5. Wathi wakuba umilile umbuso wakhe wawabulala loo maphakathi ayebulele uyise.
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.