16 Esathetha njalo, ukumkani wathi kuye: “Umiswe ngubani ukuba ucebise ukumkani wena? Suk' apha, thula! Kungenjalo ke ndakukubulala!”Umshumayeli ke wayekelela, kodwa waleka ngelithi: “Kambe ke ndiyazi ukuba uNdikhoyo uzimisele ukukutshabalalisa ngenxa yokuba uyenzile le nto, akwaliphulaphula necebiso lam.”
17 Ke uAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda uthe akuba ethetha-thethene nabacebisi bakhe wasuka wathumela ecel' umngeni kuYehowashe unyana kaYowahazi, kaYehu ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, esithi: “Yiza sihlangane!”
18 Kambe ke uYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli waphendula uAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda wathi: “Umthana wameva waseLebhanon wathumela udaba kumsedare waseLebhanon usithi: ‘Yendisela intombi yakho kunyana wam!’ Kusenjalo kwavela irhamncwa apho eLebhanon, laza lawunyhasha ngeenyawo loo mthana wameva.
19 Ngenxa yokuba usithi uwoyisile amaEdom, ngoku ukhukhumele unekratshi. Kambe ke mna ndithi: ‘Hlal' ekhaya! Ngani ukuba uziqhwayele inkathazo eya kukukhahlela phantsi wena ndawonye noJuda?’ ”
20 Kambe ke uAmaziya zange aphulaphule, kuba kaloku uThixo wayeselezimisele ukumnikezela kuYehowashe, kuba esuke wathembela kwizithixo zamaEdom.
21 Ngoko ke uYehowashe ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wamhlasela. Yena noAmaziya ukumkani wakwaJuda baqubisana eBhete-shemeshe kwelakwaJuda.
22 UJuda ke wavuthululwa nguSirayeli, yaza ke yayileyo indoda yabalekela kowayo.