5. Wafika uIzebhele umkakhe kuye, wathi kuye, Yini na ukuba usangane kangaka, ungadli nokudla?
6. Wathi kuye, Kungokuba ndithethe kuNabhoti waseYizereli, ndathi kuye, Ndínike isidiliya sakho ngemali; okanye ukuba ùyavuma, ndokunika esinye isidiliya esikhundleni saso; wathi, Andiyi kukunika isidiliya sam.
7. Wathi uIzebhele umkakhe kuye, Wena, abuphethwe nguwe na ngoku ubukumkani bakwaSirayeli? Vuka udle ukudla, ichwayithe intliziyo yakho; ndokunika mna isidiliya sikaNabhoti waseYizereli.
8. Wabhala iincwadi egameni lika-Ahabhi, wazitywina ngomsesane wakhe, wazithumela ezo ncwadi kumadoda amakhulu nakubanumzana ababekuloo mzi wakhe, ababehleli noNabhoti.
9. Wabhala kwezo ncwadi, wathi, Memani uzilo lokudla, nimbeke uNabhoti phambi kwabantu;
10. nibeke amadoda amabini angamatshijolo phambi kwakhe, angqine ngaye, athi, Wena uthuké uThixo nokumkani. Nize nimkhùphele phandle, nimgibisele ngamatye, afe.
11. Amadoda omzi wakhe, amadoda amakhulu nabanumzana ababehleli kuloo mzi wakhe, bênza njengoko abebathumele ngako uIzebhele, njengoko kwakubhaliwe ezincwadini abezithumele kubo.
12. Bamema uzilo lokudla, bambeka uNabhoti phambi kwabantu.