2 Balihamba lonkhe lakaJuda, bahambe babutsa emaLevi kanye netinhloko temindeni yema-Israyeli kuwo onkhe emadolobha. Batsi nabefika eJerusalema,
Wakhuluma kubo watsi: “Nine nibaholi bemindeni yemaLevi. Ngini nalamanye emaLevi lekufanele nitihlambulule nibe ngcwele, bese niletsa lelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, nilimikise kulendzawo lesengiyilungiselele lona.
Umbhali Shemaya, umsa waNethaneli, umLevi, wababhalisa emabito abo embikwenkhosi netindvuna, naboSadoki, umphristi, na-Ahimeleki, umsa wa-Abiyatha, netinhloko temindeni yebaphristi neyemaLevi, kutsatfwa umndeni munye ka-Eleyazare, kwase kutsatfwa munye ka-Ithamari. Inkatho yahamba kanje:
BomnakaboJehoramu, emadvodzana aJeshoshafati, bekubo-Azariya, naJehiyeli, naZakhariya, na-Azariyahu, naMikhayeli, naShefathiya. Onkhe-ke lawo bekubomsa waJehoshafati, inkhosi yaka-Juda.
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lowephanako, ebolekise ngesihle, lowenta tonkhe tintfo ngekwetsembeka.
“Lalelani! Nginitfuma njengetimvu emkhatsini wetimphisi. Ngako-ke hlakaniphani njengetinyoka, nibete bucili njengematuba.
Ngako-ke caphelani kutsi nitiphatsa njani. Ningatiphatsisi kwebantfu labangakahlakaniphi, kepha njengalabahlakaniphile.