13 Ebe nile di elu nke di n'iru Jerusalem, nke di n'aka-nri ugwu nbibi, nke Solomon, bú eze Israel, wuru nye Ashtoret, bú ihe-árú ndi Zaidon, nye kwa Kemosh, bú ihe-árú Moab, nye kwa Milkom, bú ihe-árú umu Amon, eze meru-kwa-ra ha.
14 O tipia-kwa-ra ogidi nile, b͕utu kwa Asherim, were ọkpukpu madu mejue ọnọdu-ha.
15 Ọzọ kwa, ebe-ichu-àjà nke di na Bet-el, na ebe di elu nke Jeroboam nwa Nebat mere, bú onye mere ka Israel mehie, ọbuná ebe-ichu-àjà ahu na ebe ahu di elu ka ọ kwaturu; o sure ebe ahu di elu ọku, supia ya me ka ọ ghọ uzuzu, sure kwa Ashera ọku.
16 Josaia we chigharia onwe-ya, hu ílì nile nke di n'ebe ahu n'ugwu ahu; o we zìe, chipu ọkpukpu n'ílì nile, sure ha ọku n'elu ebe-ichu-àjà ahu, merua ya, dika okwu Jehova si di nke onye nke Chineke ahu kpọsara, bú onye kpọsara ihe ndia.
17 O we si, Gini bu ihe-iriba-ama ahu nke mu onwem nāhu? Ndikom obodo ahu we si ya, Ọ bu ílì onye nke Chineke, onye siri na Juda bia, kpọsa ihe ndia nke i meworo megide ebe-ichu-àjà Bet-el.
18 Ọ si, Ya nọduru onwe-ya; ka nwoke ọ bula ghara ichipu ọkpukpu-ya. Ha we rapu ọkpukpu-ya, ha na ọkpukpu onye-amuma ahu nke siri na Sameria bia.
19 Ọzọ kwa, ulo nile nke ebe nile di elu, nke di n'obodo nile nke Sameria, nke ndi-eze Israel mere ikpasu Jehova iwe, ha ka Josaia wezugara, me kwa ha dika omume nile si di nke o mere na Bet-el.