4. Ke oonyana babo akababulalanga, kwanjengoko kubhaliweyo emyalelweni, encwadini kaMoses, apho uYehova ebewise khona umthetho wokuthi: Mabangabulawa ooyise ngenxa yoonyana, noonyana mabangabulawa ngenxa yooyise; elowo makabulawe ngesakhe isono.
5. UAmatsiya wawahlanganisa amaYuda onke, wawamisa ngokwezindlu zooyise, ngokwabathetheli-mawaka, nangokwabathetheli-makhulu, kuwo onke amaYuda namaBhenjamin; wababala, ethabathela kominyaka imashumi mabini ezelwe, kunyuse. Wabafumana bengamakhulu amathathu amawaka amadodana anokuphuma umkhosi, ephethe iintonga namakhaka.
6. Waqesha kumaSirayeli ikhulu lamawaka amagorha anobukroti, ngekhulu leetalente* zesilivere.
7. Kweza ke umfo wakwaThixo kuye, esithi, Kumkani, mawungahambi nawe umkhosi wamaSirayeli; ngokuba akakho uYehova kumaSirayeli, koonyana bonke bakwaEfrayim.