3 U-Uziya wayeneminyaka eyishumi nesithuha ekuqaleni kwakhe ukubusa, wabusa iminyaka engamashumi ayisihlanu nambili eJerusalema; igama likanina lalinguJekoliya waseJerusalema.
4 Wenza okulungile emehlweni kaJehova njengakho konke akwenzileyo uyise u-Amasiya.
5 Wayelokhu emfuna uNkulunkulu emihleni kaZakariya owafundisa ekumesabeni uJehova; emihleni yokumfuna kwakhe uJehova, uNkulunkulu wamhlahlamelisa.
6 Waphuma walwa namaFilisti, wadiliza ugange lwaseGati, nogange lwaseJabine, nogange lwase-Ashidodi; wakha imizi kwelase-Ashidodi naphakathi kwamaFilisti.
7 UNkulunkulu wamsiza kumaFilisti, nakwabase-Arabiya ababehlala eGuri Bali, nakumaMehuni.
8 Abakwa-Amoni bathela intela ku-Uziya; igama lakhe lahamba laze lafika nasekuyeni eGibithe, ngokuba waba namandla kakhulu.
9 U-Uziya wakha nemibhoshongo eJerusalema ngaseSangweni Lasegumbini, nangaseSangweni Lasesigodini, nangaseNqutshini, wayiqinisa.