1 Abantu baseJerusalem bamisela uAhaziya unyana wamaphelo kaYehoram wangukumkani esikhundleni sakhe. Kaloku abahlaseli ababekunye nama-Arabhu bababulala bonke oonyana bakhe abadala. Ngoko ke waqalisa ukulawula uAhaziya unyana kaYehoram ukumkani wakwaJuda.
2 UAhaziya waqalisa ukulawula xa eneminyaka emashumi mabini anambini, waza walawula eJerusalem unyaka wamnye. Unina yayinguAtaliya umzukulwana kaOmri.
3 Naye ke wahamba ekhondweni lendlu ka-Ahabhi, ekubeni wayekhuthazwa ngunina ekwenzeni ububi.
4 Wênza okubi emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo kwanjengendlu ka-Ahabhi. Kaloku akuba engasekho uyise kweza abendlu ka-Ahabhi baba ngabacebisi bakhe, nto leyo yaluphuthisayo ulawulo lwakhe.
5 Walandela icebo labo, waya emfazweni noYoram unyana ka-Ahazi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli xa wayesilwa noHazayeli ukumkani wama-Aram kwiRamoti yaseGiliyadi. Ama-Aram amngxwelerha uYoram,
6 waza ke yena waya eYizereli khon' ukuze achache kuloo manxeba wayewafumene eRamoti kwelo dabi noHazayeli ukumkani wakwa-Aram.Ke uAhaziya unyana kaYehoram ukumkani wakwaJuda wehla waya eYizereli esiya kubona uYoram unyana ka-Ahabhi njengoko wayenzakele.
7 Ukuwa kuka-Ahaziya ekutyeleleni kwakhe uYoram kwaphuma kuThixo. Akufika uAhaziya wahamba noYoram baya kubonana noYehu unyana kaNimshi owayethanjiswe nguNdikhoyo ukuze atshabalalise indlu ka-Ahabhi.
8 Xa uYehu wayewisa isigwebo kwindlu ka-Ahabhi, wafumana namatshawe akwaJuda nezizalwana zoonyana baka-Ahaziya ezazisonga uAhaziya, nazo ke wazibulala.
9 Waza ke wamzingela uAhaziya owafunyanwa ngamahlakani akhe ezimele eSamariya. Bamzisa kuYehu, wabulawa. Bamngcwaba ke, kuba babesithi: “Kaloku yena ungunyana kaYoshafati, umfo owayemfuna ngomxhelo wakhe wonke uNdikhoyo.” Ngoko ke endlwini ka-Ahaziya akusalanga mntu unako ukubuphatha ubukumkani.
10 UAtaliya unina ka-Ahaziya, akubona ukuba unyana wakhe ufile, wasuka wayitshabalalisa yonke indlu yekomkhulu lakwaJuda.
11 Ke yena uYoshebha, intombi kakumkani uYehoram, wesuka weba uYowashe unyana ka-Ahaziya, wemka naye apho phakathi kweenkosana ezaziza kubulawa, wamfihla neneni yakhe kwigumbi lokulala. Kaloku uYoshebha intombi kakumkani uYehoram owayengumfazi wombingeleli uJoyada wayengudade boAhaziya; yiyo ke loo nto wasuka wamfihla umntwana lowo ukuze angabulawa nguAtaliya.
12 Wahlala ezinyelisiwe ke endlwini kaThixo iminyaka yamithandathu, xesha elo kwakusalawula uAtaliya apho kwaJuda.