4 Tive teva ngalo, lagcumukela emdzibini wato. Talidvonsa ngetintweba, talimikisa eGibhithe.
Jehoyahazi abeneminyaka lengema-23 budzala, nakabekwa kuba yinkhosi. Wabusela eJerusalema tinyanga letintsatfu. Libito lenina bekunguHamutali, indvodzakati yaJeremiya, waseLibna.
Inkhosi yaseGibhithe yabeka Eliyakimu, umnakaboJehoyahazi, kutsi abe yinkhosi yesive sakaJuda nesaseJerusalema, wase ugucula libito la-Eliyakimu, wametsa libito watsi nguJehoyakimu, kodvwa Nekho watsatsa lomnakabo-Eliyakimu, labenguJehoyahazi, wammikisa eGibhithe.
Nebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, wamhlasela, wambopha ngetinketane telitfusi entela kumtfumba amuse eBhabhulona.
Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze ngaJehoyakimu, umsa waJosaya, inkhosi yakaJuda, utsi: “Bangeke bamlilele, batsi: ‘Awu, mnaketfu! Awu, dzadzewetfu!’ Bangeke bamlilele, batsi: ‘Awu, nkhosi yami! Awu, buhle bakhe!’
Wakhulisa lelinye lalamagomodlwane akhe, lakhula laba libhubesi lelinemandla. Lafundza nalo kudladlabula tinyamatane litidle, lashwabudzela nebantfu.
“ ‘Latsi lelibhubesikati nalibona litsemba lalo lingakafezeki, nelitsemba lalo seliphelile, latsatsa lelinye lemazinyane alo, lalenta laba libhubesi lelinemandla.