23 Joase, morena wa Iseraele, a tshwara Amatsia, morena wa Juda, mora Joase, mora Joakase, Bethe-Shemeshe, mme a ya le yena Jerusalema; teng a etsa sekgeo se ditswe tse makgolo a mane lerakong la Jerusalema, ho tloha monyakong wa Efraime, ho isa monyakong wa Kou.
24 Hape, a nka kgauta yohle le silefera le dipitsa tsohle tseo a di fihletseng ka tlung ya Modimo ha Obed-Edomo, le matlotlo a ntlo ya morena, le batho ba entsweng ditebeletso, a ntoo kgutlela Samaria.
25 Eitse hobane Joase, mora Joakase, morena wa Iseraele, a shwe, Amatsia, mora Joase morena wa Juda, a boela a phela dilemo tse leshome le metso e mehlano.
26 Ditaba tse ding tsa Amatsia, tsa ho qala le tsa ho qetella, bonang, ha ke re, di ngodilwe bukeng ya marena a Juda le Iseraele?
27 Ho qala nakong eo Amatsia a neng a lesitse ho latela Jehova, batho ba mo fetohela Jerusalema; a balehela Lakishe, ba mpa ba mo phallela Lakishe, ba mmolaela teng.
28 Ba mo bofa hodima dipere, mme ba mo pata ho bontatae motseng wa Juda.