4 Wenta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze, njengobe kwakwenta bendlu yaka-Ahabi, ngobe emvakwekufa kweyise base baba beluleki bakhe, bamyisa ekuweni kwakhe.
Ahaziya naye wahamba etinyatselweni tebendlu yaka-Ahabi, ngobe unina wamkhutsata ekwenteni lokubi.
Ndvodzana yami, nangabe toni tikuyenga, ungacali uvume,
Emasu alabalungile mahle; kodvwa teluleko talababi tiyedukisana.
Lohambisana nebantfu labahlakaniphile naye ugcina asahlakaniphile; kodvwa umngani wetilima uyawuhlupheka.
Ndvodzana yami, nangabe awulaleli nabakucondzisa, utakukhohlwa konkhe lofundziswe kona.
Yabe seyibita baholi, netindvuna, nebabusi, nebeluleki, nebagcinitikhwama, nebehluleli, nabomantji kanye nato tonkhe tiphatsimandla tetifundza, kutsi bete batewunikela lesithico, Nebukhadnezari, inkhosi, labesimisile.
Inkhosi Nebukhadnezari yagcuma yema ngetinyawo imangele, yabuta labeluleki bayo, yatsi: “Abengematsatfu yini lamadvodza lesiwabophe sawajikijela lapha ekhatsi emlilweni?” Bayiphendvula, batsi: “Impela, nkhosi, kunjalo.”
Loko kuyakwenteka, ngobe nilandzele imikhuba lemibi yenkhosi Omri nendvodzana yakhe Ahabi. Nichubeke nalandzela imitsetfo yabo, ngaloko-ke ngiyawunibhubhisa; bonkhe bantfu bayawunibukela phansi. Bantfu yonkhe indzawo bayawunedzelela ngendzelelo.”