1 Ka selemo sa mashome a mabedi a metso e meraro sa Joase, mora Akasia, morena wa Juda, Joakase, mora Jehu, a qala ho busa Iseraele a le Samaria, a busa ka dilemo tse leshome le metso e supileng.
2 A etsa ho leng hobe mahlong a Jehova, a ya ka dibe tseo Jeroboame, mora Nebathe, a sebisitseng Iseraele ka tsona, a se ke a di kgeloha.
3 Ebile Jehova o halefela Baiseraele, a ba neela matsohong a Hasaele, morena wa Siria, le matsohong a Ben-Hadade, mora Hasaele, tshiung tsohle tsa Joakase.
4 Joakase a rapela Jehova, mme Jehova a mo utlwa, ha a bona ho tshwenyeha ha Baiseraele, kamoo ba tshwenngwang kateng ke morena wa Siria.
5 Jehova a nea Iseraele monamodi, ba namolelwa matsohong a Basiria, mme bana ba Iseraele ba boela ba aha ditenteng tsa bona jwaloka pele.