3 taona, ndidzacotsa psiti Basa ndi nyumba yace, ndipo ndidzafanizitsa nyumba yako ndi nyumba ya Yerobiamu mwana wa Nebati,
4 Agaru adzadya ali yense wa Basa amene adzafera m'mudzi, ndipo amene adzafera m'thengo zidzamudya mbalame za m'mlengalenga.
5 Tsono macitidwe ena a Basa, ndi nchito zace, ndi mphamvu zace, kodi sizilembedwa m'buku la macitidwe a mafumu a Israyeli?
6 Nagona Basa ndi makolo ace, naikidwa ku Tiriza; ndipo Ela mwana wace analowa ufumu m'malo mwace.
7 Ndiponso mau a Yehova anadza ndi dzanja la mneneri Yehu mwana wa Hanani, kutsutsa Basa ndi nyumba yace, cifukwa ca zoipa zonse anazicita iye pamaso pa Yehova; popeza anaputa mkwiyo wace ndi macitidwe a manja ace, nafanana ndi nyumba ya Yerobiamu; ndiponso popeza anaikantha.
8 Ndipo caka ca makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi cimodzi ca Asa mfumu ya Yuda, Ela mwana wa Basa analowa ufumu wa Israyeli ku Tiriza, nakhala mfumu zaka ziwiri.
9 Ndipo mnyamata wace Zimri, ndiye woyang'anira dera lina la magareta ace, anampangira ciwembu; koma iye anali m'Tiriza kumwa ndi kuledzera m'nyumba ya Ariza, ndiye woyang'anira nyumba m'Tiriza.