1 Kwaba yiminyaka emithathu iluxolo phakathi kwamaSirayeli nama-Aram.
2 Kambe ke kulo nyaka wesithathu uYoshafati ukumkani wakwaJuda wehla waya kubonana nokumkani wakwaSirayeli.
3 Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wayethethe namaphakathi akhe wathi: “Niyaqonda na ukuba iRamoti yaseGiliyadi ngumhlaba wethu, ibe ke asenzi nto ukuzabalazela ukuyithatha kukumkani wama-Aram?”
4 Ngoko ke wathi kuYoshafati: “Uya kuhamba nam na, silwe neRamoti yaseGiliyadi?”UYoshafati wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Mna nawe sibanye; abantu bam ngabantu bakho, namahashe am ngamahashe akho.”