15 Haele taba tse ding tsa Shallume, le tsa ho fetoha ha hae, tsa kamoo a fetohileng kateng, di ngodilwe bukeng ya ditaba tsa ho phela ha marena a Iseraele.
16 Yaba Menaheme o tloha Thirtsa, a kena Thifsa, a bolaya bohle ba teng le ba mathoko wohle a teng; kahobane ba ne ba sa ka ba mmulela monyako, a ba bolaya ke hona; basadi bohle ba baimana a petsola dimpa tsa bona.
17 Ka selemo sa mashome a mararo a metso e robileng mono o le mong sa Asaria, morena wa Juda, Menaheme, mora Gadi, a qala ho busa Iseraele, a busa ka dilemo tse leshome Samaria.
18 A etsa ho leng hobe mahlong a Jehova, a se ke a furalla ka tshiu tsohle tsa hae dibe tsohle tsa Jeroboame, mora Nebathe, tseo a sebisitseng Iseraele ka tsona.
19 Yaba Pule, morena wa Assiria, o futuhela lefatshe la Iseraele; empa Menaheme a nyehella Pule ka talenta tse sekete tsa silefera, hore a mo thuse ho tiisa mmuso letsohong la hae.
20 Menaheme a ntshisa Iseraele lekgetho la tjhelete tseo, a re, bohle ba ruileng ba ntshetse morena wa Assiria, motho ka mong a ntshe dishekele tse mashome a mahlano tsa silefera. Ebile moo morena wa Assiria a kgutlang, a se ke a dula lefatsheng la Iseraele.
21 Haele taba tse ding tsa Menaheme, le tsohle tseo a di entseng, ha ke re, di ngodilwe bukeng ya ditaba tsa ho phela ha marena a Iseraele?