11 Ngobe naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze ngaShalumi, umsa waJosaya, lowalandzela uyise waba yinkhosi yakaJuda, kodvwa losahambile lapha kulendzawo, utsi: “Angeke aphindze abuye.
Ngesikhatsi Josaya ayinkhosi, Faro Nekho, inkhosi yaseGibhithe, wenyuka wayawusita inkhosi yase-Asiriya ngasemfuleni iYufrathe. Inkhosi Josaya yamhlangabeta, imphi yabambana etulu, kodvwa Nekho wabhekana naJosaya, wambulalela eMegido.
Tindvuna taJosaya tatsatsa sidvumbu sakhe tasekhweta encoleni kusuka eMegido tambuyisela eJerusalema, tafike tamfihla ethuneni lakhe. Sive sakaJuda satsatsa Jehoyahazi, umsa waJosaya, samgcoba, samenta inkhosi esikhundleni seyise.
Jehoyahazi abeneminyaka lengema-23 budzala, nakabekwa kuba yinkhosi. Wabusela eJerusalema tinyanga letintsatfu. Libito lenina bekunguHamutali, indvodzakati yaJeremiya, waseLibna.
Faro Nekho wabeka Eliyakimu, umsa waJosaya, kutsi abe yinkhosi esikhundleni seyise. Wagucula libito la-Eliyakimu, wametsa libito watsi nguJehoyakimu. Kodvwa watsatsa Jehoyahazi wammikisa eGibhithe, lapho wafike wafela khona.
Emadvodzana aJosaya bekuboJohanani, litubulo, naJehoyakimu, naSedekiya, naShalumi.
Kwase kutsi labanye bebaholi baka-Efrayimu, bo-Azariya, umsa waJehohanani, naBherekhiya, umsa waMeshilemothi, naJehizkiya, umsa waShalumi, na-Amasa, umsa waHadilayi, babhekana nalabo lababefika baphuma emphini.
Hilkiya kanye nalaba lababetfunywe yinkhosi naye bahamba bayawukhuluma nemphrofethikati labenguHulda, umkaShalumi, umsa waThokhathi, umsa waHasra. Shalumi abengumphatsi wetembatfo tasethempelini. Lomphrofethikati abehlala eJerusalema eSifundzeni Sesibili.
Ningeke niphindze nibuye kulelive lenifisa kubuyela kulo.”
Livi laSimakadze lelefika kuZefaniya, umsa waKushi, umsa waGedaliya, umsa wa-Amariya, umsa waHezekiya, ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwaJosaya, umsa wa-Amoni, inkhosi yakaJuda, latsi: