngaphambili nangasemva kwakhe.
6. Wabambelela kuNdikhoyo, akashenxa kuye, wayithobela loo mithetho wayinika uMosis uNdikhoyo.
7. Ngoko ke uNdikhoyo waba ngakuye, wamphumelelisa nakuyiphi na into ayenzayo. Wayivukela ikumkani yaseAsiriya, akavuma ukuyibusa.
8. Wawagqogqa wawagqugqisa amaFilistiya esusela ezimboniselweni ukuya kwizixeko ezinqatyisiweyo, wada wee xhaxhe ngeGaza nemimandla yayo.
9. Kwathi kunyaka wesine kakumkani uHezekiya owawungunyaka wesixhenxe kaHosheya unyana kaEla ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, ukumkani waseAsiriya uShalmanesere wahlasela iSamariya wayingqinga.
10. Ekupheleni kweminyaka emithathu ama-Asiriya lawo ayoyisa iSamariya, yaza ke yaba ithinjiwe ngonyaka wesithandathu kaHezekiya, owawungunyaka wethoba kakumkani uHosheya wakwaSirayeli.