8 AbaLevi ke ndawonye nawo onke amadoda akwaJuda benza njengoko babeyalelwe ngumbingeleli uJoyada. Ngamnye kubo wemka neqela lakhe, abo babesebenza *ngoMhla woPhumlo nabo babephumile emsebenzini – kaloku umbingeleli uJoyada zange akhulule nalinye iqela.
9 Ke iingqwayi-ngqwayi zamaqela wazinika imikhonto namakhaka amakhulu namancinci, lawo awayengawokumkani uDavide, egcinwe endlwini kaThixo.
10 Onke amadoda wawamisa aphahla ukumkani exhobile, bemi ngaseqongeni lendlu kaThixo, ukusukela kwicala elingasezantsi ukuya kwelingasentla apho endlwini kaThixo.
11 Ke uJoyada noonyana bakhe baphuma naye unyana kakumkani, baza bamthwesa isithsaba, bamnika umnqophiso obhaliweyo, bebhengeza ukuba ungukumkani. Bamthambisa, bakhwaza bathi: “Phil' ud' ukhokhobe, kumkani!”
12 Akuva loo ntswahla yayisenziwa ngabantu bebaleka bevuyisana nokumkani, uAtaliya waya kubo endlwini kaNdikhoyo.
13 Akukhangela wabona, tyhini, nanko ukumkani emi ngakwintsika yakhe esesangweni. Amaphakathi nabakhalisi-maxilongo babephahle ukumkani, baye bonke abemi belizwe benemihlali bekhalisa amaxilongo, nezinye iimvumi ezinezikhalisi zikhokela ngemibongo. Ke uAtaliya wasuka wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, wadanduluka wathi: “Uvukelo! Uvukelo!”
14 Umbingeleli uJoyada wathuma iingqwayi-ngqwayi zamabutho ezo zazongamele amabutho omkhosi, wathi kuzo: “Mthatheni nimkhuphe phakathi kwamabutho; nabani na omlandelayo nimbulale ngekrele.” Kaloku umbingeleli wayesithi: “Sanukumbulalela endlwini kaNdikhoyo.”