28 Moporofeta wa Modimo a fihla, a bua ho kgosi ya Iseraele, a re ho yona: “Morena o bua tjena: <Erekaha Baarame ba itse Morena ke modimo wa maralla, e seng modimo wa diphula, ke tla neelana ka letshwelehadi lena matsohong a hao, mme o tla tseba hore ke nna Morena.> ”
29 Ba qeta matsatsi a supileng ba hlomme, ba tjamelane. Ka letsatsi la bosupa ntwa ya kopana, mme ka lona tsatsi leo bana ba Iseraele ba bolaya bahlabani ba ditaaso ba Baarame, ba dikete tse lekgolo.
30 Ba phonyohileng ba balehela motseng wa Afeke, empa lerako la motse la pitla ba dikete tse mashome a mabedi a metso e supileng ba bona. Bene-Hadade le yena a balehela motseng, a fihla a kena ka kamoreng e kahare.
31 Bahlanka ba hae ba re ho yena: “Mamela mona; re utlwile hore dikgosi tsa Baiseraele ke dikgosi tse mohau; ka baka leo, re a o kopa: Re dumelle re itlame matheka ka masela a mahwashe, re qhake dihlooho tsa rona ka dithapo, re ye ho kgosi ya Iseraele, mohlomong e ka o qenehela.”
32 Yaba ba itlama matheka ka masela a mahwashe, ba qhaka dihlooho tsa bona ka dithapo, ba ya ho kgosi ya Iseraele, ba fihla ba re: “Mohlanka wa hao Bene-Hadade o re: <Ke a o rapela: O se ke wa mpolaya!> ”Yaba kgosi ya Iseraele e re: “O ntsa phela? Ke ngwaneso!”
33 Banna bao ba ba sedi haholo ho bona moo moya o fokelang teng, mme hanghang, ha ba bone, ba re: “E, ngwaneno Bene-Hadade!”Yaba e re: “Tsamayang, le yo mo lata!” Bene-Hadade a fihla ho kgosi ya Iseraele, mme ya mo palamisa kariki ya yona ya ntwa.
34 Jwale Bene-Hadade a re ho kgosi ya Iseraele: “Ke tla o buseletsa metse yohle eo ntate a neng a e hape ho ntatao, mme o ka iketsetsa dibaka tsa kgwebo Damaseka, jwalokaha ntate le yena a ne a di etse Samaria.”Akabe a re: “Ke tla o lokolla ha re ka etsa selekane.” Yaba ba etsa selekane le yena, a nto mo lokolla.