13 nesokuba bonke ababengamfuni uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli babulawe, noma bebancane noma bebakhulu, owesilisa noma owesifazane.
14 Bafunga kuJehova ngezwi elikhulu, nangokukhamuluka, nangamacilongo, nangemitshingo.
15 Wonke uJuda wathokoza ngesifungo, ngokuba babefungile ngayo yonke inhliziyo yabo, bamfuna ngakho konke ukufisa kwabo; wafunyanwa yibo; uJehova wabaphumuza nxazonke.
16 Wamsusa uMahakha unina ka-Asa inkosi ebukhosikazini, ngokuba wayemenzele u-Ashera* isithombe esinengekayo; u-Asa wagawula isithombe sakhe, wasicolisisa, wasishisa ngasemfudlaneni iKidroni.
17 Kodwa izindawo eziphakemeyo azisuswanga kwa-Israyeli; nokho inhliziyo ka-Asa yayiphelele zonke izinsuku zakhe.
18 Wangenisa endlini kaNkulunkulu izinto ezingcwele zikayise nezinto zakhe ezingcwele: isiliva, negolide, nezitsha.
19 Akwabe kusaba khona ukulwa kwaze kwaba semnyakeni wamashumi amathathu nanhlanu wokubusa kuka-Asa.