2 Lafika ilizwi likaYehova kuShemaya, umfo wakwaThixo, lisithi,
3 Yitsho kuRehabheham unyana kaSolomon, ukumkani wakwaYuda, nakumaSirayeli onke, kwaYuda nakwaBhenjamin, ukuthi,
4 Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Ize ningànyuki; ize ningàlwi nabazalwana benu. Buyani, aye elowo endlwini yakhe; ngokuba iphume kum le nto. Baliphulaphula izwi likaYehova, babuya ekuyeni kulwa noYarobheham.
5 Wahlala uRehabheham eYerusalem, wákhe imizi yokunqabisa kwaYuda.
6 Wákha iBhetelehem, ne-Etam, neTekowa,
7 neBhete-tsure, neSoko, neAdulam,
8 neGati, neMaresha, neZifi,