4 Nome banetiphatsimandla eSowani netigijimi tabo tefika eHanesi,
Kodvwa inkhosi yase-Asiriya yase iyatfola kutsi Hosheya abelimbuka, ngobe abetfumele emancusa eSayisi kuyo inkhosi yaseGibhithe, wangabe asatsela kulenkhosi yase-Asiriya, njengobe bekenta iminyaka ngeminyaka. Ngako-ke Shalmaneseri wambamba, wamvalela ejele.
Wenta timangaliso embikwabokhokho babo, endzaweni yaseSowani eveni laseGibhithe.
Tiphatsimandla taseSowani atisilo lutfo, kuphela nje, titibhungayeti; beluleki labahlakaniphile bakaFaro beluleka ngeteluleko letingenangcondvo. Ungasho kanjani kuFaro utsi: “Ngingulomunye walabahlakaniphile, intalo yemakhosi akadzeni”?
Waya kuMoloki nemafutsa emncumo, wandzisa emakha akho. Watfumela emancusa akho khashane, wehlela edlizeni cobo lwalo!
Ngako bangena eGibhithe ngekungamlaleli Simakadze, baze bayawufika eThaphanesi.
Ngive umlayeto lovela kuSimakadze. Kwatfunyelwa emancusa etiveni atewutsi: “Hlanganani niteyihlasela! Sukumelani imphi!”
IPhathrosi ngiyakuyenta ibe lihlane, iSoyani ngiyilumeke ngemlilo, iThebesi ngiyehlisele sijeziso.
Lilanga liyawuba bumnyama eThaphanesi, mhlazana ngigamula lijoko laseGibhithe; lapho-ke emandla ayo letigabatisa ngawo ayawuphela. Iyawusibekelwa ngemafu, netabelo tayo tiyawutfunjwa.
Abagucukeli kuLongetulu Kwako Konkhe; bafanana nebutjoki lobungakacini. Baholi babo bayawubulawa ngenkemba ngenca yemagama abo langenanhlonipho. Ngenca yaloko bayawuba luhleko nelihlazo eveni laseGibhithe.”
Umbono wa-Obadiya: Loku ngulokwakhulunywa yiNkhosi Simakadze ngesive saka-Edomu: Sivile livi leliphuma kuSimakadze. Utfumele lincusa lakhe etiveni, watsi: “Sukumani, sambe siyekulwa na-Edomu.”
Benyuka badzabula iNegevu, lekuyiningizimu yelive laseKhenani, baze befika eHebroni, lapho kwakuhlala khona bo-Ahimani, naSheshayi, naThalmayi, titukulwane ta-Anaki. IHebroni yayakhiwe iminyaka lesikhombisa ngaphambi kweSowani yaseGibhithe.