1 Ke kaloku ngonyaka wesixhenxe kaYehu uYowashe waba ngukumkani, waza walawula eJerusalem iminyaka emashumi mane. Unina yayinguZibheya intombi yaseBheshebha.
2 Ngalo lonke ixesha eboniswa ngumbingeleli uJoyada uYowashe wenza okuhle emehlweni *kaNdikhoyo.
3 Kambe ke zona iindawo eziphakamileyo zonqulo zange zitshatyalaliswe, abantu baqhuba benqula kuzo, besenza amadini, betshisa iziqhumiso.
4 UYowashe wathetha nababingeleli, wathi: “Qokelelani yonke imali eyiminikelo eziswa endlwini kaNdikhoyo; imali eqokelelwe ngobalo, imali yezifungo zabantu, ndawonye nemali eziswa endlwini kaThixo ngabo bazivayo.
5 Umbingeleli ngamnye makathathe imali komnye woonondyebo, ize isetyenziswe ekulungiseni nawuphi na umonakalo ofumaneka endlwini kaThixo.”
6 Kodwa ke yada yaba ngunyaka wamashumi amabini anantathu kakumkani uYowashe ababingeleli bengekayihlaziyi indlu kaThixo.