1. Ke kaloku kwathi ngonyaka weshumi elinesixhenxe elawula uPeka unyana kaRemaliya kwaSirayeli, uAhazi unyana kaYotam ukumkani wakwaJuda waqalisa ukulawula kwelakwaJuda.
2. UAhazi wayeneminyaka emashumi mabini ukungena kwakhe embusweni, waza ke walawula iminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu eJerusalem. Yena akalithathanga ikhondo likayise-mkhulu uDavide; ewe, akazange enze okuhle emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe.
3. Wahamba ekhondweni lookumkani bakwaSirayeli, wada wenza isikizi lokufaka unyana wakhe emlilweni, esenza idini ngaye, siko elo lalisenziwa ziintlanga awazigxothayo uNdikhoyo ekungeneni kwamaSirayeli.
4. Wayesenza amadini neziqhumiso ezindaweni zonke zonqulo ezindulini naphantsi kwemithi yonke efukufuku.
5. Ke uRezin, ukumkani wakwa-Aram, kunye noPeka, unyana kaRemaliya, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, basuka bahlasela iJerusalem, bayingqinga nakuba bengayoyisanga.
6. Ngelo thuba ke ukumkani uRezin wakwa-Aram wayibuyisela kwa-Aram iElati, wabagxotha kuyo abantu bakwaJuda. Aza ke angena ema khona amaSiriya unanamhla.
7. UAhazi ke wathumela izigidimi kuTigelate-pilezere, ukumkani waseAsiriya, esithi kuye: “Mna ndisisicaka nebamba lakho; ngoko ke nceda uze kundihlangula, naku ndihlaselwa ngukumkani wakwa-Aram ekunye nowakwaSirayeli.”
8. Kananjalo ke uAhazi wayithatha isiliva kunye negolide ezazisendlwini kaNdikhoyo nakoovimba bakomkhulu, wazithumela zasisipho arhuma ngaso kukumkani waseAsiriya.
9. Ukumkani waseAsiriya ke wasamkela eso sicelo, waza ke wahlasela iDamasko. Abemi bakhona wabafudusela eKiri, ke yena uRezin wambulala.