4. Ngoko ke loo mfana ungumshumayeli waya eRamoti yaseGiliyadi.
5. Efikile ke khona wafumana iingqwayi-ngqwayi zomkhosi zihleli ndawonye. Wathi: “Ndinomyalezo wakho, njengele!”UYehu wabuza wathi: “Uxela bani kanye?”Ke yena waphendula wathi: “Nditsho wena, njengele.”
6. UYehu waphakama, wangena endlwini. Ke yena umshumayeli lowo wathatha iqhaga elo, wagalela uYehu ngamafutha entloko, wathi: “Utsho uNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli ukuthi: ‘Ndiyakuthambisa ukuba ube ngukumkani wosapho lukaNdikhoyo, uSirayeli.
7. Uyabona ke, uze uyitshabalalise indlu ka-Ahabhi, inkosi yakho; mna ke ndiya kuliphindezela igazi lezicaka zam abashumayeli, ndawonye nalo lonke igazi lezicaka zikaNdikhoyo elaphalazwa nguJezebhele.
8. Xa iyonke indlu ka-Ahabhi iya kutshabalala. Ndiza kuyinqamla kwa-Ahabhi yonke into eliduna, nditsho ophezulu nophantsi kwaSirayeli.
9. Indlu ka-Ahabhi ndoyifanisa nendlu kaJerobhowam unyana kaNebhati, ibe njengendlu kaBhayesha unyana ka-Ahiya.
10. Ke yena uJezebhele uya kudliwa zizinja kweso siqithi somhlaba siseYizereli, kungabikho namntu uya kumngcwaba.’ ” Waza ke wavula umnyango, waphuma wabaleka.
11. Akuba ke uYehu ebuyele kwiingqwayi-ngqwayi zenkosi yakhe, enye yazo yabuza yathi: “Ngaba zime kakuhle na zonke izinto? Belifuna ntoni eli geza apha kuwe?”UYehu waphendula ngelithi: “Hayi, niyamazi lo mfo nezinto adla ngokuzithetha!”
12. Oogxa bakhe baphendula bathi: “Uyasiqhatha. Khawusixelele inyaniso; ubesithini?”UYehu wathi: “Hayi ke, nantsi into ayithethileyo: ‘Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Ndiyakuthambisa ukuze ube ngukumkani wakwaSirayeli.’ ”
13. Bakhawuleza ke bathatha iingubo zabo, bazandlala phantsi kwakhe apho esitupini. Baza bakhalisa isigodlo, bakhwaza bathi: “UYehu ngukumkani!”
14. Ke uYehu unyana kaYoshafati unyana kaNimshi wenzela uYoram iyelenqe. UYoram naye wonke uSirayeli babehlanganisela iRamoti yaseGiliyadi eyayihlaselwa nguHazayeli ukumkani wama-Aram,
15. kodwa ke uYoram wabuyela eYizereli, ukuze ade achache kuloo manxeba wayewafumene kuma-Aram kwelo dabi labo noHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram. UYehu wathi: “Ukuba siyavana sukuvumela mntu aphume apha esixekweni aye kuxela iindaba eYizereli.”