4 kepha ekuhluphekeni kwabo baphendukela kuJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, bamfuna; wafunyanwa yibo.
5 Ngaleso sikhathi kwakungekho kuthula kophumayo nakongenayo, ngokuba ukuphaphatheka okukhulu kwakukhona phezu kwabo bonke abakhe ezweni.
6 Isizwe saphahlazwa yisizwe nomuzi ngumuzi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wabesabisa ngezinkathazo zonke.
7 Kepha nina yibani namandla, zingadangali izandla zenu, ngokuba umsebenzi wenu uyakuba nomvuzo wawo.”
8 Lapho u-Asa esezwa lawo mazwi nesiprofetho sika-Azariya ka-Odedi umprofethi, waziqinisa isibindi, wasusa izinengiso ezweni lonke lakwaJuda noBenjamini, nasemizini ayeyithathile ezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi, walivusa i-altare likaJehova elaliphambi kompheme kaJehova.
9 Wabutha wonke uJuda noBenjamini nabagogobele kubo bevela kwa-Efrayimi, nakwaManase, nakwaSimeyoni, ngokuba abaningi bahlubukela kuye bevela kwa-Israyeli, lapho bebona ukuthi uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe unaye.
10 Babuthana eJerusalema ngenyanga yesithathu ngomnyaka weshumi nanhlanu wokubusa kuka-Asa.