1. Bonke abantu bakwaYuda bamthabatha u-Uziya, akubon' ukuba uminyaka ilishumi linamithandathu ezelwe, bamenza ukumkani esikhundleni sika-Amatsiya uyise.
2. Yakhiwa nguye iEloti, wayibuyisela kumaYuda, emva kokulala kokumkani kooyise.
3. U-Uziya ubeminyaka ilishumi elinamithandathu ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba neminyaka emashumi mahlanu anamibini engukumkani eYerusalem. Igama lonina libe linguYekoliya waseYerusalem.
4. Wenza okuthe tye emehlweni kaYehova, njengako konke awakwenzayo uAmatsiya uyise.
5. Wamquqela uThixo ngemihla kaZekariya, owamfundisayo ukumoyika uThixo; ngemihla yokumquqela kwakhe uYehova, uThixo wamenza wanempumelelo.
6. Waphuma walwa namaFilisti, waluqhekeza udonga lwaseGati, nodonga lwaseYabhene, nodonga lwaseAshdode, wákha imizi kummandla waseAshdode naphakathi kwamaFilisti.