1 Bahlala iminyaka emithathu kungekho ukulwa phakathi kwe-Aramu no-Israyeli.
2 Kwathi ngomnyaka wesithathu uJehoshafati inkosi yakwaJuda wehlela enkosini yakwa-Israyeli.
3 Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yathi ezincekwini zayo: “Niyazi ukuthi iRamoti Gileyadi lingelethu na? Kepha siyathula, asilikhiphi esandleni senkosi yase-Aramu.”
4 Yathi kuJehoshafati: “Uyakuhamba nami ukulwa neRamoti Gileyadi na?”UJehoshafati wathi enkosini yakwa-Israyeli: “Mina nginjengawe, abantu bami banjengabantu bakho, amahhashi ami anjengamahhashi akho.”