1 Abemi baseYerusalem bamenza uAhaziya, unyana wakhe omncinane, ukumkani esikhundleni sakhe; ngokuba bonke abakhulu babebulewe ngamatutu aweza nama-Arabhi emkhosini. Waba ngukumkani ke uAhaziya, unyana kaYehoram, ukumkani wamaYuda.
2 UAhaziya ubeminyaka imashumi mané anamibini ezelwe, ukuba ngukumkani kwakhe; waba namnyaka mnye engukumkani eYerusalem. Igama lonina lalinguAtaliya, intombi kaOmri.
3 Kananjalo yena wahamba ngeendlela zendlu ka-Ahabhi; ngokuba unina ubengumcebisi wakhe, ukuba enze okungendawo.
4 Wenza ububi emehlweni kaYehova, njengendlu ka-Ahabhi; ngokuba babengabacebisi bakhe bona emva kokufa kukayise, bemonakalisa.