8 UYoshuwa, unyana kaNune, isicaka sikaNdikhoyo, wabhubha xa enekhulu elineshumi leminyaka ezelwe.
9 Wangcwatywa kumhlaba olilifa lakhe eTimnata-heres kweleentaba kwaEfrayim, ngasentla kwentaba iGahashe.
10 Sakuba sitshonile sonke eso sizukulwana, kwavela sizukulwana simbi, singamaziyo uNdikhoyo, ngokunjalo naloo misebenzi yakhe wayeyenzela amaSirayeli.
11 Ke amaSirayeli amona *uNdikhoyo ngokunqula ooBhali,
12 asuka amfulathela uNdikhoyo, uThixo wooyise-mkhulu, uThixo owawakhupha kwelaseJiputa. Asuka abusa *thixo bambi kwizithixo zabantu ababewangqingile. UNdikhoyo amcaphukisa ngokusuka akhahlele abuse ezo zithixo.
13 Amfulathela uNdikhoyo, asuka akhonza ooBhali nooAshtarte.
14 Ngoko ke uNdikhoyo waba nomsindo, amaSirayeli wawayekela ngeentshaba, zawahlasela ziwaphanga. Wazivulela macala onke, zawongamela, ada akaba nako ukuzikhusela.