3 Yaba lithuba elide amaSirayeli engenaye uThixo wokwenene, engenaye nambingeleli wakufundisa; ewe, engenawo namthetho.
4 Kuloo nkxwaleko ke abuyela kuNdikhoyo uThixo kaSirayeli, amfuna, aza amfumana.
5 Ngaloo mihla kwakungumngcipheko ukuhamba-hamba, kuba kaloku abemi belizwe babephithizela.
6 Isizwe sasitshatyalaliswa sesinye, isixeko sibhuqwa sesinye, kuba uThixo wayebaphithizelisa ngeendidi zonke zeenkxwaleko.
7 Kambe ke nina yomelelani ninganikezeli, kuba umsebenzi wenu woba nomvuzo.”
8 Suka ke uAsa wakhuthazeka akuyiva intshumayelo yomshumayeli unyana kaOdede. Wayitshitshisa imifanekiso engamasikizi kuwo wonke umhlaba wakwaJuda nowakwaBhenjamin, nakwiidolophu awazithimba kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim. Walilungisa iqonga likaNdikhoyo elaliphambi kwevaranda yendlu kaNdikhoyo.
9 Waza ke wamqokelela wonke uJuda noBhenjamin kwakunye namaEfrayim, amaManase, namaSimon awayeze kuma phakathi kwabo; kaloku into eninzi kubo yayimshiyile uSirayeli, yeza kuAsa, yakuqonda ukuba uNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe ungakuye.